2015–16 U.S. Città di Palermo season

The 2015–16 season is Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo's second season back in Serie A after having been relegated to Serie B at the end of the 2012–13 season. The club will compete in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Palermo

2015–16 season
Chairman	Maurizio Zamparini
Manager	Giuseppe Iachini (until 10 November 2015) Davide Ballardini (from 10 November 2015 to 11 January 2016) Fabio Viviani (caretaker) (from 11 January 2016 to 26 January 2016)[1] Giovanni Tedesco (from 26 January 2016 to 10 February 2016) Giovanni Bosi (from 10 February 2016 to 15 February 2016) Giuseppe Iachini (from 15 February 2016 to 10 March 2016) Walter Novellino (from 10 March 2016 to 11 April 2016) Davide Ballardini (from 12 April 2016)
Stadium	Stadio Renzo Barbera
Serie A	16th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Alberto Gilardino (10) All: Alberto Gilardino (11)
Highest home attendance	33,345 vs Hellas Verona (15 May 2016, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	0 (behind closed doors) vs Atalanta (20 April 2016, Serie A)
Average home league attendance	18,023
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Squad information

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
70	Stefano Sorrentino		GK	28 March 1979	Confirmed
91	Simone Colombi		GK	1 July 1991	Cagliari
Defenders
2	Roberto Vitiello		RB	8 May 1983	Confirmed
3	Andrea Rispoli		RB	29 September 1988	Parma	Confirmed
4	Siniša Anđelković		CB	13 February 1986	Confirmed
6	Edoardo Goldaniga		CB	2 November 1993	Loan Return
7	Achraf Lazaar		LB	22 January 1992	Confirmed
12	Giancarlo González		CB	8 February 1988	Columbus Crew
13	Emerson Palmieri		LB	13 March 1994	Santos	On loan
23	Aljaž Struna		CB	4 August 1990	Confirmed
33	Fabio Daprelà		LB	19 February 1991	Confirmed
34	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari		CB	17 March 1990	Montpellier
Midfielders
5	Francesco Bolzoni		CM	7 May 1989	Confirmed
10	Oscar Hiljemark		CM	28 June 1992	PSV
16	Gastón Brugman		CM	7 November 1992	Pescara
17	Ahmad Benali		CM	7 February 1992	Brescia
18	Ivaylo Chochev		AM	18 February 1993	CSKA Sofia
20	Franco Vázquez		AM, SS	24 October 1989	Confirmed
21	Robin Quaison		MF	9 October 1993	AIK
25	Enzo Maresca		CM	10 February 1980	Confirmed
27	Luca Rigoni		MF	7 February 1984	Chievo
28	Mato Jajalo		MF	25 May 1988	Rijeka
Forwards
8	Aleksandar Trajkovski		CM	5 November 1992	Zulte Waregem
9	Matheus Cassini		ST	15 November 1995	Confirmed
11	Alberto Gilardino		ST	5 July 1982	Guangzhou Evergrande
26	Accursio Bentivegna		AM, FW	21 June 1996	Youth team
54	Antonio la Gumina		ST	6 March 1996	Youth team
99	Uroš Đurđević		ST	2 March 1994	Vitesse Arnhem

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
27 August 2015	FW	Alberto Gilardino	33	Guangzhou Evergrande

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
18 August 2015	FW	Andrea Belotti	21	Torino

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Bologna	38	11	9	18	33	45	−12	42
15	Sampdoria	38	10	10	18	48	61	−13	40
16	Palermo	38	10	9	19	38	65	−27	39[lower-alpha 1]
17	Udinese	38	10	9	19	35	60	−25	39[lower-alpha 1]
18	Carpi (R)	38	9	11	18	37	57	−20	38	Relegation to Serie B

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 pts, Udinese 0 pts.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	9	20	37	66	−29	36	6	4	10	24	34	−10	3	5	10	13	32	−19

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
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	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
Result	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W
Position	8	5	7	8	11	12	13	11	13	13	16	12	14	16	17	14	16	16	16	17	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Palermo	1–0	Genoa	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vitiello  28' El Kaoutari  90+1'	Report	Marchese  90'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,608 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

