2023–24 SPAL season

SPAL
2023–24 season
Manager	Domenico Di Carlo; (until 2 October); Leonardo Colucci; (from 3 October until 4 February); Domenico Di Carlo; (from 5 February)
Stadium	Stadio Paolo Mazza
Serie C Group B	18th
Coppa Italia Serie C	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marco Bertini (2); All: ; Marco Bertini (2)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 19 November 2023.

The 2023–24 season is SPAL's 117th season in existence and first one back in the Serie C. They are also competing in the Coppa Italia Serie C.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[1]

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 1 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
FW	Andrea La Mantia	Empoli	€1,000,000	1 July 2023
FW	Mirco Antenucci	Bari	Free	13 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Marco Carraro	Atalanta	Free	1 August 2023	^[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Radja Nainggolan	Released		1 July 2023
MF	Giannis Fetfatzidis	APOEL	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Ayoub Abou	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free	14 July 2023
GK	Demba Thiam	Juve Stabia	Loan	20 July 2023	^[4]
FW	Andrea La Mantia	Feralpisalò	Loan	8 August 2023	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

24 July 2023 Friendly	Napoli	1–1	SPAL	Dimaro
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zambo Anguissa 73'		Puletto 63'	Stadium: Campo Sportivo Dimaro Referee: Paride Tremolada

27 August 2023 Friendly	SPAL	0–0	Atalanta U23
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie C	September 2023	28 April 2024	Matchday 1	19	4	7	8	15	20	−5	021.05
Coppa Italia Serie C	5 October 2023		First round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total				21	5	7	9	17	22	−5	023.81

Last updated: 23 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Serie C

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
13	Virtus Entella	29	8	10	11	22	27	−5	34
14	Vis Pesaro	29	6	14	9	31	33	−2	32
15	SPAL	29	7	11	11	26	33	−7	32
16	Ancona	29	7	9	13	33	42	−9	30	Qualification for the relegation play-outs
17	Sestri Levante	29	7	7	15	28	43	−15	28	Qualification for the relegation play-outs

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2024. Source: Lega Pro, Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Lower goals against; 7) Wins; 8) Lower losses; 9) Away wins; 10) Lower home losses.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[6]

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
19	4	7	8	15	20	−5	19	3	4	3	10	9	+1	1	3	5	5	11	−6

Last updated: 23 December 2023.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W
Position	7	11	15	9	11	11	14	12	17	14	14	17	18	18	19	18	19

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 7 August 2023.^[7]

2 September 2023 1	SPAL	1–0	Vis Pesaro	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Tonucci 53' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Giorgio Vergaro

15 September 2023 3	SPAL	1–2	Perugia	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Valentini 6'	Report	Iannoni 41' Vázquez 45'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Niccolo Turrini

19 September 2023 4	Juventus Next Gen	0–1	SPAL	Alessandria
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bertini 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Referee: Fabrizio Ramondino

27 September 2023 2	Cesena	3–1	SPAL	Cesena
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Shpendi 2', 35' Corazza 78'	Report	Antenucci 89'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Michele Delrio

1 October 2023 6	Recanatese	1–0	SPAL	Recanati
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Morrone 19'	Report	Puletto 30' 46'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Tubaldi Referee: Luigi Catanoso

8 October 2023 7	SPAL	1–2	Pescara	Ferrara
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Celia 42'	Report	Tunjov 21' (pen.) Cangiano 90'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Stefano Nicolini

11 October 2023 5	SPAL	2–2	Lucchese	Ferrara
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Peda 30' Rao 66'		Guadagni 43' Benassai 54'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Filippo Giaccaglia

15 October 2023 8	SPAL	0–0	Fermana	Ferrara
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruscagin 80' 90+1'		Montini 89' 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Lorenzo Maccarini

23 October 2023 9	Arezzo	3–1	SPAL	Arezzo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gucci 34', 72' Mawuli 38'		Fiordaliso 64'	Stadium: Stadio Città di Arezzo Referee: Leonardo Mastropasqua

26 October 2023 10	SPAL	1–0	Sestri Levante	Ferrara
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bertini 68'			Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Filippo Colaninno

29 October 2023 11	Torres	1–1	SPAL	Sassari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scotto 14' Mastinu 26' Diakité 55'		Collodel 5' Bertini 8' Bruscagin 25' Rao 38' 40' Puletto 76'	Stadium: Stadio Vanni Sanna Referee: Enrico Gigliotti

6 November 2023 12	Rimini	1–0	SPAL	Rimini
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Morra 63'			Stadium: Stadio Romeo Neri Referee: Valerio Crezzini

12 November 2023 13	SPAL	0–1	Pontedera	Ferrara
20:45 CET (UTC+1)			Catanese 67'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Mattia Drigo

19 November 2023 14	Carrarese	1–0	SPAL	Carrara
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Panico 90+5'			Stadium: Stadio dei Marmi Referee: Manuel Sacchi

25 November 2023 15	SPAL	2–2	Ancona	Ferrara
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Peda 13' Rosafio 69'		Paolucci 6' Spagnoli 77'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Abdoulaye Diop

2 December 2023 16	Gubbio	0–0	SPAL	Gubbio
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Pietro Barbetti Referee: Erminio Cerbasi

9 December 2023 17	SPAL	0–0	Virtus Entella	Ferrara
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Valerio Vogliacco

16 December 2023 18	Pineto	1–1	SPAL	Pineto
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Volpicelli 64'		Rabbi 48'	Stadium: Stadio Mimmo Pavone-Alessandro Mariani Referee: Edoardo Manedo Mazzoni

23 December 2023 19	SPAL	2–0	Olbia	Ferrara
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bassoli 40' Valentini 85'			Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Francesco Burlando

6 January 2024 20	Vis Pesaro	v	SPAL	Pesaro
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Tonino Benelli

Coppa Italia Serie C

5 October 2023 First round	SPAL	2–0	Sestri Levante	Ferrara
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rabbi 13' Rosafio 35'			Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 839 Referee: Mattia Drigo

9 November 2023 Second round	SPAL	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Lucchese	Ferrara
20:45 CET (UTC+1)			Rizzo Pinna 102' Magnaghi 117'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 844 Referee: Giorgio Bozzetto

References

^ "Rosa giocatori". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Welcome back to biancazzurro Mirco!". S.P.A.L. - Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor.
^ "Marco Carraro is biancazzurro!".
^ "S.S. Juve Stabia, ufficiale l'arrivo di Thiam". July 20, 2023.
^ "ANDREA LA MANTIA COMUNICATO UFFICIALE | Feralpisalò". feralpisalo.it.
^ "PLAY-OFF e PLAY-OUT CAMPIONATO SERIE C 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 March 2023.
^ "Serie C, ecco i gironi e il calendario della nuova stagione". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 August 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Rosa giocatori". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[2] "Welcome back to biancazzurro Mirco!". S.P.A.L. - Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor.

[3] "Marco Carraro is biancazzurro!".

[4] "S.S. Juve Stabia, ufficiale l'arrivo di Thiam". July 20, 2023.

[5] "ANDREA LA MANTIA COMUNICATO UFFICIALE | Feralpisalò". feralpisalo.it.

[rules-b-6] "PLAY-OFF e PLAY-OUT CAMPIONATO SERIE C 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 March 2023.

[7] "Serie C, ecco i gironi e il calendario della nuova stagione". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 August 2023.

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