2016–17 US Sassuolo Calcio season

Sassuolo
2016–17 season
President	Carlo Rossi
Manager	Eusebio Di Francesco
Stadium	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Grégoire Defrel (12); All: ; Grégoire Defrel (16)
Highest home attendance	21,584 vs Juventus; (29 January 2017, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	1,154 vs Genk; (9 December 2016, Europa League)
Average home league attendance	12,362
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's fourth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Sassuolo is competed in Serie A, finishing 12th, in the Coppa Italia, being eliminated in the round of 16, and in the UEFA Europa League, where they were eliminated in the group stage. Sassuolo had achieved their first ever Europa League qualification after finishing 6th at the end of the 2015–16 season.^[2]

Players

Squad information

As of 31 August 2016

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Alberto Pomini ^EL
4	MF	ITA	Francesco Magnanelli ^EL (captain)
5	DF	ITA	Luca Antei ^EL
6	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Pellegrini ^EL
7	MF	ITA	Simone Missiroli ^EL
8	MF	ITA	Davide Biondini ^EL
9	FW	ITA	Pietro Iemmello
10	FW	ITA	Alessandro Matri ^EL
11	FW	FRA	Grégoire Defrel ^EL
12	MF	ITA	Stefano Sensi
13	DF	ITA	Federico Peluso ^EL
15	DF	ITA	Francesco Acerbi ^EL
16	FW	ITA	Matteo Politano ^EL
20	DF	ESP	Pol Lirola ^EL (on loan from Juventus)
22	MF	ITA	Luca Mazzitelli ^EL


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	ITA	Marcello Gazzola ^EL
25	FW	ITA	Domenico Berardi ^EL
26	DF	ITA	Emanuele Terranova
27	FW	ITA	Federico Ricci ^EL (on loan from Roma)
28	DF	ITA	Paolo Cannavaro ^EL
31	MF	ITA	Simone Caputo ^{EL B}
32	MF	GHA	Alfred Duncan ^EL
39	DF	ITA	Cristian Dell'Orco
47	GK	ITA	Andrea Consigli ^EL
55	DF	NED	Timo Letschert ^EL
79	GK	ITA	Gianluca Pegolo ^EL
90	MF	ITA	Antonino Ragusa ^EL
97	FW	ITA	Giacomo Zecca
98	DF	ITA	Claud Adjapong ^EL

Players in the squad list submitted to UEFA for UEFA Europa League group stage are indicated by ^EL.^[3]

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
1 July 2016	MF	Stefano Sensi		Cesena		Loan return
1 July 2016	MF	Luca Mazzitelli		Brescia		Loan return
1 July 2016	DF	Cristian Dell'Orco		Novara		Loan return
1 July 2016	FW	Aladje		Ischia		Loan return
1 July 2016	FW	Matteo Politano	22	Roma	Undisclosed	activate option in the loan contract
3 August 2016	DF	Timo Letschert	23	Utrecht	Undisclosed		^[4]
16 August 2016	FW	Alessandro Matri	31	Milan	Undisclosed		^[5]
26 August 2016	MF	Antonino Ragusa	26	Cesena	Undisclosed		^[6]
31 August 2016	FW	Pietro Iemmello	24	Spezia	Undisclosed		^[7]
31 August 2016	DF	Gian Marco Ferrari	24	Crotone	Undisclosed	Return to Crotone on loan	^[8]
31 August 2016	FW	Pietro Cianci		Andria	Undisclosed	Return to Andria on loan	^[9]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
28 July 2016	DF	Pol Lirola	18	Juventus	Loan		^[10]
31 August 2016	MF	Federico Ricci	22	Roma	Loan		^[11]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
1 July 2016	DF	Alessandro Longhi	27	Free agent	Free	End of contract
5 July 2016	DF	Šime Vrsaljko	24	Atlético Madrid	Undisclosed		^[12]
15 July 2016	MF	Raman Chibsah	23	Benevento	Loan	Loan return on 1 July	^[13]
15 July 2016	FW	Alessio Vita	23	Vicenza	Loan	Loan return on 1 July	^[13]
7 August 2016	FW	Nicola Sansone	24	Villarreal	Undisclosed		^[14]
25 August 2016	DF	Lorenzo Ariaudo	27	Frosinone	Undisclosed	Loan return on 1 July	^[6]^[15]
27 August 2016	MF	Karim Laribi	25	Cesena	Loan		^[16]
27 August 2016	DF	Jonathan Rossini	27	Livorno	Loan	Loan return on 1 July	^[17]
31 August 2016	DF	Leonardo Fontanesi	20	Brescia	Loan	Loan return on 1 July	^[18]
31 August 2016	MF	Giovanni Sbrissa	19	Brescia	Loan	Loan return on 1 July	^[18]
31 August 2016	FW	Diego Falcinelli	25	Crotone	Loan		^[19]
31 August 2016	FW	Marcello Trotta	23	Crotone	Loan		^[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

6 July 2016 Friendly

Sassuolo

9–1

Rappresentiva Montagna

Mals

9 July 2016 Friendly

Sassuolo

9–0

ASD Salorno

Mals

9 July 2016 Friendly

Sassuolo

14–0

FC Egna

Mals

13 July 2016 Friendly

Sassuolo

3–1

Stuttgarter Kickers

Mals

20 July 2016 Friendly	Sassuolo	1–0	Hapoel Haifa	Sassuolo
				Stadium: Enzo Ricci

21 July 2016 Friendly	Sassuolo	8–0	A.C.D. Castelvetro	Sassuolo
				Stadium: Enzo Ricci

10 August 2016 Trofeo TIM	Sassuolo	0–1	Celta Vigo	Reggio Emilia
		Report	Dražić 15'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Referee: Luca Pairetto
Note: 45-minute match

10 August 2016 Trofeo TIM	Sassuolo	3–2	Milan	Reggio Emilia
	Falcinelli 18' Politano 31' Trotta 39'	Report	Niang 2' (pen.), 10'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
Note: 45-minute match

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	—	12th	21 August 2016	28 May 2017
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	—	Round of 16	18 January 2017
Europa League	Third qualifying round	—	Group stage	28 July 2016	8 December 2016

Last updated: 28 May 2017

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Sampdoria	38	12	12	14	49	55	−6	48
11	Cagliari	38	14	5	19	55	76	−21	47
12	Sassuolo	38	13	7	18	58	63	−5	46
13	Udinese	38	12	9	17	47	56	−9	45
14	Chievo	38	12	7	19	43	61	−18	43

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[20]

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	13	7	18	58	63	−5	46	7	3	9	27	28	−1	6	4	9	31	35	−4

Last updated: 28 May 2017.
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	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
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L
Position	7	13	17	11	13	9	13	10	9	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	13	15	12	13	12	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 August 2016 1	Palermo	0–1	Sassuolo	Palermo
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rajković 32' 90+1' Quaison 80'	Report	Berardi 31' (pen.) Mazzitelli 41' Consigli 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 12,935 Referee: Luca Pairetto

28 August 2016 2	Sassuolo	0–3 (Awarded)^[A]	Pescara	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acerbi 26' Defrel 38' Berardi 67' Biondini 90+3'	Report	Brugman 36' Campagnaro 69' Manaj 81'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,071 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

10 September 2016 3	Juventus	3–1	Sassuolo	Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Higuaín 5', 10' Pjanić 27' Benatia 85'	Report	Antei 33' Gazzola 82' Ricci 90+7'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,519 Referee: Marco Di Bello

18 September 2016 4	Sassuolo	2–0	Genoa	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Politano 58' (pen.) Defrel 66'	Report	Pavoletti 58' Orbán 76' Veloso 86' 86'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,134 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

21 September 2016 5	Chievo	2–1	Sassuolo	Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rigoni 21' Castro 40' Meggiorini 60' Sorrentino 90+4'	Report	Defrel 28' Biondini 54'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

25 September 2016 6	Sassuolo	1–0	Udinese	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Defrel 34' Peluso 44' Biondini 71' Magnanelli 88'	Report	Heurtaux 50' Danilo 67'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,343 Referee: Daniele Doveri

2 October 2016 7	Milan	4–3	Sassuolo	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonaventura 9' Montolivo 51' Bacca 69' (pen.) Locatelli 73' Paletta 77'	Report	Politano 10', 90+1' Adjapong 23' Acerbi 54' Pellegrini 56', 76' Antei 68' Biondini 90+3'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 31,738 Referee: Marco Guida

16 October 2016 8	Sassuolo	2–1	Crotone	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sensi 83' Iemmello 86', 87'	Report	Falcinelli 2' Crisetig 33' Capezzi 85' Palladino 90+1'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Davide Massa

23 October 2016 9	Bologna	1–1	Sassuolo	Bologna
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verdi 10'	Report	Pellegrini 77' Matri 86'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 20,201 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

26 October 2016 10	Sassuolo	1–3	Roma	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cannavaro 12' Mazzitelli 30' Pellegrini 72' Lirola 75'	Report	Džeko 57', 76' (pen.) Nainggolan 78'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,221 Referee: Antonio Damato

30 October 2016 11	Lazio	2–1	Sassuolo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Felipe Anderson 35' Lulić 36', 50' Immobile 55'	Report	Acerbi 33' Defrel 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

6 November 2016 12	Sassuolo	0–3	Atalanta	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biondini 13' Gazzola 45' Peluso 70' Ricci 79'	Report	Gómez 19' Caldara 24' Conti 43', 61' Gagliardini 58'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,140 Referee: Fabio Maresca

20 November 2016 13	Sampdoria	3–2	Sassuolo	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sala 18' Škriniar 30' Silvestre 52' Torreira 76' Quagliarella 84' Muriel 85', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Antei 21' Missiroli 53' Peluso 62' Ricci 64' Ragusa 74'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,052 Referee: Daniele Doveri

28 November 2016 14	Napoli	1–1	Sassuolo	Naples
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Strinić 10' Allan 13' Insigne 42' Mertens 66'	Report	Peluso 12' Mazzitelli 37' Ricci 47' Ragusa 70' Defrel 82'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 49,490 Referee: Paolo Valeri

4 December 2016 15	Sassuolo	3–0	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pellegrini 22' (pen.) Ricci 36' (pen.) Ragusa 44', 53' Magnanelli 68' Antei 69' Mazzitelli 81'	Report	Skorupski 22' Barba 34' Croce 35' Krunić 44' Mauri 61' Bellusci 66'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,588 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

12 December 2016 16	Fiorentina	2–1	Sassuolo	Florence
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kalinić 10', 40', 90+3' Salcedo 20' Astori 67'	Report	Peluso 65' Acerbi 76'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 22,049 Referee: Michael Fabbri

18 December 2016 17	Sassuolo	0–1	Internazionale	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Missiroli 61'	Report	Candreva 47' João Mário 68' Brozović 72' Melo 75' 90+2' Gabriel 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 15,221 Referee: Marco Di Bello

22 December 2016 18	Cagliari	4–3	Sassuolo	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sau 14' Farias 45', 73', 76' Di Gennaro 49' Borriello 62' Padoin 67'	Report	Ragusa 3' Adjapong 18', 29' Pellegrini 33', 34' Acerbi 58' (pen.) Mazzitelli 77'	Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia Attendance: 11,440 Referee: Domenico Celi

8 January 2017 19	Sassuolo	0–0	Torino	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Berardi 85' Ragusa 90+2'	Report	Belotti 65' Valdifiori 76' Baselli 90+2'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,805 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

