2022–23 Empoli FC season

Empoli FC
2022–23 season
Chairman	Fabrizio Corsi
Head coach	Paolo Zanetti
Stadium	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A	14th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nicolò Cambiaghi (6); All: ; Nicolò Cambiaghi (7)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 103rd season in the history of Empoli FC and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players[edit]

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Samuele Perisan
3	DF	NZL	Liberato Cacace
4	DF	POL	Sebastian Walukiewicz (on loan from Cagliari)
5	MF	ITA	Alberto Grassi (on loan from Parma)
6	DF	BEL	Koni De Winter (on loan from Juventus)
8	MF	SCO	Liam Henderson
9	FW	URU	Martín Satriano (on loan from Internazionale)
11	MF	CIV	Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (on loan from Lazio)
13	GK	ITA	Guglielmo Vicario
14	FW	CRO	Marko Pjaca (on loan from Juventus)
18	MF	ROU	Răzvan Marin (on loan from Cagliari)
19	FW	ITA	Francesco Caputo (on loan from Sampdoria)
21	MF	ITA	Jacopo Fazzini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	KOS	Samir Ujkani
23	FW	ITA	Mattia Destro
24	DF	NGA	Tyronne Ebuehi
25	MF	ITA	Filippo Bandinelli (captain)
26	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli
28	FW	ITA	Nicolò Cambiaghi (on loan from Atalanta)
30	DF	SVN	Petar Stojanović
32	MF	SUI	Nicolas Haas
33	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto (on loan from Napoli)
34	DF	ALB	Ardian Ismajli
35	MF	ITA	Tommaso Baldanzi
55	FW	ITA	Emanuel Vignato (on loan from Bologna)
65	DF	ITA	Fabiano Parisi
91	FW	ITA	Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta)

Out on loan[edit]

As of 31 January 2023

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Niccolò Chiorra (at Mantova until 30 June 2023)
—	GK	ITA	Gabriel Meli (at Recanatese until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Donati (at Ascoli until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Leonardo Pezzola (at San Donato Tavarnelle until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ALB	Kristjan Asllani (at Internazionale until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ALB	Nedim Bajrami (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Luca Belardinelli (at Südtirol until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Crociata (at Cittadella until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Tommaso Fantacci (at Arzignano until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	SVN	Leo Štulac (at Palermo until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	SWE	Emmanuel Ekong (at Perugia until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Andrea La Mantia (at SPAL until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Davide Merola (at Pescara until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Alessio Rosa (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

The team's pre-season camp began on 5–6 July in Monteboro.^[2]

14 July 2022 Friendly	Empoli	11–0	Calcio Castelfiorentino	Vinci
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Petroio Referee: Andrea Zoppi

19 July 2022 Friendly	Empoli	3–0	Seravezza	Vinci
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luperto 60' Baldanzi 68' Marin 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Petroio Referee: Edoardo Manedo Mazzoni

25 July 2022 Friendly	Trabzonspor	0–1	Empoli	Kitzbühel, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Destro 14'	Stadium: Sportplatz Langau Referee: Stefan Gamper (Austria)

28 July 2022 Friendly	Empoli	2–1	Pafos	Wörgl, Austria
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haas 5' Luperto 19' Destro 33'	Report	Al Ghaddioui 11', 19'	Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl Referee: Cemil Et (Austria)

5 December 2022 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–2	Empoli	Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

9 December 2022 Friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Empoli	Spain
13:30 CET (UTC+1)

16 December 2022 Friendly	Empoli	0–1	Monaco	Empoli
17:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

23 December 2022 Friendly	Empoli	2–1	Sassuolo	Empoli
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

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	14th	38	10	13	15	37	49	−12	026.32
Coppa Italia	6 August 2022		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					39	10	13	16	38	51	−13	025.64

Source: Soccerway

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team;^[3] 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)^[4]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	13	15	37	49	−12	43	8	4	7	22	23	−1	2	9	8	15	26	−11

Source: Serie A

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L
Position	15	13	14	14	15	16	14	15	14	10	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	10	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14

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

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.^[5]

14 August 2022 1	Spezia	1–0	Empoli	La Spezia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gyasi 4' Nzola 36' Reca 60'	Report	Henderson 14'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 8,360 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

21 August 2022 2	Empoli	0–0	Fiorentina	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bandinelli 31' Luperto 66'	Report	Ikoné 37' Maleh 39' Sottil 73'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

