# 2018–19 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2018–19 season was Cagliari Calcio's third season back in Serie A after being relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 15th, and in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the round of 16.
The season was coach Rolando Maran's first in charge of the club, following his departure from fellow mid-table side A.C. ChievoVerona.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 26 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Rafael | GK | (1982-03-03)3 March 1982 (aged 37) | Hellas Verona | 2016 | 2019 | 31 | 0 | |
| 12 | Riccardo Daga | GK | (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 19) | Cagliari Primavera | 2018 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Simone Aresti | GK | (1986-03-15)15 March 1986 (aged 33) | Olbia | 2018 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | Alessio Cragno | GK | (1994-06-28)28 June 1994 (aged 25) | Brescia | 2014 | 2022 | 81 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Luca Pellegrini | LB | (1999-03-07)7 March 1999 (aged 20) | Roma | 2019 | 2019 | 12 | 0 | Loan |
| 12 | Fabrizio Cacciatore | RB / LB | (1986-10-08)8 October 1986 (aged 32) | Chievo | 2019 | 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ragnar Klavan | CB | (1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 33) | Liverpool | 2018 | 2020 | 15 | 0 | |
| 19 | Fabio Pisacane | CB | (1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 33) | Avellino | 2015 | 2019 | 110 | 3 | |
| 22 | Charalambos Lykogiannis | LB | (1993-10-22)22 October 1993 (aged 25) | Sturm Graz | 2018 | 2022 | 22 | 0 | |
| 23 | Luca Ceppitelli | CB | (1989-08-11)11 August 1989 (aged 29) | Parma | 2014 | 2020 | 121 | 7 | |
| 33 | Darijo Srna | RB | (1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 37) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2018 | 2019 | 26 | 0 | |
| 56 | Filippo Romagna | CB | (1997-05-26)26 May 1997 (aged 22) | Juventus | 2017 | 2022 | 41 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | Filip Bradarić | DM | (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 27) | Rijeka | 2018 | 2019 | 27 | 0 | Loan |
| 8 | Luca Cigarini | DM | (1986-06-20)20 June 1986 (aged 33) | Sampdoria | 2017 | 2019 | 51 | 2 | |
| 10 | João Pedro | AM | (1992-03-09)9 March 1992 (aged 27) | Estoril Praia | 2014 | 2021 | 145 | 37 | |
| 14 | Valter Birsa | AM / RW | (1986-08-07)7 August 1986 (aged 32) | Chievo | 2019 | 2021 | 12 | 0 | |
| 18 | Nicolò Barella | CM | (1997-02-07)7 February 1997 (aged 22) | Cagliari Primavera | 2014 | 2022 | 105 | 7 | |
| 20 | Simone Padoin | CM / LB / RB | (1984-03-18)18 March 1984 (aged 35) | Juventus | 2016 | 2019 | 98 | 2 | |
| 21 | Artur Ioniță | CM / AM | (1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 28) | Hellas Verona | 2016 | 2021 | 91 | 6 | |
| 24 | Paolo Faragò | CM / RM / RB | (1993-02-12)12 February 1993 (aged 26) | Novara | 2017 | 2022 | 70 | 3 | |
| 27 | Alessandro Deiola | CM | (1995-08-01)1 August 1995 (aged 23) | Cagliari Primavera | 2014 | 2022 | 49 | 2 | |
| 29 | Lucas Castro | AM / LW | (1989-04-09)9 April 1989 (aged 30) | Chievo | 2018 | 2021 | 12 | 1 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Alberto Cerri | ST | (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 23) | Juventus | 2018 | 2019 | 15 | 0 | Loan |
| 30 | Leonardo Pavoletti | ST | (1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 30) | Napoli | 2017 | 2022 | 65 | 27 | |
| 32 | Kiril Despodov | RW / LW / SS | (1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 22) | CSKA Sofia | 2019 | 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 36 | Riccardo Doratiotto | LW / RW / AM | (1999-06-07)7 June 1999 (aged 20) | Cagliari Primavera | 2019 | | 1 | 0 | |
| 37 | Francesco Verde | CF / SS / LW | (1999-08-16)16 August 1999 (aged 19) | Cagliari Primavera | 2019 | | 1 | 0 | |
| 77 | Cyril Théréau | CF / ST | (1983-04-24)24 April 1983 (aged 36) | Fiorentina | 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 0 | Loan |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 2 | Marko Pajač | LM / CM | (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 26) | Celje | 2016 | 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | Marco Andreolli | CB | (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 33) | Internazionale | 2017 | 2019 | 26 | 0 | |
| 4 | Daniele Dessena | CM | (1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 32) | Sampdoria | 2012 | 2019 | 166 | 7 | Captain |
| 17 | Diego Farias | SS | (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 29) | Chievo | 2014 | 2021 | 127 | 31 | |
| 25 | Marco Sau | ST / SS | (1987-11-03)3 November 1987 (aged 31) | Cagliari Primavera | 2007 | 2019 | 194 | 45 | Vice-captain |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 22 June 2018 | DF | Darijo Srna | 36 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Free | |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Lucas Castro | 29 | Chievo | €6.5M | |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Marco Capuano | 26 | Crotone | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Santiago Colombatto | 21 | Perugia | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Federico Melchiorri | 31 | Carpi | Free | Loan return |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Marko Pajač | 25 | Perugia | Free | Loan return |
| 9 January 2019 | MF | Valter Birsa | 32 | Chievo | €2M | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 12 July 2018 | FW | Alberto Cerri | 22 | Juventus | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 20 June 2018 | DF | Bartosz Salamon | 27 | SPAL | Undisclosed | Option to buy exercised |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Leandro Castán | 31 | Roma | Free | Loan return |
| 10 January 2019 | MF | Daniele Dessena | 31 | Brescia | €600,000 | |

#### Loans out

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | SPAL | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 42 |
| 14 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 41 |
| 15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 41 |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 41 |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 38 |
* 1 2 3 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.
* ↑ Genoa finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Genoa 2–1 Empoli, Empoli 1–3 Genoa.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 19 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 |

#### 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Simone Aresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Pellegrini | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | EST | Ragnar Klavan | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Fabio Pisacane | 28 | 2 | 24+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalambos Lykogiannis | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Darijo Srna | 28 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | ITA | Filippo Romagna | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić | 29 | 0 | 17+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini | 28 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Pedro | 37 | 7 | 31+4 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Barella | 38 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Padoin | 32 | 0 | 22+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MDA | Artur Ioniță | 39 | 3 | 34+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Paolo Faragò | 29 | 1 | 17+9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri | 17 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti | 34 | 18 | 31+1 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | FW | BUL | Kiril Despodov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Doratiotto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ITA | Francesco Verde | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | CRO | Marko Pajač | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Marco Andreolli | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias | 19 | 3 | 7+9 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Marco Sau | 15 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 30 | FW | | Leonardo Pavoletti | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | João Pedro | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | MF | | Artur Ioniță | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | | Fabio Pisacane | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Alberto Cerri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Nicolò Barella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 23 | DF | | Luca Ceppitelli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 24 | MF | | Paolo Faragò | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 25 | FW | | Marco Sau | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 29 | MF | | Lucas Castro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 4 | 40 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 28 | GK | | Alessio Cragno | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 28 | GK | | Alessio Cragno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Marco Andreolli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Luca Pellegrini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Ragnar Klavan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Fabio Pisacane | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Charalambos Lykogiannis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Luca Ceppitelli | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | | Darijo Srna | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | DF | | Filippo Romagna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Daniele Dessena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Filip Bradarić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Luca Cigarini | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | João Pedro | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Nicolò Barella | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Simone Padoin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Artur Ioniță | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | | Paolo Faragò | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Alessandro Deiola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Lucas Castro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Alberto Cerri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Marco Sau | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Leonardo Pavoletti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 90 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 5 | 4 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019