2016–17 Delfino Pescara 1936 season

Pescara

2016–17 season

President

Daniele Sebastiani

Manager

Massimo Oddo

Stadium

Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

Serie A

18th

Coppa Italia

Fourth round

Top goalscorer

League:
Gianluca Caprari,
Rey Manaj (2)
All:
Gianluca Caprari,
Rey Manaj,
Valerio Verre (2)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2016–17 season is Delfino Pescara 1936's first season in the top-flight of Italian football after the club's relegation to Serie B at the end of the 2012–13 season. Pescara are competing in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 August 2016.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Vincenzo Fiorillo	GK	(1993-01-13) 13 January 1993	2014	2019	Juventus	€1M
12	Gabriele Aldegani	GK	(1976-05-10) 10 May 1976	2014	2017	Nocerina	Free
18	Simone Aresti	GK	(1986-03-15) 15 March 1986	2014	2017	Savona	Free
22	Mirko Pigliacelli	GK	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993	2015	2017	Frosinone	Free
31	Albano Bizzarri	GK	(1977-11-09) 9 November 1977	2016	2017	Chievo	Free
Defenders
2	Alessandro Crescenzi	LB	(1991-09-24) 24 September 1991	2015	2019	Roma	€0.3M
3	Cristiano Biraghi	LB	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992	2016	2020	Internazionale	€4M
11	Francesco Zampano	RB	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993	2014	2020	Hellas Verona	€0.8M
13	Dario Župarić	CB	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990	2013	2018	Cibalia	€0.7M
14	Hugo Campagnaro	CB	(1980-06-27) 27 June 1980	2015	2017	Internazionale	Free
23	Leonardo Maloku	RB	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998	2016	2012	Youth Academy	N/A
26	Davide Vitturini	RB	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997	2014	2021	Youth Academy	N/A
35	Andrea Coda	CB	(1985-04-25) 25 April 1985	2016	2017	Sampdoria	€0.2M
37	Norbert Gyömbér	CB	(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992	2016	2017	Roma	N/A	On loan
44	Michele Fornasier	CB	(1993-08-22) 22 August 1993	2015	2020	Sampdoria	Free
Midfielders
5	Alessandro Bruno	CM	(1983-07-04) 4 July 1983	2015	2017	Latina	Undisclosed
6	Bryan Cristante	CM	(1995-03-03) 3 March 1995	2016	2017	Benfica	On loan
7	Valerio Verre	CM	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994	2015	2020	Udinese	€4M
8	Ledian Memushaj	CM	(1986-12-07) 7 December 1986	2014	2019	Lecce	€0.2M	Captain
10	Ahmad Benali	CM	(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992	2015	2019	Palermo	€1M
16	Gastón Brugman	DM	(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992	2012	2019	Empoli	Undisclosed
20	Alberto Aquilani	CM	(1984-07-07) 7 July 1984	2016	2017	Sporting CP	Free
24	Ransford Selasi	CM	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996	2014	2020	Youth Academy	N/A
28	Alexandru Mitriță	AM	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	2015	2019	Viitorul Constanța	€0.8M
98	Ferdinando Del Sole	AM	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998	2016	2017	Youth Academy	N/A
Forwards
9	Rey Manaj	ST / CF	(1997-02-24) 24 February 1997	2016	2017	Internazionale	On loan
15	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	LW	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993	2016	2017	Paris Saint-Germain	On loan
17	Gianluca Caprari	SS	(1993-07-30) 30 July 1993	2016	2017	Internazionale	On loan
21	Simone Pepe	RW	(1983-02-30) 30 February 1983	2016	2017	Chievo	Free
27	Stefano Pettinari	ST / CF	(1992-01-27) 27 January 1992	2016	2019	Roma	Free
30	Robert Murić	RW	(1996-03-12) 12 March 1996	2016	2017	Ajax	On loan
52	Francesco Nicastro	ST / CF	(1991-10-26) 26 October 1991	2016	2018	Juve Stabia	Free

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee
000000002016-06-12-000012 June 2016	c MF	Ahmad Benali	24	Palermo	€1M
000000002016-06-12-000012 June 2016	c GK	Vincenzo Fiorillo	23	Juventus	€1M
000000002016-06-25-000025 June 2016	c MF	Valerio Verre	22	Udinese	€4M
000000002016-07-01-00001 July 2016	c DF	Andrea Coda	31	Sampdoria	€0.2M
000000002016-07-01-00001 July 2016	c DF	Antonio Mazzotta	26	Cesena	€0.3M
000000002016-07-06-00006 July 2016	c GK	Albano Bizzarri	38	Chievo	Free
000000002016-07-08-00008 July 2016	c FW	Alessio Di Massimo	20	Sant'Omero	€0.3M
000000002016-07-11-000011 July 2016	c DF	Cristiano Biraghi	23	Internazionale	€4M
000000002016-07-13-000013 July 2016	c DF	Alessandro Crescenzi	24	Roma	€0.3M
000000002016-08-23-000023 August 2016	c FW	Simone Pepe	33	Chievo	Free
000000002016-08-26-000026 August 2016	MF, MF	Alberto Aquilani	32	Sporting CP	Free

