2022–23 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2022–23 season
ChairmanRobert Wilson
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish Premiership8th
Scottish League CupSecond round
Scottish CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Joel Nouble (7)
All: Joel Nouble (7)
Highest home attendance9,672 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 30 July 2022
Lowest home attendance712 vs. Kelty Hearts, League Cup, 23 July 2022
Average home league attendance3,987

The 2022–23 season was Livingston's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season Summary

In the season-opening League Cup group stage, Livingston picked up wins against Cove Rangers, Albion Rovers and Kelty Hearts, but were beaten 1-2 at home by Inverness. They finished as runners-up in their group behind Inverness, but still qualified for the knockout round by virtue of being one of the three best second-placed teams. The Lions were knocked out in the Second Round in a 1-2 home defeat by Dundee United.

On 22 July Livingston signed Shamal George for an undisclosed fee, and he was introduced to fans ahead of their League Cup match against Kelty Hearts the same day.[1] George signed a four-year deal and it was reported they paid the second largest transfer fee in the club’s history to sign the goalkeeper from Colchester United for £87,500.[2]

Livi enjoyed a strong first half of the season, heading into the World Cup break in fourth place in the Scottish Premiership.[3]

In the Scottish Cup, Livi came from behind to defeat Stenhousemuir in the Fourth Round, before losing at home for the second time this season - on this occasion 0-3 - to Championship side Inverness. [4]

Despite the strong start in the league Livingston collapsed after the winter break, missing out on the top six and eventually finishing eighth in the Premiership.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

2 July 2022 Livingston 0–3 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report Obileye 5 o.g.'
Garrity 85', 90'
5 July 2022 Livingston 6–0 Linlithgow Rose Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Mullin 6', 32', 70'
Montaño 34', 48'
Gonçalves 51'		 Report

