2015–16 Empoli FC season

Empoli
2015–16 season
President	Fabrizio Corsi
Manager	Marco Giampaolo
Stadium	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A	10th
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Massimo Maccarone (13); All: ; Massimo Maccarone (13)
Highest home attendance	14,693 vs Juventus; (8 November 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Vicenza; (15 August 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	9,510
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Empoli Football Club's second consecutive season in Serie A after their promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2013–14 season. Having finished 15th the previous season, Empoli is competing only in domestic competition, in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia. Empoli's pre-season began with the departure of manager Maurizio Sarri to Napoli.^[2]

Players

As of 29 August 2015.^[3]

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	Italy ITA	Maurizio Pugliesi
2	DF	France FRA	Vincent Laurini
3	DF	Italy ITA	Marco Zambelli
4	DF	Albania ALB	Kastriot Dermaku
5	MF	Italy ITA	Riccardo Saponara
6	DF	Italy ITA	Luca Bittante
7	FW	Italy ITA	Massimo Maccarone
9	FW	Georgia (country) GEO	Levan Mchedlidze
11	MF	Italy ITA	Daniele Croce
12	MF	Brazil BRA	Ronaldo Pompeu
13	MF	Italy ITA	Raffaele Maiello (on loan from Napoli)
14	MF	Senegal SEN	Assane Dioussé
15	DF	Italy ITA	Andrea Costa
17	MF	Poland POL	Piotr Zieliński (on loan from Udinese)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	Italy ITA	Federico Barba
20	FW	Italy ITA	Manuel Pucciarelli
21	DF	Portugal POR	Mário Rui
22	FW	Italy ITA	Alessandro Piu
23	GK	Italy ITA	Alberto Pelagotti
24	DF	Serbia SRB	Uroš Ćosić
26	DF	Italy ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli
28	GK	Poland POL	Łukasz Skorupski (on loan from Roma)
31	DF	Italy ITA	Michele Camporese
32	MF	Argentina ARG	Leandro Paredes (on loan from Roma)
33	MF	Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH	Rade Krunić
39	FW	Croatia CRO	Marko Livaja (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
77	MF	Liechtenstein LIE	Marcel Büchel (on loan from Juventus)

Squad information

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
25 July 2015	DF	Italy Michele Camporese	Italy Fiorentina	Undisclosed^[4]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Lazio	38	15	9	14	52	52	0	54
9	Chievo	38	13	11	14	43	45	−2	50
10	Empoli	38	12	10	16	40	49	−9	46^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Genoa	38	13	7	18	45	48	−3	46^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12	Torino	38	12	9	17	52	55	−3	45^{[lower-alpha 2]}

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.^[5]
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
↑ Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

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	12	10	16	40	49	−9	46	7	6	6	22	20	+2	5	4	10	18	29	−11

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W
Position	18	18	17	14	14	17	16	17	15	13	12	13	16	12	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	10	12	10

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2015 1	Empoli	1–3	Chievo	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', Yellow card 65'	Report	Meggiorini Yellow card 53', File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Birsa File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Paloschi File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Rigoni Yellow card 80'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

29 August 2015 2	Milan	2–1	Empoli	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bacca File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Luiz Adriano File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report	Saponara File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Tonelli Yellow card 27' Maccarone Yellow card 42'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,382 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

13 September 2015 3	Empoli	2–2	Napoli	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Pucciarelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Croce Yellow card 45+1' Livaja Yellow card 71'	Report	Insigne File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Allan Yellow card 40', File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Valdifiori Yellow card 58' Jorginho Yellow card 79' Hysaj Yellow card 87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,632 Referee: Luca Banti

19 September 2015 4	Udinese	1–2	Empoli	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zapata File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Iturra Yellow card 27' Ali Adnan Yellow card 30' Kone Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card 72' Fernandes Yellow card 84' Marquinho Yellow card 90'	Report	Maccarone Yellow card 38', File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' Laurini Yellow card 61' Paredes File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Ronaldo Yellow card 80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michael Fabbri

24 September 2015 5	Empoli	0–1	Atalanta	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara Yellow card 86' Dioussé Yellow card 88'	Report	Toloi File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Pinilla Yellow card 34' Moralez Yellow card 41' Grassi Yellow card 48' Bellini Yellow card 90'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,625 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

28 September 2015 6	Frosinone	2–0	Empoli	Frosinone
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gori Yellow card 17' Soddimo Yellow card 37' Dionisi File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', 71' Blanchard Yellow card 79'	Report	Laurini Yellow card 27' Zieliński Yellow card 51' Tonelli Yellow card 75' Saponara Red card 77' Livaja Yellow card 84'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Marco Guida

4 October 2015 7	Empoli	1–0	Sassuolo	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zieliński Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card 90' Tonelli Yellow card 26' Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Krunić Yellow card 90+2'	Report	Terranova Yellow card 17' Peluso Yellow card 36' Vrsaljko Yellow card 72'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,634 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

17 October 2015 8	Roma	3–1	Empoli	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pjanić Yellow card 37', File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' De Rossi File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Salah File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report	Dioussé Yellow card 39' Büchel File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,124 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

24 October 2015 9	Empoli	2–0	Genoa	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli Yellow card 35' Krunić File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Zieliński File:Soccerball shade.svg 57', Yellow card 64' Livaja Yellow card 84'	Report	Marchese Yellow card 29' Muñoz Yellow card 34' Gakpé Yellow card 52'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,770 Referee: Domenico Celi

29 October 2015 10	Sampdoria	1–1	Empoli	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Soriano Yellow card 41' Muriel Yellow card 65' Éder File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report	Costa Yellow card 21' Dioussé Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 88' Pucciarelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Büchel Yellow card 71' Skorupski Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,315 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

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

8 November 2015 12	Empoli	1–3	Juventus	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Mário Rui Yellow card 58' Krunić Yellow card 69'	Report	Mandžukić File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Evra File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Morata Yellow card 51' Buffon Yellow card 60' Marchisio Yellow card 81' Dybala File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 14,693 Referee: Davide Massa

22 November 2015 13	Fiorentina	2–2	Empoli	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rebić Yellow card 24' Vecino Yellow card 26' Suárez Yellow card 30' Kalinić File:Soccerball shade.svg 56', 61' Bernardeschi Yellow card 62' Tomović Yellow card 71'	Report	Büchel Yellow card 14', File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Livaja File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', Yellow card 71' Zieliński Yellow card 83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,618 Referee: Luca Banti

29 November 2015 14	Empoli	1–0	Lazio	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tonelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', Yellow card 33' Paredes Yellow card 16' Livaja Yellow card 28' Pucciarelli Yellow card 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,362 Referee: Michael Fabbri

6 December 2015 15	Hellas Verona	0–1	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hallfreðsson Yellow card 63'	Report	Mário Rui Yellow card 6' Costa Yellow card 11', File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Büchel Yellow card 40' Paredes Yellow card 60'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 15,198 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

13 December 2015 16	Empoli	3–0	Carpi	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 46', 61' Saponara File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Report	Gagliolo Yellow card 65' Di Gaudio Yellow card 72'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,863 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

19 December 2015 17	Bologna	2–3	Empoli	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brienza File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Destro File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Pulgar Yellow card 74' Taïder Yellow card 87'	Report	Pucciarelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Costa Yellow card 34' Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 48' Laurini Yellow card 56' Skorupski Yellow card 57' Mário Rui Yellow card 65'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 19,214 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

6 January 2016 18	Empoli	0–1	Internazionale	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paredes Yellow card 26' Croce Yellow card 67'	Report	Murillo Yellow card 16' Brozović Yellow card 35' Icardi File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Domenico Celi

10 January 2016 19	Torino	0–1	Empoli	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Molinaro Yellow card 20' Belotti Yellow card 35' Zappacosta Yellow card 90'	Report	Büchel Yellow card 26' Livaja Yellow card 32' Maccarone Yellow card 45+2', File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Barba Yellow card 62' Paredes Yellow card 66' Laurini Yellow card 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 14,730 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

17 January 2016 20	Chievo	1–1	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paloschi File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Birsa Yellow card 11' Cesar Yellow card 80' Pinzi Yellow card 90+2'	Report	Krunić Yellow card 23' Barba Yellow card 41' Tonelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Paredes Yellow card 53'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rosario Abisso

23 January 2016 21	Empoli	2–2	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zieliński File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Barba Yellow card 36' Saponara Yellow card 60' Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report	Bacca File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Bonaventura File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Honda Yellow card 59' Montolivo Yellow card 60' Balotelli Yellow card 82' Romagnoli Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Carmine Russo

