Salernitana have officially been relegated from Serie A to Serie B following the conclusion of Friday evening’s 3-0 loss to Frosinone at the Stadio Benito Stirpe.
After 34 matches of the 2023-24 Serie A season, Salernitana are rooted to the bottom of the table with a tally of just 15 points.
Friday’s opponents have temporarily lifted themselves out of the relegation zone and into 17th place with 31 points, which means that it is now mathematically impossible for Salernitana to catch them with four league games remaining this term.
The Granata are the first Serie A side to go down in 2023-24. Two more will follow them by the end of the season, and as it stands on Friday evening, all the teams below Monza in 11th place are not yet mathematically safe.
That means that any two of Genoa, Lecce, Cagliari, Hellas Verona, Empoli, Frosinone, Udinese or Sassuolo could still face the drop.
That situation will change by the end of the ongoing round of league fixtures.
Salernitana’s tough 2023-24 season
It has been a rough season from start to finish for Salernitana. There has been a conveyor belt of coaches in the dugout in Paulo Sousa, Pippo Inzaghi, Fabio Liverani and the current incumbent, Stefano Colantuono.
There have also only been two league wins this season, which came in a 2-1 victory over Lazio in November, and a 1-0 away win over Verona in the final game of 2023.
Away from the league, Salernitana were also dumped out of the Coppa Italia by Juventus at the Round of 16 stage, enduring a 6-1 demolition at the Allianz Stadium.