# 2016–17 Benevento Calcio season

The 2016–17 Benevento Calcio season was the club's 88th season and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Benevento participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players

    As of 27 January 2017.
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 | ITA | Alessio Cragno (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Enrico Pezzi |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Del Pinto |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Fabio Lucioni |
| 6 | DF | URU | Wálter López |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Melara |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Fabio Ceravolo |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Amato Ciciretti |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Marko Pajač (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Pier Graziano Gori |
| 13 | MF | GHA | Raman Chibsah (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Padella |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Michele Camporese |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Ricardo Bagadur (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GHA | Bright Gyamfi (on loan from Inter) |
| 19 | FW | GUI | Karamoko Cissé |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Filippo Falco (on loan from Bologna) |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea De Falco |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Riccardo Piscitelli |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Venuti (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 24 | FW | ROU | George Pușcaș (on loan from Inter) |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola |
| 27 | MF | MKD | Nikola Jakimovski |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Daniele Buzzegoli |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Fabrizio Alastra (on loan from Palermo) |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Mirko Eramo |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Nicolas Viola |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Antonio Matera (on loan from Fidelis Andria) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie B | 27 August 2016 | 18 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 042.86 |
| Serie B promotion play-offs | 23 May 2017 | 8 June 2017 | Preliminary round | Winners | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 060.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 7 August 2016 | 7 August 2016 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 043.75 |
Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Frosinone | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 74 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Perugia | 42 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Benevento (O, P) | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Cittadella | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 63 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Carpi | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 62 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* ↑ Hellas Verona is ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head goal difference: Hellas Verona 2–0 Frosinone, Frosinone 1–0 Hellas Verona.
* 1 2 Perugia is ahead of Benevento on head-to-head points: Perugia 3–1 Benevento, Benevento 0–0 Perugia.
* ↑ Benevento was deducted one point.