# 2022–23 US Cremonese season

The 2022–23 season was the 120th season in the history of US Cremonese and the club's first season back in the top flight since 1996. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 January 2023
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 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Valeri |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Emanuel Aiwu |
| 5 | MF | MEX | Johan Vásquez (on loan from Genoa) |
| 6 | MF | COD | Charles Pickel |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Daniel Ciofani (captain) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Cristian Buonaiuto |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Marco Carnesecchi (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Saro |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Matteo Bianchetti |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Sernicola |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Michele Castagnetti |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Felix Afena-Gyan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș (vice-captain) |
| 22 | GK | POL | Dorian Ciężkowski |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Christian Acella |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 27 | MF | CHI | Pablo Galdames (on loan from Genoa) |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Soualiho Meïté (on loan from Benfica) |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Quagliata |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Luka Lochoshvili |
| 45 | GK | SEN | Fallou Sarr |
| 74 | FW | ITA | Frank Tsadjout |
| 77 | FW | NGA | David Okereke |
| 90 | FW | NGA | Cyriel Dessers |

### Out on loan

    As of 31 January 2023.
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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Daniel Frey (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | SEN | Maissa Ndiaye (at Vicenza until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Ravanelli (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Cerretelli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Matteo Ghisolfi (at Giugliano until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Girelli (at Lecco until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Tommaso Milanese (at Venezia until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Filippo Nardi (at Reggiana until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Fausto Perseu (at Alessandria until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ROU | Dennis Politic (at Port Vale until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Joshua Tenkorang (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Valzania (at SPAL until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | CIV | Cedric Gondo (at Ascoli until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca Strizzolo (at Modena until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca Zanimacchia (at Parma until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Marco Zunno (at Piacenza until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 19th | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 69 | −33 | 013.16 |
| Coppa Italia | 8 August 2022 | 27 April 2023 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 47 | 78 | −31 | 018.18 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Lecce | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | |
| 17 | Spezia (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker |
| 18 | Hellas Verona (O) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker |
| 19 | Cremonese (R) | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 69 | −33 | 27 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Sampdoria (R) | 38 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 71 | −47 | 19 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.