2023–24 UC Sampdoria season

The 2023–24 season was UC Sampdoria's 78th season in existence and the club's first season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, UC Sampdoria participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

UC Sampdoria

2023–24 season
Manager	Andrea Pirlo
Stadium	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Serie B	7th
Coppa Italia	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Manuel De Luca (10) All: Manuel De Luca (10)
Average home league attendance	22,536[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 1 GK  SRB Filip Stanković (on loan from Inter) 3 DF  ITA Antonio Barreca 4 MF  ENG Ronaldo Vieira 5 MF  NOR Kristoffer Askildsen 6 MF  ITA Simone Panada (on loan from Atalanta) 7 FW  ITA Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Inter Milan) 8 MF  ITA Matteo Ricci 9 FW  ITA Manuel De Luca 10 MF  ITA Valerio Verre 11 FW  ESP Estanis Pedrola (on loan from Barcelona) 13 DF  ITA Andrea Conti 14 MF  SUI Pajtim Kasami 16 FW  ITA Fabio Borini 17 MF  ITA Lorenzo Malagrida 20 FW  ITA Antonino La Gumina

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ITA Simone Giordano 22 GK  ITA Nicola Ravaglia 23 DF  ITA Fabio Depaoli 25 DF  ITA Alex Ferrari 28 MF  ESP Gerard Yepes 29 DF  ITA Nicola Murru 32 MF  ITA Stefano Girelli 33 DF  URU Facundo González (on loan from Juventus) 35 MF  EQG Hugo Buyla 40 DF  SVN Petar Stojanović (on loan from Empoli) 46 DF  ITA Giovanni Leoni (on loan from Padova) 77 FW  ITA Marco Delle Monache 80 MF  ITA Leonardo Benedetti 87 DF  ITA Daniele Ghilardi (on loan from Hellas Verona) 92 MF  FRA Noha Lemina (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)

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 — GK  ITA Emil Audero (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2024) — GK  ITA Matteo Raspa (at Sestri Levante until 30 June 2024) — GK  ITA Ivan Saio (at Brindisi until 30 June 2024) — DF  POL Bartosz Bereszyński (at Empoli until 30 June 2024) — DF  ALB Ertijon Gega (at Alessandria until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Alfonso Sepe (at Alessandria until 30 June 2024) — MF  ITA Mattia Vitale (at Cerignola until 30 June 2024) — FW  ITA Erik Gerbi (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2024) — FW  ITA Daniele Montevago (at Gubbio until 30 June 2024) — FW  ITA Matteo Stoppa (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	19 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1		34	13	8	13	47	48	−1	038.24
Coppa Italia	14 August 2023	31 October 2023	Round of 64	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Total					36	13	9	14	48	53	−5	036.11

Last updated: 20 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
5	Catanzaro	38	17	9	12	59	50	+9	60	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Palermo	38	15	11	12	62	53	+9	56
7	Sampdoria[a]	38	16	9	13	53	50	+3	55
8	Brescia	38	12	15	11	44	40	+4	51
9	Cosenza	38	11	14	13	47	42	+5	47[b]

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)^[4]
Notes:

1. Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.^[3]
2. 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
12	3	3	6	12	16	−4	12	2	0	4	6	8	−2	1	3	2	6	8	−2

Last updated: 20 April 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	7	13	16	16	17	17	18	20	20	17	18	16	15	13	14	10	10	10	10	13	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	12	9	7	7	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.^[5]

Ternana v Sampdoria

19 August 2023 1	Ternana	1–2	Sampdoria	Terni
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Proietti  40' Celli  60' Distefano 90+1' Bogdan  90+5'	Report	La Gumina 5' (pen.) Depaoli 77' Verre  90'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Referee: Davide Di Marco

Sampdoria v Pisa

25 August 2023 2	Sampdoria	0–2	Pisa	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferrari  36'	Report	Tramoni 14' Arena 59',  82' Nícolas  67' Jureškin  90+1' Calabresi  90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Giacomo Camplone

Sampdoria v Venezia

30 August 2023 3	Sampdoria	1–2	Venezia	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Cremonese v Sampdoria

3 September 2023 4	Cremonese	1–1	Sampdoria	Cremona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini

Sampdoria v Cittadella

18 September 2023 5	Sampdoria	1–2	Cittadella	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Parma v Sampdoria

24 September 2023 6	Parma	1–1	Sampdoria	Parma
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

Como v Sampdoria

27 September 2023 7	Como	1–0	Sampdoria	Como
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Sampdoria v Catanzaro

1 October 2023 8	Sampdoria	1–2	Catanzaro	Genoa
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Borini 34' (pen.)		Vandeputte 36' Brignola 45'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Ascoli v Sampdoria

7 October 2023 9	Ascoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Ascoli Piceno
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Nestorovski 45+4'		Borini 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Sampdoria v Cosenza

22 October 2023 10	Sampdoria	2–0	Cosenza	Genoa
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Borini 61' (pen.), 82'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Südtirol v Sampdoria

28 October 2023 11	Südtirol	3–1	Sampdoria	Bolzano
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Merkaj 78' Casiraghi 90+5' (pen.) Pecorino 90+9'		González 53'	Stadium: Stadio Druso

Sampdoria v Palermo

4 November 2023 12	Sampdoria	1–0	Palermo	Genoa
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Borini 44', 44'			Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Modena v Sampdoria

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

Sampdoria v Spezia

24 November 2023 14	Sampdoria	2–1	Spezia	Genoa
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Brescia v Sampdoria

3 December 2023 15	Brescia	3–1	Sampdoria	Brescia
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

Sampdoria v Lecco

9 December 2023 16	Sampdoria	2–0	Lecco	Genoa
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Reggiana v Sampdoria

16 December 2023 17	Reggiana	1–2	Sampdoria	Reggio Emilia
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

Sampdoria v Feralpisalò

23 December 2023 18	Sampdoria	2–3	Feralpisalò	Genoa
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Sampdoria v Bari

26 December 2023 19	Sampdoria	1–1	Bari
CET (UTC+1)

Venezia v Sampdoria

14 January 2024 20	Venezia	5–3	Sampdoria
CET (UTC+1)

Sampdoria v Parma

19 January 2024 21	Sampdoria	0–3	Parma
CET (UTC+1)

Cittadella v Sampdoria

28 January 2024 22	Cittadella	1–2	Sampdoria
CET (UTC+1)

Sampdoria v Modena

3 February 2024 23

Sampdoria

2–2

Modena

Pisa v Sampdoria

10 February 2024 24

Pisa

2–0

Sampdoria

Sampdoria v Brescia

17 February 2024 25

Sampdoria

1–1

Brescia

Cosenza v Sampdoria

23 February 2024 26

Cosenza

1–2

Sampdoria

Sampdoria v Cremonese

27 February 2024 27

Sampdoria

1–2

Cremonese

FeralpiSalò v Sampdoria

3 March 2024 28

FeralpiSalò

1–3

Sampdoria

Sampdoria v Ascoli

11 March 2024 29

Sampdoria

2–1

Ascoli

Bari v Sampdoria

16 March 30

Bari

0–1

Sampdoria

Sampdoria v Ternana

1 April 2024 31

Sampdoria

4–1

Ternana

Palermo v Sampdoria

6 April 2024 32

Palermo

2–2

Sampdoria

Sampdoria v Südtirol

13 April 2024 33

Sampdoria

0–1

Südtirol

Spezia v Sampdoria

20 April 2024 34

Spezia

0–0

Sampdoria

Sampdoria v Como

27 April 2024 35

Sampdoria

1–1

Como

Lecco v Sampdoria

1 May 2024 36

Lecco

0–1

Sampdoria

Sampdoria v Reggiana

4 May 2024 37

Sampdoria

1–0

Reggiana

Catanzaro v Sampdoria

10 May 2024 38

Catanzaro

1–3

Sampdoria

Promotion play-offs

Palermo v Sampdoria

17 May 2024 Preliminary round	Palermo	2–0	Sampdoria	Palermo
20:30				Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2023–24 Coppa Italia

Sampdoria v Südtirol

14 August 2023 First Round	Sampdoria	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Südtirol	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Léris 17' Ferrari  32'	Report	Giorgini  36' Rover  45+1' Casiraghi 45+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,948 Referee: Kevin Bonacina
	Penalties
	Stoppa De Luca Pedrola Depaoli Vieira Bereszyński Benedetti Murru		Merkaj Lonardi Ciervo Cisco Broh Davi Tait Masiello

Salernitana v Sampdoria

31 October 2023 Second Round	Salernitana	4–0	Sampdoria	Salerno
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ikwuemesi 28' Tchaouna 45+1', 67' Cabral 86'	Report	Giordano  44' Depaoli  53' Ghilardi  69'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Squad statistics

As of match played 31 October 2023

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	MF	ENG	Ronaldo Vieira	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
5	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Askildsen	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	ITA	Simone Panada	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	ITA	Matteo Ricci	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	ITA	Manuel De Luca	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
10	MF	ITA	Valerio Verre	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	ESP	Estanis Pedrola	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	DF	ITA	Andrea Conti	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
14	MF	SUI	Pajtim Kasami	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	FW	ITA	Antonino La Gumina	2	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF	ITA	Simone Giordano	2	0	0	0	2	0
22	GK	ITA	Nicola Ravaglia	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	ITA	Fabio Depaoli	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	POL	Bartosz Bereszyński	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	DF	ITA	Alex Ferrari	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	MF	ESP	Gerard Yepes	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	ITA	Nicola Murru	1	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	ITA	Stefano Girelli	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	URU	Facundo González	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	MF	EQG	Hugo Buyla	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
37	MF	ALG	Mehdi Léris	1	1	0	0	1	1
77	FW	ITA	Marco Delle Monache	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
80	MF	ITA	Leonardo Benedetti	1	0	0	0	1	0
87	DF	ITA	Daniele Ghilardi	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
Players away on loan:
14	FW	ITA	Matteo Stoppa	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Pafos but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
1	MF		37	Mehdi Léris	0	1	1
Total					53	1	54

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Serie B		Coppa Italia		Total
21		DF	Simone Giordano	0	0	1	0	1	0
23		DF	Fabio Depaoli	0	0	1	0	1	0
25		DF	Alex Ferrari	0	0	1	0	1	0
87		DF	Daniele Ghilardi	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Sampdoria during the season:
Total				0	0	4	0	4	0