# 2017–18 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2017–18 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's fifth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia following a 12th-place finish last season, finishing 11th and being eliminated in the round of 16 respectively.
On 13 June 2017 coach Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as Roma manager; Cristian Bucchi was appointed to manage the club on 20 June.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 September 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 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Luca Mazzitelli |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sensi |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Scamacca |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Nicholas Pierini |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola (on loan from Juventus) |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Davide Frattesi |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Rogério (on loan from Juventus) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli |
| 55 | DF | NED | Timo Letschert |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Leonardo Marson (on loan from Palermo) |
| 76 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Satalino |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Claud Adjapong |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Federico Ricci | 23 | Roma | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2017 | MF | Filippo Bandinelli | 22 | Unattached | Free |
| 29 July 2017 | DF | Edoardo Goldaniga | 23 | Palermo | €5M |

#### Loans in

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

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 21 | Roma | €10M | | |
| 7 August 2017 | GK | Alberto Pomini | 36 | Palermo | Undisclosed | | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 20 July 2017 | FW | Grégoire Defrel | 26 | Roma | €5M | €5M + €15M obligation to buy |
| 22 July 2017 | FW | Marcello Trotta | 24 | Crotone | Loan | Second consecutive loan with Crotone |
| 4 August 2017 | DF | Gian Marco Ferrari | 30 | Sampdoria | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Luca Antei | 25 | Benevento | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Pietro Iemmello | 25 | Benevento | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Federico Ricci | 23 | Genoa | Loan | Loan with an option to buy for €11M; counter-option for €14M |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 54 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 54 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 43 |
| 12 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 41 |
| 13 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 40 |
* ↑ Chievo finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Chievo 1–1 Udinese, Udinese 1–2 Chievo.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 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 ||||||||||
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Leonardo Marson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Satalino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | URU | Mauricio Lemos | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 33 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi | 41 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola | 26 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Rogério | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | NED | Timo Letschert | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Claud Adjapong | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 34 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Luca Mazzitelli | 23 | 0 | 10+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli | 37 | 2 | 33+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sensi | 19 | 2 | 10+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Davide Frattesi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Francesco Cassata | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 26 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri | 25 | 3 | 7+16 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano | 39 | 11 | 33+3 | 10 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Nicholas Pierini | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 33 | 5 | 29+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | SEN | Khouma Babacar | 13 | 2 | 8+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa | 32 | 0 | 7+23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli | 23 | 3 | 15+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Scamacca | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro | 21 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 16 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Diego Falcinelli | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Simone Missiroli | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 12 | MF | | Stefano Sensi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 30 | FW | | Khouma Babacar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Mauricio Lemos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | DF | | Edoardo Goldaniga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | MF | | Francesco Cassata | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 5 | 34 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 1 | 11 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Mauricio Lemos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Francesco Acerbi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Pol Lirola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Marcello Gazzola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Edoardo Goldaniga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Rogério | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Paolo Cannavaro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | | Claud Adjapong | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | Francesco Magnanelli | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Luca Mazzitelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Simone Missiroli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Davide Biondini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Stefano Sensi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Francesco Cassata | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Diego Falcinelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 | FW | | Antonino Ragusa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 81 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 3 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018