2023–24 Benevento Calcio season

Benevento Calcio
2023–24 season
Manager	Matteo Andreoletti
Stadium	Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Serie C	4th
Coppa Italia Serie C	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alexis Ferrante (4); All: ; Alexis Ferrante (4)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is Benevento Calcio's 95th season in existence and first season back in the Serie C. They are also competing in the Coppa Italia Serie C.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 September 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	Alessandro Nunziante
3	DF	ITA	Amedeo Benedetti
5	DF	ITA	Edoardo Masciangelo
6	DF	ITA	Biagio Meccariello
7	MF	SWE	Nermin Karić
8	MF	POL	Krzysztof Kubica
9	FW	ITA	Alessandro Marotta
10	FW	ITA	Camillo Ciano
11	FW	ITA	Alexis Ferrante (on loan from Ternana)
12	GK	ITA	Nicolò Manfredini
14	MF	ITA	Marco Pinato
16	MF	ITA	Riccardo Improta
18	MF	ITA	Pier Luigi Simonetti
20	DF	ITA	Filippo Berra
21	MF	ITA	Davide Agazzi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	ITA	Francesco Rillo
24	GK	ITA	Alberto Paleari
25	DF	ITA	Angelo Viscardi
27	MF	ITA	Ernesto Starita
28	DF	ITA	Emanuele Terranova
30	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Carfora
31	FW	ITA	Filippo Nardi (on loan from Cremonese)
36	DF	ITA	Francesco Perlingieri
38	MF	ITA	Angelo Talia
58	DF	ITA	Christian Pastina
77	MF	ITA	Riccardo Rossi
90	MF	ITA	Eric Lanini (on loan from Parma)
96	DF	ITA	Riccardo Capellini
98	FW	NED	Don Bolsius
99	FW	ITA	Amato Ciciretti

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
—	GK	ITA	Manuel Esposito (at Campobasso until 30 June 2024)
—	GK	ITA	Igor Lucatelli (at Virtus Francavilla until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ITA	Gaetano Letizia (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Riccio (at Portici until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ROU	Alin Toșca (at Al-Riyadh until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ITA	Angelo Veltri (at Recanatese until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ITA	Gennaro Acampora (at Bari until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Vincenzo Bisogno (at Ischia until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	GRE	Ilias Koutsoupias (at Bari until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Parisi (at Casarano until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ITA	Antonio Prisco (at Recanatese until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ITA	Mattia Viviani (at Cosenza until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ITA	Domenico Valentino (at Atletico Ascoli until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
FW	Don Bolsius	Fidelis Andria	Free	4 July 2023
DF	Amedeo Benedetti	Pordenone	Free	17 July 2023
DF	Biagio Meccariello	SPAL	Free	1 August 2023
DF	Marco Pinato	Pordenone	Free	17 August 2023
DF	Filippo Berra	Südtirol	Free	19 August 2023
MF	Davide Agazzi	Ternana	Free	19 August 2023
FW	Alessandro Marotta	Giugliano	Free	24 August 2023
FW	Alexis Ferrante	Ternana	Loan	31 August 2023
MF	Pier Luigi Simonetti	Ancona	Free	1 September 2023
DF	Emanuele Terranova	Reggina	Free	8 September 2023
FW	Amato Ciciretti	Pordenone	Free	8 September 2023
FW	Eric Lanini	Parma	Loan	19 January 2024
FW	Ernesto Starita	Monopoli	Free	14 January 2024
MF	Filippo Nardi	Cremonese	Loan	31 January 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
DF	Alin Tosca	Al-Riyadh	Loan	20 July 2023
MF	Ilias Koutsoupias	Bari	Loan	19 August 2023
MF	Mattia Viviani	Cosenza	Loan	19 August 2023
DF	Gaetano Letizia	Feralpisalo	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Gennaro Acampora	Bari	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Andres Tello	Catania	Free	30 January 2024
DF	Hamza El Kaouakibi	Sudtirol	Loan	26 January 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 August 2023 Friendly	Roma U19	1–3	Benevento
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)

12 August 2023 Friendly	Benevento	1–1	Monterosi
17:45 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	3 September 2023	27 April 2024	Matchday 1	3rd	38	18	12	8	45	33	+12	047.37
Promotion play-offs	14 May 2024		First round		3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	066.67
Coppa Italia Serie C	4 October 2023		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					42	20	14	8	51	37	+14	047.62

