2014–15 Empoli F.C. season

Empoli

2014–15 season

Chairman

Fabrizio Corsi

Manager

Maurizio Sarri

Stadium

Stadio Carlo Castellani

Serie A

16th

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Top goalscorer

League:
Massimo Maccarone (9)
All:
Massimo Maccarone (9)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2014–15 season will be Empoli F.C.'s first season in Serie A since the 2007–08 season. The team will compete in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

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No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Luca Castellazzi
2	DF	Vincent Laurini
5	MF	Davide Moro (captain)
6	MF	Mirko Valdifiori
7	MF	Massimo Maccarone
8	MF	Franco Signorelli
9	FW	Levan Mchedlidze
10	FW	Francesco Tavano
11	MF	Daniele Croce
16	GK	Matteo Biggeri
17	MF	Tiberio Guarente
18	MF	Simone Verdi (on loan from Torino)
19	DF	Federico Barba
20	FW	Manuel Pucciarelli

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Mário Rui
23	DF	Elseid Hysaj
24	DF	Daniele Rugani
25	DF	Matteo Bachini
26	DF	Lorenzo Tonelli
27	MF	Ludovico Gargiulo
28	GK	Davide Bassi
30	DF	Andrea Gemignani
33	GK	Luigi Sepe (on loan from Napoli)
58	DF	Luca Martinelli
77	FW	Irakli Shekiladze
95	FW	Emanuele Rovini
99	FW	Rodrigo Aguirre (on loan from Udinese)

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2014–15 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Chievo	33	10	10	13	25	33	−8	40
13	Verona	33	10	10	13	41	57	−16	40
14	Empoli	33	7	17	9	38	42	−4	38
15	Udinese	33	9	11	13	37	45	−8	38
16	Sassuolo	33	8	12	13	40	51	−11	36

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2015. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same amount of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)

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
33	7	17	9	38	42	−4	38	6	7	4	23	18	+5	1	10	5	15	24	−9

Last updated: 30 April 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W
Position	19	20	19	19	17	12	13	14	17	17	16	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	13	14	15	16	16	14

Last updated: 30 April 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

1 31 August 2014	Udinese	2–0	Empoli	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pasquale 39' Di Natale 57', 62' Badu 64'	Report	Croce 55' Verdi 74'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 7,889 Referee: Marco Di Bello

2 13 September 2014	Empoli	0–1	Roma	Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Sepe 45+1' (o.g.) De Rossi 67'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,118 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

3 20 September 2014	Cesena	2–2	Empoli	Cesena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giorgi 24' Marilungo 30' Defrel 32', 77' Cascione 51' Lucchini 54'	Report	Tavano 55' (pen.) Rugani 72' Vecino 76'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,073 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

4 23 September 2014	Empoli	2–2	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tonelli 13' Pucciarelli 21' Vecino 42' Valdifiori 85', 86'	Report	Zapata 20' Muntari 36' Torres 43' De Sciglio 50' Honda 57'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,619 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

5 28 September 2014	Chievo	1–1	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Radovanović 45+1' Meggiorini 50' Hetemaj 86' Biraghi 90+1'	Report	Pucciarelli 59' Hysaj 74'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Davide Massa

6 5 October 2014	Empoli	3–0	Palermo	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone 4' Tonelli 33' Pucciarelli 63'	Report	Vázquez 11' Feddal 16' Bolzoni 37' Terzi 70'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

7 20 October 2015	Genoa	1–1	Empoli	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bertolacci 14', 90+2' Antonini 71' Perotti 78'	Report	Croce 76' Tonelli 77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,843 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

8 25 October 2014	Empoli	0–4	Cagliari	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Valdifiori 37' Moro 63'	Report	Sau 31' Avelar 36', 38' (pen.) Ekdal 45+2' Crisetig 51' Farias 86'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,121 Referee: Luca Pairetto

9 28 October 2014	Sassuolo	3–1	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Taïder 44' Missiroli 56' Floccari 61' Berardi 73' Acerbi 89'	Report	Croce 18' Vecino 19' Maccarone 28' Tonelli 75'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato

10 1 November 2014	Empoli	0–2	Juventus	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli 60', 90+5' Hysaj 90+2'	Report	Vidal 53' Pirlo 61' Morata 72'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 14,698 Referee: Paolo Valeri

11 9 November 2014	Empoli	2–1	Lazio	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barba 52' Maccarone 55' Mário Rui 84'	Report	Cavanda 38' Ederson 57' Đorđević 66'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,153 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

12 23 November 2014	Parma	0–2	Empoli	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lodi 47' Galloppa 54' Acquah 57' Belfodil 70'	Report	Vecino 45+1' Tavano 56' Maccarone 70'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 10,625 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

13 30 November 2014	Empoli	0–0	Atalanta	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Croce 5' Tavano 73'	Report	Dramé 29' Cigarini 83' Migliaccio 90'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,938 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

14 7 December 2014	Napoli	2–2	Empoli	Naples
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maggio 63' Zapata 67' Albiol 69' De Guzmán 72'	Report	Verdi 19' Rugani 53' Laxalt 63' Mário Rui 73'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,128 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

15 15 December 2014	Empoli	0–0	Torino	Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vecino 4' Mário Rui 69'	Report	Gazzi 17' Jansson 32', 90+1' Moretti 55' El Kaddouri 79'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,796 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

16 21 December 2014	Fiorentina	1–1	Empoli	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vargas 44' El Hamdaoui 88' Valero 90' Aquilani 90+1'	Report	Maccarone 32' Tonelli 57' Pucciarelli 89' Zieliński 90+1' Valdifiori 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,162 Referee: Carmine Russo

17 6 January 2015	Empoli	0–0	Verona	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli 49', 65'	Report	Sala 24' Toni 41' Campanharo 59' Hallfreðsson 68', 77'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,705 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

