# 2017–18 SPAL season

The 2017–18 season was SPAL's first season in the top-flight of Italian football since 1968. The team were promoted as champions of Serie B.
The club finished just above the relegation places, in 17th, securing a second season of Serie A football for the 2018–19 campaign; SPAL were eliminated in the fourth round of the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 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 | SEN | Alfred Gomis (on loan from Torino) |
| 4 | DF | POL | Thiago Cionek |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Lorenco Šimić (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Mirco Antenucci (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari |
| 12 | DF | SWE | Pa Konate |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Federico Mattiello (on loan from Juventus) |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Sauli Väisänen |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Poluzzi |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Eros Schiavon |
| 19 | MF | SVN | Jasmin Kurtić (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 21 | DF | POL | Bartosz Salamon (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Francesco Vicari |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Mattia Vitale (on loan from Juventus) |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Everton Luiz |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Schiattarella |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Lazzari |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Filippo Costa |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Federico Viviani (on loan from Hellas Verona) |
| 85 | DF | SEN | Boukary Dramé |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi (on loan from Napoli) |
| 92 | GK | ITA | Gabriele Marchegiani |
| 97 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret (on loan from Udinese) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Felipe | 32 | Udinese | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2017 | DF | Sauli Väisänen | 23 | AIK | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2017 | DF | Pa Konate | 23 | Malmö FF | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2017 | FW | Marco Borriello | 35 | Cagliari | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2018 | DF | Boukary Dramé | 32 | Atalanta | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2018 | DF | Thiago Cionek | 31 | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2018 | MF | Everton Luiz | 29 | Partizan | Undisclosed |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 3 July 2017 | MF | Federico Mattiello | 21 | Juventus | Loan | |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | Marios Oikonomou | 24 | Bologna | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 3 July 2017 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 25 | Bologna | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 7 July 2017 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | 27 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Federico Viviani | 25 | Hellas Verona | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 8 July 2017 | GK | Alfred Gomis | 23 | Torino | Loan | |
| 27 July 2017 | MF | Alberto Grassi | 22 | Napoli | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 1 August 2017 | GK | Alex Meret | 20 | Udinese | Loan | Second consecutive loan |
| 19 August 2017 | DF | Bartosz Salamon | 26 | Cagliari | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 22 August 2017 | FW | Federico Bonazzoli | 20 | Sampdoria | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 11 January 2018 | MF | Jasmin Kurtić | 29 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 11 January 2018 | DF | Marios Oikonomou | 25 | Bologna | Loan return | | |
| 13 January 2018 | MF | Luca Rizzo | 25 | Bologna | Loan return | | |

#### 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 |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 | |
| 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 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 13 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 |

#### 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 | SEN | Alfred Gomis | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Poluzzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | ITA | Gabriele Marchegiani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | ITA | Alex Meret | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | POL | Thiago Cionek | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Lorenco Šimić | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SWE | Pa Konate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Sauli Väisänen | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | POL | Bartosz Salamon | 22 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Francesco Vicari | 35 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Boccafoglia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Filippo Costa | 24 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 85 | DF | SEN | Boukary Dramé | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | ITA | Federico Mattiello | 31 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Eros Schiavon | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SVN | Jasmin Kurtić | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Mattia Vitale | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Everton Luiz | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Schiattarella | 33 | 1 | 22+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Lazzari | 38 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Federico Viviani | 30 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi | 28 | 3 | 26+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Mirco Antenucci | 34 | 11 | 28+5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli | 11 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 21 | 3 | 9+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello | 16 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi | 37 | 7 | 25+11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GRE | Marios Oikonomou | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Michele Cremonesi | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Luca Rizzo | 12 | 2 | 4+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Luca Mora | 19 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Mirco Antenucci | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 43 | FW | | Alberto Paloschi | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Sergio Floccari | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 77 | MF | | Federico Viviani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 88 | MF | | Alberto Grassi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Luca Rizzo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 29 | MF | | Manuel Lazzari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Thiago Cionek | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Lorenco Šimić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | FW | | Marco Borriello | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | | Francesco Vicari | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | | Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | | Pasquale Schiattarella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 39 | 1 | 40 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Alfred Gomis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 97 | GK | | Alex Meret | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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 |
| 2 | DF | | Marios Oikonomou | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Thiago Cionek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Lorenco Šimić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Michele Cremonesi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Sauli Väisänen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Bartosz Salamon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Francesco Vicari | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | | Felipe | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | | Filippo Costa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Federico Mattiello | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Eros Schiavon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Luca Mora | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Mattia Vitale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Everton Luiz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Pasquale Schiattarella | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Manuel Lazzari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Federico Viviani | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Alberto Grassi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Mirco Antenucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Marco Borriello | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | | Alberto Paloschi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 97 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018