2014–15 Atalanta BC season
# 2014–15 Atalanta BC season

The 2014–15 season was Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio's fourth consecutive season in Serie A after having been relegated to Serie B at the end of the 2009–10 season.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 3 May 2015

| No. | Name | Pos. | Place of Birth | Date of Birth (Age) | Club caps | Club goals | Int. apps | Int. goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Vlada Avramov | GK | Novi Sad | (1979-04-05) 5 April 1979 (age 44) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Torino | 1 September 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 24 | Davide Merelli | GK | Manerbio | (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 27) | – | – | – | – | Youth System | 25 April 2015 | Free | Undisclosed |
| 57 | Marco Sportiello | GK | Desio | (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 31) | 38 | 0 | – | – | Youth System | 22 June 2012 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 78 | Giorgio Frezzolini | GK | Rome | (1976-01-21) 21 January 1976 (age 47) | 7 | 0 | – | – | Ascoli | 25 January 2010 | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Guglielmo Stendardo | CB | Naples | (1981-05-06) 6 May 1981 (age 42) | 101 | 6 | – | – | Lazio | 9 August 2012 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 3 | Cristiano Del Grosso | LB | Giulianova | (1983-03-24) 24 March 1983 (age 40) | 44 | 1 | – | – | Siena | 31 January 2013 | Swap | 31 June 2016 |
| 5 | Lionel Scaloni | RB/RWB | Rosario | (1978-05-16) 16 May 1978 (age 45) | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Lazio | 29 January 2013 | €250K | 30 June 2015 |
| 6 | Gianpaolo Bellini (c) | LB | Sarnico | (1980-03-27) 27 March 1980 (age 43) | 419 | 11 | – | – | Youth System | 1 July 1997 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 13 | Andrea Masiello | RB | Viareggio | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 37) | 29 | 1 | – | – | Bari | 1 July 2011 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 20 | Giuseppe Biava | CB | Seriate | (1977-05-08) 8 May 1977 (age 46) | 20 | 2 | – | – | Lazio | 17 July 2014 | Free | 31 June 2015 |
| 22 | Davide Zappacosta | RB | Sora | (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 31) | 27 | 3 | – | – | Avellino | 19 June 2014 | Undisc. | 30 June 2018 |
| 29 | Yohan Benalouane | CB/LB | Bagnols-sur-Cèze | (1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 (age 36) | 43 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Parma | 1 July 2014 | €1M | 30 June 2019 |
| 33 | Nicolò Cherubin | CB | Vicenza | (1986-12-02) 2 December 1986 (age 36) | 11 | 0 | – | – | Bologna | 1 July 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 93 | Boukary Dramé | LB | Villepinte | (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 38) | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Chievo | 18 June 2014 | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 96 | Anton Krešić | CB/DM | Dieburg | (1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 27) | – | – | – | – | NK Zagreb | 2 February 2015 | Free | Undisclosed |
| 98 | Franck Kessié | CB/DM | Ouragahio | (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 26) | – | – | 4 | 0 | Stella Club | 29 January 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Marco D'Alessandro | RW/LW | Rome | (1991-02-17) 17 February 1991 (age 32) | 24 | 0 | – | – | Roma | 4 July 2014 | €2M | 30 June 2019 |
| 8 | Giulio Migliaccio | CM/DM | Mugnano di Napoli | (1981-06-23) 23 June 1981 (age 42) | 127 | 6 | – | – | Palermo | 11 July 2013 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 10 | Alejandro Gómez | LW | Buenos Aires | (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 35) | 21 | 1 | – | – | Metalist | 1 September 2014 | €5M | 30 June 2017 |
| 11 | Maxi Moralez | AM/SS | Granadero Baigorria | (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987 (age 36) | 127 | 18 | 1 | 0 | Vélez | 27 July 2011 | €8M | 30 June 2015 |
| 16 | Daniele Baselli | CM | Brescia | (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 31) | 52 | 0 | – | – | Cittadella | 20 June 2013 | €800K | 30 June 2018 |
| 17 | Carlos Carmona | CM/DM | Coquimbo | (1987-02-21) 21 February 1987 (age 36) | 148 | 5 | 47 | 1 | Reggina | 27 August 2010 | €1.8M | 30 June 2018 |
| 18 | Marcelo Estigarribia | AM/LM | Fernando de la Mora | (1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 35) | 22 | 2 | 32 | 1 | Maldonado | 30 January 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 21 | Luca Cigarini | CM | Montecchio Emilia | (1986-06-20) 20 June 1986 (age 37) | 152 | 9 | – | – | Napoli | 5 July 2013 | €2.2M | 30 June 2018 |
| 28 | Urby Emanuelson | LW/LB | Amsterdam | (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 (age 37) | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Roma | 30 January 2015 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 77 | Cristian Raimondi | RM/RB | San Giovanni Bianco | (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 42) | 103 | 1 | – | – | Livorno | 7 August 2010 | €1M | 30 June 2015 |
| 95 | Alberto Grassi | DM/CM | Brescia | (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 28) | 2 | 0 | – | – | Youth System | 1 July 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Rolando Bianchi | ST | Lovere | (1983-02-15) 15 February 1983 (age 40) | 46 | 2 | – | – | Bologna | 5 August 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 19 | Germán Denis | ST | Remedios de Escalada | (1981-09-10) 10 September 1981 (age 41) | 141 | 52 | 5 | 0 | Udinese | 18 July 2012 | €2.35M | 30 June 2017 |
| 27 | Lorenzo Rosseti | SS/AM | Arezzo | (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 28) | 1 | 0 | – | – | Juventus | 29 August 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 34 | Nicolas Napol | SS/LW/RW | Paris | (1996-04-03) 3 April 1996 (age 27) | – | – | – | – | Youth System | 1 December 2014 | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 35 | David Forgács | SS/LW | Szeged | (1995-08-29) 29 August 1995 (age 27) | – | – | – | – | Youth System | 1 December 2014 | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 51 | Mauricio Pinilla | ST/SS | Santiago | (1984-02-04) 4 February 1984 (age 39) | 12 | 5 | 33 | 6 | Genoa | 8 January 2015 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |
| 99 | Richmond Boakye | SS/ST | Agogo | (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 30) | 21 | 5 | 7 | 2 | Juventus | 22 July 2014 | Loan | 30 June 2015 |

