2023–24 AS Cittadella season

AS Cittadella
2023–24 season
Manager	Edoardo Gorini
Stadium	Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
Serie B	8th
Coppa Italia	Round of 32

The 2023–24 season is AS Cittadella's 51st season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cittadella will participate 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

As of 17 October 2023^[1]

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	Filippo Veneran
2	DF	ITA	Alessandro Salvi
4	DF	ITA	Matteo Angeli
5	MF	ITA	Valerio Mastrantonio
6	DF	ITA	Edoardo Sottini
7	FW	ITA	Luca Pandolfi
8	MF	ITA	Francesco Amatucci
9	FW	ITA	Andrea Magrassi
10	FW	ITA	Claudio Cassano
11	FW	ITA	Filippo Pittarello
15	DF	ITA	Domenico Frare
16	MF	ITA	Alessio Vita
17	MF	DEN	Emil Kornvig
18	MF	ITA	Andrea Tessiore
20	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Carriero


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Nicholas Saggionetto
23	MF	ITA	Simone Branca (vice-captain)
24	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Carissoni
26	MF	ITA	Nicola Pavan (3rd captain)
27	MF	ITA	Andrea Danzi
28	DF	ITA	Alessio Rizza
30	DF	ITA	Stefano Negro
32	FW	ITA	Tommy Maistrello
36	GK	ALB	Elhan Kastrati (4th captain)
64	DF	ITA	Andrea Cecchetto
74	FW	ITA	Ahmed Kader Sanogo
77	GK	ITA	Luca Maniero
92	FW	ITA	Enrico Baldini
98	DF	ITA	Federico Giraudo (on loan from Reggina)

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	ITA	Vincenzo Ciriello (at Picerno until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
DF	Lorenzo Carissoni	Latina	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Andrea Tessiore	Triestina	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Edoardo Sottini	Internazionale		3 July 2023
MF	Francesco Amatucci	Montevarchi	Free	5 July 2023
FW	Filippo Pittarello	Cesena	€100k	7 July 2023
DF	Matteo Angeli	Bologna	Free	7 July 2023
DF	Alessio Rizza	Empoli		24 July 2023
MF	Emil Kornvig	Spezia		1 August 2023
MF	Claudio Cassano	Roma U19	€200k	3 August 2023
FW	Luca Pandolfi	Cosenza	Free	10 August 2023
FW	Ahmed Sanogo	Vis Pesaro		1 September 2023
DF	Stefano Negro	Unattached	Free	17 October 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
MF	Mirko Antonucci	Spezia	€1.70m	1 July 2023
FW	Luigi Cuppone	Pescara	€80k	1 July 2023
MF	Ignacio Lores	Avellino	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Daniele Donnarumma	Cesena	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Dario Del Fabro	Yverdon-Sport	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Camillo Tavernelli	Casertana	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Simone Icardi	Ostiamare	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Romano Perticone	Treviso	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Raúl Asencio	Potenza		1 July 2023
DF	Gian Filippo Felicioli	Pergolettese		1 July 2023
FW	Mamadou Tounkara	Avellino		1 July 2023
DF	Vincenzo Ciriello	Picerno		15 July 2023
GK	Filippo Manfrin	Sangiuliano		18 July 2023
MF	Carlos Embaló	Foggia		1 September 2023
DF	Alessandro Mattioli	Vis Pesaro		1 September 2023

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	20 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1	10	3	4	3	10	13	−3	030.00
Coppa Italia	12 August 2023		Round of 64	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total				11	4	4	3	12	14	−2	036.36

Last updated: 21 October 2023
Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
12	Südtirol	38	12	11	15	46	48	−2	47^[a]
13	Pisa	38	11	13	14	51	54	−3	46^[b]
14	Cittadella	38	11	13	14	40	47	−7	46^[b]
15	Spezia	38	9	17	12	36	49	−13	44
16	Ternana (R)	38	11	10	17	43	50	−7	43	Qualification for relegation play-out

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]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head-to-head points: Cosenza 11, Modena 11, Reggiana 7, Südtirol 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Cosenza +6, Modena +2.
^ ^a ^b Pisa finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–1 Pisa.

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	9	6	4	25	20	+5	33	6	2	2	17	12	+5	3	4	2	8	8	0

Last updated: 26 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	21	22
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	5	11	11	10	7	11	10	7	9	11	13	11	9	8	7	6	6	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

20 August 2023 1	Cittadella	1–0	Reggiana	Cittadella
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Francesco Amatucci 5' 45+4' Carissoni 28' Branca 35'	Report	Natan Girma 7' Cigarini 45' Bianco 74'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 4,296 Referee: Daniele Rutella

26 August 2023 2	Parma	2–0	Cittadella	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Benedyczak 2' (pen.) Adrián Bernabé 47' Hernani 56'	Report	Mastrantonio 11' Frare 35'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 10,046 Referee: Davide Ghersini

30 August 2023 3	Bari	1–1	Cittadella	Bari
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nasti 6' Di Cesare 83'	Report	Maistrello 50' Pavan 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 22,440 Referee: Alberto Santoro

3 September 2023 4	Cittadella	0–0	Venezia	Cittadella
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pittarello 46' Branca 71' Frare 74'	Report	Candela 60' Šverko 89'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 5,283 Referee: Marco Monaldi