30 August 2015 2	Udinese	0–1	Palermo	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zapata  44' Merkel  56' Iturra  78' Fernandes  81'	Report	Rigoni  8' Struna  44'  70' Sorrentino  50' Jajalo  82'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Antonio Damato

13 September 2015 3	Palermo	2–2	Carpi	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hiljemark  6' El Kaoutari  40' González  66' Đurđević  88' Vitiello  89'	Report	Gagliolo  9' Bianco  16' Vitiello  24' (o.g.) Borriello  64' Gabriel Silva  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 20,250 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

19 September 2015 4	Milan	3–2	Palermo	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca  21', 75' Bonaventura  40' Montolivo  80'	Report	Hiljemark  32', 72' Lazaar  45+3' González  66'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 33,689 Referee: Carmine Russo

23 September 2015 5	Palermo	0–1	Sassuolo	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rigoni  43'  85'	Report	Missiroli  31' Floccari  35' Vrsaljko  61' Acerbi  68' Cannavaro  72' Biondini  77' Magnanelli  83'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,730 Referee: Luca Pairetto

27 September 2015 6	Torino	2–1	Palermo	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bovo  34' Molinaro  37'  61' González  44' (o.g.) Benassi  48' Padelli  77' Obi  90'	Report	Rispoli  31' Vázquez  42' Struna  66' González  71' Quaison  88' El Kaoutari  90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 17,640 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

4 October 2015 7	Palermo	2–4	Roma	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hiljemark  48' Gilardino  58',  65' Chochev  61' Struna  64' González  90+1'	Report	Pjanić  2' Florenzi  14' Gervinho  28', 90+2' Nainggolan  34' Emerson  76' Manolas  81'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 15,910 Referee: Antonio Damato

18 October 2015 8	Bologna	0–1	Palermo	Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rizzo  74'	Report	Vázquez  24',  24' Hiljemark  46' Struna  66' Rispoli  81'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 16,010 Referee: Michael Fabbri

24 October 2015 9	Palermo	1–1	Internazionale	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vázquez  38' Maresca  49' Gilardino  66',  85'	Report	Murillo  27'  79' Kondogbia  31' Perišić  60'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 20,626 Referee: Daniele Doveri

28 October 2015 10	Napoli	2–0	Palermo	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín  39' Mertens  80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 27,580 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

2 November 2015 11	Palermo	0–1	Empoli	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brugman  27' Lazaar  34' Struna  43' Anđelković  51' Rispoli  54' Quaison  59'	Report	Saponara  34',  53' Mário Rui  74' Maiello  88'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 16,731 Referee: Marco Di Bello

8 November 2015 12	Palermo	1–0	Chievo	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Daprelà  42' Gilardino  71',  71' Vázquez  84' Goldaniga  90+3'	Report	Radovanović  25' Cesar  37' Gobbi  63'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,176 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

22 November 2015 13	Lazio	1–1	Palermo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gentiletti  60' Matri  62' Candreva  70' (pen.) Biglia  90+3'	Report	Goldaniga  21' Chochev  58' Hiljemark  69' Trajkovski  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 17,175 Referee: Domenico Celi

29 November 2015 14	Palermo	0–3	Juventus	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Struna  50' Vázquez  76'	Report	Pogba  25' Mandžukić  54' Barzagli  61' Sturaro  76',  89' Zaza  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 25,737 Referee: Paolo Valeri

6 December 2015 15	Atalanta	3–0	Palermo	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Denis  18' Cherubin  26' Kurtić  42' Migliaccio  76' De Roon  80'	Report	Anđelković  50' Jajalo  65' González  68'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,499 Referee: Carmine Russo

12 December 2015 16	Palermo	4–1	Frosinone	Palermo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goldaniga  5' Vázquez  17' Đurđević  39' Trajkovski  60' Gilardino  86' González  88'	Report	Sammarco  24' Pavlović  34' Blanchard  39' Gori  42'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,402 Referee: Daniele Doveri

20 December 2015 17	Sampdoria	2–0	Palermo	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soriano  53' Fernando  63' Ivan  65',  76'	Report	Vázquez  43' Struna  57' González  90' Đurđević  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,309 Referee: Michael Fabbri

