2013–14 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2013–14 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's first ever season in Serie A after having been promoted at the end of the 2012–13 season. The club struggled throughout the season and finished 17th, avoiding relegation. They were eliminated from the Coppa Italia in the fourth round.

Sassuolo

2013–14 season
President	Carlo Rossi
Manager	Eusebio Di Francesco
Stadium	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Serie A	17th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Domenico Berardi (16) All: Domenico Berardi (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

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 (vice-captain) 2 DF  ITA Raffaele Pucino 3 DF  ITA Alessandro Longhi 4 MF  ITA Francesco Magnanelli (captain) 5 DF  ITA Luca Antei 6 DF  ITA Lorenzo Ariaudo 7 MF  ITA Simone Missiroli 8 MF  ITA Luca Marrone (on loan from Juventus) 9 FW  ITA Sergio Floccari 10 FW  ITA Simone Zaza 11 FW  ROU Marius Alexe (on loan from Dinamo București) 14 FW  ITA Gaetano Masucci 15 DF  ITA Francesco Acerbi 16 MF  ITA Davide Biondini 17 FW  ITA Nicola Sansone 19 MF  COL Alexis Zapata (on loan from Udinese)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ITA Paolo Bianco 21 MF  ITA Thomas Manfredini 22 MF  ITA Matteo Brighi 23 DF  ITA Marcello Gazzola 25 FW  ITA Domenico Berardi 26 DF  ITA Emanuele Terranova 28 DF  ITA Paolo Cannavaro 33 DF  POR Pedro Mendes (on loan from Parma) 45 MF  GHA Raman Chibsah 70 FW  BRA Diego Farias (on loan from Chievo) 79 GK  ITA Gianluca Pegolo 83 FW  ITA Antonio Floro Flores 86 DF   SUI Reto Ziegler (on loan from Juventus) 87 DF  ITA Aleandro Rosi (on loan from Parma) 96 FW  PAR Antonio Sanabria 99 GK  ITA Ciro Polito

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	—	17th	25 August 2013	18 May 2014
Coppa Italia	Third round	—	Fourth round	17 August 2013	4 December 2013

Last updated: 18 May 2014

Serie A

Main article: 2013–14 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Cagliari	38	9	12	17	34	53	−19	39
16	Chievo	38	10	6	22	34	54	−20	36
17	Sassuolo	38	9	7	22	43	72	−29	34
18	Catania (R)	38	8	8	22	34	66	−32	32	Relegation to Serie B
19	Bologna (R)	38	5	14	19	28	58	−30	29

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th public 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)[1]
(R) Relegated.

Matches

Torino v Sassuolo

25 August 2013 1	Torino	2–0	Sassuolo	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brighi  40' Farnerud  43' Cerci  63' Glik  69' Immobile  81'	Report	Farias  65' Gazzola  85'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 13,418 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Sassuolo v Livorno

1 September 2013 2	Sassuolo	1–4	Livorno	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zaza  66' Rosati  84'	Report	Greco  43',  60' Rosati  69' (o.g.) Paulinho  74' Emeghara  85' (pen.)	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 9,929 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Hellas Verona v Sassuolo

15 September 2013 3	Hellas Verona	2–0	Sassuolo	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martinho  12' Bianchetti  35' Rômulo  40',  90+3' Janković  87'	Report	Gazzola  73'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 18,433 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Sassuolo v Internazionale

22 September 2013 4	Sassuolo	0–7	Internazionale	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Magnanelli  13' Missiroli  22' Bianco  90'	Report	Palacio  7' Taïder  16',  23' Pucino  33' (o.g.) Álvarez  53' Milito  63', 83' Cambiasso  74'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Carmine Russo

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Coppa Italia

Main article: 2013–14 Coppa Italia

References

1. "Deroga art. 51 NOIF_Classifica avulsa Serie A 2012-2013" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 19 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2013.