31 January 2016 22	Napoli	5–1	Empoli	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Reina Yellow card 34' Insigne File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Hysaj Yellow card 39' Allan Yellow card 45' Camporese File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (o.g.) Callejón File:Soccerball shade.svg 83', 88'	Report	Paredes File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Zieliński Yellow card 36' Tonelli Yellow card 50' Büchel Yellow card 79'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 39,986 Referee: Davide Massa

3 February 2016 23	Empoli	1–1	Udinese	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Croce Yellow card 58' Mchedlidze Yellow card 82' Paredes Yellow card 89' Pucciarelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Zapata Yellow card 16', File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Fernandes Yellow card 50' Badu Yellow card 71' Widmer Yellow card 82' Kuzmanović Yellow card 85' Hallfreðsson Yellow card 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

7 February 2016 24	Atalanta	0–0	Empoli	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Roon Yellow card 42' Diamanti Yellow card 69' D'Alessandro Yellow card 77'	Report	Büchel Yellow card 13' Tonelli Yellow card 57' Laurini Yellow card 58' Livaja Yellow card 84'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Michael Fabbri

13 February 2016 25	Empoli	1–2	Frosinone	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Büchel Yellow card 63' Mário Rui Yellow card 90+3'	Report	Ciofani File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 73' (pen.) Sammarco Yellow card 35' Blanchard Yellow card 56' Gori Yellow card 58' Tonev Yellow card 64' Rosi Yellow card 69' Longo Yellow card 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,897 Referee: Marco Di Bello

21 February 2016 26	Sassuolo	3–2	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Missiroli Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 31' Berardi File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Defrel File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', 50' Peluso Yellow card 69'	Report	Tonelli Yellow card 10' Yellow-red card 38' Zieliński File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Saponara Yellow card 53' Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,243 Referee: Paolo Valeri

27 February 2016 27	Empoli	1–3	Roma	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pucciarelli Yellow card 17' Zukanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (o.g.) Mário Rui Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 90+4'	Report	El Shaarawy File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 74' Pjanić Yellow card 17', File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Perotti Yellow card 41'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,761 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

6 March 2016 28	Genoa	1–0	Empoli	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rigoni File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Cerci Yellow card 80'	Report	Zambelli Yellow card 31' Büchel Yellow card 42' Paredes Yellow card 75' Ćosić Yellow card 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,134 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

12 March 2016 29	Empoli	1–1	Sampdoria	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mário Rui Yellow card 56' Costa Yellow card 69' Laurini File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report	De Silvestri Yellow card 31' Quagliarella File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Álvarez Yellow card 78' Christodoulopoulos Yellow card 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,752 Referee: Michael Fabbri

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

2 April 2016 31	Juventus	1–0	Empoli	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandžukić File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Lichtsteiner Yellow card 45+1' Zaza Yellow card 67'	Report	Paredes Yellow card 53' Tonelli Yellow card 86'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,260 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

10 April 2016 32	Empoli	2–0	Fiorentina	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ćosić Yellow card 23' Pucciarelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Büchel Yellow card 75' Zieliński File:Soccerball shade.svg 88', Yellow card 89'	Report	Roncaglia Yellow card 24' Vecino Yellow card 33' Alonso Yellow card 61' Astori Yellow card 84'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Antonio Damato

17 April 2016 33	Lazio	2–0	Empoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Candreva File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' (pen.) Keita Yellow card 27' Biglia Yellow card 28' Parolo Yellow card 30' Onazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Ćosić Yellow card 6' Mchedlidze Yellow card 90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 20,983 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

20 April 2016 34	Empoli	1–0	Hellas Verona	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Saponara Yellow card 44' Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Report	Viviani Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card 90' Bianchetti Yellow card 19' Souprayen Yellow card 26' Wszołek Yellow card 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,816 Referee: Marco Serra

24 April 2016 35	Carpi	1–0	Empoli	Modena
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Crimi Yellow card 21' Lollo Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 90' Bianco Yellow card 79' Lasagna File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Mancosu Yellow card 90+4'	Report	Ćosić Yellow card 18' Mchedlidze Red card 25' Zambelli Yellow card 46' Paredes Yellow card 65' Maccarone Yellow card 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 7,667 Referee: Paolo Valeri

1 May 2016 36	Empoli	0–0	Bologna	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Oikonomou Yellow card 87' Masina Yellow card 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,727 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

