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

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.

Out on loan

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.

Pre-season and friendlies

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

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	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

League table

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


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

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

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

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

^ "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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