2022–23 Bologna FC 1909 season

Bologna
2022–23 season
Chairman	Joey Saputo
Head coach	Siniša Mihajlović; (until 6 September); Luca Vigiani; (interim, from 6 September to 11 September); Thiago Motta; (from 12 September)
Stadium	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Riccardo Orsolini (11); All: ; Riccardo Orsolini (11)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the history of Bologna FC 1909 and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano (captain)
22	DF	GRE	Charalampos Lykogiannis
23	GK	ITA	Nicola Bagnolini
24	DF	ITA	Riccardo Stivanello
25	MF	FIN	Niklas Pyyhtiä
26	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí
28	GK	POL	Łukasz Skorupski
29	DF	ITA	Lorenzo De Silvestri (vice-captain)
30	MF	NED	Jerdy Schouten
34	GK	ITA	Federico Ravaglia
39	DF	ITA	Mattia Motolese
50	DF	ITA	Andrea Cambiaso (on loan from Juventus)
66	DF	ITA	Wisdom Amey
77	DF	GRE	Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (on loan from Sassuolo)
82	MF	POL	Kacper Urbański
99	FW	GAM	Musa Barrow

Other players under contract

As of 28 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Mattia Pagliuca

Out on loan

As of 31 January 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Dion Ruffo Luci (at Turris until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	NGA	Kingsley Michael (at SV Ried until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Gianmarco Cangiano (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	GAM	Musa Juwara (at OB until 31 December 2023)
—	FW	NED	Sydney van Hooijdonk (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Emanuel Vignato (at Empoli until 30 June 2024)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

v

Settaurense

10 July 2022 Friendly	Bologna	8–0	Settaurense	Pinzolo
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Hooijdonk 3', 6' Soriano 8' De Silvestri 21' Pyyhtiä 65' Paananen 68' Angeli 78' Mbaye 83'	Report		Stadium: Campo Sportivo Comunale Pineta Referee: Luca Selvatici

v

Bologna

17 July 2022 Friendly	ASD Pinzolo	0–5	Bologna	Pinzolo
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Barrow 8', 28', 45' Arnautović 60' Aebischer 63'	Stadium: Campo Sportivo Comunale Pineta Referee: Alessandro Pizzi

v

Castiglione

17 July 2022 Friendly	Bologna	7–1	Castiglione	Pinzolo
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Orsolini 18' (pen.), 37' De Silvestri 27' Vignato 31' Anatriello 56', 58' Paananen 57'	Report	Lauricella 43'	Stadium: Campo Sportivo Comunale Pineta Referee: Davide Cerea

v

Bologna

24 July 2022 Friendly	AZ	1–0	Bologna	Alkmaar, Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Buurmeester 41'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Clay Ruperti (Netherlands)

v

Bologna

29 July 2022 Friendly	Twente	4–1	Bologna	Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rots 2' Misidjan 30' Brenet 32' Vlap 36' Smal 47' Pleguezuelo 58' Zerrouki 72'	Report	Medel 31' Soumaoro 45' Domínguez 57'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Marc Nagtegaal (Netherlands)

v

Kapfenberger SV

9 December 2022 Friendly	Bologna	9–0	Kapfenberger SV	Bologna
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lykogiannis 16' Domínguez 17' Sansone 24' Cambiaso 49' Ferguson 50' Vignato 60' Arnautović 61' Barrow 68' Lucumi 82'	Report		Stadium: Centro tecnico Niccolò Galli Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

v

Bologna

14 December 2022 Friendly	Mallorca	1–2	Bologna	Palma
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kadewere 54'	Report	Arnautović 21' Orsolini 59'	Stadium: Estadi Son Bibiloni Referee: Luis Bestard Servera

v

Bologna

22 December 2022 Friendly	Hellas Verona	0–1	Bologna	Verona
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Orsolini 44'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

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	9th	38	14	12	12	53	49	+4	036.84
Coppa Italia	8 August 2022	19 January 2023	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	066.67
Total					41	16	12	13	55	50	+5	039.02

