# 2018–19 AC ChievoVerona season

The 2018–19 season was Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona's eleventh consecutive season in Serie A. Chievo competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, having finished 13th in the league the previous season.
Lorenzo D'Anna remained as coach of the club after replacing Rolando Maran during the 2017–18 season. On 13 September, Chievo were deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 17 March 2019
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Adrian Šemper | GK | (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 26) | Dinamo Zagreb | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 16 | Andrea Seculin | GK | (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) | Fiorentina | 2013 | 2021 | 9 | 0 | |
| 70 | Stefano Sorrentino | GK | (1979-03-28) 28 March 1979 (age 45) | Palermo | 2016 | 2019 | 262 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Ezequiel Schelotto | RB | (1989-05-23) 23 May 1989 (age 35) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | Strahinja Tanasijević | CB | (1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 27) | Rad | 2018 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | Federico Barba | CB | (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31) | Sporting Gijón | 2018 | 2022 | 23 | 0 | |
| 6 | Nicolas Frey | RB / CB / LB | (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 (age 40) | Modena | 2008 | 2019 | 214 | 0 | |
| 12 | Boštjan Cesar | CB | (1982-07-09) 9 July 1982 (age 42) | Grenoble | 2010 | 2019 | 206 | 6 | |
| 14 | Mattia Bani | CB | (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 31) | Pro Vercelli | 2016 | 2020 | 39 | 0 | |
| 15 | Luca Rossettini | CB / RB | (1985-05-09) 9 May 1985 (age 39) | Genoa | 2018 | 2019 | 21 | 0 | Loan |
| 27 | Fabio Depaoli | RB / RM / CM | (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27) | Chievo Primavera | 2017 | 2021 | 49 | 0 | |
| 33 | Marco Andreolli | CB | (1986-06-10) 10 June 1986 (age 38) | Cagliari | 2019 | 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 40 | Nenad Tomović | CB | (1987-08-30) 30 August 1987 (age 37) | Fiorentina | 2017 | 2021 | 36 | 1 | |
| 44 | Paweł Jaroszyński | LB | (1994-10-02) 2 October 1994 (age 30) | Cracovia | 2017 | 2021 | 26 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Nicola Rigoni | AM | (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 34) | Vicenza | 2012 | 2029 | 71 | 4 | |
| 8 | Assane Dioussé | DM / CM | (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 27) | Saint-Étienne | 2019 | 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| 13 | Sofian Kiyine | CM | (1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 (age 27) | Chievo Primavera | 2017 | 2020 | 23 | 0 | |
| 17 | Emanuele Giaccherini | LM / LW | (1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 39) | Napoli | 2018 | 2021 | 35 | 6 | |
| 56 | Përparim Hetemaj | CM | (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 (age 38) | Brescia | 2011 | 2020 | 231 | 5 | Vice-captain |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Lucas Piazon | RW / LW / AM | (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30) | Chelsea | 2019 | 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | Mariusz Stępiński | ST | (1995-05-12) 12 May 1995 (age 29) | Nantes | 2017 | 2021 | 49 | 11 | |
| 10 | Manuel Pucciarelli | ST / AM | (1991-06-17) 17 June 1991 (age 33) | Empoli | 2017 | 2019 | 27 | 2 | Loan |
| 11 | Mehdi Léris | LW / AM / SS / ST | (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 26) | Chievo Primavera | 2017 | 2019 | 19 | 0 | |
| 20 | Filip Đorđević | ST | (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37) | Lazio | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 1 | |
| 31 | Sergio Pellissier | ST | (1979-04-12) 12 April 1979 (age 45) | Torino | 2000 | 2019 | 491 | 134 | Captain |
| 55 | Emanuel Vignato | RW / AM | (2000-08-24) 24 August 2000 (age 24) | Chievo Primavera | 2017 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 69 | Riccardo Meggiorini | SS | (1985-09-04) 4 September 1985 (age 39) | Torino | 2014 | 2020 | 116 | 14 | |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 8 | Ivan Radovanović | DM | (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 36) | Atalanta | 2013 | 2022 | 179 | 2 | 3rd captain |
| 22 | Joel Obi | CM / LM / RM | (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 33) | Torino | 2018 | 2021 | 11 | 1 | |
| 23 | Valter Birsa | AM / RW | (1986-08-07) 7 August 1986 (age 38) | Milan | 2014 | 2021 | 157 | 18 | |
| 29 | Fabrizio Cacciatore | RB | (1986-10-08) 8 October 1986 (age 38) | Sampdoria | 2015 | 2020 | 98 | 4 | |
| 66 | Gianluca Gaudino | CM | (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 28) | Bayern Munich | 2017 | 2021 | 2 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 28 May 2018 | FW | Mariusz Stępiński | 23 | Nantes | €2.5M | Option to buy exercised |
| 15 June 2018 | DF | Nenad Tomović | 30 | Fiorentina | €2.5M | Option to buy exercised |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Filip Đorđević | 30 | Lazio | Free | End of contract |
| 4 July 2018 | MF | Emanuele Giaccherini | 33 | Napoli | Undisclosed | Option to buy exercised |
| 11 August 2018 | MF | Joel Obi | 27 | Torino | Undisclosed | |
| 14 August 2018 | DF | Federico Barba | 24 | Sporting Gijón | €3M | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 9 August 2018 | GK | Adrian Šemper | 20 | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | Loan with an option to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 14 June 2018 | MF | Samuel Bastien | 21 | Standard Liège | €3M | |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Lucas Castro | 29 | Cagliari | €6.5M | |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Roberto Inglese | 26 | Napoli | Free | Loan return |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 41 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 38 | |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Frosinone (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Chievo (R) | 38 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 75 | −50 | 17 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.
