2016–17 AC ChievoVerona season
# 2016–17 AC ChievoVerona season

The 2016–17 season was Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona's tenth consecutive season in Serie A. The club finished 14th in Serie A and advanced to the round of 16 in the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated by Fiorentina.

## Players

### Squad information

In italics players who left the club during the season.

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 | MF | CAN | Jonathan de Guzmán (on loan from Napoli) |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Nicola Rigoni |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Izco |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Gennaro Sardo |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey (vice-captain) |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Yusupha Bobb |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Vittorio Parigini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier (captain) |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Walter Bressan |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Roberto Inglese |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Stefano Sorrentino |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin |
| 95 | FW | GAM | Lamin Jallow |
| 96 | MF | ITA | Filippo Damian |
| 97 | MF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli |
| 98 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Confente |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Filippo Costa (at SPAL from January to June 2017) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 July 2016 | GK | Stefano Sorrentino | 37 | Palermo | Free | | |
| 19 July 2016 | MF | Antonio Cinelli | 26 | Cagliari | €600,000 | | |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Jonathan de Guzmán | 28 | Napoli | | Option to buy | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Albano Bizzarri | 38 | Pescara | €200,000 |
| 5 July 2016 | DF | Edimar | 30 | Cruzeiro | €850,000 |
| 19 July 2016 | MF | Lorenzo Marchionni | 21 | Pro Piacenza | €150,000 |
| 19 July 2016 | MF | Isaac Ntow | 22 | Sambenedettese | €75,000 |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Mario Gargiulo | 20 | Lucchese | Loan |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Davide Savi | 20 | Renate | Loan |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Matteo Solini | 23 | Arezzo | Loan |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Arthur Yamga | 20 | Arezzo | Loan |
| 4 July 2016 | DF | Marco Calderoni | 27 | Novara | Loan |
| 5 July 2016 | MF | Tomasz Kupisz | 26 | Novara | Loan |
| 8 July 2016 | FW | Radoslav Kirilov | 24 | Beroe | Loan |
| 8 July 2016 | GK | Ivan Provedel | 22 | Pro Vercelli | Loan |
| 12 July 2016 | FW | Massimiliano Gatto | 20 | Pisa | Loan |
| 12 July 2016 | MF | Malick Mbaye | 20 | Carpi | Loan |
| 22 July 2016 | GK | Matteo Brunelli | 21 | Messina | Loan |
| 22 July 2016 | FW | Mehdi Léris | 18 | Juventus | Loan |
| 22 July 2016 | DF | Raffaele Pucino | 25 | Vicenza | Loan |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 46 |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 45 |
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 43 |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 41 |
| 16 | Genoa | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 36 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 27 May 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 32 | GK | ITA | Walter Bressan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Stefano Sorrentino | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli | 23 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini | 21 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar | 20 | 2 | 16+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Gennaro Sardo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 1 | MF | CAN | Jonathan de Guzmán | 29 | 2 | 15+12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Nicola Rigoni | 13 | 1 | 5+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 37 | 0 | 32+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Julio Izco | 27 | 0 | 12+13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro | 35 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa | 37 | 7 | 34+1 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien | 13 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | ITA | Emanuel Vignato | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | BEL | Sofian Kiyine | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | TOG | Serge Gakpé | 15 | 1 | 3+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier | 31 | 10 | 18+12 | 9 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Roberto Inglese | 37 | 12 | 22+12 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini | 29 | 4 | 20+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 27 | FW | ITA | Vittorio Parigini | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Filippo Costa | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | GAM | Lamin Jallow | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 45 | FW | | Roberto Inglese | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | 31 | FW | | Sergio Pellissier | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | | Valter Birsa | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 19 | MF | | Lucas Castro | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 69 | FW | | Riccardo Meggiorini | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | MF | | Jonathan de Guzmán | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | | Boštjan Cesar | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | MF | | Nicola Rigoni | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Alessandro Gamberini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | DF | | Massimo Gobbi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | | Samuel Bastien | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 6 | 49 |

Last updated: 27 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 70 | GK | | Stefano Sorrentino | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 90 | GK | | Andrea Seculin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 2 | 12 |

Last updated: 27 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 70 | GK | | Stefano Sorrentino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Nicolás Spolli | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Dario Dainelli | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Alessandro Gamberini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Boštjan Cesar | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Massimo Gobbi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Nicolas Frey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | | Jonathan de Guzmán | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Nicola Rigoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ivan Radovanović | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Mariano Julio Izco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Lucas Castro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Valter Birsa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | | Përparim Hetemaj | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | | Sofian Kiyine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | | Fabio Depaoli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Serge Gakpé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Sergio Pellissier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | Roberto Inglese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | | Emanuel Vignato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | | Riccardo Meggiorini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 82 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 4 | 1 |

Last updated: 27 May 2017

