2015–16 Empoli FC season

Empoli
2015–16 season
President	Fabrizio Corsi
Manager	Marco Giampaolo
Stadium	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A	10th
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Massimo Maccarone (13); All: ; Massimo Maccarone (13)
Highest home attendance	14,693 vs Juventus; (8 November 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Vicenza; (15 August 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	9,510
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Empoli Football Club's second consecutive season in Serie A after their promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2013–14 season. Having finished 15th the previous season, Empoli is competing only in domestic competition, in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Empoli's pre-season began with the departure of manager Maurizio Sarri to Napoli.^[2]

Players

As of 29 August 2015.^[3]

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	Maurizio Pugliesi
2	DF	FRA	Vincent Laurini
3	DF	ITA	Marco Zambelli
4	DF	ALB	Kastriot Dermaku
5	MF	ITA	Riccardo Saponara
6	DF	ITA	Luca Bittante
7	FW	ITA	Massimo Maccarone
9	FW	GEO	Levan Mchedlidze
11	MF	ITA	Daniele Croce
12	MF	BRA	Ronaldo Pompeu
13	MF	ITA	Raffaele Maiello (on loan from Napoli)
14	MF	SEN	Assane Dioussé
15	DF	ITA	Andrea Costa
17	MF	POL	Piotr Zieliński (on loan from Udinese)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ITA	Federico Barba
20	FW	ITA	Manuel Pucciarelli
21	DF	POR	Mário Rui
22	FW	ITA	Alessandro Piu
23	GK	ITA	Alberto Pelagotti
24	DF	SRB	Uroš Ćosić
26	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli
28	GK	POL	Łukasz Skorupski (on loan from Roma)
31	DF	ITA	Michele Camporese
32	MF	ARG	Leandro Paredes (on loan from Roma)
33	MF	BIH	Rade Krunić
39	FW	CRO	Marko Livaja (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
77	MF	LIE	Marcel Büchel (on loan from Juventus)

Squad information

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
25 July 2015	DF	Michele Camporese	Fiorentina	Undisclosed^[4]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Lazio	38	15	9	14	52	52	0	54
9	Chievo	38	13	11	14	43	45	−2	50
10	Empoli	38	12	10	16	40	49	−9	46^[a]
11	Genoa	38	13	7	18	45	48	−3	46^[a]
12	Torino	38	12	9	17	52	55	−3	45^[b]

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.^[5]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
^ Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

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	12	10	16	40	49	−9	46	7	6	6	22	20	+2	5	4	10	18	29	−11

Last updated: 15 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W
Position	18	18	17	14	14	17	16	17	15	13	12	13	16	12	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	10	12	10

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Empoli	1–3	Chievo	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 7', 65'	Report	Meggiorini 53', 55' Birsa 60' Paloschi 64' Rigoni 80'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

29 August 2015 2	Milan	2–1	Empoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca 16' Luiz Adriano 69'	Report	Saponara 20' Tonelli 27' Maccarone 42'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,382 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

13 September 2015 3	Empoli	2–2	Napoli	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 3' Pucciarelli 18' Croce 45+1' Livaja 71'	Report	Insigne 7' Allan 40', 50' Valdifiori 58' Jorginho 79' Hysaj 87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,632 Referee: Luca Banti

19 September 2015 4	Udinese	1–2	Empoli	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zapata 19' Iturra 27' Ali Adnan 30' Kone 54' 72' Fernandes 84' Marquinho 90'	Report	Maccarone 38', 90+2' Laurini 61' Paredes 73' Ronaldo 80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michael Fabbri

24 September 2015 5	Empoli	0–1	Atalanta	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 86' Dioussé 88'	Report	Toloi 31' Pinilla 34' Moralez 41' Grassi 48' Bellini 90'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,625 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

28 September 2015 6	Frosinone	2–0	Empoli	Frosinone
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gori 17' Soddimo 37' Dionisi 58', 71' Blanchard 79'	Report	Laurini 27' Zieliński 51' Tonelli 75' Saponara 77' Livaja 84'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Marco Guida

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

17 October 2015 8	Roma	3–1	Empoli	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pjanić 37', 56' De Rossi 59' Salah 69'	Report	Dioussé 39' Büchel 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,124 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

24 October 2015 9	Empoli	2–0	Genoa	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli 35' Krunić 44' Zieliński 57', 64' Livaja 84'	Report	Marchese 29' Muñoz 34' Gakpé 52'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,770 Referee: Domenico Celi

29 October 2015 10	Sampdoria	1–1	Empoli	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soriano 41' Muriel 65' Éder 67'	Report	Costa 21' Dioussé 52' 88' Pucciarelli 60' Büchel 71' Skorupski 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,315 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

