2022–23 Serie A

2022–23 Serie A

The 2022–23 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier Italian football, the 91st in a round-robin tournament, and the 13th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Napoli won the title with five matches remaining after a 1–1 draw against Udinese at the Dacia Arena on 4 May 2023.

Napoli's title was their third league title in club history and their first since Diego Maradona led them to victory in (/wiki/1989–90SerieA) — bringing an end to their 33-year Scudetto drought. AC Milan, the defending champions, finished in fourth place. It was the first time since Roma in (/wiki/2000-01SerieA) that a club other than AC Milan, Inter Milan or Juventus had won the Serie A title.

Summary

2022–23 Serie A

This year would mark the return of playoff matches for the first time since (/wiki/2004–05SerieA). If the season ends with two teams tied at the top of the league standings, those teams would play at a neutral site to determine the title winner. The match will have no extra time, and will instead go directly to a penalty shoot-out should the teams be tied after regulation. Head-to-head will still will used as a tiebreaker elsewhere on the board.

The Lega Serie A in February announced their intention to run a tournament in the United States during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, consisting of players who were not called up to play for the men's national team. The unusual scheduling of the World Cup in Qatar forced many leagues to interrupt their seasons for weeks, so the Serie A saw this as an opportunity to bolster its image abroad while keeping its players active. The idea received mixed feedback, and was ultimately cancelled by the league due to logistical and funding issues.

In January 2023, the Serie A deducted 15 points from Juventus after an investigation by the FIGC accused the club of manipulating their balancing sheets to show false gains of around 60m euros. Months later in April, Italy's highest court ordered the case to be re-examined, and the points were restored. The original ruling was upheld—though this time resulting in Juventus being docked 10 points—in May 2023.

On 28 July 2023, UEFA released a statement confirming Juventus has violated finance regulations. Consequently, Juventus faced penalties including exclusion from the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Teams

2022–23 Serie A

Cremonese returned to the Serie A for the first time in 26 years—their longest absence from the top league in history. Lecce returned after two years. Monza were promoted for the first time in the club's history, making them the 67th team to play at the highest level of Italian football.

Cagliari were relegated to the Serie B after six years, while Venezia were relegated after only one. Genoa were relegated after 15 seasons, thus ending the club's longest consecutive run in the top league.

This was the first season since the 2003–04 campaign without any representation from the archipelagos of Italy (teams located on Sardinia or Sicily) in the Serie A.

Team changes

Promoted from 2021–22 Serie B	Relegated from 2021–22 Serie A
Lecce	Cagliari
Cremonese	Genoa
Monza	Venezia

