# 2016–17 SPAL season

The 2016–17 season was SPAL's first season back in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 110th as a football club.

## Players
### First-team quad

    As of 5 January 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret (on loan from Udinese) |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gasparetto (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Tommaso Silvestri |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Mariano Arini |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Nicolas Giani (captain) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Michele Cremonesi |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Mirco Antenucci |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Mattia Finotto |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Gabriele Marchegiani |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi (on loan from Torino) |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Gianmarco Zigoni (on loan from Milan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Eros Schiavon |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Luca Mora |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Michele Castagnetti |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Simone Pontisso (on loan from Udinese) |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Poluzzi |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Francesco Vicari |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Del Grosso (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione (on loan from Genoa) |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Schiattarella |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Lazzari |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Filippo Costa (on loan from Chievo) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie B | 27 August 2016 | 18 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 052.38 |
| Coppa Italia | 7 August 2016 | 15 August 2016 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 052.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SPAL (C, P) | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 78 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Hellas Verona (P) | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 74 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Frosinone | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 74 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Perugia | 42 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Benevento (O, P) | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* 1 2 Hellas Verona is ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head goal difference: Hellas Verona 2–0 Frosinone, Frosinone 1–0 Hellas Verona.
* 1 2 Perugia is ahead of Benevento on head-to-head points: Perugia 3–1 Benevento, Benevento 0–0 Perugia.
* ↑ Benevento was deducted one point.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Serie B

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 17 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 3 August 2016.