2014–15 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2014–15 season is Cagliari Calcio's 12th consecutive season in Serie A. The team is competing in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Cagliari

2014–15 season
President	Tommaso Giulini
Manager	Zdeněk Zeman (until 23 December 2014) Gianfranco Zola (from 24 December 2014) Zdeněk Zeman (from 9 March 2015) Gianluca Festa (from 22 April 2015)
Stadium	Stadio Sant'Elia
Serie A	18th (relegated)
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Sau (7) All: Marco Sau (9)
Highest home attendance	16,074 vs Juventus (18 December 2014, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs Udinese (31 May 2015, Serie A) vs Modena (4 December 2014, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	10,793[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

Squad information

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Simone Colombi 2 DF  ITA Marco Capuano (on loan from Pescara) 3 DF  ITA Nicola Murru 4 MF  ITA Lorenzo Crisetig (on loan from Inter) 5 MF  ITA Daniele Conti (captain) 7 MF  ITA Andrea Cossu (vice-captain) 8 DF  BRA Danilo Avelar 9 FW  ITA Samuele Longo (on loan from Internazionale) 10 FW  BRA Adryan (on loan from Flamengo) 12 MF  ITA Alessandro Capello 13 FW  BRA Caio Rangel 14 DF  ITA Francesco Pisano 15 DF  ITA Luca Rossettini 16 MF  ITA Daniele Dessena 17 FW  BRA Diego Farias (on loan from Chievo)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ITA Nicolò Barella 19 FW  ITA Antonio Loi 20 MF  SWE Albin Ekdal 21 DF  ITA Antonio Balzano 22 MF  URU Matías Cabrera 23 FW  COL Víctor Ibarbo 24 DF  ITA Simone Benedetti 25 FW  ITA Marco Sau 26 MF  SWE Sebastian Eriksson 27 GK  ITA Alessio Cragno 28 GK  ITA Werther Carboni 29 MF  ITA Mattia Muroni 30 MF  GHA Godfred Donsah — DF  ITA Luca Ceppitelli — MF  ITA Marco Piredda

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2014–15 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Udinese	38	10	11	17	43	56	−13	41
17	Atalanta	38	7	16	15	38	57	−19	37
18	Cagliari (R)	38	8	10	20	48	68	−20	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Cesena (R)	38	4	12	22	36	73	−37	24
20	Parma (L, R)	38	6	8	24	33	75	−42	19[a]	Relegation to Serie D

Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.^[6]
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.).^[7]
(L) Liquidated after the season due to bankruptcy.; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Parma was docked 7 points for failing to pay over players' wages.^[2][3][4] Later the club announced bankruptcy, and it was recreated without professional status.^[5]

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	8	10	20	48	68	−20	34	4	4	11	24	36	−12	4	6	9	24	32	−8

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	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
Result	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W
Position	7	13	18	18	14	15	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Matches

Sassuolo v Cagliari

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

Cagliari v Atalanta

14 September 2014 2	Cagliari	1–2	Atalanta	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Conti  24' Crisetig  40' Avelar  57' Ibarbo  72' Cossu 85' (pen.)	Report	Estigarribia 4',  39' D'Alessandro  45' Boakye 67' Dramé  87' Cigarini  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

Roma v Cagliari

21 September 2014 3	Roma	2–0	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Destro 10' Florenzi 13',  17'	Report	Rossettini  60'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,977 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Cagliari v Torino

24 September 2014 4	Cagliari	1–2	Torino	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cossu 11' Avelar  28' Rossettini  40'	Report	Glik 21' Quagliarella 29' Gazzi  33' Benassi  87'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Internazionale v Cagliari

28 September 2014 5	Internazionale	1–4	Cagliari	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Osvaldo 18' Nagatomo  25'  28' Guarín  82'	Report	Sau 10',  45' Ekdal 29', 34', 44' Rossettini  45' Balzano  82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,925 Referee: Luca Banti

Hellas Verona v Cagliari

4 October 2014 6	Hellas Verona	1–0	Cagliari	Verona
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tachtsidis  81', 89'	Report	Dessena  46' Ibarbo  49' Rossettini  52'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 17,813 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Cagliari v Sampdoria

