The 2016–17 season was Empoli Football Club's third consecutive season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia. The season proved to be a slow-rolling disaster for the club, as Empoli sat in 17th place for most of the season only to suffer a poor run of form at the tail end of the season at the same time as 18th-placed Crotone enjoyed a spectacular run of results; the result was Empoli dropping into 18th place on the very last day of the season, being relegated to Serie B.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Manuel Pasqual Fiorentina Free Marcel Büchel Juventus Undisclosed Matheus Pereira Corinthians Undisclosed Alberto Gilardino Palermo Free Miha Zajc Olimpija Ljubljana Undisclosed
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Giuseppe Bellusci Leeds United Loan Federico Dimarco Internazionale Loan Andrés Tello Juventus Loan
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Lorenzo Tonelli Napoli Undisclosed Alberto Gilardino Pescara Free Player rescinded contract with Empoli
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Mário Rui Roma €3M Loan with a mandatory option to buy for €6M Riccardo Saponara Fiorentina Loan 18-month loan with an option to buy for €10M
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Current position Final position First match Last match Serie A Matchday 1 — 18th 21 August 2016 28 May 2017 Coppa Italia Third round — Fourth round 13 August 2016 29 November 2016 Last updated: 28 May 2017
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal17FWMassimo Maccarone52729FWLevan Mchedlidze606310MFOmar El Kaddouri30320FWManuel Pucciarelli303510MFRiccardo Saponara20215DFAndrea Costa20221DFManuel Pasqual20233MFRade Krunić20296DFGiuseppe Bellusci10111MFDaniele Croce10117MFMiha Zajc10118FWAlberto Gilardino01127FWMame Baba Thiam101Own goal000Totals29332
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal128GKŁukasz Skorupski10010223GKAlberto Pelagotti011Totals10111
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Disciplinary record PlayerSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal28GKŁukasz Skorupski2000002002DFVincent Laurini2010002013DFMarco Zambelli1000001004DFFederico Dimarco2000002006DFGiuseppe Bellusci1500000150013DFFrédéric Veseli30000030015DFAndrea Costa60000060019DFFederico Barba30000030021DFManuel Pasqual70000070024DFUroš Ćosić1001002005MFJosé Mauri4000004008MFAssane Dioussé1300000130010MFOmar El Kaddouri50000050010MFRiccardo Saponara40000040011MFDaniele Croce40000040033MFRade Krunić1000000100077MFMarcel Büchel50000050088MFAndrés Tello6001007007FWMassimo Maccarone3010003019FWLevan Mchedlidze30000030018FWAlberto Gilardino20000020020FWManuel Pucciarelli20000020027FWMame Baba Thiam10000010089FWGuido Marilungo200000200Totals1060220010802 Last updated: 28 May 2017
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