# 2023–24 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC season

The 2023–24 season is Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC's 125th season in existence and the club's ninth consecutive season in the second tier of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Ascoli Calcio will participate 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
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Davide Barosi |
| 2 | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano |
| 3 | DF | ALB | Kevin Haveri (on loan from Torino) |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Eddy Gnahoré |
| 6 | MF | ALB | Erdis Kraja (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Millico |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Samuel Giovane (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Caligara |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Bolletta |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Danilo Quaranta |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Simone D'Uffizi |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Claud Adjapong |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Francesco Di Tacchio (on loan from Südtirol) |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Milanese (on loan from Cremonese) |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Giulio Mengucci |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Marcello Falzerano |
| 26 | DF | CRO | Luka Bogdan (on loan from Ternana) |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Mirko Eramo |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Manzari (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Eric Botteghin |
| 40 | DF | COD | Brian Bayeye (on loan from Torino) |
| 44 | DF | SVN | Aljaž Tavčar |
| 54 | DF | ITA | Nicola Falasco |
| 55 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bellusci |
| 73 | MF | ITA | Patrizio Masini (on loan from Genoa) |
| 77 | MF | LIE | Marcel Büchel |
| 90 | FW | POR | Pedro Mendes |
| 99 | FW | ESP | Pablo Rodríguez (on loan from Lecce) |

### Other players with contracts

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 | MAR | Amine Ghazoini |

### 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 | Andrea Mancini (at Fermana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Forte (at Cosenza until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Filippo Palazzino (at Monterosi until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessio Re (at Recanatese until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Francesco Forte | Benevento | €1.50m | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Davide Barosi | Juve Stabia | €250k | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Vincenzo Millico | Cagliari | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Ilija Nestorovski | Udinese | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Simone D'Uffizi | Viterbese | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Emiliano Viviano | Fatih Karagümrük | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Pablo Rodríguez | Lecce | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Tommaso Milanese | Cremonese | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Luka Bogdan | Ternana | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Brian Bayeye | Torino | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Francesco Di Tacchio | Südtirol | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Giacomo Manzari | Sassuolo | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Kevin Haveri | Torino | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Patrizio Masini | Genoa | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Erdis Kraja | Atalanta | Loan | 1 July 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Michele Collocolo | Cremonese | €2.00m | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Lorenco Šimić | Maccabi Haifa | €800k | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Nicola Leali | Genoa | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Davide Marsura | Catania | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Filippo Palazzino | Monterosi | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Danilo Ventola | United Riccione | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Alessio Re | Recantese | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Andrea Franzolini | Feralpisalò | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Francesco Forte | Cosenza | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Andrea De Paoli | Monopoli | Undisclosed | 29 July 2023 |
| FW | Federico Dionisi | Ternana | Undisclosed | 29 August 2023 |
| MF | Marco Fiorani | Taranto | Undisclosed | 31 August 2023 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 22 August 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 022.86 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 August 2023 | 12 August 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 022.22 |
Last updated: 27 April 2024 Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Ternana (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 43 | 0Qualification for relegation play-out |
| 17 | Bari (O) | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 41 | 0Qualification for relegation play-out |
| 18 | Ascoli (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 41 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 19 | Feralpisalò (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 33 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 20 | Lecco (R) | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 74 | −39 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C |
* 1 2 Bari finished ahead of Ascoli on head-to-head points: Bari 1–0 Ascoli, Ascoli 2–2 Bari.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 19 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.