# 2023–24 UC Sampdoria season

The 2023–24 season was UC Sampdoria's 78th season in existence and the club's first season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, UC Sampdoria participated 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
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 | Filip Stanković (on loan from Inter) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ronaldo Vieira |
| 5 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Askildsen |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Simone Panada (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Matteo Ricci |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Manuel De Luca |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Valerio Verre |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Estanis Pedrola (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Andrea Conti |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Pajtim Kasami |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Fabio Borini |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Malagrida |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Antonino La Gumina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Simone Giordano |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Nicola Ravaglia |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Gerard Yepes |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Stefano Girelli |
| 33 | DF | URU | Facundo González (on loan from Juventus) |
| 35 | MF | EQG | Hugo Buyla |
| 40 | DF | SVN | Petar Stojanović (on loan from Empoli) |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Leoni (on loan from Padova) |
| 77 | FW | ITA | Marco Delle Monache |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Benedetti |
| 87 | DF | ITA | Daniele Ghilardi (on loan from Hellas Verona) |
| 92 | MF | FRA | Noha Lemina (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) |

### 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 | Emil Audero (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | ITA | Matteo Raspa (at Sestri Levante until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | ITA | Ivan Saio (at Brindisi until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | POL | Bartosz Bereszyński (at Empoli until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ALB | Ertijon Gega (at Alessandria until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Alfonso Sepe (at Alessandria until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mattia Vitale (at Cerignola until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Erik Gerbi (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Daniele Montevago (at Gubbio until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ITA | Matteo Stoppa (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## 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 | 19 August 2023 | 10 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 038.24 |
| Coppa Italia | 14 August 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 036.11 |
Last updated: 20 April 2024 Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 9 | Cosenza | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 47 | |
* ↑ Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Cosenza 11, Modena 11, Reggiana 7, Südtirol 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Cosenza +6, Modena +2.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 April 2024. Source:

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | 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 |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | |
| Position | 7 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.