The 2022–23 Serie A was the 56th season of the women's football top-level league in Italy, and the first season to be fully professional.
Summary
Changes Compared to the 2021–22 season, the number of participating teams decreased from 12 to 10. Indeed, from the 2021–22 Serie A, Napoli, Lazio and Verona were relegated to Serie B, while from the 2021–22 Serie B only Como was promoted.
Empoli was disbanded and the berth left was taken by the newly formed Parma.
Format The Serie A became fully-professional from the 2022–23 season, removing the salary cap and allowing teams to pay their players a higher wage. Women's footballers became the first female athletes in Italy to be fully professional.
With the reduction of the participating teams, the format of the competition also changed. The season takes place in two phases: in the first phase, the 10 participating teams face each other in a round-robin tournament with home and away matches for a total of 18 matchdays. In the second phase the top-five ranked teams qualify to the championship round (poule scudetto), while the last-five ranked teams play the relegation round. Each team starts in the second phase with the points earned during the first phase. In both rounds, the five participating teams face each other in a round-robin tournament with home and away matches for a total of an additional 10 matchdays, with two rest sessions for each team. At the end of the second phase, the first ranked in the championship round is crowned champion of Italy and qualifies to the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League alongside the second placed team. In the relegation round the last-ranked team is relegated directly to the Serie B, while the second-last team plays the second-placed in the Serie B for a place in the 2023–24 Serie A.
Teams Team changes Promoted from 2021–22 Serie B Relegated from 2021–22 Serie A Como NapoliLazioVerona
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium 2021–22 season Como Como (Seregno) 1st in Serie B Fiorentina Florence 7th in Serie A Inter Milan Milan Suning Training Center in memory of Giacinto Facchetti 5th in Serie A Juventus Turin Juventus Center (Vinovo) Champions AC Milan Milan Centro Sportivo Vismara 3rd in Serie A Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 9th in Serie A Pomigliano Pomigliano Stadio Ugo Gobbato 8th in Serie A Roma Rome Stadio Tre Fontane 2nd in Serie A Sampdoria Genoa Campo sportivo Riccardo Garrone (Bogliasco) 6th in Serie A Sassuolo Sassuolo Stadio Enzo Ricci 4th in Serie A
First phase League table
Results
Second phase Championship round
Relegation round
Relegation play-offs First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Tabitha ChawingaInter Milan232 Cristiana GirelliJuventus153 Valentina GiacintiRoma13 Martina PiemonteAC Milan5 AndressaRoma12 Elisa PolliInter Milan7 Lineth BeerensteynJuventus118 Lana ClellandSassuolo109 Kosovare AsllaniAC Milan910 Barbara BonanseaJuventus8 Agnese BonfantiniSampdoria Emilie HaaviRoma Veronica BoqueteFiorentina14 Sofia CantoreJuventus7 Sophie Román HaugRoma Zsanett KajánFiorentina TatyPomigliano
Awards Seasonal awards Award Winner Club Ref. Best Goalkeeper Francesca DuranteInter Milan Best Defender Elena LinariRoma Best Midfielder Julia GrossoJuventus Best Striker Tabitha ChawingaInter Milan Best Young Player Chiara BeccariComo Most Valuable Player Emilie HaaviRoma Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Francesca Durante (Inter Milan)Defenders Caroline Pleidrup (Sassuolo) Elena Linari (Roma) Moeka Minami (Roma)Midfielders Andressa Alves (Roma) Julia Grosso (Juventus) Giada Greggi (Roma) Vero Boquete (Fiorentina)Forwards Valentina Giacinti (Roma) Tabitha Chawinga (Inter Milan) Emilie Haavi (Roma)
Notes
References
External links
Official Website