SERIE B · 2023/24 · ARCHIVE
Empoli Football Club 2023/24 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2023/24 · top earner Viktor Kovalenko on £39,000 per week · see the current Empoli Football Club wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £547k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £28m
SQUAD SIZE95
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £20k
Then and now
Empoli Football Club pay £102,490 a week in 2026/27 — 81% lower than the £546,800 of 2023/24.
Where the money went in 2023/24
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2023/24 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Kovalenko | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Ukraine | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sebastiano Luperto | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alberto Cerri | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 27 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Alberto Grassi | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Lorenzo Tonelli | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ardian Ismajli | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2025 | ||
| Mattia Destro | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 32 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Matteo Cancellieri | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 21 | Right winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Francesco Caputo | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 35 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Etrit Berisha | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 34 | Goalkeeper | Albania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Emmanuel Gyasi | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 29 | Winger, striker | Ghana | JUN 2025 | ||
| Nicolas Haas | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Switzerland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Nicolò Cambiaghi | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2028 | ||
| Razvan Marin | £19,000 | £988,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Romania | JUN 2025 | ||
| Bartosz Bereszynski | £17,000 | £884,000 | 30 | Right-back | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Youssef Maleh | £17,000 | £884,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Morocco | JUN 2027 | ||
| M’Baye Niang | £15,000 | £780,000 | 28 | Winger, striker | Senegal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Giuseppe Pezzella | £15,000 | £780,000 | 25 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Elia Caprile | £13,000 | £676,000 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Szymon Zurkowski | £13,000 | £676,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Poland | JUN 2026 | ||
| Tyronne Ebuehi | £8,000 | £416,000 | 27 | Right-back, right midfielder | Nigeria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Samuele Perisan | £5,600 | £291,200 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sebastian Walukiewicz | £5,600 | £291,200 | 23 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Liberato Cacace | £5,000 | £260,000 | 22 | Left-back | New Zealand | JUN 2025 | ||
| Stiven Shpendi | £3,600 | £187,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Albania | JUN 2026 | ||
| Jacopo Fazzini | £3,100 | £161,200 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Luca Belardinelli | £3,000 | £156,000 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Simone Bastoni | £2,600 | £135,200 | 26 | Left-back, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Herculano Nabian | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2027 | ||
| Giacomo Corona | £1,200 | £62,400 | 19 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Andrea Sodero | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Saba Goglichidze | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | Centre-back | Georgia | JUN 2027 | ||
| Jordan Boli | £590 | £30,680 | 21 | Right-back, right midfielder | France | - | ||
| Gabriele Indragoli | £390 | £20,280 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Noah Stassin | £340 | £17,680 | 19 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2024 | ||
| Noah El Biache | £320 | £16,640 | 18 | Striker | Belgium | - | ||
| Riccardo Fini | £310 | £16,120 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Patrik Majdandžić | £300 | £15,600 | 18 | Left-back | Croatia | - | ||
| Áron Dragóner | £290 | £15,080 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Hungary | - | ||
| Luca Bonassi | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nicolò Pauliuc | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Nicola Rolla | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Salvatore Monaco | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Antonio Luca Coppola | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Szymon Gaj | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Right-back | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Matteo Mannelli | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Duccio Poggiolini | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Mattia Longo | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Manuel Cesari | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Edoardo Martinelli | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Kevin Voroneanu | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Tommaso Cobal | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Bogdan Popov | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Ukraine | JUN 2027 | ||
| Tommaso Rugani | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Herbert Ansah | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Right winger | Ghana | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mattia Huqi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Albania | JUN 2027 | ||
| Francesco Pio Vallarelli | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Lorenzo Tosto | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Lorenzo Alfani | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Francesco Versari | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Andrea Orlandi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Luigi Forciniti | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Francesco Massarelli | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Arnaud Mboumbou | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Jacopo Seghetti | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Giacomo Bertellotti | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Enrico Tatti | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Filippo Lapo Vertua | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Adi Kurti | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2026 | ||
| Michele Tempre | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Leonardo Barsotti | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Winger | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Vittorio Viti | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Roberto Berizzi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Elvaris Suplja | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Central midfielder | Kosovo | JUN 2026 | ||
| Maurizio Rossetti | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Pietro Fiorini | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Mattia Parente | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Edoardo Capacci | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Alessio Chiaverini | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Winger | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Lorenzo Tavernini | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Konstantinos Tsoulkanis | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Greece | JUN 2027 | ||
| Andrea Pignataro | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Andrea Bacciardi | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Dawid Bembnista | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2027 | ||
| Cristian Lamberta | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Niccolò Pagni | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Darius Fălcuşan | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Romania | JUN 2026 | ||
| Giovanni Lauricella | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Left winger | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Alessandro Olivieri | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right winger | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Antoan Stoyanov | £200 | £10,400 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Bulgaria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Ernesto Matteazzi | £130 | £6,760 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Lapo Paolieri | £130 | £6,760 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Giulio Bicchierini | £130 | £6,760 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Jacopo Bacci | £130 | £6,760 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Tommaso Fioravanti | £40 | £2,080 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2032 | ||
Wage vs age, 2023/24
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2023/24 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
64 Under £1k 3%
2 £1k-£2k 0%
5 £2k-£5k 3%
4 £5k-£10k 4%
10 £10k-£25k 32%
10 £25k-£100k 58%
Top 5 earners took 32% of the squad wage bill, across the 95 players we hold a 2023/24 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2023/24 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Empoli Football Club wages, 2023/24
What was Empoli Football Club's wage bill in 2023/24?
Empoli Football Club paid £546,800 a week in 2023/24 - £28,433,600 across the year - spread over a squad of 95. We hold a wage for all 95 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Empoli Football Club player in 2023/24?
Viktor Kovalenko was the highest earner in the 2023/24 squad on £39,000 a week, 2x the 22+ squad average of £19,908.
What was the average Empoli Football Club salary in 2023/24?
The average Empoli Football Club player aged 22 or over earned £19,908 a week in 2023/24, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 95. The top five earners took 32% of the bill between them.
How do Empoli Football Club's 2023/24 wages compare with now?
Empoli Football Club pay £102,490 a week in 2026/27, 81% lower than the £546,800 of 2023/24. The current squad is 50 players against 95 then.