The 2022–23 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season under

English football Football is the most popular sport in England. Widely regarded as the birthplace of modern football, the first official rules of the game were established in England in 1863. The country is home to the world's first football league, the oldest ...

's new title of the

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, 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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York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...

Promoted from 2021–22 National League South * Maidstone United *

Dorking Wanderers Dorking Wanderers Football Club is a professional football club based in Dorking, Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, they are currently members of and play at Meadowbank. Formed in 1999 by a group of friends ...

Relegated from 2021–22 League Two *

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in ...

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;From National League Promoted to 2022–23 League Two *

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Relegated to 2022–23 National League North * King's Lynn Town Relegated to

2022–23 National League South The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

* Dover Athletic * Weymouth Oldham Athletic is the first former

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club to be relegated to the National League, and their matches against

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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 The 2021–22 National League season, known as the Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season as English football's National League, the eightteenth season consisting of three divisions, and the forty-third season ove ...

* King's Lynn Town Promoted from 2021–22 Northern Premier League *

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* Scarborough Athletic Promoted from

2021–22 Southern Football League The 2021–22 Southern Football League season was the 119th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. The league had two Premier divisions (Central and South) at Step 3 of the National League System (NLS) and two Divis ...

* Banbury United * Peterborough Sports ;From National League North Promoted to

2022–23 National League 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 fo ...

Relegated to

2022–23 Northern Premier League The 2022–23 season was the 55th season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West, East and Midlands divisions at Step 4. The NPL continued this ...

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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

* Dover Athletic * 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 ...

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 ...

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

* Taunton Town * Farnborough ;From National League South Promoted to

* Maidstone United *

Relegated to

2022–23 Isthmian League The 2022–23 season was the 108th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league operates four divisions, the Premier Divisi ...

* 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 National League 2022–23 National League 5

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