2014–15 Empoli FC season
Appearance
2014–15 season | ||||
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President | Fabrizio Corsi | |||
Manager | Maurizio Sarri | |||
Stadium | Stadio Carlo Castellani | |||
Serie A | 15th | |||
Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Massimo Maccarone (10) All: Massimo Maccarone (10) | |||
Highest home attendance | 14,698 vs Juventus (1 November 2014, Serie A) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 1,470 vs Genoa (3 December 2014, Coppa Italia) | |||
Average home league attendance | 9,229[1] | |||
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The 2014–15 season was Empoli Football Club's first season in Serie A since the 2007–08 season. The team competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
Players
[edit]Squad information
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
[edit]Serie A
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 46 |
14 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 43 |
15 | Empoli | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 42 |
16 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 41 |
17 | Atalanta | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 37 |
Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).[3]
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 30 | −10 |
Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
[edit]Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]31 August 2014 1 | Udinese | 2–0 | Empoli | Udine |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Pasquale 39' Di Natale 57', 62' Badu 64' |
Report | Croce 55' Verdi 74' |
Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 7,889 Referee: Marco Di Bello |
13 September 2014 2 | Empoli | 0–1 | Roma | Empoli |
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Sepe 45+1' (o.g.) De Rossi 67' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,118 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni |
20 September 2014 3 | Cesena | 2–2 | Empoli | Cesena |
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Giorgi 24' Marilungo 30' Defrel 32', 77' Cascione 51' Lucchini 54' |
Report | Tavano 55' (pen.) Rugani 72' Vecino 76' |
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,073 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci |
23 September 2014 4 | Empoli | 2–2 | Milan | Empoli |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Tonelli 13' Pucciarelli 21' Vecino 42' Valdifiori 85' 86' |
Report | Zapata 20' Muntari 36' Torres 43' De Sciglio 50' Honda 57' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,619 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese |
28 September 2014 5 | Chievo | 1–1 | Empoli | Verona |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Radovanović 45+1' Meggiorini 50' Hetemaj 86' Biraghi 90+1' |
Report | Pucciarelli 59' Hysaj 74' |
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Davide Massa |
5 October 2014 6 | Empoli | 3–0 | Palermo | Empoli |
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Maccarone 4' Tonelli 33' Pucciarelli 63' |
Report | Vázquez 11' Feddal 16' Bolzoni 37' Terzi 70' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli |
20 October 2015 7 | Genoa | 1–1 | Empoli | Genoa |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Bertolacci 14', 90+2' Antonini 71' Perotti 78' |
Report | Croce 76' Tonelli 77' |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,843 Referee: Angelo Cervellera |
25 October 2014 8 | Empoli | 0–4 | Cagliari | Empoli |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Valdifiori 37' Moro 63' |
Report | Sau 31' Avelar 36', 38' (pen.) Ekdal 45+2' Crisetig 51' Farias 86' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,121 Referee: Luca Pairetto |
28 October 2014 9 | Sassuolo | 3–1 | Empoli | Reggio Emilia |
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Taïder 44' Missiroli 56' Floccari 61' Berardi 73' Acerbi 89' |
Report | Croce 18' Vecino 19' Maccarone 28' Tonelli 75' |
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato |
1 November 2014 10 | Empoli | 0–2 | Juventus | Empoli |
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Tonelli 60' 90+5' Hysaj 90+2' |
Report | Vidal 53' Pirlo 61' Morata 72' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 14,698 Referee: Paolo Valeri |
9 November 2014 11 | Empoli | 2–1 | Lazio | Empoli |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Barba 52' Maccarone 55' Mário Rui 84' |
Report | Cavanda 38' Ederson 57' Đorđević 66' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,153 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni |
23 November 2014 12 | Parma | 0–2 | Empoli | Parma |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Lodi 47' Galloppa 54' Acquah 57' Belfodil 70' |
Report | Vecino 45+1' Tavano 56' Maccarone 70' |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 10,625 Referee: Piero Giacomelli |
30 November 2014 13 | Empoli | 0–0 | Atalanta | Empoli |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Croce 5' Tavano 73' |
Report | Dramé 29' Cigarini 83' Migliaccio 90' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,938 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo |
7 December 2014 14 | Napoli | 2–2 | Empoli | Naples |
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Maggio 63' Zapata 67' Albiol 69' De Guzmán 72' |
Report | Verdi 19' Rugani 53' Laxalt 63' Mário Rui 73' |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 30,128 Referee: Angelo Cervellera |
15 December 2014 15 | Empoli | 0–0 | Torino | Empoli |
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Vecino 4' Mário Rui 69' |
Report | Gazzi 17' Jansson 32' 90+1' Moretti 55' El Kaddouri 79' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,796 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese |
21 December 2014 16 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Empoli | Florence |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Vargas 44' El Hamdaoui 88' Valero 90' Aquilani 90+1' |
Report | Maccarone 32' Tonelli 57' Pucciarelli 89' Zieliński 90+1' Valdifiori 90+4' |
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 34,162 Referee: Carmine Russo |
6 January 2015 17 | Empoli | 0–0 | Hellas Verona | Empoli |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Tonelli 49' 65' | Report | Sala 24' Toni 41' Campanharo 59' Hallfreðsson 68' 77' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,705 Referee: Piero Giacomelli |
11 January 2015 18 | Sampdoria | 1–0 | Empoli | Genoa |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Éder 49' Palombo 59' |
Report | Mário Rui 24' Hysaj 36' |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,931 Referee: Dino Tommasi |
17 January 2015 19 | Empoli | 0–0 | Internazionale | Empoli |
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Mchedlidze 57' | Report | Vidić 86' Medel 90+3' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,449 Referee: Daniele Doveri |
26 January 2015 20 | Empoli | 1–2 | Udinese | Empoli |
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Saponara 37' (pen.), 38' Barba 90+4' |
Report | Di Natale 19' Danilo 36' Widmer 60' Kone 61' 74' Piris 69' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,381 Referee: Davide Ghersini |
31 January 2015 21 | Roma | 1–1 | Empoli | Rome |
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Manolas 38' Maicon 57' Florenzi 58' Astori 90+1' Nainggolan 90+4' |
Report | Maccarone 39' (pen.) Saponara 43' 45+2' Croce 50' Valdifiori 71' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,621 Referee: Carmine Russo |
8 February 2015 22 | Empoli | 2–0 | Cesena | Empoli |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Maccarone 29' Mário Rui 45+1' Signorelli 57' Mchedlidze 83' |
Report | De Feudis 11' Capelli 36' Giorgi 63' Rodríguez 82' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,586 Referee: Daniele Orsato |
15 February 2015 23 | Milan | 1–1 | Empoli | Milan |
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Destro 40' Rami 48' Antonelli 64' Paletta 81' Diego López 84' |
Report | Maccarone 68' Verdi 78' Tonelli 90+1' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 27,170 Referee: Paolo Valeri |
22 February 2015 24 | Empoli | 3–0 | Chievo | Empoli |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rugani 22' Maccarone 46', 67' |
Report | Radovanović 36' Botta 87' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento |
1 March 2015 25 | Palermo | 0–0 | Empoli | Palermo |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rispoli 37' Dybala 51' Daprelà 69' |
Report | Hysaj 5' Vecino 18' Zieliński 89' |
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,352 Referee: Angelo Cervellera |
8 March 2015 26 | Empoli | 1–1 | Genoa | Empoli |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Barba 66' Mário Rui 75' Valdifiori 88' |
Report | Niang 27' Burdisso 61' Bertolacci 69' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,392 Referee: Fabio Maresca |
14 March 2015 27 | Cagliari | 1–1 | Empoli | Cagliari |
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Farias 8' João Pedro 20' Balzano 57' |
Report | Zieliński 75' Vecino 90+3' |
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli |
22 March 2015 28 | Empoli | 3–1 | Sassuolo | Empoli |
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Saponara 46', 60' Mchedlidze 59' |
Report | Acerbi 44' Rugani 49' (o.g.) Magnanelli 62' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,703 Referee: Dino Tommasi |
4 April 2015 29 | Juventus | 2–0 | Empoli | Turin |
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Tevez 43', 48' Barzagli 89' Pereyra 90+4' |
Report | Mário Rui 66' Saponara 78' |
Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,029 Referee: Piero Giacomelli |
12 April 2015 30 | Lazio | 4–0 | Empoli | Rome |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mauri 4' Klose 31', 55' Candreva 44' Novaretti 46' 58' Felipe Anderson 53' Cana 75' Cavanda 81' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,096 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo |
19 April 2015 31 | Empoli | 2–2 | Parma | Empoli |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Maccarone 32' Tonelli 45' |
Report | Lodi 19' Mauri 62' Belfodil 73' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua |
26 April 2015 32 | Atalanta | 2–2 | Empoli | Bergamo |
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Benalouane 33' Gómez 43' Cigarini 61' D'Alessandro 85' Denis 90+3' |
Report | Saponara 41' Pucciarelli 56' Maccarone 60' |
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,651 Referee: Angelo Cervellera |
30 April 2015 33 | Empoli | 4–2 | Napoli | Empoli |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Maccarone 8' Laurini 15' Britos 43' (o.g.) Saponara 45+1' Tonelli 71' Albiol 81' (o.g.) Verdi 90+1' |
Report | Ghoulam 24' Laurini 64' (o.g.) Higuaín 79' Hamšík 90+1' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 10,116 Referee: Davide Massa |
6 May 2015 34 | Torino | 0–1 | Empoli | Turin |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Glik 59' González 66' Peres 90+2' |
Report | Padelli 3' (o.g.) Mário Rui 65' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Dino Tommasi |
10 May 2015 35 | Empoli | 2–3 | Fiorentina | Empoli |
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Saponara 27' Mchedlidze 77', 83' |
Report | Iličić 6', 68' Badelj 24' Vargas 33' Salah 57' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,878 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni |
17 May 2015 36 | Hellas Verona | 2–1 | Empoli | Verona |
