2015–16 Empoli FC season
Appearance
2015–16 season | ||||
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President | Fabrizio Corsi | |||
Manager | Marco Giampaolo | |||
Stadium | Stadio Carlo Castellani | |||
Serie A | 10th | |||
Coppa Italia | Third round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Massimo Maccarone (13) All: Massimo Maccarone (13) | |||
Highest home attendance | 14,693 vs Juventus (8 November 2015, Serie A) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 1,000 vs Vicenza (15 August 2015, Coppa Italia) | |||
Average home league attendance | 9,510[1] | |||
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The 2015–16 season was 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 manager Maurizio Sarri to Napoli.[2]
Players
[edit]- As of 29 August 2015.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad information
[edit]Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
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25 July 2015 | DF | Michele Camporese | Fiorentina | Undisclosed[4] |
Loans in
[edit]Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
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Out
[edit]Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
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Loans out
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Competitions
[edit]Serie A
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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8 | Lazio | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 54 |
9 | Chievo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 50 |
10 | Empoli | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 46[a] |
11 | Genoa | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46[a] |
12 | Torino | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 45[b] |
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[5]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[5]
Notes:
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | −11 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
[edit]Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]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' Valdifiori 58' 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 | Toloi 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 | 1–2 | Frosinone | Empoli |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Maccarone 59' Büchel 63' Mário Rui 90+3' |
Report | Ciofani 17', 73' (pen.) Sammarco 35' Blanchard 56' Gori 58' Tonev 64' Rosi 69' Longo 85' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,897 Referee: Marco Di Bello |
21 February 2016 26 | Sassuolo | 3–2 | Empoli | Reggio Emilia |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Missiroli 14' 31' Berardi 41' Defrel 48', 50' Peluso 69' |
Report | Tonelli 10' 38' Zieliński 36' Saponara 53' Maccarone 70' (pen.) |
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,243 Referee: Paolo Valeri |
27 February 2016 27 | Empoli | 1–3 | Roma | Empoli |
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Pucciarelli 17' Zukanović 22' (o.g.) Mário Rui 63' 90+4' |
Report | El Shaarawy 5', 74' Pjanić 17', 27' Perotti 41' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,761 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni |
6 March 2016 28 | Genoa | 1–0 | Empoli | Genoa |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rigoni 48' Cerci 80' |
Report | Zambelli 31' Büchel 42' Paredes 75' Ćosić 86' |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,134 Referee: Maurizio Mariani |
12 March 2016 29 | Empoli | 1–1 | Sampdoria | Empoli |
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Mário Rui 56' Costa 69' Laurini 82' |
Report | De Silvestri 31' Quagliarella 42' Álvarez 78' Christodoulopoulos 81' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,752 Referee: Michael Fabbri |
20 March 2016 30 | Empoli | 0–0 | Palermo | Empoli |
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Paredes 68' | Report | Jajalo 55' Bentivegna 81' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,597 Referee: Davide Massa |
2 April 2016 31 | Juventus | 1–0 | Empoli | Turin |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mandžukić 44' Lichtsteiner 45+1' Zaza 67' |
Report | Paredes 53' Tonelli 86' |
Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,260 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese |
10 April 2016 32 | Empoli | 2–0 | Fiorentina | Empoli |
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Ćosić 23' Pucciarelli 41' Büchel 75' Zieliński 88', 89' |
Report | Roncaglia 24' Vecino 33' Alonso 61' Astori 84' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Antonio Damato |
17 April 2016 33 | Lazio | 2–0 | Empoli | Rome |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Candreva 6' (pen.) Keita 27' Biglia 28' Parolo 30' Onazi 44' |
Report | Ćosić 6' Mchedlidze 90' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,983 Referee: Angelo Cervellera |
20 April 2016 34 | Empoli | 1–0 | Hellas Verona | Empoli |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Saponara 44' Maccarone 50' |
Report | Viviani 16' 90' Bianchetti 19' Souprayen 26' Wszołek 90+2' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,816 Referee: Marco Serra |
24 April 2016 35 | Carpi | 1–0 | Empoli | Modena |
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Crimi 21' Lollo 30' 90' Bianco 79' Lasagna 85' Mancosu 90+4' |
Report | Ćosić 18' Mchedlidze 25' Zambelli 46' Paredes 65' Maccarone 90+5' |
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 7,667 Referee: Paolo Valeri |
1 May 2016 36 | Empoli | 0–0 | Bologna | Empoli |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Oikonomou 87' Masina 90+4' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,727 Referee: Daniele Chiffi |
7 May 2016 37 | Internazionale | 2–1 | Empoli | Milan |
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Icardi 12' Perišić 40', 88' Nagatomo 50' Handanović 87' |
Report | Büchel 21' Pucciarelli 37' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44,348 Referee: Marco Di Bello |
15 May 2016 38 | Empoli | 2–1 | Torino | Empoli |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Maccarone 12' Zambelli 31' Paredes 36' Zieliński 54' |
Report | Obi 26', 56' | Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,791 Referee: Francesco Saia |
Coppa Italia
[edit]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
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ITA | Maurizio Pugliesi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
23 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pelagotti | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | FRA | Vincent Laurini | 25 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 | DF | ITA | Marco Zambelli | 19 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
6 | DF | ITA | Luca Bittante | 17 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
15 | DF | ITA | Andrea Costa | 24 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
21 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
24 | DF | SRB | Uroš Ćosić | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
26 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
31 | DF | ITA | Michele Camporese | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
37 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Ariaudo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
5 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 34 | 5 | 32+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
11 | MF | ITA | Daniele Croce | 29 | 0 | 19+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
13 | MF | ITA | Raffaele Maiello | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
14 | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé | 16 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
17 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 36 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
32 | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes | 33 | 2 | 29+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
33 | MF | BIH | Rade Krunić | 16 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
77 | MF | LIE | Marcel Büchel | 28 | 2 | 18+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone | 38 | 13 | 35+2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
9 | FW | GEO | Levan Mchedlidze | 14 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli | 39 | 6 | 33+5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
22 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Piu | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
39 | FW | CRO | Marko Livaja | 18 | 1 | 4+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
12 | MF | BRA | Ronaldo | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
18 | MF | VEN | Franco Signorelli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
19 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
55 | DF | ITA | Luca Martinelli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
[edit]Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
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1 | 7 | FW | Massimo Maccarone | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
2 | 20 | FW | Manuel Pucciarelli | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | 5 | MF | Riccardo Saponara | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
17 | MF | Piotr Zieliński | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
5 | 26 | DF | Lorenzo Tonelli | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
32 | MF | Leandro Paredes | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
77 | MF | Marcel Büchel | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
8 | 2 | DF | Vincent Laurini | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | DF | Andrea Costa | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
33 | MF | Rade Krunić | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
39 | FW | Marko Livaja | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 40 | 0 | 40 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016
Clean sheets
[edit]Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
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1 | 28 | GK | Łukasz Skorupski | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
2 | 23 | GK | Alberto Pelagotti | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Last updated: 1 May 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
- ^ "Napoli appoint Maurizio Sarri as new head coach". 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ "Acquistato Camporese". Empoli F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.