# 2017–18 Hellas Verona FC season

The 2017–18 season was Hellas Verona Football Club's first season back in Serie A following the club's relegation to Serie B at the end of the 2015–16 season. Verona earned promotion back to the top-flight after finishing second in the 2016–17 Serie B. The club finished 19th and made an immediate return to the second division.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 8 January 2018
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 | BRA | Nícolas |
| 2 | MF | ITA | Rômulo |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Cherubin |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Simon Laner |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Bruno Zuculini |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Daniele Verde (on loan from Roma) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Marco Fossati |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Giampaolo Pazzini (captain) |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Antonio Caracciolo |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Franco Zuculini |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Marco Silvestri |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | KOR | Lee Seung-woo |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Matteo Bianchetti |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Brosco |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Mattia Valoti |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari |
| 37 | FW | ITA | Enrico Bearzotti |
| 40 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola |
| 69 | DF | FRA | Samuel Souprayen |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux (on loan from Udinese) |
| 77 | MF | LIE | Marcel Büchel (on loan from Empoli) |
| 93 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Fares |
| 97 | DF | ITA | Gian Filippo Felicioli (on loan from Milan) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Federico Viviani | 25 | Bologna | Loan return | |
| 10 July 2017 | FW | Alessio Cerci | 29 | Unattached | Free | |
| 10 July 2017 | FW | Antonio Cassano | 34 | Unattached | Free | |
| 4 August 2017 | DF | Martín Cáceres | 30 | Southampton | | One year contract |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 7 July 2017 | FW | Daniele Verde | 21 | Roma | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 11 January 2018 | FW | Ryder Matos | 24 | Udinese | Loan | |
| 11 January 2018 | FW | Bruno Petković | 23 | Bologna | Loan | |
| 19 January 2018 | DF | Deian Boldor | 22 | Bologna | Loan | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 24 July 2017 | FW | Antonio Cassano | 35 | — | | Retired | |
| 8 January 2018 | DF | Martín Cáceres | 30 | Lazio | | | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Federico Viviani | 25 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an option to buy | |

## 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: 19 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 | A | H | A | H | 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 |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### 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 | BRA | Nícolas | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Marco Silvestri | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ITA | Ferdinando Coppola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ITA | Michelangelo Albertazzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Antonio Caracciolo | 33 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Matteo Bianchetti | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Deian Boldor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SRB | Jagoš Vuković | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Alex Ferrari | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ALB | Marash Kumbulla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | DF | FRA | Samuel Souprayen | 25 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | FRA | Thomas Heurtaux | 19 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | ITA | Gian Filippo Felicioli | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | ITA | Rômulo | 40 | 3 | 36+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Simon Laner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Marco Fossati | 19 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Franco Zuculini | 11 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Simone Calvano | 15 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Mattia Valoti | 28 | 3 | 18+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | ITA | Andrea Danzi | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | LIE | Marcel Büchel | 24 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Daniele Verde | 33 | 4 | 22+8 | 2 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Moise Kean | 20 | 4 | 12+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessio Cerci | 25 | 3 | 22+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Rolando Aarons | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | KOR | Lee Seung-woo | 16 | 1 | 1+13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SVK | Ľubomír Tupta | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Ryder Matos | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ITA | Enrico Bearzotti | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | CRO | Bruno Petković | 16 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Fares | 33 | 1 | 29+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ARG | Bruno Zuculini | 19 | 3 | 15+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Giampaolo Pazzini | 20 | 4 | 7+12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa | 20 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | URU | Martín Cáceres | 15 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Daniele Verde | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Moise Kean | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Giampaolo Pazzini | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | MF | | Rômulo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | MF | | Bruno Zuculini | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Alessio Cerci | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 26 | DF | | Martín Cáceres | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 27 | MF | | Mattia Valoti | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | | Antonio Caracciolo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 21 | FW | | Lee Seung-woo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 24 | MF | | Daniel Bessa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 26 | DF | | Jagoš Vuković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 28 | DF | | Alex Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 93 | FW | | Mohamed Fares | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 30 | 4 | 34 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Nícolas | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 19 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 | | Nícolas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Antonio Caracciolo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Matteo Bianchetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Deian Boldor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Martín Cáceres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Jagoš Vuković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Alex Ferrari | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | DF | | Samuel Souprayen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | | Thomas Heurtaux | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | | Gian Filippo Felicioli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | | Rômulo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Bruno Zuculini | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Marco Fossati | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Franco Zuculini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Mattia Zaccagni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Simone Calvano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Daniel Bessa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Mattia Valoti | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | | Andrea Danzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Marcel Büchel | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Moise Kean | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Alessio Cerci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Giampaolo Pazzini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Lee Seung-woo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Ryder Matos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | | Bruno Petković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | | Mohamed Fares | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 91 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 2 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018