## Transfers

    Only first-team transfers (mainly players who appeared with the main squad in the previous campaign) are listed. Youth and/or reserve loans are excluded.

### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 93 | DF | Boukary Dramé | 28 | EU | Chievo | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 22 | DF | Davide Zappacosta | 22 | EU | Avellino | Co-ownership | Summer | 2018 | Renewed |
| 31 | MF | Salvatore Molina | 22 | EU | Modena | Loan Return | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 33 | DF | Nicolò Cherubin | 27 | EU | Bologna | Loan | Summer | 2015 | €300K |
| 7 | MF | Marco D'Alessandro | 23 | EU | Roma | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €2M |
| 29 | DF | Yohan Benalouane | 27 | EU | Parma | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €1M |
| 20 | DF | Giuseppe Biava | 37 | EU | Lazio | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 99 | FW | Richmond Boakye | 21 | EU | Juventus | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Rolando Bianchi | 31 | EU | Bologna | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 25 | MF | Leonardo Spinazzola | 21 | EU | Juventus | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 27 | FW | Valerio Rosseti | 20 | EU | Juventus | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Vlada Avramov | 35 | EU | Torino | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Alejandro Gómez | 26 | Non-EU | Metalist Kharkiv | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €5M |
| 51 | FW | Mauricio Pinilla | 31 | EU | Genoa | Loan | Winter | 2015 | Free |
| 96 | DF | Anton Krešić | 19 | Non-EU | NK Zagreb | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Free |
| 98 | DF | Franck Kessié | 18 | Non-EU | Stella Club | Loan | Winter | 2015 | Free |
| 28 | MF | Urby Emanuelson | 28 | EU | Roma | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | Free |