* 1 2 Genoa finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Genoa 2–1 Empoli, Empoli 1–3 Genoa.
* ↑ Chievo were deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 14 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### 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 | CRO | Adrian Šemper | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Stefano Sorrentino | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ezequiel Schelotto | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Strahinja Tanasijević | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba | 30 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar | 14 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani | 31 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Luca Rossettini | 22 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović | 11 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ALB | Angelo Ndrecka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | POL | Paweł Jaroszyński | 20 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Nicola Rigoni | 25 | 1 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Lucas Piazon | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MAR | Sofian Kiyine | 24 | 0 | 9+14 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini | 27 | 3 | 22+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GUI | Ibrahim Karamoko | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GAM | Musa Juwara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Mauro Burruchaga | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli | 33 | 0 | 27+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj | 31 | 2 | 25+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POL | Mariusz Stępiński | 36 | 6 | 27+8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Mehdi Léris | 23 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SRB | Filip Đorđević | 13 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | MNE | Sergej Grubac | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier | 19 | 4 | 12+7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | ITA | Emanuel Vignato | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini | 25 | 3 | 18+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NGA | Joel Obi | 11 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa | 18 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mariusz Stępiński | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 31 | FW | | Sergio Pellissier | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Emanuele Giaccherini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 69 | FW | | Riccardo Meggiorini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | Valter Birsa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 56 | MF | | Përparim Hetemaj | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | MF | | Nicola Rigoni | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | DF | | Boštjan Cesar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 20 | FW | | Filip Đorđević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | MF | | Joel Obi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 40 | DF | | Nenad Tomović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 55 | FW | | Emanuel Vignato | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 25 | 1 | 26 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 70 | GK | | Stefano Sorrentino | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Adrian Šemper | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 16 | GK | | Andrea Seculin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 70 | GK | | Stefano Sorrentino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Strahinja Tanasijević | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Federico Barba | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Boštjan Cesar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Mattia Bani | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Luca Rossettini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Marco Andreolli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | | Nenad Tomović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Paweł Jaroszyński | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Nicola Rigoni | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Assane Dioussé | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ivan Radovanović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Sofian Kiyine | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Emanuele Giaccherini | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Joel Obi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Valter Birsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Fabio Depaoli | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | | Përparim Hetemaj | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Mariusz Stępiński | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Mehdi Léris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Filip Đorđević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Sergej Grubač | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Sergio Pellissier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | | Riccardo Meggiorini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 95 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 6 | 1 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019