# 2022–23 Palermo FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 94th in the history of Palermo F.C. and their first season back in the second division since 2019. The club participated in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 1 April 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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Giovanni Grotta |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Simon Graves |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Pierozzi |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Sala |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Andrea Accardi |
| 4 | DF | URU | Renzo Orihuela |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Claudio Gomes |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Michele Somma |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Roberto Crivello |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Roberto Floriano |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Gennaro Tutino |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Segre |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Matteo Brunori (Captain) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Di Mariano |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Andrea Silipo |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Fella |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Masciangelo |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Samuele Massolo |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Jérémie Broh |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Ivan Marconi (Vice-captain) |
| 16 | MF | SVN | Leo Štulac |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Gregorio Luperini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Luca Vido |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Francesco De Rose |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Samuele Damiani |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Mirko Pigliacelli |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Masimiliano Doda |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alessio Buttaro |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Valerio Verre |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Edoardo Soleri |
| 28 | MF | BIH | Dario Šarić |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Nicola Valente |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Aurelio |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Corona |
| 34 | DF | SRB | Mladen Devetak |
| 37 | DF | CZE | Aleš Matějů |
| 39 | FW | ITA | Matteo Stoppa |
| 42 | FW | ITA | Samuele Lo Coco |
| 47 | FW | ITA | Salvatore Di Mitri |
| 48 | DF | ITA | Davide Bettella |
| 54 | DF | ITA | Manuel Peretti |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Elia |
| 79 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Lancini |

## Transfers
### Summer 2022

In :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 June 2022 | FW | Edoardo Soleri | Padova | Option to buy exercised | €200,000 | |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Giuseppe Fella | Salernitana | Option to buy exercised | €320.000 | |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Manuel Peretti | Grosseto | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Jérémie Broh | Südtirol | End of loan | Free | |
| 8 July 2022 | MF | Samuele Damiani | Empoli | Option to buy exercised | €300,000 | |
| 17 July 2022 | FW | Matteo Brunori | Juventus | Permanent deal | €2,000,000 | |
| 22 July 2022 | GK | Mirko Pigliacelli | Universitatea Craiova | Permanent deal | €500,000 | |
| 27 July 2022 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | Crotone | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 28 July 2022 | DF | Marco Sala | Sassuolo | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option | Free | |
| 28 July 2022 | FW | Matteo Stoppa | Sampdoria | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option | Free | |
| 28 July 2022 | MF | Salvatore Elia | Atalanta | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option | Free | |
| 29 July 2022 | DF | Edoardo Pierozzi | Fiorentina | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option | Free | |
| 5 August 2022 | DF | Mladen Devetak | Unattached | Permanent deal | Free | |
| 16 August 2022 | FW | Francesco Di Mariano | Lecce | Permanent deal | €1,000,000 | |
| 18 August 2022 | MF | Leo Štulac | Empoli | Loan with an obligation to buy | Free | |
| 19 August 2022 | DF | Davide Bettella | Monza | Loan with an option to buy | Free | |
| 23 August 2022 | MF | Jacopo Segre | Torino | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 26 August 2022 | DF | Aleš Matějů | Unattached | Permanent deal | Free | |
| 30 August 2022 | MF | Dario Šarić | Ascoli | Permanent deal | €1,800,000 | |
| 1 September 2022 | FW | Luca Vido | Atalanta | Loan with an option to buy | Free | |
| 1 September 2022 | MF | Claudio Gomes | Manchester City | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| Out |||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | Alberto Pelagotti | Unattached | Contract expired | Free | |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Moses Odjer | Unattached | Contract expired | Free | |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Marco Perrotta | Bari | End of loan | Free | |
| 21 July 2022 | FW | Mattia Felici | Lecce | Released | Free | |
| 27 July 2022 | DF | Maxime Giron | Crotone | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 27 July 2022 | MF | Jacopo Dall'Oglio | Avellino | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 29 July 2022 | DF | Bubacarr Marong | Gelbison | Loan | Free | |
| 12 August 2022 | MF | Francesco De Rose | Cesena | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 18 August 2022 | MF | Gregorio Luperini | Perugia | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 23 August 2022 | FW | Giacomo Corona | Torino | Loan with an option to buy | Free | |
| 26 August 2022 | FW | Andrea Silipo | Juve Stabia | Loan | Free | |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | Giuseppe Fella | Monopoli | Loan | Free | |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | Michele Somma | Unattached | Released | Free | |
| 1 September 2022 | FW | Matteo Stoppa | Sampdoria | Released | Free | |

### Winter 2023

In :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 12 January 2023 | DF | Renzo Orihuela | Montevideo City Torque | Loan | Free | |
| 18 January 2023 | FW | Gennaro Tutino | Parma | Loan with an option to buy and obligation under determined conditions | Free | |
| 27 January 2023 | MF | Valerio Verre | Sampdoria | Loan with an option to buy | Free | |
| 30 January 2023 | DF | Simon Graves | Randers FC | Permanent deal | €1,5M | |
| 31 January 2023 | DF | Edoardo Masciangelo | Benevento | Free | Loan | |
| 31 January 2023 | DF | Giuseppe Aurelio | Pontedera | Permanent deal | €250,000 | |
| Out |||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 3 January 2023 | DF | Andrea Accardi | Piacenza | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 4 January 2023 | DF | Manuel Peretti | Recanatese | Loan | Free | |
| 4 January 2023 | DF | Mladen Devetak | Viterbese | Loan | Free | |
| 6 January 2023 | DF | Roberto Crivello | Padova | Loan | Free | |
| 6 January 2023 | FW | Roberto Floriano | Sangiuliano City | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 13 January 2023 | DF | Edoardo Pierozzi | Fiorentina | End of loan | Free | |
| 17 January 2023 | DF | Masimiliano Doda | Imolese | Loan | Free | |

## 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 B | 13 August 2022 | 19 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 028.95 |
| Coppa Italia | 31 July 2022 | 6 August 2022 | Preliminary round | Round of 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 030.00 |
Source: Palermo F.C.

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Reggina (E) | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 50 | Revival in Serie D |
| 8 | Venezia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 49 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0 |
| 9 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 49 | |
| 10 | Modena | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 48 | |
| 11 | Pisa | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 47 | |
* ↑ Reggina were deducted five points for failing to pay taxes and player salaries on time. The deduction was initially seven points; later relegated to Serie D after enduring serious financial difficulties for several years. Brescia was readmitted into Serie B.
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Pisa 5, Ascoli 5, Como 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Pisa +1, Ascoli −1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: complete. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.

### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and assists

    As of 19 May 2023
| No. | Pos. | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | AP | GO | AS | AP | GO | AS | AP | GO | AS |
| 1 | GK | Giovanni Grotta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Graves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Edoardo Pierozzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Marco Sala | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Andrea Accardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Renzo Orihuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Claudio Gomes | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Michele Somma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Roberto Crivello | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Roberto Floriano | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Gennaro Tutino | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Jacopo Segre | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Matteo Brunori | 36 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 20 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | Francesco Di Mariano | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Andrea Silipo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Giuseppe Fella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Edoardo Masciangelo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Samuele Massolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jérémie Broh | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ivan Marconi | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Leo Štulac | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Gregorio Luperini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 36 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | Luca Vido | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Francesco De Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Samuele Damiani | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | Mirko Pigliacelli | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Masimiliano Doda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Alessio Buttaro | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Valerio Verre | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | Edoardo Soleri | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | Dario Šarić | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Nicola Valente | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 8 |
| 31 | DF | Giuseppe Aurelio | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Giacomo Corona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Mladen Devetak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Aleš Matějů | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | FW | Matteo Stoppa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | Samuele Lo Coco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | Salvatore Di Mitri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | Davide Bettella | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | Manuel Peretti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Salvatore Elia | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 79 | DF | Edoardo Lancini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | — | 1 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | — | 48 | 31 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 51 | 33 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 19 May 2023
| No. | Pos. | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Marco Sala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Claudio Gomes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Roberto Crivello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Roberto Floriano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Gennaro Tutino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jacopo Segre | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Matteo Brunori | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Francesco Di Mariano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Edoardo Masciangelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jérémie Broh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ivan Marconi | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Leo Štulac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Luca Vido | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Samuele Damiani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Alessio Buttaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Valerio Verre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Edoardo Soleri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Dario Šarić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Nicola Valente | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Giuseppe Aurelio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Mladen Devetak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Aleš Matějů | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | Davide Bettella | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Salvatore Elia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 82 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 1 |

### Goals conceded and clean sheets

    As of 19 May 2023
| No. | Pos. | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | GC | CS | GC | CS | GC | CS |
| 22 | GK | Mirko Pigliacelli | 49 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 10 |

### Attendances

    As of 19 May 2023
| | Matches | Attendances | Average | Highest | Lowest |
| Serie B | 19 | 387,383 | 20,389 | 32,235 | 14,961 |
| Coppa Italia | 1 | 13,297 | 13,297 | 13,297 | 13,297 |
| Totals | 20 | 400,680 | 20,034 | 32,235 | 13,297 |