2018–19 Cagliari Calcio season

Cagliari
2018–19 season
President	Tommaso Giulini
Manager	Rolando Maran
Stadium	Sardegna Arena
Serie A	13th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Leonardo Pavoletti (3); All: ; Leonardo Pavoletti (5)

The 2018–19 season is Cagliari Calcio's third season back in Serie A after being relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season. The club is competing in Serie A and in the Coppa Italia.

The season is coach Rolando Maran's first in charge of the club, following his departure from fellow mid-table side A.C. ChievoVerona.

Players

Squad information

As of 6 October 2018^[1]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Rafael	GK	(1982-03-03) 3 March 1982	Hellas Verona	2016	2019	32	0
12	Riccardo Daga	GK	(2000-01-13) 13 January 2000	Cagliari Primavera	2018	2020	0	0
16	Simone Aresti	GK	(1986-03-15) 15 March 1986	Olbia	2018	2020	1	0
28	Alessio Cragno	GK	(1994-06-28) 28 June 1994	Brescia	2014	2022	51	0
Defenders
3	Marco Andreolli	CB	(1986-06-10) 10 June 1986	Internazionale	2017	2019	25	0
15	Ragnar Klavan	CB	(1985-10-30) 30 October 1985	Liverpool	2018	2020	6	0
19	Fabio Pisacane	CB	(1986-01-28) 28 January 1986	Avellino	2015	2019	87	2
22	Charalambos Lykogiannis	LB	(1993-10-22) 22 October 1993	Sturm Graz	2018	2022	13	0
23	Luca Ceppitelli	CB	(1989-08-11) 11 August 1989	Parma	2014	2020	98	6
33	Darijo Srna	RB	(1982-05-01) 1 May 1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	2018	2019	7	0
56	Filippo Romagna	CB	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997	Juventus	2017	2022	29	0
Midfielders
2	Marko Pajač	LM / CM	(1993-05-11) 11 May 1993	Celje	2016	2021	1	0
4	Daniele Dessena	CM	(1987-05-10) 10 May 1987	Sampdoria	2012	2019	160	7	Captain
6	Filip Bradarić	DM	(1992-02-11) 11 February 1992	Rijeka	2018	2019	7	0	Loan
8	Luca Cigarini	DM	(1986-06-20) 20 June 1986	Sampdoria	2017	2019	30	2
10	João Pedro	AM	(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992	Estoril Praia	2014	2021	116	32
18	Nicolò Barella	CM	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997	Cagliari Primavera	2014	2022	78	7
20	Simone Padoin	CM / LB / RB	(1984-03-18) 18 March 1984	Juventus	2016	2019	73	2
21	Artur Ioniță	CM / AM	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990	Hellas Verona	2016	2021	62	3
24	Paolo Faragò	CM / RM / RB	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993	Novara	2017	2022	49	2
29	Lucas Castro	AM / LW	(1989-04-09) 9 April 1989	Chievo	2018	2021	6	0
Forwards
9	Alberto Cerri	ST	(1996-04-16) 16 April 1996	Juventus	2018	2019	2	0	Loan
17	Diego Farias	SS	(1990-05-10) 10 May 1990	Chievo	2014	2021	119	28
25	Marco Sau	ST / SS	(1987-11-03) 3 November 1987	Cagliari Primavera	2007	2019	186	44	Vice-captain
30	Leonardo Pavoletti	ST	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988	Napoli	2017	2022	40	14

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
22 June 2018	DF	Darijo Srna	36	Shakhtar Donetsk	Free		^[2]
30 June 2018	MF	Lucas Castro	29	Chievo	€6.5M		^[3]
1 July 2018	DF	Marco Capuano	26	Crotone	Free	Loan return
1 July 2018	MF	Santiago Colombatto	21	Perugia	Free	Loan return
1 July 2018	FW	Federico Melchiorri	31	Carpi	Free	Loan return
1 July 2018	MF	Marko Pajač	25	Perugia	Free	Loan return

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
12 July 2018	FW	Alberto Cerri	22	Juventus	Loan	Loan with an obligation to buy	^[4]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
20 June 2018	DF	Bartosz Salamon	27	SPAL	Undisclosed	Option to buy exercised	^[5]
1 July 2018	DF	Leandro Castán	31	Roma	Free	Loan return

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Genoa	7	4	0	3	12	14	−2	12
12	Torino	8	3	3	2	9	9	0	12
13	Cagliari	8	2	3	3	6	9	−3	9
14	SPAL	8	3	0	5	6	10	−4	9
15	Udinese	8	2	2	4	8	10	−2	8

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[6]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	2	3	3	6	9	−3	9	1	3	0	5	3	+2	1	0	3	1	6	−5

Last updated: 6 October 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	H	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
Result	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W
Position	19	15	12	12	16	16	17	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2018 1	Empoli	2–0	Cagliari	Empoli
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krunić 14' Antonelli 28' Caputo 51' Capezzi 66' Rasmussen 90'	Report	Romagna 44' Barella 76' Pisacane 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,335 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

26 August 2018 2	Cagliari	2–2	Sassuolo	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavoletti 10', 73' Barella 34' Cigarini 61' Ioniță 69' Romagna 90+9'	Report	Locatelli 33' Berardi 53' Marlon 63', 90+2' Boateng 74', 90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 14,432 Referee: Luca Pairetto

2 September 2018 3	Atalanta	0–1	Cagliari	Bergamo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djimsiti 44' De Roon 47'	Report	Barella 45' Ioniță 52' Dessena 82'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 17,709 Referee: Fabio Maresca

16 September 2018 4	Cagliari	1–1	Milan	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	João Pedro 4' Srna 71'	Report	Higuaín 55' Kessié 90+1'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 16,201 Referee: Rosario Abisso

