# 2017–18 Atalanta BC season

The 2017–18 season was Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio's seventh consecutive season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, and had qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League following a fourth-place finish the previous season, the club's best league result at the time.
The season was coach Gian Piero Gasperini's second at the club. Atalanta ended the season in 7th, qualifying for the second qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The club was eliminated in the Coppa Italia by eventual winners Juventus, in the semi-finals.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 20 May 2018
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Etrit Berisha | GK | (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 29) | Lazio | 2017 | 2021 | 57 | 0 | |
| 31 | Francesco Rossi | GK | (1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 27) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 91 | Pierluigi Gollini | GK | (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 23) | Aston Villa | 2017 | 2018 | 11 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Rafael Toloi | CB | (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 27) | São Paulo | 2015 | 2020 | 87 | 2 | |
| 5 | Andrea Masiello | CB / RB | (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 32) | Bari | 2011 | 2018 | 126 | 8 | Vice Captain |
| 6 | José Luis Palomino | CB | (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 (aged 28) | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2017 | 2020 | 26 | 1 | |
| 13 | Mattia Caldara | CB | (1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 24) | Juventus | 2017 | 2018 | 55 | 10 | |
| 21 | Timothy Castagne | RB / RM | (1995-12-05)5 December 1995 (aged 22) | Genk | 2017 | 2020 | 20 | 0 | |
| 28 | Gianluca Mancini | CB | (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 22) | Perugia | 2017 | 2020 | 11 | 1 | |
| 33 | Hans Hateboer | RB / RM | (1994-01-09)9 January 1994 (aged 24) | Groningen | 2017 | 2020 | 39 | 0 | |
| 37 | Leonardo Spinazzola | LWB / LB / LM | (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 25) | Juventus | 2016 | 2018 | 48 | 0 | |
| 95 | Alessandro Bastoni | CB | (1999-04-13)13 April 1999 (aged 19) | Internazionale | 2017 | 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Bryan Cristante | CM | (1995-03-03)3 March 1995 (aged 23) | Benfica | 2017 | 2018 | 48 | 12 | |
| 8 | Robin Gosens | LM / LB / LWB | (1994-07-05)5 July 1994 (aged 23) | Heracles Almelo | 2017 | 2020 | 21 | 1 | |
| 11 | Remo Freuler | CM | (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 26) | Luzern | 2016 | 2019 | 74 | 11 | |
| 15 | Marten de Roon | CM / DM | (1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 27) | Middlesbrough | 2017 | 2022 | 34 | 3 | |
| 19 | Luca Rizzo | CM | (1992-04-24)24 April 1992 (aged 26) | Bologna | 2018 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Filippo Melegoni | DM | (1999-02-18)18 February 1999 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | Nicolas Haas | CM | (1996-01-23)23 January 1996 (aged 22) | Luzern | 2017 | 2021 | 9 | 0 | |
| 72 | Josip Iličić | AM / RW / SS | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 30) | Fiorentina | 2017 | 2020 | 31 | 11 | |
| 88 | João Schmidt | CM | (1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 25) | São Paulo | 2017 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Andreas Cornelius | ST / CF | (1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 25) | Copenhagen | 2017 | 2020 | 23 | 3 | |
| 10 | Alejandro Gómez | LW / SS | (1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 30) | Metalist Kharkiv | 2014 | 2022 | 128 | 32 | Club Captain |
| 29 | Andrea Petagna | ST / CF | (1995-06-30)30 June 1995 (aged 23) | Milan | 2016 | 2020 | 63 | 8 | |
| 99 | Musa Barrow | CF / LW | (1998-11-14)14 November 1998 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2020 | 12 | 3 | |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 7 | Riccardo Orsolini | RW | (1997-01-24)24 January 1997 (aged 21) | Juventus | 2017 | 2018 | 8 | 0 | |
| 20 | Luca Vido | ST / CF | (1997-02-03)3 February 1997 (aged 21) | Milan | 2017 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 27 | Jasmin Kurtić | AM / CM | (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 29) | Sassuolo | 2015 | 2019 | 83 | 10 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 2 June 2017 | MF | Robin Gosens | 22 | Heracles Almelo | Undisclosed | |
| 8 June 2017 | MF | Nicolas Haas | 21 | Luzern | Undisclosed | |
| 21 June 2017 | GK | Etrit Berisha | 28 | Lazio | €5M | Bought out loan |
| 29 June 2017 | DF | José Luis Palomino | 27 | Ludogorets Razgrad | €4M | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Fabio Eguelfi | 22 | Internazionale | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | João Schmidt | 24 | São Paulo | Free | |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Luca Vido | 20 | Milan | Undisclosed | |
| 5 July 2017 | MF | Josip Iličić | 29 | Fiorentina | €5.5M | |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Timothy Castagne | 21 | Genk | Undisclosed | |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Matteo Pessina | 20 | Milan | Free | Part of the Andrea Conti deal |
| 10 August 2017 | MF | Marten de Roon | 26 | Middlesbrough | €13.5M | €13.5M + €1.5M in bonuses |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 14 July 2017 | FW | Riccardo Orsolini | 20 | Juventus | Loan | 2-year loan with option and counter-option | |
| 13 January 2018 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 25 | Bologna | Loan | Loan with an option to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Alberto Grassi | 22 | Napoli | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Abdoulay Konko | 33 | Unattached | End of contract | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Giulio Migliaccio | 36 | Retired | Retired | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Cristian Raimondi | 36 | Retired | Retired | |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Ervin Zukanović | 30 | Roma | Loan return | |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Andrea Conti | 23 | Milan | €24M | €24M + Matteo Pessina |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Alessandro Bastoni | 18 | Internazionale | Undisclosed | Player will remain on loan at Atalanta until 2019 |
| 11 January 2018 | MF | Jasmin Kurtić | 29 | SPAL | Undisclosed | |