7 May 2016 37	Internazionale	2–1	Empoli	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Icardi File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Perišić File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', Yellow card 88' Nagatomo Yellow card 50' Handanović Yellow card 87'	Report	Büchel Yellow card 21' Pucciarelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 44,348 Referee: Marco Di Bello

15 May 2016 38	Empoli	2–1	Torino	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maccarone File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Zambelli Yellow card 31' Paredes Yellow card 36' Zieliński File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Report	Obi Yellow card 26', File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,791 Referee: Francesco Saia

Coppa Italia

15 August 2015 Third round	Empoli	0–1	Vicenza	Empoli
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Gatto File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

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	Italy ITA	Maurizio Pugliesi	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	Italy ITA	Alberto Pelagotti	6	0	6	0	0	0
28	GK	Poland POL	Łukasz Skorupski	32	0	31	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	France FRA	Vincent Laurini	25	1	24+1	1	0	0
3	DF	Italy ITA	Marco Zambelli	19	0	13+6	0	0	0
6	DF	Italy ITA	Luca Bittante	17	0	3+13	0	0+1	0
15	DF	Italy ITA	Andrea Costa	24	1	23+1	1	0	0
21	DF	Portugal POR	Mário Rui	37	0	36	0	1	0
24	DF	Serbia SRB	Uroš Ćosić	9	0	9	0	0	0
26	DF	Italy ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli	27	2	26	2	1	0
31	DF	Italy ITA	Michele Camporese	2	0	2	0	0	0
37	DF	Italy ITA	Lorenzo Ariaudo	5	0	5	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	Italy ITA	Riccardo Saponara	34	5	32+1	5	1	0
11	MF	Italy ITA	Daniele Croce	29	0	19+9	0	1	0
13	MF	Italy ITA	Raffaele Maiello	12	0	4+8	0	0	0
14	MF	Senegal SEN	Assane Dioussé	16	0	9+6	0	0+1	0
17	MF	Poland POL	Piotr Zieliński	36	5	35	5	1	0
32	MF	Argentina ARG	Leandro Paredes	33	2	29+4	2	0	0
33	MF	Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH	Rade Krunić	16	1	5+10	1	0+1	0
77	MF	Liechtenstein LIE	Marcel Büchel	28	2	18+10	2	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	Italy ITA	Massimo Maccarone	38	13	35+2	13	1	0
9	FW	Georgia (country) GEO	Levan Mchedlidze	14	0	2+11	0	0+1	0
20	FW	Italy ITA	Manuel Pucciarelli	39	6	33+5	6	1	0
22	FW	Italy ITA	Alessandro Piu	10	0	2+8	0	0	0
39	FW	Croatia CRO	Marko Livaja	18	1	4+14	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	MF	Brazil BRA	Ronaldo	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
18	MF	Venezuela VEN	Franco Signorelli	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	DF	Italy ITA	Federico Barba	11	0	10	0	1	0
55	DF	Italy ITA	Luca Martinelli	2	0	1	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Total
1	7	FW	Italy	Massimo Maccarone	13	13
2	20	FW	Italy	Manuel Pucciarelli	6	6
3	5	MF	Italy	Riccardo Saponara	5	5
3	17	MF	Poland	Piotr Zieliński	5	5
5	26	DF	Italy	Lorenzo Tonelli	2	2
	32	MF	Argentina	Leandro Paredes	2	2
	77	MF	Liechtenstein	Marcel Büchel	2	2
8	2	DF	France	Vincent Laurini	1	1
	15	DF	Italy	Andrea Costa	1	1
	33	MF	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Rade Krunić	1	1
	39	FW	Croatia	Marko Livaja	1	1
Own goal					1	1
Totals					40	40

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Total
1	28	GK	Poland	Łukasz Skorupski	9	9
2	23	GK	Italy	Alberto Pelagotti	3	3
Totals					12	12

Last updated: 1 May 2016

References

↑ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
↑ "Napoli appoint Maurizio Sarri as new head coach". 12 June 2015.
↑ "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Acquistato Camporese". Empoli F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in italiano). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[table_hth_EMP0.067968804420889-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.

[table_hth_TOR0.067968804420889-6] Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

[1] "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".

[2] "Napoli appoint Maurizio Sarri as new head coach". 12 June 2015.

[3] "Prima squadra". Empoli F.C. (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[4] "Acquistato Camporese". Empoli F.C. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[7] "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in italiano). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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