15 January 2017 20	Sassuolo	4–1	Palermo	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matri 15', 66' Ragusa 24' Mazzitelli 47' Lirola 71' Politano 83'	Report	Quaison 8', 33' Goldaniga 74'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,074 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

22 January 2017 21	Pescara	1–3	Sassuolo	Pescara
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Caprari 16' Coda 20' Bruno 44' Bahebeck 56' Cristante 84'	Report	Matri 1', 73', 25' Berardi 39' Pellegrini 44', 65' Antei 89' Politano 90'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 10,463 Referee: Paolo Valeri

29 January 2017 22	Sassuolo	0–2	Juventus	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Politano 23' Mazzitelli 37' Peluso 65'	Report	Higuaín 9' Khedira 25' Pjanić 58'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 21,584 Referee: Daniele Doveri

5 February 2017 23	Genoa	0–1	Sassuolo	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cataldi 48' Izzo 60'	Report	Pellegrini 26' Aquilani 33'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 18,686 Referee: Carmine Russo

12 February 2017 24	Sassuolo	1–3	Chievo	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Letschert 4' Matri 24'	Report	Dainelli 36' Inglese 39', 56', 67' Gobbi 45+2' Gakpé 90'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,581 Referee: Luca Pairetto

19 February 2017 25	Udinese	1–2	Sassuolo	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fofana 7' Hallfreðsson 30' Danilo 67' De Paul 90+2'	Report	Aquilani 20' Peluso 49' Defrel 70', 79'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 17,719 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

26 February 2017 26	Sassuolo	0–1	Milan	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Berardi 8' Aquilani 21' Defrel 24' Peluso 25' Pellegrini 58' Duncan 90+3'	Report	Kucka 11' Bacca 22' (pen.) Sosa 30' Bertolacci 38'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 18,842 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

5 March 2017 27	Crotone	0–0	Sassuolo	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosi 37' Ceccherini 63' Martella 66'	Report	Gazzola 73'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 7,544 Referee: Michael Fabbri

12 March 2017 28	Sassuolo	0–1	Bologna	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cannavaro 25' Berardi 41' Politano 60'	Report	Helander 34' Destro 58', 59' Di Francesco 64' Torosidis 64' Masina 83'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,773 Referee: Paolo Valeri

19 March 2017 29	Roma	3–1	Sassuolo	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paredes 16' Salah 45+2' Džeko 68' Strootman 90+4'	Report	Defrel 9' Letschert 37' Peluso 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,477 Referee: Marco Di Bello

1 April 2017 30	Sassuolo	1–2	Lazio	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 26' (pen.) Pellegrini 32' Lirola 89'	Report	Lulić 5' Strakosha 26' Hoedt 33' Immobile 42' Consigli 83' (o.g.) Keita 90'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 12,737 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

8 April 2017 31	Atalanta	1–1	Sassuolo	Bergamo
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cristante 27', 73' Petagna 29' Gómez 81'	Report	Pellegrini 36' Cannavaro 77' Missiroli 90' Duncan 90+2' Berardi 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 18,209 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

15 April 2017 32	Sassuolo	2–1	Sampdoria	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pellegrini 24' Peluso 45+2' Ragusa 49' Acerbi 56' Politano 58'	Report	Bereszyński 20' Schick 28' Linetty 51'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,362 Referee: Luca Pairetto

23 April 2017 33	Sassuolo	2–2	Napoli	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 59' Mazzitelli 64', 80' Sensi 77' Duncan 88'	Report	Mertens 52' Strinić 80' Milik 84'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 18,870 Referee: Antonio Damato

30 April 2017 34	Empoli	1–3	Sassuolo	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pucciarelli 24' (pen.) Dioussé 65' Maccarone 81'	Report	Duncan 8', 57' Peluso 19' Matri 34' Letschert 52' Sensi 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 7,484 Referee: Daniele Doveri

7 May 2017 35	Sassuolo	2–2	Fiorentina	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ragusa 25' Berardi 28' Adjapong 32' Politano 74' (pen.) Sensi 82' Iemmello 85' Ricci 90+3'	Report	Gonzalo 32' 72' Chiesa 37', 39' Vecino 48' Bernardeschi 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,152 Referee: Claudio Gavillucci

14 May 2017 36	Internazionale	1–2	Sassuolo	Milan
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Éder 70', 84' Ansaldi 74' Gabriel 90+3'	Report	Iemmello 36', 50' Peluso 69'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 42,222 Referee: Davide Massa

21 May 2017 37	Sassuolo	6–2	Cagliari	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magnanelli 7' Berardi 12' Politano 13' Borriello 34' (o.g.) Peluso 36' Iemmello 56' (pen.) Matri 90'	Report	Sau 25', 85' Pisacane 31' Alves 54' Borriello 56' Ioniță 60' Isla 72'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 10,806 Referee: Luigi Nasca

28 May 2017 38	Torino	5–3	Sassuolo	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boyé 6', 18' Baselli 22' De Silvestri 45+1' Falque 57' Belotti 79' Rossettini 90+3'	Report	Defrel 14', 40', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 16,803 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Note

^
The Lega Serie A decided to award the match to Pescara against Sassuolo as a 3–0 forfeit win after Sassuolo were found guilty for fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 2–1 to Sassuolo.^[21]

Coppa Italia

18 January 2017 Round of 16	Sassuolo	1–2	Cesena	Reggio Emilia
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pellegrini 4' Dell'Orco 45' Antei 58'	Report	Ligi 28' Ciano 81' (pen.) Laribi 84' Rigione 90+1' Cocco 90+5'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 1,920 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

28 July 2016 First leg	Luzern	1–1	Sassuolo	Lucerne, Switzerland
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	M. Schneuwly 8' Hyka 41' Haas 62' Lustenberger 70'	Report	Berardi 42' (pen.) Biondini 80'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 10,555 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

4 August 2016 Second leg	Sassuolo	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Luzern	Reggio Emilia, Italy
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sansone 8' Berardi 19', 39' (pen.) Defrel 64'	Report	Costa 38'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 13,415 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Play-off round

18 August 2016 First leg	Sassuolo	3–0	Red Star Belgrade	Reggio Emilia, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berardi 17' Politano 41' Cannavaro 52' Defrel 69'	Report	Cvetković 20' Plavšić 66'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 6,861 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

25 August 2016 Second leg	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	Sassuolo	Belgrade, Serbia
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Katai 54' Phibel 69'	Report	Berardi 28' Magnanelli 47' Peluso 81'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 22,314 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GNK	ATH	RW	SAS
1	Genk	6	4	0	2	13	9	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	1–0	3–1
2	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	1	2	10	11	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase	5–3	—	1–0	3–2
3	Rapid Wien	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6		3–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Sassuolo	6	1	2	3	9	11	−2	5		0–2	3–0	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 September 2016 1	Sassuolo	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	Reggio Emilia, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Acerbi 54' Lirola 60' Mazzitelli 62' Defrel 75' Politano 82'	Report	García 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 7,032 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

29 September 2016 2	Genk	3–1	Sassuolo	Genk, Belgium
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Karelis 8', 67' Bailey 25' Buffel 61'	Report	Peluso 35' Politano 65', 86'	Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 9,130 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

20 October 2016 3	Rapid Wien	1–1	Sassuolo	Vienna, Austria
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schaub 7' Murg 59'	Report	Schrammel 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 22,200 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

3 November 2016 4	Sassuolo	2–2	Rapid Wien	Reggio Emilia, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gazzola 26' Matri 28' Defrel 34', 34' Pellegrini 45+2' Ragusa 64' Peluso 85'	Report	Schaub 39' Sonnleitner 45+1' Močinić 60' Jelić 86' Kvilitaia 90', 90+3'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 7,838 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

24 November 2016 5	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Sassuolo	Bilbao, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	García 10', 37' Aduriz 52', 58' Laporte 76' Lekue 79'	Report	Balenziaga 2' (o.g.) Acerbi 72' Ragusa 78', 83' Missiroli 90+3' Magnanelli 90+4'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 37,806 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

9 December 2016 6	Sassuolo	0–2	Genk	Reggio Emilia, Italy
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mazzitelli 90+1'	Report	Heynen 58' Trossard 80'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)
Note: Originally scheduled for 19:00 on 8 December, postponed to 12:30 on 9 December due to fog.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Alberto Pomini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ITA	Bryan Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	GK	ITA	Andrea Consigli	46	0	37	0	0	0	9	0
79	GK	ITA	Gianluca Pegolo	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
5	DF	ITA	Luca Antei	18	1	11+4	1	1	0	2	0
13	DF	ITA	Federico Peluso	41	1	33+1	1	0	0	7	0
15	DF	ITA	Francesco Acerbi	49	4	38	4	1	0	10	0
20	DF	ESP	Pol Lirola	29	1	17+5	0	0	0	7	1
23	DF	ITA	Marcello Gazzola	21	0	16	0	0	0	5	0
26	DF	ITA	Emanuele Terranova	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ITA	Paolo Cannavaro	25	1	16+2	1	0	0	7	0
39	DF	ITA	Cristian Dell'Orco	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
55	DF	NED	Timo Letschert	12	0	9	0	0	0	2+1	0
98	DF	GHA	Claud Adjapong	13	1	6+3	1	1	0	2+1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ITA	Francesco Magnanelli	24	1	14+1	1	0	0	8+1	0
6	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Pellegrini	34	8	24+4	6	1	1	4+1	1
7	MF	ITA	Simone Missiroli	15	0	9+4	0	0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	ITA	Davide Biondini	22	0	9+5	0	0	0	8	0
12	MF	ITA	Stefano Sensi	19	1	14+2	1	1	0	0+2	0
21	MF	ITA	Alberto Aquilani	16	0	14+2	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ITA	Luca Mazzitelli	23	1	12+5	1	0+1	0	3+2	0
32	MF	GHA	Alfred Duncan	27	1	14+7	1	1	0	4+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ITA	Pietro Iemmello	18	5	3+14	5	1	0	0	0
10	FW	ITA	Alessandro Matri	37	8	16+15	8	0	0	4+2	0
11	FW	FRA	Grégoire Defrel	38	16	23+6	12	0+1	0	7+1	4
16	FW	ITA	Matteo Politano	42	6	25+7	4	1	0	5+4	2
25	FW	ITA	Domenico Berardi	25	10	20+1	5	0	0	4	5
27	FW	ITA	Federico Ricci	31	2	10+14	2	0+1	0	3+3	0
31	FW	ITA	Simone Caputo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
33	FW	ITA	Simone Franchini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
90	FW	ITA	Antonino Ragusa	32	5	16+9	4	1	0	4+2	1
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	ITA	Diego Falcinelli	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+4	0
10	FW	ITA	Nicola Sansone	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29	FW	ITA	Marcello Trotta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0

Last updated: 28 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA EL	Total
1	11	FW	Grégoire Defrel	12	0	4	16
2	25	FW	Domenico Berardi	5	0	5	10
3	6	MF	Lorenzo Pellegrini	6	1	1	8
4	10	FW	Alessandro Matri	8	0	0	8
4	16	FW	Matteo Politano	5	0	3	8
6	9	FW	Pietro Iemmello	5	0	0	5
6	90	FW	Antonino Ragusa	4	0	1	5
8	15	DF	Francesco Acerbi	4	0	0	4
9	27	FW	Federico Ricci	2	0	0	2
10	4	MF	Francesco Magnanelli	1	0	0	1
	5	DF	Luca Antei	1	0	0	1
	12	MF	Stefano Sensi	1	0	0	1
	13	DF	Federico Peluso	1	0	0	1
	20	DF	Pol Lirola	0	0	1	1
	22	MF	Luca Mazzitelli	1	0	0	1
	28	DF	Paolo Cannavaro	1	0	0	1
	32	MF	Alfred Duncan	1	0	0	1
	98	DF	Claud Adjapong	1	0	0	1
Own goal				1	0	2	3
Totals				60	1	17	78

Last updated: 28 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA EL	Total
1	47	GK		Andrea Consigli	7	0	3	10
Totals					7	0	3	10

Last updated: 28 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA EL			Total
1	GK		Alberto Pomini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Bryan Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	GK		Andrea Consigli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
79	GK		Gianluca Pegolo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Luca Antei	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
13	DF		Federico Peluso	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	0	0
15	DF		Francesco Acerbi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
20	DF		Pol Lirola	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	DF		Marcello Gazzola	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
26	DF		Emanuele Terranova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Paolo Cannavaro	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
39	DF		Cristian Dell'Orco	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
55	DF		Timo Letschert	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
98	DF		Claud Adjapong	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	MF		Francesco Magnanelli	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
6	MF		Lorenzo Pellegrini	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
7	MF		Simone Missiroli	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF		Davide Biondini	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
12	MF		Stefano Sensi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	MF		Alberto Aquilani	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
22	MF		Luca Mazzitelli	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0
32	MF		Alfred Duncan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	FW		Pietro Iemmello	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	FW		Alessandro Matri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
10	FW		Nicola Sansone	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Grégoire Defrel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	FW		Matteo Politano	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
25	FW		Domenico Berardi	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
27	FW		Federico Ricci	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
31	FW		Simone Caputo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Simone Franchini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW		Antonino Ragusa	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
Totals				90	0	2	2	0	0	19	0	0	111	0	2

Last updated: 28 May 2017

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[cnote_A] 
The Lega Serie A decided to award the match to Pescara against Sassuolo as a 3–0 forfeit win after Sassuolo were found guilty for fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 2–1 to Sassuolo.^[21]

[1] "Statistiche Spettatori Serie a 2016-2017 Attendance Statistics of Serie A (1st Div) 2016-2017 Fiorentina,Inter,Inter,Lazio,Milan".

[2] "Sassuolo in the Europa League". Football Italia. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[3] "I Neroverdi nella lista di UEFA Europa League" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

[4] "Calciomercato: dall'Utrecht arriva Timo Letschert" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

[5] "Calciomercato: il Sassuolo ingaggia Alessandro Matri dal Milan!" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[RagusaAriaudo-6] "Calciomercato: arriva Ragusa dal Cesena, Ariaudo va al Frosinone" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "Mercato: Pietro Iemmello ceduto al Sassuolo" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[8] "CALCIOMERCATO: le operazioni del Sassuolo. Arriva anche Ricci" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[9] "Ceduti Tartaglia al Novara e Cianci al Sassuolo, entrambi restano ad Andria questa stagione" (in Italian). S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[10] "Calciomercato: il Sassuolo ingaggia Pol Lirola dalla Juventus" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[11] "Ricci moves to Sassuolo". A.S. Roma. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[12] "Official: Vrsaljko to Atletico Madrid". Football Italia. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[ChibsahVita-13] "Calciomercato: Chibsah al Benevento, Vita al Vicenza e Costa al Sassuolo" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[14] "Official: Villarreal sign Sansone". Football Italia. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[15] "LORENZO ARIAUDO E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL FROSINONE" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[16] "Calciomercato: Karim Laribi passa al Cesena" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[17] "Rossini nuovo acquisto del Livorno" (in Italian). A.S. Livorno Calcio. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[FontanesiSbrissa-18] "Bubnjic, Sbrissa e Fontanesi sono biancazzurri!" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[FalcinelliTrotta-19] "Benvenuti Diego Falcinelli e Marcello Trotta" (in Italian). F.C. Crotone. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[20] "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.

[21] "Comunicato uffIciale N.24 dell'30 agosto 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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