2017–18 SPAL season explained

Club:SPAL
Season:2017–18
Manager:Leonardo Semplici
Chairman:Walter Mattioli
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Stadio Paolo Mazza
League:Serie A
League Result:17th
Cup1:Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:Fourth round
League Topscorer:
Mirco Antenucci (11)
Season Topscorer:
Mirco Antenucci (11)
Highest Attendance:13,135 vs Juventus
(17 March 2018, Serie A)
Lowest Attendance:4,000 vs Renate
(12 August 2017, Coppa Italia)
Average Attendance:12,067[1]
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Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19

The 2017–18 season was SPAL's first season in the top-flight of Italian football since 1968. The team were promoted as champions of Serie B.

The club finished just above the relegation places, in 17th, securing a second season of Serie A football for the 2018–19 campaign; SPAL were eliminated in the fourth round of the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

[2]

Transfers

In

DatePlayerMoving fromFeeNotesSource
Felipe UdineseUndisclosed[3]
Sauli Väisänen AIKUndisclosed[4]
Pa Konate Malmö FFUndisclosed[5]
Marco Borriello CagliariUndisclosed[6]
Boukary Dramé AtalantaUndisclosed[7]
Thiago Cionek PalermoUndisclosed[8]
Everton Luiz PartizanUndisclosed[9]

Loans in

DatePlayerMoving fromFeeNotesSource
Federico Mattiello JuventusLoan[10]
Marios Oikonomou BolognaLoanLoan with an obligation to buy[11]
Luca Rizzo BolognaLoanLoan with an option to buy
Alberto Paloschi AtalantaLoanLoan with an option to buy[12]
Federico Viviani Hellas VeronaLoanLoan with an option to buy
Alfred Gomis TorinoLoan[13]
Alberto Grassi NapoliLoanLoan with an option to buy[14]
Alex Meret UdineseLoanSecond consecutive loan[15]
Bartosz Salamon CagliariLoanLoan with an option to buy
Federico Bonazzoli SampdoriaLoanLoan with an option to buy[16]
Jasmin Kurtić AtalantaLoanLoan with an obligation to buy[17]

Out

DatePlayerMoving toFeeNotesSource
Marios Oikonomou BolognaLoan return
Luca Rizzo BolognaLoan return[18]

Loans out

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: article and 2017–18 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: article and 2017–18 Coppa Italia.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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17FWMirco Antenucci11011
243FWAlberto Paloschi707
310FWSergio Floccari303
77MFFederico Viviani303
88MFAlberto Grassi303
611MFLuca Rizzo202
29MFManuel Lazzari202
84DFThiago Cionek101
5DFLorenco Šimić101
19MFJasmin Kurtić101
22FWMarco Borriello101
23DFFrancesco Vicari011
27DFFelipe101
28MFPasquale Schiattarella101
Own goal202
Totals39140

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Clean sheets

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11GKAlfred Gomis314
97GKAlex Meret404
Totals718

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Disciplinary record

NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal
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2DFMarios Oikonomou010200210
4DFThiago Cionek500000500
5DFLorenco Šimić100000100
6DFMichele Cremonesi200100300
15DFSauli Väisänen100000100
21DFBartosz Salamon500000500
23DFFrancesco Vicari10010001001
27DFFelipe601000601
33DFFilippo Costa400000400
14MFFederico Mattiello610000610
18MFEros Schiavon400000400
19MFJasmin Kurtić500000500
20MFLuca Mora500000500
24MFMattia Vitale100000100
25MFEverton Luiz500000500
28MFPasquale Schiattarella12001001300
29MFManuel Lazzari400000400
77MFFederico Viviani900000900
88MFAlberto Grassi300000300
7FWMirco Antenucci100000100
22FWMarco Borriello600000600
43FWAlberto Paloschi200000200
Totals972240010122

Last updated: 20 May 2018

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistiche Spettatori Serie A 2017-2018 Attendance Statistics of Serie A (1st Div) 2017-2018. www.stadiapostcards.com.
  2. Web site: I numeri di maglia ufficiali della stagione SPAL in Serie A TIM. 5 August 2017. 23 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171123100753/http://www.spalferrara.it/numeri-maglia-ufficiali-della-stagione-spal-serie-tim/. dead.
  3. Web site: SPAL add Felipe to squad. Football Italia. 3 July 2017. 27 July 2017.
  4. News: VAISANEN FIRMA PER LA SPAL: CONTRATTO FINO AL 2020 . 21 July 2017 . 22 July 2017 . S.P.A.L. 2013 . Italian . 4 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170804044559/http://www.spalferrara.it/vaisanen-firma-la-spal-contratto-al-2020/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Official: SPAL sign Konate. Football Italia. 27 July 2017. 27 July 2017.
  6. Web site: Official: Borriello and Salamon to SPAL. Football Italia. 19 August 2017. 19 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Official: SPAL sign Drame. Football Italia. 13 January 2018. 13 January 2018.
  8. Web site: Official: Cionek signs for SPAL. Football Italia. 13 January 2018. 13 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Official: SPAL buy Everton. Football Italia. 19 January 2018. 29 January 2018.
  10. Web site: SPAL sign Juventus defender. Football Italia. 3 July 2017. 27 July 2017.
  11. Web site: Bologna loan two to SPAL. Football Italia. 3 July 2017. 27 July 2017.
  12. Web site: SPAL sign Paloschi & Viviani. Football Italia. 7 July 2017. 27 July 2017.
  13. News: Alfred Gomis alla Spal. 8 July 2017. 8 September 2017. Torino FC. Italian.
  14. Web site: Official: Spal sign Grassi. Football Italia. 27 July 2017. 27 July 2017.
  15. Web site: Official: Meret joins Spal. Football Italia. 1 August 2017. 2 August 2017.
  16. Web site: Sampdoria loan Bonazzoli to SPAL. Football Italia. 22 August 2017. 22 August 2017.
  17. Web site: Official: SPAL sign Kurtic. Football Italia. 11 January 2018. 11 January 2018.
  18. Web site: Official: Rizzo joins Atalanta. Football Italia. 13 January 2018. 13 January 2018.

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