The 2022–23 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season under
English football's new title of the
National League, the nineteenth season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-fourth season overall.
This season saw the expansion of North and South divisions to 24 teams each, a planned increase which was originally scheduled in 2019 to occur ahead of the 2021–22 season. However, after the curtailment and voidance of the 2020–21 season for both North and South, promotion and relegation were postponed. For those reasons, the implementation of expansion plans was delayed until 2022–23.
National League
Team changes
;To National League
Promoted from
2021–22 National League North
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Gateshead
Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...
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York City
Promoted from
2021–22 National League South
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Maidstone United
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Dorking Wanderers
Relegated from
2021–22 League Two
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Scunthorpe United
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Oldham Athletic
;From National League
Promoted to
2022–23 League Two
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Stockport County
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Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system.
Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...
Relegated to
2022–23 National League North
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King's Lynn Town
Relegated to
2022–23 National League South
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Dover Athletic
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Weymouth
Oldham Athletic is the first former
Premier League
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
club to be relegated to the National League, and their matches against
Notts County will be the third fixture to be played in all five top tiers of English football.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and sponsoring
Managerial changes
National League table
Results table
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Monthly awards
Each month the Vanarama National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.
Annual awards
National League Team of the Season
National League North
The National League North consisted of 24 teams for the first time.
Team changes
;To National League North
Relegated from
2021–22 National League
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King's Lynn Town
Promoted from
2021–22 Northern Premier League
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Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...
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Scarborough Athletic
Promoted from
2021–22 Southern Football League
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Banbury United
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Peterborough Sports
;From National League North
Promoted to
2022–23 National League
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Gateshead
Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...
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York City
Relegated to
2022–23 Northern Premier League
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Guiseley
Guiseley ( ) is an area in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-west ...
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
National League North table
Results table
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Monthly awards
Each month the Vanarama National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.
Annual awards
National League North Team of the Season
National League South
The National League South also consisted of 24 teams for the first time.
Team changes
;To National League South
Relegated from
2021–22 National League
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Dover Athletic
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Weymouth
Promoted from
2021–22 Isthmian League The 2021–22 season was the 107th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English Association football, football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East of England, East and South East England. The league oper ...
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Worthing
Worthing ( ) is a seaside town and borough in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 113,094 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Br ...
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Cheshunt
Cheshunt (/ˈtʃɛzənt/ CHEZ-ənt) is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, situated within the London commuter belt approximately north of Central London. The town lies on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering th ...
Promoted from
2021–22 Southern Football League
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Taunton Town
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Farnborough
;From National League South
Promoted to
2022–23 National League
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Maidstone United
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Dorking Wanderers
Relegated to
2022–23 Isthmian League
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Billericay Town
Stadia and locations
Managerial changes
National League South table
Results table
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Monthly awards
Each month the Vanarama National League announces their official Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.
Annual awards
National League South Team of the Season
References
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