2015–16 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2015–16 season
President Mario Cognigni
Manager Paulo Sousa
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 5th
Coppa Italia Round of 16
UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Josip Iličić (13)

All:
Josip Iličić (15)
Highest home attendance 36,297 vs Roma
(25 October 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance 8,257 vs Carpi
(16 December 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance 28,734[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season was the 89th season in Associazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina's history and their 78th in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina finished the season in 5th place in Serie A, having topped the table early in the season. In the Coppa Italia, the club was eliminated in the round of 16, losing at home to newly promoted Carpi 1–0. Competing in the UEFA Europa League for the third season in a row, Fiorentina limped into second place in their group with a 3–1–2 record, and were eliminated in the Round of 32 by Tottenham Hotspur, 4–1 on aggregate. The 2015–16 season was also notable for being the first season since the 2011–12 season in which the club was not managed by Vincenzo Montella, who had achieved 4th-place finishes in each of his seasons with the club.[2] Montella was replaced by Basel coach Paulo Sousa.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 2 February 2016
No. Name Nat. Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
12 Ciprian Tătărușanu Romania GK 9 February 1986 Romania Steaua București 2014 2019 19 0
24 Luca Lezzerini Italy GK 24 March 1995 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2016 0 0
33 Luigi Sepe Italy GK 8 May 1991 Italy Napoli 2015 2016 0 0
Defenders
2 Gonzalo Rodríguez Argentina CB 10 April 1984 Spain Villarreal 2012 2017 130 20
4 Nenad Tomović Serbia CB / RB 30 August 1987 Italy Genoa 2012 2016 102 1
13 Davide Astori Italy CB 7 January 1987 Italy Cagliari 2015 2016 1 0
23 Manuel Pasqual (C) Italy LB / LM 13 March 1982 Italy Arezzo 2005 2016 335 10
25 Yohan Benalouane Tunisia CB 28 March 1987 England Leicester City 2016 2016 0 0
28 Marcos Alonso Spain LB / LM 28 December 1990 England Bolton Wanderers 2013 2016 45 3
32 Facundo Roncaglia Argentina CB / RB 10 February 1987 Argentina Boca Juniors 2012 2016 52 3
Midfielders
5 Milan Badelj Croatia DM / CM 25 February 1989 Germany Hamburg 2014 2018 38 1
6 Tino Costa Argentina CM 9 January 1985 Italy Genoa 2016 2016 0 0
8 Matías Vecino Uruguay CM / AM 24 August 1991 Uruguay Nacional 2013 2018 7 0
14 Matías Fernández Chile CM / AM / RM 15 May 1986 Portugal Sporting CP 2012 2016 105 6
16 Jakub Błaszczykowski Poland RW / RM 14 December 1985 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2015 2016 0 0
20 Borja Valero Spain DM / CM / AM 12 January 1985 Spain Villarreal 2012 2019 131 11
26 Panagiotis Kone Greece CM / AM 26 July 1987 Italy Udinese 2016 2016 0 0
72 Josip Iličić Slovenia AM / RW / SS 29 January 1988 Italy Palermo 2013 2018 66 18
Forwards
7 Mauro Zárate Argentina SS / AM 18 March 1987 England West Ham United 2016 2018 0 0
9 Nikola Kalinić Croatia CF 5 January 1988 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2015 2019 1 0
10 Federico Bernardeschi Italy RW / SS / CF 16 February 1994 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2011 2019 11 3
27 Cristian Tello Spain W 11 August 1991 Portugal Porto 2016 2016 0 0
30 Khouma Babacar Senegal CF 17 March 1993 Italy Fiorentina Youth Academy 2009 2019 55 13

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
22 July 2015 c DF Brazil Gilberto 22 Brazil Botafogo £1.4M [3]
22 July 2015 c MF Spain Mario Suárez 28 Spain Atlético Madrid £10.5M
14 August 2015 c FW Croatia Nikola Kalinić 27 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk £4.2M
24 August 2015 c FW Uruguay Jaime Báez 20 Uruguay Juventud £1.6M
21 January 2016 c FW Argentina Mauro Zárate 28 England West Ham United £1.6M [4]

Loans in

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
15 July 2015 c GK Italy Luigi Sepe 24 Italy Napoli Loan
4 August 2015 c DF Italy Davide Astori 28 Italy Cagliari £1M Loan with an option to buy for £2.4M
31 August 2015 c MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 29 Germany Dortmund £0.7M
21 January 2016 c MF Argentina Tino Costa 31 Russia Spartak Moscow Loan Loan with an option to buy

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
20 July 2015 c DF Montenegro Stefan Savić 24 Spain Atlético Madrid £17,500,000
9 July 2015 c DF Italy Cristiano Piccini 22 Spain Real Betis £1,000,000
12 August 2015 c MF Peru Juan Manuel Vargas 31 Spain Real Betis Free
22 July 2015 c MF Chile David Pizarro 35 Chile Santiago Wanderers Free
6 August 2015 c MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 31 Portugal Sporting CP Free
20 July 2015 c MF Italy Andrea Lazzari 30 Italy Carpi Free
3 July 2015 c GK Brazil Neto 25 Italy Juventus Free
24 July 2015 c DF Italy Michele Camporese 23 Italy Empoli Undisclosed
31 August 2015 c MF Spain Joaquín 34 Spain Real Betis £1,000,000

Loans out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
30 July 2015 c FW Germany Mario Gómez 30 Turkey Beşiktaş Undisclosed On loan until the end of the season [5]
31 August 2015 c DF Argentina José María Basanta 31 Mexico Monterrey Undisclosed On loan until the end of the season

Pre-season and friendlies

International Champions Cup

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position
Final
position
First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 5th 23 August 2015 15 May 2016
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Round of 16 16 December 2015
Europa League Group stage Round of 32 17 September 2015 25 February 2016

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Roma 38 23 11 4 83 41 +42 80 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Internazionale 38 20 7 11 50 38 +12 67 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage
5 Fiorentina 38 18 10 10 60 42 +18 64
6 Sassuolo 38 16 13 9 49 40 +9 61 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7 Milan 38 15 12 11 49 43 +6 57
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.[6]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 18 10 10 60 42  +18 64 11 5 3 34 16  +18 7 5 7 26 26  0

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W L W W W W W L L W W W D D W L W W L L W D W D W W D L D D D L W L L D D W
Position 3 10 8 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAS FIO LPO BEL
1 Switzerland Basel 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–2 2–0 1–2
2 Italy Fiorentina 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10 1–2 1–2 1–0
3 Poland Lech Poznań 6 1 2 3 2 6 4 5 0–1 0–2 0–0
4 Portugal Belenenses 6 1 2 3 2 8 6 5 0–2 0–4 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 39 0 37 0 0 0 2 0
24 GK Italy Luca Lezzerini 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Italy Luigi Sepe 7 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Defenders
2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 41 4 35 4 1 0 5 0
4 DF Serbia Nenad Tomović 33 0 19+5 0 1 0 6+2 0
13 DF Italy Davide Astori 42 0 32+1 0 1 0 8 0
23 DF Italy Manuel Pasqual 20 0 12+4 0 1 0 2+1 0
25 DF Tunisia Yohan Benalouane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 39 3 26+5 3 0+1 0 6+1 0
32 DF Argentina Facundo Roncaglia 33 1 26+4 1 0 0 3 0
Midfielders
5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 35 1 25+2 1 1 0 4+3 0
6 MF Argentina Tino Costa 8 0 3+4 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Uruguay Matías Vecino 38 2 27+3 2 1 0 4+3 0
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 27 1 11+11 1 0 0 4+1 0
16 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 20 2 9+6 2 0 0 3+2 0
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 42 4 35+2 4 0 0 5 0
26 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Andy Bangu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 37 15 24+6 13 0+1 0 5+1 2
98 MF Senegal Abdou Diakhaté 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Argentina Mauro Zárate 17 3 6+9 3 0 0 1+1 0
9 FW Croatia Nikola Kalinić 42 13 25+11 12 1 0 3+2 1
10 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 41 6 25+8 2 1 0 5+2 4
27 FW Spain Cristian Tello 15 2 13+2 2 0 0 0 0
30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 24 7 11+7 5 1 0 3+2 2
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Brazil Gilberto 7 0 3+2 0 0 0 1+1 0
11 FW Croatia Ante Rebić 7 1 3+1 1 1 0 2 0
18 MF Spain Mario Suárez 13 1 5+4 1 0 0 3+1 0
21 MF Spain Joan Verdú 8 1 1+4 1 0 0 2+1 0
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 16 2 4+7 0 0+1 0 4 2

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 72 MF Slovenia Josip Iličić 13 0 2 15
2 9 FW Croatia Nikola Kalinić 12 0 1 13
3 30 FW Senegal Khouma Babacar 5 0 2 7
4 10 FW Italy Federico Bernardeschi 2 0 4 6
5 2 DF Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez 4 0 0 4
20 MF Spain Borja Valero 4 0 0 4
7 7 FW Argentina Mauro Zárate 3 0 0 3
28 DF Spain Marcos Alonso 3 0 0 3
9 8 MF Uruguay Matías Vecino 2 0 0 2
16 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 2 0 0 2
22 FW Italy Giuseppe Rossi 0 0 2 2
27 FW Spain Cristian Tello 2 0 0 2
13 5 MF Croatia Milan Badelj 1 0 0 1
11 FW Croatia Ante Rebić 1 0 0 1
14 MF Chile Matías Fernández 1 0 0 1
18 MF Spain Mario Suárez 1 0 0 1
21 MF Spain Joan Verdú 1 0 0 1
32 DF Argentina Facundo Roncaglia 1 0 0 1
Own goal 2 0 1 3
Totals 60 0 12 72

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA EL Total
1 12 GK Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu 14 0 0 14
2 33 GK Italy Luigi Sepe 0 0 3 3
Totals 14 0 3 17

Last updated: 15 May 2016

References

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