2015–16 A.C. ChievoVerona season
# 2015–16 A.C. ChievoVerona season

The 2015–16 season was Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona's 9th consecutive season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 9th, and in the Coppa Italia, where Chievo was eliminated in the third round by Salernitana (0-1 after extra time).

ChievoVerona made a good start to the season, taking 10 points from the first five games, and ultimately ended up fluctuating in mid-table throughout most of the season. The 9th-place finish was the club's best placement since 2006 and would be their best result in the club's 11-year stay in Serie A between 2008 and 2019.

Valter Birsa, whose loan became permanent, and Simone Pepe were amongst the club's signings before the start of the year.

## 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 | GK | ARG | Albano Bizzarri |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Raffaele Pucino |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Nicola Rigoni |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Pepe |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović |
| 9 | FW | COL | Jhon Fredy Miranda |
| 10 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Nikola Ninković |
| 11 | DF | ITA | Federico Mattiello (on loan from Juventus) |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Izco |
| 14 | MF | ALB | Armando Vajushi |
| 16 | FW | GAM | Ali Sowe |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Gennaro Sardo |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey (vice-captain) |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa |
| 24 | MF | SEN | Maodo Mbaye |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier (captain) |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Walter Bressan |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Filippo Costa |
| 40 | MF | COD | Paul-José M'Poku |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Roberto Inglese |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 June 2015 | DF | Ervin Zukanović | 28 | Gent | |
| 29 June 2015 | FW | Damir Bartulovič | 19 | Vicenza | |
| 29 June 2015 | MF | Lucas Castro | 26 | Catania | |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | Massimo Gobbi | 34 | Parma | Free |
| 30 June 2015 | GK | Matteo Brunelli | 21 | Carpi | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Davide Savi | 19 | Atalanta | |
| 3 July 2015 | MF | Valter Birsa | 28 | Milan | |
| 23 July 2015 | GK | Walter Bressan | 34 | Cesena | Free |
| 11 August 2015 | FW | Simone Pepe | 31 | Juventus | Free |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Giampiero Pinzi | 34 | Udinese | |
| 16 January 2016 | DF | Filippo Costa | 20 | AFC Bournemouth | Loan return |
| 22 January 2016 | DF | Nicolás Spolli | 32 | Carpi | Free |
| 29 January 2016 | MF | Fabian Sporkslede | 22 | Unattached | |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Nikola Ninković | 21 | Partizan | |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Federico Mattiello | 19 | Juventus | Loan |
| 13 July 2015 | FW | Paul-José M'Poku | 23 | Standard Liège | Loan |
| 17 July 2015 | DF | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 28 | Sampdoria | Loan |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Antonio Floro Flores | 32 | Sassuolo | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 June 2015 | MF | Juri Cisotti | 22 | Spezia | |
| 24 June 2015 | FW | Diego Farias | 25 | Cagliari | |
| 29 June 2015 | DF | Kevin Magri | 19 | Vicenza | |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Isnik Alimi | 21 | Atalanta | |
| 2 July 2015 | GK | Christian Puggioni | 34 | Sampdoria | Free |
| 13 July 2015 | MF | Thomas Mangani | 28 | Angers | |
| 16 July 2015 | FW | Dejan Lazarević | 25 | Antalyaspor | |
| 21 July 2015 | DF | Myles Anderson | 25 | L'Aquila | |
| 25 August 2015 | MF | Adrian Stoian | 24 | Crotone | Free |
| 4 January 2016 | MF | Alessandro Sbaffo | 25 | Avellino | |
| 26 January 2016 | MF | Anders Christiansen | 25 | Malmö FF | |
| 29 January 2016 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | 26 | Swansea City | |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 July 2015 | DF | Alessandro Bassoli | 25 | Südtirol | Loan | |
| 6 July 2015 | GK | Simone Moschin | 19 | Renate | Loan | |
| 6 July 2015 | DF | Matteo Solini | 22 | Renate | Loan | |
| 10 July 2015 | DF | Gianni Manfrin | 21 | Alessandria | 2-year loan | |
| 11 July 2015 | MF | Tomasz Kupisz | 25 | Brescia | Loan | |
| 13 July 2015 | DF | Marco Calderoni | 26 | Latina | Loan | |
| 13 July 2015 | DF | Filippo Costa | 20 | AFC Bournemouth | Loan | |
| 17 July 2015 | MF | Radoslav Kirilov | 23 | Südtirol | Loan | |
| 17 July 2015 | DF | Ervin Zukanović | 28 | Sampdoria | Loan | |
| 17 July 2015 | GK | Matteo Brunelli | 21 | Pisa | Loan | |
| 18 July 2015 | MF | Mario Gargiulo | 19 | Bassano | Loan | |
| 23 July 2015 | DF | Ansoumana Sané | 19 | Pontedera | Loan | |
| 23 July 2015 | GK | Ivan Provedel | 21 | Modena | Loan | |
| 23 July 2015 | MF | Lorenzo Marchionni | 20 | Modena | Loan | |
| 24 July 2015 | MF | Victor da Silva | 20 | Teramo | Loan | Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine |
| 4 August 2015 | MF | Alessio Sestu | 31 | Virtus Entella | Loan | |
| 6 August 2015 | FW | Caleb Ekuban | 21 | Renate | Loan | |
| 6 August 2015 | FW | Arthur Yamga | 19 | Siena | Loan | |
| 19 August 2015 | MF | Armando Vajushi | 23 | Livorno | Loan | |
| 19 August 2015 | DF | Edimar Fraga | 29 | Rio Ave | Loan | |
| 21 August 2015 | MF | Isaac Ntow | 21 | Como | Loan | |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | Raffaele Pucino | 24 | Lanciano | Loan | |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Maodo Mbaye | 19 | Latina | Loan | |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Ali Sowe | 21 | Modena | Loan | |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Alessandro Sbaffo | 25 | Como | Loan | |
| 4 January 2016 | DF | Raffaele Pucino | 24 | Avellino | Loan | |
| 21 January 2016 | MF | Nicola Bellomo | 24 | Vicenza | 18-month loan | |
| 23 January 2016 | FW | Ali Sowe | 21 | Lecce | Loan | |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Victor da Silva | 21 | Istra 1961 | Loan | |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Fabian Sporkslede | 22 | Lupa Castelli Romani | Loan | |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Milan | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 57 |
| 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 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46 |

