2018–19 US Città di Palermo season

Palermo
2018–19 season
President	Giovanni Giammarva ; (until 8 August 2018); Clive Richardson; (from 29 December 2018 until 5 February 2019); Rino Foschi; (from 14 February 2019 until 3 May 2019); Alessandro Albanese; (from 3 May 2019)
Manager	Bruno Tedino; (until 26 September 2018); Roberto Stellone; (from 26 September 2018 until 23 April 2019); Delio Rossi; (from 24 April 2019)
Stadium	Renzo Barbera
Serie B	11th (Relegated to Serie D)
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ilija Nestorovski (14); All: ; Ilija Nestorovski (15)
Highest home attendance	28,351 vs Cittadella; (11 May 2019, Serie B)
Lowest home attendance	4,513 vs Cosenza; (3 November 2018, Serie B)
Average home league attendance	9,394
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo's 2nd consecutive season in Serie B, the second-highest division of Italian football. By the end of the 2018–19 Serie B, Palermo were originally the third-placed team with 63 points, but were relegated to Serie D because the club failed to register in Serie B for financial issues.^[15]

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 March 2019.^[16]
Appearances and goals are counted for domestic leagues (Serie A and Serie B) and national cup (Coppa Italia) and correct as of 11 May 2019.^[17]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1/32^[18]	Alberto Brignoli	GK	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 32)	2018^[19]	2021	Juventus	€1M	31	0
1/33^[20]	Fabrizio Alastra	GK	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26)	2015	2019	Youth Sector	N/A	2	0
12	Leonardo Marson	GK	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)	2016	2020	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
22	Alberto Pomini	GK	(1981-03-17) 17 March 1981 (age 43)	2017^[21]	2019	Sassuolo	Undisclosed	32	0
Defenders
2	Giuseppe Bellusci	CB	(1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 34)	2017^[22]	2020	Leeds United	Free	59	1
3	Andrea Rispoli	RB / RWB	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 35)	2015^[23]	2019	Parma	Free	137	12
4	Andrea Accardi	CB	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 28)	2015	2021^[24]	Youth Sector	N/A	9	0
5	Slobodan Rajković	CB	(1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)	2016^[25]	2020	Darmstadt	€1.5M	53	5
6	Aljaž Struna	CB / RB	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 33)	2012^[26]	2019^[27]	Koper	€300,000	67	2
13	Andrea Ingegneri	CB / LB	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32)	2017^[28]	2021	Pordenone	Undisclosed	-	-
14	Alessandro Salvi	RB / LB	(1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 35)	2018^[29]	2020	Cittadella	Undisclosed	23	2
19	Haitam Aleesami	LB / LWB	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 32)	2016^[30]	2019	Göteborg	€1.2M	94	2
23	Corentin Fiore	LB / CB	(1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 (age 29)	2018^[31]	2020	Standard Liège	Free	3	0
24	Przemysław Szymiński	CB / RB	(1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 29)	2017^[32]	2020	Wisła Płock	€250,000	48	1
27	Antonio Mazzotta	LB / LWB	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 34)	2018^[33]	2020	Pescara	Free	13	1
31	Roberto Pirrello	CB	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 28)	2016	2022^[34]	Youth Sector	N/A	9	1
Midfielders
8	Mato Jajalo	CM / DM	(1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 36)	2015^[35]	2019	Rijeka	Free	147	6
18	Ivaylo Chochev	CM	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)	2014^[36]	2020^[37]	CSKA Sofia	€2M	120	13
21	Luca Fiordilino	DM / CM	(1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 27)	2015	2021^[24]	Youth Sector	N/A	32	0
25/33^[38]	Antonino Gallo	LM	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)	2018^[39]	2021	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
26	Simone Santoro	CM / DM	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999 (age 24)	2018^[40]	2020	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
28/32^[41]	Nicolas Haas^[a]	CM	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28)	2018^[42]	2019	Atalanta	Free	33	1
35	Radosław Murawski	CM / DM	(1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 30)	2017^[43]	2020	Piast Gliwice	€650,000	75	3
Forwards
7/10^[44]	Aleksandar Trajkovski	SS / AM / CF	(1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 31)	2015^[45]	2020	Zulte Waregem	€900,000	113	20
7/15^[46]	Simone Lo Faso	SS	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 26)	2016	2021^[47]	Youth Sector	N/A	14	0
9	Stefano Moreo	CF / RW	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 30)	2018^[48]	2021	Venezia	€1.35M	49	6
11	Carlos Embalo	LW	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 29)	2013^[49]	2020^[50]	Chaves	€195,000	34	1
17	Norbert Balogh	CF	(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 28)	2016^[51]	2020	Debreceni	€2.2M	26	0
20	César Falletti^[a]	AM / RW / LW	(1992-12-02) 2 December 1992 (age 31)	2018^[52]	2019	Bologna	Free	32	4
29	George Pușcaș^[a]	CF	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28)	2018^[53]	2019	Inter	Free	33	9
30	Ilija Nestorovski (C)	CF / SS	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34)	2016^[54]	2021^[55]	Inter Zaprešić	€500,000	99	39
Players transferred in during the season
12	Lorenzo Avogadri^[a]^[b]	GK	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 22)	2018^[56]	2019	Youth Sector	Free	-	-
34	Kevin Cannavò	CF	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24)	2018^[57]	2022	Youth Sector	N/A	2	0
6	Niklas Gunnarsson	RB	(1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33)	2019^[58]	2020	Djurgården	Free	-	-

