2022–23 S.P.A.L. season

The 2022–23 season is the 116th in the history of S.P.A.L. and their third consecutive season in the second division. The club will participate in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

SPAL
2022–23 season
ChairmanJoe Tacopina
Head coachRoberto Venturato
(until 9 October)
Daniele De Rossi
(from 11 October until 14 February)
Massimo Oddo
(from 14 February)
StadiumStadio Paolo Mazza
Serie B18th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 32
All statistics correct as of 18 February 2023.

Players
As of 30 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 Italy ITA Enrico Alfonso
2 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Fiordaliso
3 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Tripaldelli
4 DF Italy ITA Christian Dalle Mura (on loan from Fiorentina)
6 DF Italy ITA Biagio Meccariello
9 FW Italy ITA Gabriele Moncini (on loan from Benevento)
10 MF Italy ITA Niccolò Zanellato
11 MF Greece GRE Giannis Fetfatzidis
12 GK Italy ITA Lorenzo Abati
13 DF Italy ITA Marco Varnier (on loan from Atalanta)
14 MF Argentina ARG Franco Zuculini
15 DF Italy ITA Filippo Saiani
16 MF Italy ITA Luca Valzania (on loan from Cremonese)
17 GK Italy ITA Alberto Pomini
18 DF Italy ITA Matteo Arena
19 FW Italy ITA Andrea La Mantia (on loan from Empoli)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Italy ITA Matteo Prati
21 DF Italy ITA Raffaele Celia
22 GK Senegal SEN Demba Thiam
23 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Murgia
24 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Dickmann (captain)
27 DF Poland POL Patryk Peda
28 MF Italy ITA Filippo Puletto
29 DF Italy ITA Alberto Almici
32 FW Italy ITA Nicola Rauti (on loan from Torino)
34 MF Morocco MAR Ayoub Abou
37 MF Italy ITA Fabio Maistro
40 MF Estonia EST Georgi Tunjov
44 MF Belgium BEL Radja Nainggolan
70 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Boccia
99 FW Italy ITA Simone Rabbi

Out on loan
As of 30 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 Italy ITA Cesare Galeotti (at Rimini)
— GK Italy ITA Andrea Magri (at Union Clodiense)
— GK Italy ITA Marco Meneghetti (at Gubbio)
— DF Italy ITA Niccolò Bellucci (at Alessandria)
— DF Italy ITA Matteo Borsoi (at Vis Pesaro)
— DF Moldova MDA Daniel Dumbravanu (at APOEL)
— DF Italy ITA Riccardo Mari (at Mezzolara)
— DF Togo TOG Steven Nador (at Montevarchi)
— DF Italy ITA Moustapha Yabre (at Recanatese)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Christian Basile (at Cavese)
— MF Italy ITA Salvatore Esposito (at Spezia, obligation to buy)
— MF Romania ROU Luca Mihai (at Trento)
— MF Italy ITA Alessandro Orfei (at Fidelis Andria)
— MF Italy ITA Federico Zanchetta (at Olbia)
— FW Italy ITA Jionathan Campagna (at Torres)
— FW Italy ITA Ludovico D'Orazio (at Mantova)
— FW Mexico MEX Teun Wilke (at Cercle Brugge)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

20 July 2022 Friendly SPAL Italy 3–1 Italy Virtus Verona Mezzana
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Vesentini 89'
 Stadium: Centro Sportivo Comunale di Mezzana
24 July 2022 Friendly Cremonese Italy 2–0 Italy SPAL Dimaro
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Centro Sportivo di Dimaro
Referee: Daniele Minelli
30 July 2022 Friendly SPAL Italy 1–0 Italy Pontedera Ferrara
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Centro Sportivo “GB Fabbri” SPAL
Referee: Daniele Chiffi

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 14 August 2022 19 May 2023 Matchday 1 25 5 10 10 29 33 −4 020.00
Coppa Italia 6 August 2022 18 October 2022 Round of 64 Round of 32 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 27 6 10 11 31 35 −4 022.22

Last updated: 18 February 2023
Source: Soccerway

Serie B
Main article: 2022–23 Serie B

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
16 Cosenza 37 9 13 15 30 52 −22 40 Qualification for relegation play-out[lower-alpha 1]
17 Brescia 37 9 12 16 34 55 −21 39
18 Perugia (Y) 37 9 9 19 37 50 −13 36 Relegation to Serie C
19 SPAL (R) 37 7 14 16 39 50 −11 35
20 Benevento (R) 37 7 14 16 31 46 −15 35
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2023. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
(R) Relegated; (Y) May at best reach the relegation play-out
Notes:
  1. If the 16th-placed team finishes 5 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 17th-placed team is relegated to Serie C

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: August 2022.
Source: Serie B

Results by round
Round12
GroundHA
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on August 2022. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.[3][4]

14 August 2022 1 SPAL v Reggina Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Coppa Italia
Main article: 2022–23 Coppa Italia
6 August 2022 Round of 64 Empoli 1–2 (a.e.t.) SPAL Empoli
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Manuel Volpi
18–20 October 2022 Round of 32 SPAL v Genoa Ferrara
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

References
  1. "Rosa giocatori". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.
  4. "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.
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