| 13 January 2018 | DF | Boukary Dramé | 32 | SPAL | Undisclosed | |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Riccardo Orsolini | 21 | Juventus | Loan return | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 2 June 2017 | MF | Franck Kessié | 20 | Milan | €28M | 2-year loan with an obligation to buy |
| 7 July 2017 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | 27 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 18 January 2018 | FW | Luca Vido | 20 | Cittadella | Loan | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 89 | 49 | +40 | 72 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Milan | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 57 | |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 54 | |
* ↑ Internazionale finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Internazionale 0–0 Lazio, Lazio 2–3 Internazionale.
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
* ↑ Milan was originally banned from European competition due to violations against Financial Fair Play regulations. They appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the ban was overturned on 20 July 2018.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | 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 |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATA | LYO | EVE | APL |
| 1 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 4 | | 1–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Apollon Limassol | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ALB | Etrit Berisha | 41 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Franceso Rossi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Rafael Toloi | 39 | 3 | 29+2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello | 40 | 5 | 30+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | José Luis Palomino | 35 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Caldara | 33 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Timothy Castagne | 26 | 1 | 17+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Mancini | 12 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NED | Hans Hateboer | 42 | 0 | 26+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Spinazzola | 24 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Bastoni | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Bryan Cristante | 46 | 12 | 33+3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Robin Gosens | 26 | 2 | 17+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler | 45 | 6 | 33+2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Marten de Roon | 45 | 3 | 29+5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Luca Rizzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Filippo Melegoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Nicolas Haas | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | SVN | Josip Iličić | 40 | 15 | 21+10 | 11 | 0+3 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | João Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Andreas Cornelius | 30 | 6 | 8+15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0+4 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Gómez | 42 | 9 | 30+2 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Andrea Petagna | 38 | 6 | 21+7 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Musa Barrow | 13 | 3 | 5+7 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Orsolini | 10 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Luca Vido | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SVN | Jasmin Kurtić | 19 | 2 | 7+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 72 | MF | | Josip Iličić | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | 4 | MF | | Bryan Cristante | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Alejandro Gómez | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Andreas Cornelius | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 29 | FW | | Andrea Petagna | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | | Andrea Masiello | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Rafael Toloi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Mattia Caldara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 15 | MF | | Marten de Roon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 99 | FW | | Musa Barrow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 8 | MF | | Robin Gosens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 27 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | DF | | José Luis Palomino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 21 | DF | | Timothy Castagne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 28 | DF | | Gianluca Mancini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 57 | 4 | 17 | 78 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Etrit Berisha | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 91 | GK | | Pierluigi Gollini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Etrit Berisha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Francesco Rossi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | | Pierluigi Gollini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Rafael Toloi | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Andrea Masiello | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | José Luis Palomino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Mattia Caldara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Timothy Castagne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Gianluca Mancini | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Hans Hateboer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Leonardo Spinazzola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | | Alessandro Bastoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Bryan Cristante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Robin Gosens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | | Marten de Roon | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Filippo Melegoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | | Nicolas Haas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | | Josip Iličić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | João Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Riccardo Orsolini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andreas Cornelius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Alejandro Gómez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Luca Vido | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Andrea Petagna | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Musa Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 62 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 3 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018