6 January 2016 18	Palermo	1–3	Fiorentina	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Struna  22' Gilardino  77' Morganella  79' Brugman  81'	Report	Iličić  13', 43' Bernardeschi  34' Badelj  73' Valero  89' Błaszczykowski  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 13,928 Referee: Antonio Damato

10 January 2016 19	Hellas Verona	0–1	Palermo	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pazzini  54' Toni  70'	Report	Vázquez  27',  74' Goldaniga  44' Jajalo  47' Morganella  83'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,325 Referee: Luca Banti

17 January 2016 20	Genoa	4–0	Palermo	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suso  4' Rigoni  58' Pavoletti  71', 88' Burdisso  73' Rincón  75'	Report	Anđelković  22'  65' González  39' Goldaniga  90'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,387 Referee: Domenico Celi

24 January 2016 21	Palermo	4–1	Udinese	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chochev  20' Quaison  35' Hiljemark  56' Jajalo  69' Lazaar  77' Trajkovski  87'	Report	Badu  32' Widmer  44' Felipe  52' Théréau  79'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,325 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

30 January 2016 22	Carpi	1–1	Palermo	Modena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cofie  31' Letizia  74' Mancosu  74' (pen.)	Report	Gilardino  24' Quaison  28' Vázquez  32' González  74'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 6,835 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

3 February 2016 23	Palermo	0–2	Milan	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Goldaniga  43' Jajalo  50' Vázquez  74'	Report	Bacca  19' Niang  33' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

7 February 2016 24	Sassuolo	2–2	Palermo	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Antei  43' Defrel  45+1' Missiroli  50' Pellegrini  55' Gazzola  73'	Report	Vázquez  30' Lazaar  40'  75' Đurđević  53'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 8,719 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

14 February 2016 25	Palermo	1–3	Torino	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gilardino  2'	Report	Immobile  19' (pen.), 69' González  31' (o.g.) Vives  40' Glik  43'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 13,820 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

21 February 2016 26	Roma	5–0	Palermo	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Džeko  30', 89' Keita  52' Salah  60', 62'	Report	Struna  75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

28 February 2016 27	Palermo	0–0	Bologna	Palermo
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chochev  43' Morganella  63' Vitiello  90'	Report	Diawara  85'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 15,566 Referee: Marco Di Bello

6 March 2016 28	Internazionale	3–1	Palermo	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ljajić  11' Icardi  23' Perišić  54' Medel  58'	Report	Vázquez  45' González  70'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 32,455 Referee: Carmine Russo

13 March 2016 29	Palermo	0–1	Napoli	Palermo
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chochev  52' Quaison  84'	Report	Higuaín  23' (pen.) Albiol  75' López  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,628 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

19 March 2016 30	Empoli	0–0	Palermo	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paredes  68'	Report	Jajalo  55' Bentivegna  81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,597 Referee: Davide Massa

3 April 2016 31	Chievo	3–1	Palermo	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cacciatore  6' Floro Flores  42' Rigoni  53' Birsa  74' Pinzi  90'	Report	Gilardino  28' Struna  32' Anđelković  42' Vázquez  88'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

10 April 2016 32	Palermo	0–3	Lazio	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Quaison  33' Jajalo  71'	Report	Klose  10', 15' Parolo  19' Gentiletti  50' Anderson  72' Maurício  88'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,531 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

17 April 2016 33	Juventus	4–0	Palermo	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Khedira  10' Barzagli  29' Pogba  71' Cuadrado  74' Morata  86' Padoin  89'	Report	Hiljemark  29' Goldaniga  45+1' González  52'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,133 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

20 April 2016 34	Palermo	2–2	Atalanta	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez  2' (pen.) Chochev  19' Struna  76',  81' Vitiello  90' Jajalo  90+1'	Report	Bellini  2' Borriello  11' (pen.) De Roon  39' Paletta  55' Tolói  84'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Daniele Doveri

24 April 2016 35	Frosinone	0–2	Palermo	Frosinone
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosi  45+3' Blanchard  79' Soddimo  90'	Report	González  24' Gilardino  56' Cionek  78' Maresca  90' Trajkovski  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 6,095 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

1 May 2016 36	Palermo	2–0	Sampdoria	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez  19' Maresca  45+2' Krstičić  85' (o.g.)	Report	Krstičić  6' Dodô  30' Muriel  63' Cassani  77' Viviano  83'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 10,023 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

8 May 2016 37	Fiorentina	0–0	Palermo	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pasqual  44' Zárate  67' Valero  88'	Report	González  18' Trajkovski  50' Morganella  59' Cionek  69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,090 Referee: Daniele Orsato

15 May 2016 38	Palermo	3–2	Hellas Verona	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez  28',  86' Morganella  35' Maresca  51' Gilardino  64',  65'	Report	Wszołek  35' Viviani  48',  68' Pisano  84' Checchin  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 33,445 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Coppa Italia

15 August 2015 Third round	Palermo	2–1	Avellino	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chochev  10' Rigoni  53',  64' Quaison  61' Rispoli  80' Jajalo  89'	Report	Biraschi  20' Gavazzi  49' Trotta  60' Frattali  86'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,479 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

2 December 2015 Fourth round	Palermo	2–3	Alessandria	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rispoli  3' Vázquez  22' Quaison  53' Trajkovski  55' Daprelà  75' Gilardino  85'	Report	Loviso  4' (pen.) Sirri  18' Marconi  23' Nicco  78',  82' Sabato  80'  83' Branca  90'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Luigi Nasca

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Josip Posavec	1	0	1	0	0	0
53	GK		Fabrizio Alastra	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
55	GK		Leonardo Marson	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	GK		Stefano Sorrentino	36	0	35	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Roberto Vitiello	11	0	8+2	0	1	0
3	DF		Andrea Rispoli	24	0	16+6	0	2	0
4	DF		Siniša Anđelković	24	0	21+2	0	1	0
6	DF		Edoardo Goldaniga	17	2	14+3	2	0	0
7	DF		Achraf Lazaar	31	1	26+4	1	1	0
12	DF		Giancarlo González	36	2	35	2	1	0
15	DF		Thiago Cionek	5	0	5	0	0	0
23	DF		Aljaž Struna	22	1	22	1	0	0
77	DF		Michel Morganella	15	0	11+3	0	0+1	0
97	DF		Giuseppe Pezzella	10	0	7+2	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
10	MF		Oscar Hiljemark	39	4	36+2	4	1	0
16	MF		Gastón Brugman	14	0	10+4	0	0	0
18	MF		Ivaylo Chochev	28	0	21+6	0	1	0
20	MF		Franco Vázquez	38	7	36	7	2	0
21	MF		Robin Quaison	32	2	14+16	1	1+1	1
24	MF		Bryan Cristante	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
25	MF		Enzo Maresca	16	0	10+5	0	1	0
28	MF		Mato Jajalo	29	0	24+4	0	1	0
Forwards
8	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	33	4	16+16	3	1	1
9	FW		Accursio Bentivegna	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW		Alberto Gilardino	34	10	26+7	9	0+1	1
22	FW		Norbert Balogh	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
54	FW		Antonino La Gumina	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
99	FW		Uroš Đurđević	14	2	5+9	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW		Andrea Belotti	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		Luca Rigoni	12	2	8+2	1	2	1
33	DF		Fabio Daprelà	7	0	1+4	0	1+1	0
34	DF		Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	9	1	7	1	2	0
91	GK		Simone Colombi	2	0	1	0	1	0

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	11	FW		Alberto Gilardino	10	1	11
2	20	MF		Franco Vázquez	8	0	8
3	8	MF		Aleksandar Trajkovski	3	1	4
	10	MF		Oscar Hiljemark	4	0	4
5	6	DF		Edoardo Goldaniga	2	0	2
	12	DF		Giancarlo González	2	0	2
	21	MF		Robin Quaison	1	1	2
	27	MF		Luca Rigoni	1	1	2
	99	FW		Uroš Đurđević	2	0	2
10	7	DF		Achraf Lazaar	1	0	1
	23	DF		Aljaž Struna	1	0	1
	25	MF		Enzo Maresca	1	0	1
	34	DF		Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	1
Total					38	4	42

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	70	GK		Stefano Sorrentino	9	0	9
2	1	GK		Josip Posavec	1	0	1
Totals					10	0	10

Last updated: 8 May 2016

References

1. Palermo caccia Ballardini: il nuovo tecnico è Schelotto
2. "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.