title: 2016–17 Atalanta BC season
text: # 2016–17 Atalanta BC season
  
  The 2016–17 season was Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio's sixth consecutive season in Serie A.
  
  The club enjoyed a season more successful than any previous one, finishing 4th in Serie A with 72 points, winning 21 games, although they were eliminated in the Coppa Italia in the round of 16.
  
  The season was notable for the emergence of a group of talented young players brought into the fold by coach Gian Piero Gasperini, including Italian defenders Mattia Caldara and Andrea Conti, who, in addition to providing excellent defensive displays, also scored a remarkable 15 league goals between them; Italian midfielder Roberto Gagliardini, whose early season performances led to a transfer to Inter on loan in January; and Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessié, who would transfer to Milan soon after the end of the season on a two-year loan. Lastly, Argentine winger Alejandro Gómez enjoyed an excellent campaign as Atalanta's main attacking threat, finishing with 16 goals.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
  Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 March 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers |||||||||
  | 1 | Etrit Berisha | GK | (1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 28) | 2016 | 2017 | Lazio | |
  | 31 | Francesco Rossi | GK | (1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 26) | 2009 | 2018 | Youth academy | |
  | 47 | Stefano Mazzini | GK | (1998-12-06)6 December 1998 (aged 18) | 2016 | | Youth academy | |
  | 91 | Pierluigi Gollini | GK | (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 22) | 2017 | 2018 | Aston Villa | |
  | Defenders |||||||||
  | 3 | Rafael Toloi | CB | (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 26) | 2015 | 2018 | São Paulo | |
  | 5 | Andrea Masiello | CB / RB | (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 31) | 2011 | 2018 | Bari | |
  | 6 | Ervin Zukanović | CB / LB | (1987-01-11)11 January 1987 (aged 30) | 2016 | 2017 | Roma | |
  | 13 | Mattia Caldara | CB | (1994-05-05)5 May 1994 (aged 23) | 2017 | 2018 | Juventus | |
  | 24 | Andrea Conti | RB | (1994-03-02)2 March 1994 (aged 23) | 2013 | 2021 | Youth academy | |
  | 25 | Abdoulay Konko | RB | (1984-03-09)9 March 1984 (aged 33) | 2016 | 2017 | Unattached | |
  | 33 | Hans Hateboer | RB | (1994-01-09)9 January 1994 (aged 23) | 2017 | 2020 | Groningen | |
  | 37 | Leonardo Spinazzola | LWB / LB / LM | (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 24) | 2016 | 2018 | Juventus | |
  | 93 | Boukary Dramé | LB | (1985-07-22)22 July 1985 (aged 31) | 2014 | 2018 | Chievo | |
  | 95 | Alessandro Bastoni | CB | (1999-04-13)13 April 1999 (aged 18) | 2017 | | Youth academy | |
  | Midfielders |||||||||
  | 4 | Bryan Cristante | CM | (1995-03-03)3 March 1995 (aged 22) | 2017 | 2017 | Benfica | |
  | 7 | Marco D'Alessandro | RW | (1991-02-17)17 February 1991 (aged 26) | 2014 | 2019 | Roma | |
  | 8 | Giulio Migliaccio | DM | (1981-06-23)23 June 1981 (aged 36) | 2013 | 2017 | Palermo | |
  | 11 | Remo Freuler | CM | (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 25) | 2016 | 2019 | Luzern | |
  | 19 | Franck Kessié | DM | (1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 20) | 2015 | 2021 | Stella Club | |
  | 27 | Jasmin Kurtić | AM | (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 28) | 2015 | 2019 | Sassuolo | |
  | 52 | Bryan Cabezas | LW | (1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 20) | 2016 | 2021 | Independiente del Valle | |
  | 77 | Cristian Raimondi | RM | (1981-04-30)30 April 1981 (aged 36) | 2010 | 2017 | Livorno | Club Captain |
  | 87 | Anthony Mounier | LW | (1987-09-27)27 September 1987 (aged 29) | 2017 | 2017 | Bologna | |
  | 88 | Alberto Grassi | CM | (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (aged 22) | 2016 | 2017 | Napoli | |
  | 92 | Salvatore Molina | RW | (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 25) | 2011 | 2018 | Youth academy | |
  | 94 | Filippo Melegoni | DM | (1999-02-18)18 February 1999 (aged 18) | 2016 | 2019 | Youth academy | |
  | 99 | Emmanuel Latte Lath | RW | (1999-01-02)2 January 1999 (aged 18) | 2016 | 2019 | Youth academy |
  | Forwards |||||||||
  | 9 | Aleksandar Pešić | CF / ST | (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 25) | 2016 | 2017 | Toulouse | |
  | 10 | Alejandro Gómez | LW / SS | (1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 29) | 2014 | 2020 | Metalist Kharkiv | |
  | 29 | Andrea Petagna | CF / ST | (1995-06-30)30 June 1995 (aged 22) | 2016 | 2020 | Milan | |
  | 43 | Alberto Paloschi | CF / ST | (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 27) | 2016 | 2021 | Swansea City | |
  | 98 | Christian Capone | ST | (1999-04-28)28 April 1999 (aged 18) | 2016 | | Youth academy | |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 17 June 2016 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | 26 | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
  | 8 August 2016 | MF | Bryan Cabezas | 19 | Independiente del Valle | Undisclosed |
  | 19 August 2016 | DF | Abdoulay Konko | 32 | Unattached | Free |
  
