| Competition: | Serie C |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Dates: | Regular season: 3 September 2022 – 23 April 2023 Play-offs: 11 May 2023 – 18 June 2023 |
| Pixels: | 100 |
| Promoted: | Feralpisalò Reggiana Catanzaro Lecco (via play-off) |
| Relegated: | Sangiuliano City Piacenza San Donato Tavarnelle Imolese Montevarchi Gelbison Viterbese Fidelis Andria Pordenone (default) Siena (default) |
| Matches: | 1140 |
| Matches Footnote: | [1] |
| Total Goals: | 2645 |
| Total Goals Footnote: | [2] |
| League Topscorer: | Pietro Iemmello (28 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Catanzaro 6–0 Monopoli (19 February 2023) |
| Biggest Away Win: | San Donato Tavarnelle 1–6 Cesena (6 April 2023) |
| Highest Scoring: | Pontedera 5–4 Olbia (23 December 2022) |
| Longest Wins: | 7 matches[3] [4] [5] Reggiana (19–25) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 26 matches Catanzaro (1–26) |
| Longest Winless: | 15 matches Fidelis Andria (16–30) Fiorenzuola (24–38) |
| Longest Losses: | 7 matches AlbinoLeffe (27–33) |
| Highest Attendance: | 20,368[6] [7] [8] Pescara 2–2 Foggia (Play-offs) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 21 Juventus Next Gen 0–3 Virtus Verona |
| Attendance: | 2,374,931 |
| Average Attendance: | 2,011 |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Serie C was the ninth season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system.
The league will be composed by 60 teams, geographically divided into three different groups. The group composition will be decided and formalized by the Serie C league committee between July and August.
The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:
Relegated from Serie B
Promoted from Serie D
Promoted to Serie B
Relegated to Serie D
On 1 July 2022, the Co.Vi.So.C. rejected the league applications of Teramo and Campobasso.[16] Both exclusions were confirmed on appeal on 8 July 2022, with both teams announcing their intention to request one further appeal in front of the Italian National Olympic Committee sports magistrature,[17] which was rejected.
The appeal at TAR of Lazio was rejected on 3 August 2022, leading the football league to confirm the repechages of Fermana and Torres. However, later on 4 August 2022, the Council of State suspended the exclusion of Campobasso, with a final appeal sentence scheduled on 25 August;[18] as a direct consequence, the Lega Pro football league postponed indefinitely the announcement of the fixture list.[19] On 26 August 2022, the Council of State finally confirmed the exclusion of both Campobasso and Teramo.[20]
On 26 August 2022, Juventus Under-23 (Juventus's reserve team) changed its name to Juventus Next Gen.[21]
9 teams from Lombardy, 4 team from Veneto, 3 teams from Piedmont, 2 teams from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 team from Emilia-Romagna and 1 team from Trentino-South Tyrol.
6 teams from Tuscany, 5 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 4 teams from Marche, 2 teams from Sardinia. 1 team from Liguria, 1 team from Piedmont and 1 team from Umbria.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandria | Alessandria | Giuseppe Moccagatta | ||
| Ancona | Ancona | Del Conero | ||
| Carrarese | Carrara | Dei Marmi | ||
| Cesena | Cesena | Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi | ||
| Fermana | Fermo | Bruno Recchioni | ||
| Fiorenzuola | Fiorenzuola d'Arda | Comunale di Fiorenzuola d'Arda | ||
| Gubbio | Gubbio | Pietro Barbetti | ||
| Imolese | Imola | Romeo Galli | ||
| Lucchese | Lucca | Porta Elisa | ||
| Montevarchi | Montevarchi | Gastone Brilli Peri | ||
| Olbia | Olbia | Bruno Nespoli | ||
| Pontedera | Pontedera | Ettore Mannucci | ||
| Recanatese | Recanati | Helvia Recina (Macerata) | ||
| Reggiana | Reggio Emilia | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore | ||
| Rimini | Rimini | Romeo Neri | ||
| San Donato Tavarnelle | Barberino Tavarnelle | Gastone Brilli Peri (Montevarchi) | ||
| Siena | Siena | Artemio Franchi | ||
| Torres | Sassari | Vanni Sanna | ||
| Virtus Entella | Comunale di Chiavari | |||
| Vis Pesaro | Pesaro | Tonino Benelli |
6 teams from Apulia, 5 teams from Campania, 3 teams from Lazio, 2 teams from Basilicata, 2 teams from Calabria, 1 team from Abruzzo and 1 team from Sicily.
Rules and dates were announced on 6 March 2023.[22] The first play-off matches were delayed to 11 May because of decision about Siena penalization not arriving before 30 April.
Matches were played on 11 May 2023. |}
Matches were played on 14 May 2023.|}
The first legs were played on 18 May 2023 and the second legs were played on 22 May 2023.|}
The first legs were played on 27 May 2023 and the second legs were played on 31 May 2023.
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The semi-finals legs were played on 4 and 8 June 2023 and the final legs were played on 13 and 18 June 2023.
The first legs were played on 6 May 2023 and the second legs were played on 13 May 2023.[22] |}
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[23] [24] [25] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Iemmello | Catanzaro | 28 |
| 2 | Franco Ferrari | Vicenza | 19 |
| Facundo Lescano | Pescara | ||
| Cosimo Patierno | Virtus Francavilla | ||
| Daniele Ragatzu | Olbia | ||
| 6 | Simone Corazza | Cesena | 18 |
| 7 | Salvatore Caturano | Potenza | 17 |
| Claudio Santini1 | Rimini | ||
| 9 | Tommaso Biasci | Catanzaro | 16 |
| Silvio Merkaj3 | Virtus Entella |