2022–23 US Salernitana 1919 season

Salernitana
2022–23 season
CEO	Danilo Iervolino
Manager	Davide Nicola; (until 15 February); Paulo Sousa; (from 15 February)
Stadium	Stadio Arechi
Serie A	15th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Boulaye Dia (16); All: ; Boulaye Dia (16)
Biggest win	Salernitana 4–0 Sampdoria
Biggest defeat	Atalanta 8–2 Salernitana
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 104th season in the history of U.S. Salernitana 1919 and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Vincenzo Fiorillo
2	DF	TUN	Dylan Bronn
3	DF	CRO	Domagoj Bradarić
5	DF	AUT	Flavius Daniliuc
6	MF	FRA	Junior Sambia
8	MF	NOR	Emil Bohinen
9	FW	ITA	Federico Bonazzoli
10	MF	NED	Tonny Vilhena (on loan from Espanyol)
11	FW	NOR	Erik Botheim
13	GK	MEX	Guillermo Ochoa
14	FW	CHI	Diego Valencia
16	MF	SRB	Ivan Radovanović
17	DF	ARG	Federico Fazio (captain)
18	MF	MLI	Lassana Coulibaly
19	FW	NOR	Julian Kristoffersen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	CYP	Grigoris Kastanos
23	DF	SVK	Norbert Gyömbér
25	MF	ITA	Giulio Maggiore
26	DF	FRA	Sanasi Sy
28	MF	ITA	Leonardo Capezzi
29	FW	SEN	Boulaye Dia (on loan from Villarreal)
30	MF	ITA	Pasquale Mazzocchi
33	GK	ITA	Luigi Sepe
41	MF	ITA	Hans Nicolussi (on loan from Juventus)
66	DF	ITA	Matteo Lovato
71	GK	ITA	Jacopo De Matteis
87	MF	ITA	Antonio Candreva (on loan from Sampdoria)
98	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Pirola (on loan from Internazionale)
99	FW	POL	Krzysztof Piątek (on loan from Hertha BSC)

Other players under contract

As of 10 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Gioacchino Galeotafiore


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Other players under contract

As of 1 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Gioacchino Galeotafiore


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Orlando

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2022 Friendly	SK Jenbach	0–9	Salernitana	Jenbach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Simy 14' Mazzocchi 41' D'Andrea 55', 57', 90' Kristoffersen 62', 73', 85' Boultam 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Jenbach Stadion Referee: Rene Schrett

13 July 2022 Friendly	Schalke 04	0–0	Salernitana	Wörgl, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 56'	Report	Fazio 54'	Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Andreas Heiß (Austria)

16 July 2022 Friendly	Salernitana	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Kitzbühel, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kristoffersen 16', 31' Cavion 38'	Report	Kramarić 8' Rutter 37'	Stadium: Sportplatz Langau Referee: Andreas Schett (Austria)

20 July 2022 Friendly	Salernitana	2–0	Wieczysta Kraków	Jenbach, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ribéry 3' (pen.) Botheim 6' Fiorillo 65'	Report	Kołodziej 45+2'	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)

27 July 2022 Friendly	Galatasaray	1–1	Salernitana	Innsbruck, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seferovic 13' Bardakcı 51' Kılınç 65'	Report	Botheim 11' Moțoc 22'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)

30 July 2022 Trofeo Angelo Iervolino	Salernitana	1–3	Adana Demirspor	Salerno
CEST (UTC+2)	Bonazzoli 36' Fazio Coulibaly		Onyekuru 1' Assombalonga 6' Belhanda 17' Akaydın Rodrigues	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Gianpiero Miele

30 July 2022 Trofeo Angelo Iervolino	Salernitana	1–0	Reggina	Salerno
CEST (UTC+2)	Kristoffersen 10'			Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Livio Marinelli

10 December 2022 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	3–0	Salernitana	Alanya, Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kahveci 34' King 58' Batshuayi 90+2' (pen.)		Coulibaly 41'	Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium Referee: Murat Erdoğan

15 December 2022 Friendly	Alanyaspor	3–1	Salernitana	Alanya, Turkey
16:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Mahgoub 29' Karaca 48' Doumbia 90+1'		Bonazzoli 9'	Stadium: Kırbıyık Holding Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	14 August 2022	3 June 2023	Matchday 1	15th	38	9	15	14	48	62	−14	023.68
Coppa Italia	7 August 2022		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					39	9	15	15	48	64	−16	023.08

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker^[b]

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team;^[1] 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1
^ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	15	14	48	62	−14	42	7	6	6	30	26	+4	2	9	8	18	36	−18

Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L
Position	15	14	10	10	10	10	13	14	11	12	11	10	9	11	12	14	14	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15

Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.^[3]

14 August 2022 1	Salernitana	0–1	Roma	Salerno
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 28' Gyömbér 39' Kastanos 40'	Report	Cristante 33' Smalling 48' Matić 72'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 24,983 Referee: Simone Sozza

