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2015–16 Empoli FC season

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
2015–16 season
PresidentFabrizio Corsi
ManagerMarco Giampaolo
StadiumStadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A10th
Coppa ItaliaThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Massimo Maccarone (13)
All:
Massimo Maccarone (13)
Highest home attendance14,693 vs Juventus
(8 November 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance1,000 vs Vicenza
(15 August 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance9,510[1]

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

Players edit

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 edit

Transfers edit

In edit

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

Loans in edit

Date from Date to Pos. Name From

Out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee

Loans out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee

Competitions edit

Serie A edit

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

League table edit

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

Results summary edit

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 edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLDWLLWLWDWLDWWWWLWDDLDDLLLLDDLWLWLDLW
Position181817141417161715131213161210988788988910111111111412121211101210
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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 edit

Main article: 2015–16 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 edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
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 edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 7 FW   Massimo Maccarone 13 0 13
2 20 FW   Manuel Pucciarelli 6 0 6
3 5 MF   Riccardo Saponara 5 0 5
17 MF   Piotr Zieliński 5 0 5
5 26 DF   Lorenzo Tonelli 2 0 2
32 MF   Leandro Paredes 2 0 2
77 MF   Marcel Büchel 2 0 2
8 2 DF   Vincent Laurini 1 0 1
15 DF   Andrea Costa 1 0 1
33 MF   Rade Krunić 1 0 1
39 FW   Marko Livaja 1 0 1
Own goal 1 0 1
Totals 40 0 40

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 28 GK   Łukasz Skorupski 9 0 9
2 23 GK   Alberto Pelagotti 3 0 3
Totals 12 0 12

Last updated: 1 May 2016

References edit

  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.
  5. ^ "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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