2016–17 Empoli F.C. season

Empoli

2016–17 season

President

Fabrizio Corsi

Manager

Giovanni Martusciello

Stadium

Stadio Carlo Castellani

Serie A

17th

Coppa Italia

Fourth round

Top goalscorer

League:
Massimo Maccarone (2)
All:
Massimo Maccarone (4)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2016–17 season is Empoli Football Club's third consecutive season in Serie A. The club is competing in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 August 2016^[1]

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	Federico Dimarco (on loan from Inter)
5	MF	Jose Mauri (on loan from Milan)
6	DF	Giuseppe Bellusci (on loan from Leeds)
7	FW	Massimo Maccarone (Captain)
8	MF	Assane Dioussé
9	FW	Levan Mchedlidze
10	MF	Riccardo Saponara
11	MF	Daniele Croce
13	DF	Freddie Veseli
15	DF	Andrea Costa

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Raffaele Maiello
18	FW	Alberto Gilardino
19	DF	Federico Barba
20	FW	Manuel Pucciarelli
21	DF	Manuel Pasqual
23	GK	Alberto Pelagotti
24	DF	Uroš Ćosić
28	GK	Łukasz Skorupski (on loan from Roma)
31	MF	Matheus
33	MF	Rade Krunić
77	MF	Marcel Büchel
88	MF	Andrés Tello (on loan from Juventus)^[2]
89	FW	Guido Marilungo

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Source
000000002016-05-31-000031 May 2016	c DF	Manuel Pasqual	34	Fiorentina	Free	^[3]
000000002016-06-22-000022 June 2016	c MF	Marcel Büchel	25	Juventus	Undisclosed	^[4]
000000002016-06-28-000028 June 2016	c MF	Matheus Pereira	18	Corinthians	Undisclosed	^[5]
000000002016-07-07-00007 July 2016	c FW	Alberto Gilardino	34	Palermo	Free	^[6]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Source
000000002016-07-01-00001 July 2016	c DF	Giuseppe Bellusci	26	Leeds United	Loan	^[7]
000000002016-07-01-00001 July 2016	c DF	Federico Dimarco	18	Internazionale	Loan	^[8]
000000002016-07-04-00004 July 2016	c MF	Andrés Tello	19	Juventus	Loan	^[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
000000002016-05-23-000023 May 2016	c DF	Lorenzo Tonelli	26	Napoli	Undisclosed		^[10]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
000000002016-07-08-00008 July 2016	c DF	Mário Rui	25	Roma	€3M	Loan with a mandatory option to buy for €6M	^[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly		v

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	17th	—	21 August 2016	28 May 2017
Coppa Italia	Third round	—	Fourth round	13 August 2016	29 November 2016

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Serie A

Main article: 2016–17 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Bologna	14	4	4	6	14	21	−7	16
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	Relegation to Serie B

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.^[12]

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
15	2	4	9	7	24	−17	10	1	2	5	3	15	−12	1	2	4	4	9	−5

Last updated: 4 December 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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L
Position	16	20	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

21 August 2016 1	Empoli	0–1	Sampdoria	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Büchel 77' Maccarone 84' Saponara 86'	Report	Muriel 37' Linetty 61' Barreto 68' Pavlović 75' Viviano 83'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,047 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

28 August 2016 2	Udinese	2–0	Empoli	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Felipe 3', 24' De Paul 78' Karnezis 84' Perica 90+5'	Report	Pucciarelli 53' Barba 61' Laurini 73' Saponara 87'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,239 Referee: Fabio Maresca

12 September 2016 3	Empoli	2–1	Crotone	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellusci 31' Costa 56' Croce 90+4'	Report	Dussenne 23', 80' Sampirisi 45+2' Crisetig 52'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,678 Referee: Paolo Valeri

18 September 2016 4	Torino	0–0	Empoli	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Molinaro 11' Boyé 25' Valdifiori 34' Baselli 78'	Report	Tello 4' Bellusci 41' Dioussé 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 16,403 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

21 September 2016 5	Empoli	0–2	Internazionale	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone 48'	Report	Murillo 3' Icardi 10', 17' Medel 23' Miranda 25' João Mário 59'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,554 Referee: Marco Guida

25 September 2016 6	Lazio	2–0	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Keita 29' Felipe Anderson 35' Cataldi 73' Lulić 90'	Report	Zambelli 11' Pasqual 58'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Michael Fabbri

2 October 2016 7	Empoli	0–3	Juventus	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pasqual 62' Mauri 69'	Report	Hernanes 50' Dybala 65' Higuaín 67', 70'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 15,424 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

16 October 2016 8	Genoa	0–0	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lazović 8', 34'	Report	Krunić 40' Bellusci 49' Saponara 60' Tello 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,389 Referee: Luca Pairetto

23 October 2016 9	Empoli	0–0	Chievo	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellusci 19' Mauri 21' Pucciarelli 70'	Report	Castro 44', 80' Birsa 50' Rigoni 77' Gobbi 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,105 Referee: Fabio Maresca

26 October 2016 10	Napoli	2–0	Empoli	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mertens 51', 52' Chiricheș 81'	Report	Bellusci 38' Tello 83'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 15,912 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

30 October 2016 11	Empoli	0–0	Roma	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Veseli 11' Bellusci 18' Pasqual 35' Dioussé 62' Gilardino 68' Tello 76'	Report	Manolas 30' De Rossi 68' Salah 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,671 Referee: Marco Di Bello

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

20 November 2016 13	Empoli	0–4	Fiorentina	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bellusci 39'	Report	Bernardeschi 26', 61' Tello 35' Tomović 37' Iličić 47' (pen.), 67' Valero 57'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,769 Referee: Davide Massa

