2015–16 U.S. Città di Palermo season

2015–16 season

Chairman

Manager

Giuseppe Iachini
(until 10 November 2015)
Davide Ballardini
(from 10 November 2015 to 11 January 2016)
Fabio Viviani
(caretaker)
(from 11 January 2016 to 26 January 2016)^[1]
Giovanni Tedesco
(from 26 January 2016 to 10 February 2016)
Giovanni Bosi
(from 10 February 2016)

Stadium

15th

Top goalscorer

League:
Alberto Gilardino (6)
All:
Alberto Gilardino (7)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo's second season back in Serie A after having been relegated to Serie B at the end of the 2012–13 season. The club will compete in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
70	Stefano Sorrentino	GK	(1979-03-28) 28 March 1979	Confirmed
91	Simone Colombi	GK	(1991-07-01) 1 July 1991	Cagliari
Defenders
2	Roberto Vitiello	RB	(1983-05-08) 8 May 1983	Confirmed
3	Andrea Rispoli	RB	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988	Parma	Confirmed
4	Siniša Anđelković	CB	(1986-02-13) 13 February 1986	Confirmed
6	Edoardo Goldaniga	CB	(1993-11-02) 2 November 1993	Loan Return
7	Achraf Lazaar	LB	(1992-01-22) 22 January 1992	Confirmed
12	Giancarlo González	CB	(1988-02-08) 8 February 1988	Columbus Crew
13	Emerson Palmieri	LB	(1994-03-13) 13 March 1994	Santos	On loan
23	Aljaž Struna	CB	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990	Confirmed
33	Fabio Daprelà	LB	(1991-02-19) 19 February 1991	Confirmed
34	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	CB	(1990-03-17) 17 March 1990	Montpellier
Midfielders
5	Francesco Bolzoni	CM	(1989-05-07) 7 May 1989	Confirmed
10	Oscar Hiljemark	CM	(1992-06-28) 28 June 1992	PSV
16	Gastón Brugman	CM	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992	Pescara
17	Ahmad Benali	CM	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992	Brescia
18	Ivaylo Chochev	AM	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993	CSKA Sofia
20	Franco Vázquez	AM, SS	(1989-10-24) 24 October 1989	Confirmed
21	Robin Quaison	MF	(1993-10-09) 9 October 1993	AIK
25	Enzo Maresca	CM	(1980-02-10) 10 February 1980	Confirmed
27	Luca Rigoni	MF	(1984-02-07) 7 February 1984	Chievo
28	Mato Jajalo	MF	(1988-05-25) 25 May 1988	Rijka
Forwards
8	Aleksandar Trajkovski	CM	(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992	Zulte Waregem
9	Matheus Cassini	ST	(1995-11-15) 15 November 1995	Confirmed
11	Alberto Gilardino	ST	(1982-07-05) 5 July 1982	Guangzhou Evergrande
26	Accursio Bentivegna	AM, FW	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	Youth team
54	Antonio la Gumina	ST	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996	Youth team
99	Uroš Đurđević	ST	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994	Vitesse

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
000000002015-08-27-000027 August 2015	c FW	Alberto Gilardino	33	Guangzhou Evergrande

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Atalanta	25	7	8	10	23	27	−4	29
14	Udinese	25	7	6	12	21	38	−17	27
15	Palermo	25	7	5	13	27	42	−15	26
16	Genoa	25	6	7	12	25	30	−5	25
17	Sampdoria	25	6	7	12	36	43	−7	25

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.^[2]

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
25	6	5	14	26	43	−17	23	4	2	8	17	26	−9	2	3	6	9	17	−8

Last updated: 13 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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L
Position	8	5	7	8	11	12	13	11	13	13	16	12	14	16	17	14	16	16	16	17	14	14	15	15	15

Last updated: 13 February 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Palermo	1–0	Genoa	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vitiello 28' El Kaoutari 90+1'	Report	Marchese 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,608 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

30 August 2015 2	Udinese	0–1	Palermo	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zapata 44' Merkel 56' Iturra 78' Fernandes 81'	Report	Rigoni 8' Struna 44', 70' Sorrentino 50' Jajalo 82'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Antonio Damato

13 September 2015 3	Palermo	2–2	Carpi	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hiljemark 6' El Kaoutari 40' González 66' Đurđević 88' Vitiello 89'	Report	Gagliolo 9' Bianco 16' Vitiello 24' (o.g.) Borriello 64' Gabriel Silva 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 20,250 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

19 September 2015 4	Milan	3–2	Palermo	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca 21', 75' Bonaventura 40' Montolivo 80'	Report	Hiljemark 32', 72' Lazaar 45+3' González 66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,689 Referee: Carmine Russo

23 September 2015 5	Palermo	0–1	Sassuolo	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rigoni 43', 85'	Report	Missiroli 31' Floccari 35' Vrsaljko 61' Acerbi 68' Cannavaro 72' Biondini 77' Magnanelli 83'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,730 Referee: Luca Pairetto

27 September 2015 6	Torino	2–1	Palermo	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bovo 34' Molinaro 37', 61' González 44' (o.g.) Benassi 48' Padelli 77' Obi 90'	Report	Rispoli 31' Vázquez 42' Struna 66' González 71' Quaison 88' El Kaoutari 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 17,640 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

4 October 2015 7	Palermo	2–4	Roma	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hiljemark 48' Gilardino 58', 65' Chochev 61' Struna 64' González 90+1'	Report	Pjanić 2' Florenzi 14' Gervinho 28', 90+2' Nainggolan 34' Emerson 76' Manolas 81'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 15,910 Referee: Antonio Damato

18 October 2015 8	Bologna	0–1	Palermo	Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rizzo 74'	Report	Vázquez 24', 24' Hiljemark 46' Struna 66' Rispoli 81'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 16,010 Referee: Michael Fabbri

24 October 2015 9	Palermo	1–1	Internazionale	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vázquez 38' Maresca 49' Gilardino 66', 85'	Report	Murillo 27', 79' Kondogbia 31' Perišić 60'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 20,626 Referee: Daniele Doveri

28 October 2015 10	Napoli	2–0	Palermo	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 39' Mertens 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 27,580 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

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	Palermo	1–0	Chievo	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Daprelà 42' Gilardino 71', 71' Vázquez 84' Goldaniga 90+3'	Report	Radovanović 25' Cesar 37' Gobbi 63'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,176 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

22 November 2015 13	Lazio	1–1	Palermo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gentiletti 60' Matri 62' Candreva 70' (pen.) Biglia 90+3'	Report	Goldaniga 21' Chochev 58' Hiljemark 69' Trajkovski 78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 17,175 Referee: Domenico Celi

29 November 2015 14	Palermo	0–3	Juventus	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Struna 50' Vázquez 76'	Report	Pogba 25' Mandžukić 54' Barzagli 61' Sturaro 76', 89' Zaza 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 25,737 Referee: Paolo Valeri

6 December 2015 15	Atalanta	3–0	Palermo	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Denis 18' Cherubin 26' Kurtić 42' Migliaccio 76' De Roon 80'	Report	Anđelković 50' Jajalo 65' González 68'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,499 Referee: Carmine Russo

12 December 2015 16	Palermo	4–1	Frosinone	Palermo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goldaniga 5' Vázquez 17' Đurđević 39' Trajkovski 60' Gilardino 86' González 88'	Report	Sammarco 24' Pavlović 34' Blanchard 39' Gori 42'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,402 Referee: Daniele Doveri

20 December 2015 17	Sampdoria	2–0	Palermo	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soriano 53' Fernando 63' Ivan 65', 76'	Report	Vázquez 43' Struna 57' González 90' Đurđević 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,309 Referee: Michael Fabbri

6 January 2016 18	Palermo	1–3	Fiorentina	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Struna 22' Gilardino 77' Morganella 79' Brugman 81'	Report	Iličić 13', 43' Bernardeschi 34' Badelj 73' Valero 89' Błaszczykowski 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 13,928 Referee: Antonio Damato

