# 2016–17 Empoli FC season

The 2016–17 season was Empoli Football Club's third consecutive season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia. The season proved to be a slow-rolling disaster for the club, as Empoli sat in 17th place for most of the season only to suffer a poor run of form at the tail end of the season at the same time as 18th-placed Crotone enjoyed a spectacular run of results; the result was Empoli dropping into 18th place on the very last day of the season, being relegated to Serie B.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 9 January 2017
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 | Maurizio Pugliesi |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Vincent Laurini |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Zambelli |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Federico Dimarco (on loan from Inter) |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Jose Mauri (on loan from Milan) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bellusci (on loan from Leeds) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Levan Mchedlidze |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Daniele Croce |
| 13 | DF | ALB | Frédéric Veseli |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Andrea Costa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Raffaele Maiello |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Manuel Pasqual |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pelagotti |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Uroš Ćosić |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski (on loan from Roma) |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Matheus |
| 33 | MF | BIH | Rade Krunić |
| 77 | MF | LIE | Marcel Büchel |
| 88 | MF | COL | Andrés Tello (on loan from Juventus) |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Guido Marilungo |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 31 May 2016 | DF | Manuel Pasqual | 34 | Fiorentina | Free |
| 22 June 2016 | MF | Marcel Büchel | 25 | Juventus | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2016 | MF | Matheus Pereira | 18 | Corinthians | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2016 | FW | Alberto Gilardino | 34 | Palermo | Free |
| 25 January 2017 | MF | Miha Zajc | 22 | Olimpija Ljubljana | Undisclosed |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Giuseppe Bellusci | 26 | Leeds United | Loan |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Federico Dimarco | 18 | Internazionale | Loan |
| 4 July 2016 | MF | Andrés Tello | 19 | Juventus | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 23 May 2016 | DF | Lorenzo Tonelli | 26 | Napoli | Undisclosed | | |
| 9 January 2017 | FW | Alberto Gilardino | 34 | Pescara | Free | Player rescinded contract with Empoli | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 8 July 2016 | DF | Mário Rui | 25 | Roma | €3M | Loan with a mandatory option to buy for €6M | |
| 28 January 2017 | MF | Riccardo Saponara | 25 | Fiorentina | Loan | 18-month loan with an option to buy for €10M | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 18th | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Fourth round | 13 August 2016 | 29 November 2016 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Genoa | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 36 | |
| 17 | Crotone | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 34 | |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Palermo (R) | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 77 | −44 | 26 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Pescara (R) | 38 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 81 | −44 | 18 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2017. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |

#### 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 | Maurizio Pugliesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pelagotti | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | POL | Łukasz Skorupski | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Vincent Laurini | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Zambelli | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Federico Dimarco | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bellusci | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ALB | Frédéric Veseli | 17 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Andrea Costa | 27 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Manuel Pasqual | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Uroš Ćosić | 16 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | José Mauri | 15 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Assane Dioussé | 35 | 0 | 26+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Omar El Kaddouri | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Daniele Croce | 36 | 1 | 32+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVN | Miha Zajc | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Matheus | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BIH | Rade Krunić | 33 | 2 | 29+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | LIE | Marcel Büchel | 17 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | COL | Andrés Tello | 20 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone | 29 | 7 | 17+11 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Levan Mchedlidze | 15 | 6 | 11+4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli | 33 | 3 | 25+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | AUT | Arnel Jakupovic | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Mame Baba Thiam | 15 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | ITA | Guido Marilungo | 21 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 19 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Raffaele Maiello | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino | 16 | 1 | 5+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Massimo Maccarone | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Levan Mchedlidze | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Omar El Kaddouri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Riccardo Saponara | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 15 | DF | | Andrea Costa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 21 | DF | | Manuel Pasqual | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 33 | MF | | Rade Krunić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | Giuseppe Bellusci | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | MF | | Daniele Croce | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Miha Zajc | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | FW | | Alberto Gilardino | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | FW | | Mame Baba Thiam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 3 | 32 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 28 | GK | | Łukasz Skorupski | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | | Alberto Pelagotti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 1 | 11 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 28 | GK | | Łukasz Skorupski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Vincent Laurini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Marco Zambelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Federico Dimarco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Giuseppe Bellusci | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Frédéric Veseli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Andrea Costa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Federico Barba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Manuel Pasqual | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Uroš Ćosić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | José Mauri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Assane Dioussé | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Omar El Kaddouri | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Riccardo Saponara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Daniele Croce | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Rade Krunić | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Marcel Büchel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Andrés Tello | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Massimo Maccarone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Levan Mchedlidze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Alberto Gilardino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Mame Baba Thiam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | | Guido Marilungo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 106 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017