# 2023–24 FC Crotone season

The 2023–24 season was FC Crotone's 114th season in existence and second consecutive season in the Serie C. They also competed in the Coppa Italia and the Coppa Italia Serie C.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 September 2023
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 | Andrea Dini |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Federico Papini |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Maxime Giron |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Davide Bove |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Guillaume Gigliotti |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Eugenio D'Ursi |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lucas Felippe |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Guido Gómez |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Petriccione |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Alberto Lucano |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Carlo Crialese |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Vinicius |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Bruzzaniti |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Loiacono |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Alessio Tribuzzi |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Luis Rojas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Daniel Leo |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Francesco D'Alterio |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Jurica Jurčec |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Giannotti |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Andrea D'Errico (on loan from Bari) |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Mattia Vitale |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Raffaele Cantisani |
| 30 | FW | ALB | Dardan Vuthaj |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Spaltro |
| 39 | MF | ITA | Thomas Schirò |
| 44 | GK | ITA | Antonio Pio Martino |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Orazio Pannitteri |
| 93 | FW | ITA | Marco Tumminello |
| 99 | GK | ITA | Paolo Branduani |
| — | DF | ITA | Manuel Nicoletti |

#### 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 | Francesco Gattuso (at Victor San Marino until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | NGA | Theophilus Awua (at Atalanta until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca Gozzo (at Corticella until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Panico (at Carrarese until 30 June 2024, obligation to buy) |
| — | FW | ITA | Marco Spina (at Gubbio until 30 June 2024) |

## 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 C | 1 September 2023 | 28 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 034.21 |
| Promotion play-offs | 7 May 2024 | 7 May 2024 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 14 August 2023 | 14 August 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Coppa Italia Serie C | 8 November 2023 | 29 November 2023 | Second round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 033.33 |
Source: Flashscore

### Serie C
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Audace Cerignola | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 53 | Qualification for the group play-offs first round |
| 8 | Giugliano | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 53 | Qualification for the group play-offs first round |
| 9 | Crotone | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 52 | Qualification for the group play-offs first round |
| 10 | Latina | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 51 | Qualification for the group play-offs first round |
| 11 | Foggia | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 48 | |
* 1 2 Audace Cerignola are ahead of Giugliano on head-to-head points: Audace Cerignola 6, Giugliano 0.
* ↑ Foggia are ahead of Sorrento on overall goal difference: Foggia -4, Sorrento -8.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 7 August 2023.