# 2022–23 ACF Fiorentina season

The 2022–23 season was the 96th season in the history of ACF Fiorentina and their 19th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Europa Conference League, finishing as runners-up in the latter two competitions.

## Players

    As of 14 August 2022
| No. | Player | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Pietro Terracciano | GK | (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 (aged 33) | Empoli | 2019 | 2023 | 45 | 0 | |
| 31 | Michele Cerofolini | GK | (1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 24) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Pierluigi Gollini | GK | (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 28) | Atalanta | 2022 | 2023 | 2 | 0 | On loan |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Dodô | RB | (1998-11-17)17 November 1998 (aged 24) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2022 | 2027 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | Cristiano Biraghi | LB | (1992-09-01)1 September 1992 (aged 30) | Pescara | 2017 | 2024 | 145 | 7 | |
| 4 | Nikola Milenković | CB / RB | (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 (aged 25) | Partizan | 2017 | 2025 | 158 | 12 | |
| 15 | Aleksa Terzić | LB | (1999-08-17)17 August 1999 (aged 23) | Red Star Belgrade | 2019 | 2024 | 18 | 0 | |
| 16 | Luca Ranieri | CB / LB / LM | (1999-04-23)23 April 1999 (aged 24) | Youth Sector | 2015 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 23 | Lorenzo Venuti | RB | (1995-04-12)12 April 1995 (aged 28) | Youth Sector | 2019 | 2024 | 67 | 0 | |
| 28 | Lucas Martínez Quarta | CB | (1996-05-10)10 May 1996 (aged 27) | River Plate | 2020 | 2025 | 44 | 2 | |
| 55 | Matija Nastasić | CB / LB | (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 (aged 30) | Schalke 04 | 2021 | 2023 | 31 | 2 | |
| 98 | Igor | CB / LB / LM | (1998-02-07)7 February 1998 (aged 25) | SPAL | 2021 | 2024 | 61 | 0 | |
| | Gabriele Ferrarini | LB / RB / RM | (2000-04-09)9 April 2000 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | Giacomo Bonaventura | CM / AM / LW | (1989-08-22)22 August 1989 (aged 33) | Milan | 2020 | 2023 | 68 | 8 | |
| 8 | Riccardo Saponara | AM | (1991-12-21)21 December 1991 (aged 31) | Empoli | 2018 | 2023 | 63 | 5 | |
| 10 | Gaetano Castrovilli | CM | (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 26) | Bari | 2017 | 2024 | 90 | 9 | |
| 14 | Youssef Maleh | CM | (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 24) | Venezia | 2021 | 2025 | 31 | 2 | |
| 24 | Marco Benassi | CM / AM | (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 28) | Torino | 2017 | 2024 | 92 | 13 | |
| 27 | Szymon Żurkowski | CM / DM / AM | (1997-09-25)25 September 1997 (aged 25) | Górnik Zabrze | 2019 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 32 | Alfred Duncan | CM / DM | (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 30) | Sassuolo | 2020 | 2024 | 51 | 3 | |
| 34 | Sofyan Amrabat | CM / DM | (1996-08-21)21 August 1996 (aged 26) | Hellas Verona | 2020 | 2024 | 56 | 1 | |
| 38 | Rolando Mandragora | CM / DM | (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 26) | Juventus | 2022 | 2026 | 2 | 1 | |
| 42 | Alessandro Bianco | CM | (2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 20) | Chisola | 2022 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | Antonín Barák | CM | (1994-12-03)3 December 1994 (aged 28) | Hellas Verona | 2022 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | On Loan |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Luka Jović | CF | (1997-12-23)23 December 1997 (aged 25) | Real Madrid | 2022 | 2024 | 3 | 1 | |
| 9 | Arthur Cabral | CF | (1998-04-25)25 April 1998 (aged 25) | Basel | 2022 | 2026 | 15 | 2 | |
| 11 | Jonathan Ikoné | RW | (1998-05-02)2 May 1998 (aged 25) | Lille | 2022 | 2026 | 19 | 1 | |
| 22 | Nicolás González | LW / RW / CF | (1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 25) | VfB Stuttgart | 2021 | 2026 | 35 | 7 | |
| 33 | Riccardo Sottil | LW / RW / CF | (1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 24) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2026 | 47 | 3 | |
| 99 | Christian Kouamé | CF | (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 25) | Genoa | 2020 | 2024 | 42 | 2 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 4 July 2022 | MF | Rolando Mandragora | 25 | Juventus | €8.2M |
| 8 July 2022 | FW | Luka Jović | 24 | Real Madrid | Free |
| 22 July 2022 | DF | Dodô | 23 | Shakhtar Donetsk | €14.5M |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 9 July 2022 | GK | Pierluigi Gollini | 27 | Atalanta | €0.5M | |
| 26 August 2022 | MF | Antonín Barák | 27 | Hellas Verona | €2M | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Federico Brancolini | 20 | Lecce | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | José Callejón | 35 | Granada | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Andrea Poggesi | 20 | Arezzo | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Federico Chiesa | 24 | Juventus | €40M |
| 15 July 2022 | MF | Tòfol Montiel | 22 | Free agent | |
| 16 July 2022 | DF | Daniele Ghilardi | 19 | Hellas Verona | €0.5M |
| 20 July 2022 | GK | Simone Ghidotti | 22 | Como | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2022 | MF | Alessandro Lovisa | 20 | Triestina | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2022 | MF | Erick Pulgar | 28 | Flamengo | €2.5M |
| 10 August 2022 | GK | Bartłomiej Drągowski | 24 | Spezia | €3M |
| 15 August 2022 | GK | Antonio Rosati | 39 | Retired | N/A |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Christian Dalle Mura | 20 | SPAL |
| 13 July 2022 | FW | Samuele Spalluto | 21 | Ternana |
| 21 July 2022 | DF | Eduard Duțu | 21 | Reggina |
| 21 July 2022 | MF | Niccolò Pierozzi | 20 | Reggina |
| 22 July 2022 | MF | Vittorio Agostinelli | 20 | Reggina |
| 29 July 2022 | DF | Edoardo Pierozzi | 20 | Palermo |
| 30 July 2022 | DF | Jacob Rasmussen | 25 | Feyenoord |
| 3 August 2022 | FW | Gabriele Gori | 23 | Reggina |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | Aleksandr Kokorin | 31 | Aris Limassol |

## 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 | 2 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 039.47 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 January 2023 | 24 May 2023 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 060.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 18 August 2022 | 7 June 2023 | Play-off round | Runners-up | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 064.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 98 | 65 | +33 | 048.33 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Juventus | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 62 | |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 56 | Qualification for the Εuropa Conference League play-off round |
| 9 | Bologna | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 54 | |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 53 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2022–23 Coppa Italia, Inter Milan, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.
* ↑ Juventus were excluded from UEFA competitions due to violation of UEFA's financial regulations.
* ↑ Juventus were deducted 10 points as punishment for capital gain violations.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 27 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IBS | FIO | HEA | RFS |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 6 | | 0–4 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | RFS | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: İstanbul Başakşehir +2, Fiorentina −2.

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 7 November 2022.

##### Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was held on 24 February 2023.

##### Quarter-finals

The quarter-final draw was held on 17 March 2023.

##### Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final draw.

##### Final

The final draw was held on 17 March 2023, after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Pietro Terracciano | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Michele Cerofolini | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Dodô | 25 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi | 31 | 3 | 22+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Nikola Milenković | 30 | 3 | 17+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Aleksa Terzić | 24 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Luca Ranieri | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Venuti | 14 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Lucas Martínez Quarta | 25 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | BRA | Igor | 23 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Giacomo Bonaventura | 33 | 6 | 19+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 24 | 5 | 7+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Gaetano Castrovilli | 20 | 3 | 9+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Youssef Maleh | 8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 21 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Sofyan Amrabat | 32 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Rolando Mandragora | 24 | 4 | 10+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 2 |
| 42 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Bianco | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 5 |
| 77 | MF | CRO | Josip Brekalo | 8 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SRB | Luka Jović | 35 | 12 | 16+9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3+5 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Arthur Cabral | 27 | 16 | 6+10 | 7 | 0+2 | 1 | 7+2 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné | 27 | 6 | 13+6 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Nicolás González | 17 | 13 | 4+7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2+2 | 6 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Sottil | 12 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Filippo Distefano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouamé | 28 | 5 | 16+4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | POL | Szymon Żurkowski | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | SRB | Matija Nastasić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 5 February 2023 Source: Competitions