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish Premiership
30 July 2022 1 Livingston 1–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
12:00 Nouble 5' Report Arfield 72'
Tavernier 74'		 Attendance: 9,672
Referee: Don Robertson
7 August 2022 2 Dundee United 0–1 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 Report Montaño 49' Attendance: 7,442
Referee: Steven McLean
13 August 2022 3 Livingston 2–1 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
12:00 Nouble 6'
Obileye 86'		 Report Kenneh 51' Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Craig Napier
20 August 2022 4 Motherwell 1–0 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 van Veen 68 pen.' Report Bahamboula Red card 77' Attendance: 5,158
Referee: Nick Walsh
27 August 2022 5 Aberdeen 5–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Miovski 41 pen.', 63'
McCrorie 58'
Besuijen 62 pen.'
Duncan 87'		 Report Fitzwater Red card 40' Attendance: 13,739
Referee: Colin Steven
3 September 2022 6 Livingston 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Montaño 28' Report Attendance: 4,678
Referee: William Collum
17 September 2022 7 Livingston 1–0 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Montaño 25' Report Attendance: 2,253
Referee: Grant Irvine
1 October 2022 8 St Mirren 2–1 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 BST Baccus 69'
Ayunga Red card 76'
Greive 90'		 Report Anderson 86' Attendance: 5,366
Referee: Craig Napier
8 October 2022 9 Livingston 0–1 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report Edwards 73' Attendance: 3,696
Referee: Graham Grainger
15 October 2022 10 Livingston 1–0 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Bahamboula 35' Report Attendance: 1,554
Referee: Kevin Clancy
22 October 2022 11 Rangers 1–1 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST Lundstram 90+1' Report Nouble 4'
Boyes Red card 78'		 Attendance: 48,855
Referee: David Munro
30 October 2022 12 Livingston 0–3 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
12:00 Report Furuhashi 9'
Taylor 53'
Jota 87'		 Attendance: 8,825
Referee: William Collum
4 November 2022 13 Kilmarnock 2–3 Livingston Rugby Park
19:45 BST Wright 4', 45+2' Report Anderson 39'
Kelly 61 pen.'
Stokes 75 o.g.'		 Attendance: 5,239
Referee: Colin Steven
8 November 2022 14 Livingston 2–1 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Fitzwater 6'
Kelly 17 pen.'		 Report Duk 58 pen.' Attendance: 2,598
Referee: Nick Walsh
12 November 2022 15 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Rowles Red card 75'
Ginnelly 90+7'		 Report Kelly 55' Attendance: 18,448
Referee: Craig Napier
21 December 2022 16 Celtic 2–1 Livingston Celtic Park
19:45 BST Obileye 23 o.g.'
Furuhashi 45'		 Report Devlin 45+2' Attendance: 58,499
Referee: Euan Anderson
24 December 2022 17 Hibernian 4–0 Livingston Easter Road
14:00 BST Nisbet 33'
Cadden 35'
Magennis 40', 50'		 Report Holt Red card 15' Attendance: 15,260
Referee: Craig Napier
28 December 2022 18 Livingston 1–1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Pittman Red card 24'
Montaño 56'		 Report O'Hara Red card 55'
Main 63'		 Attendance: 1,897
Referee: Steven McLean
2 January 2023 19 Livingston 1–1 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Boyes 39' Report van Veen 42' Attendance: 2,163
Referee: David Munro
7 January 2023 20 Ross County 0–2 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 BST Report Anderson 67', 70' Attendance: 3,083
Referee: William Collum
14 January 2023 21 St Johnstone 2–4 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Murphy 65'
McLennan 67'		 Report Kelly 8', 15'
Penrice 39', 81'		 Attendance: 2,899
Referee: John Beaton
29 January 2023 22 Livingston 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
13:30 Report Attendance: 6,393
Referee: Alan Muir
1 February 2023 23 Celtic 3–0 Livingston Celtic Park
19:45 BST Taylor 29'
Maeda 33'
Furuhashi 45+2'		 Report Attendance: 58,295
Referee: Nick Walsh
4 February 2023 24 Livingston 3–1 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Nouble 10'
Anderson 12'
Kelly 29'		 Report Doidge 47' Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Colin Steven
18 February 2023 25 Livingston 0–3 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Oméonga Red card 77' Report Tavernier 24 pen.', 78'
Roofe 85'		 Attendance: 8,752
Referee: David Dickinson
25 February 2023 26 Aberdeen 1–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST Miovski 44' Report Attendance: 14,091
Referee: David Munro
4 March 2023 27 Livingston 1–4 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Nouble 9'
Fitzwater Red card 52'		 Report Youan 28', 37'
Oméonga 61 o.g.'
Kukharevych 90+7'		 Attendance: 5,531
Referee: Chris Graham
8 March 2023 28 Livingston 1–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Bradley 13' Report Behich 59' Attendance: 2,115
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
18 March 2023 29 Livingston 2–1 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Nouble 37'
Devlin 38'		 Report Murray 69' Attendance: 1,283
Referee: William Collum
1 April 2023 30 St Mirren 3–0 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 BST O'Hara 5 pen.', 42 pen.'
Watt 18'		 Report Attendance: 5,984
Referee: John Beaton
8 April 2023 31 Motherwell 3–0 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 BST van Veen 9', 33'
Johnston 34'		 Report Attendance: 4,566
Referee: Grant Irvine
15 April 2023 32 Livingston 2–0 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Nouble 23'
Kelly 38'		 Report Attendance: 3,976
Referee: David Munro
22 April 2023 33 Dundee United 2–0 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 BST McGrath 17'
Fletcher 85'		 Report Attendance: 8,034
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 May 2023 34 Ross County 2–0 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 BST Iacovitti 40'
Samuel 60'		 Report Guthrie Red card 81' Attendance: 3,129
Referee: David Dickinson
13 May 2023 35 Kilmarnock 2–0 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 BST Vassell 48'
Armstrong 64 pen.'		 Report Attendance: 5,051
Referee: David Munro
20 May 2023 36 Livingston 2–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Anderson 11'
Penrice 59'		 Report Harkes 21'
Behich Red card 90+4'		 Attendance: 2,612
Referee: Don Robertson
24 May 2023 37 Livingston 1–1 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
19:45 George Red card 43'
Shinnie 83'		 Report van Veen 3' Attendance: 1,983
Referee: Chris Graham
28 May 2023 38 St Johnstone 2–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Wright 17'
Kane 68 pen.'		 Report Attendance: 4,362
Referee: Graham Grainger

