2014–15 Empoli FC season

Empoli
2014–15 season
President	Fabrizio Corsi
Manager	Maurizio Sarri
Stadium	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A	15th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Massimo Maccarone (10); All: ; Massimo Maccarone (10)
Highest home attendance	14,698 vs Juventus; (1 November 2014, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	1,470 vs Genoa; (3 December 2014, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	9,229
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	L
Position	19	20	19	19	17	12	13	14	17	17	16	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	13	14	15	16	16	14	13	15	16	15	15

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

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	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Maurizio Pugliesi	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	ITA	Davide Bassi	9	0	7	0	2	0
32	GK	ITA	Alessandro Giacomel	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	ITA	Luigi Sepe	32	0	31	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Vincent Laurini	17	0	14+1	0	2	0
19	DF	ITA	Federico Barba	20	2	12+6	2	2	0
21	DF	POR	Mário Rui	37	0	28+6	0	2+1	0
22	DF	ITA	Matteo Bianchetti	3	0	0+1	0	2	0
23	DF	ALB	Elseid Hysaj	39	0	33+3	0	2+1	0
24	DF	ITA	Daniele Rugani	39	3	38	3	1	0
26	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli	30	5	27+1	5	1+1	0
50	DF	ITA	Michele Somma	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ITA	Riccardo Saponara	18	7	17	7	1	0
6	MF	ITA	Mirko Valdifiori	38	0	36	0	1+1	0
8	MF	VEN	Franco Signorelli	15	1	4+9	1	2	0
11	MF	ITA	Daniele Croce	39	1	35+2	1	2	0
17	MF	ITA	Tiberio Guarente	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	MF	ITA	Simone Verdi	28	3	17+9	1	1+1	2
25	MF	AUS	Joshua Brillante	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	MF	POL	Piotr Zieliński	30	0	7+21	0	1+1	0
88	MF	URU	Matías Vecino	38	2	36	2	2	0
Forwards
7	FW	ITA	Massimo Maccarone	35	10	30+4	10	1	0
9	FW	GEO	Levan Mchedlidze	27	5	6+19	4	2	1
10	FW	ITA	Francesco Tavano	28	4	15+11	2	2	2
20	FW	ITA	Manuel Pucciarelli	36	5	25+9	5	1+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
5	MF	ITA	Davide Moro	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
13	MF	URU	Diego Laxalt	7	1	0+4	0	2+1	1
77	FW	GEO	Irakli Shekiladze	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	FW	ITA	Emanuele Rovini	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	URU	Rodrigo Aguirre	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	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
7	24	DF	Daniele Rugani	3	0	3
9	19	DF	Federico Barba	2	0	2
9	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

^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
^ "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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