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.

Serie A (women)
Season2022–23
Dates27 August 2022 – 28 May 2023
ChampionsRoma
RelegatedParma
Women's Champions LeagueRoma
Juventus
Matches played130
Goals scored431 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerTabitha Chawinga (23)
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.
Cerimonia di premiazione scudetto Roma femminile

Summary

Changes

Compared to the 2021–22 season, the number of participating teams decreased from 12 to 10.[1] Indeed, from the 2021–22 Serie A, Napoli, Lazio and Verona were relegated to Serie B,[2] while from the 2021–22 Serie B only Como was promoted.[3]

Empoli was disbanded and the berth left was taken by the newly formed Parma.[4]

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.[5] Women's footballers became the first female athletes in Italy to be fully professional.[6][7]

With the reduction of the participating teams, the format of the competition also changed.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] Each team starts in the second phase with the points earned during the first phase.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]

Teams

Team changes
Promoted from 2021–22 Serie BRelegated from 2021–22 Serie A
ComoNapoli
Lazio
Verona

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2022–23 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium 2021–22 season
Como Como Stadio Ferruccio (Seregno) 1st in Serie B
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Gino Bozzi 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[lower-alpha 1]
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
3 Inter Milan 18 10 5 3 45 20 +25 35
4 AC Milan 18 11 1 6 38 27 +11 34
5 Fiorentina 18 11 1 6 30 30 0 34
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
8 Parma 18 3 4 11 18 41 −23 13
9 Como 18 2 5 11 18 35 −17 11
10 Sampdoria 18 3 1 14 9 38 −29 10
Source: FIGC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

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 —
Source: FIGC
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 —
Source: FIGC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

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 —
Source: FIGC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

First leg
Lazio0–2Pomigliano
Report Martínez 32', 90+6'
Referee: Luca De Angeli (Milan)

Second leg
Pomigliano0–1Lazio
Report Golob 43' (o.g.)
Stadio Comunale di Palma Campania, Palma Campania
Referee: Marco Emmanuele (Pisa)

Season statistics

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

Awards

Team of the Season
Position Player Club Ref.
Goalkeeper Italy Francesca Durante Inter Milan
[8]
Defenders Denmark Caroline Pleidrup Sassuolo
Italy Elena Linari Roma
Japan Moeka Minami Roma
Midfielders Brazil Andressa Alves Roma
Canada Julia Grosso Juventus
Italy Giada Greggi Roma
Spain Vero Boquete Fiorentina
Forwards Italy Valentina Giacinti Roma
Malawi Tabitha Chawinga Inter Milan
Norway Emilie Haavi Roma

Seasonal awards
Award Winner Club Ref.
Best Goalkeeper Italy Francesca Durante Inter Milan
[9]
Best Defender Italy Elena Linari Roma
Best Midfielder Canada Julia Grosso Juventus
Best Striker Malawi Tabitha Chawinga Inter Milan
Best Young Player Italy Chiara Beccari Como
Most Valuable Player Norway Emilie Haavi Roma

Notes
  1. As S.S.D. Empoli Ladies FBC

References
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  3. "Il Como batte 5-0 la Roma CF e festeggia la promozione in Serie A". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. FIGC (10 June 2022). "Il Parma Femminile sbarca in Serie A". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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  6. "Serie A Femminile changes league and goes fully professional". Her Football Hub. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  7. steph_ (2020-06-25). "Official: Serie A Femminile Will Become a Professional League in 2022". The AC Milan Offside. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  8. "Serie A Femminile TIM 2022/23: oltre alla Top 11 assoluta svelata anche la formazione delle migliori Under 21 della stagione". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  9. "Svelate le MVP TIM della stagione: è la giallorossa Haavi è la miglior calciatrice del campionato". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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