2013–14 U.S. Città di Palermo season

U.S. Città di Palermo
2013–14 season
Chairman Maurizio Zamparini
Head coach Gennaro Gattuso (September 2013)
Giuseppe Iachini
Stadium Stadio Renzo Barbera
Serie B 1st (champions, promoted to Serie A)
Coppa Italia Third round
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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U.S. Città di Palermo played the 2013–14 football season in Serie B, the first appearance in the second tier after relegation in the 2012–13 Serie A season following nine consecutive seasons in the top flight. The season ended with the club ensuring direct promotion back to Serie A at its first attempt.

Review and events

Gennaro Gattuso was appointed as Palermo head coach for the season, in his first full managerial role in career.

After completing the 2012–13 Serie A season in 18th place and being thus relegated into Serie B, club chairman Maurizio Zamparini announced the confirmation of Giorgio Perinetti as director of football and also stated his intention to keep Giuseppe Sannino as head coach in order to set an immediate attempt to return to the top flight. However, an agreement was not found between Sannino (who ultimately left Palermo to accept a head coaching role at Serie A's Chievo) and the rosanero club, and a search for a new head coach was started. Such search ended with the appointment of Gennaro Gattuso as new head coach; a former international midfielder, 2006 FIFA World Cup winner with Italy and UEFA Champions League winner with Milan among all things, Gattuso had only a short player-coach stint at FC Sion in the previous season in terms of managerial experience and his choice was hailed with surprise.[1]

This was followed by Palermo's first summer signing, Northern Ireland international striker Kyle Lafferty from Gattuso's former team FC Sion.[2] Another signing, deep-lying forward Davide Di Gennaro from Spezia, was announced on 1 July.[3] The following day, the club announced to have sold half of Jasmin Kurtić's transfer rights to Sassuolo, with winger Gennaro Troianello coming to Sicily as part of the same deal.[4]

Palermo also acquired the full ownerships of players Anselmo - who was then released after being deemed surplus to requirements - and Eros Pisano, who were both co-owned with Genoa. On the other hand, club captain Fabrizio Miccoli left the club at the expiration of his contract. Another star player, Josip Iličić, also left to join Fiorentina in July.[5]

The club's pre-season camp was held at Sankt Lambrecht and Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria from 12 July to 4 August.

On 6 August, the club formalized the appointment of former rosanero striker Igor Budan as team manager.[6] The same day, Nicola Amoruso tended his resignation from his position as Palermo's director of football citing personal reasons.[7]

Palermo made its season debut in the Coppa Italia with a 2–1 home win against Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Cremonese, but were eliminated in the following round by newly promoted top-flight club Hellas Verona, who won at Stadio Renzo Barbera thanks to a goal from former rosanero Luca Toni. Serie B debut match, away at Modena, ended in a 1–1 draw, and was followed by a shocking 1–2 home loss at the hands of Empoli, immediately raising doubts about the team's ability to adapt at new life in the second division. This was however immediately followed by the team's first win of the league, a 3–0 away success against Padova thanks to a brace from Abel Hernández. Two consecutive away defeats to Bari and Spezia however damaged Gattuso's position, and led to his ultimate sacking on 25 September and his immediate replacement with the more experienced Giuseppe Iachini. In his debut, Iachini easily defeated S.S. Juve Stabia by a clear 3–0 result. Under Iachini's tenure, results improved dramatically and Palermo ended the first half of the season topping the league. During the January 2014 window, the club was further strengthened by the signings of promising youngster Achraf Lazaar and veteran playmaker Enzo Maresca, as well as the addition of Franco Vázquez, who was previously left out of the squad under Gattuso. Also thanks to these additions, Palermo established as the main force in the league and spent the whole 2014 on top of the league, reaching up to a 13-point advantage to second-placed Latina in April.

On 3 May 2014, after a 1–0 win at Novara, Palermo were mathematically crowned Serie B champions in advance of five league weeks, a Serie B record, and promptly finalized their top flight return after only one season.

