# 2018–19 Frosinone Calcio season

The 2018–19 season was Frosinone Calcio's second-ever season in Serie A. The club were promoted as champions of Serie B at the end of the 2017–18 season, after spending two seasons in the second division following their maiden Serie A campaign in 2015–16. Frosinone competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 20 January 2019
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 22 | Francesco Bardi | GK | (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32) | Internazionale | 2015 | – | 68 | 0 | |
| 57 | Marco Sportiello | GK | (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 32) | Atalanta | 2018 | 2019 | 20 | 0 | Loan |
| 91 | Alessandro Iacobucci | GK | (1991-06-03) 3 June 1991 (age 33) | Virtus Entella | 2018 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| | Stefan Simić | CB / RB | (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) | Milan | 2019 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 2 | Paolo Ghiglione | RB / RM | (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27) | Genoa | 2018 | 2019 | 6 | 0 | Loan |
| 3 | Cristian Molinaro | LB | (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 (age 41) | Torino | 2018 | 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| 6 | Edoardo Goldaniga | CB | (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 30) | Sassuolo | 2018 | 2019 | 17 | 1 | Loan |
| 15 | Lorenzo Ariaudo | CB | (1989-06-11) 11 June 1989 (age 35) | Sassuolo | 2016 | 2021 | 82 | 5 | |
| 17 | Francesco Zampano | RB / RM | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | Pescara | 2018 | 2019 | 18 | 0 | Loan |
| 23 | Nicolò Brighenti | CB / RB | (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 35) | Vicenza | 2016 | 2020 | 49 | 0 | |
| 25 | Marco Capuano | CB | (1991-10-14) 14 October 1991 (age 32) | Cagliari | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 27 | Bartosz Salamon | CB / DM | (1991-05-01) 1 May 1991 (age 33) | SPAL | 2018 | 2019 | 9 | 0 | Loan |
| 32 | Luka Krajnc | CB | (1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 (age 30) | Cagliari | 2017 | – | 53 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| | Federico Viviani | DM | (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32) | SPAL | 2019 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 4 | Rai Vloet | AM | (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 29) | Chiasso | 2018 | 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | Mirko Gori | CM | (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31) | Frosinone Primavera | 2012 | 2019 | 150 | 2 | |
| 8 | Raffaele Maiello | CM | (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 33) | Napoli | 2017 | 2022 | 74 | 2 | |
| 10 | Danilo Soddimo | LM / RM / AM | (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 37) | Pescara | 2013 | 2019 | 144 | 12 | |
| 16 | Luca Valzania | CM | (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28) | Atalanta | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 0 | Loan |
| 21 | Paolo Sammarco | CM | (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41) | Spezia | 2015 | 2019 | 99 | 7 | |
| 24 | Francesco Cassata | CM | (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27) | Sassuolo | 2018 | 2019 | 11 | 1 | Loan |
| 31 | Emmanuel Besea | CM | (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 27) | Modena | 2017 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 33 | Andrea Beghetto | LM / CM | (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 29) | Genoa | 2017 | 2022 | 44 | 1 | |
| 66 | Raman Chibsah | CM | (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31) | Benevento | 2018 | 2021 | 36 | 2 | |
| 88 | Lorenzo Crisetig | CM | (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31) | Bologna | 2018 | 2019 | 8 | 0 | Loan |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Daniel Ciofani | ST | (1985-07-31) 31 July 1985 (age 39) | Parma | 2013 | 2019 | 193 | 69 | Captain |
| 11 | Stipe Perica | ST | (1995-07-07) 7 July 1995 (age 29) | Udinese | 2018 | 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 18 | Federico Dionisi | CF / RW / LW | (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 37) | Livorno | 2014 | 2021 | 143 | 50 | |
| 19 | Luca Matarese | LW | (1998-04-16) 16 April 1998 (age 26) | Genoa | 2017 | 2020 | 11 | 0 | |
| 28 | Camillo Ciano | RW / SS | (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 34) | Cesena | 2017 | 2021 | 59 | 18 | |
| 29 | Joel Campbell | RW / LW / ST | (1992-06-26) 26 June 1992 (age 32) | Arsenal | 2018 | 2021 | 17 | 0 | |
| 89 | Andrea Pinamonti | ST | (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25) | Internazionale | 2018 | 2019 | 13 | 2 | Loan |
| 99 | Joaquín Ardaiz | ST | (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25) | Chiasso | 2018 | 2019 | 1 | 0 | Loan |
| | Marcello Trotta | ST | (1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 32) | Sassuolo | 2019 | | 0 | 0 | |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 26 | Emanuele Terranova | CB | (1987-04-14) 14 April 1987 (age 37) | Sassuolo | 2017 | 2019 | 52 | 4 | |
| 20 | Emil Hallfreðsson | CM / LM | (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 40) | Udinese | 2018 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 5 July 2018 | MF | Andrea Beghetto | 23 | Genoa | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2018 | DF | Cristian Molinaro | 34 | Unattached | Free |
| 31 July 2018 | MF | Emil Hallfreðsson | 34 | Udinese | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2018 | MF | Rai Vloet | 23 | Chiasso | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2018 | FW | Joel Campbell | 26 | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | Marco Capuano | 26 | Cagliari | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2019 | FW | Marcello Trotta | 26 | Sassuolo | Undisclosed |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 6 July 2018 | GK | Marco Sportiello | 26 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 10 July 2018 | MF | Lorenzo Crisetig | 25 | Bologna | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 15 July 2018 | DF | Edoardo Goldaniga | 24 | Sassuolo | Loan | |
| 18 July 2018 | FW | Stipe Perica | 23 | Udinese | Loan | |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Bartosz Salamon | 27 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | Francesco Zampano | 24 | Pescara | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy for €2M |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Francesco Cassata | 21 | Sassuolo | Loan | |
| 17 August 2018 | FW | Joaquín Ardaiz | 19 | Chiasso | | |
| 17 August 2018 | FW | Andrea Pinamonti | 19 | Internazionale | Loan | |
| 8 January 2019 | MF | Luca Valzania | 21 | Atalanta | Loan | Season-long loan deal |
| 24 January 2019 | MF | Federico Viviani | 26 | SPAL | Loan | On loan for the rest of the season with an option to buy for €5.5M |
| 24 January 2019 | DF | Stefan Simić | 24 | Milan | Loan | On loan for the rest of the season with no option to buy |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Notes |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | Matteo Ciofani | 30 | Pescara | |
| 17 August 2018 | DF | Emanuele Terranova | 31 | Cremonese | |
| 22 January 2019 | MF | Emil Hallfreðsson | 34 | | Contract termination |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 22 | GK | ITA | Francesco Bardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Iacobucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Paolo Ghiglione | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Stefan Simić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Ariaudo | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Francesco Zampano | 23 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Brighenti | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Marco Capuano | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | POL | Bartosz Salamon | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SVN | Luka Krajnc | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Mirko Gori | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Raffaele Maiello | 24 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Luca Valzania | 6 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Paolo Sammarco | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata | 17 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Andrea Beghetto | 20 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | GHA | Raman Chibsah | 31 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | ITA | Federico Viviani | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Luca Paganini | 7 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Daniel Ciofani | 25 | 5 | 14+11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Federico Dionisi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Camillo Ciano | 28 | 7 | 23+4 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Andrea Pinamonti | 22 | 5 | 13+9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | NED | Rai Vloet | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Danilo Soddimo | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Stipe Perica | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Luca Matarese | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ISL | Emil Hallfreðsson | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CRC | Joel Campbell | 17 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Besea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | URU | Joaquín Ardaiz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 April 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 28 | FW | | Camillo Ciano | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Daniel Ciofani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 89 | FW | | Andrea Pinamonti | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | DF | | Edoardo Goldaniga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Francesco Cassata | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 66 | MF | | Raman Chibsah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Last updated: 20 January 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 57 | GK | | Marco Sportiello | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Last updated: 20 January 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 57 | GK | | Marco Sportiello | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Paolo Ghiglione | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Cristian Molinaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Edoardo Goldaniga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Lorenzo Ariaudo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Francesco Zampano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Nicolò Brighenti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Marco Capuano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Emanuele Terranova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Luka Krajnc | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Mirko Gori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Raffaele Maiello | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Danilo Soddimo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Emil Hallfreðsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Francesco Cassata | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Andrea Beghetto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | | Raman Chibsah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Lorenzo Crisetig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Stipe Perica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Luca Materese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Camillo Ciano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Joel Campbell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | | Andrea Pinamonti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 January 2019