Name	Signed to	Transfer Fee	Notes
Players transferred out during the season
Norbert Balogh	APOEL	Free	Out on loan^[59]
Leonardo Marson	Olbia	Undisclosed	Permanent deal^[60]
Corentin Fiore	Imolese	Free	Out on loan^[61]
Aljaž Struna	Houston Dynamo	€500,000	Permanent deal^[62]
Carlos Embalo	Cosenza	Free	Out on loan^[63]

Transfers

Pre-summer transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
31 May 2018	MF	Housem Ferchichi	22	Vicenza	Free	End of loan

Summer 2018

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
1 July 2018	GK	Fabrizio Alastra	20	Prato	Free	End of loan
	FW	Carlos Embalo	23	Brescia
	FW	Simone Lo Faso	20	Fiorentina
	GK	Leonardo Marson	20	Sassuolo
	DF	Roberto Pirrello	22	Livorno
	FW	Stefano Moreo	25	Venezia	€1M	Option to buy exercised	[1]
12 July 2018	DF	Antonio Mazzotta	28	Pescara	Free	Released	[2]
18 July 2018	DF	Alessandro Salvi	30	Cittadella	Undisclosed	Permanent deal	[3]
25 July 2018	MF	Nicolas Haas	22	Atalanta	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[4]
25 July 2018	GK	Alberto Brignoli	26	Juventus	€1M	Permanent deal	[5]
8 August 2018	FW	George Pușcaș	22	Inter	Free	On loan with an obligation to buy for €3.3M after playing 3 games	[6]
13 August 2018	FW	César Falletti	25	Bologna	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[7]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2018	GK	Luca Maniero	23	Unattached	—	Contract expiration
30 June 2018	DF	Michel Morganella	29	Unattached	—	Contract expiration
1 July 2018	DF	Paweł Dawidowicz	23	Benfica B	Free	End of loan
1 July 2018	DF	Gabriele Rolando	23	Sampdoria	Free	End of loan
6 July 2018	FW	Antonino La Gumina	22	Empoli	€9M	Permanent deal	[8]
7 July 2018	GK	Josip Posavec	22	Hajduk Split	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[9]
16 July 2018	FW	Igor Coronado	25	Sharjah	€6M	Permanent deal	[10]
26 July 2018	MF	Eddy Gnahoré	24	Amiens	€500,000	On loan with an obligation to buy for €2.5M after playing 20 games	[11]

Other acquisitions

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
1 July 2018	DF	Antony Angileri	17	Juventus Youth Sector	Free	End of loan
	FW	Accursio Bentivegna	22	Carrarese
	FW	Francesco Bonfiglio	21	AlbinoLeffe
	MF	Rosario Costantino	21	Fano
	DF	Rosario Damiano Maddaloni	19	Fano
	MF	Dario Giacomarro	23	Gubbio
	DF	Simone Giuliano	21	Sicula Leonzio
	DF	Davide Monteleone	22
	MF	Davide Petermann	23
	FW	Paolo Grillo	21	Siracusa
	FW	Vincenzo Plescia	20
	DF	Andrea Punzi	21
	MF	Marco Toscano	20
	MF	Gennaro Ruggiero	18	Torino Primavera
	DF	Carmine Setola	19	Pisa
	DF	Shaqir Tafa	19	Monopoli
1 August 2018	FW	Panagiotis Louka	17	Atalanta		On loan until 24 January 2019	[12]
1 August 2018	GK	Lorenzo Avogadri	16	Atalanta		On loan until 30 June 2019	[13]

Other disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2018	MF	Dario Giacomarro	23	Unattached	—	Contract expiration
30 June 2018	FW	Vincenzo Plescia	20	Unattached	—	Contract expiration
17 July 2018	MF	Danilo Ambro	19	FeralpiSalò	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[14]
19 July 2018	DF	Simone Giuliano	21	Pro Piacenza			[15]
24 July 2018	DF	Giuseppe Tarantino	19	Gravina			[16]
25 July 2018	DF	Carmine Setola	19	Fano			[17]
31 July 2018	GK	Graziano Belladonna	18	Lecco			[18]
1 August 2018	GK	Samuele Guddo	19	Latina			[19]
4 August 2018	FW	Cosimo Marco Da Graca	16	Juventus Youth Sector		On loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy	[20]
7 August 2018	DF	Shaqir Tafa	19	Cuneo		On loan until 30 June 2019	[21]
8 August 2018	MF	Davide Petermann	23	Reggina	Undisclosed	Permanent deal	[22]
9 August 2018	MF	Marco Toscano	21	Trapani	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[23]
16 August 2018	DF	Ivo Quaranta	17	Foggia	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy and counter-option	[24]

Post-summer transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
21 August 2018	FW	Norbert Balogh	22	APOEL	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[25]
25 August 2018	GK	Leonardo Marson	20	Olbia	Undisclosed	Permanent deal	[26]
30 August 2018	DF	Corentin Fiore	23	Imolese	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[27]

Pre-winter transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
24 December 2018	DF	Aljaž Struna	28	Houston Dynamo	€500,000	Permanent deal	[33]

Other pre-winter disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
1 December 2018	MF	Housem Ferchichi	22	Este	Free	Unknown	[34]
7 December 2018	FW	Francesco Bonfiglio	21	Marsala	Free	Released	[35]

Winter 2019

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
25 January 2019	FW	Carlos Embalo	24	Cosenza	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[36]

Other acquisitions

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
3 January 2019	DF	Simone Giuliano	21	Pro Piacenza	Free	Released due to economic crisis of Pro Piacenza

Other disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
24 January 2019	FW	Panagiotis Louka	18	Atalanta	Free	End of loan

Post-winter transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
1 March 2019	DF	Niklas Gunnarsson	27	Unattached	Free	Until 30 June 2020	[37]

Total expenditure: €2,000,000

Total revenue: €16,000,000

Net income: €14,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

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R.L. Sappada

21 July 2018 Friendly	Palermo	20–0	R.L. Sappada	Sappada (Udine)
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mina 15' (o.g.) Nestorovski 17', 21', 25', 36' Trajkovski 22' Pirrello 31' Accardi 33' Moreo 42' Embalo 46', 74', 86' Lo Faso 49' Balogh 53', 66', 81' Gnahoré 69', 87' Rispoli 71', 90'	Report		Stadium: Sappada local stadium Referee: Marco Cecchin

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Sandonà 1922

27 July 2018 Friendly	Palermo	6-1	Sandonà 1922	Sappada (Udine)
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fiordilino 3', 30' Trajkovski 20', 34' Nestorovski 27' Santoro 62'	Report	44' Ferrarese	Stadium: Sappada local stadium Referee: Bogdan Nicolae Sfira

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	25 August 2018	11 May 2019	Matchday 1	11th place^[a]	36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	044.44
Coppa Italia	5 August 2018	12 August 2018	Second round	Third round	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					38	16	16	6	60	42	+18	042.11

Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
9	Cremonese	36	12	13	11	37	33	+4	49
10	Cosenza	36	11	13	12	34	42	−8	46
11	Palermo^[a] (R, E, R)	36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	43^[b]	Demotion to Serie D
12	Crotone	36	11	10	15	40	42	−2	43^[b]
13	Ascoli	36	10	13	13	40	56	−16	43^[b]

Source: Lega Serie B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[64]
(E) Eliminated; (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
36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	63	8	9	1	31	16	+15	8	6	4	26	22	+4

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	A	H	A	H	A	-	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	-	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	L	B	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	B	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D
Position	13	10	6	3	7	9	5	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	11

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Serie B

25 August 2018 1	Salernitana	0–0	Palermo	Salerno
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pucino 28' Di Tacchio 58'	Report	61' Murawski 88' Bellusci	Stadium: Arechi Attendance: 12,979^[65] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

31 August 2018 2	Palermo	2–2	Cremonese	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trajkovski 26' Haas 63' Bellusci 77' Mazzotta 88' 89'	Report	64' Strefezza 82' Mogos	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,779^[65] Referee: Luigi Nasca

16 September 2018 3	Foggia	1–2	Palermo	Foggia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Deli 10' Kragl 37' Tonucci 68' Camporese 80'	Report	12' Bellusci 54' Salvi 55' Falletti 64' Trajkovski 85' Murawski	Stadium: Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 10,778^[65] Referee: Livio Marinelli

22 September 2018 4	Palermo	4–1	Perugia	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellusci 14' Jajalo 20' Nestorovski 18', 68' (pen.) Trajkovski 58'	Report	23' Moscati 40' Gyömbér 79' Dragomir	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,313^[65] Referee: Francesco Fourneau

25 September 2018 5	Brescia	2–1	Palermo	Brescia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donnarumma 27', 29' Torregrossa 40' Ndoj 51' Tonali 90+3'	Report	77' Aleesami 86' Moreo	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 6,103^[65] Referee: Marco Piccinini

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7 October 2018 7	Palermo	1–0	Crotone	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rajković 17' Bellusci, Trajkovski 41' Nestorovski 86'	Report	2' Budimir	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,011^[65] Referee: Davide Ghersini

21 October 2018 8	Lecce	1–2	Palermo	Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tabanelli 37' La Mantia 65'	Report	29' 86' Nestorovski 51' Mazzotta 52' Jajalo 85' Pușcaș 88' Brignoli	Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 12,719^[65] Referee: Manuel Volpi

26 October 2018 9	Palermo	1–1	Venezia	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Salvi 9' Nestorovski 60' Trajkovski 63' Bellusci 65' Struna 87' 90'	Report	59' Segre 65'Litteri 89' Di Mariano	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,067^[65] Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

30 October 2018 10	Carpi	0–3	Palermo	Carpi
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sabbione 25' Pezzi 39' 45+1'	Report	5' Falletti 27' Rajković 47' 61' Jajalo 49' Pirrello 66' Rispoli 74' Nestorovski	Stadium: Sandro Cabassi Attendance: 1,875^[65] Referee: Niccolò Baroni

3 November 2018 11	Palermo	2–1	Cosenza	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Murawski 8' Bellusci 35' Jajalo 67' Salvi 77' Pușcaș 90' Struna 90+6'	Report	15' Mungo 73' Garritano 79' Baclet 90+6' Pascali 90+7' Idda	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,513^[65] Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

11 November 2018 12	Palermo	3–0	Pescara	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pușcaș 37' 57' Murawski 86' Moreo 87' Struna 90+2'	Report	43' Mancuso 89' Pepín	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,222^[65] Referee: Livio Marinelli

23 November 2018 13	Hellas Verona	1–1	Palermo	Verona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Carmine 31' Lee 59'	Report	9' Bellusci 67' Rajković	Stadium: Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,258^[65] Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

30 November 2018 14	Palermo	0–0	Benevento	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jajalo 26' Rajković 56' Salvi 72'	Report	63' Billong 81' Maggio	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 7,714^[65] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

8 December 2018 15	Padova	1–3	Palermo	Padua
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonazzoli 30' Clemenza 38' Cappelletti 45' Belingheri 90'	Report	43' Trajkovski 65' Haas 66' Moreo 68' Rajković 70' Nestorovski 72' Szymiński	Stadium: Euganeo Attendance: 8,215^[65] Referee: Federico Dionisi