28 August 2022 3	Lecce	1–1	Empoli	Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Banda 34' Strefezza 40'	Report	Parisi 23' Marin 27' Stojanović 57'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,941 Referee: Alberto Santoro

31 August 2022 4	Empoli	1–1	Hellas Verona	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baldanzi 26'	Report	Faraoni 9' Ceccherini 34' Dawidowicz 66' Veloso 67' Kallon 69'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,269 Referee: Marco Serra

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

12 September 2022 6	Empoli	1–2	Roma	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Parisi 27' Bandinelli 43' Ismajli 60' Akpa Akpro 65', 87'	Report	Dybala 17' Abraham 71' Pellegrini 80' Çelik 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,420 Referee: Livio Marinelli

17 September 2022 7	Bologna	0–1	Empoli	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kasius 90+3' Domínguez 90+5'	Report	Bandinelli 75' Grassi 89' Henderson 90+2' Fazzini 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 15,670 Referee: Manuel Volpi

1 October 2022 8	Empoli	1–3	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Haas 26' De Winter 56' Luperto 61' Bajrami 90+2'	Report	Kjær 24' Rebić 79' Bennacer 90+1' Ballo-Touré 90+3' Leão 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,497 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

9 October 2022 9	Torino	1–1	Empoli	Turin
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanabria 14' Pellegri 80' Lukić 90'	Report	Bandinelli 25' Destro 49' Parisi 56' Marin 80' Vicario 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 16,793 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

15 October 2022 10	Empoli	1–0	Monza	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haas 11' Stojanović 17' Destro 18' Henderson 27' De Winter 60' Marin 90+4'	Report	Sensi 24' Marí 55' Caldirola 80' Rovella 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,258 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

21 October 2022 11	Juventus	4–0	Empoli	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kean 8' Cuadrado 36' McKennie 56' Rabiot 58', 82', 90+4'	Report	Satriano 58' Haas 69'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 37,771 Referee: Michael Fabbri

30 October 2022 12	Empoli	0–2	Atalanta	Empoli
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Winter 38' Destro 39'	Report	Hateboer 32', 83' Koopmeiners 42' Lookman 59'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,740 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

5 November 2022 13	Empoli	1–0	Sassuolo	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marin 27' Fazzini 54' Baldanzi 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,834 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

8 November 2022 14	Napoli	2–0	Empoli	Naples
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Østigård 57' Lozano 69' (pen.) Zieliński 88'	Report	Bandinelli 15' Satriano 22' Luperto 39' 74' Parisi 61' Henderson 90'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Luca Pairetto

11 November 2022 15	Empoli	2–0	Cremonese	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cambiaghi 46', 69' Parisi 88'	Report	Meïté 43' Pickel 90'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,077 Referee: Federico Dionisi

4 January 2023 16	Udinese	1–1	Empoli	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Walace 45+2' Pereyra 70' Nestorovski 90+4'	Report	Baldanzi 3' Akpa Akpro 18' 79' Caputo 61'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 19,327 Referee: Marco Serra

8 January 2023 17	Lazio	2–2	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Felipe Anderson 2' Lazzari 43' Zaccagni 54' Romagnoli 68' Pedro 70' Vecino 90+2'	Report	Bandinelli 72' Caputo 83' Marin 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

16 January 2023 18	Empoli	1–0	Sampdoria	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Parisi 41' Ebuehi 55' Marin 71' Ismajli 86' Stojanović 90' Vicario 90+9'	Report	Léris 6' Vieira 29' Gabbiadini 31' Sabiri 90+5' Đuričić 90+12' Audero 90+12'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,364 Referee: Alberto Santoro

23 January 2023 19	Internazionale	0–1	Empoli	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Škriniar 25' 40' Barella 68' Džeko 89'	Report	Henderson 30' Akpa Akpro 31' Parisi 45+1' Baldanzi 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,476 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

28 January 2023 20	Empoli	2–2	Torino	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Luperto 37' Akpa Akpro 63' Marin 69' Bajrami 78'	Report	Ricci 82' Sanabria 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,029 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

4 February 2023 21	Roma	2–0	Empoli	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ibañez 2' Abraham 6' Zalewski 10' Bove 77'	Report	Henderson 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,908 Referee: Federico Dionisi

11 February 2023 22	Empoli	2–2	Spezia	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Parisi 21' Vicario 25' Cambiaghi 71' Vignato 90+4'	Report	Nikolaou 25' Verde 25' (pen.), 31', 33' Esposito 39' 49' Ekdal 63'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,871 Referee: Antonio Giua