18 September 2023 5	Sampdoria	1–2	Cittadella	Genoa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ricci 17' La Gumina 43' 69' Murru 90+4'	Report	Giraudo 26' Vita 39' Magrassi 49' Branca 66' Carissoni 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,357 Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

24 September 2023 6	Cittadella	0–3	Como	Cittadella
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Giraudo 53'	Report	Ioannou 2' Cutrone 32' 50' Odenthal 71' Barba 77'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,636 Referee: Marco Di Bello

27 September 2023 7	Catanzaro	1–1	Cittadella	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Donnarumma 26' (pen.)	Report	Carissoni 3' Salvi 45+3' Branca 88' Pittarello 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 9,407 Referee: Davide Ghersini

1 October 2023 8	Cittadella	2–1	Lecco	Cittadella
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Carissoni 26' Angeli 45+4' Salvi 59' Maistrello 65' Pittarello 87' Cassano 89'	Report	Novakovich 2' Alessandro Caporale 14' Ioniță 20' Degli Innocenti 34' Nicolò Buso 62'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,014 Referee: Manuel Volpi

7 October 2023 9	Cittadella	2–2	Ternana	Cittadella
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Maistrello 10' Cassano 29' Vita 58' Branca 60'	Report	Falletti 8' (pen.) Łabojko 62' Sørensen 84'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 2,831 Referee: Niccoló Baroni

21 October 2023 10	Pisa	2–1	Cittadella	Pisa
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Piccinini 16' Marin 31' Miguel Veloso 68' Tomás Esteves 70' Leverbe 90+2'	Report	Giraudo 19' Pittarello 28' Angeli 46' Magrassi 90+4'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 6,252 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

27 October 2023 11	Cittadella	1–2	Cremonese	Cittadella
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Magrassi 32' Carissoni 38' Giraudo 43' Angeli 79' Vita 82'	Report	Antov 25' Ravanelli 79' Vázquez 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,354 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

4 November 2023 12	Cittadella	3–2	Brescia	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Carriero 13' Vita 32' Danzi 37' Pavan 51' Maistrello 81'	Report	Frare 4' (o.g.) Dickmann 9' Bertagnoli 69' van de Looi 79' Papetti 82' Farès 88'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3.317 Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

12 November 2023 13	Palermo	0–1	Cittadella	Palermo
16:15 CET (UTC+2)	Segre 90+5'	Report	Francesco Amatucci 8' Salvi 56' Branca 90+5' Pandolfi 90+7' 90+9'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,402 Referee: Michael Fabbri

25 November 2023 14	Cittadella	2–1	Südtirol	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Pandolfi 24' 55' Carissoni 33' Pittarello 66' Baldini 76'	Report	Peeters 31' Casiraghi 36' 56' Poluzzi 76' Masiello 89'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,043 Referee: Francesco Forneau

2 December 2023 15	Feralpisalò	0–1	Cittadella	Piacenza
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Fiordilino 6' Bergonzi 75'	Report	Salvi 16' Pandolfi 33' Branca 76'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 856 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

9 December 2023 16	Cittadella	2–0	Cosenza	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Vita 12' Salvi 27' Branca 66' Tessiore 87' Negro 90+2'	Report	D'Orazio 16' Praszelik 22' Federico Zuccon 43' Baldovino Cimino 81' Valerio Crespi 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Kevin Bonacina

16 December 2023 17	Modena	1–1	Cittadella	Modena
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Duca 3' Falcinelli 46' Zaro 90+4'	Report	Cassano 17' 29' Salvi 18' Mastrantonio 36' Branca 79'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 7,907 Referee: Davide Di Marco

23 December 2023 18	Cittadella	4–1	Spezia	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Carissoni 10' Carriero 15' Giraudo 42' Pittarello 75' 81' Maistrello 86'	Report	Elia 51' Nikolaou 59' Moro 61' Hristov 75' Niccolò Pietra 79'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,529 Referee: Davide Ghersini

26 December 2023 19	Ascoli	0–0	Cittadella	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CET (UTC+2)	Falasco 25' Pedro Mendes 33' Bellusci 57'	Report	Negro 19' Branca 69' Pavan 72' Salvi 77'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 7,390 Referee: Daniele Minelli

13 January 2024 20	Cittadella	2–0	Palermo	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

20 January 2024 21	Ternana	3–1	Cittadella	Terni
14:00 CET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati

28 January 2024 22	Cittadella	1–2	Sampdoria	Cittadella
16:15 CET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

24 February 2024	Cittadella	1–2	Catanzaro	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

10 May 2024 38	Cremonese	v	Cittadella	Cremona
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini

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

31 October 2023 Round of 32	Cremonese	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cittadella	Cremona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tsadjout 3' Bertolacci 48' 65' Valzania 116' Coda 120+1'	Report	Frare 27' 53' Mastrantonio 80' Vita 83' Carissoni 120+3'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 1,669 Referee: Paride Tremolada

References

^ "Prima Squadra". A.S. Cittadella (in Italian). 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "È nata la Serie B 23/24: Ecco il calendario giornata per giornata". 12 July 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_COS0.59907179586546-2] Head-to-head points: Cosenza 11, Modena 11, Reggiana 7, Südtirol 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Cosenza +6, Modena +2.

[table_hth_PIS0.59907179586546-3] Pisa finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–1 Pisa.

[1] "Prima Squadra". A.S. Cittadella (in Italian). 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

[4] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[5] "È nata la Serie B 23/24: Ecco il calendario giornata per giornata". 12 July 2023.

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