10 January 2016 19	Hellas Verona	0–1	Palermo	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazzini 54' Toni 70'	Report	Vázquez 27', 74' Goldaniga 44' Jajalo 47' Morganella 83'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,325 Referee: Luca Banti

17 January 2016 20	Genoa	4–0	Palermo	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suso 4' Rigoni 58' Pavoletti 71', 88' Burdisso 73' Rincón 75'	Report	Anđelković 22', 65' González 39' Goldaniga 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,387 Referee: Domenico Celi

24 January 2016 21	Palermo	4–1	Udinese	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chochev 20' Quaison 35' Hiljemark 56' Jajalo 69' Lazaar 77' Trajkovski 87'	Report	Badu 32' Widmer 44' Felipe 52' Théréau 79'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,325 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

30 January 2016 22	Carpi	1–1	Palermo	Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cofie 31' Letizia 74' Mancosu 74' (pen.)	Report	Gilardino 24' Quaison 28' Vázquez 32' González 74'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 6,835 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

3 February 2016 23	Palermo	0–2	Milan	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goldaniga 43' Jajalo 50' Vázquez 74'	Report	Bacca 19' Niang 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

7 February 2016 24	Sassuolo	2–2	Palermo	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Antei 43' Defrel 45+1' Missiroli 50' Pellegrini 55' Gazzola 73'	Report	Vázquez 30' Lazaar 40', 75' Đurđević 53'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 8,719 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

14 February 2016 25	Palermo	1–3	Torino	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gilardino 2'	Report	Immobile 19' (pen.), 69' González 31' (o.g.) Vives 40' Glik 43'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Angelo Cervellera

21 February 2016 26	Roma	v	Palermo	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

28 February 2016 27	Palermo	v	Bologna	Palermo
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

28	Internazionale	v	Palermo	Milan
				Stadium: San Siro

29	Palermo	v	Napoli	Palermo
				Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

30	Empoli	v	Palermo	Empoli
				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

31	Chievo	v	Palermo	Verona
				Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

32	Palermo	v	Lazio	Palermo
				Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

33	Juventus	v	Palermo	Turin
				Stadium: Juventus Stadium

34	Palermo	v	Atalanta	Palermo
				Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

35	Frosinone	v	Palermo	Frosinone
				Stadium: Stadio Matusa

36	Palermo	v	Sampdoria	Palermo
				Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

37	Fiorentina	v	Palermo	Florence
				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

38	Palermo	v	Hellas Verona	Palermo
				Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2015–16 Coppa Italia

15 August 2015 Third round	Palermo	2–1	Avellino	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chochev 10' Rigoni 53', 64' Quaison 61' Rispoli 80' Jajalo 89'	Report	Biraschi 20' Gavazzi 49' Trotta 60' Frattali 86'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,479 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

2 December 2015 Fourth round	Palermo	2–3	Alessandria	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rispoli 3' Vázquez 22' Quaison 53' Trajkovski 55' Daprelà 75' Gilardino 85'	Report	Loviso 4' (pen.) Sirri 18' Marconi 23' Nicco 78', 82' Sabato 80', 83' Branca 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Luigi Nasca

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	11	FW	Alberto Gilardino	6	1	7
2	10	MF	Oscar Hiljemark	4	0	4
2	20	MF	Franco Vázquez	4	0	4
4	8	MF	Aleksandar Trajkovski	2	1	3
5	6	DF	Edoardo Goldaniga	2	0	2
	12	DF	Giancarlo González	2	0	2
	21	MF	Robin Quaison	1	1	2
	27	MF	Luca Rigoni	1	1	2
	99	FW	Uroš Đurđević	2	0	2
10	7	DF	Achraf Lazaar	1	0	1
10	34	DF	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Total				26	4	30

Last updated: 13 February 2016

References

↑ Palermo caccia Ballardini: il nuovo tecnico è Schelotto
↑ "Serie A:Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

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