# 2016–17 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2016–17 season was Cagliari Calcio's first season back in Serie A after being relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 11th, and in the Coppa Italia, being eliminated in the fourth round.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 28 May 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 | BRA | Rafael |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Mauricio Isla |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena (captain) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Di Gennaro |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Melchiorri |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Pedro |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangue (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Roberto Colombo |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Paolo Faragò |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Barella |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Fabio Pisacane |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Padoin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | MDA | Artur Ioniță |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Marco Capuano |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Marco Sau (vice-captain) |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Luca Crosta |
| 28 | GK | BRA | Gabriel (on loan from Milan) |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola |
| 32 | FW | PRK | Han Kwang-song |
| 35 | DF | POL | Bartosz Salamon |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis (on loan from Torino) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 6 June 2016 | DF | Bruno Alves | 42 | Fenerbahçe | Free | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 11th | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Fourth round | 15 August 2016 | 30 November 2016 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 53 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 48 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 47 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 46 |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 45 |

#### 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 | 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 | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 |

#### 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 | BRA | Rafael | 22 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Crosta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Roberto Colombo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | BRA | Gabriel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Bruno Alves | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | POR | Vasco Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Fabio Pisacane | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Marco Capuano | 13 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | UKR | Illia Briukhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Nicola Murru | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | POL | Bartosz Salamon | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Andrea Mastino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | CHI | Mauricio Isla | 35 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena | 19 | 2 | 16+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Di Gennaro | 22 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Pedro | 22 | 7 | 17+5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BEL | Senna Miangue | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Paolo Faragò | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Barella | 29 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Padoin | 32 | 1 | 25+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MDA | Artur Ioniță | 19 | 3 | 14+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Roberto Biancu | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | BRA | Matias Antonini Lui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Federico Serra | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 26 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Melchiorri | 11 | 3 | 4+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias | 20 | 7 | 12+8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello | 37 | 20 | 31+5 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Marco Sau | 35 | 8 | 29+5 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | PRK | Han Kwang-song | 5 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | ITA | Gianni Munari | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Luca Bittante | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Marco Storari | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Niccolò Giannetti | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | COL | Víctor Ibarbo | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | CRO | Marko Pajač | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 22 | FW | | Marco Borriello | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | 25 | FW | | Marco Sau | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | João Pedro | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Federico Melchiorri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | | Artur Ioniță | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | MF | | Daniele Dessena | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Davide Di Gennaro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Bruno Alves | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | MF | | Mauricio Isla | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Fabio Pisacane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | MF | | Simone Padoin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | DF | | Marco Capuano | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 32 | FW | | Han Kwang-song | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 55 | 5 | 60 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Rafael | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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 |
| 1 | GK | | Rafael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Roberto Colombo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | GK | | Luca Crosta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Marco Storari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Bruno Alves | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Fabio Pisacane | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Luca Ceppitelli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Marco Capuano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Luca Bittante | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Nicola Murru | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Bartosz Salamon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Mauricio Isla | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Daniele Dessena | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Davide Di Gennaro | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | João Pedro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Senna Miangue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Paolo Faragò | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Gianni Munari | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Nicolò Barella | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Simone Padoin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Artur Ioniță | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Alessandro Deiola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Federico Melchiorri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Marco Borriello | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Marco Sau | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 97 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 3 | 5 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017