# 2015–16 ACF Fiorentina season

The 2015–16 season was the 89th season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 78th in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina finished the season in 5th place in Serie A, having topped the table early in the season. In the Coppa Italia, the club was eliminated in the round of 16, losing at home to newly promoted Carpi 1–0. Competing in the UEFA Europa League for the third season in a row, Fiorentina limped into second place in their group with a 3–1–2 record, and were eliminated in the Round of 32 by Tottenham Hotspur, 4–1 on aggregate. The 2015–16 season was also notable for being the first season since the 2011–12 season in which the club was not managed by Vincenzo Montella, who had achieved 4th-place finishes in each of his seasons with the club. Montella was replaced by Basel coach Paulo Sousa.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 15 May 2016
    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 |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Ciprian Tătărușanu | GK | (1986-02-09)9 February 1986 (aged 30) | Steaua București | 2014 | 2019 | 46 | 0 |
| 24 | Luca Lezzerini | GK | (1995-03-24)24 March 1995 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2011 | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Luigi Sepe | GK | (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 25) | Napoli | 2015 | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | CB | (1984-04-10)10 April 1984 (aged 32) | Villarreal | 2012 | 2017 | 133 | 21 |
| 4 | Nenad Tomović | CB / RB | (1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 28) | Genoa | 2012 | 2016 | 98 | 1 |
| 13 | Davide Astori | CB | (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 29) | Cagliari | 2015 | 2016 | 33 | 0 |
| 23 | Manuel Pasqual (C) | LB / LM | (1982-03-13)13 March 1982 (aged 34) | Arezzo | 2005 | 2016 | 302 | 7 |
| 25 | Yohan Benalouane | CB | (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 29) | Leicester City | 2016 | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Marcos Alonso | LB / LM | (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 (aged 25) | Bolton Wanderers | 2013 | 2016 | 56 | 4 |
| 32 | Facundo Roncaglia | CB / RB | (1987-02-10)10 February 1987 (aged 29) | Boca Juniors | 2012 | 2016 | 67 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Milan Badelj | DM / CM | (1989-02-25)25 February 1989 (aged 27) | Hamburg | 2014 | 2018 | 48 | 2 |
| 6 | Tino Costa | CM | (1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 31) | Genoa | 2016 | 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Matías Vecino | CM / AM | (1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 24) | Nacional | 2013 | 2018 | 36 | 2 |
| 14 | Matías Fernández | CM / AM / RM | (1986-05-15)15 May 1986 (aged 30) | Sporting CP | 2012 | 2016 | 96 | 7 |
| 16 | Jakub Błaszczykowski | RW / RM | (1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 30) | Borussia Dortmund | 2015 | 2016 | 15 | 2 |
| 20 | Borja Valero | DM / CM / AM | (1985-01-12)12 January 1985 (aged 31) | Villarreal | 2012 | 2019 | 134 | 13 |
| 26 | Panagiotis Kone | CM / AM | (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 28) | Udinese | 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Josip Iličić | AM / RW / SS | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 28) | Palermo | 2013 | 2018 | 76 | 24 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Mauro Zárate | SS / AM | (1987-03-18)18 March 1987 (aged 29) | West Ham United | 2016 | 2018 | 15 | 3 |
| 9 | Nikola Kalinić | CF / ST | (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 28) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2015 | 2019 | 36 | 12 |
| 10 | Federico Bernardeschi | RW / LW / SS | (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2011 | 2019 | 40 | 3 |
| 27 | Cristian Tello | LW / RW | (1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 24) | Porto | 2016 | 2016 | 15 | 2 |
| 30 | Khouma Babacar | CF / ST | (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 2019 | 61 | 13 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | Gilberto | RB | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 23) | Botafogo | 2015 | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Ante Rebić | ST / LW | (1993-09-21)September 21, 1993 (aged 22) | RNK Split | 2013 | 2018 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | Mario Suárez | DM / CM | (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 29) | Atlético Madrid | 2015 | 2016 | 9 | 1 |
| 21 | Joan Verdú | CM / AM | (1983-05-05)5 May 1983 (aged 33) | Baniyas | 2015 | 2016 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | Giuseppe Rossi | ST / SS | (1987-02-01)February 1, 1987 (aged 27) | Villarreal | 2013 | 2017 | 33 | 16 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 22 July 2015 | DF | Gilberto | 22 | Botafogo | £1.4M |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | Mario Suárez | 28 | Atlético Madrid | £10.5M |
| 14 August 2015 | FW | Nikola Kalinić | 27 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | £4.2M |
| 24 August 2015 | FW | Jaime Báez | 20 | Juventud | £1.6M |
| 21 January 2016 | FW | Mauro Zárate | 28 | West Ham United | £1.6M |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 15 July 2015 | GK | Luigi Sepe | 24 | Napoli | Loan | |
| 4 August 2015 | DF | Davide Astori | 28 | Cagliari | £1M | Loan with an option to buy for £2.4M |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 29 | Borussia Dortmund | £0.7M | |
| 21 January 2016 | MF | Tino Costa | 31 | Spartak Moscow | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 20 July 2015 | DF | Stefan Savić | 24 | Atlético Madrid | £17.5M |
| 9 July 2015 | DF | Cristiano Piccini | 22 | Real Betis | £1M |
| 12 August 2015 | MF | Juan Manuel Vargas | 31 | Real Betis | Free |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | David Pizarro | 35 | Santiago Wanderers | Free |
| 6 August 2015 | MF | Alberto Aquilani | 31 | Sporting CP | Free |
| 20 July 2015 | MF | Andrea Lazzari | 30 | Carpi | Free |
| 3 July 2015 | GK | Neto | 25 | Juventus | Free |
| 24 July 2015 | DF | Michele Camporese | 23 | Empoli | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Joaquín | 34 | Real Betis | £1M |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 30 July 2015 | FW | Mario Gómez | 30 | Beşiktaş | Undisclosed | On loan until the end of the season | |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | José María Basanta | 31 | Monterrey | Undisclosed | On loan until the end of the season | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 5th | 23 August 2015 | 15 May 2016 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | — | Round of 16 | 16 December 2015 | 16 December 2015 |
| Europa League | Group stage | — | Round of 32 | 17 September 2015 | 25 February 2016 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Roma | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Internazionale | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 67 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Sassuolo | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Milan | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 57 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2015–16 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 fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2016. 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 | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BSL | FIO | LCH | BEL |
| 1 | Basel | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Lech Poznań | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Belenenses | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 5 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — |

#### 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 ||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | ROU | Ciprian Tătărușanu | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ITA | Luca Lezzerini | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Gonzalo Rodríguez | 41 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović | 33 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Davide Astori | 42 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Manuel Pasqual | 20 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | TUN | Yohan Benalouane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Marcos Alonso | 39 | 3 | 26+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ARG | Facundo Roncaglia | 33 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj | 35 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Tino Costa | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | URU | Matías Vecino | 38 | 2 | 27+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Matías Fernández | 27 | 1 | 11+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 20 | 2 | 9+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Borja Valero | 42 | 4 | 35+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Kone | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | SVN | Josip Iličić | 37 | 15 | 24+6 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ARG | Mauro Zárate | 17 | 3 | 6+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić | 42 | 13 | 25+11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Federico Bernardeschi | 41 | 6 | 25+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 4 |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Cristian Tello | 15 | 2 | 13+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SEN | Khouma Babacar | 24 | 7 | 11+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Gilberto | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić | 7 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Mario Suárez | 13 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Joan Verdú | 8 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Rossi | 16 | 2 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 72 | MF | | Josip Iličić | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Nikola Kalinić | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 30 | FW | | Khouma Babacar | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Federico Bernardeschi | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Gonzalo Rodríguez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Borja Valero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | | Mauro Zárate | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 28 | DF | | Marcos Alonso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Matías Vecino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 16 | MF | | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 22 | FW | | Giuseppe Rossi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 27 | FW | | Cristian Tello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | MF | | Milan Badelj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | FW | | Ante Rebić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 14 | MF | | Matías Fernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 18 | MF | | Mario Suárez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 21 | MF | | Joan Verdú | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 32 | DF | | Facundo Roncaglia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 0 | 12 | 72 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 12 | GK | | Ciprian Tătărușanu | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 33 | GK | | Luigi Sepe | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016

### 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 |
| 12 | GK | | Ciprian Tătărușanu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | | Luca Lezzerini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Luigi Sepe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Gonzalo Rodríguez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Gilberto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nenad Tomović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Davide Astori | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Manuel Pasqual | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Yohan Benalouane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Marcos Alonso | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Facundo Roncaglia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | Milan Badelj | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Tino Costa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Matías Vecino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Matías Fernández | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Mario Suárez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Borja Valero | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | | Josip Iličić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Mauro Zárate | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Nikola Kalinić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Federico Bernardeschi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ante Rebić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | | Giuseppe Rossi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Cristian Tello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Khouma Babacar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 93 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 3 | 4 |
Last updated: 15 May 2016