2022–23 Serie A
The 2022–23 Serie A was the 121st season of top-tier Italian football, the 91st in a round-robin tournament, and the 13th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Napoli won the title with five matches remaining after a 1–1 draw against Udinese at the Dacia Arena on 4 May 2023.
Napoli's title was their third league title in club history and their first since Diego Maradona led them to victory in 1990 — bringing an end to their 33-year Scudetto drought. AC Milan, the defending champions, finished in fourth place. It was the first time since Roma in 2001 that a club other than AC Milan, Inter Milan or Juventus had won the Serie A title.
Summary
This year would mark the return of playoff matches for the first time since 2005. If the season ends with two teams tied at the top of the league standings, those teams would play at a neutral site to determine the title winner. The match will have no extra time, and will instead go directly to a penalty shoot-out should the teams be tied after regulation. Head-to-head will still will used as a tiebreaker elsewhere on the board.The Lega Serie A in February announced their intention to run a tournament in the United States during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, consisting of players who were not called up to play for the [Italy national association football|football team|men's national team]. The unusual scheduling of the World Cup in Qatar forced many leagues to interrupt their seasons for weeks, so the Serie A saw this as an opportunity to bolster its image abroad while keeping its players active. The idea received mixed feedback, and was ultimately cancelled by the league due to logistical and funding issues.
In January 2023, the Serie A deducted 15 points from Juventus after an investigation by the FIGC accused the club of manipulating their balancing sheets to show false gains of around 60m euros. Months later in April, Italy's highest court ordered the case to be re-examined, and the points were restored. The original ruling was upheld—though this time resulting in Juventus being docked 10 points—in May 2023.
On 28 July 2023, UEFA released a statement confirming Juventus has violated finance regulations. Consequently, Juventus faced penalties including exclusion from the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Teams
Cremonese returned to the Serie A for the first time in 26 years—their longest absence from the top league in history. Lecce returned after two years. Monza were promoted for the first time in the club's history, making them the 67th team to play at the highest level of Italian football.Cagliari were relegated to the Serie B after six years, while Venezia were relegated after only one. Genoa were relegated after 15 seasons, thus ending the club's longest consecutive run in the top league.
This was the first season since the 2003–04 campaign without any representation from the archipelagos of Italy in the Serie A.
Stadiums and locations
Relegation tie-breaker
Because Spezia and Hellas Verona finished level on points in the final relegation spot, a one-match relegation tie-breaker was held at a neutral venue to determine the final team which would be relegated to Serie B.''Hellas Verona won 3–1 and remained in Serie A, while Spezia were relegated to Serie B.''
Season statistics
Hat-tricks
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