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 1990 — 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 2001 that a club other than AC Milan, Inter Milan or Juventus had won the Serie A title.
Summary This year would mark the return of playoff matches for the first time since 2005. 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 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 from2021–22 Serie B Relegated from2021–22 Serie A Lecce CagliariCremoneseGenoaMonzaVenezia
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Inter Milan Milan San Siro Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del mare AC Milan Milan San Siro Monza Monza Stadio Brianteo Napoli Naples Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli
Personnel and kits +TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s)MainOtherAtalanta Rafael TolóiJomaPlus500Bologna Thiago Motta Roberto SorianoMacronCazooCremonese Davide Ballardini Daniel CiofaniAcerbisIlta Inox (H)/Arinox (A)Empoli Paolo Zanetti Filippo BandinelliKappaComputer GrossFiorentina Vincenzo Italiano Cristiano BiraghiKappaMediacomHellas Verona Marco Zaffaroni Miguel VelosoMacronSinergy Luce e GasInter Milan Samir HandanovićNikeDigitalBits/Paramount+Juventus Massimiliano Allegri Leonardo BonucciAdidasJeep/Jeep AvengerLazio Maurizio Sarri Ciro ImmobileMizunoBinanceLecce Marco Baroni Morten HjulmandM908Links Management & TechnologyAC Milan Stefano Pioli Davide CalabriaPumaEmiratesMonza Raffaele Palladino Matteo PessinaLottoMotorolaNapoli Luciano Spalletti Giovanni Di LorenzoEA7LeteRoma José Mourinho Lorenzo PellegriniNew BalanceDigitalBitsSalernitana Paulo Sousa Federico FazioZeusCaffè Motta/Eté SupermercatiSampdoria Dejan Stanković Fabio QuagliarellaMacronBanca IfisSassuolo Alessio Dionisi Gian Marco FerrariPumaMapeiNoneSpezia Leonardo Semplici Emmanuel GyasiAcerbisDistretti EcologiciTorino Ivan Jurić Ricardo RodriguezJomaSuzukiUdinese Andrea Sottil Roberto PereyraMacronDacia
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentCremonese Fabio Pecchia Resigned 21 May 2022 Pre-season Massimiliano Alvini 1 July 2022Hellas Verona Igor Tudor Mutual consent28 May 2022 Gabriele Cioffi 1 July 2022Udinese Gabriele Cioffi End of caretaker spell30 May 2022 Andrea Sottil 1 July 2022Empoli Aurelio Andreazzoli Contract expired 1 June 2022 Paolo Zanetti 1 July 2022Spezia Thiago Motta Mutual consent 28 June 2022 Luca Gotti 1 July 2022BolognaSacked6 September 202216th (caretaker)7 September 2022End of caretaker spell12 September 202212th12 September 2022MonzaSacked13 September 202220th13 September 2022Sampdoria2 October 202220th6 October 2022Hellas Verona11 October 202218th13 October 2022Demoted to assistant coach4 December 2022 20th4 December 2022 Cremonese Sacked 14 January 202320th 15 January 2023 Salernitana 15 February 2023 16th 15 February 2023Spezia 15 February 2023 17th (caretaker)End of caretaker spell23 February 202317th23 February 2023
League table
Results
Relegation tie-breaker As 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 Rank Player Club Goals1 Victor OsimhenNapoli262 Lautaro MartínezInter Milan213 Boulaye DiaSalernitana164 Rafael LeãoAC Milan155 Olivier GiroudAC Milan13 Ademola LookmanAtalanta M'Bala NzolaSpezia8 Domenico BerardiSassuolo12 Paulo DybalaRoma Ciro ImmobileLazio Khvicha KvaratskheliaNapoli Antonio SanabriaTorino
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Teun KoopmeinersAtalantaTorino 3–1 (H) Victor OsimhenNapoliSassuolo 4–0 (H) Boulaye DiaSalernitanaFiorentina 3–3 (H) Olivier GiroudAC MilanSampdoria 5–1 (H) Teun KoopmeinersAtalantaMonza 5–2 (H)
Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Cleansheets1 Ivan ProvedelLazio212 Alex MeretNapoli163 Wojciech SzczęsnyJuventus154 Rui PatrícioRoma135 Vanja Milinković-SavićTorino116 Michele Di GregorioMonza10 Marco SilvestriUdinese8 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo99 Mike MaignanAC Milan8 Juan MussoAtalanta André OnanaInter Milan
Discipline 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 MonthPlayer of the MonthCoach of the MonthGoal of the MonthPlayerClubCoachClubPlayerClubAugust Khvicha KvaratskheliaNapoli José MourinhoRoma Lorenzo ColomboLecceSeptember Kim Min-jae Andrea SottilUdinese Rafael LeãoAC MilanOctober Rafael LeãoAC Milan Luciano SpallettiNapoli Brahim DíazNovember Moise KeanJuventus Massimiliano AllegriJuventus Lewis FergusonBolognaJanuary Victor OsimhenNapoli Luciano SpallettiNapoli Victor OsimhenNapoliFebruary Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Thiago MottaBologna Cristiano BiraghiFiorentinaMarch Maurizio SarriLazio Khvicha KvaratskheliaNapoliApril Rafael LeãoAC Milan Raffaele PalladinoMonza Alexis SaelemaekersAC MilanMay Boulaye DiaSalernitana Vincenzo ItalianoFiorentina 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
References
External links
Official website Serie A at ESPN.com