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2014–15 Empoli FC season

The 2014–15 season was Empoli Football Club's first season in Serie A since the 2007–08 season. The team competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Empoli
2014–15 season
PresidentFabrizio Corsi
ManagerMaurizio Sarri
StadiumStadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A15th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Massimo Maccarone (10)
All:
Massimo Maccarone (10)
Highest home attendance14,698 vs Juventus
(1 November 2014, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance1,470 vs Genoa
(3 December 2014, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance9,229[1]

Players

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Squad information

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Luca Castellazzi
2 DF   FRA Vincent Laurini
5 MF   ITA Davide Moro (captain)
6 MF   ITA Mirko Valdifiori
7 MF   ITA Massimo Maccarone
8 MF   VEN Franco Signorelli
9 FW   GEO Levan Mchedlidze
10 FW   ITA Francesco Tavano
11 MF   ITA Daniele Croce
16 GK   ITA Matteo Biggeri
17 MF   ITA Tiberio Guarente
18 MF   ITA Simone Verdi (on loan from Torino)
19 DF   ITA Federico Barba
20 FW   ITA Manuel Pucciarelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   POR Mário Rui
23 DF   ALB Elseid Hysaj
24 DF   ITA Daniele Rugani (on loan from Juventus)
25 DF   ITA Matteo Bachini
26 DF   ITA Lorenzo Tonelli
27 MF   ITA Ludovico Gargiulo
28 GK   ITA Davide Bassi
30 DF   ITA Andrea Gemignani
33 GK   ITA Luigi Sepe (on loan from Napoli)
58 DF   ITA Luca Martinelli
77 FW   GEO Irakli Shekiladze
95 FW   ITA Emanuele Rovini
99 FW   URU Rodrigo Aguirre (on loan from Udinese)

Competitions

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Serie A

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Main article: 2014–15 Serie A

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Hellas Verona 38 11 13 14 49 65 −16 46
14 Chievo 38 10 13 15 28 41 −13 43
15 Empoli 38 8 18 12 46 52 −6 42
16 Udinese 38 10 11 17 43 56 −13 41
17 Atalanta 38 7 16 15 38 57 −19 37
Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).[3]

Results summary

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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 8 18 12 46 52  −6 42 6 8 5 26 22  +4 2 10 7 20 30  −10

