# 2016–17 Delfino Pescara 1936 season

The 2016–17 season was Delfino Pescara 1936's first season in the top-flight of Italian football after the club's relegation to Serie B at the end of the 2012–13 season. Pescara suffered a miserable campaign, languishing in the relegation places for the entire season and finishing 20th with only 18 points, 3 wins (one of those awarded), and 81 goals conceded. The club were eliminated in the Coppa Italia fourth round by Atalanta.

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 August 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Vincenzo Fiorillo | GK | (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | 2019 | Juventus | €1M | |
| 12 | Gabriele Aldegani | GK | (1976-05-10) 10 May 1976 (age 48) | 2014 | 2017 | Nocerina | Free | |
| 18 | Simone Aresti | GK | (1986-03-15) 15 March 1986 (age 38) | 2014 | 2017 | Savona | Free | |
| 22 | Mirko Pigliacelli | GK | (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31) | 2015 | 2017 | Frosinone | Free | |
| 31 | Albano Bizzarri | GK | (1977-11-09) 9 November 1977 (age 46) | 2016 | 2017 | Chievo | Free | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Alessandro Crescenzi | LB | (1991-09-24) 24 September 1991 (age 33) | 2015 | 2019 | Roma | €0.3M | |
| 3 | Cristiano Biraghi | LB | (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | 2020 | Internazionale | €4M | |
| 11 | Francesco Zampano | RB | (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | 2020 | Hellas Verona | €0.8M | |
| 13 | Dario Župarić | CB | (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 34) | 2013 | 2018 | Cibalia | €0.7M | |
| 14 | Hugo Campagnaro | CB | (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980 (age 44) | 2015 | 2017 | Internazionale | Free | |
| 23 | Leonardo Maloku | RB | (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26) | 2016 | 2012 | Youth Academy | N/A | |
| 26 | Davide Vitturini | RB | (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27) | 2014 | 2021 | Youth Academy | N/A | |
| 35 | Andrea Coda | CB | (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 39) | 2016 | 2017 | Sampdoria | €0.2M | |
| 37 | Norbert Gyömbér | CB | (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | 2017 | Roma | N/A | On loan |
| 44 | Michele Fornasier | CB | (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 31) | 2015 | 2020 | Sampdoria | Free | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Alessandro Bruno | CM | (1983-07-04) 4 July 1983 (age 41) | 2015 | 2017 | Latina | Undisclosed | |
| 6 | Bryan Cristante | CM | (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29) | 2016 | 2017 | Benfica | On loan | |
| 7 | Valerio Verre | CM | (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30) | 2015 | 2020 | Udinese | €4M | |
| 8 | Ledian Memushaj | CM | (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 37) | 2014 | 2019 | Lecce | €0.2M | Captain |
| 10 | Ahmad Benali | CM | (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32) | 2015 | 2019 | Palermo | €1M | |
| 16 | Gastón Brugman | DM | (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 32) | 2012 | 2019 | Empoli | Undisclosed | |
| 20 | Alberto Aquilani | CM | (1984-07-07) 7 July 1984 (age 40) | 2016 | 2017 | Sporting CP | Free | |
| 24 | Ransford Selasi | CM | (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | 2020 | Youth Academy | N/A | |
| 28 | Alexandru Mitriță | AM | (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | 2019 | Viitorul Constanța | €0.8M | |
| 98 | Ferdinando Del Sole | AM | (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26) | 2016 | 2017 | Youth Academy | N/A | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Rey Manaj | ST / CF | (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27) | 2016 | 2017 | Internazionale | On loan | |
| 15 | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | LW | (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31) | 2016 | 2017 | Paris Saint-Germain | On loan | |
| 17 | Gianluca Caprari | SS | (1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 31) | 2016 | 2017 | Internazionale | On loan | |
| 21 | Simone Pepe | RW | (1983-08-30) 30 August 1983 (age 41) | 2016 | 2017 | Chievo | Free | |
| 27 | Stefano Pettinari | ST / CF | (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | 2019 | Roma | Free | |
| 30 | Robert Murić | RW | (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28) | 2016 | 2017 | Ajax | On loan | |
| 52 | Francesco Nicastro | ST / CF | (1991-10-26) 26 October 1991 (age 32) | 2016 | 2018 | Juve Stabia | Free | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 12 June 2016 | MF | Ahmad Benali | 24 | Palermo | €1M |
| 12 June 2016 | GK | Vincenzo Fiorillo | 23 | Juventus | €1M |
| 25 June 2016 | MF | Valerio Verre | 22 | Udinese | €4M |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Andrea Coda | 31 | Sampdoria | €0.2M |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Antonio Mazzotta | 26 | Cesena | €0.3M |
| 6 July 2016 | GK | Albano Bizzarri | 38 | Chievo | Free |
| 8 July 2016 | FW | Alessio Di Massimo | 20 | Sant'Omero | €0.3M |
| 11 July 2016 | DF | Cristiano Biraghi | 23 | Internazionale | €4M |
| 13 July 2016 | DF | Alessandro Crescenzi | 24 | Roma | €0.3M |
| 23 August 2016 | FW | Simone Pepe | 32 | Chievo | Free |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Alberto Aquilani | 32 | Sporting CP | Free |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 22 August 2016 | FW | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 23 | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan | | |
| 23 August 2016 | FW | Robert Murić | 20 | Ajax | Loan | | |

### Out

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

#### Loans 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 | — | 20th | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Fourth round | 13 August 2016 | 30 November 2016 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 20 | Pescara (R) | 38 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 81 | −44 | 18 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches
##### Note

* ^ The Lega Serie A decided to award the match to Pescara against Sassuolo as a 3–0 forfeit win after Sassuolo were found guilty for fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 2–1 to Sassuolo.

### 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 | Vincenzo Fiorillo | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Gabriele Aldegani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ARG | Albano Bizzarri | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Crescenzi | 21 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi | 37 | 1 | 33+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Francesco Zampano | 36 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Hugo Campagnaro | 19 | 2 | 18+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ALB | Leonardo Maloku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ITA | Andrea Coda | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Michele Fornasier | 22 | 0 | 16+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Bruno | 16 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Valerio Verre | 30 | 2 | 23+5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ALB | Ledian Memushaj | 38 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CYP | Grigoris Kastanos | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | LBY | Ahmad Benali | 35 | 6 | 32+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GHA | Sulley Muntari | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | URU | Gastón Brugman | 28 | 1 | 22+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Simone Pepe | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Davide Vitturini | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Mitriță | 17 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Coulibaly | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ARG | Adrián Cubas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | BIH | Hrvoje Miličević | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | ITA | Ferdinando Del Sole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 15 | FW | FRA | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 15 | 4 | 11+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari | 36 | 9 | 34+1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri | 13 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | CRO | Robert Murić | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Bryan Cristante | 18 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ALB | Rey Manaj | 13 | 2 | 4+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Dario Župarić | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Alberto Aquilani | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Stefano Pettinari | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SVK | Norbert Gyömbér | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Gianluca Caprari | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Ahmad Benali | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 15 | FW | | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Valerio Verre | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Rey Manaj | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 14 | DF | | Hugo Campagnaro | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Alberto Cerri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Cristiano Biraghi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Ledian Memushaj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | MF | | Sulley Muntari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | MF | | Gastón Brugman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | | Alberto Aquilani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | | Alexandru Mitriță | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 30 | FW | | Robert Murić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 2 | 37 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 31 | GK | | Albano Bizzarri | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Vincenzo Fiorillo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 3 | 1 | 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 | | Vincenzo Fiorillo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Gabriele Aldegani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | | Simone Aresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Mirko Pigliacelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Albano Bizzarri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Alessandro Crescenzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Cristiano Biraghi | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | | Francesco Zampano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Dario Župarić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Hugo Campagnaro | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Davide Vitturini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Andrea Coda | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Norbert Gyömbér | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Michele Fornasier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | | Cesare Bovo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | DF | | Guglielmo Stendardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Alessandro Bruno | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Bryan Cristante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Valerio Verre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Ledian Memushaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Grigoris Kastanos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ahmad Benali | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Sulley Muntari | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Gastón Brugman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Alberto Aquilani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Simone Pepe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Alexandru Mitriță | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Mamadou Coulibaly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | | Hrvoje Miličević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Rey Manaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Gianluca Caprari | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Alberto Cerri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Stefano Pettinari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Robert Murić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 92 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 2 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017