2023–24 UC Sampdoria season

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)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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)^[3]
Notes:

^ Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.^[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.^[4]

19 August 2023 1	Ternana	1–2	Sampdoria	Terni
20:30 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati

25 August 2023 2	Sampdoria	0–2	Pisa	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 February 2024 23

Sampdoria

2–2

Modena

10 February 2024 24

Pisa

2–0

Sampdoria

17 February 2024 25

Sampdoria

1–1

Brescia

23 February 2024 26

Cosenza

1–2

Sampdoria

27 February 2024 27

Sampdoria

1–2

Cremonese

3 March 2024 28

FeralpiSalò

1–3

Sampdoria

11 March 2024 29

Sampdoria

2–1

Ascoli

16 March 30

Bari

0–1

Sampdoria

1 April 2024 31

Sampdoria

4–1

Ternana

6 April 2024 32

Palermo

2–2

Sampdoria

13 April 2024 33

Sampdoria

0–1

Südtirol

20 April 2024 34

Spezia

0–0

Sampdoria

27 April 2024 35

Sampdoria

1–1

Como

1 May 2024 36

Lecco

0–1

Sampdoria

4 May 2024 37

Sampdoria

1–0

Reggiana

10 May 2024 38

Catanzaro

1–3

Sampdoria

Promotion play-offs

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

Coppa Italia

14 August 2023 Round of 64	Sampdoria	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Südtirol	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Léris 17'		Casiraghi 45 4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

31 October 2023 Round of 32	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

References

^ "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
^ "Serie B, Sampdoria penalizzata di 2 punti dal Tribunale Federale Nazionale" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "È nata la Serie B 23/24: ecco il calendario giornata per giornata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_note_SAM0.99617630196557-3] Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.^[2]

[table_hth_COS0.99617630196557-4] Head-to-head points: Cosenza 11, Modena 11, Reggiana 7, Südtirol 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Cosenza 6, Modena 2.

[1] "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[2] "Serie B, Sampdoria penalizzata di 2 punti dal Tribunale Federale Nazionale" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[5] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[6] "È nata la Serie B 23/24: ecco il calendario giornata per giornata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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