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Juventus^[a]	38	22	6	10	56	33	+23	62^[b]
8	Fiorentina	38	15	11	12	53	43	+10	56	0Qualification for the Εuropa Conference League play-off round
9	Bologna	38	14	12	12	53	49	+4	54
10	Torino	38	14	11	13	42	41	+1	53
11	Monza	38	14	10	14	48	52	−4	52

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team;^[4] 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)^[5]
Notes:

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
38	14	12	12	53	49	+4	54	7	9	3	24	14	+10	7	3	9	29	35	−6

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W
Position	12	12	16	16	16	12	16	17	17	17	13	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	12	9	9	11	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	9	11	9

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.^[6]

14 August 2022 1	Lazio	2–1	Bologna	Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maximiano 6' De Silvestri 68' (o.g.) Lazzari 71' Immobile 79', 90'	Report	Sansone 23' Arnautović 38' (pen.), 39' Soumaoro 40' 45+3' Cambiaso 53' Aebischer 86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Luca Massimi

21 August 2022 2	Bologna	1–1	Hellas Verona	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnautović 21', 90' Bonifazi 53' Orsolini 78' Domínguez 87'	Report	Hongla 23' Coppola 26' Henry 43' Günter 47'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 17,725 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

27 August 2022 3	Milan	2–0	Bologna	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Leão 21' Giroud 58' Calabria 66' Adli 86'	Report	Schouten 56'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 70,430 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

1 September 2022 4	Bologna	1–1	Salernitana	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnautović 52' (pen.) Medel 64' De Silvestri 65'	Report	Gyömbér 50' Vilhena 82' Dia 88'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 19,787 Referee: Davide Ghersini

4 September 2022 5	Spezia	2–2	Bologna	La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holm 38' Bastoni 45+2', 56' Schouten 54' (o.g.) Sala 90+1' Nikolaou 90+6'	Report	Arnautović 7', 64' Zirkzee 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Antonio Giua

11 September 2022 6	Bologna	2–1	Fiorentina	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrow 59' Arnautović 62' Lykogiannis 87'	Report	Kouamé 46' Amrabat 50' Martínez Quarta 54' Igor 90+1' 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 18,901 Referee: Daniele Orsato

17 September 2022 7	Bologna	0–1	Empoli	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kasius 90+3' Domínguez 90+5'	Report	Bandinelli 75' Grassi 89' Henderson 90+2' Fazzini 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 15,670 Referee: Manuel Volpi

2 October 2022 8	Juventus	3–0	Bologna	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kostić 24' Vlahović 59' Milik 62'	Report	Sosa 90+2'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 34,662 Referee: Rosario Abisso

8 October 2022 9	Bologna	1–1	Sampdoria	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Domínguez 32' Cambiaso 61' Orsolini 70'	Report	Đuričić 24', 72' Léris 74' Verre 89'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 20,871 Referee: Marco Piccinini

16 October 2022 10	Napoli	3–2	Bologna	Naples
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Juan Jesus 45' Lozano 49' Osimhen 69'	Report	Domínguez 21' Zirkzee 41' Barrow 51' Skorupski 58' Sansone 90+1' Lykogiannis 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 45,599 Referee: Francesco Cosso

23 October 2022 11	Bologna	2–0	Lecce	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnautović 13' (pen.), 90+6' Lucumí 30' Ferguson 35', 47' Barrow 45+2' Medel 88'	Report	Hjulmand 65' Baschirotto 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 24,206 Referee: Simone Sozza

31 October 2022 12	Monza	1–2	Bologna	Monza
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Marlon 52' Sensi 55' Petagna 57' (pen.) Rovella 62' D'Alessandro 64'	Report	Aebischer 3' Medel 52' Ferguson 60' Orsolini 73'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 11,388 Referee: Luca Pairetto

6 November 2022 13	Bologna	2–1	Torino	Bologna
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lukumí 24' Orsolini 64' Posch 77' Vignato 77' Skorupski 90+5'	Report	Lukić 26' (pen.) Milinković-Savić 73' Ricci 85' Vojvoda 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 23,168 Referee: Antonio Giua

9 November 2022 14	Internazionale	6–1	Bologna	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Džeko 26' Dimarco 36', 48' Martínez 35', 42' Çalhanoğlu 59' (pen.) Gosens 76'	Report	Lykogiannis 22' Arnautović 32' Lucumí 33' Medel 35' Orsolini 54' Sosa 59'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,312 Referee: Andrea Colombo

12 November 2022 15	Bologna	3–0	Sassuolo	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Soumaoro 16' Aebischer 30' Arnautović 50' Ferguson 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 20,811 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

4 January 2023 16	Roma	1–0	Bologna	Rome
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pellegrini 6' (pen.) Ibañez 33' Çelik 76'	Report	Ferguson 69' Aebischer 85' Domínguez 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 62,092 Referee: Alberto Santoro

9 January 2023 17	Bologna	1–2	Atalanta	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Orsolini 6' Medel 66' Lykogiannis 84' Domínguez 90+4'	Report	De Roon 26' Pašalić 38' Koopmeiners 47' Højlund 58'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 16,953 Referee: Marco Di Bello

15 January 2023 18	Udinese	1–2	Bologna	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beto 10' Walace 57'	Report	Lucumí 41' Sansone 59' Soriano 75' Posch 80' Ferguson 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 20,486 Referee: Manuel Volpi

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

27 January 2023 20	Bologna	2–0	Spezia	Bologna
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Posch 37', 83' Soumaoro 61' Orsolini 77'	Report	Gyasi 87' Esposito 88'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 17,123 Referee: Luca Massimi

5 February 2023 21	Fiorentina	1–2	Bologna	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saponara 19' Igor 29' Mandragora 82'	Report	Orsolini 14', 18' Posch 47' Schouten 53' Domínguez 67' Lucumí 76'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 30,546 Referee: Luca Pairetto

12 February 2023 22	Bologna	0–1	Monza	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arnautović 86'	Report	Izzo 21' Donati 25' Marlon 51' Pessina 80' Birindelli 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 21,692 Referee: Luca Zufferli

18 February 2023 23	Sampdoria	1–2	Bologna	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amione 43' Đuričić 45+2' Rincón 59' Sabiri 68' (pen.), 71'	Report	Soriano 27' Lucumí 61' Orsolini 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 18,269 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

26 February 2023 24	Bologna	1–0	Internazionale	Bologna
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Orsolini 76' Domínguez 85'	Report	De Vrij 45+1' Dumfries 63'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 28,317 Referee: Daniele Orsato

6 March 2023 25	Torino	1–0	Bologna	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Karamoh 22' Buongiorno 64' Vojvoda 80'	Report	Barrow 70' Schouten 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 18,592 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

11 March 2023 26	Bologna	0–0	Lazio	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Moro 24' Ferguson 34'	Report	Hysaj 21' Vecino 45+1' Zaccagni 75'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27,369 Referee: Fabio Maresca

18 March 2023 27	Salernitana	2–2	Bologna	Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pirola 7' Dia 64'	Report	Ferguson 11' Lykogiannis 73' Orsolini 76'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Luca Pairetto

2 April 2023 28	Bologna	3–0	Udinese	Bologna
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Posch 3' Moro 12' Lucumí 45+1' Barrow 49'	Report	Bijol 9'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 25,562 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

8 April 2023 29	Atalanta	0–2	Bologna	Bergamo
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zappacosta 11' Palomino 68' Djimsiti 70'	Report	Sansone 49' Lucumí 61' Orsolini 81', 86'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 18,950 Referee: Daniele Orsato

15 April 2023 30	Bologna	1–1	Milan	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sansone 1' Posch 58' Domínguez 70' Kyriakopoulos 90'	Report	Pobega 40', 81' Florenzi 55' Calabria 80' Vranckx 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 29,024 Referee: Davide Massa

21 April 2023 31	Hellas Verona	2–1	Bologna	Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Verdi 45+6' (pen.), 62' Faraoni 56' Duda 72' Montipò 90'	Report	Posch 25' Barrow 31' Domínguez 37', 90+4' Skorupski 45+4'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 21,031 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

30 April 2023 32	Bologna	1–1	Juventus	Bologna
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Posch 3' Orsolini 10' (pen.) Kyriakopoulos 42'	Report	Milik 31', 61' Rabiot 55' Paredes 88'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 30,071 Referee: Simone Sozza

4 May 2023 33	Empoli	3–1	Bologna	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucumí 1' (o.g.) Parisi 28' Akpa Akpro 45+1' Henderson 66' Cambiaghi 68' Bandinelli 87'	Report	Orsolini 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,439 Referee: Federico La Penna

8 May 2023 34	Sassuolo	1–1	Bologna	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Berardi 15' Lopez 44'	Report	Posch 27' Domínguez 42'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,664 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

14 May 2023 35	Bologna	0–0	Roma	Bologna
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonifazi 43' Orsolini 80'	Report	Camara 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 23,824 Referee: Daniele Orsato

20 May 2023 36	Cremonese	1–5	Bologna	Cremona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Buonaiuto 86' Ciofani 90+1'	Report	Arnautović 14' Ferguson 27' Orsolini 29' 73', 62' Posch 45+1' Sansone 80'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,140 Referee: Paolo Valeri

28 May 2023 37	Bologna	2–2	Napoli	Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferguson 63' Domínguez 67' De Silvestri 84'	Report	Osimhen 14', 54' Kim 39' Rrahmani 66' Bereszyński 80'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27,209 Referee: Matteo Marceenaro

4 June 2023 38	Lecce	2–3	Bologna	Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Banda 17' Gallo 68' Oudin 88'	Report	Posch 35' Arnautović 58' Zirkzee 81' Aebischer 84' Ferguson 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 25,816 Referee: Marco Piccinini

Coppa Italia

8 August 2022 Round of 64	Bologna	1–0	Cosenza	Bologna
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Schouten 9' Arnautović 61' Sansone 65'	Report	Panico 36' Venturi 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 10,706 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

20 October 2022 Round of 32	Bologna	1–0	Cagliari	Bologna
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonifazi 18' Obert 69' (o.g.)	Report	Millico 48'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

19 January 2023 Round of 16	Lazio	1–0	Bologna	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Felipe Anderson 33' Zaccagni 61' Luis Alberto 79'	Report	Sosa 57' Zirkzee 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Niccolo Baroni

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Francesco Bardi	2	0	1	0	1	0
28	GK	POL	Łukasz Skorupski	39	0	37	0	2	0
Defenders
3	DF	AUT	Stefan Posch	31	6	30	6	1	0
4	DF	URU	Joaquín Sosa	11	0	7+3	0	1	0
5	DF	FRA	Adama Soumaoro	26	0	22+1	0	3	0
14	DF	ITA	Kevin Bonifazi	15	0	9+4	0	2	0
22	DF	GRE	Charalampos Lykogiannis	24	2	11+10	2	3	0
26	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí	34	0	33	0	0+1	0
29	DF	ITA	Lorenzo De Silvestri	17	1	6+9	1	1+1	0
50	DF	ITA	Andrea Cambiaso	34	0	25+7	0	1+1	0
77	DF	GRE	Giorgos Kyriakopoulos	12	0	8+4	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ARG	Nikola Moro	28	1	12+14	1	2	0
8	MF	ARG	Nicolás Domínguez	34	3	26+5	3	2+1	0
17	MF	CHI	Gary Medel	31	7	17+12	7	1+1	0
19	MF	SCO	Lewis Ferguson	33	7	27+5	7	1	0
20	MF	SUI	Michel Aebischer	34	1	18+14	1	1+1	0
21	MF	ITA	Roberto Soriano	30	1	15+12	1	1+2	0
25	MF	FIN	Niklas Pyyhtiä	7	0	0+6	0	0+1	0
30	MF	NED	Jerdy Schouten	36	0	29+4	0	3	0
Forwards
7	FW	ITA	Riccardo Orsolini	34	11	22+10	11	1+1	0
9	FW	AUT	Marko Arnautović	23	10	18+3	10	1+1	0
10	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone	20	5	8+10	4	2	1
11	FW	NED	Joshua Zirkzee	21	2	5+14	2	1+1	0
18	FW	ITA	Antonio Raimondo	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
99	FW	GAM	Musa Barrow	35	3	26+6	3	2+1	0
Players who left the club permanently or on loan during the season
33	DF	NED	Denso Kasius	7	0	4+3	0	0	0
55	FW	ITA	Emanuel Vignato	9	0	2+6	0	0+1	0