2016–17 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season

Sassuolo
2016–17 season
President Carlo Rossi
Manager Eusebio Di Francesco
Stadium Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Serie A 16th
Coppa Italia Round of 16
UEFA Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Grégoire Defrel (6)
All:
Grégoire Defrel (10)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2016–17 season is Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's fourth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Sassuolo is competing in Serie A, in the Coppa Italia, and in the UEFA Europa League. Sassuolo achieved their first ever Europa League qualification in this season.[1] On 25 August 2016, Sassuolo qualified for the Europa League group stage after beating out Red Star Belgrade 4–1 on aggregate in the playoff round.[2]

Players

Squad information

As of 31 August 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 Italy GK Alberto Pomini EL
4 Italy MF Francesco Magnanelli EL (captain)
5 Italy DF Luca Antei EL
6 Italy MF Lorenzo Pellegrini EL
7 Italy MF Simone Missiroli EL
8 Italy MF Davide Biondini EL
9 Italy FW Pietro Iemmello
10 Italy FW Alessandro Matri EL
11 France FW Grégoire Defrel EL
12 Italy MF Stefano Sensi
13 Italy DF Federico Peluso EL
15 Italy DF Francesco Acerbi EL
16 Italy FW Matteo Politano EL
20 Spain DF Pol Lirola EL (on loan from Juventus)
22 Italy MF Luca Mazzitelli EL
No. Position Player
23 Italy DF Marcello Gazzola EL
25 Italy FW Domenico Berardi EL
26 Italy DF Emanuele Terranova
27 Italy FW Federico Ricci EL (on loan from Roma)
28 Italy DF Paolo Cannavaro EL
31 Italy MF Simone Caputo EL B
32 Ghana MF Alfred Duncan EL
39 Italy DF Cristian Dell'Orco
47 Italy GK Andrea Consigli EL
55 Netherlands DF Timo Letschert EL
79 Italy GK Gianluca Pegolo EL
90 Italy MF Antonino Ragusa EL
97 Italy FW Giacomo Zecca
98 Italy DF Claud Adjapong EL

Players in the squad list submitted to UEFA for UEFA Europa League group stage are indicated by EL.[3]

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
1 July 2016 c MF Italy Stefano Sensi Italy Cesena Loan return
1 July 2016 c MF Italy Luca Mazzitelli Italy Brescia Loan return
1 July 2016 c DF Italy Cristian Dell'Orco Italy Novara Loan return
1 July 2016 c FW Portugal Aladje Italy Ischia Loan return
1 July 2016 c FW Italy Matteo Politano 22 Italy Roma Undisclosed activate option in the loan contract
3 August 2016 c DF Netherlands Timo Letschert 23 Netherlands Utrecht Undisclosed [4]
16 August 2016 c FW Italy Alessandro Matri 31 Italy Milan Undisclosed [5]
26 August 2016 c MF Italy Antonino Ragusa 26 Italy Cesena Undisclosed [6]
31 August 2016 c FW Italy Pietro Iemmello 24 Italy Spezia Undisclosed [7]
31 August 2016 c DF Italy Gian Marco Ferrari 24 Italy Crotone Undisclosed Return to Crotone on loan [8]
31 August 2016 c FW Italy Pietro Cianci Italy Andria Undisclosed Return to Andria on loan [9]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
28 July 2016 c DF Spain Pol Lirola 18 Italy Juventus Loan [10]
31 August 2016 c MF Italy Federico Ricci 22 Italy Roma Loan [11]

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
1 July 2016 c DF Italy Alessandro Longhi 27 Free agent Free End of contract
5 July 2016 c DF Croatia Šime Vrsaljko 24 Spain Atlético Madrid Undisclosed [12]
15 July 2016 c MF Ghana Raman Chibsah 23 Italy Benevento Loan Loan return on 1 July [13]
15 July 2016 c FW Italy Alessio Vita 23 Italy Vicenza Loan Loan return on 1 July [13]
7 August 2016 c FW Italy Nicola Sansone 24 Spain Villarreal Undisclosed [14]
25 August 2016 c DF Italy Lorenzo Ariaudo 27 Italy Frosinone Undisclosed Loan return on 1 July [6][15]
27 August 2016 c MF Italy Karim Laribi 25 Italy Cesena Loan [16]
27 August 2016 c DF Switzerland Jonathan Rossini 27 Italy Livorno Loan Loan return on 1 July [17]
31 August 2016 c DF Italy Leonardo Fontanesi 20 Italy Brescia Loan Loan return on 1 July [18]
31 August 2016 c MF Italy Giovanni Sbrissa 19 Italy Brescia Loan Loan return on 1 July [18]
31 August 2016 c FW Italy Diego Falcinelli 25 Italy Crotone Loan [19]
31 August 2016 c FW Italy Marcello Trotta 23 Italy Crotone Loan [19]

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position		 Final
position		 First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 16th — 21 August 2016 28 May 2017
Coppa Italia Round of 16 — — — —
Europa League Third qualifying round — Group stage 28 July 2016 8 December 2016

Last updated: 28 November 2016

Serie A

Main article: 2016–17 Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Genoa 13 5 4 4 17 15 +2 19
13 Chievo 14 5 3 6 14 16 −2 18
14 Sassuolo 15 5 2 8 20 26 −6 17
15 Bologna 14 4 4 6 14 21 −7 16
16 Udinese 14 4 3 7 18 23 −5 15
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.[20]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
15 5 2 8 20 26  −6 17 4 0 3 9 10  −1 1 2 5 11 16  −5