20 August 2022 2	Udinese	0–0	Salernitana	Udine
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Makengo 29' Walace 45+1' Pérez 45+4'	Report	Bonazzoli 35' Bradarić 49' Bronn 66' Gyömbér 74'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 17,054 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

28 August 2022 3	Salernitana	4–0	Sampdoria	Salerno
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dia 7' Bonazzoli 16' Mazzocchi 26' Vilhena 50' Botheim 76', 85'	Report	Depaoli 11' Rincón 79'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 19,116 Referee: Davide Massa

1 September 2022 4	Bologna	1–1	Salernitana	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnautović 52' (pen.) Medel 64' De Silvestri 65'	Report	Gyömbér 50' Vilhena 82' Dia 88'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 19,787 Referee: Davide Ghersini

5 September 2022 5	Salernitana	2–2	Empoli	Salerno
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mazzocchi 39', 40' Coulibaly 42' Dia 61' Kastanos 90+1'	Report	Satriano 31', 52' Lammers 81' Akpa Akpro 87'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 18,173 Referee: Rosario Abisso

11 September 2022 6	Juventus	2–2	Salernitana	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Paredes 27' Kean 32' Bremer 45+4', 51' Milik 83' 90+6' Bonucci 90+3', 90+3' Cuadrado 90+9'	Report	Candreva 18' Maggiore 38' Piątek 45+5' (pen.), 55' Fazio 53', 90+8' Sepe 72'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 35,097 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

16 September 2022 7	Salernitana	1–2	Lecce	Salerno
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 10' Gonzàlez 55' (o.g.)	Report	Ceesay 43' Di Francesco 47' Gonzàlez 60' Strefezza 83', 84'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 19,488 Referee: Daniele Doveri

2 October 2022 8	Sassuolo	5–0	Salernitana	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laurienté 12' Pinamonti 39' (pen.) Thorstvedt 53' Rogério 74' Harroui 76' Antiste 90+2'	Report	Vilhena 58'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 15,786 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

9 October 2022 9	Salernitana	2–1	Hellas Verona	Salerno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Piątek 18', 22' Sambia 90+2' Dia 90+4' Daniliuc 90+4' Radovanović 90+8'	Report	Hien 23' Depaoli 45+2', 56' Sulemana 79' Ceccherini 90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 15,922 Referee: Davide Ghersini

16 October 2022 10	Internazionale	2–0	Salernitana	Milan
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Martínez 14' Barella 58'	Report	Daniliuc 17'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,425 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

22 October 2022 11	Salernitana	1–0	Spezia	Salerno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhena 19' Mazzocchi 48' Daniliuc 81'	Report	Amian 20' Kiwior 61' Agudelo 81' Holm 82'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 17,260 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

30 October 2022 12	Lazio	1–3	Salernitana	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zaccagni 41' Milinković-Savić 72' Marušić 75' Cancellieri 90+6'	Report	Candreva 51' Coulibaly 56' Fazio 68' Dia 76', 90+6' Sepe 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

5 November 2022 13	Salernitana	2–2	Cremonese	Salerno
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Piątek 3' Fazio 8' Coulibaly 38' Sepe 90'	Report	Okereke 12' Hendry 40' Sernicola 44' Ciofani 89', 89'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 16,780 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

9 November 2022 14	Fiorentina	2–1	Salernitana	Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bonaventura 15' Jović 81'	Report	Dia 55' Radovanović 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,329 Referee: Federico La Penna

13 November 2022 15	Monza	3–0	Salernitana	Monza
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Carlos Augusto 24' Mota 35' Pessina 76' (pen.)	Report	Candreva 45+1' 74'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 12,372 Referee: Antonio Giua

4 January 2023 16	Salernitana	1–2	Milan	Salerno
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Piątek 73' Bradarić 75' Bonazzoli 83' Coulibaly 85' Daniliuc 90+2'	Report	Leão 10' Tonali 15' Giroud 53'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 29,541 Referee: Francesco Forneau

8 January 2023 17	Salernitana	1–1	Torino	Salerno
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Candreva 22' Vilhena 49' Daniliuc 68'	Report	Linetty 25' Sanabria 36' Lukić 51' Djidji 77'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 16,300 Referee: Andrea Colombo

15 January 2023 18	Atalanta	8–2	Salernitana	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boga 5' Lookman 20' (pen.), 54' Scalvini 23' Koopmeiners 30', 38', 38' Højlund 41' Éderson 61' Zortea 85'	Report	Dia 10' Nicolussi 56'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 18,499 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

21 January 2023 19	Salernitana	0–2	Napoli	Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bradarić 75' Pirola 78'	Report	Kim 44' Di Lorenzo 45+3' Osimhen 48' Ndombele 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 18,550 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

27 January 2023 20	Lecce	1–2	Salernitana	Lecce
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Strefezza 23' Maleh 53' Baschirotto 63'	Report	Dia 5' Vilhena 20' Coulibaly 40' Bradarić 43' Sambia 80' Nicolussi 90'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 24,446 Referee: Davide Massa

7 February 2023 21	Salernitana	0–3	Juventus	Salerno
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vilhena 23'	Report	Rabiot 16' Vlahović 26' (pen.), 47' Kostić 45'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 26,945 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

13 February 2023 22	Hellas Verona	1–0	Salernitana	Verona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ngonge 31' Magnani 49' Verdi 88'	Report	Bronn 21' Coulibaly 60' Pirola 69'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 17,832 Referee: Paolo Valeri

19 February 2023 23	Salernitana	0–2	Lazio	Salerno
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pirola 55' Valencia 83' Bronn 88' 89' Daniliuc 90+1'	Report	Vecino 44' Immobile 60', 69' (pen.) Luis Alberto 90'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 14,860 Referee: Rosario Abisso

26 February 2023 24	Salernitana	3–0	Monza	Salerno
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Črnigoj 36' Coulibaly 52' Kastanos 65', 68' Candreva 71'	Report	Caldirola 48' Marí 62' Donati 78' 87'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 14,247 Referee: Livio Marinelli

5 March 2023 25	Sampdoria	0–0	Salernitana	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nuytinck 21' Cuisance 42' Malagrida 89'	Report	Daniliuc 28' Maggiore 51' Piątek 53' Dia 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,353 Referee: Davide Massa

13 March 2023 26	Milan	1–1	Salernitana	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Giroud 45+1', 59' Tomori 90+4'	Report	Dia 61', 90+6' Sambia 85' Coulibaly 89'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,870 Referee: Federico La Penna

18 March 2023 27	Salernitana	2–2	Bologna	Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pirola 7' Dia 64'	Report	Ferguson 11' Lykogiannis 73' Orsolini 76'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Luca Pairetto

2 April 2023 28	Spezia	1–1	Salernitana	La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shomurodov 70'	Report	Caldara 43' (o.g.) Coulibaly 77'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 10,723 Referee: Daniele Orsato

7 April 2023 29	Salernitana	1–1	Internazionale	Salerno
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 38' Nicolussi 70' Candreva 90'	Report	Gosens 6' De Vrij 34' Gagliardini 89'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 23,100 Referee: Michael Fabbri

16 April 2023 30	Torino	1–1	Salernitana	Torino
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanabria 57'	Report	Vilhena 9' Gyömbér 68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 21,122 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

22 April 2023 31	Salernitana	3–0	Sassuolo	Salerno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pirola 9' Dia 20' Coulibaly 65' Bronn 70'	Report	Matheus Henrique 78' Ruan 80'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 23,060 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

30 April 2023 32	Napoli	1–1	Salernitana	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zieliński 55' Olivera 62', 71'	Report	Daniliuc 74' Pirola 75' Dia 84'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 50,672 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

3 May 2023 33	Salernitana	3–3	Fiorentina	Salerno
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dia 10', 59', 81' (pen.) Daniliuc 49' Botheim 51' Bradarić 84'	Report	González 36' Mandragora 40' Castrovilli 43' Cabral 45' Martínez Quarta 55' Ikoné 71' Biraghi 84' Duncan 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 17,868 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

8 May 2023 34	Empoli	2–1	Salernitana	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cambiaghi 38' Caputo 63' Baldanzi 70' Destro 90+6'	Report	Lovato 28' Bronn 60' Piątek 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,760 Referee: Manuel Volpi

13 May 2023 35	Salernitana	1–0	Atalanta	Salerno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lovato 59' Coulibaly 76' Candreva 90+3'	Report	Scalvini 49' De Roon 60'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Marco Piccinini

22 May 2023 36	Roma	2–2	Salernitana	Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	El Shaarawy 47' Matić 83' Zalewski 90+4'	Report	Candreva 12' Dia 54', 90+5' Gyömbér 69' Ochoa 85' Daniliuc 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,286 Referee: Andrea Colombo

27 May 2023 37	Salernitana	3–2	Udinese	Salerno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhena 37' Kastanos 43', 90+1' Candreva 57' Troost-Ekong 90+6', 90+8'	Report	Zeegelaar 4' 87', 25' Nestorovski 30' Bijol 71'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 27,035 Referee: Niccolò Barono

3 June 2023 38	Cremonese	2–0	Salernitana	Cremona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Buonaiuto 26' (pen.) Ghiglione 29' Tsadjout 88'	Report	Coulibaly 39' Piątek 87'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 10,308 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

Coppa Italia

7 August 2022 Round of 64	Salernitana	0–2	Parma	Salerno
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fazio 76'	Report	Camara 59' Mihăilă 74' Zagaritis 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 10,205 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

References

^ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation.
^ "Calendario Serie a 2022-2023, il 24 giugno nasce il nuovo campionato".

[table_hth_SPE0.73147460107295-1] Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1

[table_note_res_RTB0.73147460107295-2] Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

[note-3] Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

[4] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation.

[5] "Calendario Serie a 2022-2023, il 24 giugno nasce il nuovo campionato".

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