2022–23 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 125th in the history of Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. and their eighth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C.

2022–23 season
President	Carlo Neri
Head coach	Cristian Bucchi (until 4 February) Roberto Breda (from 6 February)
Stadium	Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Serie B	12th
Coppa Italia	Round of 32
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Players

As of 27 January 2023^[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Nicola Leali 4 DF  CRO Lorenco Šimić 5 DF  ITA Danilo Quaranta 6 MF  FRA Eddy Gnahoré 7 FW  SUI Christopher Lungoyi (on loan from Juventus) 8 MF  ITA Fabrizio Caligara 9 FW  ITA Federico Dionisi 10 FW  ITA Amato Ciciretti (on loan from Pordenone) 11 FW  ITA Francesco Forte (on loan from Benevento) 12 GK  ITA Luca Bolletta 13 GK  ITA Enrico Guarna 15 FW  CIV Cedric Gondo (on loan from Cremonese) 17 DF  ITA Claud Adjapong 18 MF  ITA Michele Collocolo 20 DF  ITA Francesco Donati (on loan from Empoli) 21 DF  ITA Simone Giordano (on loan from Sampdoria)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ITA Marcello Falzerano 26 FW  MAR Soufiane Bidaoui 27 MF  ITA Mirko Eramo 28 MF  ITA Federico Proia (on loan from Vicenza) 29 FW  ITA Filippo Palazzino 31 MF  ITA Diego Fabbrini 32 MF  ITA Samuel Giovane (on loan from Atalanta) 33 DF  BRA Eric Botteghin 44 DF  SVN Aljaž Tavčar 46 GK  SUI Noam Baumann 54 DF  ITA Nicola Falasco 55 DF  ITA Giuseppe Bellusci 77 MF  LIE Marcel Büchel 90 FW  POR Pedro Mendes 99 MF  USA Anthony Fontana

Out on loan

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 — MF  ITA Manuele Castorani (at Siena until 30 June 2023) — DF  MAR Amine Ghazoini (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Marco Fiorani (at Messina until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ITA Danilo Giacinto Ventola (at Fidelis Andria until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Andrea De Paoli (at Siena until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Roma v Ascoli

27 July 2022 Friendly	Roma	0–1	Ascoli	Trigoria, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Botteghin 67'	Stadium: Centro sportivo Fulvio Bernardini Referee: Federico Dionisi

Recanatese v Ascoli

30 July 2022 Friendly	Recanatese	1–4	Ascoli	Porto San Giorgio
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Luca Pelloni Via Marche

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	14 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	12th	38	12	11	15	40	47	−7	031.58
Coppa Italia	7 August 2022	20 October 2022	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	050.00
Total					40	13	12	15	45	51	−6	032.50

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

Main article: 2022–23 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Modena	38	13	9	16	47	53	−6	48
11	Pisa	38	11	14	13	48	42	+6	47[a]
12	Ascoli	38	12	11	15	40	47	−7	47[a]
13	Como	38	10	17	11	47	48	−1	47[a]
14	Ternana	38	11	10	17	37	52	−15	43[b]

Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Pisa 5, Ascoli 5, Como 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Pisa +1, Ascoli −1.
2. Ternana finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head goal difference: Cittadella 0–2 Ternana, Ternana 1–2 Cittadella.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	12	10	14	39	45	−6	46	6	5	7	19	21	−2	6	5	7	20	24	−4

Source: Serie B

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	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	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L
Position	5	4	1	4	8	11	12	13	11	9	7	7	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	10	12	12	13	12	12	13	10	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	9	8	11	12

Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 15 July 2022.^[3][4]

Ascoli v Ternana

14 August 2022 1	Ascoli	2–1	Ternana	Ascoli Piceno
20:45 CET	Eric Botteghin 14' Collocolo 32' Leali  34' Ciciretti  90'	Report	Palumbo  45+2' Bogdan  58' Favilli 76' Paghera  90+2' Diakite  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 8,456 Referee: Francesco Cosso

Ascoli v SPAL

20 August 2022 2	Ascoli	1–1	SPAL	Ascoli Piceno
20:45 CET	Gondo 21' (pen.) Bellusci  24' Salvi  32' Falasco  85'	Report	Tripaldelli  20' Murgia  23' Maistro 26'  35' Esposito  56' Arena  59'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 7,716 Referee: Matteo Gariglio

Palermo v Ascoli

27 August 2022 3	Palermo	2–3	Ascoli	Palermo
20:45 CET	Crivello  32' Brunori 36' Valente  60'  89' Segre 63'	Report	Gondo 27'  45+3' 45+5' 52' Donati  76' Leali  82'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,163 Referee: Daniele Minelli

Ascoli v Cittadella

3 September 2022 4	Ascoli	0–0	Cittadella	Ascoli Piceno
14:00 CET	Caligara  29'  52' Gondo  45' Eric Botteghin  90+2'	Report	Del Fabro  8'  90+2' Donnarumma  24' Pavan  41' Raúl Asencio  45'  49' Mamadou Tounkara  90'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 6,675 Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

Perugia v Ascoli

10 September 2022 5	Perugia	1–0	Ascoli	Perugia
16:15 CET	Bartolomei  18' Strizzolo 42' Paz  77'	Report	Bellusci  45' Donati  51' Giovane  67' Eramo  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 5,680 Referee: Marco Piccinini

Ascoli v Parma

17 September 2022 6	Ascoli	1–3	Parma	Ascoli Piceno
14:00 CET	Salvi  28' Dionisi  78' Lungoyi 79'  90' Bellusci  90+1'	Report	Tutino 7' Inglese 18' Vázquez  20' Oosterwolde  40' Man 66' Antoine Hainaut  75' Jurić  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 6,494 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

Ascoli v Benevento

26 February 2023 26	Ascoli	0–0	Benevento	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Modena v Ascoli

1 March 2023 27	Modena	0–1	Ascoli	Modena
				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Ascoli v Bari

5 March 2023 28	Ascoli	0–1	Bari	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Cagliari v Ascoli

10 March 2023 29	Cagliari	4–1	Ascoli	Cagliari
				Stadium: Unipol Domus

Ascoli v Venezia

18 March 2023 30	Ascoli	0–1	Venezia	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Ascoli v Brescia

1 April 2023 31	Ascoli	4–3	Brescia	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Frosinone v Ascoli

10 April 2023 32	Frosinone	2–0	Ascoli	Frosinone
				Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe

Ascoli v Südtirol

15 April 2023 33	Ascoli	1–0	Südtirol	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Como v Ascoli

22 April 2023 34	Como	1–1	Ascoli	Como
				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Ascoli v Pisa

1 May 2023 35	Ascoli	2–1	Pisa	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Genoa v Ascoli

6 May 2023 36	Genoa	2–1	Ascoli	Genoa
				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Ascoli v Cosenza

13 May 2023 37	Ascoli	1–0	Cosenza	Ascoli Piceno
				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Reggina v Ascoli

19 May 2023 38	Reggina	1–0	Ascoli	Reggio Calabria
				Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2022–23 Coppa Italia

Venezia v Ascoli

7 August 2022 Round of 64	Venezia	2–3	Ascoli	Venice
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rémy  42' Sandberg  51' Hasanbegovic  51' Mikaelsson 88', 89'	Report	Lungoyi  33' Šarić 36' Falzerano 70' Fontana 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Daniele Paterna

Sampdoria v Ascoli

20 October 2022 Round of 32	Sampdoria	2–2 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Ascoli	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Verre 10' Rincón  45+3' Yepes  73' Conti  101' Caputo 118'	Report	Collocolo 33' Tavčar  78' Donati 110' Eramo  112'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 4,738 Referee: Luca Zufferli
	Penalties
	Gabbiadini Villar Đuričić Caputo Verre Augello Conti Léris Murru Ferrari Contini		Botteghin Eramo Falasco Gondo Caligara Falzerano Bidaoui Donati Quaranta Tavčar Guarna