2022–23 US Cremonese season

U.S. Cremonese
2022–23 season
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Coach	Massimiliano Alvini; (until 14 January); Davide Ballardini; (from 15 January)
Stadium	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Serie A	19th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Daniel Ciofani; Cyriel Dessers; (6 each); All: ; Cyriel Dessers; David Okereke; (7 each)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 27 April 2023.

The 2022–23 season is the 120th season in the history of U.S. Cremonese and the club's first season back in the top flight since 1996. The club are participating in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

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
3	DF	ITA	Emanuele Valeri
4	DF	AUT	Emanuel Aiwu
5	MF	MEX	Johan Vásquez (on loan from Genoa)
6	MF	SUI	Charles Pickel
9	FW	ITA	Daniel Ciofani (captain)
10	FW	ITA	Cristian Buonaiuto
12	GK	ITA	Marco Carnesecchi (on loan from Atalanta)
13	GK	ITA	Gianluca Saro
15	DF	ITA	Matteo Bianchetti
17	DF	ITA	Leonardo Sernicola
18	DF	ITA	Paolo Ghiglione
19	MF	ITA	Michele Castagnetti
20	FW	GHA	Felix Afena-Gyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ROU	Vlad Chiricheș (vice-captain)
22	GK	POL	Dorian Ciężkowski
23	MF	ITA	Christian Acella
24	DF	ITA	Alex Ferrari (on loan from Sampdoria)
26	MF	ITA	Marco Benassi (on loan from Fiorentina)
27	MF	CHI	Pablo Galdames (on loan from Genoa)
28	MF	FRA	Soualiho Meïté (on loan from Benfica)
33	DF	ITA	Giacomo Quagliata
44	DF	GEO	Luka Lochoshvili
45	GK	SEN	Fallou Sarr
74	FW	ITA	Frank Tsadjout
77	FW	NGA	David Okereke
90	FW	NGA	Cyriel Dessers

Out on loan

As of 31 January 2023.

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
—	DF	FRA	Daniel Frey (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	SEN	Maissa Ndiaye (at Vicenza until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Luca Ravanelli (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Cerretelli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Matteo Ghisolfi (at Giugliano until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Stefano Girelli (at Lecco until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Tommaso Milanese (at Venezia until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Filippo Nardi (at Reggiana until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Perseu (at Alessandria until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ROU	Dennis Politic (at Port Vale until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Joshua Tenkorang (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Luca Valzania (at SPAL until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	CIV	Cedric Gondo (at Ascoli until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Luca Strizzolo (at Modena until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Luca Zanimacchia (at Parma until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Marco Zunno (at Piacenza until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2022 Friendly	Cremonese	8–0	Falco Albino	Cremona
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Carmine Báez Tenkorang Milanese Strizzolo	Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Giovanni Arvedi Attendance: 300 Referee: Gianmarco Vailati

13 July 2022 Friendly	Cremonese	5–1	FC Paradiso	Cremona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Giovanni Arvedi Referee: Niccolo Turrini

17 July 2022 Friendly	Cremonese	5–0	Fiorenzuola	Cremona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Giovanni Arvedi Attendance: 750 Referee: Michele Delrio

24 July 2022 Friendly	Cremonese	2–0	SPAL	Dimaro
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Valeri 48' Báez 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Daniele Minelli

30 July 2022 Friendly	Hellas Verona	4–3	Cremonese	Rovereto
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Henry 19' Lasagna 23', 58' Piccoli 90' (pen.)	Report	Tsadjout 42' (pen.) Valeri 56', 79'	Stadium: Stadio Quercia Referee: Andrea Colombo

31 July 2022 Friendly	Cremonese	3–1	Crema	Cremona
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Campo Soldi Referee: Daniele Minelli

5 August 2022 Friendly	Cremonese	6–0	Sant'Angelo	Cremona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo Soldi

23 December 2022 Friendly	Torino	0–0	Cremonese	Torino, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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		31	3	10	18	27	57	−30	009.68
Coppa Italia	8 August 2022	27 April 2023	Round of 64	Semi-finals	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	050.00
Total					37	6	12	19	38	66	−28	016.22

Last updated: 27 April 2023
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Lecce	38	8	12	18	33	46	−13	36
17	Spezia (R)	38	6	13	19	31	62	−31	31^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker^[b]
18	Hellas Verona (O)	38	7	10	21	31	59	−28	31^[a]	Qualification for the Relegation tie-breaker^[b]
19	Cremonese (R)	38	5	12	21	36	69	−33	27	Relegation to Serie B
20	Sampdoria (R)	38	3	10	25	24	71	−47	19	Relegation to Serie B

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team;^[2] 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[3]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1
^ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

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
31	3	10	18	27	57	−30	19	2	3	10	9	25	−16	1	7	8	18	32	−14

Last updated: 23 April 2023.
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
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D
Position	11	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Points	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	12	13	13	16	19	19	20	21

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.^[4]

14 August 2022 1	Fiorentina	3–2	Cremonese	Florence
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonaventura 16' Jović 34' Mandragora 90+5'	Report	Chiricheș 9' Okereke 19', 82' Escalante 44' Ghiglione 62' Bianchetti 68'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,461 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

22 August 2022 2	Roma	1–0	Cremonese	Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Smalling 65'	Report	Aiwu 24' Zanimacchia 50' Bianchetti 79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,859 Referee: Luca Massimi

27 August 2022 3	Cremonese	1–2	Torino	Cremona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sernicola 80'	Report	Vlašić 18' Aina 54' Buongiorno 64' Radonjić 65' Linetty 81'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,572 Referee: Paolo Valeri

30 August 2022 4	Internazionale	3–1	Cremonese	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Correa 12' Barella 38' Martínez 76'	Report	Dessers 50' Aiwu 66' Vásquez 79' Okereke 90'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70,750 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

4 September 2022 5	Cremonese	0–0	Sassuolo	Cremona
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tsadjout 78'	Report	Thorstvedt 47'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 9,105 Referee: Luca Pairetto

11 September 2022 6	Atalanta	1–1	Cremonese	Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Okoli 65' Demiral 74', 90+3' Éderson 90+3'	Report	Sernicola 58' Lochoshvili 62' Pickel 66' Ascacíbar 71' Valeri 78' Afena-Gyan 82'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 18,252 Referee: Andrea Colombo

18 September 2022 7	Cremonese	0–4	Lazio	Cremona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vásquez 74'	Report	Immobile 7', 21' (pen.) Casale 38' Milinković-Savić 45+2' Pedro 79'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 12,991 Referee: Daniele Orsato

2 October 2022 8	Lecce	1–1	Cremonese	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Falcone 18' Strefezza 42' (pen.) Askildsen 53' Pezzella 78'	Report	Ciofani 19' (pen.) Okereke 40'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,377 Referee: Livio Marinelli

9 October 2022 9	Cremonese	1–4	Napoli	Cremona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zanimacchia 17' Dessers 47' Sernicola 69'	Report	Politano 26' (pen.) Simeone 76' Lozano 90+3' Olivera 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,238 Referee: Rosario Abisso

16 October 2022 10	Spezia	2–2	Cremonese	La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nzola 19' Holm 22' Agudelo 61' Caldara 89'	Report	Dessers 2' Pickel 52'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

24 October 2022 11	Cremonese	0–1	Sampdoria	Cremona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 7' Sernicola 67' Pickel 70' Meite 74'	Report	Colley 7', 78' Sabiri 30' Amione 59' Gabbiadini 74'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 13,021 Referee: Fabio Maresca

30 October 2022 12	Cremonese	0–0	Udinese	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meïté 4'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 12,810 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

5 November 2022 13	Salernitana	2–2	Cremonese	Salerno
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Piątek 3' Fazio 8' Coulibaly 38' Sepe 90'	Report	Okereke 12' Hendry 40' Sernicola 44' Ciofani 89', 89'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 16,780 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

8 November 2022 14	Cremonese	0–0	Milan	Cremona
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ghiglione 47' Vásquez 67' Valeri 85' Meïté 87'	Report	Leão 78' Lazetić 87' De Ketelaere 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,758 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

11 November 2022 15	Empoli	2–0	Cremonese	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cambiaghi 46', 69' Parisi 88'	Report	Meïté 43' Pickel 90'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,077 Referee: Federico Dionisi

4 January 2023 16	Cremonese	0–1	Juventus	Cremona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ferrari 55' Dessers 67' Meïté 70' Valeri 89' Lochoshvili 90+3'	Report	Rabiot 71' Bremer 72' Milik 90+1' Kean 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,896 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

9 January 2023 17	Hellas Verona	2–0	Cremonese	Verona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lazović 9', 26' Kallon 23' Đurić 63' Verdi 88'	Report	Castagnetti 32' Sernicola 54' Lochoshvili 73' Okereke 90'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 3,804 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

14 January 2023 18	Cremonese	2–3	Monza	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Okereke 14' Ciofani 67' Pickel 70' Dessers 83'	Report	Ciurria 8' Caprari 19' (pen.), 55', 22' Carlos Augusto 70' D'Alessandro 79'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,467 Referee: Davide Massa

23 January 2023 19	Bologna	1–1	Cremonese	Bologna
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chiricheș 55' (o.g.) Soumaoro 67' Skorupski 82'	Report	Chiricheș 24' Okereke 50' (pen.) Pickel 84' Vásquez 86' Carnesecchi 87' Buonaiuto 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 15,587 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

28 January 2023 20	Cremonese	1–2	Internazionale	Cremona
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Okereke 11'	Report	Martínez 21', 65' Acerbi 29' Çalhanoğlu 38'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,554 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

4 February 2023 21	Cremonese	0–2	Lecce	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pickel 45+3'	Report	Baschirotto 58' Strefezza 69' Colombo 76' Askildsen 89'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,189 Referee: Daniele Orsato

12 February 2023 22	Napoli	3–0	Cremonese	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kvaratskhelia 21' Osimhen 65' Elmas 79'	Report	Vásquez 13' Aiwu 74'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Luca Massimi

20 February 2023 23	Torino	2–2	Cremonese	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sanabria 41' (pen.), 75' Aina 66' Singo 79' Vojova 90+2'	Report	Tsadjout 54' Valeri 75' Buonaiuto 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 19,095 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

28 February 2023 24	Cremonese	2–1	Roma	Cremona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ferrari 12' Tsadjout 17' Bianchetti 52' Sernicola 58' Ciofani 83' (pen.)	Report	Spinazzola 71' El Shaarawy 74' Ibañez 84'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,367 Referee: Marco Piccinini

6 March 2023 25	Sassuolo	3–2	Cremonese	Reggio Emilia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Laurienté 26' Frattesi 41' Zortea 52' Bajrami 90+2'	Report	Afena-Gyan 44' Dessers 62', 83' Vásquez 87' Pickel 90+7' Benassi 90+7'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 11,587 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

12 March 2023 26	Cremonese	0–2	Fiorentina	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ferrari 52'	Report	Mandragora 27', 55' Cabral 50' Brekalo 60'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,506 Referee: Matteo Mercenaro

18 March 2023 27	Monza	1–1	Cremonese	Monza
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pessina 25' Izzo 45+1' Carlos Augusto 69' Antov 90+5'	Report	Sernicola 43' Ciofani 61' Dessers 68' Pickel 71' Bianchetti 71' Castagnetti 73'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 12,797 Referee: Antonio Giua

2 April 2023 28	Cremonese	1–3	Atalanta	Cremona
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lochoshvili 21' Ciofani 56' (pen.), 60' Bianchetti 82'	Report	Pašalić 39' De Roon 44' Tolói 54' Boga 72' Lookman 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,891 Referee: Livio Marinelli

8 April 2023 29	Sampdoria	2–3	Cremonese	Genoa
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Léris 15', 89' Lammers 66' Oikonomou 90+8'	Report	Ghiglione 35' Bianchetti 37' Lochoshvili 85' Sernicola 90+5', 90+5' Afena-Gyan 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,421 Referee: Daniele Doveri

14 April 2023 30	Cremonese	1–0	Empoli	Cremona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 4' Sernicola 15'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 8,966 Referee: Luca Zufferli

23 April 2023 31	Udinese	3–0	Cremonese	Udinese
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Samardžić 2', 47' Pérez 27' Success 36' Arslan 78'	Report	Sernicola 26' Afena-Gyan 64' Valeri 87'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23,445 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Coppa Italia

8 August 2022 Round of 64	Cremonese	3–2	Ternana	Ferrara
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bogdan 15' (o.g.) Okereke 22' Chiricheș 45+1' Sernicola 59' Quagliata 60', 86'	Report	Di Tacchio 35' Ghiringhelli 45' Rovaglia 54' Palumbo 57', 88'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 541 Referee: Antonio Giua

20 October 2022 Round of 32	Cremonese	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Modena	Cremona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vásquez 50' Okereke 77' Afena-Gyan 84' Buonaiuto 89' Escalante 98' Sernicola 111', 120'	Report	Magnino 9' 22' De Maio 36' Diaw 89' (pen.), 90' Armellino 99'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,772 Referee: Daniele Paterna

17 January 2023 Round of 16	Napoli	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Cremonese	Naples
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Juan Jesus 33', 90+2' Simeone 36' Zerbin 61'	Report	Pickel 18' Vásquez 29' Okereke 45+5' Quagliata 59' Afena-Gyan 87' Meïté 90+3' Sernicola 90+7' 100' Valeri 93'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi
	Penalties
	Politano Simeone Zieliński Lobotka Osimhen		Vásquez Buonaiuto Tsadjout Valeri Afena-Gyan

1 February 2023 Quarter-finals	Roma	1–2	Cremonese	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Patrício 27' Mancini 29' Belotti 90+4'	Report	Dessers 28' (pen.), 29' Çelik 49' (o.g.) Aiwu 60' Ferrari 62' Sarr 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,657 Referee: Michael Fabbri

5 April 2023 Semi-finals First leg	Cremonese	0–2	Fiorentina	Cremona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aiwu 73'	Report	Cabral 20' Martínez Quarta 39' González 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 13,952 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

27 April 2023 Semi-finals Second leg	Fiorentina	0–0 (2–0 agg.)	Cremonese	Florence
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dodô 39' Igor 59'	Report	Ghiglione 21' Sernicola 82'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Livio Marinelli

References

^ "Prima Squadra". US Cremonese. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation.
^ "Calendario Serie a 2022-2023, il 24 giugno nasce il nuovo campionato".

[table_hth_SPE0.42789452170389-2] Head-to-head points: Spezia 4 Hellas Verona 1

[table_note_res_RTB0.42789452170389-3] Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

[1] "Prima Squadra". US Cremonese. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[note-4] Should the first and second, or 17th and 18th-placed teams at the end of the season be tied on points, a play-off tiebreaker match was held at a neutral site to determine the title and final team relegated respectively.

[5] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation.

[6] "Calendario Serie a 2022-2023, il 24 giugno nasce il nuovo campionato".

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