2023–24 Empoli FC season

Empoli FC
2023–24 season
Chairman	Fabrizio Corsi
Head coach	Paolo Zanetti; (until 19 September); Aurelio Andreazzoli; (from 19 September to 15 January); Davide Nicola; (from 15 January)
Stadium	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A	19th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Szymon Żurkowski (4); All: ; Francesco Caputo; Szymon Żurkowski; (4 each)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 January 2024.

The 2023–24 season is Empoli Football Club's 104th season in existence and third consecutive season in Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 September 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan

As of 8 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Filippo Ranocchia	Juventus	Loan	17 July 2023	^[2]
FW	Emmanuel Gyasi	Spezia	Undisclosed	21 July 2023	^[3]
GK	Elia Caprile	Napoli	Loan	24 July 2023	^[4]
DF	Bartosz Bereszyński	Sampdoria	Loan	22 August 2023	^[5]
FW	Nicolò Cambiaghi	Atalanta	Loan	25 August 2023	^[6]
MF	Viktor Kovalenko	Atalanta	Loan	25 August 2023	^[6]
GK	Etrit Berisha	Torino	Undisclosed	29 August 2023	^[7]
MF	Youssef Maleh	Lecce	Loan	31 August 2023	^[8]
DF	Saba Goglichidze	Torpedo Kutaisi	€450,000	6 January 2024	^[9]
MF	Szymon Żurkowski	Spezia	Loan	9 January 2024	^[10]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Filippo Bandinelli	Spezia	Undisclosed	21 July 2023	^[11]
GK	Niccolò Chiorra	Lucchese	Loan	24 July 2023	^[12]
MF	Liam Henderson	Palermo	Loan	28 August 2023	^[13]
GK	Lovro Štubljar	Domžale	Loan	5 January 2024	^[14]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

26 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Empoli	Kirchbichl, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer 40' Pick 43'		Ekong 90'	Stadium: SVK-Arena Attendance: 500

29 July 2023 Friendly	Empoli	2–1	Lille	Kufstein
14:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Kufstein-Arena

5 August 2023 Friendly	SC Freiburg	2–0	Empoli	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sallai 22' Höler 34' Gregoritsch 55'			Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 23,600

5 August 2023 Friendly	SC Freiburg	1–2	Empoli	Freiburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gulde 27'		Kaczmarski 30' Piccoli 43'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 23,600
Note: Match was played in one period of 45 minutes.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	19 August 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		23	4	6	13	15	36	−21	017.39
Coppa Italia	12 August 2023		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					24	4	6	14	16	38	−22	016.67

Last updated: 3 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Udinese	23	2	13	8	23	37	−14	19
17	Hellas Verona	23	4	6	13	21	32	−11	18
18	Cagliari	22	4	6	12	21	38	−17	18	Relegation to Serie B
19	Empoli	23	4	6	13	15	36	−21	18
20	Salernitana	23	2	7	14	19	44	−25	13

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2024. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[15]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
23	4	6	13	15	36	−21	18	2	3	7	8	17	−9	2	3	6	7	19	−12

Last updated: 3 February 2024.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	D
Position	14	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	19	17	18	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2024. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023.^[16]

19 August 2023 1	Empoli	0–1	Hellas Verona	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cacace 66' Grassi 68'	Report	Duda 44' Magnani 58' Bonazzoli 75'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,940 Referee: Luca Massimi

26 August 2023 2	Monza	2–0	Empoli	Monza
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Izzo 8' Colpani 45', 53'	Report	Baldanzi 1' Haas 90+5'	Stadium: U-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,155 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

3 September 2023 3	Empoli	0–2	Juventus	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bereszyński 43' Gyasi 86' Destro 90+8'	Report	Locatelli 15' Danilo 24' Vlahović 39', 48' Miretti 49' Chiesa 82'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,702 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

17 September 2023 4	Roma	7–0	Empoli	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dybala 2' (pen.), 55', 38' Sanches 8', 39' Grassi 35' (o.g.) Cristante 80' Lukaku 82' Mancini 86'	Report	Cancellieri 39' Maleh 58'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,443 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

24 September 2023 5	Empoli	0–1	Internazionale	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pezzella 33' Maleh 62'	Report	Acerbi 26' Dimarco 51' Bastoni 65'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,651 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

27 September 2023 6	Empoli	1–0	Salernitana	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grassi 28' Baldanzi 34' Maleh 86'	Report	Maggiore 24'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,979 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

1 October 2023 7	Bologna	3–0	Empoli	Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Orsolini 21', 66', 90+2' Corazza 44' El Azzouzi 58'	Report	Cacace 10' Walukiewicz 39' Ranocchia 45+3' Cancellieri 81'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 23,689 Referee: Fabio Maresca

6 October 2023 8	Empoli	0–0	Udinese	Empoli
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maleh 56'	Report	Pereyra 66' Pérez 84'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,128 Referee: Michael Fabbri

23 October 2023 9	Fiorentina	0–2	Empoli	Florence
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Beltrán 77'	Report	Caputo 21' Walukiewicz 52' Cancellieri 71' Fazzini 79' Gyasi 81'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 29,105 Referee: Federico Dionisi

30 October 2023 10	Empoli	0–3	Atalanta	Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maleh 33' Cacace 35' Gyasi 69' Fazzini 85'	Report	Scamacca 5', 51' Koopmeiners 29'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,825 Referee: Luca Massimi

6 November 2023 11	Frosinone	2–1	Empoli	Frosinone
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Barrenechea 34' Reinier 42' Lirola 45+1' Çuni 58' Ibrahimović 74'	Report	Gyasi 44' Ranocchia 76' Caputo 86'	Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe Attendance: 14,755 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

12 November 2023 12	Napoli	0–1	Empoli	Naples
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cajuste 90+3'	Report	Cancellieri 78' Kovalenko 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

26 November 2023 13	Empoli	3–4	Sassuolo	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caputo 4' (o.g.) Fazzini 25', 30' Maleh 31' Viña 86' (o.g.) Gyasi 90+1' Grassi 90+2'	Report	Pinamonti 12' Matheus Henrique 22', 37' Berardi 50', 66' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,954 Referee: Simone Sozza

2 December 2023 14	Genoa	1–1	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malinovskyi 37', 56' Vogliacco 87' Badelj 90+2'	Report	Ranocchia 13' Cancellieri 67'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 30,747 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

11 December 2023 15	Empoli	1–1	Lecce	Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maleh 37' Grassi 52' Rafia 71' (o.g.)	Report	González 4' Banda 64' Ramadani 75'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,152 Referee: Andrea Colombo

16 December 2023 16	Torino	1–0	Empoli	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zapata 25' Linetty 45+4' Bellanova 71' Buongiorno 80' Vlašić 85'	Report	Cacace 81' Luperto 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 17,815 Referee: Livio Marinelli

22 December 2023 17	Empoli	0–2	Lazio	Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maldini 15' Fazzini 45+1' Bastoni 57'	Report	Guendouzi 9' Patric 26' Rovella 46' Zaccagni 67'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

30 December 2023 18	Cagliari	0–0	Empoli	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lapadula 29' Viola 82'	Report	Maleh 29' Cacace 64' Walukiewicz 80'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,125 Referee: Fabio Maresca

7 January 2024 19	Empoli	0–3	Milan	Empoli
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marin 81'	Report	Loftus-Cheek 11' Giroud 31' (pen.) Calabria 41' Jiménez 54' Traorè 88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,009 Referee: Federico La Penna

13 January 2024 20	Hellas Verona	2–1	Empoli	Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Đurić 3' Ngonge 56' Duda 69' 87' Coppola 77' Tchatchoua 82'	Report	Żurkowski 58', 64' Cambiaghi 78' Cancellieri 90'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 28,723 Referee: Daniele Doveri