26 November 2016 14	Empoli	1–4	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saponara 17' Krunić 37' Bellusci 89'	Report	Romagnoli 4' Lapadula 15', 77' Kucka 31' Bonaventura 43' Suso 61' Costa 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,577 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

4 December 2016 15	Sassuolo	3–0	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pellegrini 22' (pen.) Ricci 36' (pen.) Ragusa 44', 53' Magnanelli 68' Antei 69' Mazzitelli 81'	Report	Skorupski 22' Barba 34' Croce 35' Krunić 44' Mauri 61' Bellusci 66'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

11 December 2016 16	Bologna	v	Empoli	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

17 December 2016 17	Empoli	v	Cagliari	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

20 December 2016 18	Atalanta	v	Empoli	Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

19	Empoli	v	Palermo	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

20	Sampdoria	v	Empoli	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

21	Empoli	v	Udinese	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

22	Crotone	v	Empoli	Crotone
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida

23	Empoli	v	Torino	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

24	Internazionale	v	Empoli	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

25	Empoli	v	Lazio	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

26	Juventus	v	Empoli	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Juventus Stadium

27	Empoli	v	Genoa	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

28	Chievo	v	Empoli	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

29	Empoli	v	Napoli	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

30	Roma	v	Empoli	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

31	Empoli	v	Pescara	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

32	Fiorentina	v	Empoli	Florence
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

33	Milan	v	Empoli	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

34	Empoli	v	Sassuolo	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

35	Empoli	v	Bologna	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

36	Cagliari	v	Empoli	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia

37	Empoli	v	Atalanta	Empoli
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

38	Palermo	v	Empoli	Palermo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2016–17 Coppa Italia

13 August 2016 Third round	Empoli	2–0	Vicenza	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone 4' (pen.), 16'			Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

29 November 2016 Fourth round	Empoli	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Cesena	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tello 58' Gilardino 79' Ćosić 115'	Report	Panico 67' Vitale 90+3' Rodríguez 102'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Luigi Nasca

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	4	0	2	0	2	0
28	GK		Łukasz Skorupski	13	0	13	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Vincent Laurini	6	0	5	0	1	0
3	DF		Marco Zambelli	7	0	3+3	0	1	0
4	DF		Federico Dimarco	4	0	3	0	1	0
6	DF		Giuseppe Bellusci	13	1	13	1	0	0
13	DF		Freddie Veseli	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
15	DF		Andrea Costa	11	1	10	1	1	0
17	DF		Raffaele Maiello	3	0	1	0	2	0
19	DF		Federico Barba	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
21	DF		Manuel Pasqual	13	0	12	0	1	0
24	DF		Uroš Ćosić	8	0	4+2	0	2	0
Midfielders
5	MF		José Mauri	9	0	6+2	0	1	0
8	MF		Assane Dioussé	14	0	8+4	0	0+2	0
10	MF		Riccardo Saponara	15	2	14	2	1	0
11	MF		Daniele Croce	15	0	11+3	0	0+1	0
31	MF		Matheus	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
33	MF		Rade Krunić	13	0	10+2	0	0+1	0
77	MF		Marcel Büchel	8	0	4+2	0	1+1	0
88	MF		Andrés Tello	13	0	6+5	0	2	0
Forwards
7	FW		Massimo Maccarone	13	4	9+3	2	1	2
9	FW		Levan Mchedlidze	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
18	FW		Alberto Gilardino	13	1	5+6	0	1+1	1
20	FW		Manuel Pucciarelli	14	1	12+1	1	1	0
89	FW		Guido Marilungo	10	0	3+6	0	1	0
99	FW		Romani Tchanturia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 4 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	7	FW	Massimo Maccarone	2	2	4
2	10	MF	Riccardo Saponara	2	0	2
3	6	DF	Giuseppe Bellusci	1	0	1
	15	DF	Andrea Costa	1	0	1
	18	FW	Alberto Gilardino	0	1	1
	20	FW	Manuel Pucciarelli	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Totals				7	3	10

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	28	GK	Łukasz Skorupski	5	0	5
2	23	GK	Alberto Pelagotti	0	1	1
Totals				5	1	6

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Serie A			Coppa Italia			Total
28	GK		Łukasz Skorupski	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Vincent Laurini	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	DF		Marco Zambelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Giuseppe Bellusci	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
13	DF		Freddie Veseli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF		Federico Barba	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	DF		Manuel Pasqual	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
24	DF		Uroš Ćosić	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
5	MF		José Mauri	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF		Assane Dioussé	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	MF		Riccardo Saponara	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	MF		Daniele Croce	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	MF		Rade Krunić	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
77	MF		Marcel Büchel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
88	MF		Andrés Tello	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	FW		Massimo Maccarone	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
18	FW		Alberto Gilardino	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	FW		Manuel Pucciarelli	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals				40	0	2	2	0	0	42	0	2

Last updated: 4 December 2016

References

↑ "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2014.
↑ http://www.empolicalcio.net/Preso-Andres-Felipe-Tello-Munoz.htm
↑ "Official: Empoli sign Pasqual". Football Italia. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
↑ "Official: Empoli sign Buchel". Football Italia. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Official: Empoli sign Pereira". Football Italia. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Official: Gilardino joins Empoli". Football Italia. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
↑ "Official: Empoli take Bellusci on loan". Football Italia. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Official: Dimarco joins Empoli". Football Italia. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Empoli take Tello from Juventus". Football Italia. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
↑ "Official: Napoli sign Tonelli". Football Italia. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
↑ "Official: Mario Rui joins Roma". Football Italia. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 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.

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