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Result W L L W L W L W D L L L L D W                                              
Position 7 13 17 11 13 9 13 10 9 13 16 16 16 16                                                

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

Matches

Note
  1. ^ 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.[21]

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GNK ATH RWI SAS
1 Belgium Genk (A) 5 3 0 2 11 9 +2 9 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 1–0 3–1
2 Spain Athletic Bilbao (A) 5 3 0 2 9 10 −1 9 5–3 — 1–0 3–2
3 Austria Rapid Wien (E) 5 1 2 2 6 7 −1 5 3–2 8 Dec — 1–1
4 Italy Sassuolo (E) 5 1 2 2 9 9 0 5 8 Dec 3–0 2–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy Alberto Pomini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Italy Bryan Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 GK Italy Andrea Consigli 24 0 15 0 0 0 9 0
79 GK Italy Gianluca Pegolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
5 DF Italy Luca Antei 10 1 7+2 1 0 0 1 0
13 DF Italy Federico Peluso 21 0 14 0 0 0 7 0
15 DF Italy Francesco Acerbi 24 1 15 1 0 0 9 0
20 DF Spain Pol Lirola 14 1 7+1 0 0 0 6 1
23 DF Italy Marcello Gazzola 13 0 8 0 0 0 5 0
26 DF Italy Emanuele Terranova 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Italy Paolo Cannavaro 12 1 6 1 0 0 6 0
39 DF Italy Cristian Dell'Orco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF Netherlands Timo Letschert 5 0 2 0 0 0 2+1 0
98 DF Ghana Claud Adjapong 6 0 2+2 0 0 0 1+1 0
Midfielders
4 MF Italy Francesco Magnanelli 20 0 11+1 0 0 0 8 0
6 MF Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini 16 3 9+3 2 0 0 4 1
7 MF Italy Simone Missiroli 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Italy Davide Biondini 19 0 7+4 0 0 0 8 0
12 MF Italy Stefano Sensi 7 1 3+2 1 0 0 0+2 0
22 MF Italy Luca Mazzitelli 12 0 6+2 0 0 0 2+2 0
32 MF Ghana Alfred Duncan 10 0 4+1 0 0 0 4+1 0
Forwards
9 FW Italy Pietro Iemmello 7 1 1+6 1 0 0 0 0
10 FW Italy Alessandro Matri 17 1 5+7 1 0 0 3+2 0
11 FW France Grégoire Defrel 22 10 13+1 6 0 0 7+1 4
16 FW Italy Matteo Politano 22 4 11+2 2 0 0 5+4 2
25 FW Italy Domenico Berardi 6 7 2 2 0 0 4 5
27 FW Italy Federico Ricci 17 2 5+7 2 0 0 3+2 0
31 FW Italy Simone Caputo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 FW Italy Simone Franchini 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
90 FW Italy Antonino Ragusa 13 3 6+2 2 0 0 3+2 1
Players transferred out during the season
9 FW Italy Diego Falcinelli 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+4 0
10 FW Italy Nicola Sansone 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 FW Italy Marcello Trotta 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0

Last updated: 4 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 11 FW France Grégoire Defrel 6 0 4 10
2 25 FW Italy Domenico Berardi 2 0 5 7
3 16 FW Italy Matteo Politano 2 0 3 5
4 6 MF Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini 2 0 1 3
90 FW Italy Antonino Ragusa 2 0 1 3
6 27 FW Italy Federico Ricci 2 0 0 2
7 5 DF Italy Luca Antei 1 0 0 1
9 FW Italy Pietro Iemmello 1 0 0 1
10 FW Italy Alessandro Matri 1 0 0 1
12 MF Italy Stefano Sensi 1 0 0 1
15 DF Italy Francesco Acerbi 1 0 0 1
20 DF Spain Pol Lirola 0 0 1 1
28 DF Italy Paolo Cannavaro 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 2 2
Totals 22 0 17 39

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 47 GK Italy Andrea Consigli 4 0 3 7
Totals 4 0 3 7

Last updated: 4 December 2016

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 GK Italy Alberto Pomini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Italy Bryan Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 GK Italy Andrea Consigli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
79 GK Italy Gianluca Pegolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Italy Luca Antei 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
13 DF Italy Federico Peluso 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0
15 DF Italy Francesco Acerbi 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
20 DF Spain Pol Lirola 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 DF Italy Marcello Gazzola 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
26 DF Italy Emanuele Terranova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Italy Paolo Cannavaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
39 DF Italy Cristian Dell'Orco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF Netherlands Timo Letschert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
98 DF Ghana Claud Adjapong 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 MF Italy Francesco Magnanelli 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
6 MF Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 MF Italy Simone Missiroli 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
8 MF Italy Davide Biondini 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
12 MF Italy Stefano Sensi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 MF Italy Luca Mazzitelli 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
32 MF Ghana Alfred Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Italy Pietro Iemmello 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 FW Italy Alessandro Matri 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 FW Italy Nicola Sansone 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
16 FW Italy Matteo Politano 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
25 FW Italy Domenico Berardi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Italy Federico Ricci 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
31 FW Italy Simone Caputo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Italy Simone Franchini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 FW Italy Antonino Ragusa 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
Totals 37 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 55 0 0

Last updated: 4 December 2016

References

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  12. ↑ "Official: Vrsaljko to Atletico Madrid". Football Italia. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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