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

9 July 2022 Group Stage Albion Rovers 2–3 Livingston Cliftonhill
15:00 Sonkur 62'
Paton 71'		 Report Pittman 5'
Mullin 20'
Anderson 48'		 Attendance: 468
Referee: Don Robertson
12 July 2022 Group Stage Livingston 1–2 Inverness CT Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Stryjek Red card 59'
Holt 84'		 Report Samuels 37'
MacKay 67'		 Attendance: 944
Referee: Alan Muir
16 July 2022 Group Stage Cove Rangers 1–2 Livingston Balmoral Stadium
15:00 Vigurs 45+1' Report Gonçalves Red card 25'
Shinnie 48'
Devlin 88'		 Attendance: 797
Referee: Willie Collum
23 July 2022 Group Stage Livingston 2–0 Kelty Hearts Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Kelly 11'
Cancar 77'		 Report Attendance: 712
Referee: Grant Irvine

Knockout round

31 August 2022 Second round Livingston 1–2 Dundee United Livingston
19:45 Guthrie 78' Report Fletcher 15'
Harkes 34'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,497
Referee: David Munro

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Scottish Cup
21 January 2023 Fourth round Stenhousemuir 1–3 Livingston Stenhousemuir
15:00 Jamieson 26' Report Pittman 52'
Bradley 55', 59'		 Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 916
Referee: Euan Anderson
11 February 2023 Fifth round Livingston 0–3 Inverness CT Livingston
15:00 Report McKay 51', 80'
Welsh 62'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,284
Referee: Don Robertson

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 28 May 2023

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Shamal George 35 0 32 0 1 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Nicky Devlin (c) 44 3 37 2 5 1 2 0
4 DF England ENG Tom Parkes 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG Jack Fitzwater 34 0 26+2 0 4 0 2 0
6 DF England ENG Ayo Obileye 29 2 22+2 2 3 0 1+1 0
7 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Dylan Bahamboula 27 1 9+11 1 3+2 0 0+2 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 39 2 27+5 0 5 1 2 1
9 FW Scotland SCO Bruce Anderson 36 6 21+9 5 1+3 1 2 0
11 MF Colombia COL Cristian Montaño 36 4 25+6 4 3+1 0 0+1 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon 9 0 1+7 0 0+1 0 0 0
15 DF Wales WAL Morgan Boyes 23 1 15+7 1 0 0 1 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Steven Bradley 18 3 12+4 1 0 0 2 2
17 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Kelly 33 5 24+7 5 0 0 2 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 40 0 26+7 0 3+2 0 2 0
19 FW England ENG Joel Nouble 36 7 29+1 7 5 0 1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 40 2 21+12 1 4+1 1 1+1 0
23 DF Dominican Republic DOM Luiyi de Lucas 10 0 8+2 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Sean Kelly 33 2 28+1 2 4 0 0 0
28 FW England ENG Kurtis Guthrie 18 1 6+9 0 0+1 1 0+2 0
29 MF Scotland SCO James Penrice 33 3 16+13 3 2 0 2 0
32 GK Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Belgium BEL Stéphane Oméonga 31 0 15+13 0 1+2 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
3 DF Scotland SCO Jackson Longridge 11 0 3+6 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
10 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Esmaël Gonçalves 13 0 1+8 0 4 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Josh Mullin 3 1 0+1 0 1+1 1 0 0
20 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Scott Bitsindou 4 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 0 0
25 DF Australia AUS Phillip Cancar 5 1 1+2 0 1+1 1 0 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK United States USA Brian Schwake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Russia RUS Ivan Konovalov 8 0 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
32 GK Poland POL Max Stryjek 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 MF England ENG Harrison Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Jaze Kabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 St Mirren 38 12 10 16 43 61 −18 46
7 Motherwell 38 14 8 16 53 51 +2 50
8 Livingston 38 13 7 18 36 60 −24 46
9 St Johnstone 38 12 7 19 41 59 −18 43
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 7 20 37 62 −25 40
Source: [5][6]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ICT LIV COV ALB KEL
1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 3 1 0 0 8 2 +6 11 Qualification for the second round — — p1–1 4–0 —
2 Livingston 4 3 0 0 1 8 5 +3 9 1–2 — — — 2–0
3 Cove Rangers 4 1 0 1 2 6 7 −1 4 — 1–2 — — 2–3
4 Albion Rovers 4 1 0 0 3 5 9 −4 3 — 2–3 1–2 — —
5 Kelty Hearts 4 1 0 0 3 3 7 −4 3 0–1 — — 0–2 —
Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[9]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2022 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2022–23

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

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