# 2022–23 Cesena FC season

The 2022–23 Cesena F.C. season was the club's 83rd season in existence and its third consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cesena participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia Serie C. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players

    As of 19 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 | Andrea Tozzo |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Mario Mercadante |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Coccolo |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Bumbu |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Zecca |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Saber Hraiech |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Alexis Ferrante (on loan from Ternana) |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Chiarello |
| 11 | FW | ALB | Stiven Shpendi |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Daniele Celiento (on loan from Bari) |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Andrea Ciofi |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Albertini |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Adamo |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Simone Corazza |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Prestia |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Francesco De Rose |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Mustacchio (on loan from Pro Vercelli) |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Bianchi |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Marco Calderoni |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Luigi Silvestri |
| 31 | FW | ITA | King Udoh |
| 32 | FW | ALB | Cristian Shpendi |
| 44 | GK | USA | Luca Lewis |
| 73 | DF | ITA | Simone Pieraccini |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Alessio Brambilla |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Matteo Francesconi |
| 97 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Pollini |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Tomas Lepri |

### Out on loan

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 | Stefano Minelli (at Südtirol until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Pietro Guerra (at Forlì until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | CRO | Ivan Kontek (at Foggia until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Tommaso Berti (at Fiorentina U19 until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Nannelli (at Fermana until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Filippo Pittarello (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2023) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 C | 4 September 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 060.53 |
| Serie C National play-offs | 27 May 2023 | | Second round | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Coppa Italia Serie C | 5 October 2022 | 1 November 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 058.14 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie C
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Reggiana (C, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 81 | Promotion to Serie B. Qualification for the Supercoppa di Serie C |
| 2 | Cesena | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 79 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs national phase |
| 3 | Virtus Entella | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 79 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs national phase |
| 4 | Carrarese | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 62 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs group phase |
| 5 | Gubbio | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 61 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs group phase |
* 1 2 Cesena ahead of Virtus Entella due to head-to-head matches: ENT-CES 0-0; CES-ENT 4-0

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
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