2023–24 Modena FC 2018 season

The 2023–24 season was Modena FC 2018's 112th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Modena participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Modena FC 2018

2023–24 season
Manager	Paolo Bianco
Stadium	Stadio Alberto Braglia
Serie B	10th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Antonio Palumbo (7) All: Antonio Palumbo (7)
Average home league attendance	10,066[1]
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[2]

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 3 DF  ITA Fabio Ponsi 4 DF  ITA Antonio Pergreffi (captain) 5 MF  ITA Antonio Palumbo 6 MF  ITA Luca Magnino 7 MF  ITA Edoardo Duca 8 DF  BFA Abdoul Guiebre 9 FW  ITA Nicholas Bonfanti 10 MF  ITA Luca Tremolada 11 FW  ITA Diego Falcinelli 12 GK  ITA Andrea Seculin 16 MF  ITA Fabio Gerli 17 FW  ITA Jacopo Manconi 19 DF  ITA Giovanni Zaro 20 MF  ITA Mario Gargiulo

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ITA Romeo Giovannini 22 GK  ITA Filippo Vandelli 23 MF  ITA Thomas Battistella 24 DF  CRO Roko Vukušić 26 GK  ITA Riccardo Gagno 27 DF  ITA Alessandro Pio Riccio (on loan from Juventus) 29 DF  ITA Matteo Cotali 30 FW  ALB Kleis Bozhanaj 32 FW  ITA Luca Strizzolo 33 DF  ITA Cristian Cauz 42 MF  BEL Lukas Mondele 90 FW  ITA Fabio Abiuso 99 DF  MAR Shady Oukhadda

Other players under contract

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 Riccardo Baroni

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 Lorenzo Coccia (at Arezzo until 30 June 2024) — DF  ITA Mauro Coppolaro (at Carrarese until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Nicola Mosti (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Matteo Cotali	Frosinone	Free	1 July 2023	[3]
FW	Jacopo Manconi	AlbinoLeffe	Free	1 July 2023	[4]
DF	Cristian Cauz	Reggiana	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Lukas Mondele	Club NXT	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Filippo Vandelli	Fidelis Andria	Free	6 July 2023
DF	Giovanni Zaro	Südtirol		10 July 2023
MF	Antonio Palumbo	Ternana	€500k	18 July 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Modena v Dinamo Tirana

3 August 2023 Friendly	Modena	2–0	Dinamo Tirana
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Virtus Verona v Modena

19 August 2023 Friendly	Virtus Verona	1–1	Modena
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Empoli v Modena

14 October 2023 Friendly	Empoli	Cancelled	Modena	Vinci
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo di Petroio
Note: The match was cancelled due to unavailability of players.[5]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	26 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1		35	9	16	10	38	44	−6	025.71
Coppa Italia	11 August 2023		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					36	9	16	11	41	48	−7	025.00

Last updated: 27 April 2024
Source: Competitions

Serie B

Main article: 2023–24 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
8	Brescia	38	12	15	11	44	40	+4	51	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
9	Cosenza	38	11	14	13	47	42	+5	47[a]
10	Modena	38	10	17	11	41	47	−6	47[a]
11	Reggiana	38	10	17	11	38	45	−7	47[a]
12	Südtirol	38	12	11	15	46	48	−2	47[a]

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.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[6]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Cosenza 11, Modena 11, Reggiana 7, Südtirol 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Cosenza +6, Modena +2.

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
35	9	16	10	38	44	−6	43	6	5	7	19	21	−2	3	11	3	19	23	−4

Last updated: 27 April 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.^[7]

Modena v Ascoli

26 August 2023 2	Modena	1–0	Ascoli	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Cosenza v Modena

29 August 2023 3	Cosenza	1–2	Modena	Cosenza
CEST (UTC+2)

Modena v Pisa

2 September 2023 4	Modena	2–0	Pisa	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Feralpisalò v Modena

16 September 2023 5	Feralpisalò	1–1	Modena	Piacenza
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli

Modena v Lecco

23 September 2023 6	Modena	0–0	Lecco	Modena
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Südtirol v Modena

26 September 2023 7	Südtirol	0–0	Modena	Bolzano
CEST (UTC+2)

Modena v Venezia

30 September 2023 8	Modena	1–3	Venezia	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Modena v Palermo

7 October 2023 9	Modena	0–2	Palermo	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Bari v Modena

21 October 2023 10	Bari	1–1	Modena	Bari
CEST (UTC+2)

Brescia v Modena

24 October 2023 1	Brescia	0–1	Modena	Brescia
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

Modena v Ternana

29 October 2023 11	Modena	2–1	Ternana	Modena
CET (UTC+1)	Palumbo 17' Falcinelli 56'		Dionisi 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Catanzaro v Modena

4 November 2023 12	Catanzaro	1–2	Modena	Catanzaro
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vandeputte 19'		Manconi 27' Bozhanaj 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

Modena v Sampdoria

11 November 2023 13	Modena	0–2	Sampdoria	Modena
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Modena v Catanzaro

12 April 2024 33	Modena	1–3	Catanzaro	Modena
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

Modena v Südtirol

27 April 2024 35	Modena	1–0	Südtirol	Modena
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zaro 67'			Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee: Daniele Minelli

Modena v Como

5 May 2024 37	Modena	v	Como	Modena
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Lecco v Modena

10 May 2024 38	Lecco	v	Modena	Lecco
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2023–24 Coppa Italia

Genoa v Modena

11 August 2023 Round of 64	Genoa	4–3	Modena	Genoa
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Retegui 1', 57' Vásquez 45+3' Frendrup  48' Guðmundsson 51' Hefti  90+1'	Report	Manconi 29',  88' Duca  32' Tremolada 40' Gerli  69' Gargiulo  59', 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano