# 2017–18 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2017–18 season was Cagliari Calcio's second season back in Serie A after being relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 16th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the fourth round.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2018.
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 | BRA | Rafael |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena (captain) |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Andrea Cossu |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Niccolò Giannetti |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Pedro |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangue |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Leandro Castán (on loan from Roma) |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Paolo Faragò |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Barella |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Fabio Pisacane |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Padoin |
| 21 | MF | MDA | Artur Ioniță |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalambos Lykogiannis |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli |
| 24 | FW | COL | Damir Ceter |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Marco Sau (vice-captain) |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Luca Crosta |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti |
| 32 | FW | PRK | Han Kwang-song |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Caligara |
| 56 | DF | ITA | Filippo Romagna |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Luca Cigarini | 31 | Sampdoria | Free | Included as part of Nicola Murru's transfer | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Senna Miangue | 20 | Internazionale | €3.5M | | |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Duje Čop | 27 | Sporting Gijón | Loan return | | |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Alessio Cragno | 23 | Benevento | Loan return | | |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Niccolò Giannetti | 26 | Spezia | Loan return | | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Marko Pajač | 24 | Benevento | Loan return | | |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Marco Andreolli | 31 | Unattached | Free | | |
| 28 July 2017 | DF | Filippo Romagna | 20 | Juventus | €7.6M | | |
| 25 August 2017 | DF | Gregory van der Wiel | 29 | Fenerbahçe | Undisclosed | | |
| 30 August 2017 | FW | Leonardo Pavoletti | 28 | Napoli | €12M | | |
| 1 February 2018 | MF | Fabrizio Caligara | 17 | Juventus | €2M | Option for Buy-back clause | Archived 2020-11-10 at the Wayback Machine |
| 1 February 2018 | MF | Han Kwang-song | 19 | Perugia | | | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 11 January 2018 | DF | Leandro Castán | 31 | Roma | Loan | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 31 May 2017 | DF | Bruno Alves | 35 | Rangers | Undisclosed | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Nicola Murru | 22 | Sampdoria | €7M | €7M + Luca Cigarini |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 26 | Torino | Loan return | |
| 21 July 2017 | MF | Davide Di Gennaro | 29 | Lazio | Undisclosed | |
| 19 August 2017 | FW | Marco Borriello | 35 | SPAL | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Duje Čop | 27 | Standard Liège | €3M | |
| 1 February 2018 | DF | Gregory van der Wiel | 29 | Toronto FC | | Targeted allocation money signing. |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 19 August 2017 | DF | Bartosz Salamon | 26 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an option to buy | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 40 | |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 | |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 39 | |
| 17 | SPAL | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 38 | |
| 18 | Crotone (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Chievo finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Chievo 1–1 Udinese, Udinese 1–2 Chievo.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 |

#### 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 | BRA | Rafael | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Crosta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli | 24 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangue | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Leandro Castán | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Fabio Pisacane | 26 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalambos Lykogiannis | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli | 27 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | ITA | Filippo Romagna | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena | 18 | 1 | 7+10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Andrea Cossu | 13 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini | 27 | 2 | 24+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Pedro | 24 | 6 | 19+3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Paolo Faragò | 36 | 2 | 25+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Barella | 35 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Padoin | 37 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MDA | Artur Ioniță | 37 | 0 | 31+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Caligara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Niccolò Giannetti | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias | 30 | 1 | 14+14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | COL | Damir Ceter | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Marco Sau | 30 | 2 | 16+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti | 33 | 11 | 31+2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | PRK | Han Kwang-song | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ITA | Luca Gagliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Gregory van der Wiel | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Marco Capuano | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Federico Melchiorri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | CRO | Duje Čop | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 30 | FW | | Leonardo Pavoletti | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | João Pedro | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | | Nicolò Barella | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 23 | DF | | Luca Ceppitelli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Luca Cigarini | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Paolo Faragò | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 25 | FW | | Marco Sau | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | MF | | Daniele Dessena | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | | Simone Padoin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 2 | 35 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 28 | GK | | Alessio Cragno | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Rafael | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Rafael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Marco Andreolli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Senna Miangue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Leandro Castán | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Fabio Pisacane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Charalambos Lykogiannis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Luca Ceppitelli | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Marco Capuano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Daniele Dessena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Luca Cigarini | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | João Pedro | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Paolo Faragò | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Nicolò Barella | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Simone Padoin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Artur Ioniță | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Alessandro Deiola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Fabrizio Caligara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Niccolò Giannetti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Marco Sau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Leonardo Pavoletti | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 88 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4 | 2 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018