2022–23 Reggina 1914 season

Reggina
2022–23 season
Owner	Felice Saladini
Manager	Filippo Inzaghi
Stadium	Stadio Oreste Granillo
Serie B	7th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Giovanni Fabbian (8); All: ; Giovanni Fabbian (8)
	Away colours
	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 109th in the history of Reggina 1914 and their third consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Nikita Contini (on loan from Napoli)
3	DF	POL	Thiago Cionek
6	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Loiacono
7	FW	FRA	Jérémy Ménez
8	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Crisetig (Captain)
9	FW	ITA	Gabriele Gori (on loan from Fiorentina)
11	FW	ITA	Emanuele Cicerelli (on loan from Lazio)
12	GK	ITA	Tomasso Aglietti
13	DF	ITA	Devid Eugene Bouah
14	MF	ITA	Giovanni Fabbian (on loan from Inter)
16	FW	BUL	Andrey Galabinov
17	DF	ITA	Gianluca Di Chiara
19	FW	SVK	David Strelec (on loan from Spezia)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	BRA	Hernani (on loan from Parma)
21	MF	ITA	Federico Ricci
22	GK	ITA	Simone Colombi
23	DF	ITA	Michele Camporese
24	DF	ITA	Emanuele Terranova
25	MF	ITA	Alessandro Lombardi
27	MF	ITA	Niccolò Pierozzi (on loan from Fiorentina)
28	DF	SWE	Riccardo Gagliolo
31	FW	ITA	Luigi Canotto (on loan from Frosinone)
37	MF	SVN	Žan Majer
38	MF	FRA	Warren Bondo (on loan from Monza)
94	DF	ITA	Daniele Liotti
99	MF	HON	Rigoberto Rivas

Other players under contract

As of 31 January 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	NGA	Joel Obi

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Damiano Franco (at Siena until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Federico Giraudo (at Cittadella until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	MAR	Yassine Ejjaki (at Mantova until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Gavioli (at Pro Patria until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Adriano Montalto (at Reggiana until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Ottavio Gabriele Garau (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Monteleone (at Lamezia Terme until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Alessandro Provazza (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	PAR	Federico Santander (at Guaraní until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

26 July 2022 Friendly	Lamezia Terme	0–12	Reggina
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

30 July 2022 Trofeo Angelo Iervolino	Reggina	1–0	Adana Demirspor	Salerno
CEST (UTC+2)	Liotti 15'			Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Livio Marinelli

30 July 2022 Trofeo Angelo Iervolino	Salernitana	1–0	Reggina	Salerno
CEST (UTC+2)	Kristoffersen 10'			Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Livio Marinelli

22 December 2022 Friendly	Reggina	0–2	Inter Milan	Reggio Calabria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo

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 B	12 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	7th	38	17	4	17	49	45	+4	044.74
Promotion play-offs	26 May 2023		Preliminary round	Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Coppa Italia	5 August 2022		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					40	17	4	19	49	47	+2	042.50

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Cagliari (O, P)	38	15	15	8	50	34	+16	60^[a]	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0
6	Südtirol	38	14	16	8	38	34	+4	58	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0
7	Reggina^[b] (E)	38	17	4	17	49	45	+4	50	Revival in Serie D
8	Venezia	38	13	10	15	51	50	+1	49	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round0
9	Palermo	38	11	16	11	48	49	−1	49

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]
(E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.
^ Reggina were deducted five points for failing to pay taxes and player salaries on time. The deduction was initially seven points;^[1] later relegated to Serie D after enduring serious financial difficulties for several years. Brescia was readmitted into Serie B.

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	17	4	17	49	45	+4	55	10	2	7	28	22	+6	7	2	10	21	23	−2

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	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W
Position	1	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	6	6	7	8	5	5	8	8	11	10	7

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]

13 August 2022 1	SPAL	1–3	Reggina	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Viviani 62' La Mantia 79' Dickmann 88' Murgia 90+4'	Report	Fabbian 18' Crisetig 45+3' Pierozzi 47' Ménez 52' Rivas 67'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 7,489 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

21 August 2022 2	Ternana	1–0	Reggina	Terni
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Tacchio 16' Partipilo 26' Celli 76'	Report	Cionek 19'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 5,320 Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

28 August 2022 3	Reggina	4–0	Südtirol	Reggio Calabria
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Crisetig 10' Fabbian 35' 50' Majer 45+1' Pierozzi 61' Lombardi 70'	Report	Odogwu 6' Curto 12' 24' Pompetti 69' Mazzocchi 84'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 11,504 Referee: Daniele Rutella

3 September 2022 4	Reggina	3–0	Palermo	Reggio Calabria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fabbian 7' Pierozzi 19' Di Chiara 29' Canotto 39' Ménez 58' Cionek 63' Liotti 73'	Report	Bettella 66' 84'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 13,013 Referee: Luca Massimi