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLDDDWDLLLWWDDDDDLDLDWDWDDDWLLDDWWLLDL
Position1920191917121314171716141313141313151616161514141413151314151616141315161515
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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31 August 2014 1 Udinese 2–0 Empoli Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pasquale   39'
Di Natale   57', 62'
Badu   64'		 Report Croce   55'
Verdi   74'		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Marco Di Bello
13 September 2014 2 Empoli 0–1 Roma Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Sepe   45+1' (o.g.)
De Rossi   67'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 11,118
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
20 September 2014 3 Cesena 2–2 Empoli Cesena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Giorgi   24'
Marilungo   30'
Defrel   32',   77'
Cascione   51'
Lucchini   54'		 Report Tavano   55' (pen.)
Rugani   72'
Vecino   76'		 Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 14,073
Referee: Claudio Gavillucci
23 September 2014 4 Empoli 2–2 Milan Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tonelli   13'
Pucciarelli   21'
Vecino   42'
Valdifiori   85'   86'		 Report Zapata   20'
Muntari   36'
Torres   43'
De Sciglio   50'
Honda   57'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,619
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
28 September 2014 5 Chievo 1–1 Empoli Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Radovanović   45+1'
Meggiorini   50'
Hetemaj   86'
Biraghi   90+1'		 Report Pucciarelli   59'
Hysaj   74'		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Davide Massa
5 October 2014 6 Empoli 3–0 Palermo Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maccarone   4'
Tonelli   33'
Pucciarelli   63'		 Report Vázquez   11'
Feddal   16'
Bolzoni   37'
Terzi   70'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
20 October 2015 7 Genoa 1–1 Empoli Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bertolacci   14',   90+2'
Antonini   71'
Perotti   78'		 Report Croce   76'
Tonelli   77'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 17,843
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
25 October 2014 8 Empoli 0–4 Cagliari Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Valdifiori   37'
Moro   63'		 Report Sau   31'
Avelar   36', 38' (pen.)
Ekdal   45+2'
Crisetig   51'
Farias   86'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 8,121
Referee: Luca Pairetto
28 October 2014 9 Sassuolo 3–1 Empoli Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Taïder   44'
Missiroli   56'
Floccari   61'
Berardi   73'
Acerbi   89'		 Report Croce   18'
Vecino   19'
Maccarone   28'
Tonelli   75'		 Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Daniele Orsato
1 November 2014 10 Empoli 0–2 Juventus Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Tonelli   60'   90+5'
Hysaj   90+2'		 Report Vidal   53'
Pirlo   61'
Morata   72'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 14,698
Referee: Paolo Valeri
9 November 2014 11 Empoli 2–1 Lazio Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Barba   52'
Maccarone   55'
Mário Rui   84'		 Report Cavanda   38'
Ederson   57'
Đorđević   66'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
23 November 2014 12 Parma 0–2 Empoli Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Lodi   47'
Galloppa   54'
Acquah   57'
Belfodil   70'		 Report Vecino   45+1'
Tavano   56'
Maccarone   70'		 Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 10,625
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
30 November 2014 13 Empoli 0–0 Atalanta Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Croce   5'
Tavano   73'		 Report Dramé   29'
Cigarini   83'
Migliaccio   90'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 6,938
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
7 December 2014 14 Napoli 2–2 Empoli Naples
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Maggio   63'
Zapata   67'
Albiol   69'
De Guzmán   72'		 Report Verdi   19'
Rugani   53'
Laxalt   63'
Mário Rui   73'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 30,128
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
15 December 2014 15 Empoli 0–0 Torino Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vecino   4'
Mário Rui   69'		 Report Gazzi   17'
Jansson   32'   90+1'
Moretti   55'
El Kaddouri   79'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,796
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
21 December 2014 16 Fiorentina 1–1 Empoli Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vargas   44'
El Hamdaoui   88'
Valero   90'
Aquilani   90+1'		 Report Maccarone   32'
Tonelli   57'
Pucciarelli   89'
Zieliński   90+1'
Valdifiori   90+4'		 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,162
Referee: Carmine Russo
6 January 2015 17 Empoli 0–0 Hellas Verona Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Tonelli   49'   65' Report Sala   24'
Toni   41'
Campanharo   59'
Hallfreðsson   68'   77'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,705
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
11 January 2015 18 Sampdoria 1–0 Empoli Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Éder   49'
Palombo   59'		 Report Mário Rui   24'
Hysaj   36'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 19,931
Referee: Dino Tommasi
17 January 2015 19 Empoli 0–0 Internazionale Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mchedlidze   57' Report Vidić   86'
Medel   90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 13,449
