# 2022–23 Empoli FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 103rd season in the history of Empoli FC and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Players

    As of 31 January 2023
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 | ITA | Samuele Perisan |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Liberato Cacace |
| 4 | DF | POL | Sebastian Walukiewicz (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi (on loan from Parma) |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Koni De Winter (on loan from Juventus) |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Liam Henderson |
| 9 | FW | URU | Martín Satriano (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 11 | MF | CIV | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (on loan from Lazio) |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Guglielmo Vicario |
| 14 | FW | CRO | Marko Pjaca (on loan from Juventus) |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Francesco Caputo (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Fazzini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | KOS | Samir Ujkani |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro |
| 24 | DF | NGA | Tyronne Ebuehi |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Filippo Bandinelli (captain) |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Nicolò Cambiaghi (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 30 | DF | SVN | Petar Stojanović |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Nicolas Haas |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto (on loan from Napoli) |
| 34 | DF | ALB | Ardian Ismajli |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Baldanzi |
| 55 | FW | ITA | Emanuel Vignato (on loan from Bologna) |
| 65 | DF | ITA | Fabiano Parisi |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta) |

### Out on loan

    As of 31 January 2023
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 | Niccolò Chiorra (at Mantova until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | ITA | Gabriel Meli (at Recanatese until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Donati (at Ascoli until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Leonardo Pezzola (at San Donato Tavarnelle until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ALB | Kristjan Asllani (at Internazionale until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ALB | Nedim Bajrami (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Belardinelli (at Südtirol until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Crociata (at Cittadella until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Tommaso Fantacci (at Arzignano until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | SVN | Leo Štulac (at Palermo until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SWE | Emmanuel Ekong (at Perugia until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea La Mantia (at SPAL until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Davide Merola (at Pescara until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessio Rosa (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
The team's pre-season camp began on 5–6 July in Monteboro.

## 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 | 14th | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 026.32 |
| Coppa Italia | 6 August 2022 | 6 August 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 025.64 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 46 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 45 |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 43 |
| 15 | Salernitana | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 42 |
| 16 | Lecce | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L |
| Position | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.

### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Samuele Perisan | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Guglielmo Vicario | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KOS | Samir Ujkani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NZL | Liberato Cacace | 17 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POL | Sebastian Walukiewicz | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Koni De Winter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NGA | Tyronne Ebuehi | 26 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SVN | Petar Stojanović | 28 | 0 | 16+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto | 37 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ALB | Ardian Ismajli | 26 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | DF | ITA | Fabiano Parisi | 34 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi | 26 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Liam Henderson | 26 | 0 | 11+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CIV | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro | 24 | 1 | 16+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin | 34 | 2 | 28+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Duccio Degli Innocenti | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Fazzini | 22 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Filippo Bandinelli | 36 | 2 | 28+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Nicolas Haas | 25 | 1 | 12+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Baldanzi | 27 | 4 | 24+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | URU | Martín Satriano | 32 | 2 | 20+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CRO | Marko Pjaca | 17 | 0 | 5+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Francesco Caputo | 21 | 5 | 20+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro | 18 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Nicolò Cambiaghi | 29 | 7 | 12+16 | 6 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 55 | FW | ITA | Emanuel Vignato | 5 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | POR | Herculano Nabian | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli | 13 | 2 | 6+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ALB | Nedim Bajrami | 28 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NED | Nedim Bajrami | 14 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SWE | Emmanuel Ekong | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 3 June 2023 Source: Competitions