# 2022–23 Bologna FC 1909 season

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the history of Bologna FC 1909 and their eighth 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 | Francesco Bardi |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Stefan Posch (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 4 | DF | URU | Joaquín Sosa |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Nikola Moro (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domínguez |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Marko Arnautović |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone |
| 11 | FW | NED | Joshua Zirkzee |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Francesco Raffaelli |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi |
| 17 | MF | CHI | Gary Medel |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Antonio Raimondo |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Lewis Ferguson |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Michel Aebischer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano (captain) |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalampos Lykogiannis |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Nicola Bagnolini |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Stivanello |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Niklas Pyyhtiä |
| 26 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri (vice-captain) |
| 30 | MF | NED | Jerdy Schouten |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Federico Ravaglia |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Mattia Motolese |
| 50 | DF | ITA | Andrea Cambiaso (on loan from Juventus) |
| 66 | DF | ITA | Wisdom Amey |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 82 | MF | POL | Kacper Urbański |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Musa Barrow |

### Other players under contract

    As of 28 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 |
| — | DF | ITA | Gabriele Corbo |
| — | FW | NGA | Orji Okwonkwo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Mattia Pagliuca |

### 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 | CAN | Sebastian Breza (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ITA | Matteo Angeli (at Renate until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GHA | Ebenezer Annan (at Imolese until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ENG | Luis Binks (at Como until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | NED | Denso Kasius (at Rapid Wien until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ISL | Andri Baldursson (at NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Dion Ruffo Luci (at Turris until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | NGA | Kingsley Michael (at SV Ried until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianmarco Cangiano (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GAM | Musa Juwara (at OB until 31 December 2023) |
| — | FW | NED | Sydney van Hooijdonk (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Emanuel Vignato (at Empoli until 30 June 2024) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 036.84 |
| Coppa Italia | 8 August 2022 | 19 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 039.02 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Juventus | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 62 | |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 56 | 0Qualification 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 | |
| 11 | Monza | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 52 | |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.

### Coppa Italia
## 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 | Francesco Bardi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUT | Stefan Posch | 31 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Joaquín Sosa | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Adama Soumaoro | 26 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi | 15 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalampos Lykogiannis | 24 | 2 | 11+10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo De Silvestri | 17 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | ITA | Andrea Cambiaso | 34 | 0 | 25+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ARG | Nikola Moro | 28 | 1 | 12+14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Domínguez | 34 | 3 | 26+5 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CHI | Gary Medel | 31 | 7 | 17+12 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Lewis Ferguson | 33 | 7 | 27+5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Michel Aebischer | 34 | 1 | 18+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Roberto Soriano | 30 | 1 | 15+12 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Niklas Pyyhtiä | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Jerdy Schouten | 36 | 0 | 29+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini | 34 | 11 | 22+10 | 11 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Marko Arnautović | 23 | 10 | 18+3 | 10 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 20 | 5 | 8+10 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Joshua Zirkzee | 21 | 2 | 5+14 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Antonio Raimondo | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Musa Barrow | 35 | 3 | 26+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club permanently or on loan during the season ||||||||||
| 33 | DF | NED | Denso Kasius | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | ITA | Emanuel Vignato | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |