2023–24 Delfino Pescara 1936 season

The 2023–24 season is Delfino Pescara 1936's 88th season in existence and first one back in the Serie C. They are also competing in the Coppa Italia Serie C.

Delfino Pescara 1936
2023–24 season
ChairmanDaniele Sebastiani
ManagerZdeněk Zeman
(until 22 February)
Giovanni Bucaro
(from 22 February to 16 March)
Emmanuel Cascione
(from 18 March)
StadiumStadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Serie C6th
Coppa Italia Serie CQuarter-finals
2024–25 →

Players

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First-team squad

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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 Giuseppe Ciocci (on loan from Cagliari)
2 DF   ITA Lorenzo Milani
5 DF   ITA Davide Di Pasquale (on loan from Arezzo)
6 MF   ITA Niccolò Squizzato
7 FW   ITA Michele Masala
8 MF   ITA Salvatore Aloi
9 FW   ITA Edoardo Vergani
10 FW   ITA Davide Merola (on loan from Empoli)
11 MF   ITA Federico Accornero (on loan from Genoa)
13 DF   ITA Riccardo Brosco
15 DF   ITA Romano Floriani Mussolini (on loan from Lazio)
17 MF   EST Georgi Tunjov
18 DF   ITA Roberto Pierno
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   ITA Luca Mora
20 MF   ITA Denis Manu
22 GK   ITA Alessandro Plizzari
23 DF   ITA Filippo Pellacani
24 DF   SVK Ivan Mesík
25 DF   MDA Cornelius Staver
27 DF   ITA Brando Moruzzi
28 MF   ITA Antonino De Marco
29 FW   ITA Luigi Cuppone
30 MF   ITA Matteo Dagasso
31 FW   ITA Christian Tommasini
33 MF   ITA Simone Franchini (on loan from Padova)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   ALB Aristidi Kolaj (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   ARG Facundo Lescano (at Triestina until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW   Luigi Cuppone   Cittadella €80,000 1 July 2023
DF   Roberto Pierno   Lecce Free 15 July 2023
GK   Giuseppe Ciocci   Cagliari Loan 16 July 2023
MF   Gianmarco Cangiano   Bologna Loan 10 August 2023
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW   Gennaro Borrelli   Frosinone €300,000 1 July 2023
FW   Ľubomír Tupta   Slovan Liberec €100,000 1 July 2023
MF   Luca Palmiero   Avellino €125,000 14 July 2023
MF   Hamza Rafia   Lecce €800,000 18 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24 July 2023 Friendly Pescara   17–0   Manoppello
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
28 July 2023 Friendly Pescara   11–0   Castrum Silvi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
1 August 2023 Friendly Pescara   11–0   Villa 2015
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie C 2 September 2023 28 April 2024 Matchday 1 6th 38 16 7 15 60 55 +5 042.11
Promotion play-offs 7 May 2024 11 May 2024 First round Second round 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 000.00
Coppa Italia Serie C 5 October 2023 13 December 2023 First round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 075.00
Total 44 19 8 17 72 63 +9 043.18

Source: Soccerway

Serie C

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Perugia 38 17 12 9 44 35 +9 63 Qualification for the group play-offs second round
5 Gubbio 38 16 11 11 50 38 +12 59 Qualification for the group play-offs first round
6 Pescara 38 16 7 15 60 55 +5 55
7 Juventus Next Gen 38 15 9 14 50 44 +6 54
8 Arezzo 38 14 11 13 46 44 +2 53
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)[2]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 16 7 15 60 55  +5 55 8 5 6 28 20  +8 8 2 9 32 35  −3

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

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Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were unveiled on 7 August 2023.[3]

2 September 2023 1 Pescara 3–1 Juventus Next Gen Pescara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Referee: Domenico Mirabella
10 September 2023 2 Perugia 1–1 Pescara Perugia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Referee: Marco Emmanuele
16 September 2023 3 Pescara 3–2 Arezzo Pescara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Referee: Leonardo Mastrodomenico
19 September 2023 4 Sestri Levante 1–2 Pescara Sestri Levante
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Referee: Leonardo Mastrodomenico
2 October 2023 6 Pescara 3–2 Gubbio Pescara
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Referee: Galipo Di Firenze
8 October 2023 7 SPAL 1–2 Pescara Ferrara
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: Stefano Nicolini
11 October 2023 5 Pineto 1–0 Pescara Pineto
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Referee: Andrea Zanotti
16 October 2023 8 Pescara 0–0 Vis Pesaro Pescara
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
22 October 2023 9 Lucchese 1–4 Pescara Lucca
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
25 October 2023 10 Pescara 1–2 Torres Pescara
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
29 October 2023 11 Pescara 2–3 Recanatese Pescara
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
5 November 2023 12 Carrarese 1–0 Pescara Carrara
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
13 November 2023 13 Pescara 1–1 Rimini Pescara
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Referee: Abdoulaye Diop
25 November 2023 15 Pescara 0–1 Cesena Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
2 December 2023 16 Virtus Entella 1–2 Pescara Chiavari
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
5 December 2023 14 Pontedera 0–5 Pescara Pontedera
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
9 December 2023 17 Pescara 4–0 Olbia Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
17 December 2023 18 Ancona 1–1 Pescara Ancona
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
23 December 2023 19 Pescara 1–1 Fermana Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
7 January 2024 20 Juventus Next Gen 4–3 Pescara Alessandria
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta
Referee: Filippo Giaccaglia
15 January 2024 21 Pescara 0–1 Perugia Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
21 January 2024 22 Arezzo 1–2 Pescara Arezzo
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
27 January 2024 23 Pescara 3–0 Sestri Levante Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
3 February 2024 24 Pescara 2–0 Pineto Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
9 February 2024 25 Gubbio 4–0 Pescara Gubbio
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
13 February 2024 26 Pescara 1–2 SPAL Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
18 February 2024 27 Vis Pesaro 4–0 Pescara Pesaro
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
24 February 2024 28 Pescara 1–0 Lucchese Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
2 March 2024 29 Torres 4–1 Pescara Sassari
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
5 March 2024 30 Recanatese 3–2 Pescara Recanati
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
10 March 2024 31 Pescara 2–2 Carrarese Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
15 March 2024 32 Rimini 5–1 Pescara Rimini
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
23 March 2024 33 Pescara 1–0 Pontedera Pescara
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
30 March 2024 34 Cesena 0–3 Pescara Cesena
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
8 April 2024 35 Pescara 0–0 Virtus Entella Pescara
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
14 April 2024 36 Olbia 0–3 Pescara Olbia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
21 April 2024 37 Pescara 0–2 Ancona Pescara
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
28 April 2024 38 Fermana 1–3 Pescara Fermo
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

Promotion play-offs

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7 May 2024 First round Pescara 2–2 Pontedera Pescara
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Referee: Antonino Costanza

Pescara advances as a higher-ranked team in regular season.

11 May 2024 Second leg Pescara 1–3 Juventus Next Gen Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Referee: Michele Delrio

Coppa Italia Serie C

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5 October 2023 First round Pescara 6–1 Fermana Pescara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
9 November 2023 Second round Pescara 1–0 Pineto Pescara
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
28 November 2023 Round of 16 Pescara 2–0 Latina Pescara
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
13 December 2023 Quarter-finals Catania 2–0 Pescara Catania
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Valerio Crezzini

References

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  1. ^ "Pescara squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "PLAY-OFF e PLAY-OUT CAMPIONATO SERIE C 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Serie C, ecco i gironi e il calendario della nuova stagione". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 August 2023.
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