2015–16 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2015–16 season
President Mario Cognigni
Manager Paulo Sousa
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 5th
Coppa Italia Round of 16
UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Josip Iličić (13)
All:
Josip Iličić (15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season is the 89th season in Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina's history and their 78th in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina will compete in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Europa League. The club will look to improve on its fourth-placed finish the previous season, having now finished fourth in the league three seasons in a row. The 2015–16 season is the first since 2012 in which the club will not be managed by Vincenzo Montella.[1]

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 2 February 2016
No. Name Nat. Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
12 Ciprian Tătărușanu Romania GK 9 February 1986 Romania Steaua 2014 2019 19 0
24 Luca Lezzerini Italy GK 24 March 1995 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2016 0 0
33 Luigi Sepe Italy GK 8 May 1991 Italy Napoli 2015 2016 0 0
Defenders
2 Gonzalo Rodríguez Argentina CB 10 April 1984 Spain Villarreal 2012 2017 130 20
4 Nenad Tomović Serbia CB / RB 30 August 1987 Italy Genoa 2012 2016 102 1
13 Davide Astori Italy CB 7 January 1987 Italy Cagliari 2015 2016 1 0
23 Manuel Pasqual (C) Italy LB / LM 13 March 1982 Italy Arezzo 2005 2016 335 10
25 Yohan Benalouane Tunisia CB 28 March 1987 England Leicester City 2016 2016 0 0
28 Marcos Alonso Spain LB / LM 28 December 1990 England Bolton Wanderers 2013 2016 45 3
32 Facundo Roncaglia Argentina CB / RB 10 February 1987 Argentina Boca Juniors 2012 2016 52 3
Midfielders
5 Milan Badelj Croatia DM / CM 25 February 1989 Germany Hamburg 2014 2018 38 1
6 Tino Costa Argentina CM 9 January 1985 Italy Genoa 2016 2016 0 0
8 Matías Vecino Uruguay CM / AM 24 August 1991 Uruguay Nacional 2013 2018 7 0
14 Matías Fernández Chile CM / AM / RM 15 May 1986 Portugal Sporting CP 2012 2016 105 6
16 Jakub Błaszczykowski Poland RW / RM 14 December 1985 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2015 2016 0 0
20 Borja Valero Spain DM / CM / AM 12 January 1985 Spain Villarreal 2012 2019 131 11
26 Panagiotis Kone Greece CM / AM 26 July 1987 Italy Udinese 2016 2016 0 0
72 Josip Iličić Slovenia AM / RW / SS 29 January 1988 Italy Palermo 2013 2018 66 18
Forwards
7 Mauro Zárate Argentina SS / AM 18 March 1987 England West Ham United 2016 2018 0 0
9 Nikola Kalinić Croatia CF 5 January 1988 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2015 2019 1 0
10 Federico Bernardeschi Italy RW / SS / CF 16 February 1994 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2019 11 3
27 Cristian Tello Spain W 11 August 1991 Portugal Porto 2016 2016 0 0
30 Khouma Babacar Senegal CF 17 March 1993 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2009 2019 55 13

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
22 July 2015 c DF Brazil Gilberto 23 Brazil Botafogo £1,400,000 [2]
22 July 2015 c MF Spain Mario Suárez 29 Spain Atlético Madrid £10,500,000
14 August 2015 c FW Croatia Nikola Kalinić 28 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk £4,200,000
24 August 2015 c FW Uruguay Jaime Báez 21 Uruguay Juventud £1,600,000
21 January 2016 c FW Argentina Mauro Zárate 29 England West Ham United £1,600,000 [3]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
15 July 2015 c GK Italy Luigi Sepe 24 Italy Napoli Loan
4 August 2015 c DF Italy Davide Astori 29 Italy Cagliari Loan, Fee of £1,000,000 Transfer next year for £2,400,000
31 August 2015 c MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 30 Germany Dortmund Loan, Fee of £700,000
21 January 2016 c MF Argentina Tino Costa 31 Russia Spartak Moscow Loan Permanent transfer option for next season

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
20 July 2015 c DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 25 Spain Atlético Madrid £17,500,000
9 July 2015 c DF Italy Cristiano Piccini 23 Spain Real Betis £1,000,000
12 August 2015 c MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 32 Spain Real Betis Free
22 July 2015 c MF Chile David Pizarro 36 Chile Santiago Wanderers Free
6 August 2015 c MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 31 Portugal Sporting CP Free
20 July 2015 c MF Italy Andrea Lazzari 31 Italy Carpi Free
3 July 2015 c GK Brazil Neto 26 Italy Juventus Free
24 July 2015 c DF Italy Michele Camporese 23 Italy Empoli Undisclosed
31 August 2015 c MF Spain Joaquín 34 Spain Real Betis £1,000,000

Loans out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
30 July 2015 c FW Germany Mario Gómez 30 Turkey Beşiktaş Undisclosed On loan until the end of the season [4]
31 August 2015 c DF Argentina José María Basanta 32 Mexico Monterrey Undisclosed On loan until the end of the season

Pre-season and friendlies

International Champions Cup

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Roma (T) 36 21 11 4 77 40 +37 74 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Internazionale (T) 36 19 7 10 47 34 +13 64 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage
5 Fiorentina 36 17 9 10 56 40 +16 60 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Sassuolo 36 14 13 9 45 39 +6 55
7 Milan 36 14 12 10 47 40 +7 54
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 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.[5]
(T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 17 9 10 56 40  +16 60 11 4 3 34 16  +18 6 5 7 22 24  −2

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W L W W W W W L L W W W D D W L W W L L W D W D W W D L D D D L W L L D
Position 3 10 8 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAS FIO LPO BEL
1 Switzerland Basel 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–2 2–0 1–2
2 Italy Fiorentina 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10 1–2 1–2 1–0
3 Poland Lech Poznań 6 1 2 3 2 6 4 5 0–1 0–2 0–0
4 Portugal Belenenses 6 1 2 3 2 8 6 5 0–2 0–4 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 38 0 36 0 0 0 2 0
24 GK Italy Luca Lezzerini 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Italy Luigi Sepe 7 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Defenders
2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 39 4 33 4 1 0 5 0
4 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 32 0 18+5 0 1 0 6+2 0
13 DF Italy Davide Astori 40 0 30+1 0 1 0 8 0
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 19 0 11+4 0 1 0 2+1 0
25 DF Tunisia Yohan Benalouane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 37 3 25+4 3 0+1 0 6+1 0
32 DF Argentina Facundo Roncaglia 31 1 25+3 1 0 0 3 0
Midfielders
5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 33 1 23+2 1 1 0 4+3 0
6 MF Argentina Tino Costa 7 0 3+3 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Uruguay Matías Vecino 36 0 26+2 0 1 0 4+3 0
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 25 1 10+10 1 0 0 4+1 0
16 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 20 2 9+6 2 0 0 3+2 0
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 41 4 34+2 4 0 0 5 0
26 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Andy Bangu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 36 15 23+6 13 0+1 0 5+1 2
98 MF Senegal Abdou Diakhaté 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Argentina Mauro Zárate 15 3 4+9 3 0 0 1+1 0
9 FW Croatia Nikola Kalinić 40 13 24+10 12 1 0 3+2 1
10 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 39 5 23+8 1 1 0 5+2 4
27 FW Spain Cristian Tello 14 1 12+2 1 0 0 0 0
30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 24 7 11+7 5 1 0 3+2 2
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Brazil Gilberto 7 0 3+2 0 0 0 1+1 0
11 FW Croatia Ante Rebić 7 1 3+1 1 1 0 2 0
18 MF Spain Mario Suárez 13 1 5+4 1 0 0 3+1 0
21 MF Spain Joan Verdú 8 1 1+4 1 0 0 2+1 0
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 16 2 4+7 0 0+1 0 4 2

Last updated: 1 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 13 0 2 15
2 9 FW Croatia Nikola Kalinić 12 0 1 13
3 30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 5 0 2 7
4 10 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 1 0 4 5
5 2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 4 0 0 4
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 4 0 0 4
7 7 FW Argentina Mauro Zárate 3 0 0 3
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 3 0 0 3
9 16 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 2 0 0 2
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 0 0 2 2
11 5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 1 0 0 1
11 FW Croatia Ante Rebić 1 0 0 1
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 1 0 0 1
18 MF Spain Mario Suárez 1 0 0 1
21 MF Spain Joan Verdú 1 0 0 1
27 FW Spain Cristian Tello 1 0 0 1
32 DF Argentina Facundo Roncaglia 1 0 0 1
Own goal 2 0 1 3
Totals 56 0 12 68

Last updated: 24 April 2016

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 13 0 0 13
2 33 GK Italy Luigi Sepe 0 0 3 3
Totals 13 0 3 16

Last updated: 1 May 2016

References

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