2022–23 Serie B

The 2022–23 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929.

Serie B

Season	2022–23
Dates	Regular season: 12 August 2022 – 19 May 2023 Play-offs: 26 May 2023 – 11 June 2023
Champions	Frosinone (1st title)
Promoted	Frosinone Genoa Cagliari (via play-offs)
Relegated	Perugia SPAL Benevento Reggina (to D)
Matches played	380[1]
Goals scored	891 (2.34 per match)[2]
Top goalscorer	Gianluca Lapadula (21+4 goals)
Biggest home win	SPAL 5–0 Cosenza (22 October 2022) Venezia 5–0 Modena (1 May 2023)
Biggest away win	Perugia 0–5 Cagliari (5 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Bari 6–2 Brescia (1 October 2022)
Longest winning run	6 matches Frosinone (8–13 and 19–24)[3]
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Pisa (6–19)[3]
Longest winless run	17 matches Brescia (15–31)[3]
Longest losing run	7 matches Brescia (20–26)[3]
Highest attendance	58,206[4] Bari 0–1 Cagliari (Play-offs)
Lowest attendance	2,323[4] Cittadella 1–0 Frosinone
Total attendance	4,002,387[4]
Average attendance	10,263[4]
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Squadra - Frosinone Calcio - DSC 2755 AF

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:

To Serie B Relegated from Serie A Cagliari Genoa Venezia Promoted from Serie C Südtirol (Group A) Modena (Group B) Bari (Group C) Palermo (Play-off winners)

From Serie B Promoted to Serie A Lecce Cremonese Monza Relegated to Serie C Vicenza Alessandria Crotone Pordenone

Südtirol played in Serie B for the first time in history for this season, the 124th team entering in this round robin league.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Bari

Benevento

Brescia

Cagliari

Como

Cosenza

Genoa

Parma

Pisa

Südtirol

Modena

Cittadella

Reggina

Palermo

Ternana

SPAL

Frosinone

Ascoli

Venezia

Perugia

Location of teams in 2022–23 Serie B

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2021–22 season
Ascoli	Ascoli Piceno	Cino e Lillo Del Duca	12,461	6th in Serie B
Bari	Bari	San Nicola	58,270	Serie C Group C champions
Benevento	Benevento	Ciro Vigorito	16,867	7th in Serie B
Brescia	Brescia	Mario Rigamonti	19,500	5th in Serie B
Cagliari	Cagliari	Unipol Domus	16,416	18th in Serie A
Cittadella	Cittadella (Padua)	Pier Cesare Tombolato	7,623	11th in Serie B
Como	Como	Giuseppe Sinigaglia	13,602	13th in Serie B
Cosenza	Cosenza	San Vito-Gigi Marulla	24,209	16th in Serie B
Frosinone	Frosinone	Benito Stirpe	16,227	9th in Serie B
Genoa	Genoa	Luigi Ferraris	36,599	19th in Serie A
Modena	Modena	Alberto Braglia	21,092	Serie C Group B champions
Palermo	Palermo	Renzo Barbera	36,365	Serie C Playoff winner
Parma	Parma	Ennio Tardini	27,906	12th in Serie B
Perugia	Perugia	Renato Curi	23,625	8th in Serie B
Pisa	Pisa	Arena Garibaldi	25,000	3rd in Serie B
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo	27,543	14th in Serie B
SPAL	Ferrara	Paolo Mazza	16,134	15th in Serie B
Südtirol	Bolzano	Druso	5,539	Serie C Group A champions
Ternana	Terni	Libero Liberati	22,000	10th in Serie B
Venezia	Venice	Pier Luigi Penzo	11,150	20th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer[5]	Shirt Sponsor (front)	Shirt Sponsor (back)	Shirt Sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts Sponsor
Ascoli	Carlo Neri	Roberto Breda	Federico Dionisi	Nike	Fainplast	Bricofer/Rabona Mobile/northsixthgroup/Distretti Ecologici	Impresa Turzo (H)/Edil Style (A)	Gruppo Boero
Bari	Luigi De Laurentiis	Michele Mignani	Valerio Di Cesare	Kappa	Molino Casillo, Acqua Amata	MV Line	Decò Supermercati	Granoro
Benevento	Oreste Vigorito	Andrea Agostinelli	Gaetano Letizia	Nike	IVPC, Rillo Costruzioni	Pastificio Rummo	Contrader	None
Brescia	Massimo Cellino	Daniele Gastaldello	Dimitri Bisoli	Kappa	Rigamonti Salumificio	Le Stagioni d'Italia	Pardgroup	None
Cagliari	Tommaso Giulini	Claudio Ranieri	Leonardo Pavoletti	EYE Sport	Sardegna Artigianato, Fondazione Mont'e Prama	Ichnusa	Arborea	Blue Shark
Cittadella	Andrea Gabrielli	Edoardo Gorini	Romano Perticone	Erreà	Sirmax, Gruppo Gabrielli	Stylplex (H)/Quartzforms (A)	Pastificio Cecchin	Scilm (H)/Stylplex (A)
Como	Dennis Wise	Moreno Longo	Alessandro Bellemo	Erreà	Mola (H & A), Quelli che con Luca	Acqua S.Bernardo	None	None
Cosenza	Eugenio Guarascio	William Viali	Michele Rigione	Nike	Salumi di Calabria, Mi'Ndujo	Gruppo Malizia	Scintille Montesanto	3F Falvo Group
Frosinone	Maurizio Stirpe	Fabio Grosso	Fabio Lucioni	Zeus	MeglioBanca	Polsinelli Enologia	Orsolini	Plasta Rei
Genoa	Alberto Zangrillo	Alberto Gilardino	Milan Badelj	Castore	Radio 105, MSC Cruises	LeasePlan	None	Portofino Mare
Modena	Carlo Rivetti	Attilio Tesser	Antonio Pergreffi	New Balance	Kerakoll	SAU	BPR Nutrition	Studio Appari
Palermo	Dario Mirri	Eugenio Corini	Matteo Brunori	Kappa	Decò Supermercati, Bisaten	A29 Energy Service Company	L.T. Costruzioni	Nuova Sicilauto
Parma	Kyle J. Krause	Fabio Pecchia	Gianluigi Buffon	Erreà	Prometeon, Classic Football Shirts	ITCompany	Agenzia Viaggi Fontana nel Mondo	OARO
Perugia	Massimiliano Santopadre	Fabrizio Castori	Gabriele Angella	Frankie Garage	VIM, Vitakraft	Re Salmone	SISAS	Mericat
Pisa	Giuseppe Corrado	Luca D'Angelo	Marius Marin	Adidas	Cetilar, Cavarretta Assicurazioni/SEAC	Hi-turf Solution	Gruppo Paim	Toni Luigi Scavi e Demolizioni
Reggina	Felice Saladini	Filippo Inzaghi	Lorenzo Crisetig	Givova	Canale Group, Ferraro SpA	Soseteg	Caffè Mauro	Securmed Group
SPAL	Joe Tacopina	Massimo Oddo	Lorenzo Dickmann	Macron	Rotary Club Ferrara Est-Rotary Club Ferrara-A-ROSE Associazione/Iosco Group, Adamant BioNRG	Errebi Technology	Edilalba	Cablaggi Iosco/Diemme Costruzioni
Südtirol	Gerhard Comper	Pierpaolo Bisoli	Fabian Tait	Mizuno	Südtirol, Duka	TopHaus	Alperia	Ci Gusta
Ternana	Stefano Bandecchi	Cristiano Lucarelli	Marino Defendi	Macron	Unicusano, Terni col Cuore	Caffè Ternano Cuore Umbro	Orsolini	None
Venezia	Duncan L. Niederauer	Paolo Vanoli	Marco Modolo	Kappa	None	None	Bechèr	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Ascoli	Andrea Sottil	Mutual consent	6 June 2022[6]	Pre-season	Cristian Bucchi	1 July 2022[7]
Perugia	Massimiliano Alvini		8 June 2022[8]		Fabrizio Castori	1 July 2022[9]
Südtirol	Ivan Javorčić		9 June 2022[10]		Lamberto Zauli	1 July 2022[11]
Parma	Giuseppe Iachini	End of contract	30 June 2022[12]		Fabio Pecchia	1 July 2022[13]
Cagliari	Alessandro Agostini	End of caretaker spell	8 June 2022		Fabio Liverani	1 July 2022[14]
Venezia	Andrea Soncin	End of caretaker spell	9 June 2022		Ivan Javorčić	1 July 2022[15]
Brescia	Eugenio Corini	Mutual consent	14 June 2022[16]		Pep Clotet	1 July 2022[17]
Cosenza	Pierpaolo Bisoli		15 June 2022		Davide Dionigi	1 July 2022[18]
Pisa	Luca D'Angelo		14 June 2022[19]		Rolando Maran	1 July 2022[20]
Reggina	Roberto Stellone	End of contract	30 June 2022		Filippo Inzaghi	12 July 2022[21]
Palermo	Silvio Baldini	Resigned	27 July 2022[22]		Stefano Di Benedetto (caretaker)	28 July 2022[23]
	Stefano Di Benedetto	End of caretaker spell	7 August 2022		Eugenio Corini	7 August 2022[24]
Südtirol	Lamberto Zauli	Mutual consent	9 August 2022[25]		Leandro Greco (caretaker)	9 August 2022
	Leandro Greco	End of caretaker spell	29 August 2022[26]	20th	Pierpaolo Bisoli	29 August 2022
Como	Giacomo Gattuso	Extended leave of absence	8 September 2022[27]	18th	Massimiliano Guidetti (caretaker)	8 September 2022
Pisa	Rolando Maran	Sacked	19 September 2022[28]	20th	Luca D'Angelo	19 September 2022[29]
Perugia	Fabrizio Castori		19 September 2022[30]	17th	Silvio Baldini	20 September 2022[31]
Como	Massimiliano Guidetti	End of caretaker spell	20 September 2022[32]	19th	Moreno Longo	20 September 2022[32]
Benevento	Fabio Caserta	Sacked	20 September 2022[33]	12th	Fabio Cannavaro	21 September 2022[34]
SPAL	Roberto Venturato		9 October 2022[35]	14th	Daniele De Rossi	11 October 2022[36]
Perugia	Silvio Baldini	Resigned	19 October 2022[37][38]	20th	Fabrizio Castori	19 October 2022[39]
Venezia	Ivan Javorčić	Sacked	31 October 2022[40]	18th	Andrea Soncin (caretaker)	1 November 2022[41]
Cosenza	Davide Dionigi		31 October 2022[42]	16th	William Viali	2 November 2022[43]
Venezia	Andrea Soncin	End of caretaker spell	7 November 2022	19th	Paolo Vanoli	7 November 2022[44]
Ternana	Cristiano Lucarelli	Sacked	26 November 2022[45]	7th	Aurelio Andreazzoli	2 December 2022[46]
Genoa	Alexander Blessin		6 December 2022[47]	5th	Alberto Gilardino	6 December 2022[48]
Cagliari	Fabio Liverani		20 December 2022[49]	14th	Roberto Muzzi (caretaker)	20 December 2022
Brescia	Pep Clotet		21 December 2022[50]	10th	Alfredo Aglietti	21 December 2022[51]
Cagliari	Roberto Muzzi	End of caretaker spell	1 January 2023[52]	14th	Claudio Ranieri	1 January 2023[52]
Brescia	Alfredo Aglietti	Sacked	16 January 2023[53]	13th	Pep Clotet	16 January 2023[53]
Ascoli	Cristian Bucchi		4 February 2023[54]	13th	Roberto Breda	6 February 2023[55]
Benevento	Fabio Cannavaro		4 February 2023[56]	19th	Roberto Stellone	6 February 2023[57]
Brescia	Pep Clotet		6 February 2023[58]	16th	Davide Possanzini	7 February 2023[59]
SPAL	Daniele De Rossi		14 February 2023[60]	18th	Massimo Oddo	14 February 2023[61]
Brescia	Davide Possanzini		20 February 2023[62]	19th	Daniele Gastaldello	20 February 2023[62]
Ternana	Aurelio Andreazzoli	Resigned	25 February 2023[63]	11th	Cristiano Lucarelli	27 February 2023[64]
Benevento	Roberto Stellone		10 April 2023[65]	20th	Andrea Agostinelli	12 April 2023[66]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Frosinone (C, P)	38	24	8	6	63	26	+37	80	Promotion to Serie A
2	Genoa[lower-alpha 1] (P)	38	21	11	6	53	28	+25	73
3	Bari	38	17	14	7	58	37	+21	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Parma[lower-alpha 2]	38	17	10	11	48	39	+9	60[lower-alpha 3]
5	Cagliari (O, P)	38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60[lower-alpha 3]	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0
6	Südtirol	38	14	16	8	38	34	+4	58
7	Reggina[lower-alpha 4] (E)	38	17	4	17	49	45	+4	50	Revival in Serie D
8	Venezia	38	13	10	15	51	50	+1	49	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0
9	Palermo	38	11	16	11	48	49	−1	49
10	Modena	38	13	9	16	47	53	−6	48
11	Pisa	38	11	14	13	48	42	+6	47[lower-alpha 5]
12	Ascoli	38	12	11	15	40	47	−7	47[lower-alpha 5]
13	Como	38	10	17	11	47	48	−1	47[lower-alpha 5]
14	Ternana	38	11	10	17	37	52	−15	43[lower-alpha 6]
15	Cittadella	38	9	16	13	34	45	−11	43[lower-alpha 6]
16	Brescia	38	9	13	16	36	57	−21	40	Spared from relegation
17	Cosenza (O)	38	9	13	16	30	53	−23	40	Qualification for relegation play-out
18	Perugia (R)	38	10	9	19	40	52	−12	39	Relegation to Serie C
19	SPAL (R)	38	8	14	16	41	51	−10	38
20	Benevento (R)	38	7	14	17	33	49	−16	35

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.^[70]
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Genoa were deducted one point due to income tax payment irregularities.^[67]
2. Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[68]
3. Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.
4. Reggina were deducted five points for failing to pay taxes and player salaries on time. The deduction was initially seven points;^[69] later relegated to Serie D after enduring serious financial difficulties for several years. Brescia was readmitted into Serie B.
5. Head-to-head points: Pisa 5, Ascoli 5, Como 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Pisa +1, Ascoli −1.
6. Ternana finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head goal difference: Cittadella 0–2 Ternana, Ternana 1–2 Cittadella.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round that were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ 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
Frosinone	8	1	4	2	4	3	6	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Genoa	6	6	2	5	9	5	4	6	5	2	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Bari	9	12	7	9	5	4	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Parma	10	14	8	10	14	8	7	7	6	8	6	6	4	6	4	7	5	6	6	9	7	10	7	8	11	7	8	7	8	9	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	4
Cagliari	11	5	12	7	3	6	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	14	11	8	8	6	9	6	6	8	7	8	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Südtirol	20	20	20	17	15	15	10	10	9	7	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	6	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6
Reggina	1	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	6	6	7	8	5	5	8	8	11	10	7
Venezia	15	9	11	14	16	16	13	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	15	16	17	18	18	19	18	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	10	10	7	8
Palermo	3	3	9	13	12	14	16	17	17	18	14	13	13	16	14	13	14	11	13	12	11	9	6	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	11	7	8	9
Modena	17	19	15	16	18	18	17	11	10	12	13	15	15	12	10	10	13	13	10	11	10	11	11	9	8	10	11	12	10	12	11	10	11	10	12	12	13	10
Pisa	13	15	18	19	20	20	18	18	18	15	15	14	11	10	11	8	8	5	5	5	6	8	10	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	8	8	7	7	9	9	11
Ascoli	5	4	1	4	8	11	12	13	11	9	7	7	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	10	12	12	13	12	12	13	10	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	9	8	11	12
Como	12	13	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	16	18	18	19	19	19	17	15	16	16	13	15	14	16	14	14	13	11	10	12	11	13	13	13	13	12	13
Ternana	14	10	16	15	13	7	5	3	1	3	3	4	5	7	7	5	6	8	8	7	9	7	8	11	10	11	12	11	13	11	10	12	9	12	14	14	14	14
Cittadella	4	8	10	11	6	12	15	15	14	13	12	12	14	13	13	14	16	18	19	17	17	16	12	15	13	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	15
Brescia	2	11	6	3	2	2	3	4	7	6	8	8	7	4	6	6	7	10	12	13	13	14	16	17	19	19	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	15	17	17	16
Cosenza	7	2	5	8	11	10	8	8	12	14	16	18	17	17	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	17	17	16	16	16	15	17	16	16	17
Perugia	19	18	19	20	17	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	18	14	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
SPAL	18	17	14	12	7	9	11	14	13	11	11	11	12	14	16	17	17	15	16	14	14	15	17	18	18	18	20	17	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Benevento	16	16	13	6	10	13	14	12	15	16	17	17	16	15	17	15	12	12	14	15	15	17	19	19	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Leader and promotion to Serie A
	Promotion to Serie A
	Play-off semifinals
	Play-off preliminary round
	Play-out
	Relegation to Serie C

Source: WorldFootball.net

Results

Home \ Away	ASC	BAR	BEN	BRE	CAG	CIT	COM	COS	FRO	GEN	MOD	PAL	PAR	PER	PIS	REG	SPA	SUD	TER	VEN
Ascoli	—	0–1	0–0	4–3	2–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1
Bari	0–2	—	2–0	6–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	1–0
Benevento	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	1–2
Brescia	1–1	0–2	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Cagliari	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–4
Cittadella	3–0	0–3	3–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–1	0–2	4–3	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1
Como	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	—	5–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–3	0–2	3–1	1–0
Cosenza	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Frosinone	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	0–1	—	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–4	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0
Genoa	2–1	4–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Modena	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	5–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	2–2
Palermo	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	5–2	—	1–0	2–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Parma	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	—	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–1
Perugia	1–0	1–3	3–2	4–0	0–5	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	—	1–3	1–3	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1
Pisa	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1
Reggina	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–4	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	0–2	—	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0
SPAL	1–1	3–4	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	2–0
Südtirol	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	0–0	1–2
Ternana	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	1–4
Venezia	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	5–0	3–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	—

Source: Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Rules:

• Preliminary round: the higher-placed team plays at home. If teams were tied after regular time, extra-time was played. If scores were still level, the higher-placed team advanced;
• Semi-finals: the higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team advanced;
• Final: the higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team was promoted to Serie A, unless the teams finished tied on points after regular season, in which case winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

	Preliminary round					Semi-finals							Final
						5	Cagliari	3	0	3
	5	Cagliari	2			4	Parma	2	0	2
	8	Venezia	1										5	Cagliari	1	1	2
													3	Bari	1	0	1
						6	Südtirol	1	0	1
	6	Südtirol	1			3	Bari	0	1	1
	7	Reggina	0

Preliminary round

Südtirol v Reggina

26 May 2023	Südtirol	1–0	Reggina	Bolzano
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Casiraghi 89'	Report		Stadium: Druso Attendance: 5,419[4] Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Cagliari v Venezia

27 May 2023	Cagliari	2–1	Venezia	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lapadula 14', 18'	Report	Pierini 52'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,504[4] Referee: Marco Di Bello

Semi-finals

First leg

Südtirol v Bari

29 May 2023	Südtirol	1–0	Bari	Bolzano
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rover 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Druso Attendance: 5,520[4] Referee: Federico Dionisi

Cagliari v Parma

30 May 2023	Cagliari	3–2	Parma	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Luvumbo 68', 89' Lapadula 85' (pen.)	Report	Benedyczak 10' Sohm 26'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,110[4] Referee: Andrea Colombo

Second leg

Bari v Südtirol

2 June 2023	Bari	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Südtirol	Bari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Benedetti 70'	Report		Stadium: San Nicola Attendance: 51,621[4] Referee: Simone Sozza

Parma v Cagliari

3 June 2023	Parma	0–0 (2–3 agg.)	Cagliari	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 17,437[4] Referee: Daniele Orsato

Final

First leg

Cagliari v Bari

8 June 2023	Cagliari	1–1	Bari	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lapadula 9'	Report	Antenucci 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,248[4] Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Second leg

Bari v Cagliari

11 June 2023	Bari	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Cagliari	Bari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pavoletti 90+4'	Stadium: San Nicola Attendance: 58,206[4] Referee: Marco Guida

Relegation play-out

The higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If the teams were tied on aggregate, the lower-placed team was relegated to Serie C, unless the teams finished tied on points after the regular season, in which case the winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cosenza	4–0	Brescia	1–0	3–0

First leg

Cosenza v Brescia

25 May 2023	Cosenza	1–0	Brescia	Cosenza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nasti 70'	Report		Stadium: San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 14,201[4] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Second leg

Brescia v Cosenza

1 June 2023	Brescia	0–3 (awd.) (0–4 agg.)	Cosenza	Brescia
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bisoli 74'	Report	Meroni 90+5'	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 15,235[4] Referee: Davide Massa
Note: The match was suspended at the 90+7th minute following throwings of smoke bombs by Brescia's supporters with still about one minute to play. Around 30 minutes after the suspension, the match was ended without being resumed.[71]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[72]
1	Gianluca Lapadula4	Cagliari	25
2	Joel Pohjanpalo	Venezia	19
3	Matteo Brunori	Palermo	17
	Walid Cheddira	Bari
5	Samuele Mulattieri	Frosinone	12
6	Mirko Antonucci	Cittadella	11
	Albert Guðmundsson	Genoa
	Franco Vázquez	Parma
9	Massimo Coda	Genoa	10
	Davide Diaw	Modena
	Ettore Gliozzi	Pisa

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals in the play-offs.

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Cedric Gondo	Ascoli	Palermo	3–2 (A)	27 August 2022
Joel Pohjanpalo4	Venezia	Modena	5–0 (H)	1 May 2023

Note

⁴ Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[3]	Game weeks
1	Stefano Turati	Frosinone	20	1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–13, 16–17, 19, 22–24, 27–29, 32–34
2	Josep Martínez	Genoa	17	2–3, 6–8, 20, 22, 24, 26–31, 33–35
	Giacomo Poluzzi2	Südtirol		5, 7, 10, 17–18, 20–21, 23, 25, 27, 29–30, 34–36
4	Boris Radunović2	Cagliari	16	4–5, 8, 19–21, 24, 26–27, 30, 32–33, 36, 38
5	Elia Caprile1	Bari	15	5–6, 11, 15–16, 18, 20, 26–29, 31–32, 37
6	Antony Iannarilli	Ternana	13	2, 6–8, 11–13, 16–17, 20, 23, 27, 30
7	Stefano Gori	Perugia	11	2, 5, 14–16, 19, 22–23, 25, 27, 30
	Elhan Kastrati	Cittadella		4–5, 9–12, 15, 21, 23, 27, 31
9	Enrico Alfonso	SPAL	10	3, 5, 9–10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 26, 34
	Simone Colombi	Reggina		3–6, 8, 15, 17–19, 32
	Riccardo Gagno	Modena		7, 12, 19, 21, 23–24, 29, 31–32, 34
	Mirko Pigliacelli	Palermo		1, 5, 10–12, 15–16, 21, 27, 32

Note

¹Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs.
²Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.

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