* 1 2 Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | −9 |

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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

## 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 ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Albano Bizzarri | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ITA | Walter Bressan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli | 19 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Federico Mattiello | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar | 32 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi | 35 | 0 | 31+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Gennaro Sardo | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 29 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Filippo Costa | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Nicola Rigoni | 28 | 2 | 22+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Giampiero Pinzi | 18 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Pepe | 23 | 3 | 6+16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Nikola Ninković | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Izco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro | 35 | 3 | 32+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa | 36 | 6 | 32+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj | 29 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier | 20 | 5 | 10+9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | COD | Paul-José M'Poku | 20 | 0 | 6+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Roberto Inglese | 25 | 3 | 15+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini | 24 | 5 | 19+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | ITA | Antonio Floro Flores | 14 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi | 22 | 8 | 19+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |

Last updated: 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 43 | FW | | Alberto Paloschi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 | MF | | Valter Birsa | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 31 | FW | | Sergio Pellissier | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 69 | FW | | Riccardo Meggiorini | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | MF | | Nicola Rigoni | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Simone Pepe | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 19 | MF | | Lucas Castro | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 45 | FW | | Roberto Inglese | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Dario Dainelli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 12 | DF | | Boštjan Cesar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 20 | DF | | Gennaro Sardo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 29 | DF | | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 56 | MF | | Përparim Hetemaj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 83 | FW | | Antonio Floro Flores | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 0 | 43 |

Last updated: 15 May 2016

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Albano Bizzarri | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Andrea Seculin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 12 | 0 | 12 |

Last updated: 15 May 2016