19 February 2023 23	Fiorentina	1–1	Empoli	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez Quarta 70' Cabral 85'	Report	Akpa Akpro 27' Cambiaghi 28' Ismajli 45+4' Cacace 60' Baldanzi 64' Bandinelli 73'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,663 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

25 February 2023 24	Empoli	0–2	Napoli	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Henderson 25' Grassi 62'	Report	Ismajli 17' (o.g.) Osimhen 28' Lozano 63' Mário Rui 67'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,624 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

4 March 2023 25	Monza	2–1	Empoli	Monza
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ciurria 19' Birindelli 45+2' Pessina 49' Izzo 67'	Report	Parisi 34' Akpa Akpro 45+1' Satriano 51' Marin 53'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 10,601 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

11 March 2023 26	Empoli	0–1	Udinese	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Luperto 28' Fazzini 74'	Report	Bijol 19' Becão 45+3', 54' Beto 67' Lovrić 73'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,465 Referee: Francesco Cosso

17 March 2023 28	Atalanta	2–1	Empoli	Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Roon 58' Lookman 85' Højlund 86' Palomino 88' Ruggeri 90+1'	Report	Ebuehi 44' Henderson 82' Bandinelli 84'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 17,864 Referee: Federico Dionisi

3 April 2023 28	Empoli	1–0	Lecce	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bandinelli 19' Caputo 62' (pen.) Fazzini 71' Marin 90+6'	Report	Blin 22' Tuia 68' Umtiti 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,844 Referee: Michael Fabbri

7 April 2023 29	Milan	0–0	Empoli	Milan
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pobega 38' Tomori 90+9'	Report	Cambiaghi 90+3' Satriano 90+4'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70,286 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

14 April 2023 30	Cremonese	1–0	Empoli	Cremona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 4' Sernicola 15'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 8,966 Referee: Luca Zufferli

23 April 2023 31	Empoli	0–3	Internazionale	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Parisi 32'	Report	Lukaku 48', 76' Barella 81' Martínez 88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,337 Referee: Livio Marinelli

30 April 2023 32	Sassuolo	2–1	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laurienté 26' Lopez 62' Pinamonti 74' Berardi 82', 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Cambiaghi 11' Bandinelli 63'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,267 Referee: Federico Dionisi

4 May 2023 33	Empoli	3–1	Bologna	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucumí 1' (o.g.) Parisi 28' Akpa Akpro 45+1' Henderson 66' Cambiaghi 68' Bandinelli 87'	Report	Orsolini 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,439 Referee: Federico La Penna

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

15 May 2023 35	Sampdoria	1–1	Empoli	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Amione 28' Zanoli 34' Đuričić 59' Gabbiadini 77'	Report	Grassi 43' Pjaca 72' Cambiaghi 72' Parisi 85' Piccoli 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 16,867 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

22 May 2023 36	Empoli	4–1	Juventus	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Caputo 18' (pen.), 48' Luperto 21' Parisi 55' Bandinelli 66' Piccoli 90+3'	Report	Rabiot 56' Paredes 76' Chiesa 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,519 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

28 May 2023 37	Hellas Verona	1–1	Empoli	Verona
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabal 10' Veloso 56' Gaich 61', 63' Ceccherini 87'	Report	Magnani 90+6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 22,831 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

3 June 2023 38	Empoli	0–2	Lazio	Empoli
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Akpa Akpro 14' Cambiaghi 37' 89'	Report	Milinković-Savić 40' Romagnoli 48' Vecino 62' Luis Alberto 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,545 Referee: Luca Massimi

Coppa Italia[edit]

6 August 2022 Round of 64	Empoli	1–2 (a.e.t.)	SPAL	Empoli
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stojanović 19' Bandinelli 37' Cambiaghi 80' Štulac 110'	Report	Zanellato 34' Dickmann 82' Finotto 86' Mancosu 92' Viviani 95' Dalle Mura 100' Arena 120+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,155 Referee: Manuel Volpi

References[edit]

^ "Rosa". Empoli F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Empoli, calendario amichevoli estive 2022: Il programma e gli orari di tutte le partite". 7 July 2022.
^ 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".

[1] "Rosa". Empoli F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[2] "Empoli, calendario amichevoli estive 2022: Il programma e gli orari di tutte le partite". 7 July 2022.

[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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2022–23 Empoli FC season

Players[edit]

Out on loan[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

Coppa Italia[edit]

References[edit]

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