2014–15 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season

Sassuolo
2014–15 season
President	Carlo Rossi
Manager	Eusebio Di Francesco
Stadium	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Domenico Berardi (15); All: ; Domenico Berardi (15)
Highest home attendance	21,584 vs Juventus; (18 October 2014, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Cittadella; (21 August 2014, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	12,831[1]

The 2014–15 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's second consecutive season in Serie A after having been promoted at the end of the 2012–13 season. The club improved markedly on its 2013–14 season, when it finished just above the relation zone in 17th place, by finishing 12th in the 2014–15 campaign, safely in midtable and without the threat of relegation which had dogged the club during its first season in Serie A. The club also competed in the Coppa Italia, where it was eliminated in the Round of 16.

Players

Squad information

As of 9 March 2015.[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alberto Pomini (vice-captain)
3	DF	Alessandro Longhi
4	MF	Francesco Magnanelli (captain)
5	DF	Luca Antei
6	MF	Raman Chibsah
7	MF	Simone Missiroli
8	MF	Davide Biondini
10	FW	Simone Zaza
11	DF	Šime Vrsaljko
14	FW	Anastasios Donis
15	DF	Francesco Acerbi
16	GK	Ciro Polito
17	FW	Nicola Sansone
19	MF	Saphir Taïder (on loan from Internazionale)

No.	Position	Player
20	DF	Paolo Bianco
23	DF	Marcello Gazzola
25	FW	Domenico Berardi (on loan from Juventus)
26	DF	Emanuele Terranova
28	DF	Paolo Cannavaro
30	FW	Dejan Lazarević (on loan from Chievo)
31	DF	Federico Peluso
32	DF	Cesare Natali
33	MF	Matteo Brighi
47	GK	Andrea Consigli
79	GK	Gianluca Pegolo
83	FW	Antonio Floro Flores
99	FW	Sergio Floccari

Transfers

In

		FW	Andrea Consigli (from Atlanta)
		FW	Šime Vrsaljko (from Genoa)

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Milan	38	13	13	12	56	50	+6	52
11	Palermo	38	12	13	13	53	55	−2	49
12	Sassuolo	38	12	13	13	49	57	−8	49
13	Hellas Verona	38	11	13	14	49	65	−16	46
14	Chievo	38	10	13	15	28	41	−13	43

Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).[4]

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
38	12	13	13	49	57	−8	49	7	8	4	25	22	+3	5	5	9	24	35	−11

Last updated: 31 May 2015.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W
Position	10	18	17	18	20	20	19	15	13	14	13	11	10	10	11	12	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	12	12	12	15	16	16	16	13	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2014 1	Sassuolo	1–1	Cagliari	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 34' Zaza 42', 90+1' Peluso 86'	Report	Sau 44' Balzano 49' Conti 75'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,292 Referee: Paolo Valeri

14 September 2014 2	Internazionale	7–0	Sassuolo	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Icardi 3', 30', 53' Kovačić 21' Osvaldo 43', 72' Guarín 74'	Report	Ariaudo 33' Berardi 60'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,549 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

21 September 2014 3	Sassuolo	0–0	Sampdoria	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magnanelli 9' Peluso 59' Antei 76'	Report	Gastaldello 35' Gabbiadini 60'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,004 Referee: Marco Di Bello

24 September 2014 4	Fiorentina	0–0	Sassuolo	Florence
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodríguez 29' Bernardeschi 90+2'	Report	Vrsaljko 24' Floro Flores 29'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,175 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

28 September 2014 5	Sassuolo	0–1	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brighi 23' Taïder 52' Zaza 55' Gazzola 75'	Report	Callejón 28' Gargano 52' Jorginho 78'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,935 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

5 October 2014 6	Lazio	3–2	Sassuolo	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mauri 9' Đorđević 25' Onazi 27' Candreva 35' Cana 42' 49' Marchetti 82'	Report	Berardi 26', 50' (pen.) Peluso 28' 61' Cannavaro 67'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,381 Referee: Dino Tommasi

18 October 2014 7	Sassuolo	1–1	Juventus	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zaza 13', 38' Acerbi 87'	Report	Pogba 19', 50' Bonucci 90+3'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 21,584 Referee: Luca Banti

25 October 2014 8	Parma	1–3	Sassuolo	Parma
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mendes 23' De Ceglie 40' Lucarelli 45' Cassano 78' Ristovski 90+3'	Report	Floccari 20' Acerbi 23', 58' Consigli 26' Taïder 52'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,313 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

28 October 2014 9	Sassuolo	3–1	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Taïder 44' Missiroli 56' Floccari 61' Berardi 73' Acerbi 89'	Report	Croce 18' Vecino 19' Maccarone 28' Tonelli 75'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,710 Referee: Daniele Orsato

2 November 2014 10	Chievo	0–0	Sassuolo	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meggiorini 26'	Report	Acerbi 22' Magnanelli 36' Sansone 40' Vrsaljko 71' Antei 75' Floro Flores 90'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Marco Guida

8 November 2014 11	Sassuolo	0–0	Atalanta	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Magnanelli 15' Berardi 30' Vrsaljko 90+2'	Report	Benalouane 26'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,776 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

23 November 2014 12	Torino	0–1	Sassuolo	Turin
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Peres 45+1' Gazzi 58'	Report	Cannavaro 28' Zaza 45+1' Peluso 75' Floro Flores 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 15,528 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

29 November 2014 13	Sassuolo	2–1	Hellas Verona	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Taïder 32', 77' Sansone 50' Berardi 59' Floro Flores 73' Magnanelli 76'	Report	Moras 7' Hallfreðsson 31' López 64' Campanharo 70'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,234 Referee: Daniele Doveri

6 December 2014 14	Roma	2–2	Sassuolo	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pjanić 26' De Rossi 34' 51' Nainggolan 61' Ljajić 78' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	Zaza 15', 18' Berardi 64' Vrsaljko 77' 90+4' Peluso 86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,787 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

13 December 2014 15	Palermo	2–1	Sassuolo	Palermo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rigoni 3' Belotti 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Gazzola 53' Consigli 66' Magnanelli 78' Pavoletti 85' Zaza 87' Cannavaro 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 21,086 Referee: Fabio Maresca

20 December 2014 16	Sassuolo	1–1	Cesena	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Peluso 53' Berardi 59' Zaza 76' (pen.) Missiroli 88' Magnanelli 90+3'	Report	Defrel 10' Zé Eduardo 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,079 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

6 January 2015 17	Milan	1–2	Sassuolo	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Poli 9', 90+4' Alex 34' Ménez 60'	Report	Sansone 28' Cannavaro 60' Zaza 67' Gazzola 74' Biondini 90+4'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 35,034 Referee: Marco Di Bello

10 January 2015 18	Sassuolo	1–1	Udinese	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zaza 15' Berardi 46' Vrsaljko 49' Cannavaro 57'	Report	Théréau 26', 58' Widmer 47'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,221 Referee: Davide Massa

18 January 2015 19	Genoa	3–3	Sassuolo	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Iago 25' Fetfatzidis 53', 90+2' (pen.) Lestienne 75'	Report	Berardi 19' (pen.), 69', 43' Missiroli 50' Brighi 55' Magnanelli 76' Zaza 81'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,822 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

24 January 2015 20	Cagliari	2–1	Sassuolo	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rossettini 20', 57' Capuano 31' João Pedro 57' Čop 79' Ekdal 81'	Report	Acerbi 35' 88', 76' Zaza 60' Floro Flores 78'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

1 February 2015 21	Sassuolo	3–1	Internazionale	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Missiroli 9' Zaza 11', 17' Sansone 29', 84' 90' Berardi 85', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Ranocchia 21' Vidić 66' Donkor 78' 90+2' Icardi 83', 83' Medel 90+1'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 18,446 Referee: Paolo Valeri

