# 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's pre-season began with the departure of manager Maurizio Sarri to Napoli.

## Players

    As of 29 August 2015.
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
## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 25 July 2015 | DF | Michele Camporese | Fiorentina | Undisclosed |

#### 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 | Teamvte | 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 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46 |
| 12 | Torino | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 45 |
* 1 2 Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
* ↑ Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 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 | L | W |
| 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 | 12 | 10 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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

| 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 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Piotr Zieliński | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 26 | DF | | Lorenzo Tonelli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 32 | MF | | Leandro Paredes | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | | Marcel Büchel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Vincent Laurini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 15 | DF | | Andrea Costa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 33 | MF | | Rade Krunić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 39 | FW | | Marko Livaja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 0 | 40 |
Last updated: 15 May 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 | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Last updated: 1 May 2016