# 2016–17 FC Crotone season

The 2016–17 season was Football Club Crotone's first ever season in Serie A. The club competed in the two Italian domestic competitions, finishing 17th in the league while being eliminated in the third round of the Coppa Italia. Crotone miraculously avoided relegation on the final day of the season, defeating Lazio 3–1 while already-relegated U.S. Città di Palermo secured a 2–1 victory over Empoli which doomed the Tuscan side to Serie B.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 6 September 2016
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 | Alex Cordaz |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Claiton |
| 5 | GK | ITA | Marco Festa |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Marcus Rohdén |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Raffaele Palladino |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig (on loan from Bologna) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Nalini |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Pietro De Giorgio |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 12 | MF | ROU | Adrian Stoian |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Eddy Gnahoré (on loan from Napoli) |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Barberis |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Aniello Salzano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Djamel Mesbah |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Aleandro Rosi |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Noë Dussenne |
| 24 | FW | BUL | Aleksandar Tonev |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Capezzi |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Luca Bruno |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Mario Sampirisi |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Aniello Viscovo |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Fazzi |
| 87 | DF | ITA | Bruno Martella |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Andrea Mazzarani |
| 93 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Zampano |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Manuel Nicoletti |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Simy |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 30 March 2016 | FW | Ante Budimir | 24 | St. Pauli | Undisclosed | | |
| 3 August 2016 | MF | Marcus Rohdén | 25 | Elfsborg | Undisclosed | | |

### 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 | — | 17th | 20 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Third round | 14 August 2016 | 14 August 2016 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 41 | |
| 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 |

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |

#### 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 | Alex Cordaz | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | GK | ITA | Marco Festa | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Aniello Viscovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Claiton | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari | 37 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Djamel Mesbah | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini | 36 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cuomo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Aleandro Rosi | 31 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Noë Dussenne | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Mario Sampirisi | 23 | 1 | 11+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | BIH | Ćazim Suljić | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | ITA | Bruno Martella | 29 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SWE | Marcus Rohdén | 35 | 1 | 30+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig | 32 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Pietro De Giorgio | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ROU | Adrian Stoian | 28 | 3 | 17+10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Eddy Gnahoré | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Barberis | 27 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Capezzi | 26 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Fazzi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Nalini | 18 | 2 | 7+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli | 35 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SVN | Andrej Kotnik | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | BUL | Aleksandar Tonev | 14 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GHA | Boadu Maxwell Acosty | 11 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta | 29 | 3 | 23+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Borello | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Simy | 22 | 3 | 4+17 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Raffaele Palladino | 20 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Nunzio Di Roberto | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Aniello Salzano | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Diego Falcinelli | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 99 | FW | | Simy | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 12 | MF | | Adrian Stoian | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 13 | DF | | Gian Marco Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 29 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Raffaele Palladino | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Andrea Nalini | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Marcus Rohdén | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | DF | | Federico Ceccherini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | | Aleandro Rosi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | FW | | Aleksandar Tonev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | DF | | Mario Sampirisi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 34 | 1 | 35 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Alex Cordaz | 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 | | Alex Cordaz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | GK | | Marco Festa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Claiton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Gian Marco Ferrari | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Djamel Mesbah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Federico Ceccherini | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Aleandro Rosi | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Noë Dussenne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Mario Sampirisi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | | Bruno Martella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Marcus Rohdén | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Lorenzo Crisetig | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Adrian Stoian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Andrea Barberis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Leonardo Capezzi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Raffaele Palladino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andrea Nalini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Diego Falcinelli | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Aleksandar Tonev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Boadu Maxwell Acosty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 87 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 1 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017