2023–24 UC Sampdoria season

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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 =

{{updated|1 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/primasquadra/|title=Prima Squadra|access-date=16 August 2018|publisher=U.C. Sampdoria|language=it}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=SRB|name=Filip Stanković|other=on loan from Inter}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Antonio Barreca}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=MF|nat=ENG|name=Ronaldo Vieira}}

{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=MF|nat=NOR|name=Kristoffer Askildsen}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Simone Panada|other=on loan from Atalanta}}

{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Sebastiano Esposito|other=on loan from Inter Milan}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Matteo Ricci}}

{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Manuel De Luca}}

{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Valerio Verre}}

{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=ESP|name=Estanis Pedrola|other=on loan from Barcelona}}

{{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Andrea Conti}}

{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=SUI|name=Pajtim Kasami}}

{{Fs player|no=16|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Fabio Borini}}

{{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Lorenzo Malagrida}}

{{Fs player|no=20|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Antonino La Gumina}}

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{{Fs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Simone Giordano}}

{{Fs player|no=22|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=Nicola Ravaglia}}

{{Fs player|no=23|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Fabio Depaoli}}

{{Fs player|no=25|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Alex Ferrari}}

{{fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=ESP|name=Gerard Yepes}}

{{Fs player|no=29|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Nicola Murru}}

{{Fs player|no=32|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Stefano Girelli}}

{{Fs player|no=33|pos=DF|nat=URU|name=Facundo González|other=on loan from Juventus}}

{{Fs player|no=35|pos=MF|nat=EQG|name=Hugo Buyla}}

{{Fs player|no=40|pos=DF|nat=SLO|name=Petar Stojanović|other=on loan from Empoli}}

{{Fs player|no=46|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Giovanni Leoni|other=on loan from Padova}}

{{Fs player|no=77|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Marco Delle Monache}}

{{Fs player|no=80|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Leonardo Benedetti}}

{{Fs player|no=87|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Daniele Ghilardi|other=on loan from Hellas Verona}}

{{Fs player|no=92|pos=MF|nat=FRA|name=Noha Lemina|other=on loan from Paris Saint-Germain}}

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=Out on loan=

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{{Fs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=Emil Audero|other=at Inter Milan until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=Matteo Raspa|other=at Sestri Levante until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=Ivan Saio|other=at Brindisi until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=POL|name=Bartosz Bereszyński|other=at Empoli until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=ALB|name=Ertijon Gega|other=at Alessandria until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Alfonso Sepe|other=at Alessandria until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Mattia Vitale|other=at Cerignola until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Erik Gerbi|other=at Lumezzane until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Daniele Montevago|other=at Gubbio until 30 June 2024}}

{{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=Matteo Stoppa|other=at Catanzaro until 30 June 2024}}

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Competitions

=Overview=

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=Serie B=

{{main|2023–24 Serie B}}

==League table==

{{2023–24 Serie B table|showteam=SAM}}

==Results summary==

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==Results by round==

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==Matches==

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2023 |title=È nata la Serie B 23/24: ecco il calendario giornata per giornata |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-B/11-07-2023/serie-b-il-calendario-della-stagione-2023-2024.shtml |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it-IT}}

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|date = 19 August 2023

|time = 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Ternana

|score = 1–2

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|goals1 = Proietti {{yel|40}}
Celli {{yel|60}}
Distefano {{goal|90+1}}
Bogdan {{yel|90+5}}

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Depaoli {{goal|77}}
Verre {{yel|90}}

|stadium = Stadio Libero Liberati

|location = Terni

|attendance =

|referee = Davide Di Marco

|result = W

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|round = 2

|date = 25 August 2023

|time = 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Sampdoria

|score = 0–2

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/08/25/italy/serie-b/uc-sampdoria/pisa-calcio/4138731/

|team2 = Pisa

|goals1 =Ferrari {{yel|36}}

|goals2 =Tramoni {{goal|14}}
Arena {{goal|59}}, {{yel|82}}
Nícolas {{yel|67}}
Jureškin {{yel|90+1}}
Calabresi {{yel|90+6}}

|stadium = Stadio Luigi Ferraris

|location = Genoa

|attendance =

|referee = Giacomo Camplone

|result = L

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|round = 3

|date = 30 August 2023

|time = 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Sampdoria

|score = 1–2

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|date = 3 September 2023

|time = 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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|location = Cremona

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|result = D

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|round = 5

|date = 18 September 2023

|time = 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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|score = 1–2

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|date = 24 September 2023

|time = 16:15 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Parma

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|date = 27 September 2023

|time = 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

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|date = 1 October 2023

|time = 16:15 CEST (UTC+2)

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|date = 7 October 2023

|time = 16:15 CEST (UTC+2)

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|date = 22 October 2023

|time = 16:15 CEST (UTC+2)

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|date = 28 October 2023

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|date = 4 November 2023

|time = 16:15 CET (UTC+1)

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|date = 24 November 2023

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|date = 9 December 2023

|time = CET (UTC+1)

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|date = 23 December 2023

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|date = 26 December 2023

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|date = 14 January 2024

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|date = 28 January 2024

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|date = 3 February 2024

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|date = 10 February 2024

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|date = 3 March 2024

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|date = 6 April 2024

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|date = 13 April 2024

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|date = 20 April 2024

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|date = 27 April 2024

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|date = 1 May 2024

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|date = 4 May 2024

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|date = 10 May 2024

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== Promotion play-offs ==

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|round = Preliminary round

|date = 17 May 2024

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Palermo

|score = 2–0

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|stadium = Stadio Renzo Barbera

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=Coppa Italia=

{{main|2023–24 Coppa Italia}}

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|round = Round of 64

|date = 14 August 2023

|time = 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Sampdoria

|score = 1–1

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|stadium = Stadio Luigi Ferraris

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|result = D

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|round = Round of 32

|date = 31 October 2023

|time = 18:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Salernitana

|score = 4–0

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|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadio Arechi

|location = Salerno

|attendance = 4,740

|referee = Gianluca Manganiello

|result = L

}}

References

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