10 September 2022 5	Pisa	0–1	Reggina	Pisa
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Masucci 56' Barba 79' Mastinu 81'	Report	Canotto 28' Pierozzi 70' Colombi 74'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 7,337 Referee: Marco Serra

17 September 2022 6	Reggina	3–0	Cittadella	Reggio Calabria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fabbian 15' 58' Gagliolo 22' 85' Crisetig 54' Gori 88'	Report	Donnarumma 21' Carriero 49' Frare 78' Mamadou Tounkara 85'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 9,197 Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

1 October 2022 7	Modena	1–0	Reggina	Modena
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pergreffi 32' Gerli 56' Armellino 62' Diaw 65'	Report	Pierozzi 33' Loiacono 58' Gagliolo 60'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 10,718 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

8 October 2022 8	Reggina	3–0	Cosenza	Reggio Calabria
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Rivas 9' Ménez 52' Pierozzi 62'	Report	D'Urso 16' Rispoli 55' Butić 76' Martino 88'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 15,417 Referee: Paolo Valeri

15 October 2022 9	Parma	2–0	Reggina	Parma
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 15' Oosterwolde 45+1' 51' Valenti 74'	Report	Majer 73'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 12,146 Referee: Michael Fabbri

22 October 2022 10	Reggina	2–3	Perugia	Reggio Calabria
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Majer 11' Cionek 60' Gori 80' Fabbian 87'	Report	Melchiorri 18' 62' (pen.) Paz 32' Santoro 51' 55' Di Serio 73' Casasola 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 8,974 Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

29 October 2022 11	Cagliari	1–1	Reggina	Cagliari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lapadula 3' 90+2' Di Pardo 45+2' Viola 54'	Report	Hernani 2' Gagliolo 24' 62' Obi 83'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 11,225 Referee: Federico La Penna

7 November 2022 12	Reggina	2–1	Genoa	Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Canotto 15' Hernani 54' (pen.) Rivas 57' Ravaglia 83'	Report	Aramu 33' Sabelli 40' Bani 40' Guðmundsson 58' Yalçın 81' Strootman 89' Frendrup 90'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 14,005 Referee: Fabio Maresca

12 November 2022 13	Venezia	1–2	Reggina	Venice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pohjanpalo 10' Haps 73'	Report	Canotto 55' 57' Liotti 73' Hernani 76' Ménez 87'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

27 November 2022 14	Reggina	2–2	Benevento	Reggio Calabria
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hernani 21' (pen.) Canotto 36' Fabbian 78' Ravaglia 84' Majer 86' Cionek 90+2' Camporese 90+3'	Report	Leverbe 49' Karić 55' Improta 59' Acampora 82' 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 8,377 Referee: Luca Zufferli

4 December 2022 15	Brescia	0–2	Reggina	Brescia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Papetti 38' van de Looi 47' Adorni 54'	Report	Fabbian 3' Ménez 11' Gagliolo 12' Hernani 77'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 4,822 Referee: Davide Ghersini

8 December 2022 16	Reggina	0–3	Frosinone	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ménez 30'	Report	Mulattieri 34' Insigne 43' 50' Szymiński 68' Turati 70' Borrelli 87'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 14,648 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

11 December 2022 17	Como	0–1	Reggina	Como
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vignali 38' Bellemo 77' Cutrone 90+8'	Report	Ménez 67' Hernani 78' (pen.) Gagliolo 90+1' Colombi 90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 5,207 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

17 December 2022 18	Reggina	0–0	Bari	Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Majer 26'	Report	Di Cesare 24' Bellomo 45+5' Maita 49' Pucino 70'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 15,657 Referee: Michael Fabbri

26 December 2022 19	Ascoli	–	Reggina	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Promotion play-offs

26 May 2023 Preliminary round	Südtirol	1–0	Reggina	Bolzano
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Casiraghi 89'	Report		Stadium: Druso Attendance: 5,419 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Coppa Italia

5 August 2022 Round of 64	Sampdoria	1–0	Reggina	Genoa
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabiri 66' (pen.)	Report	Fabbian 17' Giraudo 53' Cionek 59' Canotto 85' Cicerelli 89' Gagliolo 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

References

^ "La Reggina ritrova due punti in classifica: da -7 a -5, torna in zona playoff" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.
^ "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

[table_hth_PAR0.32287651920825-1] Parma finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Cagliari 1–1 Parma, Parma 2–1 Cagliari.

[table_note_REG0.32287651920825-3] Reggina were deducted five points for failing to pay taxes and player salaries on time. The deduction was initially seven points;^[1] later relegated to Serie D after enduring serious financial difficulties for several years. Brescia was readmitted into Serie B.

[2] "La Reggina ritrova due punti in classifica: da -7 a -5, torna in zona playoff" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[4] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[5] "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.

[6] "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.

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