# 2014–15 AC ChievoVerona season

The 2014–15 A.C. ChievoVerona season was the club's eighth consecutive season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A, finishing 14th, and in the Coppa Italia, where Chievo was eliminated in the third round by Pescara.

## Players
### Squad information

In italics players who left the club during the season.
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 | ARG | Albano Bizzarri |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli |
| 6 | MF | POL | Tomasz Kupisz |
| 7 | MF | SVN | Dejan Lazarević |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Federico Mattiello (on loan from Juventus) |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović |
| 9 | MF | ITA | Simone Bentivoglio |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Maxi López |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Roberto Guana |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Izco |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Christian Puggioni |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Giannis Fetfatzidis (on loan from Genoa) |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Rubén Botta (on loan from Internazionale) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Gennaro Sardo |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Francesco Bardi |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Edimar Fraga |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier (captain) |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi |
| 55 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj |
| 63 | MF | ITA | Nicola Bellomo |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini |
| 84 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani |
| 86 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa |
| 87 | DF | BIH | Ervin Zukanović |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 20 June 2014 | DF | Ervin Zukanović | 27 | Gent | Loan |
| 28 June 2014 | DF | Edimar Fraga | 28 | CFR Cluj | Free |
| 30 June 2014 | FW | Maxi López | 30 | Catania | €2,500,000 |
| 2 July 2014 | FW | Riccardo Meggiorini | 28 | Torino | Free |
| 5 July 2014 | GK | Francesco Bardi | 22 | Internazionale | Loan |
| 6 July 2014 | DF | Cristiano Biraghi | 21 | Internazionale | 2-year loan |
| 6 July 2014 | MF | Thomas Mangani | 27 | Nancy | Free |
| 9 July 2014 | MF | Valter Birsa | 28 | Milan | Loan |
| 24 July 2014 | DF | Alessandro Gamberini | 32 | Napoli | €1,000,000 |
| 31 July 2014 | MF | Mariano Izco | 30 | Catania | €2,600,000 |
| 26 August 2014 | MF | Rubén Botta | 24 | Internazionale | Loan |
| 26 August 2014 | MF | Ezequiel Schelotto | 25 | Internazionale | Loan |
| 28 August 2014 | GK | Albano Bizzarri | 36 | Genoa | €100,000 |
| 28 August 2014 | MF | Isaac Cofie | 23 | Genoa | Loan |
| 15 January 2015 | MF | Anders Christiansen | 24 | Nordsjælland | €900,000 |
| 31 January 2015 | MF | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 24 | Genoa | Loan |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Federico Mattiello | 19 | Juventus | Loan |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Armando Vajushi | 23 | Litex Lovech | Loan |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | Nicola Pozzi | 28 | Parma | Loan |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Myles Anderson | 25 | Monza | €50,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 22 May 2014 | GK | Michael Agazzi | 29 | Milan | Free |
| 18 June 2014 | DF | Boukary Dramé | 28 | Atalanta | Free |
| 24 June 2014 | FW | Cyril Théréau | 31 | Udinese | €2,000,000 |
| 16 July 2014 | FW | Victor da Silva | 19 | Pescara | Loan |
| 18 July 2014 | MF | Adrian Stoian | 23 | Bari | Loan |
| 24 July 2014 | MF | Kamil Vacek | 27 | Sparta Prague | €750,000 |
| 25 July 2014 | MF | Luca Rigoni | 29 | Palermo | €4,500,000 |
| 25 July 2014 | DF | Raffaele Pucino | 23 | Pescara | Loan |
| 29 July 2014 | DF | Claiton | 29 | Crotone | Free |
| 6 August 2014 | MF | Isnik Alimi | 20 | Lumezzane | Loan |
| 6 August 2014 | MF | Adrián Calello | 27 | Catania | €500,000 |
| 14 August 2014 | MF | Maodo Malick Mbaye | 26 | Carpi | Loan |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Simone Bentivoglio | 29 | Brescia | Loan |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Roberto Guana | 33 | Pescara | Free |
| 7 January 2015 | DF | Edimar Fraga | 28 | Córdoba | Loan |
| 7 January 2015 | MF | Tomasz Kupisz | 25 | Cittadella | Loan |
| 13 January 2015 | FW | Maxi López | 30 | Torino | €1,800,000 |
| 28 January 2015 | MF | Idriz Toskić | 19 | Monza | Loan |
| 29 January 2015 | MF | Nicola Bellomo | 23 | Bari | Loan |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Thomas Mangani | 27 | Angers | Loan |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Dejan Lazarević | 24 | Sassuolo | Loan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 49 |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 46 |
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 43 |
| 15 | Empoli | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 42 |
| 16 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 41 |
* ↑ Palermo finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head away goals scored: Palermo 2-1 Sassuolo, Sassuolo 0-0 Palermo.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2015. 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics

| | Total | Home | Away |
| Games played | 39 | 19 | 20 |
| Games won | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Games drawn | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Games lost | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| Biggest win | 2–0 v Cagliari 2–0 v Genoa | 2–1 v Cesena 2–1 v Sampdoria 1–0 Palermo 1–0 v Cagliari | 2–0 v Cagliari 2–0 v Genoa |
| Biggest loss | 0–3 v Roma 0–3 v Empoli 0–3 v Fiorentina | 0–2 v Internazionale | 0–3 v Roma 0–3 v Empoli 0–3 v Fiorentina |
| Biggest win (League) | 2–0 v Cagliari 2–0 v Genoa | 2–1 v Cesena 2–1 v Sampdoria 1–0 Palermo 1–0 v Cagliari | 2–0 v Cagliari 2–0 v Genoa |
| Biggest win (Cup) | – | – | – |
| Biggest loss (League) | 0–3 v Roma 0–3 v Empoli 0–3 v Fiorentina | 0–2 v Internazionale | 0–3 v Roma 0–3 v Empoli 0–3 v Fiorentina |
| Biggest loss (Cup) | 0–1 v Pescara | – | 0–1 v Pescara |
| Clean sheets | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| Goals scored | 28 | 16 | 12 |
| Goals conceded | 42 | 19 | 23 |
| Goal difference | –14 | –3 | –11 |
| Average GF per game | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.63 |
| Average GA per game | 1.02 | 1.00 | 1.05 |
| Yellow cards | 85 | 43 | 42 |
| Red cards | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties for | 1/2 (50.00%) | 1/2 (50.00%) | 0/0 (00.00%) |
| Penalties against | 2/4 (50.00%) | 0/1 (00.00%) | 2/3 (66.67%) |
| League points | 43 | 21 | 22 |
| Winning rate | 10/38 (26.31%) | 4/19 (21.05%) | 6/19 (31.57%) |

### 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 | ARG | Albano Bizzarri | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Christian Puggioni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Francesco Bardi | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | SVN | Grega Sorčan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli | 31 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar | 29 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Gennaro Sardo | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi | 19 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini | 20 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | BIH | Ervin Zukanović | 29 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ITA | Federico Mattiello | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 31 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ALB | Armando Vajushi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Izco | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Isaac Cofie | 18 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Giannis Fetfatzidis | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Rubén Botta | 21 | 0 | 5+16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Ezequiel Schelotto | 29 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj | 33 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa | 36 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | GAM | Lamin Jallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Nicola Pozzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier | 28 | 7 | 10+17 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi | 38 | 9 | 30+7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini | 30 | 4 | 22+8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | SVN | Dejan Lazarević | 9 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Maxi López | 14 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Edimar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | ITA | Nicola Bellomo | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | FRA | Thomas Mangani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 24 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Nat. | No. | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 43 | Alberto Paloschi | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 31 | Sergio Pellissier | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | 69 | Riccardo Meggiorini | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 13 | Mariano Izco | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 87 | Ervin Zukanović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 7 | Dejan Lazarević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 8 | Ivan Radovanović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 10 | Maxi López | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 28 | 0 | 28 |
Last updated: 24 May 2015