# 2022–23 Serie A (women)

The 2022–23 Serie A is the 56th season of the women's football top-level league in Italy. It was the first season to be fully professional.

## Summary
### Changes

Compared to the 2021–22 season, the number of participating teams decreased from 12 to 10. Indeed, from the 2021–22 Serie A, Napoli, Lazio and Verona were relegated to Serie B, while from the 2021–22 Serie B only Como was promoted.
Empoli was disbanded and the berth left was taken by the newly formed Parma.

### Format

The Serie A became fully-professional from the 2022–23 season, removing the salary cap and allowing teams to pay their players a higher wage. Women's footballers became the first female athletes in Italy to be fully professional.
With the reduction of the participating teams, the format of the competition also changed. The season takes place in two phases: in the first phase, the 10 participating teams face each other in a round-robin tournament with home and away matches for a total of 18 matchdays. In the second phase the top-five ranked teams qualify to the championship round (poule scudetto), while the last-five ranked teams play the relegation round. Each team starts in the second phase with the points earned during the first phase. In both rounds, the five participating teams face each other in a round-robin tournament with home and away matches for a total of an additional 10 matchdays, with two rest sessions for each team. At the end of the second phase, the first ranked in the championship round is crowned champion of Italy and qualifies to the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League alongside the second placed team. In the relegation round the last-ranked team is relegated directly to the Serie B, while the second-last team plays the second-placed in the Serie B for a place in the 2023–24 Serie A.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2021–22 Serie B | Relegated from 2021–22 Serie A |
| Como | Napoli Lazio Verona |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | 2021–22 season |
| Como | Como | Stadio Ferruccio [it] (Seregno) | 1st in Serie B |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Gino Bozzi [it] | 7th in Serie A |
| Inter Milan | Milan | Suning Training Center in memory of Giacinto Facchetti | 5th in Serie A |
| Juventus | Turin | Juventus Center (Vinovo) | Champions |
| AC Milan | Milan | Centro Sportivo Vismara | 3rd in Serie A |
| Parma | Parma | Stadio Ennio Tardini | 9th in Serie A |
| Pomigliano | Pomigliano | Stadio Ugo Gobbato | 8th in Serie A |
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Tre Fontane | 2nd in Serie A |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Campo sportivo Riccardo Garrone (Bogliasco) | 6th in Serie A |
| Sassuolo | Sassuolo | Stadio Enzo Ricci | 4th in Serie A |

## First phase
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Roma | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 12 | +31 | 48 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Juventus | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 40 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Inter Milan | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 35 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | AC Milan | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 34 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Sassuolo | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 7 | Pomigliano | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 14 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Parma | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 41 | −23 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Como | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 35 | −17 | 11 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 38 | −29 | 10 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | COM | FIO | INT | JUV | MIL | PAR | POM | ROM | SAM | SAS |
| Como | — | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Fiorentina | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Inter Milan | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Juventus | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Parma | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Pomigliano | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Roma | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Sampdoria | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Sassuolo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |

## Second phase
### Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ROM | JUV | MIL | FIO | INT |
| 1 | Roma (C) | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League second round | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Juventus | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League first round | 5–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 |
| 3 | AC Milan | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 44 | | 2–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 42 | | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Inter Milan | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 39 | | 1–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — |

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SAS | COM | SAM | POM | PAR |
| 1 | Sassuolo | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 38 | | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Como | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 25 | | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sampdoria | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 21 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Pomigliano (Q) | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 21 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | — | 4–1 |
| 5 | Parma (R) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 16 | Relegation to Serie B | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 25 May 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tabitha Chawinga | Inter Milan | 23 |
| 2 | Cristiana Girelli | Juventus | 15 |
| 3 | Valentina Giacinti | Roma | 13 |
| 3 | Martina Piemonte | AC Milan | 13 |
| 5 | Andressa | Roma | 12 |
| 5 | Elisa Polli | Inter Milan | 12 |
| 7 | Lineth Beerensteyn | Juventus | 11 |
| 8 | Lana Clelland | Sassuolo | 10 |
| 9 | Kosovare Asllani | AC Milan | 9 |
| 10 | Barbara Bonansea | Juventus | 8 |
| 10 | Agnese Bonfantini | Sampdoria | 8 |
| 10 | Emilie Haavi | Roma | 8 |
| 10 | Veronica Boquete | Fiorentina | 8 |
| 14 | Sofia Cantore | Juventus | 7 |
| 14 | Sophie Román Haug | Roma | 7 |
| 14 | Zsanett Kaján | Fiorentina | 7 |
| 14 | Taty | Pomigliano | 7 |

## Awards
### Team of the Season

| Position | Player | Club |
| Goalkeeper | Francesca Durante | Inter Milan |
| Defenders | Caroline Pleidrup | Sassuolo |
| Defenders | Elena Linari | Roma |
| Defenders | Moeka Minami | Roma |
| Midfielders | Andressa Alves | Roma |
| Midfielders | Julia Grosso | Juventus |
| Midfielders | Giada Greggi | Roma |
| Midfielders | Vero Boquete | Fiorentina |
| Forwards | Valentina Giacinti | Roma |
| Forwards | Tabitha Chawinga | Inter Milan |
| Forwards | Emilie Haavi | Roma |

### Seasonal awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Best Goalkeeper | Francesca Durante | Inter Milan |
| Best Defender | Elena Linari | Roma |
| Best Midfielder | Julia Grosso | Juventus |
| Best Striker | Tabitha Chawinga | Inter Milan |
| Best Young Player | Chiara Beccari | Como |
| Most Valuable Player | Emilie Haavi | Roma |