19 October 2014 7	Cagliari	2–2	Sampdoria	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Avelar 59' (pen.),  67' Sau 77' Benedetti  87' Cossu  90+3'	Report	Duncan  19' Gabbiadini 28',  90+3' Obiang 38' Cacciatore  48'  58' Palombo  73' Silvestre  86' Romagnoli  90'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 9,426 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Empoli v Cagliari

25 October 2014 8	Empoli	0–4	Cagliari	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Valdifiori  37' Moro  63'	Report	Sau 31' Avelar 36', 38' (pen.) Ekdal 45+2' Crisetig  51' Farias  86'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 8,121 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Cagliari v Milan

29 October 2014 9	Cagliari	1–1	Milan	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Avelar  5' Ibarbo 24' Crisetig  80' Ekdal  90'	Report	Muntari  9' Bonaventura 34' Rami  56'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Lazio v Cagliari

3 November 2014 10	Lazio	4–2	Cagliari	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mauri 7' Klose 25', 26' De Vrij  43' Lulić  72' Ederson 90+2'	Report	Braafheid 48' (o.g.) Ceppitelli  56' Crisetig  63' Conti  68' Ibarbo  72' João Pedro 84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,569 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Cagliari v Genoa

9 November 2014 11	Cagliari	1–1	Genoa	Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	João Pedro  10' Farias 16' Conti  39' Sau  44' Avelar  69' Balzano  90+2'	Report	Sturaro  12'  76' Edenílson  19' Rossettini 53' (o.g.) Antonelli  41' Burdisso  73'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Napoli v Cagliari

23 November 2014 12	Napoli	3–3	Cagliari	Naples
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Higuaín 11' Inler 30' Koulibaly  59' De Guzmán 62'	Report	Ibarbo 38' Farias  44', 47', 68' Pisano  55'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 45,413 Referee: Dino Tommasi

Cagliari v Fiorentina

30 November 2014 13	Cagliari	0–4	Fiorentina	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibarbo  36' Ceppitelli  53'	Report	Valero  7' Fernández 17', 55' Alonso  31' Gómez 69' Cuadrado 74'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 11,746 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Cagliari v Chievo

8 December 2014 14	Cagliari	0–2	Chievo	Cagliari
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benedetti  23' Cossu  41' Conti  51' Ekdal  56' Farias  59' Ibarbo  71'	Report	Meggiorini 3' Paloschi 9' Izco  19' Zukanović  32' Frey  56'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Parma v Cagliari

14 December 2014 15	Parma	0–0	Cagliari	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rispoli  24' Santacroce  64' Acquah  81' Lucarelli  90+3'	Report	Longo  21' Conti  47' Ekdal  84' Cossu  88'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 10,646 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Cagliari v Juventus

18 December 2014 16	Cagliari	1–3	Juventus	Cagliari
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rossettini  33', 65' Capuano  49' Avelar  69' Ceppitelli  90+2'	Report	Tevez 3' Vidal 15' Llorente 50'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 16,074 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Palermo v Cagliari

6 January 2015 17	Palermo	5–0	Cagliari	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Morganella 6' Muñoz 10',  61' Maresca  22' Dybala 33' (pen.), 72' Vázquez  41' Barreto 85'	Report	Conti  18'  26' Colombi  32' Crisetig  38' Farias  56'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,268 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Cagliari v Cesena

11 January 2015 18	Cagliari	2–1	Cesena	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	João Pedro 11' Rossettini  21' Donsah 27'	Report	Giorgi  10' Valzania  19' Volta  29' Brienza 89'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Udinese v Cagliari

18 January 2015 19	Udinese	2–2	Cagliari	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kone  20' Allan 55' Théréau 56'	Report	Donsah  32' João Pedro 39' Longo  44' Rossettini  57' Dessena  73' Avelar 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 9,366 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Cagliari v Sassuolo

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

Atalanta v Cagliari

31 January 2015 21	Atalanta	2–1	Cagliari	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biava 18' Cigarini  19' Pinilla  22', 90+4'	Report	González  17' Dessena 44' Longo  45'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,353 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Cagliari v Roma

8 February 2015 22	Cagliari	1–2	Roma	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rossettini  35' M'Poku  82', 90+5'	Report	Ljajić 37',  42' Holebas  79' Paredes  81', 85'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 9,961 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Torino v Cagliari

15 February 2015 23	Torino	1–1	Cagliari	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	El Kaddouri 35',  63' Glik  43' Bovo  55'	Report	Donsah 34' Conti  54' Rossettini  57' João Pedro  89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 15,554 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Cagliari v Internazionale

23 February 2015 24	Cagliari	1–2	Internazionale	Cagliari
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Čop  39' Carrizo 74' (o.g.) Avelar  90+1'	Report	Brozović  13' Kovačić 47' Icardi 68' Campagnaro  89'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Cagliari v Hellas Verona

1 March 2015 25	Cagliari	1–2	Hellas Verona	Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Murru  45+1' Conti  54', 90' João Pedro  58'	Report	Toni 9' Juanito 56',  90+4' Pisano  67' Greco  90'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Sampdoria v Cagliari

7 March 2015 26	Sampdoria	2–0	Cagliari	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Silvestri 33' Acquah  41' Romagnoli  49' Eto'o 72'	Report	Avelar  35'  82' Cossu  39'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,127 Referee: Dino Tommasi

Cagliari v Empoli

14 March 2015 27	Cagliari	1–1	Empoli	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Farias  8' João Pedro 20' Balzano  57'	Report	Zieliński  75' Vecino 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Milan v Cagliari

21 March 2015 28	Milan	3–1	Cagliari	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ménez 21', 78' (pen.) Mexès 49' De Jong  73'	Report	Crisetig  31' González  45+2' Farias 47',  50' Ceppitelli  77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 30,748 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Cagliari v Lazio

4 April 2015 29	Cagliari	1–3	Lazio	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sau 49' Crisetig  60' Rossettini  63' Diakité  68' M'Poku  78' Balzano  90+1'	Report	Parolo  15', 90+2' Maurício  22' Klose 31' Basta  55' Biglia 60' (pen.) Keita  85'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Genoa v Cagliari

11 April 2015 30	Genoa	2–0	Cagliari	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Edenílson  10' Niang 52',  57' Falque 58'	Report	Dessena  9' Ceppitelli  45+1' Crisetig  88'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,727 Referee: Carmine Russo

Cagliari v Napoli

19 April 2015 31	Cagliari	0–3	Napoli	Cagliari
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Conti  44' Longo  61' Rossettini  64' Ceppitelli  69'	Report	Koulibaly  4' Maggio  11'  65' Callejón 24' Balzano 45+1' (o.g.) Gabbiadini 59'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Fiorentina v Cagliari

26 April 2015 32	Fiorentina	1–3	Cagliari	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Valero  9' Gilardino 74'	Report	Čop 7', 59' Avelar  21' Ekdal  63' Murru  72' Farias  72', 90+2' Sau  83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,560 Referee: Marco Guida

Chievo v Cagliari

29 April 2015 33	Chievo	1–0	Cagliari	Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Meggiorini 11' Schelotto  49' Botta  88'	Report	Ceppitelli  55' Ekdal  60' M'Poku  75' Cossu  81'  89' Murru  84'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Cagliari v Parma

4 May 2015 34	Cagliari	4–0	Parma	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ekdal 3' Farias 14' M'Poku  35', 38' Dessena  37' Čop 63' Barella  86'	Report	Coda  40'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Juventus v Cagliari

9 May 2015 35	Juventus	1–1	Cagliari	Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pogba 45' Marchisio  57'	Report	Avelar  32' João Pedro  50' Rossettini 85'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 38,847 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Cagliari v Palermo

17 May 2015 36	Cagliari	0–1	Palermo	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balzano  55' Ekdal  80' Diakité  81'	Report	Rigoni  6' Vázquez 9' Chochev  12' González  81'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

