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 (relegated)
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Grégoire Defrel (9); All: Grégoire Defrel (9)
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
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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

Players

As of 30 May 2015

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ITA	Andrea Tabanelli
24	DF	ITA	Gabriele Perico
25	DF	ITA	Daniele Capelli (on loan from Atalanta)
26	MF	COD	Gaby Mudingayi
27	FW	ITA	Nicola Dalmonte
30	GK	ITA	Federico Agliardi
32	FW	ITA	Gabriele Moncini
33	DF	ITA	Francesco Renzetti
34	MF	ITA	Emmanuel Cascione
44	MF	ITA	Riccardo Cazzola (on loan from Atalanta)
56	MF	ITA	Nico Pulzetti (on loan from Bologna)
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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Udinese	38	10	11	17	43	56	−13	41
17	Atalanta	38	7	16	15	38	57	−19	37
18	Cagliari (R)	38	8	10	20	48	68	−20	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Cesena (R)	38	4	12	22	36	73	−37	24	Relegation to Serie B
20	Parma (R, L, R, R)	38	6	8	24	33	75	−42	19^[a]	Phoenix in Serie D

Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).^[7]
(L) Liquidated after the season due to bankruptcy.; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Nicola Leali	28	0	28	0	0	0
16	GK	ITA	Alberto Iglio	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ITA	Federico Agliardi	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
81	GK	ITA	Walter Bressan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ROU	Constantin Nica	8	0	4+4	0	0	0
6	DF	ITA	Stefano Lucchini	28	1	26+2	1	0	0
14	DF	ITA	Massimo Volta	24	0	19+5	0	0	0
15	DF	SVN	Luka Krajnc	22	0	20+2	0	0	0
17	DF	ISL	Hörður Magnússon	12	0	12	0	0	0
24	DF	ITA	Gabriele Perico	21	0	18+3	0	0	0
25	DF	ITA	Daniele Capelli	30	0	29+1	0	0	0
33	DF	ITA	Francesco Renzetti	23	0	21+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ITA	Luca Valzania	2	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF	ITA	Luigi Giorgi	27	0	24+3	0	0	0
7	MF	COL	Carlos Carbonero	22	3	15+7	3	0	0
8	MF	ITA	Giuseppe De Feudis	25	0	23+2	0	0	0
23	MF	ITA	Andrea Tabanelli	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
26	MF	COD	Gaby Mudingayi	9	0	8+1	0	0	0
34	MF	ITA	Emmanuel Cascione	29	1	24+5	1	0	0
44	MF	ITA	Riccardo Cazzola	5	0	0+5	0	0	0
56	MF	ITA	Nico Pulzetti	9	1	4+5	1	0	0
77	MF	BRA	Zé Eduardo	13	1	7+6	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Alejandro Rodríguez	25	5	6+19	5	0	0
11	FW	ITA	Franco Brienza	30	8	29+1	8	0	0
18	FW	BIH	Milan Đurić	28	2	17+11	2	0	0
19	FW	ITA	Davide Succi	9	2	4+5	2	0	0
27	FW	ITA	Nicola Dalmonte	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
32	FW	ITA	Gabriele Moncini	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
89	FW	ITA	Guido Marilungo	8	1	8	1	0	0
92	FW	FRA	Grégoire Defrel	34	9	31+3	9	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF	ITA	Antonio Mazzotta	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
10	MF	ITA	Manuel Coppola	11	0	10+1	0	0	0
27	FW	POR	Hugo Almeida	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
61	FW	ITA	Luca Garritano	6	0	1+5	0	0	0