2022–23 Benevento Calcio season

Benevento Calcio

2022–23 season
President	Oreste Vigorito
Manager	Fabio Caserta (until 20 September) Fabio Cannavaro (from 21 September until 4 February) Roberto Stellone (from 6 February until 10 April) Andrea Agostinelli (from 12 April)
Stadium	Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Serie B	20th (relegated)
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2022–23 season was the 94th season in the history of Benevento Calcio and their second consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Serie B and the Coppa Italia.

Players

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 2 DF  MAR Hamza El Kaouakibi 3 DF  ITA Gaetano Letizia 4 MF  ITA Gennaro Acampora 6 MF  POL Krzysztof Kubica 7 MF  BIH Nermin Karić 8 MF  COL Andrés Tello 9 FW  ITA Stefano Pettinari (on loan from Ternana) 10 FW  BRA Diego Farias 11 MF  CRO Roko Jureškin (on loan from Pisa) 12 GK  ITA Nicolò Manfredini 14 FW  SEN Pape Samba Thiam 15 DF  POL Kamil Glik 16 MF  ITA Riccardo Improta 18 DF  BEL Daam Foulon 20 FW  ITA Antonino La Gumina (on loan from Sampdoria)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  ITA Alberto Paleari 22 GK  ITA Igor Lucatelli 24 MF  ITA Mattia Viviani 25 FW  NGA Simy (on loan from Salernitana) 27 MF  ITA Pasquale Schiattarella 28 FW  ITA Camillo Ciano 30 MF  GHA Abdallah Basit 31 DF  ROU Alin Toșca 33 DF  FRA Maxime Leverbe (on loan from Sampdoria) 55 DF  ALB Frédéric Veseli 58 DF  ITA Christian Pastina 72 MF  SVN Dejan Vokić 79 MF  CIV Siriki Sanogo 80 MF  GRE Ilias Koutsoupias (on loan from Virtus Entella) 96 DF  ITA Riccardo Capellini

Out on loan

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  ITA Edoardo Masciangelo (at Palermo until 30 June 2023) — DF  ITA Francesco Rillo (at Potenza until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Vincenzo Alfieri (at Recanatese until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Davide Masella (at Potenza until 30 June 2023) — MF  ITA Angelo Talia (at Potenza until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ITA Enrico Brignola (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Francesco Forte (at Ascoli until 30 June 2023) — FW  ITA Gabriele Moncini (at SPAL until 30 June 2023, obligation to buy) — FW  ITA Bruno Umile (at Sambenedettese until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Benevento v USD Cascia

15 July 2022 Friendly	Benevento	14–0	USD Cascia	Cascia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Magrelli Referee: Luigi Viola

Benevento v Roma Primavera

17 July 2022 Friendly	Benevento	3–2	Roma Primavera	Cascia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Magrelli Referee: Di Loretto

Benevento v Cosenza

23 July 2022 Friendly	Benevento	0–1	Cosenza	Cascia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Prestianni 23'	Stadium: Centro Sportivo Magrelli

Benevento v Siena

29 July 2022 Friendly	Benevento	0–0	Siena	Cascia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Magrelli

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	14 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	20th	38	7	14	17	33	49	−16	018.42
Coppa Italia	8 August 2022		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					39	7	14	18	35	52	−17	017.95

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

Main article: 2022–23 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
16	Brescia	38	9	13	16	36	57	−21	40	Spared from relegation
17	Cosenza (O)	38	9	13	16	30	53	−23	40	Qualification for relegation play-out
18	Perugia (R)	38	10	9	19	40	52	−12	39	Relegation to Serie C
19	SPAL (R)	38	8	14	16	41	51	−10	38
20	Benevento (R)	38	7	14	17	33	49	−16	35

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]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
20	5	8	7	18	21	−3	23	2	3	5	7	12	−5	3	5	2	11	9	+2

Last updated: 15 January 2023.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D
Position	16	16	13	6	10	13	14	12	15	16	17	17	16	15	17	15	12	12	14	15

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2023. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures will be announced on 15 July 2022.[3][4]

Benevento v Cosenza

14 August 2022 1	Benevento	0 - 1	Cosenza	Benevento
20:45 CET	Viviani  34' Insigne  86'	Report	Florenzi  21' Larrivey 49' Brescianini  85'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 9,785 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Genoa v Benevento

20 August 2022 2	Genoa	0 - 0	Benevento	Genoa
20:45 CET	Pajač  39' Portanova  62' Yeboah  90+2'	Report	Viviani  15' Capellini  32'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Benevento v Frosinone

28 August 2022 3	Benevento	2 - 1	Frosinone	Benevento
20:45 CET	Forte 35'  57' 62' Tello  83' Foulon  87'	Report	Lucioni  18' Boloca  37' Garritano 59'  90+4' Cotali  79'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 8,418 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2022–23 Coppa Italia

Genoa v Benevento

8 August 2022 Round of 64	Genoa	3 – 2	Benevento	Genoa
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hefti  30' Guðmundsson 35' 45' Coda 64' (pen.) Yeboah  90+1' Galdames  90+5' Melegoni  90+6'	Report	Glik 45+3' Letizia  61' Viviani  61' Tello  78' Forte  90+1' Karić 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,366 Referee: Andrea Colombo

References

1. "Rosa Giocatori - Benevento Calcio". www.beneventocalcio.club. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
2. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
3. "Serie B, le date della stagione 2022-2023: quando inizia e finisce, calendario, pausa invernale". Stadionews24. 25 June 2022.
4. "Calendario Serie B 2022/2023: Date e Orari, anticipi e posticipi". 15 July 2022.