Confirmed summer transfer market bids

In
Northern Ireland FW Kyle Lafferty (from FC Sion[2])
Guinea-Bissau MF Carlos Embalo (from Chaves[8])
Italy FW Davide Di Gennaro (from Spezia[3])
Italy MF Gennaro Troianello (from Sassuolo[4])
Italy DF Eros Pisano (from Genoa, co-ownership resolution)
Italy GK Nicola Braccalenti (on loan from Foligno)
Serbia MF Alen Stevanović (on loan from Torino[9])
Italy DF Claudio Terzi (from Siena[10])
Italy MF Houssem Ferchichi (on loan from Montebelluna)
Switzerland DF Fabio Daprelà (from Brescia[11])
Italy MF Francesco Bolzoni (from Siena[12])
France MF Granddi Ngoyi (from Troyes[13])
Serbia DF Boris Grozdić (on loan from Hajduk Kula[14])
Italy MF Valerio Verre (on loan from Udinese[15])
Italy FW Andrea Belotti (on loan from Albinoleffe[15])
Portugal MF José Domingos Neves Lourenço (from Rio Ave)
Portugal MF João Manuel Pinto Do Amaral (from Benfica)
Out
Slovenia MF Jasmin Kurtić (to Sassuolo, co-ownership[4])
Switzerland DF Steve von Bergen (to BSC Young Boys)
Italy MF Massimo Donati (to Verona)
Italy GK Giacomo Brichetto (end of contract)
Italy FW Fabrizio Miccoli (end of contract, to Lecce)
Croatia FW Igor Budan (retired)
Romania DF Cristian Melinte (end of contract, to Concordia Chiajna)
Italy FW Giuseppe Prestia (end of contract, to Parma)
Paraguay FW Cesar Verdun Servín (to Verona)
Paraguay MF Oscar Arzamendia (to Verona)
Italy FW Dario Maltese (on loan to Latina, co-ownership[16])
Italy GK Alessandro Micai (on loan to Südtirol, co-ownership[17])
Italy MF Giulio Migliaccio (to Atalanta[18])
Slovenia MF Josip Iličić (to Fiorentina[5])
Paraguay FW Daniel Jara Martínez (to Genoa)
Brazil MF Anselmo (released, to São Caetano[19])
Italy MF Francesco Benussi (released, to Udinese[20])
Italy MF Nicolas Viola (to Ternana, co-ownership[21])
Italy MF Francesco Mirko Velardi (released, to Parma)
Argentina FW Mauricio Sperduti (released, to Arsenal de Sarandí)
Out on loan
Italy FW Gianluca Di Chiara (to Latina[16])
Italy FW Gabriele Zerbo (to Pergolettese[17])
Italy MF Stefano Cerniglia (to Pergolettese[17])
Serbia DF Jevrem Kosnić (to Pisa[17])
Italy FW Mauro Bollino (to Pisa[17])
Italy MF Francesco Vassallo (to Südtirol[17])
Italy DF Daniel Cappelletti (to Südtirol[17])
Italy FW Umberto Nappello (to Forlì[17])
Italy MF Vito Migliore (to Torino)
Portugal DF Nélson (to Almería[22])
Sweden FW Agon Mehmeti (to Olhanense[13])
Italy DF Edoardo Goldaniga (to Pisa[14])
Paraguay MF Roger Miller Rojas (to Chiasso[14])
Argentina DF Santiago García (to Werder Bremen[23])
Italy GK Emiliano Viviano (to Arsenal[24])
Italy DF Andrea Mantovani (to Bologna[25])

Confirmed winter transfer market bids

In
Italy DF Roberto Vitiello (unattached)
Italy DF Achraf Lazaar (from Varese)
Italy MF Enzo Maresca (from Sampdoria)
Italy MF Alberto Acquadro (on loan from Borgosesia)
Italy MF Gianluca Di Chiara (loan return from Latina)
Italy FW Eric Lanini (from Juventus, co-ownership)
Out
Italy DF Edoardo Goldaniga (to Juventus, co-ownership; remains on loan at Pisa)
Out on loan
Uruguay DF Ignacio Lores (to Bari)
Italy MF Gianluca Di Chiara (to Catanzaro)
Italy FW Eric Lanini (to Prato)
Italy MF Giulio Sanseverino (to Perugia)

Staff

Managerial staff

Position Staff
Chairman Italy Maurizio Zamparini
Vice-Chairman Italy Guglielmo Miccichè
General Manager Sport Italy Giorgio Perinetti
Team Manager Croatia Igor Budan

Last updated: 9 July 2013
Source: U.S Città di Palermo official website

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Italy Giuseppe Iachini
Assistant Coach Italy Giuseppe Carillo
Fitness Coach Italy Andrea Corrain
Fitness Coach Italy Marcello Iaia
Fitness Coach Italy Fabrizio Tafani
Injured Players Recovery Italy Alberto Andorlini
Goalkeeping Coach Italy Franco Paleari

