2015–16 Empoli F.C. season

Empoli

2015–16 season

Chairman

Fabrizio Corsi

Manager

Marco Giampaolo

Stadium

Stadio Carlo Castellani

Serie A

8th

Coppa Italia

Third round

Top goalscorer

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

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2015–16 season is Empoli Football Club's second consecutive season in Serie A after their promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2013–14 season. Having finished 15th the previous season Empoli is competing only in domestic competition, in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Empoli's pre-season began with the departure of Maurizio Sarri to Napoli.^[1]

Players

As of 29 August 2015.^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Maurizio Pugliesi
2	DF	Vincent Laurini
3	DF	Marco Zambelli
4	DF	Kastriot Dermaku
5	MF	Riccardo Saponara
6	DF	Luca Bittante
7	FW	Massimo Maccarone
9	FW	Levan Mchedlidze
11	MF	Daniele Croce
12	MF	Ronaldo Pompeu
13	MF	Raffaele Maiello (on loan from Napoli)
14	MF	Assane Dioussé
15	DF	Andrea Costa
17	MF	Piotr Zieliński (on loan from Udinese)

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Federico Barba
20	FW	Manuel Pucciarelli
21	DF	Mário Rui
22	FW	Alessandro Piu
23	GK	Alberto Pelagotti
24	DF	Uroš Ćosić
26	DF	Lorenzo Tonelli
28	GK	Łukasz Skorupski (on loan from Roma)
31	DF	Michele Camporese
32	MF	Leandro Paredes (on loan from Roma)
33	MF	Rade Krunić
39	FW	Marko Livaja (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
77	MF	Marcel Büchel (on loan from Juventus)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
25 July 2015	DF	Michele Camporese	Fiorentina	Undisclosed^[3]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Lazio	25	10	6	9	34	34	0	36
8	Sassuolo	25	8	11	6	29	29	0	35
9	Empoli	25	9	7	9	30	34	−4	34
10	Bologna	25	10	3	12	29	31	−2	33
11	Torino	25	8	7	10	33	33	0	31

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2016. Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals; 8) Draw.^[4]

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
24	9	7	8	29	32	−3	34	4	3	4	14	13	+1	5	4	4	15	19	−4

Last updated: 7 February 2016.
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	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D
Position	18	18	17	14	14	17	16	17	15	13	12	13	16	12	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8

Last updated: 7 February 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Empoli	1–3	Chievo	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 7', 65'	Report	Meggiorini 53', 55' Birsa 60' Paloschi 64' Rigoni 80'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

29 August 2015 2	Milan	2–1	Empoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca 16' Luiz Adriano 69'	Report	Saponara 20' Tonelli 27' Maccarone 42'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,382 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

13 September 2015 3	Empoli	2–2	Napoli	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 3' Pucciarelli 18' Croce 45+1' Livaja 71'	Report	Insigne 7' Allan 40', 50' Jorginho 79' Hysaj 87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,632 Referee: Luca Banti

19 September 2015 4	Udinese	1–2	Empoli	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zapata 19' Iturra 27' Ali Adnan 30' Kone 54', 72' Fernandes 84' Marquinho 90'	Report	Maccarone 38', 90+2' Laurini 61' Paredes 73' Ronaldo 80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michael Fabbri

24 September 2015 5	Empoli	0–1	Atalanta	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 86' Dioussé 88'	Report	Tolói 31' Pinilla 34' Moralez 41' Grassi 48' Bellini 90'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,625 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

28 September 2015 6	Frosinone	2–0	Empoli	Frosinone
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gori 17' Soddimo 37' Dionisi 58', 71' Blanchard 79'	Report	Laurini 27' Zieliński 51' Tonelli 75' Saponara 77' Livaja 84'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Marco Guida

4 October 2015 7	Empoli	1–0	Sassuolo	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zieliński 16', 90' Tonelli 26' Maccarone 88' Krunić 90+2'	Report	Terranova 17' Peluso 36' Vrsaljko 72'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,634 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

17 October 2015 8	Roma	3–1	Empoli	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pjanić 37', 56' De Rossi 59' Salah 69'	Report	Dioussé 39' Büchel 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,124 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

24 October 2015 9	Empoli	2–0	Genoa	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli 35' Krunić 44' Zieliński 57', 64' Livaja 84'	Report	Marchese 29' Muñoz 34' Gakpé 52'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,770 Referee: Domenico Celi

29 October 2015 10	Sampdoria	1–1	Empoli	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soriano 41' Muriel 65' Éder 67'	Report	Costa 21' Dioussé 52', 88' Pucciarelli 60' Büchel 71' Skorupski 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,315 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

2 November 2015 11	Palermo	0–1	Empoli	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brugman 27' Lazaar 34' Struna 43' Anđelković 51' Rispoli 54' Quaison 59'	Report	Saponara 34', 53' Mário Rui 74' Maiello 88'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 16,731 Referee: Marco Di Bello

8 November 2015 12	Empoli	1–3	Juventus	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 19' Mário Rui 58' Krunić 69'	Report	Mandžukić 32' Evra 38' Morata 51' Buffon 60' Marchisio 81' Dybala 84'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 14,693 Referee: Davide Massa

22 November 2015 13	Fiorentina	2–2	Empoli	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rebić 24' Vecino 26' Suárez 30' Kalinić 56', 61' Bernardeschi 62' Tomović 71'	Report	Büchel 14', 27' Livaja 18', 71' Zieliński 83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,618 Referee: Luca Banti

29 November 2015 14	Empoli	1–0	Lazio	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli 5', 33' Paredes 16' Livaja 28' Pucciarelli 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,362 Referee: Michael Fabbri

6 December 2015 15	Hellas Verona	0–1	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hallfreðsson 63'	Report	Mário Rui 6' Costa 11', 61' Büchel 40' Paredes 60'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,198 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

13 December 2015 16	Empoli	3–0	Carpi	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 46', 61' Saponara 51'	Report	Gagliolo 65' Di Gaudio 72'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,863 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

19 December 2015 17	Bologna	2–3	Empoli	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brienza 36' Destro 45' Pulgar 74' Taïder 87'	Report	Pucciarelli 24' Costa 34' Maccarone 42', 48' Laurini 56' Skorupski 57' Mário Rui 65'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 19,214 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

6 January 2016 18	Empoli	0–1	Internazionale	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paredes 26' Croce 67'	Report	Murillo 16' Brozović 35' Icardi 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Domenico Celi

10 January 2016 19	Torino	0–1	Empoli	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Molinaro 20' Belotti 35' Zappacosta 90'	Report	Büchel 26' Livaja 32' Maccarone 45+2', 56' Barba 62' Paredes 66' Laurini 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 14,730 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

17 January 2016 20	Chievo	1–1	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paloschi 7' Birsa 11' Cesar 80' Pinzi 90+2'	Report	Krunić 23' Barba 41' Tonelli 47' Paredes 53'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rosario Abisso

23 January 2016 21	Empoli	2–2	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zieliński 32' Barba 36' Saponara 60' Maccarone 61'	Report	Bacca 8' Bonaventura 48' Honda 59' Montolivo 60' Balotelli 82' Romagnoli 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Carmine Russo

31 January 2016 22	Napoli	5–1	Empoli	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 33' Reina 34' Insigne 37' Hysaj 39' Allan 45' Camporese 51' (o.g.) Callejón 83', 88'	Report	Paredes 28' Zieliński 36' Tonelli 50' Büchel 79'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 39,986 Referee: Davide Massa

3 February 2016 23	Empoli	1–1	Udinese	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Croce 58' Mchedlidze 82' Paredes 89' Pucciarelli 90'	Report	Zapata 16', 23' Fernandes 50' Badu 71' Widmer 82' Kuzmanović 85' Hallfreðsson 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