Total spending: €8,300,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | FW | Marko Livaja | 20 | EU | Rubin Kazan | Transfer | Summer | €6.5M |
| 33 | DF | Mario Yepes | 38 | EU | San Lorenzo | Contract Ended | Summer | Free |
| | GK | Simone Colombi | 23 | EU | Cagliari | Transfer | Summer | €1M |
| 15 | DF | Mattia Caldara | 20 | EU | Trapani | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 90 | MF | Moussa Koné | 24 | EU | Avellino | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 93 | DF | Constantin Nica | 21 | EU | Cesena | Loan | Summer | Free |
| | MF | Nadir Minotti | 22 | EU | Crotone | Loan | Summer | Free |
| | DF | Alberto Almici | 21 | EU | Latina | Loan | Summer | Free |
| | DF | Matteo Contini | 34 | EU | Bari | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 91 | FW | Giuseppe De Luca | 22 | EU | Bari | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 3 | DF | Stefano Lucchini | 33 | EU | Cesena | Transfer | Summer | €100K |
| | MF | Matteo Scozzarella | 26 | EU | Trapani | Loan | Summer | Free |
| | MF | Antonio Palma | 20 | EU | Cittadella | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 5 | MF | Luigi Giorgi | 27 | EU | Cesena | Loan | Summer | Free |
| | DF | Daniele Capelli | 26 | EU | Cesena | Loan Renewal | Summer | Free |
| 44 | MF | Riccardo Cazzola | 28 | EU | Cesena | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 89 | FW | Guido Marilungo | 24 | EU | Cesena | Loan Renewal | Summer | Free |
| | DF | Michele Canini | 29 | EU | FC Tokyo | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 9 | FW | Rubén Bentancourt | 21 | Non-EU | Bologna | Loan | Summer | Free |
| | FW | Matteo Ardemagni | 27 | EU | Spezia | Loan | Summer | Free |
| | FW | Franco Brienza | 35 | EU | Cesena | Transfer | Summer | €100K |
| 28 | DF | Davide Brivio | 26 | EU | Hellas Verona | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 10 | MF | Giacomo Bonaventura | 25 | EU | Milan | Transfer | Summer | €7M |
| 47 | GK | Andrea Consigli | 27 | EU | Sassuolo | Transfer | Summer | €3M |
| 61 | MF | Roberto Gagliardini | 20 | EU | Spezia | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 25 | MF | Leonardo Spinazzola | 21 | EU | Juventus | Loan Return | Winter | Free |
| 95 | MF | Joakim Olausson | 19 | EU | BK Häcken | Transfer | Winter | Free |

Total gaining: €17,700,000

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | |
| 18 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 34 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Cesena (R) | 38 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 73 | −37 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |

**Results summary**

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

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 | 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 | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

## Statistics

* Games played
* Games won
* Games drawn
* Games lost
* Biggest win
* Biggest loss
* Biggest win (League)
* Biggest win (Cup)
* Biggest loss (League)
* Biggest loss (Cup)
* Clean sheets
* Goals scored
* Goals conceded
* Goal difference
* Average GF per game
* Average GA per game
* Yellow cards
* Red cards
* Most appearances
* Top scorer
* Worst discipline
* Penalties for
* Penalties against
* League points
* Winning rate

### 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 ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SRB | Vlada Avramov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ITA | Davide Merelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | ITA | Giorgio Frezzolini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo | 25 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Del Grosso | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Lionel Scaloni | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Gianpaolo Bellini | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello | 14 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Biava | 21 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta | 30 | 3 | 27+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | TUN | Yohan Benalouane | 29 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Cherubin | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | SEN | Boukary Dramé | 32 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ITA | Marco D'Alessandro | 27 | 0 | 9+16 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Giulio Migliaccio | 22 | 1 | 12+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Gómez | 25 | 3 | 18+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Maxi Moralez | 31 | 5 | 26+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Daniele Baselli | 24 | 2 | 15+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CHI | Carlos Carmona | 34 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | PAR | Marcelo Estigarribia | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini | 34 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NED | Urby Emanuelson | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Cristian Raimondi | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Rolando Bianchi | 24 | 1 | 3+18 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Germán Denis | 33 | 8 | 27+5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Rosseti | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | CHI | Mauricio Pinilla | 14 | 6 | 12+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GHA | Richmond Boakye | 22 | 5 | 8+11 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ITA | Giacomo Bonaventura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Spinazzola | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Molina | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions

