# 2023–24 Empoli FC season

The 2023–24 season was Empoli Football Club's 104th season in existence and third consecutive season in Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | ITA | Samuele Perisan |
| 2 | DF | GEO | Saba Goglichidze |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella |
| 4 | DF | POL | Sebastian Walukiewicz |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi |
| 7 | FW | ALB | Stiven Shpendi (on loan from Cesena) |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Viktor Kovalenko (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Francesco Caputo |
| 10 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 13 | DF | NZL | Liberato Cacace |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Luca Belardinelli |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri (on loan from Como) |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin (on loan from Cagliari) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Matteo Cancellieri (on loan from Lazio) |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Fazzini |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Mattia Destro |
| 24 | DF | NGA | Tyronne Ebuehi |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Elia Caprile (on loan from Napoli) |
| 27 | MF | POL | Szymon Żurkowski (on loan from Spezia) |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Nicolò Cambiaghi (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 29 | MF | MAR | Youssef Maleh (on loan from Lecce) |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Simone Bastoni (on loan from Spezia) |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto (captain) |
| 34 | DF | ALB | Ardian Ismajli |
| 99 | GK | ALB | Etrit Berisha |

### Other players under contract

    As of 2 February 2024
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 Tonelli |

### Primavera

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 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Jacopo Seghetti |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Corona (on loan from Palermo) |
| 36 | GK | ITA | Filippo Lapo Vertua |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Indragoli |
| 39 | MF | ITA | Andrea Sodero |

### Out on loan

    As of 7 February 2024
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 | Niccolò Chiorra (at Lucchese until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | SVN | Lovro Štubljar (at Domzale until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Samuele Angori (at Pontedera until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | FRA | Jordan Boli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Donati (at Arezzo until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Gabriele Guarino (at Modena until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | SVN | Petar Stojanović (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Nicolò Evangelisti (at Pineto Calcio until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Marianucci (at Pro Sesto until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Giacomo Siniega (at Torres until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | SUI | Nicolas Haas (at Luzern until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | SCO | Liam Henderson (at Palermo until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Ignacchiti (at Pontedera until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | POL | Iwo Kaczmarski (at Miedź Legnica until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | ITA | Duccio Degli Innocenti (at Lecco until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessio Rossi (at Foggia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SWE | Emmanuel Ekong (at Istra 1961 until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Davide Merola (at Pescara until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Filippo Ranocchia | Juventus | Loan | 17 July 2023 |
| FW | Emmanuel Gyasi | Spezia | Undisclosed | 21 July 2023 |
| GK | Elia Caprile | Napoli | Loan | 24 July 2023 |
| DF | Bartosz Bereszyński | Sampdoria | Loan | 22 August 2023 |
| FW | Nicolò Cambiaghi | Atalanta | Loan | 25 August 2023 |
| MF | Viktor Kovalenko | Atalanta | Loan | 25 August 2023 |
| GK | Etrit Berisha | Torino | Undisclosed | 29 August 2023 |
| MF | Youssef Maleh | Lecce | Loan | 31 August 2023 |
| DF | Saba Goglichidze | Torpedo Kutaisi | €450,000 | 6 January 2024 |
| MF | Szymon Żurkowski | Spezia | Loan | 9 January 2024 |
| FW | M'Baye Niang | Adana Demirspor | €250,000 | 31 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Guglielmo Vicario | Tottenham Hotspur | €17,200,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Fabiano Parisi | Fiorentina | €10,000,000 | 14 July 2023 |
| MF | Filippo Bandinelli | Spezia | Undisclosed | 21 July 2023 |
| GK | Niccolò Chiorra | Lucchese | Loan | 24 July 2023 |
| MF | Liam Henderson | Palermo | Loan | 28 August 2023 |
| GK | Lovro Štubljar | Domžale | Loan | 5 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 19 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 023.68 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 August 2023 | 12 August 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 023.08 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Udinese | 38 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 37 | |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 36 | |
| 17 | Empoli | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 36 | |
| 18 | Frosinone (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Sassuolo (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Cagliari finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Cagliari 0–0 Empoli, Empoli 0–1 Cagliari.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Serie A

#### 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 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.