# 2014–15 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2014–15 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's second consecutive season in Serie A after having been promoted at the end of the 2012–13 season. The club improved markedly on its 2013–14 season, when it finished just above the relation zone in 17th place, by finishing 12th in the 2014–15 campaign, safely in midtable and without the threat of relegation which had dogged the club during its first season in Serie A. The club also competed in the Coppa Italia, where it was eliminated in the Round of 16.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 9 March 2015.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pomini (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Longhi |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Antei |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Raman Chibsah |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Simone Zaza |
| 11 | DF | CRO | Šime Vrsaljko |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Donis |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Ciro Polito |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Saphir Taïder (on loan from Internazionale) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Paolo Bianco |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi (on loan from Juventus) |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Dejan Lazarević (on loan from Chievo) |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Cesare Natali |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Matteo Brighi |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari |

## Transfers
### In

| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Consigli (from Atlanta) |
| — | FW | CRO | Šime Vrsaljko (from Genoa) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Milan | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 52 |
| 11 | Palermo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 49 |
| 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 |
* 1 2 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 |

#### 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 | ITA | Alberto Pomini | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Ciro Polito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Longhi | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Antei | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | CRO | Šime Vrsaljko | 23 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi | 32 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Paolo Bianco | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Fontanesi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola | 20 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 29 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Cesare Natali | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 31 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Raman Chibsah | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli | 34 | 4 | 30+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini | 30 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Saphir Taïder | 27 | 3 | 19+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Matteo Brighi | 24 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Simone Zaza | 33 | 12 | 29+2 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 36 | 7 | 30+5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 33 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SVN | Dejan Lazarević | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores | 31 | 4 | 11+18 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 28 | 2 | 10+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Ariaudo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti | 11 | 1 | 0+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Thomas Manfredini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | ITA | Ettore Gliozzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: BDFutbol

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | FW | 25 | Domenico Berardi | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Simone Zaza | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | Nicola Sansone | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Simone Missiroli | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 83 | Antonio Floro Flores | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Saphir Taïder | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 15 | Francesco Acerbi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 99 | Sergio Floccari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 4 | Francesco Magnanelli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 14 | Leonardo Pavoletti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015