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Moras 24' Fernandinho 66' Sala 67' |
Report | Saponara 6' Croce 83' Verdi 90' |
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18,588 Referee: Federico La Penna |
24 May 2015 37 | Empoli | 1–1 | Sampdoria | Empoli |
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Valdifiori 41' Pucciarelli 57' Maccarone 90+5' Vecino 90+6' |
Report | Acquah 45+3' Muriel 47' Eto'o 90+1' Romagnoli 90+5' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,084 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese |
31 May 2015 38 | Internazionale | 4–3 | Empoli | Milan |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Palacio 49' Icardi 53', 77' Brozović 70' Hernanes 84' |
Report | Mchedlidze 59', 88' Pucciarelli 62' Barba 63' Valdifiori 67' Mário Rui 90+3' |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 32,036 Referee: Antonio Damato |
Coppa Italia
[edit]24 August 2014 Third round | Empoli | 3–0 | L'Aquila | Empoli |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Verdi 10' Tavano 19', 80' Mchedlidze 53' |
Del Pinto 33' Karkalis 69' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 2,359 Referee: Sig. Roca di Foggia |
3 December 2014 Fourth round | Empoli | 2–0 | Genoa | Empoli |
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Laxalt 4' Mchedlidze 68', 73' Zieliński 89' |
Report | Greco 8' Matri 75' Pinilla 85' |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Marco Di Bello |
20 January 2015 Round of 16 | Roma | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Empoli | Rome |
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Iturbe 5' Yanga-Mbiwa 99' De Rossi 114' (pen.) |
Report | Bianchetti 55' Verdi 80' Vecino 113' Zieliński 113' Laxalt 120+1' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 11,019 Referee: Marco Di Bello |
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||
1 | GK | ITA | Maurizio Pugliesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | GK | ITA | Davide Bassi | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
32 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Giacomel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||
2 | DF | FRA | Vincent Laurini | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba | 20 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
21 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 37 | 0 | 28+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
22 | DF | ITA | Matteo Bianchetti | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj | 39 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
24 | DF | ITA | Daniele Rugani | 39 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
26 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli | 30 | 5 | 27+1 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
50 | DF | ITA | Michele Somma | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||
5 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 18 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
8 | MF | VEN | Franco Signorelli | 15 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
11 | MF | ITA | Daniele Croce | 39 | 1 | 35+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
17 | MF | ITA | Tiberio Guarente | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | ITA | Simone Verdi | 28 | 3 | 17+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 |
25 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 30 | 0 | 7+21 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
88 | MF | URU | Matías Vecino | 38 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Forwards | |||||||||
7 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone | 35 | 10 | 30+4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
9 | FW | GEO | Levan Mchedlidze | 27 | 5 | 6+19 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Tavano | 28 | 4 | 15+11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli | 36 | 5 | 25+9 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||
5 | MF | ITA | Davide Moro | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | MF | URU | Diego Laxalt | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
77 | FW | GEO | Irakli Shekiladze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
95 | FW | ITA | Emanuele Rovini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
99 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Aguirre | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
[edit]Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
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1 | 7 | FW | Massimo Maccarone | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
2 | 5 | MF | Riccardo Saponara | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | 9 | FW | Levan Mchedlidze | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
20 | FW | Manuel Pucciarelli | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
26 | DF | Lorenzo Tonelli | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
6 | 10 | FW | Francesco Tavano | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
7 | 18 | MF | Simone Verdi | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
24 | DF | Daniele Rugani | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
9 | 19 | DF | Federico Barba | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
88 | MF | Matías Vecino | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
11 | 8 | MF | Franco Signorelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | MF | Daniele Croce | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
13 | MF | Diego Laxalt | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Totals | 46 | 6 | 52 |
Last updated: 17 January 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
- ^ "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.