# 2023–24 AC Monza season

The 2023–24 season was Associazione Calcio Monza's second season in the Serie A, the first level of Italian football, following their promotion in the 2021–22 season. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Monza played four pre-season friendly games in July 2023, as part of a training camp in Ponte di Legno; all games were played in Temù. On 1 August, they played a friendly game away to Premier League side Everton, which finished 2–2.
On 8 August 2023, Monza and AC Milan played the first edition of the Trofeo Silvio Berlusconi (previously known as the Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi), a yearly friendly game in honour of Monza president and former Milan president Silvio Berlusconi who had died in June 2023. The stadium in which the game is held will alternate annually between Monza's and Milan's home stadium. Milan won the first edition, beating Monza in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.
    Results list Monza's goal tally first.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Monza scorers |
| 15 July 2023 | Nuova Camunia | Neutral | 11–0 | Birindelli, Izzo, Colpani, Pessina, Marić (4), Ciurria (2), Machín |
| 19 July 2023 | Real Vicenza | Neutral | 5–0 | Izzo 8', Marić 43', Caprari (2) 80' (pen.), 90', Birindelli 86' |
| 22 July 2023 | Giana Erminio | Neutral | 5–1 | Machín (2) 8', 87', V. Carboni 45+2', F. Carboni 57', Petagna 69' |
| 23 July 2023 | Vis Pesaro | Neutral | 3–0 | Marić 2' (pen.), Caprari 20', A. Carboni 38' |
| 1 August 2023 | Everton | Away | 2–2 | Colpani 52', Mota 78' |
| 8 August 2023 | AC Milan | Home | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Colpani 32' |

## Serie A
### Matches

    Results list Monza's goal tally first.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Monza scorers | Attendance | Position |
| 19 August 2023 | Inter Milan | Away | 0–2 | | 72,509 | 17th |
| 26 August 2023 | Empoli | Home | 2–0 | Colpani 45', 53' | 8,155 | 9th |
| 2 September 2023 | Atalanta | Away | 0–3 | | 14,985 | 15th |
| 17 September 2023 | Lecce | Home | 1–1 | Colpani 24' | 13,074 | 14th |
| 23 September 2023 | Lazio | Away | 1–1 | Gagliardini 36' | 36,000 | 14th |
| 28 September 2023 | Bologna | Home | 0–0 | | 8,930 | 15th |
| 2 October 2023 | Sassuolo | Away | 1–0 | Colombo 66' | 10,165 | 12th |
| 8 October 2023 | Salernitana | Home | 3–0 | Colpani 9', Vignato 18', Pessina 82' (pen.) | 12,494 | 7th |
| 22 October 2023 | Roma | Away | 0–1 | | 62,022 | 11th |
| 29 October 2023 | Udinese | Home | 1–1 | Colpani 29' | 10,311 | 10th |
| 5 November 2023 | Hellas Verona | Away | 3–1 | Colombo 41', 73', Caldirola 84' | 17,505 | 9th |
| 11 November 2023 | Torino | Home | 1–1 | Colpani 65' | 11,777 | 9th |
| 26 November 2023 | Cagliari | Away | 1–1 | Marić 61' | 16,291 | 9th |
| 1 December 2023 | Juventus | Home | 1–2 | Carboni 90+2' | 15,148 | 11th |
| 10 December 2023 | Genoa | Home | 1–0 | Mota 83' | 13,283 | 9th |
| 17 December 2023 | AC Milan | Away | 0–3 | | 70,538 | 10th |
| 22 December 2023 | Fiorentina | Home | 0–1 | | 10,120 | 11th |
| 29 December 2023 | Napoli | Away | 0–0 | | 50,636 | 11th |
| 6 January 2024 | Frosinone | Away | 3–2 | Mota 18', Carboni 45', Soulé 55' (o.g.) | 13,146 | 11th |
| 13 January 2024 | Inter Milan | Home | 1–5 | Pessina 69' (pen.) | 14,670 | 11th |
| 21 January 2024 | Empoli | Away | 0–3 | | 7,650 | 12th |
| 28 January 2024 | Sassuolo | Home | 1–0 | Colpani 31' | 9,882 | 12th |
| 3 February 2024 | Udinese | Away | 0–0 | | 11,373 | 12th |
| 11 February 2024 | Hellas Verona | Home | 0–0 | | 10,885 | 11th |
| 18 February 2024 | AC Milan | Home | 4–2 | Pessina 45+6' (pen.), Mota 51', Bondo 90', Colombo 90+5' | 14,319 | 11th |
| 24 February 2024 | Salernitana | Away | 2–0 | Maldini 78', Pessina 83' | 18,560 | 11th |
| 2 March 2024 | Roma | Home | 1–4 | Carboni 87' | 14,188 | 11th |
| 9 March 2024 | Genoa | Away | 3–2 | Pessina 8', Mota 18', Maldini 79' | 31,171 | 10th |
| 16 March 2024 | Cagliari | Home | 1–0 | Maldini 42' | 14,145 | 10th |
| 30 March 2024 | Torino | Away | 0–1 | | 24,286 | 11th |
| 7 April 2024 | Napoli | Home | 2–4 | Đurić 9', Colpani 62' | 13,169 | 11th |
| 13 April 2024 | Bologna | Away | 0–0 | | 26,903 | 11th |
| 21 April 2024 | Atalanta | Home | 1–2 | Maldini 89' | 13,983 | 11th |
| 27 April 2024 | Lecce | Away | 1–1 | Pessina 90+6' (pen.) | 27,167 | 11th |
| 4 May 2024 | Lazio | Home | 2–2 | Đurić 73', 90+2' | 10,454 | 11th |
| 13 May 2024 | Fiorentina | Away | 1–2 | Đurić 9' | 24,376 | 12th |
| 19 May 2024 | Frosinone | Home | 0–1 | | 12,306 | 12th |
| 25 May 2024 | Juventus | Away | 0–2 | | 38,165 | 12th |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Napoli | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 53 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 |
| 12 | Monza | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 45 |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 38 |
| 14 | Lecce | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 38 |
* ↑ Torino finished ahead of Napoli on head-to-head points: Torino 3–0 Napoli, Napoli 1–1 Torino.
* 1 2 Hellas Verona finished ahead of Lecce on head-to-head points: Hellas Verona 2–2 Lecce, Lecce 0–1 Hellas Verona.

