# 2014–15 Empoli FC season

The 2014–15 season was Empoli Football Club's first season in Serie A since the 2007–08 season. The team competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Luca Castellazzi |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Vincent Laurini |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Davide Moro (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Massimo Maccarone |
| 8 | MF | VEN | Franco Signorelli |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Levan Mchedlidze |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Tavano |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Daniele Croce |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Matteo Biggeri |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Tiberio Guarente |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Simone Verdi (on loan from Torino) |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | POR | Mário Rui |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Daniele Rugani (on loan from Juventus) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Matteo Bachini |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Ludovico Gargiulo |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Davide Bassi |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Andrea Gemignani |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe (on loan from Napoli) |
| 58 | DF | ITA | Luca Martinelli |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Irakli Shekiladze |
| 95 | FW | ITA | Emanuele Rovini |
| 99 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Aguirre (on loan from Udinese) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 46 |
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 43 |
| 15 | Empoli | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 42 |
| 16 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 41 |
| 17 | Atalanta | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 37 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2015. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 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 | ITA | Maurizio Pugliesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Davide Bassi | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Giacomel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Vincent Laurini | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba | 20 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | POR | Mário Rui | 37 | 0 | 28+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Matteo Bianchetti | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj | 39 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Daniele Rugani | 39 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Tonelli | 30 | 5 | 27+1 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | ITA | Michele Somma | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 18 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | VEN | Franco Signorelli | 15 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Daniele Croce | 39 | 1 | 35+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Tiberio Guarente | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Simone Verdi | 28 | 3 | 17+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | POL | Piotr Zieliński | 30 | 0 | 7+21 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | URU | Matías Vecino | 38 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone | 35 | 10 | 30+4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Levan Mchedlidze | 27 | 5 | 6+19 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Tavano | 28 | 4 | 15+11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli | 36 | 5 | 25+9 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Davide Moro | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | URU | Diego Laxalt | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | GEO | Irakli Shekiladze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | ITA | Emanuele Rovini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | URU | Rodrigo Aguirre | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Massimo Maccarone | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | MF | | Riccardo Saponara | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Levan Mchedlidze | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 26 | DF | | Lorenzo Tonelli | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Tavano | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 18 | MF | | Simone Verdi | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 24 | DF | | Daniele Rugani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Federico Barba | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 88 | MF | | Matías Vecino | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Franco Signorelli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | MF | | Daniele Croce | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | MF | | Diego Laxalt | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 46 | 6 | 52 |
Last updated: 17 January 2016