2016–17 U.S. Città di Palermo season
# 2016–17 U.S. Città di Palermo season

The 2016–17 season was Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo's third consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Palermo competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia. Palermo finished the league season in 19th place and were relegated to Serie B.

## Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2017. Appearances and goals are counted for domestic leagues (Serie A and Serie B) and national cup (Coppa Italia) and correct as of 28 May 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract ends | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Josip Posavec | GK | (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 26) | 2016 | 2020 | Inter Zaprešić | €500,000 | 31 | -63 |
| 55 | Leonardo Marson | GK | (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 25) | 2016 | 2020 | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 68 | Andrea Fulignati | GK | (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 28) | 2013 | 2018 | Sestese | Undisclosed | 10 | -14 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Roberto Vitiello (C) | RB / CB | (1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 (age 39) | 2014 | 2017 | Unattached | Free | 45 | 1 |
| 3 | Andrea Rispoli | RB / RWB | (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 34) | 2015 | 2019 | Parma | Free | 72 | 6 |
| 4 | Siniša Anđelković | CB | (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 37) | 2011 | 2017 | Maribor | €1.2M | 124 | 1 |
| 5 | Slobodan Rajković | CB | (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 34) | 2016 | 2020 | Darmstadt | €1.5M | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Edoardo Goldaniga | CB | (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 29) | 2013 | 2019 | Youth Sector | N/A | 47 | 4 |
| 7 | Achraf Lazaar | LB / LWB | (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992 (age 31) | 2014 | 2017 | Varese | €1M | 76 | 3 |
| 12 | Giancarlo González | CB | (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 35) | 2014 | 2018 | Columbus Crew | €3.8M | 83 | 4 |
| 15 | Thiago Cionek | CB / RB | (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 36) | 2016 | 2018 | Modena | €350,000 | 53 | 1 |
| 19 | Haitam Aleesami | LB / RWB | (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 31) | 2016 | 2019 | Göteborg | €1.2M | 33 | 1 |
| 56 | Andrea Punzi | CB | (1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 25) | 2016 | | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 70 | Simone Giuliano | CB / RB / LWB | (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 25) | 2016 | 2019 | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 89 | Michel Morganella | RB / RWB | (1989-05-17) 17 May 1989 (age 33) | 2009 | 2018 | Basel | €2M | 96 | 2 |
| 97 | Giuseppe Pezzella | LB / LWB / RB | (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997 (age 25) | 2015 | 2018 | Youth Sector | N/A | 21 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 10 | Oscar Hiljemark | CM / DM / AM | (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 30) | 2015 | 2019 | PSV Eindhoven | €2.5M | 55 | 4 |
| 14 | Alessandro Gazzi | DM / CM | (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983 (age 40) | 2016 | 2018 | Torino | €700,000 | 28 | 0 |
| 18 | Ivaylo Chochev | CM | (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 29) | 2014 | 2020 | CSKA Sofia | €2M | 77 | 7 |
| 21 | Robin Quaison | AM / SS / LW | (1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 29) | 2014 | 2017 | AIK | €2M | 70 | 8 |
| 24 | Ouasim Bouy | DM / CM / CB | (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 29) | 2016 | 2017 | Juventus | Free | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Bruno Henrique | CM / DM | (1989-10-21) 21 October 1989 (age 33) | 2016 | 2020 | Corinthians | €3.3M | 33 | 1 |
| 28 | Mato Jajalo | CM / DM | (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 34) | 2015 | 2019 | Rijeka | Free | 71 | 2 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 8 | Aleksandar Trajkovski | SS / AM / CF | (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 30) | 2015 | 2020 | Zulte Waregem | €900,000 | 44 | 5 |
| 11 | Carlos Embaló | LW | (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 28) | 2013 | 2020 | Chaves | €195,000 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Roland Sallai | LW / RW / AM | (1997-05-22) 22 May 1997 (age 25) | 2016 | 2017 | Puskás Akadémia | Free | 22 | 1 |
| 22 | Norbert Balogh | CF | (1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 26) | 2016 | 2020 | Debreceni | €2.2M | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | Alessandro Diamanti | SS / RW / AM | (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 39) | 2016 | 2018 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Free | 32 | 1 |
| 27 | Accursio Bentivegna | LW | (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 26) | 2014 | 2019 | Youth Sector | N/A | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | Ilija Nestorovski | CF / SS | (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 32) | 2016 | 2021 | Inter Zaprešić | €500,000 | 38 | 11 |
| 98 | Simone Lo Faso | SS | (1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 24) | 2016 | 2021 | Youth Sector | N/A | 12 | 0 |
| Players transferred in during the season |||||||||||
| 9 | Stefan Silva | CF | (1990-03-11) 11 March 1990 (age 32) | 2017 | 2021 | Sundsvall | €800,000 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Toni Šunjić | CB | (1988-12-15) 15 December 1988 (age 34) | 2017 | 2017 | Stuttgart | Free | 7 | 0 |
| 57 | Samuele Guddo | GK | (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 23) | 2017 | | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 58 | Sebastian Breza | GK | (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 24) | 2016 | 2017 | Monopoli | Free | - | - |
| 60 | Francesco Bonfiglio | LW | (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 26) | 2017 | | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 61 | Gennaro Ruggiero | CM | (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 23) | 2017 | | Youth Sector | N/A | 2 | 0 |

* 1 2 3 On loan.
* 1 2 3 Aggregated from Youth Sector during the season.
* ↑ Signed from Monopoli on summer 2016, transferred to own Youth Sector and then aggregated during the season.

| Name | Signed to | Transfer Fee | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||
| Achraf Lazaar | Newcastle United | €2.85M | Permanent deal |
| Oscar Hiljemark | Genoa | €300,000 | Out on loan with an obligation to buy for €2.5M |
| Robin Quaison | Mainz | €2.5M | Permanent deal |
| Ouasim Bouy | Juventus | Free | End of loan |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 August 2016 | MF | Alessandro Gazzi | 33 | Torino | €700,000 |
| 8 August 2016 | DF | Haitam Aleesami | 25 | IFK Göteborg | €1,300,000 |
| 29 August 2016 | MF | Alessandro Diamanti | 33 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Loan |
| 29 August 2016 | MF | Bruno Henrique | 26 | Corinthians | €3,300,000 |

**Loans in**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Ouasim Bouy | 23 | Juventus | | On loan until 2017 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 July 2016 | GK | Stefano Sorrentino | 37 | Chievo | Free | | |
| 16 July 2016 | MF | Franco Vázquez | 27 | Sevilla | €15,000,000 | | |

**Loans out**

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 June 2016 | FW | Simon Makienok | 25 | Preston North End | Loan | | |
| 28 August 2016 | DF | Achraf Lazaar | 24 | Newcastle United | €3,300,000 | | |

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 19th | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Fourth round | 12 August 2016 | 30 November 2016 |

Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Genoa | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 36 | |
| 17 | Crotone | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 34 | |
| 18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Palermo (R) | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 77 | −44 | 26 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Pescara (R) | 38 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 81 | −44 | 18 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 77 | −44 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 30 | −17 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 47 | −27 |

Last updated: 28 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 17 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

## 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 | CRO | Josip Posavec | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | ITA | Leonardo Marson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | GK | ITA | Andrea Fulignati | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Roberto Vitiello | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Andrea Rispoli | 33 | 6 | 30+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SVN | Siniša Anđelković | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Slobodan Rajković | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga | 30 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González | 21 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | POL | Thiago Cionek | 30 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Haitam Aleesami | 33 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BIH | Toni Šunjić | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | SUI | Michel Morganella | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Gazzi | 27 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Chochev | 31 | 4 | 25+5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Roland Sallai | 22 | 1 | 11+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Diamanti | 32 | 1 | 18+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique | 33 | 0 | 24+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Ruggiero | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BIH | Mato Jajalo | 26 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | MKD | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 11 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Stefan Silva | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GNB | Carlos Embaló | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | HUN | Norbert Balogh | 18 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | MKD | Ilija Nestorovski | 38 | 11 | 34+3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | ITA | Simone Lo Faso | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | MAR | Achraf Lazaar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Oscar Hiljemark | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Robin Quaison | 18 | 4 | 11+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NED | Ouasim Bouy | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Accursio Bentivegna | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 | FW | | Ilija Nestorovski | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | | Andrea Rispoli | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Ivaylo Chochev | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 21 | MF | | Robin Quaison | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | | Edoardo Goldaniga | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | FW | | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | | Giancarlo González | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 19 | DF | | Haitam Aleesami | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | | Roland Sallai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 23 | MF | | Alessandro Diamanti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 25 | MF | | Bruno Henrique | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | | Mato Jajalo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 1 | 34 |

Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 68 | GK | | Andrea Fulignati | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Josip Posavec | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 2 | 7 |

Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | | Josip Posavec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Roberto Vitiello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Andrea Rispoli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Siniša Anđelković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Slobodan Rajković | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Edoardo Goldaniga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Giancarlo González | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Thiago Cionek | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Haitam Aleesami | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Toni Šunjić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | | Michel Morganella | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | | Giuseppe Pezzella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Oscar Hiljemark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Alessandro Gazzi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Ivaylo Chochev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Roland Sallai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Robin Quaison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Alessandro Diamanti | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | | Ouasim Bouy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Bruno Henrique | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Mato Jajalo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Norbert Balogh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Ilija Nestorovski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | | Simone Lo Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 94 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 7 | 3 |

Last updated: 28 May 2017

