The 2019–20 season was Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Palermo's 1st season in Serie D, the fourth-highest division of Italian football, in their history, after the exclusion of the club from Serie B in summer 2019. However, this was the second time that Palermo participated in the fourth division: in the 1987–88 season the sicilian club played in Serie C2, after a year passed outside of any football league, because of bankruptcy in 1986.
Season review Following Palermo's exclusion from Serie B, a phoenix club was established under the Article 52 of N.O.I.F. regulations, with Mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando responsible to choose the next ownership. On 24 July 2019, Mayor Orlando confirmed six declarations of interests had been presented on that regard; those included offers by Massimo Ferrero (Sampdoria owner and chairman), Lebanese-Swiss-English fund Zurich Capital Funds, fashion multinational company Capri srl, and a joint one by Dario Mirri (Palermo-based marketing entrepreneur, and nephew of historical club chairman Renzo Barbera) and Tony DiPiazza (Sicilian-American real estate mogul).
The next day, Orlando announced to have chosen "Hera Hora srl", the joint Mirri-DiPiazza proposal, as the new owners.
Under the new conditions, Hera Hora srl will control 90% of the new club, with a 10% to be specifically dedicated for a supporters' trust as specifically requested by the City of Palermo. Regarding Hera Hora srl (the controlling company of the new club), Mirri will personally control 10% of it, Damir srl (Mirri's main business company) 50%, and DiPiazza 40%. The new owners will also be supported by Rinaldo Sagramola, former Palermo managing director during the early Zamparini years (2004–2012), who will serve again in such role. As stated in their business plan, the new ownership plans to bring Palermo back to Serie A within three years, organize a women's football section (by means of acquisition and integration of an already existing local team), relaunch the youth system also through a collaboration with the minor local teams, open a club museum and build a new training centre nearby the stadium area.
On 3 August 2019, as part of the inaugural press conference, the club announced the new managerial staff, featuring Renzo Castagnini (former Sagramola collaborator) as sporting director and Rosario Pergolizzi (former Palermo youth coach) as head coach; the youth sector will instead be managed by Rosario Argento (former Palermo youth chief in the 2000s) and Leandro Rinaudo (a Palermo native and former club player).
Players
Squad information Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 February 2020.Appearances and goals are counted for domestic leagues (Serie A, Serie B and Serie D), national cups (Coppa Italia and Coppa Italia Serie D) and international cup (UEFA Cup) and correct as of 1 March 2020.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Contract ends Signed from Transfer Fee Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Alberto Pelagotti GK 2019 2020 Arezzo Free 25 –16 12 Gabriele Corallo GK 2019 2020 Trapani Free - - 22 Mattia Fallani GK 2019 2020 SPAL Free 4 –1 Defenders 3 Lorenzo Bechini LB 2019 2020 Sassuolo Free - - 4 Andrea Accardi CB / RB / LB 2019 2020 Palermo Free 26 0 15 Bubacarr Marong CB 2019 2020 Parmonval Free - - 19 Edoardo Lancini CB 2019 2020 Brescia Free 24 2 23 Masimiliano Doda RB 2019 2020 Sampdoria Free 22 1 24 Roberto Crivello LB / CB 2019 2020 Spezia Free 23 0 27 Francesco Vaccaro LB 2019 2020 Altamura Free 21 0 54 Manuel Peretti CB / RB 2019 2020 Hellas Verona Free 15 1 Midfielders 5 Danilo Ambro CM 2019 2020 Feralpisalò Free 18 1 6 Alessandro Martinelli CM 2019 2020 Brescia Free 25 1 7 Gianmarco Corsino RWB 2019 2020 Marsala Free 1 0 8 Malaury Martin CM 2019 2020 Hearts Free 24 1 10 Andrea Rizzo Pinna CM / AM 2019 2020 Atalanta Undisclosed 3 0 20 Luigi Mendola CM 2019 2020 Vibonese Free - - 26 Juan Mauri CM 2019 2020 Lucchese Free 16 1 33 Christian Langella CM 2019 2020 Pisa Free 25 3 73 Erdis Kraja CM 2019 2020 Atalanta Free 21 3 Forwards 9 Giovanni Ricciardo CF 2019 2020 Cesena Free 20 9 11 Mario Santana (C) RW / LW / SS 2019 2020 Pro Patria Free 119 9 17 Andrea Ferrante RW 2019 2020 Savio Free 1 0 21 Raimondo Lucera SS 2019 2020 Youth Sector Free 8 1 75 Mattia Felici SS / RW 2019 2020 Lecce Free 25 4 Players transferred in during the season 14 Luca Ficarrotta RW 2019 2020 Marsala €35,000 17 2 32 Ferdinando Sforzini CF 2019 2020 Cavese Free 14 5 30 Andrea Silipo RW 2020 2020 Roma Free 9 2 25 Roberto Floriano LW 2020 2020 Bari Free 8 6 18 Lorenzo Lucca CF 2020 2020 Torino Undisclosed 3 1 42 Christian Cangemi DF 2020 2020 Youth Sector N/A - - 72 Salvatore Florio MF 2020 2020 Youth Sector N/A - -