Source: Soccerway

Serie C

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juve Stabia (C, P)	38	22	13	3	57	24	+33	79	Promotion to Serie B Qualification for the Supercoppa di Serie C
2	Avellino	38	20	9	9	62	29	+33	69	Qualification for the national play-offs second round
3	Benevento	38	18	12	8	45	33	+12	66	Qualification for the national play-offs first round
4	Casertana	38	17	14	7	51	38	+13	65^[a]	Qualification for the group play-offs second round
5	Taranto^[b]	38	20	9	9	46	31	+15	65^[a]	Qualification for the group play-offs first round

Updated to match(es) played on 27 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)^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Casertana are ahead of Taranto on head-to-head points: Casertana 6, Taranto 0.
^ 4 points deducted due to administrative irregularities.^[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
38	18	12	8	45	33	+12	66	11	5	3	30	18	+12	7	7	5	15	15	0

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L
Position	17	9	8	5	5	2	2	4	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	4

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 7 August 2023.^[4]

3 September 2023 1	Turris	3–1	Benevento
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

11 September 2023 2	Benevento	1–0	Virtus Francavilla	Benevento
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

17 September 2023 3	Casertana	0–0	Benevento
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

21 September 2023 4	Benevento	2–1	Taranto	Benevento
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

25 September 2023 5	Brindisi	0–1	Benevento
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

1 October 2023 6	Benevento	3–2	Crotone	Benevento
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

8 October 2023 7	Audace Cerignola	0–0	Benevento
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

15 October 2023 8	Benevento	2–2	Picerno	Benevento
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

21 October 2023 9	Sorrento	0–1	Benevento
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

26 October 2023 10	Foggia	0–0	Benevento	Foggia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria

30 October 2023 11	Benevento	1–0	Potenza	Benevento
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Masciangelo 33'			Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

5 November 2023 12	Messina	0–1	Benevento	Messina
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Filippo

13 November 2023 13	Benevento	2–2	Giugliano	Benevento
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

19 November 2023 14	Monopoli	3–0	Benevento	Benevento
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

27 November 2023 15	Benevento	2–1	Monterosi	Benevento
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

3 December 2023 16	Juve Stabia	1–0	Benevento	Benevento
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

10 December 2023 17	Benevento	0–1	Avellino	Benevento
18:35 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

18 December 2023 18	Latina	0–0	Benevento	Latina
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Domenico Francioni

26 February 2024 28	Benevento	4–0	Sorrento	Benevento
20:45				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

2 March 2024 29	Benevento	1–0	Foggia	Benevento
20:45				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

7 March 2024 30

Potenza

0–2

Benevento

Potenza

10 March 2024 31	Benevento	1–1	Messina	Benevento
18:30				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

16 March 2024 32

Giugliano

1–2

Benevento

Giugliano

23 March 2024 33	Benevento	0–1	Monopoli	Benevento
14:00				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

30 March 2024 34

Monterosi

1–1

Benevento

Monterosi

8 April 2024 35	Benevento	0–0	Juve Stabia	Benevento
20:30				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

15 April 2024 36

Avellino

1–0

Benevento

Avellino

21 April 2024 37	Benevento	4–0	Latina	Benevento
20:00				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

27 April 2024 38	Catania	1–0	Benevento	Catania
18:30	Cianci 45+1'			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Emanuele Frascaro

Coppa Italia Serie C

4 October 2023 First round	Benevento	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Giugliano	Benevento
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marotta 48' Bolsius 120+2'		Yabre 53' Caldore 115'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

References

^ "Rosa Giocatori - Benevento Calcio". www.beneventocalcio.club. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ "Serie C, 4 punti di penalizzazione per il Taranto per violazioni amministrative" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "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_CAS0.27382890054669-2] Casertana are ahead of Taranto on head-to-head points: Casertana 6, Taranto 0.

[table_note_TAR0.27382890054669-4] 4 points deducted due to administrative irregularities.^[2]

[1] "Rosa Giocatori - Benevento Calcio". www.beneventocalcio.club. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[3] "Serie C, 4 punti di penalizzazione per il Taranto per violazioni amministrative" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[rules-c-5] "PLAY-OFF e PLAY-OUT CAMPIONATO SERIE C 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 March 2023.

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

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