Referee: Daniele Doveri
26 January 2015 20 Empoli 1–2 Udinese Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Saponara   37' (pen.),   38'
Barba   90+4'		 Report Di Natale   19'
Danilo   36'
Widmer   60'
Kone   61'   74'
Piris   69'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,381
Referee: Davide Ghersini
31 January 2015 21 Roma 1–1 Empoli Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Manolas   38'
Maicon   57'
Florenzi   58'
Astori   90+1'
Nainggolan   90+4'		 Report Maccarone   39' (pen.)
Saponara   43'   45+2'
Croce   50'
Valdifiori   71'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,621
Referee: Carmine Russo
8 February 2015 22 Empoli 2–0 Cesena Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Maccarone   29'
Mário Rui   45+1'
Signorelli   57'
Mchedlidze   83'		 Report De Feudis   11'
Capelli   36'
Giorgi   63'
Rodríguez   82'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,586
Referee: Daniele Orsato
15 February 2015 23 Milan 1–1 Empoli Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Destro   40'
Rami   48'
Antonelli   64'
Paletta   81'
Diego López   84'		 Report Maccarone   68'
Verdi   78'
Tonelli   90+1'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 27,170
Referee: Paolo Valeri
22 February 2015 24 Empoli 3–0 Chievo Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rugani   22'
Maccarone   46', 67'		 Report Radovanović   36'
Botta   87'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,338
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
1 March 2015 25 Palermo 0–0 Empoli Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rispoli   37'
Dybala   51'
Daprelà   69'		 Report Hysaj   5'
Vecino   18'
Zieliński   89'		 Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 22,352
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
8 March 2015 26 Empoli 1–1 Genoa Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Barba   66'
Mário Rui   75'
Valdifiori   88'		 Report Niang   27'
Burdisso   61'
Bertolacci   69'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 10,392
Referee: Fabio Maresca
14 March 2015 27 Cagliari 1–1 Empoli Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Farias   8'
João Pedro   20'
Balzano   57'		 Report Zieliński   75'
Vecino   90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
22 March 2015 28 Empoli 3–1 Sassuolo Empoli
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Saponara   46', 60'
Mchedlidze   59'		 Report Acerbi   44'
Rugani   49' (o.g.)
Magnanelli   62'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,703
Referee: Dino Tommasi
4 April 2015 29 Juventus 2–0 Empoli Turin
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tevez   43',   48'
Barzagli   89'
Pereyra   90+4'		 Report Mário Rui   66'
Saponara   78'		 Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 40,029
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
12 April 2015 30 Lazio 4–0 Empoli Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mauri   4'
Klose   31',   55'
Candreva   44'
Novaretti   46'   58'
Felipe Anderson   53'
Cana   75'
Cavanda   81'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,096
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
19 April 2015 31 Empoli 2–2 Parma Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maccarone   32'
Tonelli   45'		 Report Lodi   19'
Mauri   62'
Belfodil   73'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
26 April 2015 32 Atalanta 2–2 Empoli Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Benalouane   33'
Gómez   43'
Cigarini   61'
D'Alessandro   85'
Denis   90+3'		 Report Saponara   41'
Pucciarelli   56'
Maccarone   60'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 13,651
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
30 April 2015 33 Empoli 4–2 Napoli Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maccarone   8'
Laurini   15'
Britos   43' (o.g.)
Saponara   45+1'
Tonelli   71'
Albiol   81' (o.g.)
Verdi   90+1'		 Report Ghoulam   24'
Laurini   64' (o.g.)
Higuaín   79'
Hamšík   90+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 10,116
Referee: Davide Massa
6 May 2015 34 Torino 0–1 Empoli Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Glik   59'
González   66'
Peres   90+2'		 Report Padelli   3' (o.g.)
Mário Rui   65'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Dino Tommasi
10 May 2015 35 Empoli 2–3 Fiorentina Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Saponara   27'
Mchedlidze   77',   83'		 Report Iličić   6', 68'
Badelj   24'
Vargas   33'
Salah   57'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 9,878
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
17 May 2015 36 Hellas Verona 2–1 Empoli Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Moras   24'
Fernandinho   66'
Sala   67'		 Report Saponara   6'
Croce   83'
Verdi   90'		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 18,588
Referee: Federico La Penna
24 May 2015 37 Empoli 1–1 Sampdoria Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Valdifiori   41'
Pucciarelli   57'
Maccarone   90+5'
Vecino   90+6'		 Report Acquah   45+3'
Muriel   47'
Eto'o   90+1'
Romagnoli   90+5'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 9,084
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
31 May 2015 38 Internazionale 4–3 Empoli Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Palacio   49'
Icardi   53', 77'
Brozović   70'
Hernanes   84'		 Report Mchedlidze   59', 88'
Pucciarelli   62'
Barba   63'
Valdifiori   67'
Mário Rui   90+3'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 32,036
Referee: Antonio Damato

