title: 2015–16 US Città di Palermo season
text: # 2015–16 US Città di Palermo season
  
  U.S. Città di Palermo played the season 2015–16 in the Serie A league and Coppa Italia.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Squad information
  
  | No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers |||||||
  | 70 | Stefano Sorrentino | GK | (1979-03-28) 28 March 1979 (age 44) | Confirmed | Captain |
  | 91 | Simone Colombi | GK | (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 (age 32) | Cagliari | |
  | Defenders |||||||
  | 2 | Roberto Vitiello | RB | (1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 (age 40) | Confirmed | |
  | 3 | Andrea Rispoli | RB | (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 34) | Parma | Confirmed |
  | 4 | Siniša Anđelković | CB | (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 37) | Confirmed | |
  | 6 | Edoardo Goldaniga | CB | (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 29) | Loan Return | |
  | 7 | Achraf Lazaar | LB | (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992 (age 31) | Confirmed | |
  | 12 | Giancarlo González | CB | (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988 (age 35) | Columbus Crew | |
  | 13 | Emerson Palmieri | LB | (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 29) | Santos | On loan |
  | 23 | Aljaž Struna | CB | (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 32) | Confirmed | |
  | 33 | Fabio Daprelà | LB | (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 (age 32) | Confirmed | |
  | 34 | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | CB | (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 33) | Montpellier | |
  | 77 | Michel Morganella | RB | (1989-05-17) 17 May 1989 (age 34) | Confirmed |
  | Midfielders |||||||
  | 5 | Francesco Bolzoni | CM | (1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 34) | Confirmed | |
  | 10 | Oscar Hiljemark | CM | (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 31) | PSV | |
  | 16 | Gastón Brugman | CM | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 30) | Pescara |
  | 17 | Ahmad Benali | CM | (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 31) | Brescia |
  | 18 | Ivaylo Chochev | AM | (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 30) | CSKA Sofia | |
  | 20 | Franco Vázquez | AM, SS | (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 33) | Confirmed | |
  | 21 | Robin Quaison | MF | (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 29) | AIK | |
  | 25 | Enzo Maresca | CM | (1980-02-10) 10 February 1980 (age 43) | Confirmed | |
  | 27 | Luca Rigoni | MF | (1984-02-07) 7 February 1984 (age 39) | Chievo | |
  | 28 | Mato Jajalo | MF | (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 35) | Rijeka |
  | Forwards |||||||
  | 8 | Aleksandar Trajkovski | CM | (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 30) | Zulte Waregem |
  | 9 | Matheus Cassini | ST | (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 27) | Confirmed | |
  | 11 | Alberto Gilardino | ST | (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 41) | Guangzhou Evergrande | |
  | 26 | Accursio Bentivegna | AM, FW | (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 27) | Youth team | |
  | 54 | Antonio la Gumina | ST | (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 27) | Youth team | |
  | 99 | Uroš Đurđević | ST | (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 29) | Vitesse Arnhem | |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 27 August 2015 | FW | Alberto Gilardino | 33 | Guangzhou Evergrande | | | |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 August 2015 | FW | Andrea Belotti | 21 | Torino | | | |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 42 | |
  | 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 40 | |
  | 16 | Palermo | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 65 | −27 | 39 | |
  | 17 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 39 | |
  | 18 | Carpi (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
  
  * 1 2 Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 pts, Udinese 0 pts.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 15 May 2016. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | W |
  | Position | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
  
  ## 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 | CRO | Josip Posavec | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 53 | GK | ITA | Fabrizio Alastra | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 55 | GK | ITA | Leonardo Marson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 70 | GK | ITA | Stefano Sorrentino | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | ITA | Roberto Vitiello | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Andrea Rispoli | 24 | 0 | 16+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | SVN | Siniša Anđelković | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga | 17 | 2 | 14+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 7 | DF | MAR | Achraf Lazaar | 31 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 12 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González | 36 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | POL | Thiago Cionek | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | SVN | Aljaž Struna | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | 77 | DF | SUI | Michel Morganella | 15 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 97 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 10 | MF | SWE | Oscar Hiljemark | 39 | 4 | 36+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | URU | Gastón Brugman | 14 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 18 | MF | BUL | Ivaylo Chochev | 28 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | ARG | Franco Vázquez | 38 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | SWE | Robin Quaison | 32 | 2 | 14+16 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
  | 24 | MF | ITA | Bryan Cristante | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | MF | ITA | Enzo Maresca | 16 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 28 | MF | CRO | Mato Jajalo | 29 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 8 | FW | MKD | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 33 | 4 | 16+16 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Accursio Bentivegna | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino | 34 | 10 | 26+7 | 9 | 0+1 | 1 |
  | 22 | FW | HUN | Norbert Balogh | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 54 | FW | ITA | Antonino La Gumina | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 99 | FW | SRB | Uroš Đurđević | 14 | 2 | 5+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Belotti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 27 | MF | ITA | Luca Rigoni | 12 | 2 | 8+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
  | 33 | DF | SUI | Fabio Daprelà | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 34 | DF | MAR | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
  | 91 | GK | ITA | Simone Colombi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 11 | FW | | Alberto Gilardino | 10 | 1 | 11 |
  | 2 | 20 | MF | | Franco Vázquez | 8 | 0 | 8 |
  | 3 | 8 | MF | | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | 10 | MF | | Oscar Hiljemark | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 5 | 6 | DF | | Edoardo Goldaniga | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | 12 | DF | | Giancarlo González | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | 21 | MF | | Robin Quaison | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 5 | 27 | MF | | Luca Rigoni | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 5 | 99 | FW | | Uroš Đurđević | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 10 | 7 | DF | | Achraf Lazaar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 23 | DF | | Aljaž Struna | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 25 | MF | | Enzo Maresca | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | 34 | DF | | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 4 | 42 |
  
  Last updated: 15 May 2016
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 70 | GK | | Stefano Sorrentino | 9 | 0 | 9 |
  | 2 | 1 | GK | | Josip Posavec | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 0 | 10 |
  
  Last updated: 8 May 2016
  
  