15 December 2018 16	Palermo	1-1	Livorno	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moreo 14' Bellusci 77' Falletti 78'	Report	25' Raičević 57' Porcino 59' Fazzi 80' Agazzi	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,734^[65] Referee: Valerio Marini

23 December 2018 17	Spezia	1-1	Palermo	La Spezia
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capradossi 34' Gyasi 86' De Col 90+4'	Report	25' Falletti 38' Murawski 59' Aleesami 70' Salvi 80' Bellusci	Stadium: Alberto Picco Attendance: 5 609^[65] Referee: Riccardo Ros

27 December 2018 18	Palermo	3-0	Ascoli	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+1:00)	Perucchini 26' (o.g.) Jajalo 58' Čočev 73' Szymiński 86'	Report	68' Addae	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 8 262^[65] Referee: Fabio Piscopo

30 December 2018 19	Cittadella	0-1	Palermo	Cittadella
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adorni 37' Benedetti 54'	Report	51' Falletti 83' Bellusci 90+3' Fiordilino	Stadium: Piercesare Tombolato Attendance: 4 815^[65] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

18 January 2019 20	Palermo	1-2	Salernitana	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jajalo 17' 70' Pirrello 59' Chochev 79'	Report	41' André Anderson 55' Migliorini 83' Di Tacchio 90+3' Casasola	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,674^[65] Referee: Federico Dionisi

26 January 2019 21	Cremonese	2-0	Palermo	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arini 45+3' Boultam 63' Migliore 70'	Report	26' Chochev 33' Bellusci	Stadium: Giovanni Zini Attendance: 7,007^[65] Referee: Livio Marinelli

4 February 2019 22	Palermo	0-0	Foggia	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Salvi 32' Murawski 40' Falletti 62'	Report	25' Gerbo	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,617^[65] Referee: Davide Ghersini

9 February 2019 23	Perugia	1-2	Palermo	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bianco 40' Sadiq 66' Melchiorri 89' Verre 90+3'	Report	2', 47' Pușcaș 28' Haas 62' Bellusci	Stadium: Renato Curi Attendance: 8,105^[65] Referee: Marco Serra

15 February 2019 24	Palermo	1-1	Brescia	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Falletti 19' Rispoli 64' Nestorovski 79'	Report	8' Torregrossa 71' Ndoj 82' Sabelli 90+2' 90+3' Tremolada	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,329^[65] Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

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26 February 2019 26	Crotone	3-0	Palermo	Crotone
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rohdén 28' Curado 69' Mráz 78' Simy 90+2' (pen.)	Report	55' Moreo 72' Szymiński 90+1' Bellusci	Stadium: Ezio Scida Attendance: 6,104^[65] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

2 March 2019 27	Palermo	2-1	Lecce	Palermo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trajkovski 4' Nestorovski 38' Pușcaș 52' Salvi 66' Brignoli 84'	Report	22' Lucioni 45+1' Mancosu 55' Meccariello 90+3' Tabanelli	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,899^[65] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

11 March 2019 28	Venezia	1-1	Palermo	Venice
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bocalon 39' 40'	Report	43' Bellusci 84' Pușcaș	Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 3,154^[65] Referee: Riccardo Ros

17 March 2019 29	Palermo	4-1	Carpi	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Falletti 11' Nestorovski 15', 87' Rajković 63' Fiordilino 79' Pușcaș 85'	Report	44' 82' Krešić 46' Mustacchio 55' Jelenič 67' Di Noia 69' 69' Pasciuti 81' Vano	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,333^[65] Referee: Luca Massimi

30 March 2019 30	Cosenza	1-1	Palermo	Cosenza
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dermaku 11' Sciaudone 36' 88'	Report	19' 88' 90' Nestorovski 28' Murawski 35' Bellusci 45+1' Moreo 45+3' Jajalo 52' Rajković	Stadium: San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 9,268^[65] Referee: Manuel Volpi

3 April 2019 31	Pescara	3-2	Palermo	Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Grosso 6' Monachello 31' Memushaj 68' Scognamiglio 86' 89' Mancuso 88'	Report	15' Moreo 37' 40' Pirrello 45+3' Jajalo 76' Murawski	Stadium: Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 6,557^[65] Referee: Luigi Nasca

8 April 2019 32	Palermo	1-0	Hellas Verona	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murawski 29' Nestorovski 46' 80' Bellusci 82' 90'	Report	64' Gustafson 67' Pazzini 90+3' Dawidowicz	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 10,377^[65] Referee: Antonio Giua

14 April 2019 33	Benevento	1-2	Palermo	Benevento
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Caldirola 66' Bandinelli 73' Asencio 89'	Report	42' Nestorovski 53' Haas 61' Jajalo 74' Rajković 77' Salvi 81' Pușcaș 90+3' Moreo	Stadium: Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 10,861^[65] Referee: Davide Ghersini

22 April 2019 34	Palermo	1-1	Padova	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trajkovski 14' Salvi 30' Haas 68' Pușcaș 90+3'	Report	15' Pulzetti 35' Baraye 41' Trevisan 82' Lollo	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 11,639^[65] Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

27 April 2019 35	Livorno	2-2	Palermo	Livorno
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonnelli 45+2' Gori 47' Diamanti 73' Raičević 82'	Report	41' (pen.) Nestorovski 52' Jajalo 89' Trajkovski 90+2' Bellusci	Stadium: Armando Picchi Attendance: 6,541^[65] Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

1 May 2019 36	Palermo	2-2	Spezia	Palermo
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jajalo 32' Moreo 40' Haas 61' Rajković 70' Murawski 83'	Report	30', 44' Maggiore 72' Mora	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 7,250^[65] Referee: Antonio Rapuano

4 May 2019 37	Ascoli	1-2	Palermo	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Addae 63' Casarini 80'	Report	60' 65' Moreo 73' Rajković 76' Jajalo 85' Szymiński 86' Haas	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 6,541^[65] Referee: Francesco Fourneau

11 May 2019 38	Palermo	2-2	Cittadella	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nestorovski 21' Trajkovski 23'	Report	50' Frare 65' Diaw 82' Adorni	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 28,351^[65] Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Coppa Italia

5 August 2018 Second round	Palermo	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Vicenza	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Salvi 57' Jajalo 62' Haas 90+1' Rajković 90+4', 117'	Report	51' Bianchi 55' 90+2' (pen.) Giacomelli 100' Tronco	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,766^[66] Referee: Francesco Fourneau
	Penalties
	Nestorovski Trajkovski Embalo Rajković Salvi Fiore Bellusci		Giacomelli Tronco Gashi Bonetto Zonta Grandi Stevanin

12 August 2018 Third round	Cagliari	2–1	Palermo	Cagliari
20:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Pavoletti 31', 73' Cigarini 42'	Report	38' Rajković 52' (pen.) Nestorovski 64' Murawski	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 10,201^[67] Referee: Paolo Valeri

