# 2018–19 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2018–19 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's sixth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
Coach Giuseppe Iachini left the club on 5 June; he was replaced by former Palermo and Benevento coach Roberto De Zerbi on 13 June.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 26 May 2019
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 28 | Giacomo Satalino | GK | (1999-05-20)20 May 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | Andrea Consigli | GK | (1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 32) | Atalanta | 2014 | 2022 | 182 | 0 | |
| 79 | Gianluca Pegolo | GK | (1981-03-25)25 March 1981 (aged 38) | Siena | 2013 | 2019 | 41 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Marlon | CB | (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 23) | Barcelona | 2018 | 2020 | 18 | 1 | |
| 3 | Merih Demiral | CB / RB | (1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 21) | Sporting CP B | 2019 | 2019 | 14 | 2 | Loan |
| 5 | Mauricio Lemos | CB | (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 23) | Las Palmas | 2018 | 2019 | 11 | 1 | Loan |
| 6 | Rogério | LB | (1998-01-13)13 January 1998 (aged 21) | Juventus | 2017 | 2019 | 46 | 1 | Loan |
| 13 | Federico Peluso | LB / CB | (1984-01-20)20 January 1984 (aged 35) | Juventus | 2014 | 2020 | 143 | 4 | |
| 17 | Leonardo Sernicola | LB | (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 21) | Ternana | 2018 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Pol Lirola | RB | (1997-08-13)13 August 1997 (aged 21) | Juventus | 2016 | 2021 | 81 | 2 | |
| 23 | Giangiacomo Magnani | CB | (1995-10-04)4 October 1995 (aged 23) | Juventus | 2018 | 2023 | 19 | 0 | |
| 31 | Gian Marco Ferrari | CB | (1992-02-15)15 February 1992 (aged 27) | Crotone | 2016 | 2021 | 31 | 4 | |
| 98 | Claud Adjapong | RB | (1998-05-06)6 May 1998 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2023 | 32 | 2 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Francesco Magnanelli | DM | (1984-11-12)12 November 1984 (aged 34) | Sangiovannese | 2005 | 2019 | 404 | 8 | Captain |
| 9 | Filip Đuričić | AM | (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 27) | Sampdoria | 2018 | 2022 | 23 | 2 | |
| 12 | Stefano Sensi | DM / CM | (1995-08-05)5 August 1995 (aged 23) | Cesena | 2016 | 2020 | 61 | 5 | |
| 20 | Jérémie Boga | AM / LW | (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (aged 22) | Chelsea | 2018 | 2022 | 25 | 3 | |
| 32 | Alfred Duncan | CM | (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 26) | Sampdoria | 2015 | 2020 | 106 | 6 | |
| 68 | Mehdi Bourabia | CM / AM | (1991-08-07)7 August 1991 (aged 27) | Konyaspor | 2018 | 2022 | 32 | 1 | |
| 73 | Manuel Locatelli | DM / CM | (1998-01-08)8 January 1998 (aged 21) | Milan | 2018 | 2019 | 29 | 2 | Loan |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 10 | Alessandro Matri | ST | (1984-08-19)19 August 1984 (aged 34) | Milan | 2016 | 2019 | 73 | 13 | |
| 11 | Gianluca Scamacca | ST | (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 18 | Giacomo Raspadori | ST | (2000-02-18)18 February 2000 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | Jens Odgaard | ST | (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 20) | Internazionale | 2018 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | Domenico Berardi | RW / LW / SS | (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 (aged 24) | Youth Sector | 2012 | 2022 | 214 | 66 | |
| 30 | Khouma Babacar | ST | (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 (aged 26) | Fiorentina | 2018 | 2022 | 42 | 9 | |
| 34 | Federico Di Francesco | LW / RW / AM | (1994-06-14)14 June 1994 (aged 25) | Bologna | 2018 | 2023 | 19 | 2 | |
| 99 | Enrico Brignola | RW / SS | (1999-07-08)8 July 1999 (aged 19) | Benevento | 2018 | 2023 | 7 | 1 | |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 27 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | AM / CM / SS | (1987-03-06)6 March 1987 (aged 32) | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 4 | |
| 29 | Marcello Trotta | ST | (1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 26) | Avellino | 2016 | 2020 | 8 | 1 | |
| 39 | Cristian Dell'Orco | LB | (1994-02-10)10 February 1994 (aged 25) | Parma | 2015 | 2020 | 20 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 22 June 2018 | MF | Filip Đuričić | 26 | Sampdoria | Free | |
| 29 June 2018 | FW | Jens Odgaard | 24 | Internazionale | €5M | Buyback option included for €5M in 2019 or €10M in 2020 |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Gian Marco Ferrari | 26 | Sampdoria | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Marcello Trotta | 25 | Crotone | Loan return | |
| 4 July 2018 | FW | Federico Di Francesco | 24 | Bologna | N/A | Part of swap deal for Diego Falcinelli |
| 5 July 2018 | MF | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 31 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Undisclosed | |
| 21 July 2018 | MF | Jérémie Boga | 21 | Chelsea | £3.6M | |
| 2 August 2018 | FW | Enrico Brignola | 19 | Benevento | €3.5M | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 29 June 2018 | DF | Mauricio Lemos | 22 | Las Palmas | Loan | Second consecutive loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 4 July 2018 | FW | Diego Falcinelli | 27 | Bologna | N/A | Part of swap deal for Federico Di Francesco |
| 11 July 2018 | DF | Francesco Acerbi | 30 | Lazio | €10M | €10M + €2M in bonuses |
| 17 August 2018 | MF | Simone Missiroli | 32 | SPAL | Undisclosed | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Matteo Politano | 24 | Internazionale | €5M | Loan with an option to buy for €20M |
| 6 July 2018 | MF | Luca Mazzitelli | 22 | Genoa | Loan | Loan with compulsory purchase option |
| 15 July 2018 | DF | Edoardo Goldaniga | 24 | Frosinone | Loan | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 |
| 10 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 44 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 43 |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 43 |
| 13 | SPAL | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 42 |

#### 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 | H | 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 |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 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 ||||||||||
| 28 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Satalino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marlon | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Merih Demiral | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | URU | Mauricio Lemos | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rogério | 35 | 1 | 29+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 18 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Sernicola | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola | 38 | 2 | 32+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Giangiacomo Magnani | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari | 32 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Claud Adjapong | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 28 | 1 | 21+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić | 25 | 2 | 16+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sensi | 30 | 2 | 23+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Jérémie Boga | 27 | 3 | 14+11 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 28 | 5 | 21+5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 68 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Bourabia | 34 | 1 | 21+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | ITA | Manuel Locatelli | 31 | 3 | 21+8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri | 20 | 3 | 6+13 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Scamacca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Jens Odgaard | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 37 | 10 | 32+3 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | SEN | Khouma Babacar | 31 | 7 | 16+13 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco | 21 | 2 | 14+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola | 8 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 22 | MF | ITA | Davide Frattesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 15 | 5 | 11+2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 30 | FW | | Khouma Babacar | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 32 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 31 | DF | | Gian Marco Ferrari | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | | Jérémie Boga | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 73 | MF | | Manuel Locatelli | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Merih Demiral | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | MF | | Filip Đuričić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 12 | MF | | Stefano Sensi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 21 | DF | | Pol Lirola | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 34 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 | DF | | Marlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | MF | | Francesco Magnanelli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | DF | | Rogério | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 68 | MF | | Mehdi Bourabia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 98 | DF | | Claud Adjapong | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 99 | FW | | Enrico Brignola | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 7 | 60 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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 |
| 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 | GK | | Gianluca Pegolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Marlon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Merih Demiral | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Rogério | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Pol Lirola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Giangiacomo Magnani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Gian Marco Ferrari | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | | Claud Adjapong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Francesco Magnanelli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Filip Đuričić | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Stefano Sensi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | MF | | Mehdi Bourabia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | | Manuel Locatelli | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Enrico Brignola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 83 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3 | 5 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019