2017–18 A.C. ChievoVerona season
# 2017–18 A.C. ChievoVerona season

The 2017–18 season was Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona's tenth consecutive season in Serie A. Chievo competed in Serie A, finishing 13th, and the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the fourth round by city rivals Hellas Verona.

Italian striker Roberto Inglese was the club's top scorer, with 12 goals in Serie A and one in the Coppa Italia.

## Players

### Squad information

    As of 31 August 2017

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | POL | Paweł Jaroszyński |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Nicola Rigoni |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Luca Garritano |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović |
| 9 | FW | POL | Mariusz Stępiński (on loan from Nantes) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Gianluca Gaudino |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Mehdi Léris |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli (on loan from Empoli) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Frey (vice-captain) |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier (captain) |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Roberto Inglese |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Stefano Sorrentino |
| 77 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin |
| 98 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Confente |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Gianluca Gaudino | 20 | Bayern Munich | Undisclosed | | |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Manuel Pucciarelli | 26 | Empoli | €5M | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Mariusz Stępiński | 22 | Nantes | Loan | |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Nenad Tomović | 30 | Fiorentina | €0.3M | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Jonathan de Guzmán | 29 | Napoli | Loan return | |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Mariano Julio Izco | 34 | Unattached | | End of contract |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Gennaro Sardo | 38 | Unattached | | End of contract |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Nicolás Spolli | 34 | Unattached | | End of contract |
| 10 August 2017 | DF | Fabio Daprelà | 26 | Unattached | | Contract terminated by mutual consent |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Roberto Inglese | 25 | Napoli | €12M | Player will remain on loan with Chievo for 2017–18 season | |

## Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 43 |
| 12 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 41 |
| 13 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 40 |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 |

* 1 2 Chievo finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Chievo 1–1 Udinese, Udinese 1–2 Chievo.

**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 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 35 | −21 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018. 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 |

## 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 | ITA | Filippo Pavoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | ITA | Stefano Sorrentino | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | ITA | Andrea Seculin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Confente | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POL | Paweł Jaroszyński | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Dario Dainelli | 23 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Gamberini | 24 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Mattia Bani | 18 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Massimo Gobbi | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 35 | 3 | 32+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović | 27 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Nicola Rigoni | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović | 36 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Gianluca Gaudino | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini | 13 | 3 | 11+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro | 25 | 3 | 23+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SVN | Valter Birsa | 36 | 3 | 29+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli | 20 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj | 33 | 3 | 27+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BEL | Samuel Bastien | 22 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POL | Mariusz Stępiński | 23 | 5 | 6+16 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Mehdi Léris | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli | 24 | 2 | 17+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Sergio Pellissier | 20 | 2 | 2+17 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Roberto Inglese | 36 | 13 | 33+1 | 12 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 69 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Meggiorini | 15 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Luca Garritano | 13 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 45 | FW | | Roberto Inglese | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Mariusz Stępiński | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Emanuele Giaccherini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 19 | MF | | Lucas Castro | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | | Valter Birsa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 29 | DF | | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 56 | MF | | Përparim Hetemaj | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 31 | FW | | Sergio Pellissier | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | | Ivan Radovanović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 77 | MF | | Samuel Bastien | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 3 | 39 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 70 | GK | | Stefano Sorrentino | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 70 | GK | | Stefano Sorrentino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Paweł Jaroszyński | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Dario Dainelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Alessandro Gamberini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Boštjan Cesar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Mattia Bani | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | | Massimo Gobbi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | DF | | Nenad Tomović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Nicola Rigoni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ivan Radovanović | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Gianluca Gaudino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Emanuele Giaccherini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Lucas Castro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Valter Birsa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Fabio Depaoli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | | Përparim Hetemaj | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Samuel Bastien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Mariusz Stępiński | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Sergio Pellissier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | Roberto Inglese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | | Riccardo Meggiorini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 73 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 3 |

Last updated: 20 May 2018