Stadiums and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Atalanta</td><td>Bergamo</td><td>Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia</td><td>21,000</td></tr><tr><td>Bologna</td><td>Bologna</td><td>Stadio Renato Dall'Ara</td><td>36,462</td></tr><tr><td>Cremonese</td><td>Cremona</td><td>Stadio Giovanni Zini</td><td>16,003</td></tr><tr><td>Empoli</td><td>Empoli</td><td>Stadio Carlo Castellani</td><td>16,284</td></tr><tr><td>Fiorentina</td><td>Florence</td><td>Stadio Artemio Franchi</td><td>43,147</td></tr><tr><td>Hellas Verona</td><td>Verona</td><td>Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi</td><td>31,045</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Milan</td><td>San Siro</td><td>75,923</td></tr><tr><td>Juventus</td><td>Turin</td><td>Juventus Stadium</td><td>41,507</td></tr><tr><td>Lazio</td><td>Rome</td><td>Stadio Olimpico</td><td>70,634</td></tr><tr><td>Lecce</td><td>Lecce</td><td>Stadio Via del mare</td><td>31,533</td></tr><tr><td>AC Milan</td><td>Milan</td><td>San Siro</td><td>75,923</td></tr><tr><td>Monza</td><td>Monza</td><td>Stadio Brianteo</td><td>15,039</td></tr><tr><td>Napoli</td><td>Naples</td><td>Stadio Diego Armando Maradona</td><td>54,726</td></tr><tr><td>Roma</td><td>Rome</td><td>Stadio Olimpico</td><td>70,634</td></tr><tr><td>Salernitana</td><td>Salerno</td><td>Stadio Arechi</td><td>37,180</td></tr><tr><td>Sampdoria</td><td>Genoa</td><td>Stadio Luigi Ferraris</td><td>36,599</td></tr><tr><td>Sassuolo</td><td>Sassuolo</td><td>Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore</td><td>21,525</td></tr><tr><td>Spezia</td><td>La Spezia</td><td>Stadio Alberto Picco</td><td>11,512</td></tr><tr><td>Torino</td><td>Turin</td><td>Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino</td><td>27,958</td></tr><tr><td>Udinese</td><td>Udine</td><td>Stadio Friuli</td><td>25,144</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Main</td><td>Other</td></tr><tr><td>Atalanta</td><td>Gian Piero Gasperini</td><td>Rafael Tolói</td><td>Joma</td><td>Plus500</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Bologna</td><td>Thiago Motta</td><td>Roberto Soriano</td><td>Macron</td><td>Cazoo</td><td>Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Cremonese</td><td>Davide Ballardini</td><td>Daniel Ciofani</td><td>Acerbis</td><td>Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A)</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Empoli</td><td>Paolo Zanetti</td><td>Filippo Bandinelli</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Computer Gross</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Fiorentina</td><td>Vincenzo Italiano</td><td>Cristiano Biraghi</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Mediacom</td><td>Back</td></tr><tr><td>Hellas Verona</td><td>Marco Zaffaroni</td><td>Miguel Veloso</td><td>Macron</td><td>Sinergy Luce e Gas</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Inter Milan</td><td>Simone Inzaghi</td><td>Samir Handanović</td><td>Nike</td><td>DigitalBits/Paramount+</td><td>Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Juventus</td><td>Massimiliano Allegri</td><td>Leonardo Bonucci</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Jeep/Jeep Avenger</td><td>Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Lazio</td><td>Maurizio Sarri</td><td>Ciro Immobile</td><td>Mizuno</td><td>Binance</td><td>Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Lecce</td><td>Marco Baroni</td><td>Morten Hjulmand</td><td>M908</td><td>Links Management & Technology</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>AC Milan</td><td>Stefano Pioli</td><td>Davide Calabria</td><td>Puma</td><td>Emirates</td><td>Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Monza</td><td>Raffaele Palladino</td><td>Matteo Pessina</td><td>Lotto</td><td>Motorola</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Napoli</td><td>Luciano Spalletti</td><td>Giovanni Di Lorenzo</td><td>EA7</td><td>Lete</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Roma</td><td>José Mourinho</td><td>Lorenzo Pellegrini</td><td>New Balance</td><td>DigitalBits</td><td>Back</td></tr><tr><td>Salernitana</td><td>Paulo Sousa</td><td>Federico Fazio</td><td>Zeus</td><td>Caffè Motta/Eté Supermercati</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Sampdoria</td><td>Dejan Stanković</td><td>Fabio Quagliarella</td><td>Macron</td><td>Banca Ifis</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Sassuolo</td><td>Alessio Dionisi</td><td>Gian Marco Ferrari</td><td>Puma</td><td>Mapei</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Spezia</td><td>Leonardo Semplici</td><td>Emmanuel Gyasi</td><td>Acerbis</td><td>Distretti Ecologici</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Torino</td><td>Ivan Jurić</td><td>Ricardo Rodriguez</td><td>Joma</td><td>Suzuki</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr><tr><td>Udinese</td><td>Andrea Sottil</td><td>Roberto Pereyra</td><td>Macron</td><td>Dacia</td><td>Front Back Sleeves</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Cremonese	Fabio Pecchia	Resigned	21 May 2022	Pre-season	Massimiliano Alvini	1 July 2022
Hellas Verona	Igor Tudor	Mutual consent	28 May 2022	Gabriele Cioffi	1 July 2022
Udinese	Gabriele Cioffi	End of caretaker spell	30 May 2022	Andrea Sottil	1 July 2022
Empoli	Aurelio Andreazzoli	Contract expired	1 June 2022	Paolo Zanetti	1 July 2022
Spezia	Thiago Motta	Mutual consent	28 June 2022	Luca Gotti	1 July 2022
Bologna	Siniša Mihajlović	Sacked	6 September 2022	16th	Luca Vigiani (caretaker)	7 September 2022
Luca Vigiani	End of caretaker spell	12 September 2022	12th	Thiago Motta	12 September 2022
Monza	Giovanni Stroppa	Sacked	13 September 2022	20th	Raffaele Palladino	13 September 2022
Sampdoria	Marco Giampaolo	2 October 2022	20th	Dejan Stanković	6 October 2022
Hellas Verona	Gabriele Cioffi	11 October 2022	18th	Salvatore Bocchetti	13 October 2022
Salvatore Bocchetti	Demoted to assistant coach	4 December 2022	20th	Marco Zaffaroni	4 December 2022
Cremonese	Massimiliano Alvini	Sacked	14 January 2023	20th	Davide Ballardini	15 January 2023
Salernitana	Davide Nicola	15 February 2023	16th	Paulo Sousa	15 February 2023
Spezia	Luca Gotti	15 February 2023	17th	Fabrizio Lorieri (caretaker)
Fabrizio Lorieri	End of caretaker spell	23 February 2023	17th	Leonardo Semplici	23 February 2023

League table

2022–23 Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Napoli (C)	38	28	6	4	77	28	+49	90	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Lazio	38	22	8	8	60	30	+30	74
3	Inter Milan	38	23	3	12	71	42	+29	72
4	Milan	38	20	10	8	64	43	+21	70
5	Atalanta	38	19	7	12	66	48	+18	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	50	38	+12	63
7	Juventus	38	22	6	10	56	33	+23	62
8	Fiorentina	38	15	11	12	53	43	+10	56	Qualification for the Εuropa Conference League play-off round
9	Bologna	38	14	12	12	53	49	+4	54
10	Torino	38	14	11	13	42	41	+1	53
11	Monza	38	14	10	14	48	52	−4	52
12	Udinese	38	11	13	14	47	48	−1	46
13	Sassuolo	38	12	9	17	47	61	−14	45
14	Empoli	38	10	13	15	37	49	−12	43
15	Salernitana	38	9	15	14	48	62	−14	42
16	Lecce	38	8	12	18	33	46	−13	36
17	Spezia (R)	38	6	13	19	31	62	−31	31	Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker
18	Hellas Verona (O)	38	7	10	21	31	59	−28	31
19	Cremonese (R)	38	5	12	21	36	69	−33	27	Relegation to Serie B
20	Sampdoria (R)	38	3	10	25	24	71	−47	19

Relegation tie-breaker

2022–23 Serie A

Because Spezia and Hellas Verona finished level on points in the final relegation spot, a one-match relegation tie-breaker was held at a neutral venue to determine the final team which would be relegated to Serie B.

Hellas Verona won 3–1 and remained in Serie A, while Spezia were relegated to Serie B.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Victor Osimhen</td><td>Napoli</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Lautaro Martínez</td><td>Inter Milan</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Boulaye Dia</td><td>Salernitana</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Rafael Leão</td><td>AC Milan</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Olivier Giroud</td><td>AC Milan</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Ademola Lookman</td><td>Atalanta</td></tr><tr><td>M'Bala Nzola</td><td>Spezia</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Domenico Berardi</td><td>Sassuolo</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Paulo Dybala</td><td>Roma</td></tr><tr><td>Ciro Immobile</td><td>Lazio</td></tr><tr><td>Khvicha Kvaratskhelia</td><td>Napoli</td></tr><tr><td>Antonio Sanabria</td><td>Torino</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Teun Koopmeiners	Atalanta	Torino	3–1 (H)	1 September 2022
Victor Osimhen	Napoli	Sassuolo	4–0 (H)	29 October 2022
Boulaye Dia	Salernitana	Fiorentina	3–3 (H)	3 May 2023
Olivier Giroud	AC Milan	Sampdoria	5–1 (H)	20 May 2023
Teun Koopmeiners	Atalanta	Monza	5–2 (H)	4 June 2023

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ivan Provedel	Lazio	21
2	Alex Meret	Napoli	16
3	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus	15
4	Rui Patrício	Roma	13
5	Vanja Milinković-Savić	Torino	11
6	Michele Di Gregorio	Monza	10
Marco Silvestri	Udinese
8	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	9
9	Mike Maignan	AC Milan	8
Juan Musso	Atalanta
André Onana	Inter Milan

Player

• Most yellow cards: 13 • Mehdi Léris (Sampdoria)

• Most red cards: 3 • Ruan (Sassuolo)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 109 • Hellas Verona • Most red cards: 7 • Empoli • Fewest yellow cards: 47 • Napoli • Fewest red cards: 0 • Torino

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month	Coach of the Month	Goal of the Month
Player	Club	Coach	Club	Player	Club
August	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Napoli	José Mourinho	Roma	Lorenzo Colombo	Lecce
September	Kim Min-jae	Andrea Sottil	Udinese	Rafael Leão	AC Milan
October	Rafael Leão	AC Milan	Luciano Spalletti	Napoli	Brahim Díaz
November	Moise Kean	Juventus	Massimiliano Allegri	Juventus	Lewis Ferguson	Bologna
January	Victor Osimhen	Napoli	Luciano Spalletti	Napoli	Victor Osimhen	Napoli
February	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Thiago Motta	Bologna	Cristiano Biraghi	Fiorentina
March	Maurizio Sarri	Lazio	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Napoli
April	Rafael Leão	AC Milan	Raffaele Palladino	Monza	Alexis Saelemaekers	AC Milan
May	Boulaye Dia	Salernitana	Vincenzo Italiano	Fiorentina	Théo Hernandez

Seasonal awards

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Napoli
Best Under-23	Nicolò Fagioli	Juventus
Best Goalkeeper	Ivan Provedel	Lazio
Best Defender	Kim Min-jae	Napoli
Best Midfielder	Nicolò Barella	Inter Milan
Best Striker	Victor Osimhen	Napoli
Coach of the Season	Luciano Spalletti	Napoli
Goal of the Season	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	Napoli

Team of the Season
Goalkeeper	Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus)
Defence	Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli)	Bremer (Juventus)	Kim Min-jae (Napoli)	Théo Hernandez (AC Milan)
Midfield	Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan)	Adrien Rabiot (Juventus)	Sandro Tonali (AC Milan)
Attack	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)	Victor Osimhen (Napoli)	Rafael Leão (AC Milan)
Bench	Chris Smalling (Roma) Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) Paulo Dybala (Roma) Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan)

AIC Serie A Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Defence	Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli)	Kim Min-jae (Napoli)	Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan)	Théo Hernandez (AC Milan)
Midfield	Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan)	Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter Milan)	Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli)
Attack	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)	Victor Osimhen (Napoli)	Rafael Leão (AC Milan)

Attendances

2022–23 Serie A

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Internazionale	19	72,630
2	AC Milan	19	71,828
3	AS Roma	19	62,043
4	SS Lazio	19	45,641
5	SSC Napoli	19	45,617
6	Juventus	19	37,672
7	Fiorentina	19	32,200
8	US Lecce	19	24,683
9	Bologna FC	19	22,314
10	Udinese	19	21,637
11	Sampdoria	19	20,133
12	Salernitana	19	20,068
13	Torino FC	19	19,508
14	Hellas Verona	19	19,307
15	Atalanta BC	19	18,241
16	US Sassuolo	19	13,551
17	AC Monza	19	12,413
18	Cremonese	19	11,986
19	Empoli FC	19	10,293
20	Spezia Calcio	19	9,256