2022–23 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC season

Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C.
2022–23 season
President	Carlo Neri
Head coach	Cristian Bucchi; (until 4 February); Roberto Breda; (from 6 February)
Stadium	Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Serie B	12th
Coppa Italia	Round of 32

The 2022–23 season was the 125th in the history of Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. and their eighth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

Players

As of 27 January 2023^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Nicola Leali
4	DF	CRO	Lorenco Šimić
5	DF	ITA	Danilo Quaranta
6	MF	FRA	Eddy Gnahoré
7	FW	SUI	Christopher Lungoyi (on loan from Juventus)
8	MF	ITA	Fabrizio Caligara
9	FW	ITA	Federico Dionisi
10	FW	ITA	Amato Ciciretti (on loan from Pordenone)
11	FW	ITA	Francesco Forte (on loan from Benevento)
12	GK	ITA	Luca Bolletta
13	GK	ITA	Enrico Guarna
15	FW	CIV	Cedric Gondo (on loan from Cremonese)
17	DF	ITA	Claud Adjapong
18	MF	ITA	Michele Collocolo
20	DF	ITA	Francesco Donati (on loan from Empoli)
21	DF	ITA	Simone Giordano (on loan from Sampdoria)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ITA	Marcello Falzerano
26	FW	MAR	Soufiane Bidaoui
27	MF	ITA	Mirko Eramo
28	MF	ITA	Federico Proia (on loan from Vicenza)
29	FW	ITA	Filippo Palazzino
31	MF	ITA	Diego Fabbrini
32	MF	ITA	Samuel Giovane (on loan from Atalanta)
33	DF	BRA	Eric Botteghin
44	DF	SVN	Aljaž Tavčar
46	GK	SUI	Noam Baumann
54	DF	ITA	Nicola Falasco
55	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bellusci
77	MF	LIE	Marcel Büchel
90	FW	POR	Pedro Mendes
99	MF	USA	Anthony Fontana

Out on loan

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	Manuele Castorani (at Siena until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	MAR	Amine Ghazoini (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Marco Fiorani (at Messina until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Danilo Giacinto Ventola (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Andrea De Paoli (at Siena until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

27 July 2022 Friendly	Roma	0–1	Ascoli	Trigoria, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Botteghin 67'	Stadium: Centro sportivo Fulvio Bernardini Referee: Federico Dionisi

30 July 2022 Friendly	Recanatese	1–4	Ascoli	Porto San Giorgio
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Luca Pelloni Via Marche

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 B	14 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	12th	38	12	11	15	40	47	−7	031.58
Coppa Italia	7 August 2022	20 October 2022	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	050.00
Total					40	13	12	15	45	51	−6	032.50

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Modena	38	13	9	16	47	53	−6	48
11	Pisa	38	11	14	13	48	42	+6	47^[a]
12	Ascoli	38	12	11	15	40	47	−7	47^[a]
13	Como	38	10	17	11	47	48	−1	47^[a]
14	Ternana	38	11	10	17	37	52	−15	43^[b]

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]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Pisa 5, Ascoli 5, Como 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Pisa +1, Ascoli −1.
^ Ternana finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head goal difference: Cittadella 0–2 Ternana, Ternana 1–2 Cittadella.

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
36	12	10	14	39	45	−6	46	6	5	7	19	21	−2	6	5	7	20	24	−4

Source: Serie B

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L
Position	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

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	Ascoli	2–1	Ternana	Ascoli Piceno
20:45 CET	Eric Botteghin 14' Collocolo 32' Leali 34' Ciciretti 90'	Report	Palumbo 45+2' Bogdan 58' Favilli 76' Paghera 90+2' Diakite 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 8,456 Referee: Francesco Cosso

20 August 2022 2	Ascoli	1–1	SPAL	Ascoli Piceno
20:45 CET	Gondo 21' (pen.) Bellusci 24' Salvi 32' Falasco 85'	Report	Tripaldelli 20' Murgia 23' Maistro 26' 35' Esposito 56' Arena 59'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 7,716 Referee: Matteo Gariglio

27 August 2022 3	Palermo	2–3	Ascoli	Palermo
20:45 CET	Crivello 32' Brunori 36' Valente 60' 89' Segre 63'	Report	Gondo 27' 45+3' 45+5' 52' Donati 76' Leali 82'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,163 Referee: Daniele Minelli

3 September 2022 4	Ascoli	0–0	Cittadella	Ascoli Piceno
14:00 CET	Caligara 29' 52' Gondo 45' Eric Botteghin 90+2'	Report	Del Fabro 8' 90+2' Donnarumma 24' Pavan 41' Raúl Asencio 45' 49' Mamadou Tounkara 90'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 6,675 Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

10 September 2022 5	Perugia	1–0	Ascoli	Perugia
16:15 CET	Bartolomei 18' Strizzolo 42' Paz 77'	Report	Bellusci 45' Donati 51' Giovane 67' Eramo 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 5,680 Referee: Marco Piccinini

17 September 2022 6	Ascoli	1–3	Parma	Ascoli Piceno
14:00 CET	Salvi 28' Dionisi 78' Lungoyi 79' 90' Bellusci 90+1'	Report	Tutino 7' Inglese 18' Vázquez 20' Oosterwolde 40' Man 66' Antoine Hainaut 75' Jurić 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 6,494 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

26 February 2023 26	Ascoli	0–0	Benevento	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

1 March 2023 27	Modena	0–1	Ascoli	Modena
				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

5 March 2023 28	Ascoli	0–1	Bari	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

10 March 2023 29	Cagliari	4–1	Ascoli	Cagliari
				Stadium: Unipol Domus

18 March 2023 30	Ascoli	0–1	Venezia	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

1 April 2023 31	Ascoli	4–3	Brescia	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

10 April 2023 32	Frosinone	2–0	Ascoli	Frosinone
				Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe

15 April 2023 33	Ascoli	1–0	Südtirol	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

22 April 2023 34	Como	1–1	Ascoli	Como
				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

1 May 2023 35	Ascoli	2–1	Pisa	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

6 May 2023 36	Genoa	2–1	Ascoli	Genoa
				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

13 May 2023 37	Ascoli	1–0	Cosenza	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

19 May 2023 38	Reggina	1–0	Ascoli	Reggio Calabria
				Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo

Coppa Italia

7 August 2022 Round of 64	Venezia	2–3	Ascoli	Venice
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rémy 42' Sandberg 51' Hasanbegovic 51' Mikaelsson 88', 89'	Report	Lungoyi 33' Šarić 36' Falzerano 70' Fontana 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Daniele Paterna

20 October 2022 Round of 32	Sampdoria	2–2 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Ascoli	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Verre 10' Rincón 45+3' Yepes 73' Conti 101' Caputo 118'	Report	Collocolo 33' Tavčar 78' Donati 110' Eramo 112'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 4,738 Referee: Luca Zufferli
	Penalties
	Gabbiadini Villar Đuričić Caputo Verre Augello Conti Léris Murru Ferrari Contini		Botteghin Eramo Falasco Gondo Caligara Falzerano Bidaoui Donati Quaranta Tavčar Guarna

References

^ "Rosa" (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio FC 1898. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.
^ "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

[table_hth_PIS0.83606755912121-2] Head-to-head points: Pisa 5, Ascoli 5, Como 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Pisa +1, Ascoli −1.

[table_hth_TER0.83606755912121-3] Ternana finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head goal difference: Cittadella 0–2 Ternana, Ternana 1–2 Cittadella.

[1] "Rosa" (in Italian). Ascoli Picchio FC 1898. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[4] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[5] "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.

[6] "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

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