Coppa Italia

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Main article: 2014–15 Coppa Italia
24 August 2014 Third round Empoli 3–0 L'Aquila Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Verdi   10'
Tavano   19', 80'
Mchedlidze   53'		 Del Pinto   33'
Karkalis   69'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 2,359
Referee: Sig. Roca di Foggia
3 December 2014 Fourth round Empoli 2–0 Genoa Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Laxalt   4'
Mchedlidze   68',   73'
Zieliński   89'		 Report Greco   8'
Matri   75'
Pinilla   85'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Marco Di Bello
20 January 2015 Round of 16 Roma 2–1 (a.e.t.) Empoli Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Iturbe   5'
Yanga-Mbiwa   99'
De Rossi   114' (pen.)		 Report Bianchetti   55'
Verdi   80'
Vecino   113'
Zieliński   113'
Laxalt   120+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 11,019
Referee: Marco Di Bello

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ITA Maurizio Pugliesi 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK   ITA Davide Bassi 9 0 7 0 2 0
32 GK   ITA Alessandro Giacomel 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   ITA Luigi Sepe 32 0 31 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF   FRA Vincent Laurini 17 0 14+1 0 2 0
19 DF   ITA Federico Barba 20 2 12+6 2 2 0
21 DF   POR Mário Rui 37 0 28+6 0 2+1 0
22 DF   ITA Matteo Bianchetti 3 0 0+1 0 2 0
23 DF   ALB Elseid Hysaj 39 0 33+3 0 2+1 0
24 DF   ITA Daniele Rugani 39 3 38 3 1 0
26 DF   ITA Lorenzo Tonelli 30 5 27+1 5 1+1 0
50 DF   ITA Michele Somma 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF   ITA Riccardo Saponara 18 7 17 7 1 0
6 MF   ITA Mirko Valdifiori 38 0 36 0 1+1 0
8 MF   VEN Franco Signorelli 15 1 4+9 1 2 0
11 MF   ITA Daniele Croce 39 1 35+2 1 2 0
17 MF   ITA Tiberio Guarente 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
18 MF   ITA Simone Verdi 28 3 17+9 1 1+1 2
25 MF   AUS Joshua Brillante 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 MF   POL Piotr Zieliński 30 0 7+21 0 1+1 0
88 MF   URU Matías Vecino 38 2 36 2 2 0
Forwards
7 FW   ITA Massimo Maccarone 35 10 30+4 10 1 0
9 FW   GEO Levan Mchedlidze 27 5 6+19 4 2 1
10 FW   ITA Francesco Tavano 28 4 15+11 2 2 2
20 FW   ITA Manuel Pucciarelli 36 5 25+9 5 1+1 0
Players transferred out during the season
5 MF   ITA Davide Moro 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
13 MF   URU Diego Laxalt 7 1 0+4 0 2+1 1
77 FW   GEO Irakli Shekiladze 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 FW   ITA Emanuele Rovini 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW   URU Rodrigo Aguirre 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 7 FW   Massimo Maccarone 10 0 10
2 5 MF   Riccardo Saponara 7 0 7
3 9 FW   Levan Mchedlidze 4 1 5
20 FW   Manuel Pucciarelli 5 0 5
26 DF   Lorenzo Tonelli 5 0 5
6 10 FW   Francesco Tavano 2 2 4
7 18 MF   Simone Verdi 1 2 3
24 DF   Daniele Rugani 3 0 3
9 19 DF   Federico Barba 2 0 2
88 MF   Matías Vecino 2 0 2
11 8 MF   Franco Signorelli 1 0 1
11 MF   Daniele Croce 1 0 1
13 MF   Diego Laxalt 0 1 1
Own goal 3 0 3
Totals 46 6 52

Last updated: 17 January 2016

References

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  1. ^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
  2. ^ "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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