21 January 2024 21	Empoli	3–0	Monza	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Żurkowski 13', 38', 73' Bereszyński 49'	Report	Caldirola 70' Mota 72' Marí 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,650 Referee: Antonio Giua

27 January 2024 22	Juventus	1–1	Empoli	Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 16' Vlahović 50' Weah 90+3'	Report	Walukiewicz 20' Baldanzi 70'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,518 Referee: Livio Marinelli

3 February 2024 23	Empoli	0–0	Genoa	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Walukiewicz 53' Cambiaghi 75'	Report	De Winter 66' 90+2' Sabelli 73'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

Coppa Italia

12 August 2023 Round of 64	Empoli	1–2	Cittadella	Empoli
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Caputo 8' Grassi 57' Pezzella 69' Gyasi 77'	Report	Carriero 34' Giraudo 45' Amatucci 61' Magrassi 80' Cassano 90+1' Kornvig 90+9'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,785 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

References

^ "Rosa". Empoli FC. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Official | Filippo Ranocchia loaned to Empoli - Juventus". Juventus.com.
^ "Emmanuel Gyasi transferred to Empoli". Spezia Calcio - Sito ufficiale.
^ "Official: Napoli buy Caprile and loan to Empoli - Football Italia". football-italia.net. 24 July 2023.
^ "Bartosz Bereszyński è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 22 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Nicolò Cambiaghi e Viktor Kovalenko sono due nuovi calciatori azzurri". Empoli FC. 25 August 2023.
^ "Etrit Berisha è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 29 August 2023.
^ "Youssef Maleh è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 31 August 2023.
^ Flori, Michele (4 January 2024). "Un giovane per la difesa azzurra: in arrivo Saba Goglichidze".
^ "Szymon Zurkowski è di nuovo un calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 9 January 2024.
^ Lorenzelli, Guido (21 July 2023). "UFFICIALE - Colpaccio Bandinelli per la mediana dello Spezia".
^ "Ufficiale: Chiorra è rossonero". Gazzetta Lucchese.
^ "Henderson is rosanero, presentation on Wednesday 30th August". Palermo F.C.
^ "Lovro Štubljar se je po letu in pol v Empoliju vrnil v Slovenijo, da bi prišel v stik s članskim nogometom - Novica - Nogomania". www.nogomania.com.
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.
^ "Il calendario della prossima Serie A di calcio". Il Post (in Italian). 5 July 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Rosa". Empoli FC. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[2] "Official | Filippo Ranocchia loaned to Empoli - Juventus". Juventus.com.

[3] "Emmanuel Gyasi transferred to Empoli". Spezia Calcio - Sito ufficiale.

[4] "Official: Napoli buy Caprile and loan to Empoli - Football Italia". football-italia.net. 24 July 2023.

[5] "Bartosz Bereszyński è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 22 August 2023.

[auto-6] "Nicolò Cambiaghi e Viktor Kovalenko sono due nuovi calciatori azzurri". Empoli FC. 25 August 2023.

[7] "Etrit Berisha è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 29 August 2023.

[8] "Youssef Maleh è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 31 August 2023.

[9] Flori, Michele (4 January 2024). "Un giovane per la difesa azzurra: in arrivo Saba Goglichidze".

[10] "Szymon Zurkowski è di nuovo un calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC. 9 January 2024.

[11] Lorenzelli, Guido (21 July 2023). "UFFICIALE - Colpaccio Bandinelli per la mediana dello Spezia".

[12] "Ufficiale: Chiorra è rossonero". Gazzetta Lucchese.

[13] "Henderson is rosanero, presentation on Wednesday 30th August". Palermo F.C.

[14] "Lovro Štubljar se je po letu in pol v Empoliju vrnil v Slovenijo, da bi prišel v stik s članskim nogometom - Novica - Nogomania". www.nogomania.com.

[15] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.

[16] "Il calendario della prossima Serie A di calcio". Il Post (in Italian). 5 July 2023.

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