Appearances and goals

As of 11 May 2019^[11]^[12]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1/32	GK	ITA	Alberto Brignoli	33	-35	31	-31	2	-4
1/33	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Alastra	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Avogadri	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ITA	Leonardo Marson	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	ITA	Alberto Pomini	5	-7	5	-7	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bellusci	32	1	30	1	2	0
3	DF	ITA	Andrea Rispoli	22	0	22	0	0	0
4	DF	ITA	Andrea Accardi	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	SRB	Slobodan Rajković	32	4	30	2	2	2
6	DF	NOR	Niklas Gunnarsson	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	SVN	Aljaž Struna	5	1	5	1	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Andrea Ingegneri	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ITA	Alessandro Salvi	23	2	21	2	2	0
19	DF	NOR	Haitam Aleesami	29	0	29	0	0	0
23	DF	BEL	Corentin Fiore	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	POL	Przemysław Szymiński	20	1	20	1	0	0
27	DF	ITA	Antonio Mazzotta	13	1	11	1	2	0
31	DF	ITA	Roberto Pirrello	9	1	9	1	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BIH	Mato Jajalo	35	3	33	3	2	0
18	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Chochev	12	1	12	1	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Luca Fiordilino	18	0	16	0	2	0
25/33	MF	ITA	Antonino Gallo	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ITA	Simone Santoro	0	0	0	0	0	0
28/32	MF	SUI	Nicolas Haas	33	1	32	1	1	0
35	MF	POL	Radosław Murawski	34	1	32	1	2	0
Forwards
7/10	FW	MKD	Aleksandar Trajkovski	36	8	34	8	2	0
7/15	FW	ITA	Simone Lo Faso	2	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	ITA	Stefano Moreo	33	6	31	6	2	0
11	FW	GNB	Carlos Embalo	6	0	4	0	2	0
17	FW	HUN	Norbert Balogh	2	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	URU	César Falletti	32	4	32	4	0	0
29	FW	ROU	George Pușcaș	33	9	33	9	0	0
30	FW	MKD	Ilija Nestorovski	28	15	26	14	2	1
34	FW	ITA	Kevin Cannavò	2	0	2	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 11 May 2019^[11]^[12]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
1	30	FW	Ilija Nestorovski	14	1	15
2	29	FW	George Pușcaș	9		9
3	7/10	FW	Aleksandar Trajkovski	8		8
4	9	FW	Stefano Moreo	6		6
5	20	FW	César Falletti	4		4
5	5	DF	Slobodan Rajković	2	2	4
7	8	MF	Mato Jajalo	3		3
8	14	DF	Alessandro Salvi	2		2
9	2	DF	Giuseppe Bellusci	1		1
	18	MF	Ivaylo Chochev	1		1
	32	MF	Nicolas Haas	1		1
	27	DF	Antonio Mazzotta	1		1
	35	MF	Radosław Murawski	1		1
	31	DF	Roberto Pirrello	1		1
	6	DF	Aljaž Struna	1		1
	24	DF	Przemysław Szymiński	1		1
Own goal				1		1
Totals				57	3	60

Clean sheets

As of 11 May 2019^[68]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
1	1/32	GK	Alberto Brignoli	7^[a]		7
2	22	GK	Alberto Pomini	2^[b]		2
Totals				9	0	9

Disciplinary record

As of 11 May 2019^[12]

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B			Coppa Italia			Total
2	DF		Giuseppe Bellusci	15	1	1				15	1	1
3	DF		Andrea Rispoli	1		1				1		1
7/10	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	1		1				1		1
30	FW		Ilija Nestorovski	4	1					4	1
8	MF		Mato Jajalo	12			1			13
35	MF		Radosław Murawski	9			1			10
5	DF		Slobodan Rajković	8			1			9
14	DF		Alessandro Salvi	7			1			8
28/32	MF		Nicolas Haas	6			1			7
9	FW		Stefano Moreo	5						5
20	FW		César Falletti	4						4
31	DF		Roberto Pirrello	3						3
6	DF		Aljaž Struna	3						3
24	DF		Przemysław Szymiński	3						3
19	DF		Haitam Aleesami	2						2
1/32	GK		Alberto Brignoli	2						2
18	MF		Ivaylo Chochev	2						2
21	MF		Luca Fiordilino	2						2
27	DF		Antonio Mazzotta	2						2
29	FW		George Pușcaș	2						2
Totals				93	2	3	5	0	0	98	2	3

Attendances

As of 11 May 2019

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Serie B	18	169,084	9,394	28,351	4,513
Coppa Italia	1	5,766	5,766	5,766	5,766
Total	19	174,850	9,203	28,351	4,513

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2018–19 US Città di Palermo season

Contents

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Pre-summer transfers

Summer 2018

In

Out

Other acquisitions

Other disposals

Post-summer transfers

Other post-summer disposals

Pre-winter transfers

Other pre-winter disposals

Winter 2019

Out

Other acquisitions

Other disposals

Post-winter transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Serie B

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Serie B

Coppa Italia

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Attendances

References

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
22 August 2018	DF	Rosario Damiano Maddaloni	20	Rende	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy and counter-option	[28]
24 August 2018	FW	Accursio Bentivegna	22	Carrarese	Undisclosed	Permanent deal	[29]
24 August 2018	FW	Paolo Grillo	21	Pro Vercelli	Undisclosed	Permanent deal	[30]
31 August 2018	DF	Andrea Punzi	21	Paganese	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[31]
8 September 2018	DF	Davide Monteleone	22	Darfo Boario	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019	[32]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	63	8	9	1	31	16	+15	8	6	4	26	22	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	63	8	9	1	31	16	+15	8	6	4	26	22	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	63	8	9	1	31	16	+15	8	6	4	26	22	+4