# 2015–16 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2015–16 season is Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's third consecutive season in Serie A. The team will compete in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 2 February 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 | Alberto Pomini |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Longhi |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Antei |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Pellegrini |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Karim Laribi |
| 11 | DF | CRO | Šime Vrsaljko |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano (on loan from Roma) |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Fontanesi |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo |
| 92 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Internazionale | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 67 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Sassuolo | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Milan | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 57 | |
| 8 | Lazio | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 54 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. 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 | A | H | A | H | 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 |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### 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 | Alberto Pomini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Longhi | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Antei | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | CRO | Šime Vrsaljko | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 36 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi | 38 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola | 10 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro | 32 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | GHA | Claud Adjapong | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 35 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 20 | 3 | 13+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli | 25 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini | 23 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Karim Laribi | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 35 | 1 | 27+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli | 28 | 3 | 11+15 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano | 29 | 5 | 11+17 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 38 | 7 | 28+9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 31 | 7 | 26+3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel | 35 | 7 | 24+9 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 20 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Ariaudo | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores | 16 | 4 | 8+6 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 7 | 4 | 5+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 92 | FW | | Grégoire Defrel | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 16 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 15 | DF | | Francesco Acerbi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 83 | FW | | Antonio Floro Flores | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 99 | FW | | Sergio Floccari | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Diego Falcinelli | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Simone Missiroli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | MF | | Francesco Magnanelli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 32 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 49 | 2 | 51 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016

### 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: 8 May 2016