  **Loans in**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 21 July 2016 | DF | Ervin Zukanović | 29 | Roma | Loan |
  | 30 August 2016 | MF | Alberto Grassi | 21 | Napoli | Loan |
  | 31 August 2016 | GK | Etrit Berisha | 27 | Lazio | Loan |
  | 31 August 2016 | FW | Aleksandar Pešić | 24 | Toulouse | Loan |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 July 2016 | MF | Marten de Roon | 26 | Middlesbrough | €14M | |
  | 6 July 2016 | MF | Riccardo Cazzola | 30 | Alessandria | | Two-year contract |
  | 20 July 2016 | MF | Luca Cigarini | 30 | Sampdoria | Undisclosed | |
  | 31 August 2016 | DF | Davide Brivio | 28 | Genoa | | |
  | 31 August 2016 | FW | Matteo Ardemagni | 29 | Avellino | | Three-year contract |
  | 12 January 2016 | DF | Mattia Caldara | 22 | Juventus | €15M | Will remain on loan at Atalanta till June 2018 |
  
  **Loans out**
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11 January 2017 | MF | Roberto Gagliardini | 22 | Internazionale | €2M | €20M option to purchase in 2018 | |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 4th | 20 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
  | Coppa Italia | Third round | — | Round of 16 | 13 August 2016 | 11 January 2017 |
  
  Last updated: 28 May 2017
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Roma | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 90 | 38 | +52 | 87 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
  | 3 | Napoli | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 94 | 39 | +55 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
  | 4 | Atalanta | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 72 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
  | 5 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 70 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
  | 6 | Milan | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
  
  * 1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 27 May 2017. 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 | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W |
  | Position | 12 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | ALB | Etrit Berisha | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 47 | GK | ITA | Stefano Mazzini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 91 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | BRA | Rafael Toloi | 35 | 1 | 31+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
  | 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello | 38 | 3 | 34+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | BIH | Ervin Zukanović | 19 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Caldara | 31 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | ITA | Andrea Conti | 35 | 8 | 31+2 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 25 | DF | FRA | Abdoulay Konko | 11 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
  | 33 | DF | NED | Hans Hateboer | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Spinazzola | 32 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 93 | DF | SEN | Boukary Dramé | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 95 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Bastoni | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 4 | MF | ITA | Bryan Cristante | 12 | 3 | 7+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | ITA | Marco D'Alessandro | 27 | 1 | 4+20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ITA | Giulio Migliaccio | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler | 35 | 5 | 29+4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | CIV | Franck Kessié | 31 | 7 | 25+5 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
  | 27 | MF | SVN | Jasmin Kurtić | 39 | 6 | 35+2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
  | 52 | MF | ECU | Bryan Cabezas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 77 | MF | ITA | Cristian Raimondi | 10 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
  | 88 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi | 20 | 2 | 4+14 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
  | 94 | MF | ITA | Filippo Melegoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Pešić | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Gómez | 39 | 16 | 37 | 16 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 29 | FW | ITA | Andrea Petagna | 36 | 5 | 31+3 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 87 | FW | FRA | Anthony Mounier | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 98 | FW | ITA | Christian Capone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 99 | FW | CIV | Emmanuel Latte Lath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | ITA | Guglielmo Stendardo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | MF | ITA | Roberto Gagliardini | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | CHI | Carlos Carmona | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 51 | FW | CHI | Mauricio Pinilla | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 10 | FW | | Alejandro Gómez | 16 | 0 | 16 |
  | 2 | 24 | DF | | Andrea Conti | 8 | 0 | 8 |
  | 3 | 13 | DF | | Mattia Caldara | 7 | 0 | 7 |
  | 3 | 19 | MF | | Franck Kessié | 6 | 1 | 7 |
  | 5 | 27 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | 6 | 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 6 | 29 | FW | | Andrea Petagna | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 8 | 4 | MF | | Bryan Cristante | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 8 | 5 | DF | | Andrea Masiello | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 10 | 88 | MF | | Alberto Grassi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 11 | 3 | DF | | Rafael Toloi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | 7 | MF | | Marco D'Alessandro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | 9 | FW | | Aleksandar Pešić | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | 25 | DF | | Abdoulay Konko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | 51 | FW | | Mauricio Pinilla | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | 77 | MF | | Cristian Raimondi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | 99 | FW | | Emmanuel Latte Lath | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 62 | 8 | 70 |
  
  Last updated: 27 May 2017
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | GK | | Etrit Berisha | 11 | 0 | 11 |
  | 2 | 57 | GK | | Marco Sportiello | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 3 | 91 | GK | | Pierluigi Gollini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 2 | 18 |
  
  Last updated: 27 May 2017
  
  ### Disciplinary record
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | | Etrit Berisha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 30 | GK | | Davide Bassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 47 | GK | | Stefano Mazzini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 57 | GK | | Marco Sportiello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 91 | GK | | Pierluigi Gollini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | | Guglielmo Stendardo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | | Rafael Toloi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | | Andrea Masiello | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | | Ervin Zukanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | | Mattia Caldara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | | Emanuele Suagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | | Andrea Conti | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | DF | | Abdoulay Konko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | | Hans Hateboer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 37 | DF | | Leonardo Spinazzola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 93 | DF | | Boukary Dramé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | MF | | Bryan Cristante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | MF | | Roberto Gagliardini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | | Marco D'Alessandro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | | Giulio Migliaccio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | | Carlos Carmona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | | Franck Kessié | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
  | 27 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
  | 77 | MF | | Cristian Raimondi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 88 | MF | | Alberto Grassi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | | Aleksandar Pešić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | | Alejandro Gómez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | FW | | Andrea Petagna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 43 | FW | | Alberto Paloschi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 51 | FW | | Mauricio Pinilla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 87 | FW | | Anthony Mounier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 99 | FW | | Emmanuel Latte Lath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 85 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 2 | 1 |
  
  Last updated: 27 May 2017
  
  