# 2017–18 FC Crotone season

The 2017–18 season was Football Club Crotone's second season in Serie A after the club's 17th-place finish the previous season, in which the club sat in the relegation zone for most of the campaign. Crotone competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia. The club finished 18th in the league, being relegated to Serie B after just two seasons in Serie A, and were eliminated in the fourth round of the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 6 September 2017.
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 | Alex Cordaz (captain) |
| 3 | GK | ITA | Marco Festa |
| 5 | MF | ROU | Adrian Stoian |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Marcus Rohdén |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini |
| 8 | MF | VEN | Aristóteles Romero |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Nalini |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Andrea Barberis |
| 11 | MF | GER | Oliver Kragl |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Julio Izco |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Ćazim Suljić |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Ante Budimir (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 20 | DF | BIH | Daniel Pavlović |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cuomo |
| 24 | MF | BUL | Aleksandar Tonev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Borello |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Mario Sampirisi |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Marco Tumminello (on loan from Roma) |
| 34 | DF | CZE | Stefan Simić (on loan from Milan) |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Rolando Mandragora (on loan from Juventus) |
| 44 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera |
| 47 | MF | SVN | Andrej Kotnik |
| 78 | GK | ITA | Aniello Viscovo |
| 87 | MF | ITA | Bruno Martella |
| 89 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Crociata |
| 93 | DF | ALB | Arlind Ajeti (on loan from Torino) |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Simy |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 23 July 2017 | MF | Mariano Julio Izco | 34 | Unattached | Free | | |
| 2 August 2017 | MF | Giovanni Crociata | 19 | Milan | Undisclosed | | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 22 July 2017 | FW | Marcello Trotta | 24 | Sassuolo | Loan | Second consecutive loan with Crotone |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Arlind Ajeti | 23 | Torino | Loan | |
| 5 August 2017 | MF | Rolando Mandragora | 20 | Juventus | Loan | |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Daniel Pavlović | 29 | Sampdoria | Loan | |

### Out

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

#### 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 | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 39 | |
| 17 | SPAL | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 38 | |
| 18 | Crotone (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Hellas Verona (R) | 38 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 78 | −48 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Benevento (R) | 38 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 33 | 84 | −51 | 21 | 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: 20 May 2018. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 19 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 |

#### 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 | Alex Cordaz | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | GK | ITA | Marco Festa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Aniello Viscovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini | 38 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BIH | Daniel Pavlović | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marco Capuano | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Mario Sampirisi | 31 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | CZE | Stefan Simić | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni | 30 | 2 | 18+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | ITA | Bruno Martella | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | ALB | Arlind Ajeti | 23 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ROU | Adrian Stoian | 34 | 2 | 26+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Marcus Rohdén | 28 | 2 | 20+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Andrea Barberis | 39 | 2 | 34+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Julio Izco | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Moussa Diaby | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Niccolò Zanellato | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Rolando Mandragora | 37 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Crociata | 12 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | LBY | Ahmad Benali | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Nalini | 23 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Federico Ricci | 15 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Ante Budimir | 24 | 7 | 17+5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta | 35 | 8 | 27+7 | 7 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Marco Tumminello | 9 | 3 | 2+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | NGA | Simy | 24 | 7 | 11+12 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | VEN | Aristóteles Romero | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Oliver Kragl | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BIH | Ćazim Suljić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | BUL | Aleksandar Tonev | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BEL | Noë Dussenne | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | URU | Leandro Cabrera | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 29 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | | Ante Budimir | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 99 | FW | | Simy | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 32 | FW | | Marco Tumminello | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | MF | | Adrian Stoian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Marcus Rohdén | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Andrea Barberis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 37 | DF | | Davide Faraoni | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 38 | MF | | Rolando Mandragora | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | DF | | Federico Ceccherini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | FW | | Federico Ricci | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 87 | DF | | Bruno Martella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 89 | MF | | Giovanni Crociata | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 92 | MF | | Ahmad Benali | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 2 | 42 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Alex Cordaz | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Alex Cordaz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Federico Ceccherini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Marco Capuano | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Mario Sampirisi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Noë Dussenne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Stefan Simić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Davide Faraoni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | | Bruno Martella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | | Arlind Ajeti | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Adrian Stoian | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Marcus Rohdén | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Aristóteles Romero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Andrea Barberis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Ćazim Suljić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | | Rolando Mandragora | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | | Ahmad Benali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andrea Nalini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Federico Ricci | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Ante Budimir | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Marcello Trotta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Marco Tumminello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Simy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018