2 November 2015 11	Palermo	0–1	Empoli	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brugman 27' Lazaar 34' Struna 43' Anđelković 51' Rispoli 54' Quaison 59'	Report	Saponara 34', 53' Mário Rui 74' Maiello 88'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 16,731 Referee: Marco Di Bello

8 November 2015 12	Empoli	1–3	Juventus	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 19' Mário Rui 58' Krunić 69'	Report	Mandžukić 32' Evra 38' Morata 51' Buffon 60' Marchisio 81' Dybala 84'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 14,693 Referee: Davide Massa

22 November 2015 13	Fiorentina	2–2	Empoli	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rebić 24' Vecino 26' Suárez 30' Kalinić 56', 61' Bernardeschi 62' Tomović 71'	Report	Büchel 14', 27' Livaja 18', 71' Zieliński 83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,618 Referee: Luca Banti

29 November 2015 14	Empoli	1–0	Lazio	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli 5', 33' Paredes 16' Livaja 28' Pucciarelli 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,362 Referee: Michael Fabbri

6 December 2015 15	Hellas Verona	0–1	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hallfreðsson 63'	Report	Mário Rui 6' Costa 11', 61' Büchel 40' Paredes 60'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,198 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

13 December 2015 16	Empoli	3–0	Carpi	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 46', 61' Saponara 51'	Report	Gagliolo 65' Di Gaudio 72'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,863 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

19 December 2015 17	Bologna	2–3	Empoli	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brienza 36' Destro 45' Pulgar 74' Taïder 87'	Report	Pucciarelli 24' Costa 34' Maccarone 42', 48' Laurini 56' Skorupski 57' Mário Rui 65'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 19,214 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

6 January 2016 18	Empoli	0–1	Internazionale	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paredes 26' Croce 67'	Report	Murillo 16' Brozović 35' Icardi 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Domenico Celi

10 January 2016 19	Torino	0–1	Empoli	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Molinaro 20' Belotti 35' Zappacosta 90'	Report	Büchel 26' Livaja 32' Maccarone 45+2', 56' Barba 62' Paredes 66' Laurini 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 14,730 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

17 January 2016 20	Chievo	1–1	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paloschi 7' Birsa 11' Cesar 80' Pinzi 90+2'	Report	Krunić 23' Barba 41' Tonelli 47' Paredes 53'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rosario Abisso

23 January 2016 21	Empoli	2–2	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zieliński 32' Barba 36' Saponara 60' Maccarone 61'	Report	Bacca 8' Bonaventura 48' Honda 59' Montolivo 60' Balotelli 82' Romagnoli 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Carmine Russo

31 January 2016 22	Napoli	5–1	Empoli	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 33' Reina 34' Insigne 37' Hysaj 39' Allan 45' Camporese 51' (o.g.) Callejón 83', 88'	Report	Paredes 28' Zieliński 36' Tonelli 50' Büchel 79'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 39,986 Referee: Davide Massa

3 February 2016 23	Empoli	1–1	Udinese	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Croce 58' Mchedlidze 82' Paredes 89' Pucciarelli 90'	Report	Zapata 16', 23' Fernandes 50' Badu 71' Widmer 82' Kuzmanović 85' Hallfreðsson 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

7 February 2016 24	Atalanta	0–0	Empoli	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Roon 42' Diamanti 69' D'Alessandro 77'	Report	Büchel 13' Tonelli 57' Laurini 58' Livaja 84'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Michael Fabbri

13 February 2016 25	Empoli	1–2	Frosinone	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 59' Büchel 63' Mário Rui 90+3'	Report	Ciofani 17', 73' (pen.) Sammarco 35' Blanchard 56' Gori 58' Tonev 64' Rosi 69' Longo 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,897 Referee: Marco Di Bello

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

27 February 2016 27	Empoli	1–3	Roma	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pucciarelli 17' Zukanović 22' (o.g.) Mário Rui 63' 90+4'	Report	El Shaarawy 5', 74' Pjanić 17', 27' Perotti 41'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,761 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

6 March 2016 28	Genoa	1–0	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rigoni 48' Cerci 80'	Report	Zambelli 31' Büchel 42' Paredes 75' Ćosić 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,134 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

12 March 2016 29	Empoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mário Rui 56' Costa 69' Laurini 82'	Report	De Silvestri 31' Quagliarella 42' Álvarez 78' Christodoulopoulos 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,752 Referee: Michael Fabbri

20 March 2016 30	Empoli	0–0	Palermo	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paredes 68'	Report	Jajalo 55' Bentivegna 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,597 Referee: Davide Massa

2 April 2016 31	Juventus	1–0	Empoli	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandžukić 44' Lichtsteiner 45+1' Zaza 67'	Report	Paredes 53' Tonelli 86'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,260 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