7 February 2016 24	Atalanta	0–0	Empoli	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Roon 42' Diamanti 69' D'Alessandro 77'	Report	Büchel 13' Tonelli 57' Laurini 58' Livaja 84'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Michael Fabbri

13 February 2016 25	Empoli	v	Frosinone	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

21 February 2016 26	Sassuolo	v	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

27 February 2016 27	Empoli	v	Roma	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

6 March 2016 28	Genoa	v	Empoli	Genoa
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

13 March 2016 29	Empoli	v	Sampdoria	Empoli
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

20 March 2016 30	Empoli	v	Palermo	Empoli
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

3 April 2016 31	Juventus	v	Empoli	Turin
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Juventus Stadium

10 April 2016 32	Empoli	v	Fiorentina	Empoli
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

17 April 2016 33	Lazio	v	Empoli	Rome
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

20 April 2016 34	Empoli	v	Hellas Verona	Empoli
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

24 April 2016 35	Carpi	v	Empoli	Modena
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

1 May 2016 36	Empoli	v	Bologna	Empoli
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

8 May 2016 37	Internazionale	v	Empoli	Milan
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Siro

15 May 2016 38	Empoli	v	Torino	Empoli
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2015–16 Coppa Italia

15 August 2015 Third round	Empoli	0–1	Vicenza	Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Gatto 54'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

Statistics

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		Maurizio Pugliesi	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Alberto Pelagotti	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Łukasz Skorupski	25	0	24	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Vincent Laurini	18	0	17+1	0	0	0
3	DF		Marco Zambelli	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
6	DF		Luca Bittante	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
15	DF		Andrea Costa	15	1	14+1	1	0	0
21	DF		Mário Rui	25	0	24	0	1	0
24	DF		Uroš Ćosić	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Lorenzo Tonelli	21	2	20	2	1	0
31	DF		Michele Camporese	2	0	2	0	0	0
37	DF		Lorenzo Ariaudo	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Riccardo Saponara	21	5	20	5	1	0
11	MF		Daniele Croce	16	0	9+6	0	1	0
13	MF		Raffaele Maiello	9	0	4+5	0	0	0
14	MF		Assane Dioussé	13	0	8+4	0	0+1	0
17	MF		Piotr Zieliński	23	2	22	2	1	0
32	MF		Leandro Paredes	20	2	16+4	2	0	0
33	MF		Rade Krunić	12	1	4+7	1	0+1	0
77	MF		Marcel Büchel	17	2	12+5	2	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Massimo Maccarone	25	9	23+1	9	1	0
9	FW		Levan Mchedlidze	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Manuel Pucciarelli	25	4	20+4	4	1	0
22	FW		Alessandro Piu	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
39	FW		Marko Livaja	16	1	4+12	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	MF		Ronaldo	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
18	MF		Franco Signorelli	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	DF		Federico Barba	11	0	10	0	1	0
55	DF		Luca Martinelli	2	0	1	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 7 February 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Total
1	7	FW	Massimo Maccarone	9	9
2	5	MF	Riccardo Saponara	5	5
3	20	FW	Manuel Pucciarelli	4	4
4	17	MF	Piotr Zieliński	2	2
	26	DF	Lorenzo Tonelli	2	2
	32	MF	Leandro Paredes	2	2
	77	MF	Marcel Büchel	2	2
8	15	DF	Andrea Costa	1	1
	33	MF	Rade Krunić	1	1
	39	FW	Marko Livaja	1	1
	Own goal				0	0
Totals				29	29

Last updated: 3 February 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	28	GK		Łukasz Skorupski	8	0	8
Totals					8	0	8

Last updated: 7 February 2016

References

↑ http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/12/napoli-appoint-maurizio-sarri-head-coach
↑ "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2014.
↑ "Acquistato Camporese". Empoli F.C. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ "Serie A:Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

2015–16 in Italian football

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