# 2023–24 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2023–24 season was US Sassuolo Calcio's 104th season in existence and eleventh consecutive season in Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.
In the team's 26th match, they dropped to 17th place with only one win in twelve matches, leading to the dismissal of manager Alessio Dionisi.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Filippo Missori |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Marcus Pedersen (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Martin Erlić (4th captain) |
| 6 | MF | SRB | Uroš Račić |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Matheus Henrique |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Samuele Mulattieri |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Pinamonti |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | ALB | Nedim Bajrami |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari (captain) |
| 14 | MF | EQG | Pedro Obiang |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Emil Konradsen Ceide |
| 19 | DF | ALB | Marash Kumbulla (on loan from Roma) |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Samu Castillejo (on loan from Valencia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Mattia Viti (on loan from Nice) |
| 22 | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Cristian Volpato |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Daniel Boloca |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno (on loan from Monza) |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Luca Lipani |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Kristian Thorstvedt |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Josh Doig |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Ruan Tressoldi |
| 45 | FW | FRA | Armand Laurienté |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli (3rd captain) |
| 92 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel |

### Out on loan

    As of 3 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 | Alessandro Russo (on loan to Trento until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | ITA | Giacomo Satalino (on loan to Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | ITA | Stefano Turati (on loan to Frosinone until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | ITA | Gioele Zacchi (on loan to Giana Erminio until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | NED | Ryan Flamingo (on loan to Utrecht until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (on loan to Monza until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Kevin Miranda (on loan to Catanzaro until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Piccinini (on loan to Pergolettese until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Edoardo Pieragnolo (on loan to Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Filippo Romagna (on loan to Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Davide Frattesi (on loan to Inter until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghion (on loan to Catanzaro until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez (on loan to Fiorentina until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ROU | Andrei Mărginean (on loan to Novara until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessandro Mercati (on loan to Gubbio until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | COL | Yeferson Paz (at Perugia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Matteo Saccani (on loan to Turris until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | URU | Agustín Álvarez (on loan to Sampdoria until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | FRA | Janis Antiste (on loan to Reggiana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Riccardo Ciervo (on loan to Südtirol until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca D'Andrea (on loan to Catanzaro until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giacomo Manzari (on loan to Feralpisalò until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca Moro (on loan to Spezia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Jacopo Pellegrini (on loan to Vicenza until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luigi Samele (on loan to Alessandria until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Nedim Bajrami | Empoli | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Cristian Volpato | Roma | 7,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Filippo Missori | Roma U19 | 2,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Andrea Pinamonti | Internazionale | €20,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Samuele Mulattieri | Internazionale | €6,000,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| MF | Daniel Boloca | Frosinone | Undisclosed | 13 July 2023 |
| GK | Alessio Cragno | Monza | Loan | 15 July 2023 |
| MF | Luca Lipani | Genoa | €8,000,000 | 8 August 2023 |
| MF | Uroš Račić | Valencia | €2,500,000 | 15 August 2023 |
| DF | Marcus Holmgren Pedersen | Feyenoord | Loan | 22 August 2023 |
| FW | Samu Castillejo | Valencia | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Marash Kumbulla | Roma | Loan | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Kaan Ayhan | Galatasaray | €2,800,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Riccardo Marchizza | Frosinone | Undisclosed | 13 July 2023 |
| MF | Abdou Harroui | Frosinone | Undisclosed | 13 July 2023 |
| MF | Andrei Mărginean | Ternana | Loan | 12 August 2023 |
| DF | Ryan Flamingo | FC Utrecht | Loan | 18 August 2023 |
| GK | Matteo Campani | Pisa | Free | 24 August 2023 |
| FW | Jacopo Pellegrini | Vicenza | Loan | 24 August 2023 |
| FW | Janis Antiste | Reggiana | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Maxime Lopez | Fiorentina | Loan | 1 September 2023 |

#### Notes

    1.^ Exercised buy option.

## 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 | 20 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 19th | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 018.42 |
| Coppa Italia | 13 August 2023 | 3 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 49 | 80 | −31 | 019.51 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 20 | Salernitana (R) | 38 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 81 | −49 | 17 | 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.