2023–24 Modena FC 2018 season

Modena FC 2018
2023–24 season
Manager	Paolo Bianco
Stadium	Stadio Alberto Braglia
Serie B	10th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Antonio Palumbo (7); All: Antonio Palumbo (7)
Average home league attendance	10,066
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Modena FC 2018's 112th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Modena 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

As of 1 September 2023^[2]

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
3	DF	ITA	Fabio Ponsi
4	DF	ITA	Antonio Pergreffi (captain)
5	MF	ITA	Antonio Palumbo
6	MF	ITA	Luca Magnino
7	MF	ITA	Edoardo Duca
8	DF	BFA	Abdoul Guiebre
9	FW	ITA	Nicholas Bonfanti
10	MF	ITA	Luca Tremolada
11	FW	ITA	Diego Falcinelli
12	GK	ITA	Andrea Seculin
16	MF	ITA	Fabio Gerli
17	FW	ITA	Jacopo Manconi
19	DF	ITA	Giovanni Zaro
20	MF	ITA	Mario Gargiulo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Romeo Giovannini
22	GK	ITA	Filippo Vandelli
23	MF	ITA	Thomas Battistella
24	DF	CRO	Roko Vukušić
26	GK	ITA	Riccardo Gagno
27	DF	ITA	Alessandro Pio Riccio (on loan from Juventus)
29	DF	ITA	Matteo Cotali
30	FW	ALB	Kleis Bozhanaj
32	FW	ITA	Luca Strizzolo
33	DF	ITA	Cristian Cauz
42	MF	BEL	Lukas Mondele
90	FW	ITA	Fabio Abiuso
99	DF	MAR	Shady Oukhadda

Other players under contract

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	Riccardo Baroni

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	Lorenzo Coccia (at Arezzo until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ITA	Mauro Coppolaro (at Carrarese until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Nicola Mosti (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Matteo Cotali	Frosinone	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
FW	Jacopo Manconi	AlbinoLeffe	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]
DF	Cristian Cauz	Reggiana	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Lukas Mondele	Club NXT	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Filippo Vandelli	Fidelis Andria	Free	6 July 2023
DF	Giovanni Zaro	Südtirol		10 July 2023
MF	Antonio Palumbo	Ternana	€500k	18 July 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 August 2023 Friendly	Modena	2–0	Dinamo Tirana
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

19 August 2023 Friendly	Virtus Verona	1–1	Modena
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

14 October 2023 Friendly	Empoli	Cancelled	Modena	Vinci
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo di Petroio
Note: The match was cancelled due to unavailability of players.^[5]

Competitions

Overview

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 B	26 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1		35	9	16	10	38	44	−6	025.71
Coppa Italia	11 August 2023		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					36	9	16	11	41	48	−7	025.00

Last updated: 27 April 2024
Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
8	Brescia	38	12	15	11	44	40	+4	51	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
9	Cosenza	38	11	14	13	47	42	+5	47^[a]
10	Modena	38	10	17	11	41	47	−6	47^[a]
11	Reggiana	38	10	17	11	38	45	−7	47^[a]
12	Südtirol	38	12	11	15	46	48	−2	47^[a]

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)^[6]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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
35	9	16	10	38	44	−6	43	6	5	7	19	21	−2	3	11	3	19	23	−4

Last updated: 27 April 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.^[7]

26 August 2023 2	Modena	1–0	Ascoli	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

29 August 2023 3	Cosenza	1–2	Modena	Cosenza
CEST (UTC+2)

2 September 2023 4	Modena	2–0	Pisa	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

16 September 2023 5	Feralpisalò	1–1	Modena	Piacenza
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli

23 September 2023 6	Modena	0–0	Lecco	Modena
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

26 September 2023 7	Südtirol	0–0	Modena	Bolzano
CEST (UTC+2)

30 September 2023 8	Modena	1–3	Venezia	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

7 October 2023 9	Modena	0–2	Palermo	Modena
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

21 October 2023 10	Bari	1–1	Modena	Bari
CEST (UTC+2)

24 October 2023 1	Brescia	0–1	Modena	Brescia
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

29 October 2023 11	Modena	2–1	Ternana	Modena
CET (UTC+1)	Palumbo 17' Falcinelli 56'		Dionisi 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

4 November 2023 12	Catanzaro	1–2	Modena	Catanzaro
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vandeputte 19'		Manconi 27' Bozhanaj 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

11 November 2023 13	Modena	0–2	Sampdoria	Modena
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

12 April 2024 33	Modena	1–3	Catanzaro	Modena
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

27 April 2024 35	Modena	1–0	Südtirol	Modena
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zaro 67'			Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee: Daniele Minelli

5 May 2024 37	Modena	v	Como	Modena
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

10 May 2024 38	Lecco	v	Modena	Lecco
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi

Coppa Italia

11 August 2023 Round of 64	Genoa	4–3	Modena	Genoa
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Retegui 1', 57' Vásquez 45+3' Frendrup 48' Guðmundsson 51' Hefti 90+1'	Report	Manconi 29', 88' Duca 32' Tremolada 40' Gerli 69' Gargiulo 59', 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano