2015–16 Empoli FC season explained

Club:	Empoli
Season:	2015–16
Manager:	Marco Giampaolo
Chairman:	Fabrizio Corsi
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Stadio Carlo Castellani
League:	Serie A
League Result:	10th
Cup1:	Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:	Third round
League Topscorer:	Massimo Maccarone (13)
Season Topscorer:	Massimo Maccarone (13)
Highest Attendance:	14,693 vs Juventus (8 November 2015, Serie A)
Lowest Attendance:	1,000 vs Vicenza (15 August 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average Attendance:	9,510^[1]
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Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17

The 2015–16 season was Empoli Football Club's second consecutive season in Serie A after their promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2013–14 season. Having finished 15th the previous season, Empoli is competing only in domestic competition, in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Empoli's pre-season began with the departure of manager Maurizio Sarri to Napoli.^[2]

Players

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Squad information

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2015–16 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2015–16 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

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1	7	FW		Massimo Maccarone	13	0	13
2	20	FW		Manuel Pucciarelli	6	0	6
3	5	MF		Riccardo Saponara	5	0	5
	17	MF		Piotr Zieliński	5	0	5
5	26	DF		Lorenzo Tonelli	2	0	2
	32	MF		Leandro Paredes	2	0	2
	77	MF		Marcel Büchel	2	0	2
8	2	DF		Vincent Laurini	1	0	1
	15	DF		Andrea Costa	1	0	1
	33	MF		Rade Krunić	1	0	1
	39	FW		Marko Livaja	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	1
Totals					40	0	40

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Clean sheets

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1	28	GK		Łukasz Skorupski	9	0	9
2	23	GK		Alberto Pelagotti	3	0	3
Totals					12	0	12

Last updated: 1 May 2016

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A.
2. Web site: Napoli appoint Maurizio Sarri as new head coach. 12 June 2015.
3. Web site: Prima squadra. Empoli F.C.. 22 August 2014. Italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20140901055943/http://empolicalcio.net/Prima-squadra-2.htm. 1 September 2014. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Acquistato Camporese . 25 July 2015 . Empoli F.C. . https://web.archive.org/web/20150725105848/http://www.empolicalcio.net/Acquistato-Camporese.htm . 25 July 2015 . dead .