# 2023–24 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2023–24 season was Cagliari Calcio's 124th season in existence and first season back in the Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 12 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 | SRB | Boris Radunović |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Alberto Dossena |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Marco Mancosu (3rd captain) |
| 8 | MF | URU | Nahitan Nández (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | PER | Gianluca Lapadula |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Nicolas Viola (4th captain) |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Matteo Prati |
| 17 | DF | GRE | Pantelis Chatzidiakos |
| 18 | GK | ITA | Simone Aresti |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Gaetano Oristanio (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Simone Scuffet |
| 23 | DF | POL | Mateusz Wieteska |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | GHA | Ibrahim Sulemana |
| 26 | DF | COL | Yerry Mina |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Tommaso Augello |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Zappa |
| 29 | MF | CGO | Antoine Makoumbou |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti (captain) |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Andrea Petagna (on loan from Monza) |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Adam Obert |
| 37 | DF | BRA | Paulo Azzi |
| 61 | FW | UZB | Eldor Shomurodov (on loan from Roma) |
| 70 | MF | ITA | Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli) |
| 77 | FW | ANG | Zito Luvumbo |
| 99 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Di Pardo |

### 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 | Giuseppe Ciocci (at Pescara until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giorgio Altare (at Venezia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Salvatore Boccia (at Novara until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luigi Palomba (at Olbia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Christian Travaglini (at Ternana until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Davide Veroli (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ITA | Francesco Zallu (at Olbia until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Nicolò Cavuoti (at Olbia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GRE | Christos Kourfalidis (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ROU | Razvan Marin (at Empoli until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Contini (at Olbia until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ARG | Isaías Delpupo (at Pontedera until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SVN | Nik Prelec (at WSG Tirol until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ibrahim Sulemana | Hellas Verona | €4,000,000 | 14 July 2023 |
| GK | Simone Scuffet | CFR Cluj | €800,000 | 14 July 2023 |
| MF | Jakub Jankto | Getafe | Undisclosed | 15 July 2023 |
| MF | Gaetano Oristanio | Internazionale | Loan | 20 July 2023 |
| FW | Eldor Shomurodov | Roma | Loan | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Matteo Prati | SPAL | €5,000,000 | 17 August 2023 |
| DF | Mateusz Wieteska | Clermont | €5,000,000 | 29 August 2023 |
| FW | Andrea Petagna | Monza | Loan | 30 August 2023 |
| DF | Pantelis Chatzidiakos | AZ | €2,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Gianluca Gaetano | Napoli | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Yerry Mina | Fiorentina | Undisclosed | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Isaías Delpupo | Pontedera | Loan | 31 July 2023 |
| DF | Salvatore Boccia | Novara | Loan | 11 August 2023 |
| DF | Christian Travaglini | Ternana | Loan | 13 August 2023 |
| MF | Nunzio Lella | Venezia | Undisclosed | 24 August 2023 |
| DF | Giorgio Altare | Venezia | Loan | 24 August 2023 |
| FW | Gastón Pereiro | Ternana | Loan | 18 January 2024 |
| DF | Elio Capradossi | Lecco | Free | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Gianluca Contini | Virtus Francavilla | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Marko Rog | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 12 February 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 | 21 August 2023 | 23 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 021.05 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 August 2023 | 2 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 74 | −27 | 024.39 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Lecce | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 38 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Hellas Verona finished ahead of Lecce on head-to-head points: Hellas Verona 2–2 Lecce, Lecce 0–1 Hellas Verona.
* 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 | A | H | A | H | A | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.

### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Position | Players | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| MF | Nicolas Viola | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| MF | Gianluca Gaetano | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| FW | Gianluca Lapadula | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| FW | Leonardo Pavoletti | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| DF | Alberto Dossena | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| FW | Eldor Shomurodov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| DF | Yerry Mina | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Nahitan Nández | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Gaetano Oristanio | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Ibrahim Sulemana | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Tommaso Augello | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Paulo Azzi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Alessandro Deiola | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Alessandro Di Pardo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Jakub Jankto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Antoine Makoumbou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Kingstone Mutandwa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Andrea Petagna | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Matteo Prati | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Gabriele Zappa | 1 | 0 | 1 |