2023–24 Cosenza Calcio season

The 2023–24 season was Cosenza Calcio's 110th season in existence and the club's sixth consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cosenza Calcio participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Cosenza Calcio

2023–24 season
Manager	Fabio Caserta
Stadium	Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla
Serie B	9th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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  ITA Alessandro Micai 2 DF  ITA Filippo Sgarbi 3 DF  ITA Andrea Rispoli 6 DF  ITA Alessandro Fontanarosa (on loan from Inter) 7 MF  ITA Manuel Marras 9 FW  ITA Gennaro Tutino (on loan from Parma) 10 FW  ITA Francesco Forte (on loan from Ascoli) 11 DF  ITA Tommaso D'Orazio 12 GK  ITA Alessandro Lai 13 DF  ITA Andrea Meroni 14 MF  ITA Giacomo Calò 17 DF  ITA Baldovino Cimino 19 FW  ITA Valerio Crespi (on loan from Lazio) 20 FW  ITA Alessandro Arioli

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ITA Massimo Zilli 23 DF  ITA Michael Venturi 24 MF  ITA Mattia Viviani (on loan from Benevento) 26 MF  POL Mateusz Praszelik (on loan from Verona) 27 DF  ITA Pietro Martino 30 FW  ITA Simone Mazzocchi (on loan from Atalanta) 31 FW  ITA Luigi Canotto (on loan from Frosinone) 33 DF  ITA Salvatore Dario La Vardera 34 MF  ITA Aldo Florenzi 36 FW  AUS Jahce Novello 42 MF  KOS Idriz Voca 77 GK  ITA Leonardo Marson 98 MF  ITA Federico Zuccon (on loan from Atalanta)

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 — DF  BUL Andrea Hristov (at Potenza until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Christian D'Urso (at Triestina 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
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	19 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1	9th	38	11	14	13	47	42	+5	028.95
Coppa Italia	13 August 2023		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Total					39	11	14	14	49	47	+2	028.21

Source: Competitions

Serie B

Main article: 2023–24 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
7	Sampdoria[a]	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
9	Cosenza	38	11	14	13	47	42	+5	47[b]
10	Modena	38	10	17	11	41	47	−6	47[b]
11	Reggiana	38	10	17	11	38	45	−7	47[b]

Source: 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) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[2]
Notes:

1. Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.^[1]
2. Head-to-head points: Cosenza 11, Modena 11, Reggiana 7, Südtirol 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Cosenza +6, Modena +2.

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
11	4	3	4	14	11	+3	15	2	1	2	10	6	+4	2	2	2	4	5	−1

Last updated: 28 October 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	W
Position	1	3	9	12	12	8	11	9	7	7	9	10	8	9	9	11	13	12	14	15	14	11	11	13	11	11	10	14	14	14	15	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.^[3]

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CEST (UTC+2)

Como v Cosenza

10 May 2024 38	Como	v	Cosenza	Como
20:30				Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2023–24 Coppa Italia

Cosenza v Sassuolo

13 August 2023 Round of 64	Cosenza	2–5 (a.e.t.)	Sassuolo	Cosenza
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tutino 9' (pen.) Zuccon  45+2' Calò  71'  100' Mazzocchi 90' Praszelik  102'	Report	Viti  9' Erlić  37' Bajrami 45+4' Pinamonti 79' (pen.) Volpato  88' Viña  89' Lopez  101' Defrel  101' Ceide 105' Mulattieri 115', 118'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Giuseppe Collu