Cesena v Cagliari

24 May 2015 37	Cesena	0–1	Cagliari	Cesena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Feudis  15' Lucchini  39' Cascione  67'	Report	Sau 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 13,945 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Cagliari v Udinese

31 May 2015 38	Cagliari	4–3	Udinese	Cagliari
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sau 13' João Pedro 19' M'Poku 79' Fernandes 85' (o.g.) Avelar  90'	Report	Wagué  16' Danilo  28' Aguirre 44',  54' Fernandes  62', 81' Théréau 88'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2014–15 Coppa Italia

Cagliari v Catania

23 August 2014 Third round	Cagliari	2–0	Catania	Cagliari
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sau 5' Farias 16'		Rinaudo  72'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 9,360 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Cagliari v Modena

4 December 2014 Fourth round	Cagliari	4–4 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Modena	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Conti 59' (pen.),  76' Longo 90+3', 101' Murru  108' Farias 119'	Report	Cragno 6' (o.g.) Manfredini  59' Luppi 68' Martinelli  90+3' Granoche 98', 109'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo
	Penalties
	Conti Rossettini Farias João Pedro Crisetig Longo Murru		Schiavone Nizzetto Granoche Gatto Osuji Marzorati Cionek

Parma v Cagliari

14 January 2015 Round of 16	Parma	2–1	Cagliari	Parma
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Felipe  32' Paletta 45' Mariga  54' Rispoli 84'	Report	Murru  24' Barella  33' González  58' Sau 69'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 1,083 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

Statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played
Games won
Games drawn
Games lost
Biggest win
Biggest loss
Biggest win (League)
Biggest win (Cup)
Biggest loss (League)
Biggest loss (Cup)
Clean sheets
Goals scored
Goals conceded
Goal difference
Average GF per game
Average GA per game
Yellow cards
Red cards
Most appearances
Top scorer
Worst discipline
Penalties for
Penalties against
League points
Winning rate

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Simone Colombi	3	0	3	0	0	0
27	GK	ITA	Alessio Cragno	14	0	14	0	0	0
28	GK	ITA	Werther Carboni	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	GK	SRB	Željko Brkić	21	0	21	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	URU	Alejandro González	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Nicola Murru	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
8	DF	BRA	Danilo Avelar	31	4	29+2	4	0	0
14	DF	ITA	Francesco Pisano	13	0	12+1	0	0	0
15	DF	ITA	Luca Rossettini	32	3	32	3	0	0
21	DF	ITA	Antonio Balzano	25	0	21+4	0	0	0
32	DF	ITA	Luca Ceppitelli	25	0	22+3	0	0	0
33	DF	ITA	Marco Capuano	15	0	12+3	0	0	0
37	DF	FRA	Modibo Diakité	9	0	8+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Crisetig	28	0	26+2	0	0	0
5	MF	ITA	Daniele Conti	18	1	17+1	1	0	0
7	MF	ITA	Andrea Cossu	22	2	19+3	2	0	0
16	MF	ITA	Daniele Dessena	28	1	21+7	1	0	0
18	MF	ITA	Nicolò Barella	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
20	MF	SWE	Albin Ekdal	33	5	32+1	5	0	0
22	MF	CZE	Josef Hušbauer	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
30	MF	GHA	Godfred Donsah	21	2	13+8	2	0	0
40	MF	COD	Paul-José M'Poku	16	3	14+2	3	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ITA	Samuele Longo	27	0	9+18	0	0	0
10	FW	BRA	João Pedro	29	5	15+14	5	0	0
13	FW	BRA	Caio Rangel	6	0	0+6	0	0	0
17	FW	BRA	Diego Farias	29	6	20+9	6	0	0
25	FW	ITA	Marco Sau	28	7	20+8	7	0	0
90	FW	CRO	Duje Čop	16	4	9+7	4	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	FW	ITA	Alessandro Capello	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ITA	Antonio Loi	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	COL	Víctor Ibarbo	13	2	12+1	2	0	0
24	DF	ITA	Simone Benedetti	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
26	MF	SWE	Sebastian Eriksson	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: BDFutbol