2024–25 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2024–25 season is the 105th season in the history of the Cagliari Calcio, and it will also be the second consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coppa Italia.

Cagliari Calcio

2024–25 season
President	Tommaso Giulini
Head Coach	Davide Nicola
Stadium	Unipol Domus
Serie A	14th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Roberto Piccoli (7) All: Roberto Piccoli (8)
Highest home attendance	16,412 vs Inter Milan (28 December 2024, Serie A) 16,412 vs Juventus (23 February 2025, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	11,017 vs Cremonese (24 September 2024, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	16,074
Biggest win	4–1 vs Lecce (H) (19 January 2025, Serie A)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Napoli (H) (15 September 2024, Serie A) 4–0 vs Juventus (A) (17 December 2024, Coppa Italia)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24

On 5 July 2024, Davide Nicola was announced as the team's coach.^[1]

Squad

As of 4 February 2025^[2]

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 Giuseppe Ciocci 3 DF  ITA Tommaso Augello 6 DF  ITA Sebastiano Luperto 8 MF  FRA Michel Adopo (on loan from Atalanta) 9 FW  ROU Florinel Coman (on loan from Al-Gharafa) 10 MF  ITA Nicolas Viola 14 MF  ITA Alessandro Deiola (vice-captain) 16 MF  ITA Matteo Prati 18 MF  ROU Răzvan Marin 19 MF  ITA Nadir Zortea 21 MF  CZE Jakub Jankto 24 DF  ARG José Luis Palomino

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  ITA Elia Caprile (on loan from Napoli) 26 DF  COL Yerry Mina 28 DF  ITA Gabriele Zappa 29 MF  CGO Antoine Makoumbou 30 FW  ITA Leonardo Pavoletti (captain) 33 DF  SVK Adam Obert 70 MF  ITA Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli) 71 GK  ALB Alen Sherri 77 FW  ANG Zito Luvumbo 80 FW  ZAM Kingstone Mutandwa 91 FW  ITA Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta) 97 FW  ITA Mattia Felici

Transfers

Summer window

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2024	MF	Răzvan Marin	Empoli	Free	End of loan
30 June 2024	GK	Giuseppe Ciocci	Pontedera	Free	End of loan
8 July 2024	DF	Sebastiano Luperto	Empoli	€3,500,000		[3]
10 July 2024	MF	Mattia Felici	Feralpisalò	€2,000,000		[4]
17 July 2024	DF	Nadir Zortea	Atalanta	€5,000,000		[5]
24 July 2024	GK	Alen Sherri	Egnatia	€300,000		[6]
13 August 2024	DF	José Luis Palomino	Unattached	Free		[7]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
17 July 2024	MF	Michel Adopo	Atalanta	Free	Option to buy for €4,000,000	[8]
17 July 2024	FW	Roberto Piccoli	Atalanta	€500,000	Option to buy for €11,600,000	[8]
30 August 2024	MF	Gianluca Gaetano	Napoli	Free	Option to buy for €12,000,000	[7]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	Simone Aresti	Retired
30 June 2024	MF	Marco Mancosu	Retired
30 June 2024	MF	Gianluca Gaetano	Napoli	Loan return		[9]
30 June 2024	MF	Nahitan Nández	Al Qadsiah	Free	End of contract
30 June 2024	MF	Gaetano Oristanio	Inter Milan	Loan return
30 June 2024	FW	Andrea Petagna	Monza	Loan return
30 June 2024	FW	Eldor Shomurodov	Roma	Loan return		[10]
1 July 2024	DF	Giorgio Altare	Venezia	€1,000,000
1 July 2024	FW	Jacopo Desogus	Cittadella	Undisclosed		[11]
1 July 2024	DF	Alberto Dossena	Como	€8,000,000		[12]
12 July 2024	DF	Christian Travaglini	Pro Patria	Undisclosed		[13]
17 July 2024	FW	Gianluca Contini	Virtus Verona	Free
17 July 2024	MF	Ibrahim Sulemana	Atalanta	€7,500,000		[14]
1 August 2024	MF	Christos Kourfalidis	Cosenza	€250,000		[15]
4 August 2024	DF	Salvatore Boccia	Arzignano Valchiampo	Undisclosed		[16]
9 August 2024	MF	Isaías Delpupo	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed		[17]
27 August 2024	DF	Francesco Zallu	Gubbio	Free		[18]
29 August 2024	MF	Gastón Pereiro	Genoa	Free	Contract solved by mutual consent	[19]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
8 July 2024	DF	Luigi Palomba	Vis Pesaro	Free		[20]
10 July 2024	MF	Nicolò Cavuoti	Feralpisalò	Free		[21]
12 July 2024	FW	Nik Prelec	Austria Wien	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee	[22]
1 August 2024	GK	Boris Radunović	Bari	Free		[23]
22 August 2024	DF	Alessandro Di Pardo	Modena	Free	Option to buy for €1,000,000 obligation to buy under certain conditions	[24]
2 September 2024	DF	Pantelis Hatzidiakos	Copenhagen	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee	[25]

