# 2017–18 Parma Calcio 1913 season

The 2017–18 season was Parma's first season in Serie B since 2009. Parma were promoted by winning the 2016–17 Lega Pro promotion play-offs, which was the second consecutive promotion for Parma since the club's bankruptcy in 2015.
Parma achieved their third consecutive promotion on 18 May 2018 by finishing second in the 2017–18 Serie B season, making a return to Serie A for the season 2018–19 season. On 23 July 2018, Parma were handed a 5-point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaio "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of Spezia, a match Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion this season.

## Squad

As of 28 August 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Pierluigi Frattali | GK | (1985-12-01)1 December 1985 (aged 32) | Avellino |
| 22 | Michele Nardi | GK | (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 31) | Santarcangelo |
| 35 | Andrea Dini | GK | (1996-02-20)20 February 1996 (aged 22) | San Marino Calcio |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Simone Iacoponi | RB | (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 31) | Virtus Entella |
| 5 | Valerio Di Cesare | CB | (1983-05-23)23 May 1983 (aged 34) | Bari |
| 6 | Alessandro Lucarelli (captain) | CB | (1977-07-22)22 July 1977 (aged 40) | Genoa |
| 16 | Armando Anastasio | LB | (1996-07-24)24 July 1996 (aged 21) | Loan from Napoli |
| 23 | Marcello Gazzola | CB | (1985-04-03)3 April 1985 (aged 33) | Sassuolo |
| 28 | Riccardo Gagliolo | LB | (1990-04-28)28 April 1990 (aged 28) | Carpi |
| 31 | Francisco Sierralta | RB | (1997-05-06)6 May 1997 (aged 21) | Loan from Udinese |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Antonio Junior Vacca | MF | (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 28) | Foggia |
| 10 | Yves Baraye | AM | (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 25) | Torres |
| 11 | Gianni Munari | MF | (1983-06-24)24 June 1983 (aged 34) | Cagliari |
| 17 | Antonino Barillà | MF | (1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (aged 30) | Trapani |
| 21 | Matteo Scozzarella | MF | (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 (aged 29) | Trapani |
| 26 | Luca Siligardi | AM | (1988-01-26)26 January 1988 (aged 30) | Hellas Verona |
| 29 | Manuel Scavone | MF | (1987-06-03)3 June 1987 (aged 30) | Pro Vercelli |
| 33 | Jacopo Dezi | MF | (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 26) | Loan from Napoli |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Pasquale Mazzocchi | FW | (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 22) | Rimini |
| 8 | Amato Ciciretti | FW | (1993-12-31)31 December 1993 (aged 24) | Loan from Benevento |
| 9 | Emanuele Calaiò | CF | (1982-01-08)8 January 1982 (aged 36) | Spezia |
| 14 | Marco Frediani | LW | (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 24) | Ancona |
| 15 | Alessio Da Cruz | FW | (1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 21) | Novara |
| 19 | Roberto Insigne | FW | (1994-05-11)11 May 1994 (aged 24) | Loan from Napoli |
| 20 | Antonio Di Gaudio | LW | (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 28) | Carpi |
| 30 | Fabio Ceravolo | FW | (1987-03-05)5 March 1987 (aged 31) | Loan from Benevento |

### Out on loan

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 | LVA | Kristaps Zommers (loan to Pordenone until 30 June 2018) |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Ricci (loan to Pro Piacenza until 30 June 2018) |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Francesco Giorno (loan to Modena until 30 June 2018) |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Simonetti (loan to Renate until 30 June 2018) |
| — | FW | ARG | Facundo Lescano (loan to Siena until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Galuppini (loan to Modena until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pinto (loan to Ascoli until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | URU | Juan Ramos (from Casertana) |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Marco Frediani (from Roma) |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Antonino Barillà (from Trapani) |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Roberto Insigne (loan from Napoli) |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Gaudio (from Carpi) |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Michele Nardi (from Santarcangelo) |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Francesco Giorno (from Casertana) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Luca Germoni (loan from Lazio) |
| 26 | FW | ITA | Luca Siligardi (from Hellas Verona) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Gagliolo (loan from Carpi) |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Fabio Ceravolo (from Benevento) |
| 31 | DF | CHI | Francisco Sierralta (loan from Udinese) |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Dezi (loan from Napoli) |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Andrea Dini (from San Marino) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pinto (from Monopoli 1966) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Galuppini (from Ciliverghe Mazzano) |
| — | | ITA | Federico Bachis (from Torres) |
| — | | ITA | Sebastiano Longo (from Messina) |
| — | | ITA | Riccardo Santovito (from Latina) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Kristaps Zommers (loan to Pordenone) |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Nunzella (to Pordenone) |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Ricci (loan to Pro Piacenza) |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Francesco Giorno (loan to Modena) |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Simonetti (loan to Renate) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pinto (loan to Ascoli) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Galuppini (loan to Modena) |
| — | FW | ARG | Facundo Lescano (loan to Robur Siena) |
| — | FW | ITA | Felice Evacuo (to Trapani) |