Last updated: 25 September 2013
Source: U.S Città di Palermo official website

Squad information

Full season statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie B Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy Stefano Sorrentino 34 -22 32 -20 2 -2
12 GK Italy Andrea Fulignati 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK Kosovo Samir Ujkani 11 -8 11 -8 0 0
2 DF Slovenia Aljaž Struna 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Italy Eros Pisano 36 3 34 2 2 1
4 DF Slovenia Siniša Anđelković 38 1 36 1 2 0
5 DF Serbia Milan Milanović 18 1 18 1 0 0
6 DF Argentina Ezequiel Muñoz 33 3 33 3 0 0
7 DF Morocco Achraf Lazaar 14 0 14 0 0 0
17 DF Switzerland Michel Morganella 16 1 16 1 0 0
19 DF Italy Claudio Terzi 33 0 31 0 2 0
28 DF Switzerland Fabio Daprelà 27 0 25 0 2 0
29 DF Italy Roberto Vitiello 9 0 9 0 0 0
8 MF Paraguay Édgar Barreto (captain) 34 4 34 4 0 0
10 MF Italy Davide Di Gennaro 15 2 14 2 1 0
14 MF Serbia Alen Stevanović 22 0 21 0 1 0
15 MF Italy Francesco Bolzoni 39 4 37 4 2 0
19 MF Italy Gennaro Troianello 16 0 15 0 1 0
20 MF Argentina Franco Vázquez 19 4 18 4 1 0
21 MF Slovenia Armin Bačinović 9 0 8 0 1 0
23 MF Italy Valerio Verre 20 0 20 0 0 0
25 MF Italy Enzo Maresca 13 0 13 0 0 0
27 MF France Granddi Ngoyi 22 0 20 0 2 0
9 FW Argentina Paulo Dybala 30 5 28 5 2 0
11 FW Uruguay Abel Hernández 30 14 28 14 2 0
18 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 36 12 34 11 2 1
24 FW Switzerland Cephas Malele 3 0 3 0 0 0
30 FW Italy Andrea Belotti 24 10 24 10 0 0
Players sold or loaned out during the winter transfer market:
7 MF Italy Giulio Sanseverino 2 0 1 0 1 0
16 MF Uruguay Ignacio Lores 6 0 4 0 2 0

References

  1. ↑ "È GATTUSO IL NUOVO ALLENATORE VENERDÌ LA PRESENTAZIONE" [GATTUSO IS NEW HEAD COACH, INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE SET FOR FRIDAY] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 "ACQUISTATO LAFFERTY DAL SION" [LAFFERTY SIGNED FROM SION] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 "ACQUISTATO DI GENNARO DALLO SPEZIA" [DI GENNARO SIGNED FROM SPEZIA] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "UFFICIALE L'ARRIVO DI TROIANIELLO KURTIC CEDUTO AL SASSUOLO" [TROIANELLO'S ARRIVAL OFFICIAL; KURTIC SOLD TO SASSUOLO] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. 1 2 "ILICIC CEDUTO ALLA FIORENTINA" [ILICIC SOLD TO FIORENTINA] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "BUDAN NUOVO TEAM MANAGER" [BUDAN NEW TEAM MANAGER] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "RESCISSIONE CONSENSUALE PER AMORUSO" [MUTUAL RELEASE FOR AMORUSO] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "ACQUISTATO EMBALO DAL CHAVES "NON DELUDERÒ I TIFOSI ROSANERO"" [EMBALO SIGNED FROM CHAVES "I WILL NOT DISAPPOINT THE ROSANERO FANS"] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "ACQUISTATO STEVANOVIC DAL TORINO" [SIGNED STEVANOVIC FROM TORINO] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Arriva anche Terzi". US Città di Palermo. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "DAPRELA' E' ROSANERO". US Città di Palermo. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Preso anche Bolzoni". US Città di Palermo. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  13. 1 2 "FORMALIZZATO L'INGAGGIO DI NGOYI, MEHMETI ALL'OLHANENSE". US Città di Palermo. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 "ACQUISTATO GROZDIC DALL'HAJDUK KULA, CEDUTI IN PRESTITO GOLDANIGA E ROJAS". US Città di Palermo. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  15. 1 2 "PRESI BELOTTI E VERRE, VIVIANO IN PRESTITO ALL'ARSENAL". US Città di Palermo. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  16. 1 2 "MALTESE E DI CHIARA AL LATINA" [MALTESE AND DI CHIARA TO LATINA] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "MOVIMENTI DI MERCATO" [TRANSFER MARKET MOVEMENTS] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "MIGLIACCIO CEDUTO ALL'ATALANTA" [MIGLIACCIO SOLD TO ATALANTA] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  19. ↑ "RISOLUZIONE PER ANSELMO" [ANSELMO RELEASED] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  20. ↑ "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE PER BENUSSI" [MUTUAL RELEASE FOR BENUSSI] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  21. ↑ "VIOLA CEDUTO ALLA TERNANA" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  22. ↑ "NELSON CEDUTO ALL'ALMERIA" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  23. ↑ "GARCIA CEDUTO AL WERDER BREMA" [GARCIA SOLD TO WERDER BREMEN] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  24. ↑ "Arsenal sign Emiliano Viviano on loan". Arsenal.com. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  25. ↑ "CEDUTO MANTOVANI AL BOLOGNA". US Città di Palermo. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
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