| 2014–15 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Carlo Rossi | |||
| Manager | Eusebio Di Francesco | |||
| Stadium | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore | |||
| Serie A | 12th | |||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Domenico Berardi (15) All: Domenico Berardi (15)  | |||
| Highest home attendance | 21,584 vs Juventus (18 October 2014, Serie A)  | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,000 vs Cittadella (21 August 2014, Coppa Italia)  | |||
| Average home league attendance | 12,831[1] | |||
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The 2014–15 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's second consecutive season in Serie A after having been promoted at the end of the 2012–13 season. The club improved markedly on its 2013–14 season, when it finished just above the relation zone in 17th place, by finishing 12th in the 2014–15 campaign, safely in midtable and without the threat of relegation which had dogged the club during its first season in Serie A. The club also competed in the Coppa Italia, where it was eliminated in the Round of 16.
Players
Squad information
- As of 9 March 2015.[2]
 
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| — | FW | Andrea Consigli (from Atlanta) | |
| — | FW | Šime Vrsaljko (from Genoa) | 
Competitions
Serie A
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Milan | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 52 | 
| 11 | Palermo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 49[lower-alpha 1] | 
| 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 49[lower-alpha 1] | 
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 46 | 
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 43 | 
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.).[4]
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 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 
Last updated: 31 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 31 August 2014 1 | Sassuolo | 1–1 | Cagliari | Reggio Emilia | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Berardi  Zaza Peluso  | 
Report | Sau  Balzano Conti  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,292 Referee: Paolo Valeri  | 
| 14 September 2014 2 | Internazionale | 7–0 | Sassuolo | Milan | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Icardi  Kovačić Osvaldo Guarín  | 
Report | Ariaudo  Berardi  | 
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,549 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese  | 
| 21 September 2014 3 | Sassuolo | 0–0 | Sampdoria | Reggio Emilia | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Magnanelli  Peluso Antei  | 
Report | Gastaldello  Gabbiadini  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,004 Referee: Marco Di Bello  | 
| 24 September 2014 4 | Fiorentina | 0–0 | Sassuolo | Florence | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Rodríguez  Bernardeschi  | 
Report | Vrsaljko  Floro Flores  | 
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,175 Referee: Angelo Cervellera  | 
| 28 September 2014 5 | Sassuolo | 0–1 | Napoli | Reggio Emilia | 
| 12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Brighi  Taïder Zaza Gazzola  | 
Report | Callejón  Gargano Jorginho  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,935 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo  | 
| 5 October 2014 6 | Lazio | 3–2 | Sassuolo | Rome | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mauri  Đorđević Onazi Candreva Cana Marchetti  | 
Report | Berardi  Peluso Cannavaro  | 
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,381 Referee: Dino Tommasi  | 
| 18 October 2014 7 | Sassuolo | 1–1 | Juventus | Reggio Emilia | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Zaza  Acerbi  | 
Report | Pogba  Bonucci  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 21,584 Referee: Luca Banti  | 
| 25 October 2014 8 | Parma | 1–3 | Sassuolo | Parma | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mendes  De Ceglie Lucarelli Cassano Ristovski  | 
Report | Floccari  Acerbi Consigli Taïder  | 
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,313 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento  | 
| 28 October 2014 9 | Sassuolo | 3–1 | Empoli | Reggio Emilia | 
| 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Taïder  Missiroli Floccari Berardi Acerbi  | 
Report | Croce  Vecino Maccarone Tonelli  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,710 Referee: Daniele Orsato  | 
| 2 November 2014 10 | Chievo | 0–0 | Sassuolo | Verona | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Meggiorini  | 
Report | Acerbi  Magnanelli Sansone Vrsaljko Antei Floro Flores  | 
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Marco Guida  | 
| 8 November 2014 11 | Sassuolo | 0–0 | Atalanta | Reggio Emilia | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Magnanelli  Berardi Vrsaljko  | 
Report | Benalouane  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,776 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua  | 
| 23 November 2014 12 | Torino | 0–1 | Sassuolo | Turin | 
| 12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Peres  Gazzi  | 
Report | Cannavaro  Zaza Peluso Floro Flores  | 
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 15,528 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli  | 
| 29 November 2014 13 | Sassuolo | 2–1 | Hellas Verona | Reggio Emilia | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Taïder  Sansone Berardi Floro Flores Magnanelli  | 
Report | Moras  Hallfreðsson López Campanharo  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,234 Referee: Daniele Doveri  | 
| 6 December 2014 14 | Roma | 2–2 | Sassuolo | Rome | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Pjanić  De Rossi Nainggolan Ljajić  | 
Report | Zaza  Berardi Vrsaljko Peluso  | 
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,787 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati  | 
| 13 December 2014 15 | Palermo | 2–1 | Sassuolo | Palermo | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rigoni  Belotti  | 
Report | Gazzola  Consigli Magnanelli Pavoletti Zaza Cannavaro  | 
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 21,086 Referee: Fabio Maresca  | 
| 20 December 2014 16 | Sassuolo | 1–1 | Cesena | Reggio Emilia | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Peluso  Berardi Zaza Missiroli Magnanelli  | 
Report | Defrel  Zé Eduardo  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,079 Referee: Angelo Cervellera  | 
| 6 January 2015 17 | Milan | 1–2 | Sassuolo | Milan | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Poli  Alex Ménez  | 
Report | Sansone  Cannavaro Zaza Gazzola Biondini  | 
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 35,034 Referee: Marco Di Bello  | 
| 10 January 2015 18 | Sassuolo | 1–1 | Udinese | Reggio Emilia | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Zaza  Berardi Vrsaljko Cannavaro  | 
Report | Théréau  Widmer  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,221 Referee: Davide Massa  | 
| 18 January 2015 19 | Genoa | 3–3 | Sassuolo | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Iago  Fetfatzidis Lestienne  | 
Report | Berardi  Missiroli Brighi Magnanelli Zaza  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,822 Referee: Piero Giacomelli  | 
| 24 January 2015 20 | Cagliari | 2–1 | Sassuolo | Cagliari | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Rossettini  Capuano João Pedro Čop Ekdal  | 
Report | Acerbi  Zaza Floro Flores  | 
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi  | 
| 1 February 2015 21 | Sassuolo | 3–1 | Internazionale | Reggio Emilia | 
| 12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Missiroli  Zaza Sansone Berardi  | 
Report | Ranocchia  Vidić Donkor Icardi Medel  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 18,446 Referee: Paolo Valeri  | 
| 8 February 2015 22 | Sampdoria | 1–1 | Sassuolo | Genoa | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Éder  Obiang Okaka De Silvestri Regini  | 
Report | Acerbi  Biondini Brighi Lazarević Cannavaro Taïder  | 
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 19,710 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati  | 
| 14 February 2015 23 | Sassuolo | 1–3 | Fiorentina | Reggio Emilia | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Longhi  Zaza Cannavaro Berardi  | 
Report | Salah  Babacar Alonso Savić  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,816 Referee: Daniele Doveri  | 
| 23 February 2015 24 | Napoli | 2–0 | Sassuolo | Naples | 
| 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Maggio  Gargano Zapata Hamšík Mertens  | 
Report | Bianco  Magnanelli  | 
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 46,925 Referee: Davide Massa  | 
| 1 March 2015 25 | Sassuolo | 0–3 | Lazio | Reggio Emilia | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Gazzola  Bianco Longhi Taïder  | 
Report | Parolo  Keita Felipe Anderson Klose  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,807 Referee: Carmine Russo  | 
| 9 March 2015 26 | Juventus | 1–0 | Sassuolo | Turin | 
| 21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Tevez  Pogba  | 
Report | Missiroli  Sansone Magnanelli Zaza  | 
Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 37,506 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo  | 
| 15 March 2015 27 | Sassuolo | 4–1 | Parma | Reggio Emilia | 
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Acerbi  Sansone Berardi Missiroli  | 
Report | Gobbi  Lila Santacroce Mauri Mirante Galloppa  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Angelo Cervellera  | 
| 22 March 2015 28 | Empoli | 3–1 | Sassuolo | Empoli | 
| 12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Saponara  Mchedlidze  | 
Report | Acerbi  Rugani Magnanelli  | 
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,703 Referee: Dino Tommasi  | 
| 4 April 2015 29 | Sassuolo | 1–0 | Chievo | Reggio Emilia | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Berardi  Peluso Biondini Vrsaljko  | 
Report | Gamberini  Radovanović  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,686 Referee: Luca Pairetto  | 
| 12 April 2015 30 | Atalanta | 2–1 | Sassuolo | Bergamo | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Biava  Denis Carmona Cigarini  | 
Report | Berardi  Missiroli  | 
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 15,311 Referee: Daniele Doveri  | 
| 19 April 2015 31 | Sassuolo | 1–1 | Torino | Reggio Emilia | 
| 12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Berardi  Acerbi  | 
Report | Vives  Quagliarella Farnerud Basha  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese  | 
| 26 April 2015 32 | Hellas Verona | 3–2 | Sassuolo | Verona | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Rafael  Greco Juanito Toni Moras Obbadi  | 
Report | Moras  Berardi Cannavaro Floro Flores  | 
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18,375 Referee: Daniele Chiffi  | 
| 29 April 2015 33 | Sassuolo | 0–3 | Roma | Reggio Emilia | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Cannavaro  Zaza Taïder  | 
Report | Doumbia  Florenzi Ibarbo De Rossi Astori Pjanić  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,196 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni  | 
| 2 May 2015 34 | Sassuolo | 0–0 | Palermo | Reggio Emilia | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Lazarević  Brighi  | 
Report | Terzi  Vitiello Rigoni  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,321 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto  | 
| 10 May 2015 35 | Cesena | 2–3 | Sassuolo | Cesena | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Defrel  Brienza Carbonero  | 
Report | Zaza  Taïder Missiroli  | 
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 13,712 Referee: Luca Banti  | 
| 17 May 2015 36 | Sassuolo | 3–2 | Milan | Reggio Emilia | 
| 12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Berardi  Missiroli Consigli  | 
Report | Bonaventura  Bonera Alex Honda El Shaarawy Paletta Suso  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,777 Referee: Marco Guida  | 
| 24 May 2015 37 | Udinese | 0–1 | Sassuolo | Udine | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Kone  Guilherme  | 
Report | Berardi  Magnanelli  | 
Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 8,899 Referee: Rosario Abisso  | 
| 31 May 2015 38 | Sassuolo | 3–1 | Genoa | Reggio Emilia | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Berardi  Zaza Magnanelli Sansone Floccari  | 
Report | Roncaglia  Bertolacci Pavoletti Rincón Izzo  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 14,886 Referee: Angelo Cervellera  | 
Coppa Italia
| 21 August 2014 Third round | Sassuolo | 4–1 | Cittadella | Reggio Emilia | 
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Zaza  Sansone Floro Flores  | 
Coralli  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sig. Rocchi di Firenze  | 
| 2 December 2014 Fourth round | Sassuolo | 1–0 | Pescara | Reggio Emilia | 
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Antei  Floro Flores Pavoletti  | 
Report | Selasi  | 
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 1,887 Referee: Renzo Candussio  | 
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | GK | Alberto Pomini | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | GK | Ciro Polito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | GK | Andrea Consigli | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 79 | GK | Gianluca Pegolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 3 | DF | Alessandro Longhi | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Luca Antei | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11 | DF | Šime Vrsaljko | 23 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | Francesco Acerbi | 32 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | Paolo Bianco | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | DF | Leonardo Fontanesi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Marcello Gazzola | 20 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Emanuele Terranova | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | DF | Paolo Cannavaro | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | DF | Federico Peluso | 29 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | DF | Cesare Natali | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | Francesco Magnanelli | 31 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Raman Chibsah | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Simone Missiroli | 34 | 4 | 30+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Davide Biondini | 30 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Saphir Taïder | 27 | 3 | 19+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | MF | Matteo Brighi | 24 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 10 | FW | Simone Zaza | 33 | 12 | 29+2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | FW | Nicola Sansone | 36 | 7 | 30+5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | FW | Domenico Berardi | 33 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | FW | Dejan Lazarević | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 83 | FW | Antonio Floro Flores | 31 | 4 | 11+18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 99 | FW | Sergio Floccari | 28 | 2 | 10+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||
| 13 | DF | Lorenzo Ariaudo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW | Leonardo Pavoletti | 11 | 1 | 0+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | DF | Thomas Manfredini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | FW | Ettore Gliozzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: BDFutbol
Goalscorers
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 25 | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| 2 | FW | 10 | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | FW | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 4 | MF | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| FW | 83 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | MF | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| DF | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | FW | 99 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Last updated: 30 May 2015
References
- ↑ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".
 - ↑ "Rosa Prima Squadra" [First Team Squad]. U.S. Sassuolo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
 - ↑ "legacalcio.it classification" (in Italian). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
 - ↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.