10 April 2016 32	Empoli	2–0	Fiorentina	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ćosić 23' Pucciarelli 41' Büchel 75' Zieliński 88', 89'	Report	Roncaglia 24' Vecino 33' Alonso 61' Astori 84'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Antonio Damato

17 April 2016 33	Lazio	2–0	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Candreva 6' (pen.) Keita 27' Biglia 28' Parolo 30' Onazi 44'	Report	Ćosić 6' Mchedlidze 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,983 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

20 April 2016 34	Empoli	1–0	Hellas Verona	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara 44' Maccarone 50'	Report	Viviani 16' 90' Bianchetti 19' Souprayen 26' Wszołek 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,816 Referee: Marco Serra

24 April 2016 35	Carpi	1–0	Empoli	Modena
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Crimi 21' Lollo 30' 90' Bianco 79' Lasagna 85' Mancosu 90+4'	Report	Ćosić 18' Mchedlidze 25' Zambelli 46' Paredes 65' Maccarone 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 7,667 Referee: Paolo Valeri

1 May 2016 36	Empoli	0–0	Bologna	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Oikonomou 87' Masina 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,727 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

7 May 2016 37	Internazionale	2–1	Empoli	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Icardi 12' Perišić 40', 88' Nagatomo 50' Handanović 87'	Report	Büchel 21' Pucciarelli 37'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44,348 Referee: Marco Di Bello

15 May 2016 38	Empoli	2–1	Torino	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone 12' Zambelli 31' Paredes 36' Zieliński 54'	Report	Obi 26', 56'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,791 Referee: Francesco Saia

Coppa Italia

15 August 2015 Third round	Empoli	0–1	Vicenza	Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Gatto 54'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

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	ITA	Maurizio Pugliesi	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	ITA	Alberto Pelagotti	6	0	6	0	0	0
28	GK	POL	Łukasz Skorupski	32	0	31	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Vincent Laurini	25	1	24+1	1	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Marco Zambelli	19	0	13+6	0	0	0
6	DF	ITA	Luca Bittante	17	0	3+13	0	0+1	0
15	DF	ITA	Andrea Costa	24	1	23+1	1	0	0
21	DF	POR	Mário Rui	37	0	36	0	1	0
24	DF	SRB	Uroš Ćosić	9	0	9	0	0	0
26	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli	27	2	26	2	1	0
31	DF	ITA	Michele Camporese	2	0	2	0	0	0
37	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Ariaudo	5	0	5	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ITA	Riccardo Saponara	34	5	32+1	5	1	0
11	MF	ITA	Daniele Croce	29	0	19+9	0	1	0
13	MF	ITA	Raffaele Maiello	12	0	4+8	0	0	0
14	MF	SEN	Assane Dioussé	16	0	9+6	0	0+1	0
17	MF	POL	Piotr Zieliński	36	5	35	5	1	0
32	MF	ARG	Leandro Paredes	33	2	29+4	2	0	0
33	MF	BIH	Rade Krunić	16	1	5+10	1	0+1	0
77	MF	LIE	Marcel Büchel	28	2	18+10	2	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ITA	Massimo Maccarone	38	13	35+2	13	1	0
9	FW	GEO	Levan Mchedlidze	14	0	2+11	0	0+1	0
20	FW	ITA	Manuel Pucciarelli	39	6	33+5	6	1	0
22	FW	ITA	Alessandro Piu	10	0	2+8	0	0	0
39	FW	CRO	Marko Livaja	18	1	4+14	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	MF	BRA	Ronaldo	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
18	MF	VEN	Franco Signorelli	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	DF	ITA	Federico Barba	11	0	10	0	1	0
55	DF	ITA	Luca Martinelli	2	0	1	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Total
1	7	FW	Massimo Maccarone	13	13
2	20	FW	Manuel Pucciarelli	6	6
3	5	MF	Riccardo Saponara	5	5
3	17	MF	Piotr Zieliński	5	5
5	26	DF	Lorenzo Tonelli	2	2
	32	MF	Leandro Paredes	2	2
	77	MF	Marcel Büchel	2	2
8	2	DF	Vincent Laurini	1	1
	15	DF	Andrea Costa	1	1
	33	MF	Rade Krunić	1	1
	39	FW	Marko Livaja	1	1
Own goal				1	1
Totals				40	40

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Total
1	28	GK	Łukasz Skorupski	9	9
2	23	GK	Alberto Pelagotti	3	3
Totals				12	12

Last updated: 1 May 2016

References

^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
^ "Napoli appoint Maurizio Sarri as new head coach". 12 June 2015.
^ "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
^ "Acquistato Camporese". Empoli F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[table_hth_EMP0.036923489550559-5] Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.

[table_hth_TOR0.036923489550559-6] Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

[1] "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".

[2] "Napoli appoint Maurizio Sarri as new head coach". 12 June 2015.

[3] "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[4] "Acquistato Camporese". Empoli F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[7] "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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