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
000000002016-08-22-000022 August 2016	c FW	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	23	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan
000000002016-08-23-000023 August 2016	c FW	Robert Murić	20	Ajax	Loan

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly		v

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	18th	—	21 August 2016	28 May 2017
Coppa Italia	Third round	—	Fourth round	13 August 2016	30 November 2016

Last updated: 30 November 2016

Serie A

Main article: 2016–17 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Udinese	14	4	3	7	18	23	−5	15
17	Empoli	15	2	4	9	7	24	−17	10
18	Pescara	15	1	5	9	12	27	−15	8	Relegation to Serie B
19	Crotone	15	1	3	11	12	29	−17	6
20	Palermo	14	1	3	10	10	27	−17	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. 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
14	1	4	9	11	26	−15	7	0	3	4	4	12	−8	1	1	5	7	14	−7

Last updated: 27 November 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	11	5	8	16	15	15	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	18

Last updated: 27 November 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

21 August 2016 1	Pescara	2–2	Napoli	Pescara
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benali 8' Caprari 35' Brugman 47' Bizzarri 52' Gyömbér 74'	Report	Albiol 29' Mertens 60', 63', 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 16,758 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

28 August 2016 2	Sassuolo	0–3 (Awarded)^[A]	Pescara	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acerbi 26' Defrel 38' Berardi 67' Biondini 90+3'	Report	Brugman 36' Campagnaro 69' Manaj 81'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,071 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

11 September 2016 3	Pescara	1–2	Internazionale	Pescara
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gyömbér 20' Bahebeck 63'	Report	João Mário 22' Icardi 77', 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 20,088 Referee: Antonio Damato

17 September 2016 4	Lazio	3–0	Pescara	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bastos 34' Radu 49', 72' Milinković-Savić 67' Immobile 76'	Report	Campagnaro 17' Verre 28'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fabio Maresca

21 September 2016 5	Pescara	0–0	Torino	Pescara
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fornasier 41' Biraghi 56' Caprari 57'	Report	Acquah 26', 45' Martínez 53' Vives 78' Hart 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 13,703 Referee: Luca Banti

25 September 2016 6	Genoa	1–1	Pescara	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Simeone 47' Edenílson 50', 74' Gakpé 51' Pandev 77' Rigoni 85'	Report	Zampano 53' Campagnaro 77' Manaj 85', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,717 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

1 October 2016 7	Pescara	0–2	Chievo	Pescara
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brugman 56'	Report	Frey 25' Spolli 46' Meggiorini 76' Dainelli 79' Inglese 85'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 13,782 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

15 October 2016 8	Pescara	1–1	Sampdoria	Pescara
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Campagnaro 23' Coda 30', 45' Aquilani 39'	Report	Campagnaro 12' (o.g.) Viviano 76'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 13,307 Referee: Domenico Celi

23 October 2016 9	Udinese	3–1	Pescara	Udine
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Théréau 9' (pen.), 71', 34' Karnezis 82' Zapata 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Campagnaro 8' Aquilani 74'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 14,317 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

26 October 2016 10	Pescara	0–1	Atalanta	Pescara
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brugman 41' Campagnaro 69' Biraghi 75'	Report	Conti 19' Konko 27' Caldara 60' Gagliardini 84'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 11,396 Referee: Marco Guida

30 October 2016 11	Milan	1–0	Pescara	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Abate 41' Bonaventura 49'	Report	Brugman 37' Mitriță 48'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,535 Referee: Daniele Doveri

6 November 2016 12	Pescara	0–4	Empoli	Pescara
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Caprari 32' Fornasier 68'	Report	Maccarone 12', 44' Krunić 16' Pucciarelli 23' Saponara 89' Dioussé 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 12,556 Referee: Daniele Orsato

19 November 2016 13	Juventus	3–0	Pescara	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Khedira 36' Mandžukić 63' Hernanes 69'	Report	Crescenzi 45' Bruno 87'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,347 Referee: Michael Fabbri

27 November 2016 14	Roma	3–2	Pescara	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Džeko 7', 10' Rüdiger 32' Nainggolan 39' Emerson 62' Perotti 71' (pen.)	Report	Biraghi 31' Memushaj 60' Župarić 67' Caprari 74', 82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 23,633 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

4 December 2016 15	Pescara	v	Cagliari	Pescara
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Referee: Daniele Doveri

10 December 2016 16	Crotone	v	Pescara	Crotone
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida

18 December 2016 17	Pescara	v	Bologna	Pescara
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

22 December 2016 18	Palermo	v	Pescara	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

19	Pescara	v	Fiorentina	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

20	Napoli	v	Pescara	Naples
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

21	Pescara	v	Sassuolo	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

22	Internazionale	v	Pescara	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

23	Pescara	v	Lazio	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

24	Torino	v	Pescara	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

25	Pescara	v	Genoa	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

26	Chievo	v	Pescara	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

27	Sampdoria	v	Pescara	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

28	Pescara	v	Udinese	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

29	Atalanta	v	Pescara	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

30	Pescara	v	Milan	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

31	Empoli	v	Pescara	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

32	Pescara	v	Juventus	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

33	Pescara	v	Roma	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

34	Cagliari	v	Pescara	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia

35	Pescara	v	Crotone	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

36	Bologna	v	Pescara	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

37	Pescara	v	Palermo	Pescara
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia

38	Fiorentina	v	Pescara	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Note

^ The Lega Serie A decided to award the match to Pescara against Sassuolo as a 3–0 forfeit win after Sassuolo were found guilty for fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 2–1 to Sassuolo.^[3]

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2016–17 Coppa Italia

13 August 2016 Third round	Pescara	2–0	Frosinone	Pescara
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verre 19', 51' Coda 43' Zampano 60' Cristante 78' Memushaj 82'		Dionisi 41'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Antonio Damato

30 November 2016 Fourth round	Atalanta	3–0	Pescara	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Raimondi 7', 76' Grassi 29' Pešić 90+3'	Report	Cristante 28' Bruno 38' Župarić 78'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Federico La Penna

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		Vincenzo Fiorillo	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	GK		Gabriele Aldegani	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK		Simone Aresti	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Mirko Pigliacelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Albano Bizzarri	15	0	14	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Alessandro Crescenzi	10	0	8+2	0	0	0
3	DF		Cristiano Biraghi	16	0	12+2	0	2	0
11	DF		Francesco Zampano	14	0	11+1	0	1+1	0
13	DF		Dario Župarić	6	0	2+2	0	2	0
14	DF		Hugo Campagnaro	11	1	11	1	0	0
23	DF		Leonardo Maloku	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Davide Vitturini	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
35	DF		Andrea Coda	4	0	3	0	1	0
37	DF		Norbert Gyömbér	6	0	4	0	1+1	0
44	DF		Michele Fornasier	9	0	7+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Alessandro Bruno	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
6	MF		Bryan Cristante	14	0	8+4	0	2	0
7	MF		Valerio Verre	11	2	7+2	0	2	2
8	MF		Ledian Memushaj	15	1	13	1	1+1	0
10	MF		Ahmad Benali	14	1	13	1	1	0
16	MF		Gastón Brugman	13	0	12	0	1	0
20	MF		Alberto Aquilani	7	1	5+2	1	0	0
21	MF		Simone Pepe	7	0	1+6	0	0	0
24	MF		Ransford Selasi	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Alexandru Mitriță	10	0	2+6	0	1+1	0
98	MF		Ferdinando Del Sole	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Rey Manaj	10	2	3+6	2	0+1	0
15	FW		Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	4	1	2+2	1	0	0
17	FW		Gianluca Caprari	15	2	13+1	2	1	0
27	FW		Stefano Pettinari	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
30	FW		Robert Murić	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
52	FW		Francesco Nicastro	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 30 November 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	7	MF	Valerio Verre	0	2	2
	9	FW	Rey Manaj	2	0	2
	17	FW	Gianluca Caprari	2	0	2
4	8	MF	Ledian Memushaj	1	0	1
	10	MF	Ahmad Benali	1	0	1
	14	DF	Hugo Campagnaro	1	0	1
	15	FW	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	1	0	1
	20	MF	Alberto Aquilani	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Totals				9	2	11

Last updated: 30 November 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	31	GK		Albano Bizzarri	1	1	2
Totals					1	1	2

Last updated: 30 November 2016

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Serie A			Coppa Italia			Total
1	GK		Vincenzo Fiorillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Gabriele Aldegani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK		Simone Aresti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Mirko Pigliacelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Albano Bizzarri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Alessandro Crescenzi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Cristiano Biraghi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	DF		Francesco Zampano	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
13	DF		Dario Župarić	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
14	DF		Hugo Campagnaro	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
26	DF		Davide Vitturini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Andrea Coda	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
37	DF		Norbert Gyömbér	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
44	DF		Michele Fornasier	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	MF		Alessandro Bruno	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	MF		Bryan Cristante	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
7	MF		Valerio Verre	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Ledian Memushaj	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Ahmad Benali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Gastón Brugman	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
20	MF		Alberto Aquilani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Simone Pepe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Alexandru Mitriță	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Rey Manaj	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	FW		Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Gianluca Caprari	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27	FW		Stefano Pettinari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Robert Murić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				29	1	0	7	0	0	36	1	0

Last updated: 30 November 2016

References

↑ "Serie A TIM 2016/2017 - Numerazione Maglie" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 12 August 2016.
↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
↑ "Comunicato uffIciale N.24 dell'30 agosto 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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