2015–16 Empoli F.C. season

Empoli

2015–16 season
President	Fabrizio Corsi
Manager	Marco Giampaolo
Stadium	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A	11th
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Massimo Maccarone (12) All: Massimo Maccarone (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is 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 Maurizio Sarri to Napoli.^[1]

Players

As of 29 August 2015.^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Maurizio Pugliesi 2 DF Vincent Laurini 3 DF Marco Zambelli 4 DF Kastriot Dermaku 5 MF Riccardo Saponara 6 DF Luca Bittante 7 FW Massimo Maccarone 9 FW Levan Mchedlidze 11 MF Daniele Croce 12 MF Ronaldo Pompeu 13 MF Raffaele Maiello (on loan from Napoli) 14 MF Assane Dioussé 15 DF Andrea Costa 17 MF Piotr Zieliński (on loan from Udinese)

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

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
25 July 2015	DF	Michele Camporese	Fiorentina	Undisclosed[3]

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Chievo	36	13	10	13	43	42	+1	49
10	Torino	36	12	9	15	50	51	−1	45
11	Empoli	36	11	10	15	37	46	−9	43[lower-alpha 1]
12	Genoa	36	12	7	17	41	46	−5	43[lower-alpha 1]
13	Bologna	36	11	8	17	33	44	−11	41[lower-alpha 2]

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.^[4]
Notes:

1. Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa −1.
2. Bologna ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head goal difference; Bologna +1, Atalanta −1

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
36	11	10	15	37	46	−9	43	6	6	6	20	19	+1	5	4	9	17	27	−10

Last updated: 1 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
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

Last updated: 1 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Empoli v Chievo

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

Milan v Empoli

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

Empoli v Napoli

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' Jorginho  79' Hysaj  87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,632 Referee: Luca Banti

Udinese v Empoli

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

Empoli v Atalanta

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

Frosinone v Empoli

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

Empoli v Sassuolo

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

Roma v Empoli

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

Empoli v Genoa

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

Sampdoria v Empoli

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

Palermo v Empoli

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

Empoli v Juventus

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

Fiorentina v Empoli

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

Empoli v Lazio

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

Hellas Verona v Empoli

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

Empoli v Carpi

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

Bologna v Empoli

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

Empoli v Internazionale

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

Torino v Empoli

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

Chievo v Empoli

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

Empoli v Milan

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

Napoli v Empoli

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

Empoli v Udinese

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

Atalanta v Empoli

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

Empoli v Frosinone

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

Sassuolo v Empoli

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

Empoli v Roma

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

Genoa v Empoli

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

Empoli v Sampdoria

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

Empoli v Palermo

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

Juventus v Empoli

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

Empoli v Fiorentina

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

Lazio v Empoli

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

Empoli v Hellas Verona

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

Carpi v Empoli

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

Empoli v Bologna

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

Internazionale v Empoli

7 May 2016 37	Internazionale	v	Empoli	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: San Siro

Empoli v Torino

15 May 2016 38	Empoli	v	Torino	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

Coppa Italia

Empoli v Vicenza

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Maurizio Pugliesi	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Alberto Pelagotti	5	0	5	0	0	0
28	GK		Łukasz Skorupski	32	0	31	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Vincent Laurini	25	1	24+1	1	0	0
3	DF		Marco Zambelli	17	0	11+6	0	0	0
6	DF		Luca Bittante	16	0	3+12	0	0+1	0
15	DF		Andrea Costa	22	1	21+1	1	0	0
21	DF		Mário Rui	35	0	34	0	1	0
24	DF		Uroš Ćosić	8	0	8	0	0	0
26	DF		Lorenzo Tonelli	26	2	25	2	1	0
31	DF		Michele Camporese	2	0	2	0	0	0
37	DF		Lorenzo Ariaudo	5	0	5	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Riccardo Saponara	32	5	30+1	5	1	0
11	MF		Daniele Croce	27	0	18+8	0	1	0
13	MF		Raffaele Maiello	10	0	4+6	0	0	0
14	MF		Assane Dioussé	16	0	9+6	0	0+1	0
17	MF		Piotr Zieliński	34	4	33	4	1	0
32	MF		Leandro Paredes	31	2	27+4	2	0	0
33	MF		Rade Krunić	15	1	5+9	1	0+1	0
77	MF		Marcel Büchel	27	2	17+10	2	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Massimo Maccarone	36	12	33+2	12	1	0
9	FW		Levan Mchedlidze	14	0	2+11	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Manuel Pucciarelli	37	5	31+5	5	1	0
22	FW		Alessandro Piu	9	0	2+7	0	0	0
39	FW		Marko Livaja	18	1	4+14	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	MF		Ronaldo	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
18	MF		Franco Signorelli	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	DF		Federico Barba	11	0	10	0	1	0
55	DF		Luca Martinelli	2	0	1	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 1 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	7	FW		Massimo Maccarone	12	0	12
2	5	MF		Riccardo Saponara	5	0	5
	20	FW		Manuel Pucciarelli	5	0	5
4	17	MF		Piotr Zieliński	4	0	4
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					37	0	37

Last updated: 25 April 2016

Clean sheets

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

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2. "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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