Name Signed to Transfer Fee Notes Players transferred out during the season Lorenzo Bechini Sassuolo Free End of loan
Transfers Summer 2019 Pre-dissolution In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Corentin Fiore Imolese Free End of loan Eddy Gnahoré Amiens Norbert Balogh APOEL Carlos Embalo Cosenza
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Josip Posavec Hajduk Split €400,000 Option to buy exercised GK Fabrizio Alastra Parma Free Contract expiration Alberto Pomini Venezia Haitam Aleesami Amiens Andrea Rispoli Lecce Mato Jajalo Udinese GK Lorenzo Avogadri Atalanta Free End of loan MF Nicolas Haas César Falletti Bologna George Pușcaș Internazionale Option to buy not exercised MF Eddy Gnahoré Amiens €2.5M Option to buy exercised GK Alberto Brignoli Empoli Free Released for dissolution of club DF Roberto Pirrello FW Kevin Cannavò Stefano Moreo DF Andrea Accardi Palermo Giuseppe Bellusci Monza Corentin Fiore Cercle Brugge Niklas Gunnarsson Sarpsborg Andrea Ingegneri Modena Antonio Mazzotta Crotone Slobodan Rajković Unattached Alessandro Salvi Frosinone Przemysław Szymiński MF Ivaylo Chochev Pescara Luca Fiordilino Venezia Antonino Gallo Lecce FW Simone Lo Faso MF Radosław Murawski Denizlispor Simone Santoro Teramo FW Norbert Balogh Hull City Carlos Embalo Eupen Ilija Nestorovski Udinese Aleksandar Trajkovski Mallorca
Other acquisitions Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Marco Toscano Trapani Free End of loan
Other disposals Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Marco Toscano Virtus Entella Undisclosed Permanent deal
Total expenditure: €0
Total revenue: €2,900,000
Net income: €2,900,000
New club In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Giovanni Ricciardo Cesena Free Permanent deal FW Mario Santana Pro Patria Permanent deal FW Raimondo Lucera Palermo Youth Sector Permanent deal Manuel Peretti Hellas Verona On loan until 30 June 2020 Danilo Ambro Feralpisalò Permanent deal Luigi Mendola Vibonese On loan until 30 June 2020 DF Andrea Accardi Palermo Permanent deal Masimiliano Doda Sampdoria Francesco Vaccaro Altamura Mattia Fallani SPAL On loan until 30 June 2020 Alberto Pelagotti Arezzo Permanent deal MF Erdis Kraja Atalanta On loan until 30 June 2020 Andrea Rizzo Pinna Undisclosed Permanent deal MF Christian Langella Pisa Free On loan until 30 June 2020 DF Edoardo Lancini Brescia Permanent deal MF Alessandro Martinelli MF Juan Mauri Lucchese Permanent deal DF Lorenzo Bechini Sassuolo On loan until 30 June 2020 FW Mattia Felici Lecce DF Roberto Crivello Spezia Permanent deal MF Malaury Martin Hearts Permanent deal GK Gabriele Corallo Trapani Permanent deal MF Gianmarco Corsino Marsala FW Andrea Ferrante Savio DF Bubacarr Marong Parmonval FW Luca Ficarrotta Marsala €35,000 Permanent deal
Post-summer transfers Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Ferdinando Sforzini Cavese Free Permanent deal
Winter 2020 In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Andrea Silipo Roma Free On loan until 30 June 2020 Roberto Floriano Bari Permanent deal Lorenzo Lucca Torino Undisclosed Permanent deal
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Lorenzo Bechini Sassuolo Free Released, early end of loan
Total expenditure: €35,000
Total revenue: €0
Net income: €35,000
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall
Serie D
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Serie D - Group I
Coppa Italia Serie D
Appearances and goals
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Goalscorers
NameSerie DCoppa Italia Serie DTotal19FWGiovanni Ricciardo99225FWRoberto Floriano66332FWFerdinando Sforzini55475FWMattia Felici4411FWMario Santana314673MFErdis Kraja3323MFChristian Langella33814FWLuca Ficarrotta2219DFEdoardo Lancini2230FWAndrea Silipo22115MFDanilo Ambro1123DFMasimiliano Doda1118FWLorenzo Lucca1121FWRaimondo Lucera118MFMalaury Martin116MFAlessandro Martinelli1126MFJuan Mauri1154DFManuel Peretti11Own goal0Totals47148
Clean sheets
NameSerie DCoppa Italia Serie DTotal11GKAlberto Pelagotti1414222GKMattia Fallani33Totals15015
Disciplinary record
NameSerie DCoppa Italia Serie DTotal27DFFrancesco Vaccaro6160114FWLuca Ficarrotta2120119DFEdoardo Lancini727206MFAlessandro Martinelli660075FWMattia Felici440026MFJuan Mauri44004DFAndrea Accardi330024DFRoberto Crivello330033MFChristian Langella33008MFMalaury Martin33001GKAlberto Pelagotti330054DFManuel Peretti330023DFMasimiliano Doda220021FWRaimondo Lucera220025FWRoberto Floriano110073MFErdis Kraja11009FWGiovanni Ricciardo110010MFAndrea Rizzo Pinna110032FWFerdinando Sforzini110030FWAndrea Silipo1100Totals57220005722
Attendances
Serie D14223,10915,93619,72614,455Coppa Italia Serie D12,8002,8002,8002,800Total15225,90915,06119,7262,800
References