## Coppa Italia

    Results list Monza's goal tally first.
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 13 August 2023 | Round of 64 | Reggiana | Home | 1–2 | D'Ambrosio 22' | 8,178 |

## Player details

    As of match played 25 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Eugenio Lamanna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Giulio Donati | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Armando Izzo | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Roberto Gagliardini | 34 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | EQG | José Machín | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Colombo | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BIH | Milan Đurić | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Franco Carboni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Michele Di Gregorio | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Gómez | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Davide Bettella | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Samuele Birindelli | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Alessio Zerbin | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Valentín Carboni | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Pablo Marí | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Sorrentino | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | CRO | Mirko Marić | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Daniel Maldini | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Andrea Colpani | 39 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Matteo Pessina | 38 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Danilo D'Ambrosio | 29 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Warren Bondo | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Andrea Carboni | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Cittadini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | POR | Dany Mota | 35 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | FW | ITA | Andrea Ferraris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | GK | ITA | Stefano Gori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | SRB | Matija Popović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Samuele Vignato | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | FW | ITA | Patrick Ciurria | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Summer

Arrivals :
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 4 July 2023 | DF | Giorgio Cittadini | Atalanta | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2023 | MF | Roberto Gagliardini | Inter Milan | Free transfer | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2023 | MF | Valentín Carboni | Inter Milan | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2023 | DF | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | Sassuolo | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2023 | GK | Stefano Gori | Juventus | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2023 | DF | Danilo D'Ambrosio | Inter Milan | Free transfer | Free transfer |
| 26 August 2023 | MF | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro | Lazio | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2023 | FW | Lorenzo Colombo | AC Milan | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 29 September 2023 | MW | Papu Gómez | Sevilla | Free transfer | Free transfer |
| Other transfers Date Pos. Player From Type Fee Ref. 1 July 2023 GK Alessio Cragno Cagliari Loan redemption €3.6 million DF Pablo Marí Arsenal Loan redemption €4.9 million MF Matteo Pessina Atalanta Loan redemption €12 million FW Gianluca Caprari Hellas Verona Loan redemption €7.5 million FW Andrea Petagna Napoli Loan redemption €10 million GK Stefano Rubbi Pergolettese Return from loan N/A DF Armando Anastasio Pro Vercelli Return from loan N/A DF Davide Bettella Palermo Return from loan N/A DF Andrea Carboni Venezia Return from loan N/A DF Pedro Pereira Alanyaspor Return from loan N/A DF Mario Sampirisi Frosinone Return from loan N/A MF Warren Bondo Reggina Return from loan N/A MF Luca Mazzitelli Frosinone Return from loan N/A MF Tommaso Morosini Sangiuliano City Return from loan N/A FW Davide Diaw Modena Return from loan N/A FW Leonardo Mancuso Como Return from loan N/A 5 July 2023 DF Armando Izzo Torino Permanent Undisclosed |||||||
Departures :
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Giulio Donati | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Luca Marrone | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Andrea Barberis | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Christian Gytkjær | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Marlon | Shakhtar Donetsk | Return from loan | Return from loan |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Filippo Ranocchia | Juventus | Return from loan | Return from loan |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Nicolò Rovella | Juventus | Return from loan | Return from loan |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Stefano Sensi | Inter Milan | Return from loan | Return from loan |
| 15 July 2023 | GK | Alessio Cragno | Sassuolo | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2023 | MF | Marco D'Alessandro | Pisa | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2023 | FW | Carlos Augusto | Inter Milan | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2023 | MF | Mattia Valoti | Pisa | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2023 | DF | Mario Sampirisi | Reggiana | Permanent | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2023 | FW | Andrea Petagna | Cagliari | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2023 | DF | Valentin Antov | Cremonese | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 6 September 2023 | DF | Armando Anastasio | Casertana | Loan | Undisclosed |
| Other transfers Date Pos. Player To Type Fee Ref. 1 July 2023 GK Alessio Cragno Cagliari Return from loan DF Armando Izzo Torino Return from loan DF Pablo Marí Arsenal Return from loan MF Matteo Pessina Atalanta Return from loan FW Gianluca Caprari Hellas Verona Return from loan FW Andrea Petagna Napoli Return from loan MF Luca Mazzitelli Frosinone Loan redemption Undisclosed 4 July 2023 MF Tommaso Morosini Released 5 July 2023 FW Leonardo Mancuso Palermo Loan Undisclosed 15 August 2023 FW Davide Diaw Bari Loan Undisclosed |||||||

### Winter window

Arrivals :
| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Type |
| 10 January 2024 | FW | Daniel Maldini | AC Milan | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | FW | Alessio Zerbin | Napoli | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | FW | Matija Popović | | |
| 26 January 2024 | FW | Milan Đurić | Verona | Permanent |
Departures :
| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Type |
| 9 January 2024 | MF | Franco Carboni | Ternana | Loan |
| 26 January 2024 | DF | Giorgio Cittadini | Genoa | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | Mirko Marić | Rijeka | Loan |
| 31 January 2024 | GK | Eugenio Lamanna | Lecco | Permanent |