22 September 2018 5	Parma	2–0	Cagliari	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Inglese 20' Gagliolo 32' Gervinho 47' Barillà 69'	Report	Sau 34'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,852 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

26 September 2018 6	Cagliari	0–0	Sampdoria	Cagliari
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cigarini 22'	Report	Bereszyński 30' Ramírez 59' Praet 76'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 14,038 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

29 September 2018 7	Internazionale	2–0	Cagliari	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martínez 12' Dalbert 86' Politano 89'	Report	Andreolli 44' Bradarić 49' Pisacane 56' Dessena 73'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55,486 Referee: Davide Massa

6 October 2018 8	Cagliari	2–0	Bologna	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	João Pedro 22' Pisacane 25' Dessena 67' Pavoletti 68'	Report	De Maio 14' Dijks 35' Okwonkwo 67' Santander 90'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 15,019 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

21 October 2018 9	Fiorentina	v	Cagliari	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

28 October 2018 10	Cagliari	v	Chievo	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

3 November 2018 11	Juventus	v	Cagliari	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium

10 November 2018 12	SPAL	v	Cagliari	Ferrara
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

26 November 2018 13	Cagliari	v	Torino	Cagliari
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

2 December 2018 14	Frosinone	v	Cagliari	Frosinone
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe

8 December 2018 15	Cagliari	v	Roma	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

16 December 2018 16	Cagliari	v	Napoli	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

17	Lazio	v	Cagliari	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

18	Cagliari	v	Genoa	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

19	Udinese	v	Cagliari	Udine
		Report		Stadium: Dacia Arena

20	Cagliari	v	Empoli	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

21	Sassuolo	v	Cagliari	Reggio Emilia
		Report		Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

22	Cagliari	v	Atalanta	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

23	Milan	v	Cagliari	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro

24	Cagliari	v	Parma	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

25	Sampdoria	v	Cagliari	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

26	Cagliari	v	Internazionale	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

27	Bologna	v	Cagliari	Bologna
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

28	Cagliari	v	Fiorentina	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

29	Chievo	v	Cagliari	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

30	Cagliari	v	Juventus	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

31	Cagliari	v	SPAL	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

32	Torino	v	Cagliari	Turin
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino

33	Cagliari	v	Frosinone	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

34	Roma	v	Cagliari	Rome
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

35	Napoli	v	Cagliari	Naples
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

36	Cagliari	v	Lazio	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

37	Genoa	v	Cagliari	Genoa
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

38	Cagliari	v	Udinese	Cagliari
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

Coppa Italia

12 August 2018 Third round	Cagliari	2–1	Palermo	Cagliari
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pavoletti 31', 73' Cigarini 42'	Report	Rajković 38' Nestorovski 52' (pen.) Murawski 64'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 10,201 Referee: Paolo Valeri

5 December 2018 Fourth round	Chievo	v	Cagliari	Verona
--:-- CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Rafael	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Simone Aresti	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Alessio Cragno	9	0	8	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF		Marco Andreolli	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
15	DF		Ragnar Klavan	6	0	6	0	0	0
19	DF		Fabio Pisacane	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
22	DF		Charalambos Lykogiannis	3	0	2	0	1	0
23	DF		Luca Ceppitelli	2	0	1	0	1	0
33	DF		Darijo Srna	7	0	7	0	0	0
56	DF		Filippo Romagna	7	0	6	0	1	0
Midfielders
2	MF		Marko Pajač	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Daniele Dessena	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
6	MF		Filip Bradarić	8	0	5+2	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Luca Cigarini	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
10	MF		João Pedro	5	2	4+1	2	0	0
18	MF		Nicolò Barella	9	1	8	1	1	0
20	MF		Simone Padoin	5	0	5	0	0	0
21	MF		Artur Ioniță	9	0	6+2	0	1	0
24	MF		Paolo Faragò	6	0	2+3	0	1	0
29	MF		Lucas Castro	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Alberto Cerri	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
17	FW		Diego Farias	9	0	3+5	0	1	0
25	FW		Marco Sau	7	0	4+2	0	0+1	0
30	FW		Leonardo Pavoletti	8	5	7	3	1	2
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 6 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	30	FW	Leonardo Pavoletti	3	2	5
2	10	MF	João Pedro	2	0	2
3	18	MF	Nicolò Barella	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Totals				6	2	8

Last updated: 6 October 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	28	GK		Alessio Cragno	3	0	3
Totals					3	0	3

Last updated: 6 October 2018

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A			Coppa Italia			Total
3	DF		Marco Andreolli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF		Fabio Pisacane	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
33	DF		Darijo Srna	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
56	DF		Filippo Romagna	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	MF		Daniele Dessena	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	MF		Filip Bradarić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Luca Cigarini	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
18	MF		Nicolò Barella	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	MF		Artur Ioniță	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
25	FW		Marco Sau	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals				18	0	0	1	0	0	19	0	0

Last updated: 6 October 2018

References

↑ "Squad - Cagliari". Lega Serie A. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
↑ "Official: Cagliari picks up Srna". Football Italia. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
↑ "Official: Castro joins Cagliari". Football Italia. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
↑ "Official: Cerri joins Cagliari". Football Italia. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
↑ "SPAL sign four outright". Football Italia. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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[1] "Squad - Cagliari". Lega Serie A. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[2] "Official: Cagliari picks up Srna". Football Italia. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[3] "Official: Castro joins Cagliari". Football Italia. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[4] "Official: Cerri joins Cagliari". Football Italia. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[5] "SPAL sign four outright". Football Italia. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

[6] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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