Winter window

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
7 January 2025	GK	Elia Caprile	Napoli	Free	Option to buy for €8,000,000	[26]
3 February 2025	FW	Florinel Coman	Al-Gharafa	Free	Option to buy for €8,000,000	[27]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
22 January 2025	DF	Paulo Azzi	Cremonese	Undisclosed		[28]
31 January 2025	FW	Gianluca Lapadula	Spezia	Free		[29]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
7 January 2025	GK	Simone Scuffet	Napoli	Free		[30]
22 January 2025	DF	Mateusz Wieteska	PAOK	€150,000	Option to buy for €2,500,000	[31]

Friendlies

Cagliari v Como

25 July 2024 Friendly	Cagliari	1–3	Como	Chatillon
17:00				Stadium: Campo Sportivo E. Brunod

Cagliari v Catanzaro

30 July 2024 Friendly	Cagliari	2–0	Catanzaro	Saint-Vincent
19:00				Stadium: Stadio Sportivo Comunale Piergiorgio Perucca

Modena FC v Cagliari

3 August 2024 Friendly	Modena FC	2–2	Cagliari	Modena
17:00				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

Cagliari v CUS Cagliari

14 November 2024 Friendly	Cagliari	8–0	CUS Cagliari	Sa Duchessa
15:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	18 August 2024	24–25 May 2025	Matchday 1	31	7	9	15	31	44	−13	022.58
Coppa Italia	12 August 2024			3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	066.67
Total				34	9	9	16	35	49	−14	026.47

Last updated: 8 April 2025
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

Main article: 2024–25 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Genoa	38	10	13	15	37	49	−12	43
14	Hellas Verona	38	10	7	21	34	66	−32	37
15	Cagliari	38	9	9	20	40	56	−16	36[a]
16	Parma	38	7	15	16	44	58	−14	36[a]
17	Lecce	38	8	10	20	27	58	−31	34

Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[32]
Notes:

1. Cagliari finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: Parma 2–3 Cagliari, Cagliari 2–1 Parma.

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
31	7	9	15	31	44	−13	30	5	4	7	19	24	−5	2	5	8	12	20	−8

Last updated: 8. April 2025.
Source: Worldfootball

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
Ground	H	H	A	H	H	A	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
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D
Position	15	13	15	19	20	16	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	13	15	18	18	18	18	18	14	15	17	13	14	15	15	14	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2025. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[33]

Cagliari v Roma

18 August 2024 1	Cagliari	0–0	Roma	Cagliari
20:45		Report		Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,261 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Cagliari v Como

26 August 2024 2	Cagliari	1–1	Como	Cagliari
18:30	Piccoli 44'	Report	Cutrone 53'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,365 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Lecce v Cagliari

31 August 2024 3	Lecce	1–0	Cagliari	Lecce
18:30	Krstović 26'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Michael Fabbri

Cagliari v Napoli

15 September 2024 4	Cagliari	0–4	Napoli	Cagliari
18:00		Report	Di Lorenzo 18' Kvaratskhelia 66' Lukaku 70' Buongiorno 90+3'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15,733 Referee: Federico La Penna

Cagliari v Empoli

20 September 2024 5	Cagliari	0–2	Empoli	Cagliari
18:30		Report		Stadium: Unipol Domus

Parma v Cagliari

30 September 2024 6	Parma	2–3	Cagliari	Parma
20:45	Man 62' Hernani 87'	Report	Zortea 34' Marin 75' Piccoli 87'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Juventus v Cagliari

6 October 2024 7	Juventus	1–1	Cagliari	Turin
12:30	Vlahović 15' (pen.) Thuram  33' Savona  56' Conceição  75'  89' Cambiaso  84'	Report	Marin 88' (pen.) Mina  88' Deiola  90+6'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,557 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Cagliari v Torino

20 October 2024 8	Cagliari	3–2	Torino	Cagliari
18:00	Viola 38' Adopo  60' Palomino 74' Coco 78' (o.g.)	Report	Coco  14' Sanabria 41' Lazaro  45+2' Masina  54' Linetty 55'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Udinese v Cagliari

25 October 2024 9	Udinese	2–0	Cagliari	Udine
18:30	Lucca 38',  64' Davis 78' Touré  81'	Report	Makoumbou  5'  29' Azzi  80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Cagliari v Bologna

29 October 2024 10	Cagliari	0–2	Bologna	Cagliari
18:30	Palomino  39' Zappa  75'	Report	Orsolini 35' Odgaard 51' Pobega  71' Fabbian  88'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15,977 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Lazio v Cagliari

4 November 2024 11	Lazio	2–1	Cagliari	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dia 2' Noslin  25' Lazzari  61' Zaccagni 76' (pen.) Rovella  85'	Report	Adopo  9'  78' Augello  17' Mina  29'  78' Luvumbo 41',  64' Zappa  49' Luperto  74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

Cagliari v Milan

9 November 2024 12	Cagliari	3–3	Milan	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zortea 2' Zappa 53', 89'	Report	Leão 15', 40' Fofana  61' Abraham 69' Hernandez  90+1'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,271 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Genoa v Cagliari

24 November 2024 13	Genoa	2–2	Cagliari	Genoa
12:30	Frendrup 12' Miretti 59' Martín  79' Bani  86'	Report	Marin 8',  66' Piccoli 88' (pen.) Viola  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Simone Sozza

Cagliari v Hellas Verona

29 October 2024 14	Cagliari	1–0	Hellas Verona	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marin  27' Piccoli 75'	Report	Coppola  81' Lambourde  89'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16.162 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Fiorentina v Cagliari

8 December 2024 15	Fiorentina	1–0	Cagliari	Florence
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cataldi 24' Comuzzo  30' Dodô  58' Gosens  75'	Report	Mina  35' Luvumbo  88'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 19,851 Referee: Marco Piccinini

Cagliari v Atalanta

14 December 2024 16	Cagliari	0–1	Atalanta	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Luperto  43' Augello  52' Obert  86'	Report	De Roon  49' Zaniolo 66',  66' Samardžić  90+1'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15,985 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Venezia v Cagliari

22 December 2024 17	Venezia	2–1	Cagliari	Venezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zampano 38' Šverko 67' Idzes  82'	Report	Wieteska  73' Pavoletti 76',  82'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Marco Guida

Cagliari v Internazionale

28 December 2024 18	Cagliari	0–3	Internazionale	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bastoni 53' L. Martínez 71' Çalhanoğlu 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,412 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Monza v Cagliari

5 January 2025 19	Monza	1–2	Cagliari	Monza
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Caprari 6' (pen.) Bondo  30' D'Ambrosio  63' Bianco  88'	Report	Zortea 22' Piccoli  45', 56' Mina  67'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Referee: Marco Di Bello

Milan v Cagliari

11 January 2025 20	Milan	1–1	Cagliari	Milano
20:45	Morata 51' Jiménez  82'	Report	Felici  41' Zortea 55' Piccoli  90+1'	Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 69.263 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Cagliari v Lecce

19 January 2025 21	Cagliari	4–1	Lecce	Cagliari
15:00	Adopo  52' Gaetano 60' Luperto 65' Zortea 80',  81' Obert 83' Deiola  90+1'	Report	Pierotti 42',  45' Rebić  73'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16.306 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Torino v Cagliari

24 January 2025 22	Torino	2–0	Cagliari	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Adams 6', 61'	Report	Zortea  52'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 18.992 Referee: Kevin Bonacina

Cagliari v Lazio

3 February 2025 23	Cagliari	1–2	Lazio	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Piccoli 55'	Report	Zaccagni 41' Castellanos 64'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15,751 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Cagliari v Parma

9 February 2025 24	Cagliari	2–1	Parma	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vogliacco 57' (o.g.) Coman 70'	Report	Camara  55' Leoni  78' Hernani  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,154 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Atalanta v Cagliari

15 February 2025 25	Atalanta	0–0	Cagliari	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hien  90+5'	Report	Coman  90+5'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 21,485 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

Cagliari v Juventus

23 February 2025 26	Cagliari	0–1	Juventus	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Vlahović 12' Weah  49'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,412 Referee: Andrea Colombo

Bologna v Cagliari

2 March 2025 27	Bologna	2–1	Cagliari	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Orsolini 48' (pen.), 56' Freuler  84'	Report	Piccoli 22' Obert  29' Makoumbou  77'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 25,676 Referee: Luca Zufferli

Cagliari v Genoa

7 March 2025 28	Cagliari	1–1	Genoa	Cagliari
20:45	Viola 18' Deiola  60' Pavoletti  90+1'		Cornet 47' Badelj  48' Masini  65'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15.827 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Roma v Cagliari

16 March 2025 29	Roma	1–0	Cagliari	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dovbyk 62'	Report	Viola  26' Obert  40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 62,911 Referee: Marco Piccinini

Cagliari v Monza

30 March 2025 30	Cagliari	3–0	Monza	Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Luperto  12' Viola 49' Gaetano 73' Piccoli  75' Luvumbo 90+2'	Report	29' Izzo  67' Baldé	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16.319 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Empoli v Cagliari

6 April 2025 31	Empoli	0–0	Cagliari	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Luperto  49' Palomino  61' Augello  86' Pavoletti  88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 16.284 Referee: Federico La Penna

Internazionale v Cagliari

12 April 2025 32	Internazionale	3–1	Cagliari	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnautović 13' L. Martínez 26' Bisseck 55'	Report	Piccoli 48' Deiola  69'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 71,799 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Cagliari v Fiorentina

23 April 2025 33	Cagliari	1–2	Fiorentina	Cagliari
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Piccoli 7'	Report	Gosens 36' Beltrán 48'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena

Verona v Cagliari

28 April 2025 34	Verona	0–2	Cagliari	Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ghilardi  85'	Report	Pavoletti 30' Deiola 90+3'	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium

Cagliari v Udinese

3 May 2025 35	Cagliari	1–2	Udinese	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zortea 35'	Report	Zarraga 27' Kristensen 67'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena

Como v Cagliari

10 May 2025 36	Como	3–1	Cagliari	Como
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caqueret 40' Strefezza 45+2' Cutrone 77'	Report	Adopo 22'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Cagliari v Venezia

18 May 2025 37	Cagliari	3–0	Venezia	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mina 11' Piccoli 41' Deiola 71'	Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

Napoli v Cagliari

21 May 2025 38	Napoli	2–0	Cagliari	Naples
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Politano  31' McTominay 42' Lukaku 51',  52'	Report	Makoumbou  31'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Federico La Penna

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2024–25 Coppa Italia

Cagliari v Carrarese

12 August 2024 Round of 32	Cagliari	3–1	Carrarese	Cagliari
21:15	Piccoli 33' Deiola  37' Pavoletti 41' Prati 71'		Capezzi  40' Panico 55' Illanes  62'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15.870 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Cagliari v Cremonese

24 September 2024 Second round	Cagliari	1–0	Cremonese	Cagliari
18:30	Palomino  41' Lapadula 60' Zappa  62' Viola  73'	Report	Pickel  32'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 11.017 Referee: Kevin Bonacina

Juventus v Cagliari

17 December 2024 Round of 16	Juventus	4–0	Cagliari	Turin
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vlahović 44' Koopmeiners 53' Conceição 80' González 89'	Report		Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 36,768 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani