2022–23 Cagliari Calcio season

Cagliari Calcio
2022–23 season
Owner	Fluorsid Group
President	Tommaso Giulini
Head coach	Fabio Liverani; (until 20 December); Claudio Ranieri; (from 1 January)
Stadium	Unipol Domus
Serie B	5th (promoted via play-offs)
Coppa Italia	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gianluca Lapadula (21); All: ; Gianluca Lapadula (26)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 103rd season in the history of Cagliari Calcio and their first season back in the second division since 2016. The club participated in Serie B and the Coppa Italia.

Players

As of 1 September 2022^[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	SRB	Boris Radunović
2	DF	ITA	Luigi Palomba
3	DF	ITA	Edoardo Goldaniga
4	DF	ITA	Alberto Dossena
5	MF	ITA	Marco Mancosu
6	MF	CRO	Marko Rog
8	MF	URU	Nahitan Nández
9	FW	PER	Gianluca Lapadula
10	MF	ITA	Nicolas Viola
12	GK	BIH	Eldin Lolić
14	MF	ITA	Alessandro Deiola
15	DF	ITA	Giorgio Altare
16	DF	ARG	Franco Carboni (on loan from Inter Milan)
18	GK	ITA	Simone Aresti
19	FW	ITA	Vincenzo Millico


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	URU	Gastón Pereiro
21	MF	ITA	Nicolò Cavuoti
22	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Ciocci
23	MF	ITA	Nunzio Lella
24	DF	ITA	Elio Capradossi
25	FW	ITA	Filippo Falco (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)
27	DF	ITA	Antonio Barreca
28	DF	ITA	Gabriele Zappa
29	MF	CGO	Antoine Makoumbou
30	FW	ITA	Leonardo Pavoletti
33	DF	SVK	Adam Obert
39	MF	GRE	Christos Kourfalidis
77	FW	ANG	Zito Luvumbo
80	MF	ARG	Isaías Delpupo
99	DF	ITA	Alessandro Di Pardo (on loan from Juventus)

Out on loan

As of 1 September 2022

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	Alessio Cragno (at Monza until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Raoul Bellanova (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	POL	Sebastian Walukiewicz (at Empoli until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ROU	Răzvan Marin (at Empoli until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Alberto Cerri (at Como until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Gianluca Contini (at Olbia until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Salvatore Boccia (at Turris until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Jacopo Desogus (at Pescara Calcio until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 July 2022 Friendly	Cagliari	13–0	Rappresentativa Locale	Assemini
	Pereiro 22' João Pedro 39' Pavoletti 48' 63' 76' Luvumbo 50' 56' Del Pupo 58' 79' Lella 59' 61' Pandori 84 aut.' Palomba 88'	Report		Stadium: Asseminello Referee: Caggiari

12 July 2022 Friendly	Cagliari	10–2	Rappresentativa Locale	Assemini
	Desogus 2' 8' 10' 22' Pavoletti 25' João Pedro 52' 59' 70' 84' Tramoni 62'	Report	Mattana 30 rig.' Stocchino 67'	Stadium: Asseminello

14 July 2022 Friendly	Cagliari A	2–2	Cagliari B	Assemini
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	João Pedro 28' 82'	Report	Pavoletti 30' Lella 57'	Stadium: Asseminello

17 July 2022 Friendly	Cagliari	6–1	Rappresentativa Locale	Assemini
	Deiola 10' Contini 60' 85' Faragò 64' Desogus 87' Luvumbo 89'	Report	Aloia 76'	Stadium: Asseminello Referee: Selva

23 July 2022 VI Trofeo Sardegna	Olbia	0–3	Cagliari	Olbia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Desogus 6' Pavoletti 38' Lella 64'	Stadium: Stadio Bruno Nespoli Referee: Giuseppe Collu

27 July 2022 Friendly	Strasbourg	1–2	Cagliari	Strasbourg, France
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thomasson 19'	Report	Desogus 5' Pavoletti 18'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 8,651 Referee: Aurélien Petit (France)

31 July 2022 Friendly	Leeds United	6–2	Cagliari	Leeds, England
18:00 BST (UTC+1)	Rodrigo 36', 48', 84' Roca 40' Bamford 50', 71' Koch 90'	Report	Makoumbou 22' Lapadula 66' Luvumbo 68', 81' Faragò 88'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 29,046 Referee: David Coote (England)

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	13 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	5th	38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	039.47
Promotion play-offs	27 May 2023	11 June 2023	Preliminary round	Winners	5	3	2	0	7	4	+3	060.00
Coppa Italia	5 August 2022	20 October 2022	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					45	19	17	9	60	41	+19	042.22

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Bari	38	17	14	7	58	37	+21	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Parma^[a]	38	17	10	11	48	39	+9	60^[b]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Cagliari (O, P)	38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60^[b]	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0
6	Südtirol	38	14	16	8	38	34	+4	58	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0
7	Reggina^[c] (E)	38	17	4	17	49	45	+4	50	Revival in Serie D

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.^[4]
(E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[2]
^ ^a ^b Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.
^ Reggina were deducted five points for failing to pay taxes and player salaries on time. The deduction was initially seven points;^[3] later relegated to Serie D after enduring serious financial difficulties for several years. Brescia was readmitted into Serie B.

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	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60	11	6	2	28	17	+11	4	9	6	22	17	+5

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

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.^[5]^[6]

13 August 2022 1	Como	1–1	Cagliari	Como
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mancuso 19'		Pereiro 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

21 August 2022 2	Cagliari	2–1	Cittadella	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mancosu 72' Makoumbou 87'		Asencio 29'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Daniele Orsato

27 August 2022 3	SPAL	1–0	Cagliari	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	La Mantia 37'			Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

2 September 2022 4	Cagliari	1–0	Modena	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rog 28'			Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 14,485 Referee: Niccolò Baroni

10 September 2022 5	Benevento	0–1	Cagliari	Benevento
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

17 September 2022 6	Cagliari	0–1	Bari	Cagliari
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rog 29' Carboni 58' Millico 90+3'	Report	Ricci 35' Cheddira 77' Pucino 84'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 14,087 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

1 October 2022 7	Cagliari	1–4	Venezia	Cagliari
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Francesco Cosso

7 October 2022 8	Genoa	0–0	Cagliari	Genoa
20:30 CET	Frendrup 30' Strootman 67' Portanova 90+4'	Report	Deiola 31' Nández 65' Falco 85'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 26,042 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

15 October 2022 9	Cagliari	2–1	Brescia	Cagliari
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Daniele Chiffi

24 October 2022 10	Ascoli	2–1	Cagliari	Ascoli Piceno
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Coppa Italia

5 August 2022 Round of 64	Cagliari	3–2	Perugia	Cagliari
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Altare 2' Lapadula 80' (pen.) Viola 89'	Report	Iannoni 23' Melchiorri 32' Righetti 63' Di Serio 67' Angori 90+4'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

20 October 2022 Round of 32	Bologna	1–0	Cagliari	Bologna
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonifazi 18' Obert 69' (o.g.)	Report	Millico 48'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

References

^ "Team". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Serie B: Parma and Reggina docked points" (in Italian). Football Italia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "La Reggina ritrova due punti in classifica: da -7 a -5, torna in zona playoff" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "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_note_PAR0.057708092992058-3] Parma were deducted one point for missing the deadline to fulfil obligations for February taxes on the salary bill.^[2]

[table_hth_PAR0.057708092992058-4] Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

[table_note_REG0.057708092992058-6] Reggina were deducted five points for failing to pay taxes and player salaries on time. The deduction was initially seven points;^[3] later relegated to Serie D after enduring serious financial difficulties for several years. Brescia was readmitted into Serie B.

[1] "Team". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[2] "Serie B: Parma and Reggina docked points" (in Italian). Football Italia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[5] "La Reggina ritrova due punti in classifica: da -7 a -5, torna in zona playoff" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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

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

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

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60	11	6	2	28	17	+11	4	9	6	22	17	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60	11	6	2	28	17	+11	4	9	6	22	17	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60	11	6	2	28	17	+11	4	9	6	22	17	+5