# 2018–19 Brescia Calcio season

The 2018–19 season is Brescia Calcio's 109th in existence and eighth consecutive season in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football.
David Suazo was appointed manager of the club in June 2018 . He was let go on September 18 after three league matches. He was replaced by Eugenio Corini.
On May 1, 2019, Brescia were promoted to Serie A for the 2019–20 season.

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 2 February 2019. Appearances include league matches only. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract ends | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Enrico Alfonso | GK | (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) | 2018 | 2021 | Cittadella | N/A | 26 | 0 |
| 12 | Paolo Bastianello | GK | (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | | Avellino | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Andrenacci | GK | (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 29) | 2014 | 2019 | Milan | N/A | 9 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Stefano Sabelli | RB | (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | 2021 | Bari | N/A | 25 | 0 |
| 3 | Aleš Matějů | RB | (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | 2019 | Brighton | Loan | 19 | 0 |
| 5 | Daniele Gastaldello | CB | (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 (age 41) | 2017 | 2019 | Bologna | N/A | 53 | 3 |
| 15 | Andrea Cistana | CB | (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27) | 2016 | 2021 | Youth Sector | N/A | 27 | 0 |
| 16 | Felipe Curcio | LB | (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | 2020 | Fidelis Andria | N/A | 32 | 0 |
| 18 | Simone Romagnoli | CB | (1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | 2019 | Empoli | Loan | 31 | 2 |
| 19 | Edoardo Lancini | CB | (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30) | 2013 | | Youth Sector | N/A | 64 | 1 |
| 26 | Bruno Martella | LB | (1992-08-14) 14 August 1992 (age 32) | 2019 | 2019 | Crotone | Loan | 23 | 2 |
| 29 | Alessandro Semprini | RB | (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26) | 2017 | 2021 | Youth Sector | N/A | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | Luigi Carillo | CB | (1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | 2019 | Genoa | Loan | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Sandro Tonali | DM | (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24) | 2017 | 2021 | Youth sector | N/A | 51 | 5 |
| 6 | Emanuele Ndoj | CM | (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27) | 2016 | 2022 | Roma | N/A | 66 | 4 |
| 7 | Nikolas Špalek | AM | (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | 2021 | Žilina | N/A | 43 | 4 |
| 8 | Alessandro Martinelli | CM | (1993-05-30) 30 May 1993 (age 31) | 2017 | | Sampdoria | N/A | 114 | 2 |
| 14 | Jacopo Dall'Oglio | DM | (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) | 2015 | 2021 | Reggina | N/A | 64 | 3 |
| 22 | Leonardo Morosini | AM | (1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 (age 28) | 2018 | 2022 | Genoa | N/A | 102 | 18 |

## Competitions
### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Brescia (C, P) | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 67 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Lecce (P) | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 66 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Benevento | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 60 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Pescara | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 55 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Hellas Verona (O, P) | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 52 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2019. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | - | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | - | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | - | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Enrico Alfonso | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Andrenacci | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Stefano Sabelli | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Aleš Matějů | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gastaldello | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Andrea Cistana | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BRA | Felipe Curcio | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Simone Romagnoli | 35 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Lancini | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Bruno Martella | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Semprini | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Biagio Meccariello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Ivan Rondanini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Sandro Tonali | 34 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALB | Emanuele Ndoj | 30 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SVK | Nikolas Špalek | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Alessandro Martinelli | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Dall'Oglio | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Morosini | 27 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Mattia Viviani | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Dimitri Bisoli | 37 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Luca Tremolada | 20 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Alfredo Donnarumma | 34 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Ernesto Torregrossa | 31 | 13 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Alejandro Rodríguez | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Matteo Cortesi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Franco Ferrari | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Alfredo Donnarumma | 25 | 2 | 27 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Ernesto Torregrossa | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 25 | MF | Dimitri Bisoli | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | Leonardo Morosini | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | Emanuele Ndoj | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | MF | Sandro Tonali | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 32 | MF | Luca Tremolada | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | Nikolas Špalek | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | DF | Simone Romagnoli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 26 | DF | Bruno Martella | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | Daniele Gastaldello | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | MF | Jacopo Dall'Oglio | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | MF | Daniele Dessena | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Enrico Alfonso | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 22 | GK | | Lorenzo Andrenacci | 2 | 0 | 2 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Name | Serie B | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 22 | GK | Lorenzo Andrenacci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Stefano Sabelli | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aleš Matějů | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Daniele Gastaldello | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Andrea Cistana | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Felipe Curcio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Simone Romagnoli | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Edoardo Lancini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Alessandro Semprini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Sandro Tonali | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Emanuele Ndoj | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nikolas Špalek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Alessandro Martinelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jacopo Dall'Oglio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Mattia Viviani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Dimitri Bisoli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Daniele Dessena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Luca Tremolada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ernesto Torregrossa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |