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	11th
Coppa Italia Serie C	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mirko Antenucci (4); All: ; Mirko Antenucci (4)
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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Enrico Alfonso
2	DF	ITA	Alessandro Fiordaliso
3	DF	ITA	Matteo Bruscagin
4	DF	ARG	Nahuel Valentini
5	MF	ITA	Nicolò Contiliano
6	MF	ITA	Marco Bertini (on loan from Lazio)
7	FW	ITA	Mirco Antenucci (captain)
8	MF	ITA	Riccardo Collodel
9	FW	ITA	Alessandro Orfei
11	FW	ITA	Simone Rabbi
14	MF	ITA	Fabio Parravicini
16	DF	ITA	Filippo Saiani
17	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Iglio
19	FW	ITA	Nicola Dalmonte (on loan from Vicenza)
20	FW	LVA	Dario Šits (on loan from Parma)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ITA	Raffaele Celia
22	GK	ITA	Marco Meneghetti
23	DF	ITA	Matteo Arena
25	MF	ITA	Marco Carraro
26	FW	ITA	Luca Siligardi
27	DF	POL	Patryk Peda (on loan from Palermo)
28	GK	ITA	Mattia Del Favero
33	DF	ITA	Alessandro Tripaldelli
34	DF	AUT	Philipp Breit
37	MF	ITA	Fabio Maistro
44	DF	MDA	Daniel Dumbravanu
75	FW	ITA	Emanuele Rao
77	FW	ITA	Marco Rosafio
80	FW	ITA	Filippo Puletto

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Abati (at Torino)
—	GK	ITA	Cesare Galeotti (at Lumezzane)
—	GK	ITA	Michele Pezzolato (at Forlì)
—	GK	SEN	Demba Thiam (at Juve Stabia)
—	DF	POL	Dawid Bugaj (at Lechia Gdańsk)
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Dickmann (at Brescia)
—	DF	SVK	Michal Svoboda (at Bologna)
—	DF	ITA	Filippo Tosi (at Genoa)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MDA	Cristian Antonciuc (at Sassuolo)
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Boccia (at Frosinone)
—	MF	ITA	Simone Cecere (at Fidelis Andria)
—	MF	ITA	Antonio Imputato (at Mestre)
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Murgia (at Hermannstadt)
—	MF	TOG	Steven Nador (at Ancona)
—	FW	ITA	Ludovico D'Orazio (at Novara)
—	FW	ITA	Andrea La Mantia (at Feralpisalò)

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	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie C	2 September 2023	28 April 2024	Matchday 1		37	11	13	13	37	39	−2	029.73
Coppa Italia Serie C	5 October 2023	9 November 2023	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total					39	12	13	14	39	41	−2	030.77

Last updated: 21 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Serie C

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Pontedera	38	14	10	14	53	54	−1	52	Qualification for the group play-offs first round
10	Rimini	38	14	8	16	52	54	−2	50	Qualification for the group play-offs first round
11	SPAL	38	12	13	13	41	40	+1	49
12	Lucchese	38	11	12	15	34	43	−9	45^[a]
13	Virtus Entella	38	11	12	15	33	35	−2	45^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 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]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Lucchese are ahead of Virtus Entella and Pineto on head-to-head points: Lucchese 7, Virtus Entella 3, Pineto 3.
Virtus Entella are ahead of Pineto on overall goal difference: Virtus Entella -2, Pineto -4.

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
37	11	13	13	37	39	−2	46	7	7	5	20	15	+5	4	6	8	17	24	−7

Last updated: 21 April 2024.
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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	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	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W
Position	7	11	15	9	11	11	14	12	17	14	14	17	18	18	19	18	19	19	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	16	14	14	15	15	15	13	11

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. 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	1–1	SPAL	Pesaro
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Tonino Benelli

7 April 2024 35	SPAL	3–0	Gubbio	Ferrara
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Simone Galipò

14 April 2024 36	Virtus Entella	1–2	SPAL	Chiavari
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale

21 April 2024 37	SPAL	2–0	Pineto	Ferrara
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

28 April 2024 38	Olbia	v	SPAL	Olbia
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Bruno Nespoli

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

[table_hth_LUC0.53345604405434-6] Lucchese are ahead of Virtus Entella and Pineto on head-to-head points: Lucchese 7, Virtus Entella 3, Pineto 3.
Virtus Entella are ahead of Pineto on overall goal difference: Virtus Entella -2, Pineto -4.

[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-7] "PLAY-OFF e PLAY-OUT CAMPIONATO SERIE C 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 March 2023.

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

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