18 11 January 2015	Sampdoria	1–0	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Éder 49' Palombo 59'	Report	Mário Rui 24' Hysaj 36'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,931 Referee: Dino Tommasi

19 17 January 2015	Empoli	0–0	Internazionale	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mchedlidze 57'	Report	Vidić 86' Medel 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,449 Referee: Daniele Doveri

20 26 January 2015	Empoli	1–2	Udinese	Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saponara 37' (pen.), 38' Barba 90+4'	Report	Di Natale 19' Danilo 36' Widmer 60' Kone 61', 74' Piris 69'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Davide Ghersini

21 31 January 2015	Roma	1–1	Empoli	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Manolas 38' Maicon 57' Florenzi 58' Astori 90+1' Nainggolan 90+4'	Report	Maccarone 39' (pen.) Saponara 43', 45+2' Croce 50' Valdifiori 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Carmine Russo

22 8 February 2015	Empoli	2–0	Cesena	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 29' Mário Rui 45+1' Signorelli 57' Mchedlidze 83'	Report	De Feudis 11' Capelli 36' Giorgi 63' Rodríguez 82'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,586 Referee: Daniele Orsato

23 15 February 2015	Milan	1–1	Empoli	Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Destro 40' Rami 48' Antonelli 64' Paletta 81' Diego López 84'	Report	Maccarone 68' Verdi 78' Tonelli 90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 27,170 Referee: Paolo Valeri

24 22 February 2015	Empoli	3–0	Chievo	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rugani 22' Maccarone 46', 67'	Report	Radovanović 36' Botta 87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

25 1 March 2015	Palermo	0–0	Empoli	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rispoli 37' Dybala 51' Daprelà 69'	Report	Hysaj 5' Vecino 18' Zieliński 89'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,352 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

26 8 March 2015	Empoli	1–1	Genoa	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barba 66' Mário Rui 75' Valdifiori 88'	Report	Niang 27' Burdisso 61' Bertolacci 69'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,392 Referee: Fabio Maresca

27 14 March 2015	Cagliari	1–1	Empoli	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Farias 8' João Pedro 20' Balzano 57'	Report	Zieliński 75' Vecino 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

28 22 March 2015	Empoli	3–1	Sassuolo	Empoli
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saponara 46', 60' Mchedlidze 59'	Report	Acerbi 44' Rugani 49' (o.g.) Magnanelli 62'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,703 Referee: Dino Tommasi

29 4 April 2015	Juventus	2–0	Empoli	Turin
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tevez 43', 48' Barzagli 89' Pereyra 90+4'	Report	Mário Rui 66' Saponara 78'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,029 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

30 12 April 2015	Lazio	4–0	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mauri 4' Klose 31', 55' Candreva 44' Novaretti 46', 58' Anderson 53' Cana 75' Cavanda 81'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,096 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

31 19 April 2015	Empoli	2–2	Parma	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone 32' Tonelli 45'	Report	Lodi 19' Mauri 62' Belfodil 73'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

32 26 April 2015	Atalanta	2–2	Empoli	Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benalouane 33' Gómez 43' Cigarini 61' D'Alessandro 85' Denis 90+3'	Report	Saponara 41' Pucciarelli 56' Maccarone 60'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,651 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

33 30 April 2015	Empoli	4–2	Napoli	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone 8' Laurini 15' Britos 43' (o.g.) Saponara 45+1' Tonelli 71' Albiol 81' (o.g.) Verdi 90+1'	Report	Ghoulam 24' Laurini 64' (o.g.) Higuaín 79' Hamšík 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Davide Massa

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Coppa Italia

Main article: 2014–15 Coppa Italia

Third round 24 August 2014	Empoli	3–0	L'Aquila	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verdi 10' Tavano 19', 80' Mchedlidze 53'		Del Pinto 33' Karkalis 69'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Sig. Roca di Foggia

Fourth round 3 December 2014	Empoli	2–0	Genoa	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Laxalt 4' Mchedlidze 68', 73' Zieliński 89'	Report	Greco 8' Matri 75' Pinilla 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Marco Di Bello

Round of 16 20 January 2015	Roma	2–1 (aet)	Empoli	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iturbe 5' Yanga-Mbiwa 99' De Rossi 114' (pen.)	Report	Bianchetti 55' Verdi 80' Vecino 113' Zieliński 113' Laxalt 120+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Marco Di Bello

Statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played
Games won
Games drawn
Games lost
Biggest win
Biggest loss
Biggest win (League)
Biggest win (Cup)
Biggest loss (League)
Biggest loss (Cup)
Clean sheets
Goals scored
Goals conceded
Goal difference
Average GF per game
Average GA per game
Yellow cards
Red cards
Most appearances
Top scorer
Worst discipline
Penalties for
Penalties against
League points
Winning rate

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Luca Castellazzi	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Matteo Biggeri	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Davide Bassi	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Luigi Sepe	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Vincent Laurini	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Federico Barba	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Mário Rui	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Elseid Hysaj	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Daniele Rugani	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Matteo Bachini	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Lorenzo Tonelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Andrea Gemignani	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	DF		Luca Martinelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Davide Moro	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Mirko Valdifiori	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Massimo Maccarone	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Franco Signorelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Daniele Croce	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Tiberio Guarente	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Simone Verdi	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Ludovico Gargiulo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Levan Mchedlidze	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Francesco Tavano	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Manuel Pucciarelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Irakli Shekiladze	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	FW		Emanuele Rovini	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Rodrigo Aguirre	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 July 2014
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total

Last updated: 14 July 2014

Assists

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total

Last updated: 14 July 2014

References

2014–15 in Italian football

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Domestic cups

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Supercoppa Italiana
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