2014–15 AC Cesena season

Cesena

2014–15 season
President	Giorgio Lugaresi
Manager	Pierpaolo Bisoli (until 8 December 2014) Domenico Di Carlo (from 8 December 2014)
Stadium	Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Serie A	19th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Franco Brienza, Grégoire Defrel (5) All: Franco Brienza, Grégoire Defrel (5)
Highest home attendance	23,661 vs Juventus (15 February 2015, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	4,639 vs Casertana (24 August 2014, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	16,260
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2014–15 season will be A.C. Cesena's first season back in Serie A after having been relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season. The team will compete in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

Players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Nicola Leali (on loan from Juventus)
2	DF	ROU	Constantin Nica (on loan from Atalanta)
4	MF	ITA	Luca Valzania
5	MF	ITA	Luigi Giorgi (on loan from Atalanta)
6	DF	ITA	Stefano Lucchini
8	MF	ITA	Giuseppe De Feudis
9	FW	ESP	Alejandro Rodríguez
10	MF	ITA	Manuel Coppola
14	DF	ITA	Massimo Volta (on loan from Sampdoria)
15	DF	SVN	Luka Krajnc
16	GK	ITA	Alberto Iglio
17	DF	ISL	Hörður Magnússon (on loan from Juventus)
18	FW	BIH	Milan Đurić
19	FW	ITA	Davide Succi
22	MF	ITA	Abdul Yabré

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ITA	Andrea Tabanelli
24	DF	ITA	Gabriele Perico
25	DF	ITA	Daniele Capelli (on loan from Atalanta)
30	GK	ITA	Federico Agliardi
32	FW	ITA	Gabriele Moncini
33	DF	ITA	Francesco Renzetti
34	MF	ITA	Emmanuel Cascione
36	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Saporetti
44	MF	ITA	Riccardo Cazzola (on loan from Atalanta)
61	FW	ITA	Luca Garritano
77	MF	BRA	Zé Eduardo
81	GK	ITA	Walter Bressan
89	FW	ITA	Guido Marilungo (on loan from Atalanta)
92	FW	FRA	Grégoire Defrel

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2014–15 Serie A

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	4	12	22	36	73	−37	24	3	7	9	19	31	−12	1	5	13	17	42	−25

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
Position	5	12	11	13	13	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Matches

Cesena v Parma

31 August 2014 1	Cesena	1–0	Parma	Cesena
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lucchini  25' Rodríguez 38',  87'	Report	Jorquera  57' Paletta  85'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,415 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Lazio v Cesena

14 September 2014 2	Lazio	3–0	Cesena	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Candreva 19' Parolo  28', 56' Biglia  44' Braafheid  68' Mauri 90'	Report	Lucchini  25'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Cesena v Empoli

20 September 2014 3	Cesena	2–2	Empoli	Cesena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Giorgi  24' Marilungo 30' Defrel 32',  77' Cascione  51' Lucchini  54'	Report	Tavano 55' (pen.) Rugani 72' Vecino  76'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,073 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

Juventus v Cesena

24 September 2014 4	Juventus	3–0	Cesena	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vidal 18' (pen.), 64' Lichtsteiner 85'	Report	Cascione  17' Capelli  31' Perico  51'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 34,556 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Cesena v Milan

28 September 2014 5	Cesena	1–1	Milan	Cesena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Succi 10' Coppola  17' Cascione  22' Renzetti  57' De Feudis  90+1'	Report	Rami 19' Bonaventura  44' De Jong  69' Zapata  73'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 22,027 Referee: Marco Guida

Udinese v Cesena

5 October 2014 6	Udinese	1–1	Cesena	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernandes 62' Muriel  81' Widmer  90+1' Karnezis  90+2'	Report	Lucchini  27' Coppola  70' Capelli  78' Cascione 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 8,887 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Palermo v Cesena

19 October 2014 7	Palermo	2–1	Cesena	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dybala 33' Chochev  35' Anđelković  60' Vázquez  65' Muñoz  81' Rigoni  88' González 90+1'	Report	Perico  9' Rodríguez 61' (pen.) De Feudis  72' Coppola  76'  79' Capelli  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 14,780 Referee: Antonio Damato

Cesena v Internazionale

26 October 2014 8	Cesena	0–1	Internazionale	Cesena
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Garritano  13' Leali  30' Giorgi  36' Volta  61' Rodríguez  86' Cascione  90'	Report	Icardi 32' (pen.) Campagnaro  53'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 22,917 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Roma v Cesena

29 October 2014 9	Roma	2–0	Cesena	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Destro 9',  75' De Rossi 81'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,044 Referee: Dino Tommasi

Cesena v Hellas Verona

2 November 2014 10	Cesena	1–1	Hellas Verona	Cesena
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Defrel 22',  61'	Report	Ioniță  10' Hallfreðsson  39' Tachtsidis  60' Juanito 77',  87'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 15,375 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Chievo v Cesena

9 November 2014 11	Chievo	2–1	Cesena	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meggiorini  12' Gamberini  30' Hetemaj  32' Frey  45+1' Pellissier 48', 90'	Report	Carbonero  59' Lucchini  74' Volta  82' Đurić 88',  88'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Cesena v Sampdoria

23 November 2014 12	Cesena	1–1	Sampdoria	Cesena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brienza  34' Capelli  43' Lucchini 60'	Report	Nica 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 16,184 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Cesena v Genoa

30 November 2014 13	Cesena	0–3	Genoa	Cesena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucchini  29' Giorgi  33' Carbonero  51'	Report	Matri 4' Antonelli 7' Roncaglia  34' Volta 43' (o.g.) Burdisso  89'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,650 Referee: Carmine Russo

Atalanta v Cesena

7 December 2014 14	Atalanta	3–2	Cesena	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carmona  13' Benalouane 45+1',  83' Stendardo 50' Moralez 52' Sportiello  89'	Report	Defrel 31', 43',  33' Lucchini  49' Giorgi  62' De Feudis  74' Renzetti  90'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 12,495 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Cesena v Fiorentina

14 December 2014 15	Cesena	1–4	Fiorentina	Cesena
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Volta  18'  77' Cascione  57' Savić 60' (o.g.) Coppola  71'	Report	Valero 44',  49' Savić 47' Rodríguez 79' El Hamdaoui 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 16,275 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Sassuolo v Cesena

20 December 2014 16	Sassuolo	1–1	Cesena	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Peluso  53' Berardi  59' Zaza 76' (pen.) Missiroli  88' Magnanelli  90+3'	Report	Defrel  10' Zé Eduardo 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,079 Referee: Angelo Cervellera

Cesena v Napoli

6 January 2015 17	Cesena	1–4	Napoli	Cesena
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capelli  61' Brienza 75' Zé Eduardo  83'	Report	Callejón 29' Gargano  37' Higuaín 41', 72' Henrique  53' Capelli 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 16,275 Referee: Davide Massa

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

Cesena v Torino

18 January 2015 19	Cesena	2–3	Torino	Cesena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Perico  30' Brienza 43' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Zé Eduardo  61' De Feudis  76' Giorgi  80' Defrel  90'	Report	Benassi 20',  58' Quagliarella 22' Padelli  42' Peres  83' Jansson  84' Moretti  86' López 87'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,910 Referee: Marco Guida

Parma v Cesena

25 January 2015 20	Parma	1–2	Cesena	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Palladino  45+1' Mauri  65' Cascione 76' (o.g.) Varela  79' Paletta  88'	Report	Pulzetti 21' Cascione  24' Renzetti  57' Leali  60' Krajnc  80' Rodríguez 89'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,791 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Cesena v Lazio

1 February 2015 21	Cesena	2–1	Lazio	Cesena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Defrel 60' Cataldi 77' (o.g.) Capelli  87'	Report	Parolo  48' Maurício  57' Marchetti  78' Klose 87'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,818 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Empoli v Cesena

8 February 2015 22	Empoli	2–0	Cesena	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maccarone 29' Mário Rui  45+1' Signorelli 57' Mchedlidze  83'	Report	De Feudis  11' Capelli  36' Giorgi  63' Rodríguez  82'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,586 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Cesena v Juventus

15 February 2015 23	Cesena	2–2	Juventus	Cesena
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Đurić 17' Perico  20' Brienza 70' Nica  88'	Report	Morata 27' Marchisio 33' Lichtsteiner  41' Bonucci  69'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 23,661 Referee: Carmine Russo

Milan v Cesena

22 February 2015 24	Milan	2–0	Cesena	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonaventura 22' Bocchetti  31' Pazzini 90' (pen.)	Report	Lucchini  8' Nica  62' Volta  88' Giorgi  89' Mudingayi  90+2' Carbonero  90+2'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 27,958 Referee: Dino Tommasi

Cesena v Udinese

1 March 2015 25	Cesena	1–0	Udinese	Cesena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mudingayi  18' Capelli  26' Magnússon  29' Rodríguez 76' Perico  90+1'	Report	Heurtaux  24' Danilo  89' Perica  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,794 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Cesena v Palermo

8 March 2015 26	Cesena	0–0	Palermo	Cesena
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Giorgi  15'	Report	Jajalo  10' Barreto  18'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 15,071 Referee: Luca Banti

Internazionale v Cesena

15 March 2015 27	Internazionale	1–1	Cesena	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ranocchia  45+1' Palacio 48'	Report	Defrel  26', 30'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 24,589 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Cesena v Roma

22 March 2015 28	Cesena	0–1	Roma	Cesena
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capelli  38' Lucchini  49' Mudingayi  89'	Report	Uçan  33' De Rossi 41',  88'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 16,575 Referee: Antonio Damato

Hellas Verona v Cesena

4 April 2015 29	Hellas Verona	3–3	Cesena	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Toni 3', 62' Janković  20' Hallfreðsson  26' Juanito 30' Rodríguez  76'	Report	Pulzetti  32' Kranjc  50' Carbonero 70' Brienza 77' Succi  80', 81'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 17,590 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Cesena v Chievo

12 April 2015 30	Cesena	0–1	Chievo	Cesena
12:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Carbonero  61' Đurić  63'	Report	Hetemaj  55' Pellissier 82'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 15,094 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Sampdoria v Cesena

18 April 2015 31	Sampdoria	0–0	Cesena	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silvestre  59' Okaka  71'	Report	Perico  30' Mudingayi  74' Krajnc  77'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,182 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Genoa v Cesena

26 April 2015 32	Genoa	3–1	Cesena	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bertolacci  10', 38' Perotti 45+3' (pen.) Pavoletti 53',  74'	Report	Volta  11' Carbonero 69',  86' Cascione  78' Zé Eduardo  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,663 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Cesena v Atalanta

29 April 2015 33	Cesena	2–2	Atalanta	Cesena
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mudingayi  36' Carbonero  45', 70' Brienza 56' (pen.) Perico  64'	Report	Pinilla 50', 82',  90+5' Benalouane  55' Migliaccio  86' Carmona  88'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 14,170 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Fiorentina v Cesena

3 May 2015 34	Fiorentina	3–1	Cesena	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iličić 31' (pen.), 35',  67' Gilardino 56'	Report	Rodríguez 59' Capelli  69'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,675 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Cesena v Sassuolo

10 May 2015 35	Cesena	2–3	Sassuolo	Cesena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Defrel 15' Brienza 29',  62' Carbonero  90+3'	Report	Zaza 48' Taïder 51' Missiroli 69'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 13,712 Referee: Luca Banti

Napoli v Cesena

18 May 2015 36	Napoli	3–2	Cesena	Naples
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mertens 19', 57' Gabbiadini 21' Ghoulam  42' Koulibaly  76'	Report	Volta  6' Defrel 15', 45+2' Capelli  71'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 37,568 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

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

Torino v Cesena

31 May 2015 38	Torino	5–0	Cesena	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martínez 10' López 16', 70' Benassi 31' Moretti 49'	Report	Defrel  55' Volta  61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 18,569 Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2014–15 Coppa Italia

Cesena v Casertana

24 August 2014 Third round	Cesena	1–0	Casertana	Cesena
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marilungo 34'			Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 4,639 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Udinese v Cesena

3 December 2014 Fourth round	Udinese	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Cesena	Udine
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Allan 20',  82' Fernandes 44',  88' Danilo  55' Evangelista 99' Théréau 113'		Đurić 4',  94' Succi 55' Volta  61' Krajnc  90' Capelli  103' Cazzola  105+1'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Dino Tommasi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Nicola Leali	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ITA	Alberto Iglio	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ITA	Federico Agliardi	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	GK	ITA	Walter Bressan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ROU	Constantin Nica	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ITA	Stefano Lucchini	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ITA	Massimo Volta	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	SVN	Luka Krajnc	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ISL	Hörður Magnússon	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ITA	Gabriele Perico	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ITA	Daniele Capelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ITA	Francesco Renzetti	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Saporetti	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ITA	Luca Valzania	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	ITA	Luigi Giorgi	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ITA	Giuseppe De Feudis	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ITA	Manuel Coppola	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ITA	Abdul Yabré	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ITA	Andrea Tabanelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ITA	Emmanuel Cascione	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	ITA	Riccardo Cazzola	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	BRA	Zé Eduardo	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ITA	Mattia Muroni	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	GHA	Godfred Donsah	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Alejandro Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	BIH	Milan Đurić	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ITA	Davide Succi	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ITA	Gabriele Moncini	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	FW	ITA	Luca Garritano	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	FW	ITA	Guido Marilungo	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	FW	FRA	Grégoire Defrel	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 26 July 2014
Source: Competitions