### Winter
## Competitions
### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Empoli (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 85 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Parma (P) | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 72 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Frosinone (O, P) | 42 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 72 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Palermo | 42 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 71 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Venezia | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 67 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Cittadella | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 66 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Bari (R, D, R) | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 65 | Revival in Serie D |
| 8 | Perugia | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 60 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 9 | Foggia | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 58 | |
| 10 | Spezia | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 53 | |
| 11 | Carpi | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 52 | |
| 12 | Salernitana | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 51 | |
| 13 | Cesena (E, R) | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 50 | Revival in Serie D |
| 14 | Cremonese | 42 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 48 | |
| 15 | Avellino (R, E, R, R) | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 48 | Revival in Serie D |
| 16 | Brescia | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 48 | |
| 17 | Pescara | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 48 | |
| 18 | Ascoli (O) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 46 | Qualification to relegation play-out |
| 19 | Virtus Entella (R) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 44 | Qualification to relegation play-out |
| 20 | Novara (R) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 44 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 21 | Pro Vercelli (R) | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 70 | −23 | 40 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 22 | Ternana (R) | 42 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 62 | 77 | −15 | 37 | Relegation to Serie C |
* 1 2 Parma is ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head goal difference: Parma 2–0 Frosinone, Frosinone 2–1 Parma.
* ↑ Bari was deducted two points for administrative irregularities. The team was reestablished in 2018 after the bankruptcy of the previous legal person
* 1 2 3 Bari, Cesena and Avellino were excluded from the league after the season for financial issues.
* ↑ A.C. Cesena bankrupted in mid-2018. A.S.D. Romagna Centro Cesena; another team from Cesena was renamed to Cesena F.C. which would participate in 2018–19 Serie D
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head points: Cremonese 10 pts, Avellino 8 pts, Brescia 7 pts, Pescara 6 pts.
* 1 2 Virtus Entella is ahead of Novara on head-to-head points: Virtus Entella 2–1 Novara, Novara 0–1 Virtus Entella.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2018. Source: See Results

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |

#### Results
### Coppa Italia
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 28 April 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Frattali | 42 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Simone Iacoponi | 40 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Antonio Junior Vacca | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Valerio Di Cesare | 20 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Lucarelli | 32 | 4 | 29+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Pasquale Mazzocchi | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Amato Ciciretti | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Emanuele Calaiò | 34 | 14 | 25+8 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SEN | Yves Baraye | 29 | 1 | 19+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Gianni Munari | 28 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Marco Frediani | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NED | Alessio Da Cruz | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Armando Anastasio | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Antonino Barillà | 23 | 4 | 18+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Roberto Insigne | 31 | 5 | 22+8 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Antonio Di Gaudio | 35 | 5 | 26+9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Matteo Scozzarella | 25 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Michele Nardi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola | 18 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Luca Siligardi | 19 | 1 | 11+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Gagliolo | 37 | 5 | 36+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Scavone | 29 | 3 | 24+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Fabio Ceravolo | 17 | 6 | 7+10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | CHI | Francisco Sierralta | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Dezi | 34 | 1 | 29+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Parma during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Corapi | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luigi Scaglia | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Manuel Nocciolini | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Luca Germoni | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Emanuele Calaiò | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | | 30 | Fabio Ceravolo | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 19 | Roberto Insigne | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | | 20 | Antonio Di Gaudio | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | | 28 | Riccardo Gagliolo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | | 6 | Alessandro Lucarelli | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | 17 | Antonino Barillà | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | 29 | Manuel Scavone | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 5 | Valerio Di Cesare | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 2 | Simone Iacoponi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 4 | Francesco Corapi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 10 | Yves Baraye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 11 | Gianni Munari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 26 | Luca Siligardi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 33 | Jacopo Dezi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 55 | 1 | 56 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Pierluigi Frattali | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Simone Iacoponi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | | MF | Antonio Junior Vacca | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Valerio Di Cesare | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | | DF | Alessandro Lucarelli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | | FW | Pasquale Mazzocchi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | | FW | Amato Ciciretti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Luigi Scaglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Emanuele Calaiò | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Yves Baraye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Gianni Munari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | | FW | Alessio Da Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Antonino Barillà | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Roberto Insigne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | | FW | Antonio Di Gaudio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Matteo Scozzarella | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | | DF | Marcello Gazzola | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | | MF | Luca Siligardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | | DF | Riccardo Gagliolo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Manuel Scavone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 31 | | DF | Francisco Sierralta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | | MF | Jacopo Dezi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 76 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 4 |