The 2018–19 season was Empoli Football Club's 83rd in existence and 13th season in Serie A. It was the club's first season back in the top-flight after suffering relegation at the end of the 2016–17 season.
Players
Squad information
Appearances include league matches only No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Notes Goalkeepers 1 Ivan Provedel GK Chievo 2017 2021 38 0 21 Filippo Perucchini GK Ascoli 2019 2020 0 0 69 Bartłomiej Drągowski GK Fiorentina 2019 2019 2 0 Loan Defenders 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo RB Matera 2017 2022 60 2 5 Frédéric Veseli CB / RB / LB Lugano 2016 2021 67 0 13 Luca Antonelli LB Milan 2018 2021 10 0 15 Lorenzo Polvani CB SPAL 2017 2020 7 0 22 Domenico Maietta CB Bologna 2018 2019 31 1 23 Manuel Pasqual LB Fiorentina 2016 2019 86 7 Captain 26 Matías Silvestre CB Sampdoria 2018 2019 25 2 32 Jacob Rasmussen CB / DM Rosenborg 2018 2022 11 0 34 Kevin Diks RB / CB / LB Fiorentina 2019 2020 0 0 39 Cristian Dell'Orco LB Sassuolo 2019 2019 3 0 Loan 43 Dimitris Nikolaou CB / LB Olympiacos 2019 2019 0 0 Loan Midfielders 4 Matteo Brighi CM Perugia 2018 2019 18 1 6 Marko Pajač LB / CM / LM Cagliari 2019 2019 1 0 Loan 8 Hamed Junior Traorè AM Youth Sector 2017 2022 30 0 10 Ismaël Bennacer CM Arsenal 2017 2021 63 2 18 Afriyie Acquah CM Torino 2018 2019 19 1 28 Leonardo Capezzi DM / CM Sampdoria 2018 2019 9 0 Loan 33 Rade Krunić CM / AM Borac Čačak 2015 2021 105 12 48 Salih Uçan CM / AM Fenerbahçe 2018 2019 8 1 Loan Forwards 7 Levan Mchedlidze CF Youth Sector 2008 2019 152 17 11 Francesco Caputo CF Virtus Entella 2017 2021 66 38 17 Diego Farias SS / RW / LW Cagliari 2019 2019 4 1 Loan 20 Antonino La Gumina CF Palermo 2018 2023 21 2 37 Dimitri Oberlin CF / LW / SS Basel 2019 2019 2 0 Loan Players transferred during the season 6 Miha Zajc AM Olimpija Ljubljana 2017 2022 66 12 9 Alejandro Rodríguez CF / RW / LW Chievo 2018 2019 6 4 Loan 17 Lorenzo Lollo CM Carpi 2017 2021 24 1 19 Arnel Jakupović CF / AM Youth Sector 2017 2021 5 0 21 Pietro Terracciano GK Catania 2017 2020 11 0 27 Joel Untersee RB Juventus 2017 2021 18 0 29 Michał Marcjanik CB Arka Gdynia 2018 2021 0 0 66 Samuel Mráz CF / RW / LW Žilina 2018 2022 6 1 99 Andrea Fulignati GK Cesena 2018 2021 0 0
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Simone Romagnoli Bologna Free Loan return Matías Silvestre Sampdoria Undisclosed Afriyie Acquah Torino €900,000
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Leonardo Capezzi Sampdoria Loan Loan with an option to buy and counter-option
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal111FWFrancesco Caputo14014233MFRade Krunić50532DFGiovanni Di Lorenzo3036MFMiha Zajc303517FWDiego Farias20220FWAntonino La Gumina20226DFMatías Silvestre20286MFMarko Pajač10118MFAfriyie Acquah10123DFManuel Pasqual10139DFCristian Dell'Orco10148MFSalih Uçan10166FWSamuel Mráz101Own goal303Totals40040
Last updated: 7 April 2019
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal121GKPietro Terracciano202269GKBartłomiej Drągowski101Totals303
Last updated: 7 April 2019
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal69DFBartłomiej Drągowski2000002002DFGiovanni Di Lorenzo6000006005DFFrédéric Veseli30000030013DFLuca Antonelli10000010022DFDomenico Maietta50000050023DFManuel Pasqual20000020026DFMatías Silvestre60000060032DFJacob Rasmussen3000003006MFMarko Pajač2000002006MFMiha Zajc1100001108MFHamed Traorè30000030010MFIsmaël Bennacer50000050018MFAfriyie Acquah40000040028MFLeonardo Capezzi40000040033MFRade Krunić50100050148MFSalih Uçan1000001007FWLevan Mchedlidze10000010011FWFrancesco Caputo20000020020FWAntonino La Gumina100000100Totals57110005711
Last updated: 7 April 2019
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