# 2022–23 Spezia Calcio season

The 2022–23 season was the 116th season in the history of Spezia Calcio and their third consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Season overview

On 1 July 2022, Spezia announced Luca Gotti as their new head coach on a two-year contract, replacing Thiago Motta.

## Players
### First-team 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 |
| 1 | GK | NED | Jeroen Zoet |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Emil Holm |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Ethan Ampadu (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 5 | DF | POR | João Moutinho |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Bourabia |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Sala |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Albin Ekdal |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Daniele Verde |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Gyasi (captain) |
| 13 | DF | POL | Arkadiusz Reca |
| 14 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov (on loan from Roma) |
| 16 | MF | DEN | Julius Beck |
| 18 | FW | ANG | M'Bala Nzola |
| 19 | FW | LVA | Raimonds Krollis |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Simone Bastoni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Salva Ferrer |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Federico Marchetti |
| 24 | MF | UKR | Viktor Kovalenko (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Esposito (on loan from SPAL) |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Kelvin Amian |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Mattia Caldara (on loan from Milan) |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Daniel Maldini (on loan from Milan) |
| 33 | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo |
| 40 | GK | BIH | Petar Zovko |
| 43 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Nikolaou |
| 55 | DF | POL | Przemysław Wiśniewski |
| 69 | GK | POL | Bartłomiej Drągowski |
| 72 | MF | SVN | Tio Cipot |
| 77 | MF | POL | Szymon Żurkowski (on loan from Fiorentina) |

### 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 | ITA | Nicolò Bertola (at Montevarchi until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Colombini (at Renate until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Leonardo Gabelli (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | BUL | Petko Hristov (at Venezia until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Laurens Serpe (at Imolese until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | DEN | Emil Kornvig (at Cosenza until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | FRA | Aurélien Nguiamba (at Jagiellonia until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ISR | Suf Podgoreanu (at Maccabi Haifa until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | SWE | Aimar Sher (at Groningen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SVK | Samuel Mráz (at Anorthosis until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Henoc N'Gbesso (at Alessandria until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | POR | Leandro Sanca (at Famalicão until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SVK | David Strelec (at Reggina 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 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 015.79 |
| Serie A relegation tie-breaker | 11 June 2023 | 11 June 2023 | Play-off | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 6 August 2022 | 19 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 019.05 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Salernitana | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 42 | |
| 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 |
* 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.