# 2014–15 US Città di Palermo season

U.S. Città di Palermo played the season 2014–15 in the Serie A league and Coppa Italia.

## Season overview

After completing the 2013–14 Serie B season in first place, Giuseppe Iachini was confirmed as head coach. On the other hand, Giorgio Perinetti left the club after chairman Maurizio Zamparini hired Franco Ceravolo as new director of football. Igor Budan will also leave his role as team manager to fulfil a career as director of football himself. This was also followed by Abel Hernández's selection to the Uruguay squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making him the only Palermo player to appear in the competition. Hernández himself was subsequently sold to Hull in what appeared one of the main transfer moves of the season, together with the sale of Kyle Lafferty to Norwich and the signing of two players scouted from the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Sol Bamba and Giancarlo González.
On its first official game, Palermo lost 0–3 at home to Serie B club Modena in the 2014–15 Coppa Italia third round, thus being immediately eliminated from the competition. A number of dismal results left the Rosanero winless at the bottom of the league after six games in the season increased pressure on Iachini, whose coaching staff was successively extended in early October with the hiring of Fabio Viviani. This was followed by the dismissal of Franco Ceravolo and his replacement with youth system head Dario Baccin.

## Club
### Managerial staff

| Position | Staff |
| Chairman | Maurizio Zamparini |
| Vice-Chairman | Guglielmo Miccichè |
| Executive Director | Angelo Baiguera |
| CEO | Andrea Cardinaletti |
| Sporting Manager | Dario Baccin |
Last updated: 28 January 2015 Source: U.S Città di Palermo official website

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Giuseppe Iachini |
| Assistant Coach | Giuseppe Carillo |
| Fitness Coach | Andrea Corrain |
| Fitness Coach | Marcello Iaia |
| Fitness Coach | Fabrizio Tafani |
| Injured Players Recovery | Alberto Andorlini |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Franco Paleari |
| Technical Collaborator | Fabio Viviani |
Last updated: 14 October 2014 Source: U.S. Città di Palermo official website

### Youth system

| Position | Staff |
| Youth Sport Manager | Dario Baccin |
| Under-19 coach | Giovanni Bosi |
| Under-19 goalkeeping coach | Vincenzo Sicignano |
Last updated: July 2014 Source: U.S Città di Palermo official website

## Players
### Squad information

| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Samir Ujkani | GK | (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 36) | Confirmed | |
| 68 | Andrea Fulignati | GK | (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 30) | Confirmed | |
| 70 | Stefano Sorrentino | GK | (1979-03-28) 28 March 1979 (age 45) | Confirmed | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Roberto Vitiello | RB | (1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 (age 41) | Confirmed | |
| 3 | Andrea Rispoli | RB | (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 36) | Parma | On loan |
| 4 | Siniša Anđelković | CB | (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 39) | Confirmed | |
| 7 | Achraf Lazaar | LB | (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992 (age 33) | Confirmed | |
| 12 | Giancarlo González | CB | (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 37) | Columbus Crew | |
| 13 | Emerson Palmieri | LB | (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) | Santos | On loan |
| 19 | Claudio Terzi | CB | (1984-06-19) 19 June 1984 (age 40) | Confirmed | |
| 22 | Danilo Ortiz | CB | (1992-07-28) 28 July 1992 (age 32) | Cerro Porteño | On loan |
| 23 | Zouhair Feddal | CB | (1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 36) | Parma | On loan |
| 29 | Roberto Vitiello | RB | (1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 (age 41) | Confirmed | |
| 33 | Fabio Daprelà | LB | (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 (age 34) | Confirmed | |
| 43 | Davide Monteleone | CB | (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 29) | Youth team | |
| 89 | Michel Morganella | RB | (1989-05-17) 17 May 1989 (age 35) | Confirmed | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Édgar Barreto | CM | (1984-07-15) 15 July 1984 (age 40) | Confirmed | |
| 14 | Francesco Della Rocca | CM | (1987-09-14) 14 September 1987 (age 37) | Bologna | Loan return |
| 15 | Francesco Bolzoni | CM | (1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 35) | Confirmed | |
| 18 | Ivaylo Chochev | AM | (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 32) | CSKA Sofia | |
| 20 | Franco Vázquez | AM, SS | (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 35) | Confirmed | |
| 21 | Robin Quaison | MF | (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 31) | AIK | |
| 25 | Enzo Maresca | CM | (1980-02-10) 10 February 1980 (age 45) | Confirmed | |
| 27 | Luca Rigoni | MF | (1984-02-07) 7 February 1984 (age 41) | Chievo | |
| 28 | Mato Jajalo | MF | (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 36) | Rijka |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Paulo Dybala | ST | (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 31) | Confirmed | |
| 10 | João Silva | ST | (1990-05-21) 21 May 1990 (age 34) | Bari | |
| 11 | Simon Makienok | ST | (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990 (age 34) | Brøndby IF | |
| 54 | Antonino La Gumina | ST | (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 29) | Youth team | |
| 96 | Accursio Bentivegna | AM, FW | (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) | Youth team | |
| 99 | Andrea Belotti | ST | (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 31) | Confirmed | |

## Transfers
### Summer 2014
#### In

| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti (from AlbinoLeffe, first as co-ownership then fully acquired) |
| — | DF | MAR | Achraf Lazaar (from Varese, permanent signing from loan spell) |
| — | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Chochev (from CSKA Sofia) |
| — | MF | SWE | Robin Quaison (from AIK Fotboll) |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Rigoni (from Chievo) |
| — | DF | MAR | Zouhair Feddal (on loan from Parma) |
| — | DF | BRA | Emerson Palmieri (on loan from Santos) |
| — | DF | CIV | Sol Bamba (free transfer) |
| — | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González (from Columbus Crew) |
| — | FW | DEN | Simon Makienok (from Brøndby IF) |
| — | FW | POR | João Silva (from Bari) |

#### Out

| — | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty (to Norwich) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gabriele Zerbo (to FeralpiSalò) |
| — | MF | ITA | Daniel Cappelletti (to Cittadella) |
| — | FW | ALB | Agon Mehmeti (released, to Malmö) |
| — | DF | CHI | Carlos Labrín (to San Marcos) |
| — | MF | HUN | Ádám Simon (released) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giulio Sanseverino (to Savoia) |
| — | FW | ITA | Mauro Bollino (to Foggia) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Di Chiara (to Catanzaro) |
| — | MF | POR | Nélson (released) |
| — | MF | SVN | Armin Bačinović (released) |
| — | FW | URU | Abel Hernández (to Hull) |
| — | FW | URU | Sebastián Sosa (to Empoli) |
| — | FW | ITA | Umberto Nappello (released) |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Mantovani (released) |
| — | DF | ITA | Salvatore Aronica (released) |

#### On loan

| — | MF | ITA | Gennaro Troianiello (to Bologna) |
| — | MF | ITA | Eric Lanini (to Virtus Entella) |
| — | FW | SUI | Cephas Malele (to Virtus Entella) |
| — | GK | ITA | Emiliano Viviano (to Sampdoria) |
| — | MF | ITA | Davide Petermann (to Südtirol) |
| — | MF | POR | Carlos Embalo (to Carpi) |
| — | DF | SVN | Aljaž Struna (to Carpi) |
| — | FW | SRB | Jevrem Kosnić (to Budapest Honvéd FC) |
| — | MF | ITA | Davide Di Gennaro (to Vicenza) |
| — | MF | URU | Ignacio Lores Varela (to Vicenza) |

### Winter 2014–15
#### In

| — | FW | CRO | Mato Jajalo (free transfer) |
| — | DF | PAR | Danilo Ortiz (on loan from Cerro Porteño) |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Rispoli (on loan from Parma) |

#### Out

| — | MF | ITA | Stefano Cerniglia (released) |
| — | DF | MAR | Zouhair Feddal (loan return to Parma) |

#### On loan

| — | DF | CIV | Sol Bamba (to Leeds) |
| — | MF | FRA | Granddi Ngoyi (to Leeds) |
| — | FW | SUI | Cephas Malele (loan return from Virtus Entella, to Trapani) |
| — | MF | ITA | Davide Petermann (loan return from Südtirol, to Torres) |
| — | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Muñoz (to Sampdoria) |
| — | DF | ITA | Eros Pisano (to Verona) |
| — | MF | POR | Carlos Apna Embaló (loan return from Carpi, to Lecce) |
| — | MF | URU | Ignacio Lores Varela (loan return from Vicenza, to Varese) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 |
| 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 |
* 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

As of 30 May 2015.
| 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 | KOS | Samir Ujkani | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | GK | ITA | Andrea Fulignati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Stefano Sorrentino | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Roberto Vitiello | 19 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Andrea Rispoli | 15 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SVN | Siniša Anđelković | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Milan Milanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | MAR | Achraf Lazaar | 30 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Emerson Palmieri | 9 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Claudio Terzi | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | PAR | Danilo Ortiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SUI | Fabio Daprelà | 22 | 0 | 11+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ITA | Davide Monteleone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | SUI | Michel Morganella | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto (c) | 25 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Francesco Della Rocca | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Francesco Bolzoni | 24 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Chochev | 18 | 3 | 13+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Franco Vázquez | 38 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Robin Quaison | 20 | 2 | 8+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Enzo Maresca | 20 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Luca Rigoni | 32 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CRO | Mato Jajalo | 16 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Paulo Dybala | 35 | 13 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | POR | João Silva | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Simon Makienok | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | ITA | Antonino La Gumina | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | ITA | Accursio Bentivegna | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti | 39 | 6 | 9+29 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Eros Pisano | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Ezequiel Muñoz | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Granddi Ngoyi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CIV | Sol Bamba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Zouhair Feddal | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Paulo Dybala | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | Franco Vázquez | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| = | 27 | MF | Luca Rigoni | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 99 | FW | Andrea Belotti | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | Ivaylo Chochev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | Édgar Barreto | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 21 | MF | Robin Quaison | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 7 | DF | Achraf Lazaar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 89 | DF | Michel Morganella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 6 | DF | Ezequiel Muñoz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 12 | MF | Giancarlo González | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions