2016–17 SPAL season

The 2016–17 season was SPAL's first season back in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 110th as a football club.

SPAL

Chairman	Walter Mattioli
Head coach	Leonardo Semplici
Stadium	Stadio Paolo Mazza
Serie B	1st
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Mirco Antenucci (18) All: Mirco Antenucci (19)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team quad

As of 5 January 2017

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 Alex Meret (on loan from Udinese) 2 DF  ITA Daniele Gasparetto (vice-captain) 3 DF  ITA Tommaso Silvestri 4 MF  ITA Mariano Arini 5 DF  ITA Nicolas Giani (captain) 6 DF  ITA Michele Cremonesi 7 FW  ITA Mirco Antenucci 10 FW  ITA Sergio Floccari 11 FW  ITA Mattia Finotto 12 GK  ITA Gabriele Marchegiani 14 DF  ITA Kevin Bonifazi (on loan from Torino) 17 FW  ITA Gianmarco Zigoni (on loan from Milan)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ITA Eros Schiavon 19 MF  ITA Luca Mora 20 MF  ITA Michele Castagnetti 21 MF  ITA Simone Pontisso (on loan from Udinese) 22 GK  ITA Giacomo Poluzzi 23 DF  ITA Francesco Vicari 24 DF  ITA Cristiano Del Grosso (on loan from Atalanta) 27 MF  ITA Paolo Ghiglione (on loan from Genoa) 28 MF  ITA Pasquale Schiattarella 29 MF  ITA Manuel Lazzari 33 DF  ITA Filippo Costa (on loan from Chievo)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Perugia v SPAL

3 August 2016 Friendly	Perugia	1–0	SPAL	Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report

SPAL v Carpi

10 August 2016 Friendly	SPAL	1–3	Carpi	Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report

SPAL v  Iran

19 August 2016 Friendly	SPAL	0–3	Iran	Forlì, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Tullo Morgagni

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	27 August 2016	18 May 2017	Matchday 1	Winners	42	22	12	8	66	39	+27	052.38
Coppa Italia	7 August 2016	15 August 2016	Second round	Third round	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	050.00
Total					44	23	12	9	69	44	+25	052.27

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

Main article: 2016–17 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SPAL (C, P)	42	22	12	8	66	39	+27	78	Promotion to Serie A
2	Hellas Verona (P)	42	20	14	8	64	40	+24	74[a]
3	Frosinone	42	21	11	10	57	42	+15	74[a]	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Perugia	42	15	20	7	54	40	+14	65[b]
5	Benevento[c] (O, P)	42	18	12	12	56	42	+14	65[b]	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round

Source: Lega Serie B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Hellas Verona is ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head goal difference: Hellas Verona 2–0 Frosinone, Frosinone 1–0 Hellas Verona.
2. Perugia is ahead of Benevento on head-to-head points: Perugia 3–1 Benevento, Benevento 0–0 Perugia.
3. Benevento was deducted one point.

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
42	22	12	8	66	39	+27	78	14	5	2	40	18	+22	8	7	6	26	21	+5

Source: Serie B

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W
Position	17	5	7	7	14	17	11	9	10	7	9	7	6	4	5	5	4	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 3 August 2016.^[2]

Benevento v SPAL

27 August 2016 1	Benevento	2–0	SPAL	Benevento
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

SPAL v Vicenza

4 September 2016 2	SPAL	3–0	Vicenza	Ferrara
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Ascoli v SPAL

10 September 2016 3	Ascoli	1–1	SPAL	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

SPAL v Virtus Entella

17 September 2016 4	SPAL	2–2	Virtus Entella	Ferrara
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

SPAL v Hellas Verona

20 September 2016 5	SPAL	1–3	Hellas Verona	Ferrara
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Perugia v SPAL

26 September 2016 6	Perugia	1–0	SPAL	Perugia
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

SPAL v Salernitana

1 October 2016 7	SPAL	3–2	Salernitana	Ferrara
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Pisa v SPAL

9 October 2016 8	Pisa	0–1	SPAL	Pisa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Arena Garibaldi

Cesena v SPAL

14 October 2016 9	Cesena	1–1	SPAL	Cesena
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi

SPAL v Carpi

22 October 2016 10	SPAL	3–1	Carpi	Ferrara
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Frosinone v SPAL

25 October 2016 11	Frosinone	2–1	SPAL	Frosinone
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe

SPAL v Avellino

31 October 2016 12	SPAL	3–0	Avellino	Ferrara
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Novara v SPAL

5 November 2016 13	Novara	0–1	SPAL	Novara
				Stadium: Stadio Silvio Piola

SPAL v Brescia

12 November 2016 14	SPAL	3–2	Brescia	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Trapani v SPAL

21 November 2016 15	Trapani	1–1	SPAL	Erice
				Stadium: Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale

SPAL v Latina

26 November 2016 16	SPAL	0–0	Latina	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Cittadella v SPAL

3 December 2016 17	Cittadella	1–2	SPAL	Cittadella
				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

SPAL v Spezia

10 December 2016 18	SPAL	2–1	Spezia	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Pro Vercelli v SPAL

17 December 2016 19	Pro Vercelli	3–1	SPAL	Vercelli
				Stadium: Stadio Silvio Piola (Vercelli)

SPAL v Ternana

24 December 2016 19	SPAL	4–0	Ternana	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Bari v SPAL

29 December 2016 21	Bari	1–1	SPAL	Bari
				Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

SPAL v Benevento

21 January 2017 22	SPAL	2–0	Benevento	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Vicenza v SPAL

28 January 2017 23	Vicenza	1–1	SPAL	Vicenza
				Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti

SPAL v Ascoli

4 February 2017 24	SPAL	1–1	Ascoli	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Virtus Entella v SPAL

11 February 2017 25	Virtus Entella	0–3	SPAL	Chiavari
				Stadium: Stadio Comunale

Hellas Verona v SPAL

20 February 2017 26	Hellas Verona	0–0	SPAL	Verona
				Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

SPAL v Perugia

25 February 2017 27	SPAL	2–0	Perugia	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Salernitana v SPAL

28 February 2017 28	Salernitana	1–2	SPAL	Salerno
				Stadium: Stadio Arechi

SPAL v Pisa

4 March 2017 29	SPAL	1–1	Pisa	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

SPAL v Cesena

11 March 2017 30	SPAL	2–0	Cesena	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Carpi v SPAL

18 March 2017 31	Carpi	1–4	SPAL	Carpi
				Stadium: Stadio Sandro Cabassi

SPAL v Frosinone

26 March 2017 32	SPAL	0–2	Frosinone	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Avellino v SPAL

31 March 2017 33	Avellino	1–0	SPAL	Avellino
				Stadium: Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi

SPAL v Novara

4 April 2017 34	SPAL	2–0	Novara	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Brescia v SPAL

9 April 2017 35	Brescia	1–3	SPAL	Brescia
				Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

SPAL v Trapani

17 April 2017 36	SPAL	2–1	Trapani	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Latina v SPAL

22 April 2017 37	Latina	1–2	SPAL	Latina
				Stadium: Stadio Domenico Francioni

SPAL v Cittadella

25 April 2017 38	SPAL	2–1	Cittadella	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Spezia v SPAL

29 April 2017 39	Spezia	0–0	SPAL	La Spezia
				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco

SPAL v Pro Vercelli

7 May 2017 40	SPAL	0–0	Pro Vercelli	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Ternana v SPAL

13 May 2017 41	Ternana	2–1	SPAL	Terni
				Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati

SPAL v Bari

18 May 2017 42	SPAL	2–1	Bari	Ferrara
				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2016–17 Coppa Italia

SPAL v Messina

7 August 2016 Second round	SPAL	2–0	Messina	Forlì
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Antenucci 21' Cerri 63'	Report		Stadium: Tullo Morgagni[3] Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

Cagliari v SPAL

15 August 2016 Third round	Cagliari	5–1	SPAL	Cagliari
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Borriello 24', 44', 65', 83' Sau 40'		Antenucci 85'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Davide Ghersini