8 February 2015 22	Sampdoria	1–1	Sassuolo	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Éder 9' Obiang 12' Okaka 71' De Silvestri 84' Regini 85'	Report	Acerbi 2' Biondini 13' Brighi 16' Lazarević 23' Cannavaro 58' Taïder 83'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,710 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

14 February 2015 23	Sassuolo	1–3	Fiorentina	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Longhi 21' Zaza 48' Cannavaro 63' Berardi 67'	Report	Salah 30' Babacar 32', 62' Alonso 34' Savić 54'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,816 Referee: Daniele Doveri

23 February 2015 24	Napoli	2–0	Sassuolo	Naples
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maggio 34' Gargano 55' Zapata 61', 65' Hamšík 70' Mertens 72'	Report	Bianco 38' Magnanelli 50'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 46,925 Referee: Davide Massa

1 March 2015 25	Sassuolo	0–3	Lazio	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gazzola 22' Bianco 39' Longhi 63' Taïder 76'	Report	Parolo 29', 77' Keita 42' Felipe Anderson 45' Klose 70'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,807 Referee: Carmine Russo

9 March 2015 26	Juventus	1–0	Sassuolo	Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tevez 37' Pogba 78', 82'	Report	Missiroli 26' Sansone 68' Magnanelli 80' Zaza 90+2'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 37,506 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

15 March 2015 27	Sassuolo	4–1	Parma	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Acerbi 5' Sansone 24', 36' Berardi 38', 61' (pen.) Missiroli 65'	Report	Gobbi 23' Lila 26' Santacroce 28' Mauri 52' Mirante 60' Galloppa 68'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

22 March 2015 28	Empoli	3–1	Sassuolo	Empoli
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saponara 46', 60' Mchedlidze 59'	Report	Acerbi 44' Rugani 49' (o.g.) Magnanelli 62'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,703 Referee: Dino Tommasi

4 April 2015 29	Sassuolo	1–0	Chievo	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 23' (pen.) Peluso 38' 60' Biondini 40' Vrsaljko 48'	Report	Gamberini 22' Radovanović 67'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,686 Referee: Luca Pairetto

12 April 2015 30	Atalanta	2–1	Sassuolo	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Biava 21' 81' Denis 42', 63' (pen.) Carmona 55' Cigarini 67'	Report	Berardi 59', 90+3' Missiroli 65' 71'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 15,311 Referee: Daniele Doveri

19 April 2015 31	Sassuolo	1–1	Torino	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 31', 45+1' (pen.) Acerbi 61'	Report	Vives 45+3' Quagliarella 59' (pen.) Farnerud 75' Basha 90+2'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

26 April 2015 32	Hellas Verona	3–2	Sassuolo	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rafael 17' Greco 25' Juanito 30' Toni 63', 70' Moras 90' Obbadi 90+3'	Report	Moras 35' (o.g.) Berardi 76' Cannavaro 76' Floro Flores 89'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18,375 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

29 April 2015 33	Sassuolo	0–3	Roma	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cannavaro 56' Zaza 57' Taïder 69'	Report	Doumbia 6' Florenzi 27' Ibarbo 32' De Rossi 33' Astori 42' Pjanić 74'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,196 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

2 May 2015 34	Sassuolo	0–0	Palermo	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lazarević 54' Brighi 90+3'	Report	Terzi 28' Vitiello 35' Rigoni 52'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,321 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

10 May 2015 35	Cesena	2–3	Sassuolo	Cesena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Defrel 15' Brienza 29', 62' Carbonero 90+3'	Report	Zaza 48' Taïder 51' Missiroli 69'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 13,712 Referee: Luca Banti

17 May 2015 36	Sassuolo	3–2	Milan	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 13', 31', 77' Missiroli 45+1' Consigli 72'	Report	Bonaventura 16' 57', 33' Bonera 39' Alex 51' Honda 72' El Shaarawy 84' Paletta 86' Suso 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,777 Referee: Marco Guida

24 May 2015 37	Udinese	0–1	Sassuolo	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kone 51' Guilherme 54' 79'	Report	Berardi 45+1' Magnanelli 70'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 8,899 Referee: Rosario Abisso

31 May 2015 38	Sassuolo	3–1	Genoa	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 3' Zaza 18', 32' Magnanelli 65' Sansone 82' Floccari 88'	Report	Roncaglia 7' Bertolacci 27' Pavoletti 41', 67' Rincón 64' Izzo 72'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 14,886 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

Coppa Italia

21 August 2014 Third round	Sassuolo	4–1	Cittadella	Reggio Emilia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zaza 12' Sansone 53', 83' Floro Flores 90+2'		Coralli 33'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sig. Rocchi di Firenze

2 December 2014 Fourth round	Sassuolo	1–0	Pescara	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Antei 53' Floro Flores 57' Pavoletti 59'	Report	Selasi 63'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 1,887 Referee: Renzo Candussio

13 January 2015 Round of 16	Milan	2–1	Sassuolo	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Jong 25', 86' Pazzini 38' Zapata 64'	Report	Sansone 64' (pen.) Missiroli 67' Biondini 76' Cannavaro 85' Antei 90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 8,393 Referee: Dino Tommasi

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		Alberto Pomini	6	0	3+1	0	2	0
16	GK		Ciro Polito	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	GK		Andrea Consigli	35	0	35	0	0	0
79	GK		Gianluca Pegolo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Alessandro Longhi	20	0	17+2	0	1	0
5	DF		Luca Antei	10	0	5+3	0	2	0
11	DF		Šime Vrsaljko	23	0	21+2	0	0	0
13	DF		Lorenzo Ariaudo	3	0	2	0	1	0
15	DF		Francesco Acerbi	32	3	32	3	0	0
20	DF		Paolo Bianco	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
21	DF		Leonardo Fontanesi	3	0	3	0	0	0
23	DF		Marcello Gazzola	20	0	14+4	0	2	0
26	DF		Emanuele Terranova	10	0	9	0	1	0
28	DF		Paolo Cannavaro	25	0	25	0	0	0
31	DF		Federico Peluso	29	0	26+2	0	1	0
32	DF		Cesare Natali	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Francesco Magnanelli	16	0	14	0	2	0
6	MF		Raman Chibsah	5	0	3	0	2	0
7	MF		Simone Missiroli	14	1	13	1	1	0
8	MF		Davide Biondini	11	0	9	0	2	0
19	MF		Saphir Taïder	14	2	14	2	0	0
33	MF		Matteo Brighi	8	0	7	0	1	0
Forwards
10	FW		Simone Zaza	12	5	10	4	2	1
14	FW		Leonardo Pavoletti	10	1	8	1	2	0
17	FW		Nicola Sansone	16	3	15	1	1	2
25	FW		Domenico Berardi	12	3	11	3	1	0
83	FW		Antonio Floro Flores	12	3	10	1	2	2
95	FW		Ettore Gliozzi	1	0	0	0	1	0
99	FW		Sergio Floccari	12	2	11	2	1	0

Last updated: 12 December 2014
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	FW	10	Simone Zaza	4	1	5
2	FW	25	Domenico Berardi	3	0	3
	FW	17	Nicola Sansone	1	2	3
	FW	83	Antonio Floro Flores	1	2	3
5	FW	19	Saphir Taïder	2	0	2
5	MF	99	Sergio Floccari	2	0	2
7	MF	7	Simone Missiroli	1	0	1
	FW	14	Leonardo Pavoletti	1	0	1
	MF	15	Francesco Acerbi	1	0	1

Last updated: 12 December 2014

References

http://www.stadiapostcards.com/a14-15.htm
"Rosa Prima Squadra" [First Team Squad]. U.S. Sassuolo (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2014.
"legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"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] ttp://www.stadiapostcards.com/a14-15.htm

[2] "Rosa Prima Squadra" [First Team Squad]. U.S. Sassuolo (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[3] "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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