# 2023–24 Palermo FC season

The 2023–24 season was the 95th in the history of Palermo FC and their second season in a row in the second division. The club participated in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First team squad

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 | Sebastiano Desplanches |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Simon Graves |
| 3 | DF | USA | Kristoffer Lund |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Claudio Gomes |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Fabio Lucioni |
| 6 | MF | SVN | Leo Štulac |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Mancuso |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Segre |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Matteo Brunori (Captain) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Di Mariano |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Roberto Insigne |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Manfredi Nespola |
| 13 | GK | BIH | Adnan Kanurić |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Filippo Ranocchia |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Ivan Marconi |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Aljosa Vasic |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Samuele Damiani |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Mirko Pigliacelli |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Dario Šarić |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Salim Diakité |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alessio Buttaro |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Edoardo Soleri |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Nicola Valente |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Aurelio |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Pietro Ceccaroni |
| 37 | DF | CZE | Aleš Matějů |
| 53 | MF | SCO | Liam Henderson |
| 70 | FW | CIV | Chaka Traorè |
| 80 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Coulibaly |
| — | DF | ALB | Masimiliano Doda |
| — | DF | GAM | Bubacarr Marong |

## Transfers
### Summer 2023

In :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 26 June 2023 | DF | Fabio Lucioni | Lecce | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Roberto Crivello | Padova | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Mladen Devetak | Viterbese | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Masimiliano Doda | Imolese | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Bubacarr Marong | Gelbison | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Manuel Peretti | Recanatese | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Giacomo Corona | Torino | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Giuseppe Fella | Monopoli | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Andrea Silipo | Juve Stabia | End of loan | Free | |
| 4 July 2023 | MF | Aljosa Vasic | Padova | Permanent deal | €2.2M | |
| 6 July 2023 | FW | Leonardo Mancuso | Monza | Loan | Free | |
| 7 July 2023 | DF | Pietro Ceccaroni | Unattached | Permanent deal | Free | |
| 12 July 2023 | FW | Roberto Insigne | Frosinone | Permanent deal | €1M | |
| 17 July 2023 | GK | Sebastiano Desplanches | LR Vicenza | Permanent deal | €2M | |
| 21 August 2023 | DF | Kristoffer Lund | BK Häcken | Permanent deal | €2.5M | |
| 28 August 2023 | MF | Liam Henderson | Empoli | Loan with a conditional obligation to buy | Free | |
| 31 August 2023 | FW | Federico Di Francesco | Lecce | Permanent deal | €1.3M | |
| 1 September 2023 | MF | Mamadou Coulibaly | Salernitana | Loan with an option to by | Free | |
| 1 September 2023 | DF | Patryk Peda | SPAL | Permanent deal | €0.6M | |
| 12 September 2023 | GK | Adnan Kanurić | Unattached | Permanent deal | Free | |
| Out |||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Edoardo Lancini | Unattached | Contract expired | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Davide Bettella | Monza | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Edoardo Masciangelo | Benevento | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Renzo Orihuela | Montevideo City Torque | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Marco Sala | Sassuolo | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Salvatore Elia | Atalanta | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Luca Vido | Atalanta | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Valerio Verre | Sampdoria | End of loan | Free | |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Gennaro Tutino | Parma | End of loan | Free | |
| 12 July 2023 | DF | Manuel Peretti | Recanatese | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 13 July 2023 | DF | Mladen Devetak | Istra | Loan with an option to buy | Free | |
| 18 July 2023 | GK | Samuele Massolo | LR Vicenza | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 1 August 2023 | FW | Giuseppe Fella | Latina | Loan | Free | |
| 10 August 2023 | FW | Giacomo Corona | Empoli | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option | Free | |
| 11 August 2023 | MF | Jérémie Broh | Südtirol | Loan | Free | |
| 11 August 2023 | FW | Andrea Silipo | Monterosi | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 25 August 2023 | MF | Dario Šarić | Antalyaspor | Loan with an option to buy | Free | |
| 1 September 2023 | DF | Roberto Crivello | Unattached | Released | Free | |
| 1 September 2023 | MF | Samuele Damiani | Juventus | Loan | Free | |
| 1 September 2023 | DF | Patryk Peda | SPAL | Loan | Free | |

### Winter 2024

In :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 January 2024 | MF | Filippo Ranocchia | Juventus | Permanent deal | €4M | |
| 25 January 2024 | DF | Salim Diakité | Ternana | Permanent deal | €1.4M | |
| 1 February 2024 | FW | Chaka Traorè | Milan | Loan with an option to buy | Free | |
| Out |||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type | Fee | Ref. |
| 24 January 2024 | DF | Aleš Matějů | Spezia | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |
| 1 February 2024 | FW | Nicola Valente | Padova | Permanent deal | Undisclosed | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 B | 18 August 2023 | 10 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 039.47 |
| Play-offs | 17 May 2024 | 24 May 2024 | Preliminary round | Semi-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 |
| 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 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 038.10 |
Source: Palermo F.C.

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Cremonese | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 67 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 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 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 55 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 8 | Brescia | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 51 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* ↑ Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* ↑ Played between rounds 12 and 13.

##### Note

In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

#### Matches
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Play-offs | Play-offs | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sebastiano Desplanches | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Graves | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Kristoffer Lund | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Claudio Gomes | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Fabio Lucioni | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Leo Štulac | 21 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Leonardo Mancuso | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Jacopo Segre | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Matteo Brunori | 37 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 17 |
| 10 | FW | Francesco Di Mariano | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Roberto Insigne | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | Manfredi Nespola | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Adnan Kanurić | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Filippo Ranocchia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | Ivan Marconi | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Federico Di Francesco | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 5 |
| 18 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | Aljosa Vasic | 19 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Samuele Damiani | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Mirko Pigliacelli | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Dario Šarić | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Salim Diakité | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 18 | 3 |
| 25 | DF | Alessio Buttaro | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Edoardo Soleri | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 |
| 30 | FW | Nicola Valente | 10 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Giuseppe Aurelio | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | Pietro Ceccaroni | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 37 | DF | Aleš Matějů | 17 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | Liam Henderson | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | Chaka Traorè | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Mamadou Coulibaly | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | – | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | – | 62 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 66 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Serie B | Play-offs | Play-offs | Play-offs | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sebastiano Desplanches | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Graves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kristoffer Lund | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Claudio Gomes | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Fabio Lucioni | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Leo Štulac | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Leonardo Mancuso | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jacopo Segre | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Matteo Brunori | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Francesco Di Mariano | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Roberto Insigne | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Filippo Ranocchia | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ivan Marconi | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | Federico Di Francesco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ionuț Nedelcearu | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Aljosa Vasic | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Salim Diakité | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Alessio Buttaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Edoardo Soleri | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Nicola Valente | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Giuseppe Aurelio | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Pietro Ceccaroni | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Ales Mateju | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | Liam Henderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Mamadou Coulibaly | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 81 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 2 | 2 |

### Goals conceded and clean sheets

| No. | Pos. | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Play-offs | Play-offs | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sebastiano Desplanches | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | GK | Mirko Pigliacelli | 51 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 9 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 11 |

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | Highest | Lowest |
| Serie B | 19 | 431,619 | 22,717 | 31,211 | 16,279 |
| Play-offs | 2 | 65,483 | 32,742 | 32,753 | 32,730 |
| Coppa Italia | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 21 | 497,102 | 23,672 | 32,753 | 16,279 |