2014–15 Empoli F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Empoli Football Club's first season in Serie A since the 2007–08 season. The team competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Empoli
2014–15 season
PresidentFabrizio Corsi
ManagerMaurizio Sarri
StadiumStadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A15th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Massimo Maccarone (10)
All:
Massimo Maccarone (10)
Highest home attendance14,698 vs Juventus
(1 November 2014, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance1,470 vs Genoa
(3 December 2014, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance9,229[1]

Players

Squad information

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 Luca Castellazzi
2 DF  FRA Vincent Laurini
5 MF  ITA Davide Moro (captain)
6 MF  ITA Mirko Valdifiori
7 MF  ITA Massimo Maccarone
8 MF  VEN Franco Signorelli
9 FW  GEO Levan Mchedlidze
10 FW  ITA Francesco Tavano
11 MF  ITA Daniele Croce
16 GK  ITA Matteo Biggeri
17 MF  ITA Tiberio Guarente
18 MF  ITA Simone Verdi (on loan from Torino)
19 DF  ITA Federico Barba
20 FW  ITA Manuel Pucciarelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  POR Mário Rui
23 DF  ALB Elseid Hysaj
24 DF  ITA Daniele Rugani (on loan from Juventus)
25 DF  ITA Matteo Bachini
26 DF  ITA Lorenzo Tonelli
27 MF  ITA Ludovico Gargiulo
28 GK  ITA Davide Bassi
30 DF  ITA Andrea Gemignani
33 GK  ITA Luigi Sepe (on loan from Napoli)
58 DF  ITA Luca Martinelli
77 FW  GEO Irakli Shekiladze
95 FW  ITA Emanuele Rovini
99 FW  URU Rodrigo Aguirre (on loan from Udinese)

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 2014–15 Serie A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Hellas Verona 38 11 13 14 49 65 −16 46
14 Chievo 38 10 13 15 28 41 −13 43
15 Empoli 38 8 18 12 46 52 −6 42
16 Udinese 38 10 11 17 43 56 −13 41
17 Atalanta 38 7 16 15 38 57 −19 37
Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).[3]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 8 18 12 46 52  −6 42 6 8 5 26 22  +4 2 10 7 20 30  −10

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLDDDWDLLLWWDDDDDLDLDWDWDDDWLLDDWWLLDL
Position1920191917121314171716141313141313151616161514141413151314151616141315161515
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
31 August 2014 1 Udinese 2–0 Empoli Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pasquale  39'
Di Natale 57', 62'
Badu  64'		 Report Croce  55'
Verdi  74'		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Marco Di Bello
13 September 2014 2 Empoli 0–1 Roma Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Sepe 45+1' (o.g.)
De Rossi  67'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 11,118
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
20 September 2014 3 Cesena 2–2 Empoli Cesena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Giorgi  24'
Marilungo 30'
Defrel 32',  77'
Cascione  51'
Lucchini  54'		 Report Tavano 55' (pen.)
Rugani 72'
Vecino  76'		 Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 14,073
Referee: Claudio Gavillucci
23 September 2014 4 Empoli 2–2 Milan Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tonelli 13'
Pucciarelli 21'
Vecino  42'
Valdifiori  85'  86'		 Report Zapata  20'
Muntari  36'
Torres 43'
De Sciglio  50'
Honda 57'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,619
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
28 September 2014 5 Chievo 1–1 Empoli Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Radovanović  45+1'
Meggiorini 50'
Hetemaj  86'
Biraghi  90+1'		 Report Pucciarelli 59'
Hysaj  74'		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Davide Massa
5 October 2014 6 Empoli 3–0 Palermo Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maccarone 4'
Tonelli 33'
Pucciarelli 63'		 Report Vázquez  11'
Feddal  16'
Bolzoni  37'
Terzi  70'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
20 October 2015 7 Genoa 1–1 Empoli Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bertolacci 14',  90+2'
Antonini  71'
Perotti  78'		 Report Croce  76'
Tonelli 77'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 17,843
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
25 October 2014 8 Empoli 0–4 Cagliari Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Valdifiori  37'
Moro  63'		 Report Sau 31'
Avelar 36', 38' (pen.)
Ekdal 45+2'
Crisetig  51'
Farias  86'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 8,121
Referee: Luca Pairetto
28 October 2014 9 Sassuolo 3–1 Empoli Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Taïder  44'
Missiroli 56'
Floccari 61'
Berardi 73'
Acerbi  89'		 Report Croce 18'
Vecino  19'
Maccarone  28'
Tonelli  75'		 Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Daniele Orsato
1 November 2014 10 Empoli 0–2 Juventus Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Tonelli  60'  90+5'
Hysaj  90+2'		 Report Vidal  53'
Pirlo 61'
Morata 72'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 14,698
Referee: Paolo Valeri
9 November 2014 11 Empoli 2–1 Lazio Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Barba 52'
Maccarone 55'
Mário Rui  84'		 Report Cavanda  38'
Ederson  57'
Đorđević 66'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
23 November 2014 12 Parma 0–2 Empoli Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Lodi  47'
Galloppa  54'
Acquah  57'
Belfodil  70'		 Report Vecino 45+1'
Tavano 56'
Maccarone  70'		 Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 10,625
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
30 November 2014 13 Empoli 0–0 Atalanta Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Croce  5'
Tavano  73'		 Report Dramé  29'
Cigarini  83'
Migliaccio  90'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 6,938
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
7 December 2014 14 Napoli 2–2 Empoli Naples
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Maggio  63'
Zapata 67'
Albiol  69'
De Guzmán 72'		 Report Verdi 19'
Rugani 53'
Laxalt  63'
Mário Rui  73'		 Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 30,128
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
15 December 2014 15 Empoli 0–0 Torino Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vecino  4'
Mário Rui  69'		 Report Gazzi  17'
Jansson  32'  90+1'
Moretti  55'
El Kaddouri  79'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,796
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
21 December 2014 16 Fiorentina 1–1 Empoli Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Vargas 44'
El Hamdaoui  88'
Valero  90'
Aquilani  90+1'		 Report Maccarone  32'
Tonelli 57'
Pucciarelli  89'
Zieliński  90+1'
Valdifiori  90+4'		 Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 34,162
Referee: Carmine Russo
6 January 2015 17 Empoli 0–0 Hellas Verona Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Tonelli  49'  65' Report Sala  24'
Toni  41'
Campanharo  59'
Hallfreðsson  68'  77'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,705
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
11 January 2015 18 Sampdoria 1–0 Empoli Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Éder 49'
Palombo  59'		 Report Mário Rui  24'
Hysaj  36'		 Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 19,931
Referee: Dino Tommasi
17 January 2015 19 Empoli 0–0 Internazionale Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mchedlidze  57' Report Vidić  86'
Medel  90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 13,449
Referee: Daniele Doveri
26 January 2015 20 Empoli 1–2 Udinese Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Saponara 37' (pen.),  38'
Barba  90+4'		 Report Di Natale 19'
Danilo  36'
Widmer 60'
Kone  61'  74'
Piris  69'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,381
Referee: Davide Ghersini
31 January 2015 21 Roma 1–1 Empoli Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Manolas  38'
Maicon 57'
Florenzi  58'
Astori  90+1'
Nainggolan  90+4'		 Report Maccarone 39' (pen.)
Saponara  43'  45+2'
Croce  50'
Valdifiori  71'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 33,621
Referee: Carmine Russo
8 February 2015 22 Empoli 2–0 Cesena Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Maccarone 29'
Mário Rui  45+1'
Signorelli 57'
Mchedlidze  83'		 Report De Feudis  11'
Capelli  36'
Giorgi  63'
Rodríguez  82'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,586
Referee: Daniele Orsato
15 February 2015 23 Milan 1–1 Empoli Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Destro 40'
Rami  48'
Antonelli  64'
Paletta  81'
Diego López  84'		 Report Maccarone 68'
Verdi  78'
Tonelli  90+1'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 27,170
Referee: Paolo Valeri
22 February 2015 24 Empoli 3–0 Chievo Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rugani 22'
Maccarone 46', 67'		 Report Radovanović  36'
Botta  87'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,338
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
1 March 2015 25 Palermo 0–0 Empoli Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rispoli  37'
Dybala  51'
Daprelà  69'		 Report Hysaj  5'
Vecino  18'
Zieliński  89'		 Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 22,352
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
8 March 2015 26 Empoli 1–1 Genoa Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Barba 66'
Mário Rui  75'
Valdifiori  88'		 Report Niang 27'
Burdisso  61'
Bertolacci  69'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 10,392
Referee: Fabio Maresca
14 March 2015 27 Cagliari 1–1 Empoli Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Farias  8'
João Pedro 20'
Balzano  57'		 Report Zieliński  75'
Vecino 90+3'		 Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
22 March 2015 28 Empoli 3–1 Sassuolo Empoli
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Saponara 46', 60'
Mchedlidze 59'		 Report Acerbi  44'
Rugani 49' (o.g.)
Magnanelli  62'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,703
Referee: Dino Tommasi
4 April 2015 29 Juventus 2–0 Empoli Turin
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tevez 43',  48'
Barzagli  89'
Pereyra 90+4'		 Report Mário Rui  66'
Saponara  78'		 Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 40,029
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
12 April 2015 30 Lazio 4–0 Empoli Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mauri 4'
Klose 31',  55'
Candreva 44'
Novaretti  46'  58'
Felipe Anderson 53'
Cana  75'
Cavanda  81'		 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,096
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
19 April 2015 31 Empoli 2–2 Parma Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maccarone 32'
Tonelli 45'		 Report Lodi 19'
Mauri  62'
Belfodil 73'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
26 April 2015 32 Atalanta 2–2 Empoli Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Benalouane  33'
Gómez 43'
Cigarini  61'
D'Alessandro  85'
Denis 90+3'		 Report Saponara 41'
Pucciarelli  56'
Maccarone 60'		 Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 13,651
Referee: Angelo Cervellera
30 April 2015 33 Empoli 4–2 Napoli Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maccarone 8'
Laurini  15'
Britos 43' (o.g.)
Saponara 45+1'
Tonelli  71'
Albiol 81' (o.g.)
Verdi  90+1'		 Report Ghoulam  24'
Laurini 64' (o.g.)
Higuaín  79'
Hamšík 90+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 10,116
Referee: Davide Massa
6 May 2015 34 Torino 0–1 Empoli Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Glik  59'
González  66'
Peres  90+2'		 Report Padelli 3' (o.g.)
Mário Rui  65'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Dino Tommasi
10 May 2015 35 Empoli 2–3 Fiorentina Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Saponara 27'
Mchedlidze 77',  83'		 Report Iličić 6', 68'
Badelj  24'
Vargas  33'
Salah 57'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 9,878
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
17 May 2015 36 Hellas Verona 2–1 Empoli Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Moras 24'
Fernandinho  66'
Sala 67'		 Report Saponara 6'
Croce  83'
Verdi  90'		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 18,588
Referee: Federico La Penna
24 May 2015 37 Empoli 1–1 Sampdoria Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Valdifiori  41'
Pucciarelli 57'
Maccarone  90+5'
Vecino  90+6'		 Report Acquah  45+3'
Muriel  47'
Eto'o 90+1'
Romagnoli  90+5'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 9,084
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
31 May 2015 38 Internazionale 4–3 Empoli Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Palacio 49'
Icardi 53', 77'
Brozović 70'
Hernanes  84'		 Report Mchedlidze 59', 88'
Pucciarelli 62'
Barba  63'
Valdifiori  67'
Mário Rui  90+3'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 32,036
Referee: Antonio Damato

Coppa Italia
Main article: 2014–15 Coppa Italia
24 August 2014 Third round Empoli 3–0 L'Aquila Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Verdi 10'
Tavano 19', 80'
Mchedlidze  53'		 Del Pinto  33'
Karkalis  69'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 2,359
Referee: Sig. Roca di Foggia
3 December 2014 Fourth round Empoli 2–0 Genoa Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Laxalt 4'
Mchedlidze  68', 73'
Zieliński  89'		 Report Greco  8'
Matri  75'
Pinilla  85'		 Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: Marco Di Bello
20 January 2015 Round of 16 Roma 2–1 (a.e.t.) Empoli Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Iturbe 5'
Yanga-Mbiwa  99'
De Rossi 114' (pen.)		 Report Bianchetti  55'
Verdi 80'
Vecino  113'
Zieliński  113'
Laxalt  120+1'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 11,019
Referee: Marco Di Bello

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa Italia
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  ITA Luca Castellazzi 000000
16 GK  ITA Matteo Biggeri 000000
28 GK  ITA Davide Bassi 907020
33 GK  ITA Luigi Sepe 32031010
Defenders
2 DF  FRA Vincent Laurini 17014+1020
19 DF  ITA Federico Barba 20212+6220
21 DF  POR Mário Rui 37028+602+10
22 DF  ITA Matteo Bianchetti 300+1020
23 DF  ALB Elseid Hysaj 39033+302+10
24 DF  ITA Daniele Rugani 39338310
25 DF  ITA Matteo Bachini 000000
26 DF  ITA Lorenzo Tonelli 30527+151+10
30 DF  ITA Andrea Gemignani 000000
50 DF  ITA Michele Somma 200+2000
58 DF  ITA Luca Martinelli 000000
Midfielders
5 MF  ITA Riccardo Saponara 19718710
6 MF  ITA Mirko Valdifiori 3803601+10
8 MF  VEN Franco Signorelli 1514+9120
11 MF  ITA Daniele Croce 39135+2120
17 MF  ITA Tiberio Guarente 100+1000
18 MF  ITA Simone Verdi 28317+911+12
27 MF  POL Piotr Zieliński 20001+10
88 MF  URU Matías Vecino 39237220
Forwards
7 FW  ITA Massimo Maccarone 351030+41010
9 FW  GEO Levan Mchedlidze 2756+19421
10 FW  ITA Francesco Tavano 28415+11222
20 FW  ITA Manuel Pucciarelli 36525+951+10
77 FW  GEO Irakli Shekiladze 000000
95 FW  ITA Emanuele Rovini 000000
Players transferred out during the season
13 MF  URU Diego Laxalt 710+402+11
99 FW  URU Rodrigo Aguirre 200+100+10

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 7 FW Massimo Maccarone 10 0 10
2 5 MF Riccardo Saponara 7 0 7
3 9 FW Levan Mchedlidze 4 1 5
20 FW Manuel Pucciarelli 5 0 5
26 DF Lorenzo Tonelli 5 0 5
6 10 FW Francesco Tavano 2 2 4
7 18 MF Simone Verdi 1 2 3
24 DF Daniele Rugani 3 0 3
9 19 DF Federico Barba 2 0 2
88 MF Matías Vecino 2 0 2
11 8 MF Franco Signorelli 1 0 1
11 MF Daniele Croce 1 0 1
13 MF Diego Laxalt 0 1 1
Own goal 3 0 3
Totals 46 6 52

Last updated: 17 January 2016

References
  1. "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
  2. "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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