2015–16 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season

Sassuolo

2015–16 season

President

Carlo Rossi

Manager

Eusebio Di Francesco

Stadium

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

Serie A

6th

Coppa Italia

Fourth round

Top goalscorer

League:
Domenico Berardi,
Grégoire Defrel,
Nicola Sansone (7)
All:
Domenico Berardi,
Grégoire Defrel,
Nicola Sansone (7)

Highest home attendance

20,570 vs Juventus
(28 October 2015, Serie A)

Lowest home attendance

2,071 vs Cagliari
(3 December 2015, Coppa Italia)

Average home league attendance

11,437^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2015–16 season is Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's third consecutive season in Serie A. The team will compete in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2016

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	Alberto Pomini
3	DF	Alessandro Longhi
4	MF	Francesco Magnanelli (captain)
5	DF	Luca Antei
6	MF	Lorenzo Pellegrini
7	MF	Simone Missiroli
8	MF	Davide Biondini
9	FW	Diego Falcinelli
10	MF	Karim Laribi
11	DF	Šime Vrsaljko
13	DF	Federico Peluso
15	DF	Francesco Acerbi

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Matteo Politano (on loan from Roma)
17	FW	Nicola Sansone
21	DF	Leonardo Fontanesi
23	DF	Marcello Gazzola
25	FW	Domenico Berardi
26	DF	Emanuele Terranova
28	DF	Paolo Cannavaro
29	FW	Marcello Trotta
32	MF	Alfred Duncan
47	GK	Andrea Consigli
79	GK	Gianluca Pegolo
92	FW	Grégoire Defrel

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Internazionale	38	20	7	11	50	38	+12	67	Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage
5	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	60	42	+18	64	Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage
6	Sassuolo	38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7	Milan	38	15	12	11	49	43	+6	57
8	Lazio	38	15	9	14	52	52	0	54

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.^[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
38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	8	8	3	25	20	+5	8	5	6	24	20	+4

Last updated: 14 May 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W
Position	5	4	6	5	3	4	8	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Sassuolo	2–1	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magnanelli 4' Floro Flores 32' Berardi 45' Peluso 57' Sansone 84', 86'	Report	Hamšík 3' Chiricheș 18' Valdifiori 39'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,755 Referee: Daniele Doveri

29 August 2015 2	Bologna	0–1	Sassuolo	Bologna
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Falco 18' Destro 26' Ferrari 66'	Report	Cannavaro 24' Floro Flores 86'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 15,732 Referee: Carmine Russo

13 September 2015 3	Sassuolo	2–2	Atalanta	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magnanelli 22' Duncan 26' Floro Flores 41' Sansone 61' Vrsaljko 83', 84' Missiroli 89'	Report	Cherubin 6' Pinilla 13', 33', 38', 48' Paletta 19' Bellini 23' Tolói 90+2'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 8,644 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

20 September 2015 4	Roma	2–2	Sassuolo	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 36' Salah 49' Maicon 57' De Rossi 73'	Report	Defrel 22' Politano 40', 45' Sansone 86' Peluso 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,727 Referee: Davide Massa

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	Sassuolo	1–1	Chievo	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Defrel 3' Peluso 12' Magnanelli 56' Berardi 64'	Report	Paloschi 24' Hetemaj 43'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Michael Fabbri

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

18 October 2015 8	Sassuolo	2–1	Lazio	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 7' (pen.) Sansone 44' Missiroli 60'	Report	Lulić 7' Milinković-Savić 20' Anderson 67' Cataldi 75', 90+3' Maurício 85'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,812 Referee: Marco Guida

25 October 2015 9	Milan	2–1	Sassuolo	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bacca 31' (pen.) Abate 33' Luiz Adriano 86'	Report	Consigli 30' Berardi 31', 53' Cannavaro 71' Missiroli 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 37,568 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

28 October 2015 10	Sassuolo	1–0	Juventus	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Peluso 13' Sansone 20', 90+4' Pegolo 60' Berardi 68' Cannavaro 82'	Report	Chiellini 4', 39' Lemina 18' Pogba 77'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 20,570 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

1 November 2015 11	Udinese	0–0	Sassuolo	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Danilo 11'	Report	Missiroli 5' Biondini 22'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,277 Referee: Federico La Penna

8 November 2015 12	Sassuolo	1–0	Carpi	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Falcinelli 23' Sansone 28' Pellegrini 58' Biondini 66' Consigli 85'	Report	Marrone 27' Lollo 57' Zaccardo 64' Di Gaudio 73' Wallace 90+2'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,264 Referee: Paolo Valeri

22 November 2015 13	Genoa	2–1	Sassuolo	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rincón 25', 51' Perin 42' Perotti 42' Burdisso 88' Pavoletti 90+5'	Report	Berardi 41' Acerbi 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,347 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

30 November 2015 14	Sassuolo	1–1	Fiorentina	Reggio Emilia
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Floccari 42', 53' Vrsaljko 56'	Report	Valero 5' Badelj 66'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,633 Referee: Davide Massa

6 December 2015 15	Sampdoria	1–3	Sassuolo	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Silvestre 84' Zukanović 90' Cassani 90+3'	Report	Acerbi 8', 17' Floccari 27' Vrsaljko 29' Pellegrini 39', 43'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,581 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

20 December 2015 17	Hellas Verona	1–1	Sassuolo	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hallfreðsson 1' Toni 39' Sala 50'	Report	Missiroli 5' Floccari 35'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 16,949 Referee: Marco Guida

6 January 2016 18	Sassuolo	2–2	Frosinone	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ajeti 22' (o.g.) Pellegrini 32', 90+3' Peluso 44' Falcinelli 75'	Report	Dionisi 16' Ajeti 45' Leali 73' Pavlović 79'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 8,850 Referee: Luca Pairetto

10 January 2016 19	Internazionale	0–1	Sassuolo	Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Murillo 34' Miranda 90+4'	Report	Cannavaro 67' Magnanelli 82' Berardi 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 40,322 Referee: Daniele Doveri

16 January 2016 20	Napoli	3–1	Sassuolo	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Callejón 19' Higuaín 42', 90+3'	Report	Falcinelli 3' (pen.) Acerbi 88'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 40,047 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

20 January 2016 16	Sassuolo	1–1	Torino	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Acerbi 40' Vrsaljko 83' Magnanelli 86'	Report	Belotti 22' Benassi 58' Glik 70' Maksimović 78' Acquah 90+2'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Domenico Celi
Note: Postponed to 20 January 2016 due to heavy fog.

24 January 2016 21	Sassuolo	0–2	Bologna	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Giaccherini 68' Ferrari 87' Brighi 90+1' Floccari 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,202 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

30 January 2016 22	Atalanta	1–1	Sassuolo	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Conti 25' Denis 32' Diamanti 69'	Report	Berardi 27', 33' Consigli 32' Defrel 66' Longhi 70'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,640 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

2 February 2016 23	Sassuolo	0–2	Roma	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duncan 76'	Report	Salah 11' Keita 30' Nainggolan 73', 87' Vainqueur 90+1' El Shaarawy 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,102 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

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

13 February 2016 25	Chievo	1–1	Sassuolo	Verona
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rigoni 23' Radovanović 25' Birsa 25', 29' (pen.)	Report	Peluso 28' Sansone 30' Missiroli 59'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Davide Ghersini

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

29 February 2016 27	Lazio	0–2	Sassuolo	Rome
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maurício 40'	Report	Magnanelli 20' Berardi 41' (pen.) Consigli 58' Defrel 67'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 13,995 Referee: Antonio Damato

6 March 2016 28	Sassuolo	2−0	Milan	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Berardi 5' Duncan 27' Defrel 64', 77' Sansone 72'	Report	Bonaventura 1' Bertolacci 87'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 17,697 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

11 March 2016 29	Juventus	1–0	Sassuolo	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dybala 36'	Report	Duncan 23' Sansone 41' Vrsaljko 55'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,240 Referee: Domenico Celi

20 March 2016 30	Sassuolo	1–1	Udinese	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Antei 13' Politano 64' Defrel 67'	Report	Zapata 8' Heurtaux 9' Hallfreðsson 32' Felipe 83' Danilo 88'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,344 Referee: Marco Di Bello

2 April 2016 31	Carpi	1–3	Sassuolo	Modena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gagliolo 21', 25' Bianco 40' Verdi 89'	Report	Sansone 4', 75' Magnanelli 24' Defrel 35' Vrsaljko 55' Acerbi 73'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 7,457 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

9 April 2016 32	Sassuolo	0–1	Genoa	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Duncan 76' Politano 88'	Report	Džemaili 42' Muñoz 55'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,249 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

17 April 2016 33	Fiorentina	3–1	Sassuolo	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonzalo 10' Iličić 57' Tello 59' Consigli 83' (o.g.)	Report	Vrsaljko 35' Peluso 45' Berardi 55', 86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,585 Referee: Luca Banti

20 April 2016 34	Sassuolo	0–0	Sampdoria	Reggio Emilia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cannavaro 36' Sansone 44' Pellegrini 63' Berardi 81'	Report	Diakité 18' Dodô 19' Ranocchia 22', 27' Krstičić 88'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,392 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

24 April 2016 35	Torino	1–3	Sassuolo	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Peres 7' Gazzi 87' Moretti 88'	Report	Sansone 2' Peluso 21', 75' Trotta 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 19,751 Referee: Michael Fabbri

1 May 2016 36	Sassuolo	1–0	Hellas Verona	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pellegrini 58'	Report	Albertazzi 39'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,389 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

8 May 2016 37	Frosinone	0–1	Sassuolo	Frosinone
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gucher 16' Kragl 32' Dionisi 81' Crivello 86'	Report	Peluso 14' Cannavaro 55' Berardi 81' Politano 85', 86'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

15 May 2016 38	Sassuolo	3–1	Internazionale	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Politano 6', 39' Pellegrini 26' Magnanelli 31' Duncan 66' Cannavaro 85'	Report	Telles 22' Palacio 32' Brozović 55' Murillo 59', 59' Juan Jesus 66'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2015–16 Coppa Italia

15 August 2015 Third round	Sassuolo	2–0	Modena	Reggio Emilia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Falcinelli 53' Floro Flores 66'	Report		Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 2,329 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

3 December 2015 Fourth round	Sassuolo	0–1	Cagliari	Reggio Emilia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Politano 90+4'	Report	Sau 18', 36' Cragno 76' Benedetti 90+5' Colombatto 90+6'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 2,071 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

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		Alberto Pomini	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	GK		Andrea Consigli	38	0	37	0	1	0
79	GK		Gianluca Pegolo	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF		Alessandro Longhi	8	0	4+2	0	1+1	0
5	DF		Luca Antei	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
11	DF		Šime Vrsaljko	36	0	35	0	1	0
13	DF		Federico Peluso	36	1	34	1	1+1	0
15	DF		Francesco Acerbi	38	4	36	4	2	0
21	DF		Leonardo Fontanesi	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Marcello Gazzola	10	0	4+5	0	1	0
26	DF		Emanuele Terranova	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
28	DF		Paolo Cannavaro	32	0	30+1	0	1	0
98	DF		Claude Adjapong	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Francesco Magnanelli	35	1	34	1	1	0
6	MF		Lorenzo Pellegrini	20	3	13+6	3	1	0
7	MF		Simone Missiroli	25	2	22+2	2	1	0
8	MF		Davide Biondini	23	0	12+10	0	1	0
10	MF		Karim Laribi	11	0	6+5	0	0	0
32	MF		Alfred Duncan	35	1	27+6	1	2	0
Forwards
9	FW		Diego Falcinelli	28	3	11+15	2	2	1
16	FW		Matteo Politano	29	5	11+17	5	0+1	0
17	FW		Nicola Sansone	38	7	28+9	7	1	0
25	FW		Domenico Berardi	31	7	26+3	7	2	0
29	FW		Marcello Trotta	8	1	1+7	1	0	0
92	FW		Grégoire Defrel	35	7	24+9	7	0+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
20	DF		Lorenzo Ariaudo	5	0	2+2	0	1	0
83	FW		Antonio Floro Flores	16	4	8+6	3	1+1	1
99	FW		Sergio Floccari	7	4	5+2	4	0	0

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	17	FW	Nicola Sansone	7	0	7
	25	FW	Domenico Berardi	7	0	7
	92	FW	Grégoire Defrel	7	0	7
4	16	FW	Matteo Politano	5	0	5
5	15	DF	Francesco Acerbi	4	0	4
	83	FW	Antonio Floro Flores	3	1	4
	99	FW	Sergio Floccari	4	0	4
8	6	MF	Lorenzo Pellegrini	3	0	3
8	9	FW	Diego Falcinelli	2	1	3
10	7	MF	Simone Missiroli	2	0	2
11	4	MF	Francesco Magnanelli	1	0	1
	13	DF	Federico Peluso	1	0	1
	29	FW	Marcello Trotta	1	0	1
	32	MF	Alfred Duncan	1	0	1
Own goal				2	0	1
Totals				49	2	51

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	47	GK		Andrea Consigli	10	1	11
Totals					10	1	11

Last updated: 8 May 2016

References

↑ http://www.stadiapostcards.com/a15-16.htm
↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	8	8	3	25	20	+5	8	5	6	24	20	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	8	8	3	25	20	+5	8	5	6	24	20	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	8	8	3	25	20	+5	8	5	6	24	20	+4