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2023–24 Empoli FC Season
The 2023–24 season was Empoli Football Club's 104th season in existence and third consecutive season in Serie A. They also competed in the Coppa Italia. Players First-team squad Other players under contract Primavera Out on loan Transfers In Out Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record Serie A League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were unveiled on 5 July 2023. Coppa Italia References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:2023-24 Empoli FC Season Empoli FC seasons Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno River, Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Ancient Ro ...
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Empoli FC
Empoli Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Empoli, Tuscany. Founded in 1920, the side is part of a select group of Italian football clubs not based in a provincial capital city that have participated in Serie A. Empoli has spent most of its history in professional football. Empoli competed in European competitions once, in which they were eliminated in the qualification stage of 2007–08 UEFA Cup. History From the 1920s to the 1970s In August 1920 in Empoli, ''Foot Ball Club Empoli'' and the football section ''Unione Sportiva Empoli'' were born. After the participation of a tournament in San Miniato, the two merged into a single local football club. The next season, the new club, after having obtained in September affiliation in the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) ratified by the Tuscan Regional Committee, was included in Group A of the Tuscan Promozione 1921–22, but did take part due to economic problems, choosing instead to join the league ...
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Stiven Shpendi
Stiven Shpendi (born 19 May 2003) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Carrarese on loan from Empoli. He also plays for the Albania under-21 national team. Club career Early career Stiven was born in Ancona, Italy. His parents are originally from Pukë and had emigrated from Albania in 1997; they hold dual citizenship. His twin brother is footballer Cristian Shpendi. Their first team was Real Metauro, from where they moved to Delfino Fano and then to San Marino academy until they went to Cesena. Shpendi made his professional debut on 10 October 2021 against Ancona-Matelica in the 2021–22 Serie C, replacing Mattia Bortolussi in the last minutes of the match. In February 2022, he (along with his brother) signed a new deal through June 2025. He concluded his first season with the senior squad by making two appearances. 2022–23 season Shpendi begun the new season by scoring his first professional goal in team's 2–1 win against Carrares ...
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UC Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Genoa, Liguria. Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the List of football club mergers, merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s,Il Calcio Ginnastico
Associazione Calcio Sampierdarenese, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria. Both the team name and colours reflect this union, the first being a combination of the names, the second taking the form of a unique kit design, predominantly blue (for Andrea Doria) with white, red and black bands (for Sampierdarenese) across the centre of the shirt, hence the nickname ''blucerchiati'' ("blue-circled"). Sampdoria play at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, capacity 33,205, which ...
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Bartosz Bereszyński
Bartosz Bereszyński (born 12 July 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Sampdoria, which he captains, and the Poland national team. Club career Born in Poznań, Bereszyński played youth football with TPS Winogrady Poznań, Poznaniak Poznań, Warta Poznań and Lech Poznań. He played senior football with Lech Poznań, Warta Poznań and Legia Warsaw. While with Lech Poznań, he played in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He was one of the very few players to have moved voluntarily from Lech to Legia, who are fierce rivals, was nicknamed "Judas" and received a violent reaction from the Lech fans. Bereszyński was sent off in the last round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage, and was suspended for the next three European matches. He did not feature in the second round nor the first leg of the 3rd qualification round in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. However, as his club failed to include him in their squad regis ...
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Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio, commonly referred to as Cagliari (), is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia, that plays in Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. The club currently plays home matches at the 16,416-seat Unipol Domus. Founded in 1920, they won their first and only ''Scudetto'' in 1969–70 Serie A, 1969–70, when they were led by the Italy national football team, Italian national team's all-time leading scorer, Gigi Riva. The triumph was also the first by a club from south of Rome. The club's best European performance was in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, reaching the semi-finals before losing to eventual winners Inter Milan, Internazionale. As with the flag of its city, Cagliari's main colours are blue and red. The club badge incorporates the flag of Sardinia. History Before Serie A Cagliari became the first ever out-right champions of Serie C during the 1951–52 season; prior to that in the league, the championship was shared amongst m ...
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Răzvan Marin
Răzvan Gabriel Marin (; born 23 May 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Cagliari and the Romania national team. Marin began his senior career with Viitorul Constanța at age 17, quickly establishing himself as a first-team regular. His performances earned him a move abroad to Standard Liège at the start of 2017, where he won the Belgian Cup in his first full season. In 2019, he transferred to Dutch team Ajax for a reported fee of €12.5 million, but did not impose himself and joined Cagliari on an initial loan. Marin made his senior international debut for Romania in October 2016, after having previously played for the country at several youth levels. He represented the nation in the UEFA Euro 2024, where they advanced to the round of 16 as group winners. Club career Early career and Viitorul Constanța Born in Bucharest, Marin started playing football at the age of six with local Pro Luceafărul, and joined the academy o ...
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Como 1907
Como 1907 () is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy. The club competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian football, after achieving promotion in the 2023–24 Serie B, 2023–24 Serie B season. Founded in 1907 as Como Foot-Ball Club, the club adopted royal blue as its colours, and has played its home matches in 13,602-capacity Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia since 1928. The club currently has the richest club owners in Italian football after the club was bought by the Hartono brothers (Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono) through Djarum, Djarum Group in 2019. The club's minority shareholders include its current head coach, Cesc Fàbregas, and football legend Thierry Henry. Como's first season in the top flight of Italian football was in the 1913–14 Prima Categoria, and remained there until relegation in 1922. Como secured their illustrious history in the :it:Prima_Divisione_1930-1931, 1930–31 season, as ...
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Alberto Cerri
Alberto Cerri (born 16 April 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Salernitana on loan from Como. Club career Parma On 30 March 2013, Cerri made his debut for Parma as a substitute replacing Amauri in the 76th minute of a 3–0 home win over Pescara at the age of 16 years and 348 days. On 6 April 2014, he made his second appearance as a substitute replacing Jonathan Biabiany in the 92nd minute of a 1–0 home win over Napoli. Loan to Virtus Lanciano On 28 August 2014, Cerri was signed by Serie B side Virtus Lanciano on a season-long loan deal. On 30 August he made his Serie B debut for Virtus Lanciano as a substitute replacing Gaetano Vastola in the 88th minute, and he scored his first professional goal in the 94th minute of a 3–3 away draw against Catania. On 20 September, Cerri scored his second goal in the 55th minute of a 5–1 home defeat against Frosinone. On 23 September he scored his third goal in the 75th minute of a 1â ...
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Luca Belardinelli
Luca Belardinelli (born 14 March 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Empoli. Club career Belardinelli was raised in the youth system of Empoli and was first called up to the senior team in January 2019. For the 2021–22 season, he was loaned to Pro Vercelli in Serie C. On 9 July 2022, Belardinelli joined Südtirol in Serie B on loan. He made his Serie B debut for Südtirol on 14 August 2022 in a game against Brescia. On 7 January 2025, Belardinelli returned to Südtirol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The provinc ... on loan until the end of the season. International career Belardinelli represented Italy in friendlies for the Under-18 and Under-19 squads. References External links * 2001 births Living peopl ...
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Liberato Cacace
Liberato Gianpaolo Cacace ( ; born 27 September 2000) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Empoli and the New Zealand national team. Club career Island Bay As a youth, Cacace played for Island Bay United and was also a representative player of Capital Football for two years in their 1999 squad. He was chosen by former Wellington Phoenix and All Whites coach Ricki Herbert to be part of his junior elite academy. Cacace also played for his school team at St Patrick's College in Wellington, alongside South Sudan international Manyumow Achol. Cacace helped his college team win the Wellington Premier Youth football league, scoring in the 2–1 final against Hutt International Boys' School. Wellington Phoenix Reserves Cacace started playing for the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in the New Zealand Football Championship in the 2016–17 season, making eight appearances, including four starts. During the winter season, Cacace played with Welling ...
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Emmanuel Gyasi
Emanuel Quartsin Gyasi (born 11 January 1994) is a professional footballer and plays as a forward or left winger for Serie A club Empoli. Born in Italy, he plays for the Ghana national team. Club career A Torino youth product, Gyasi made his Serie C debut for Pisa on 17 September 2014 in a game against Savona. After a number of years spent on loan to minor league teams, Gyasi signed for Spezia in 2018. With the Ligurian club, Gyasi won promotion to Serie A in 2020 and made his top-flight debut later that year.In 2023 he signed for Empoli. International career Gyasi debuted for the Ghana national team in a 1–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with South Africa on 25 March 2021. Personal life Gyasi was born in Palermo to Ghanaian parents, living in the Sicilian capital until the age of four. After moving back to Ghana, he returned in Italy with his family at the age of 11, settling down in Pino Torinese Pino Torinese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metro ...
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Francesco Caputo
Francesco Caputo (born 6 August 1987), commonly known as Ciccio, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He has also represented the Italy national team. Club career Caputo started his career in the Pugliesi amateur divisions, first with Toritto and then with Real Altamura, before joining Bari in the summer of 2008. With the club, Caputo won the Serie B title during the 2008–09 season, but he was excluded from Bari's Serie A plans the following season. In mid-2009, he was loaned to Salernitana, along with his teammates Giuseppe Statella and Gianluca Galasso. The following season he was loaned out to Siena. He returned to Bari in 2011, and remained at the club for four seasons. In 2015, he joined Entella on loan with an option to buy; at the end of the season, he was signed outright by the club. He remained with Entella for two seasons, scoring 35 goals. On 18 August 2017, Empoli signed Caputo on a four-year contract for €2.8 million plus bonuses. He ...
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