2017–18 U.S. Città di Palermo season

Palermo
2017–18 season
President	Giovanni Giammarva; (from 8 November 2017)
Manager	Bruno Tedino; (until 28 April 2018); Roberto Stellone; (from 28 April 2018)
Stadium	Renzo Barbera
Serie B	4th
Play-offs	Runners-up
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ilija Nestorovski (13); All: Ilija Nestorovski (13)
Highest home attendance	29,050 vs Frosinone; (13 June 2018, Play-offs final)
Lowest home attendance	4,842 vs Venezia; (2 December 2017, Serie B)
Average home league attendance	9,029

The 2017–18 season was Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo's 1st season in Serie B, the second-highest division of Italian football, after relegation from Serie A by the end of the 2016-17 season.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2018.
Appearances and goals are counted for domestic leagues (Serie A and Serie B) and national cup (Coppa Italia) and correct as of 16 June 2018.[1]
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	Fabrizio Alastra	GK	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997	2015	2019	Youth Sector	N/A	2	-8
12	Josip Posavec	GK	(1996-03-10) 10 March 1996	2016	2020	Inter Zaprešić	€500,000	52	-83
Defenders
2	Giuseppe Bellusci	CB / RB	(1989-08-21) 21 August 1989	2017	2020	Leeds United	Free	27	0
3	Andrea Rispoli	RB / RWB	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988	2015	2019	Parma	Free	115	12
4	Andrea Accardi	CB	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995	2015	2021	Youth Sector	N/A	8	0
5	Slobodan Rajković	CB	(1989-02-03) 3 February 1989	2016	2020	Darmstadt	€1.5M	21	1
6	Aljaž Struna	CB / RB	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990	2012	2019	Koper	€300,000	62	1
14	Gabriele Rolando[lower-alpha 1]	RB / RWB	(1995-04-02) 2 April 1995	2017	2018	Sampdoria	Free	14	1
15	Thiago Cionek	CB / RB	(1986-04-21) 21 April 1986	2016	2018	Modena	€350,000	53	1
17	Michel Morganella	RB / RWB	(1989-05-17) 17 May 1989	2009	2018	Basel	€2M	108	2
19	Haitam Aleesami	LB / LWB	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991	2016	2019	Göteborg	€1.2M	69	2
24	Przemysław Szymiński	CB / RB	(1994-06-24) 24 June 1994	2017	2020	Wisła Płock	€250,000	28	0
28	Paweł Dawidowicz[lower-alpha 1]	CB	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	2017	2018	Benfica	Free	29	0
29/31[lower-alpha 2]	Roberto Pirrello	CB	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996	2016	2022	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
32	Andrea Ingegneri	CB / LB	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992	2017	2021	Pordenone	Undisclosed	-	-
Midfielders
8	Mato Jajalo	CM / DM	(1988-05-25) 25 May 1988	2015	2019	Rijeka	Free	112	3
13	Eddy Gnahoré	CM	(1993-11-14) 14 November 1993	2017	2021	Napoli	€1.5M	36	4
18	Ivaylo Chochev	CM	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993	2014	2020	CSKA Sofia	€2M	108	11
21	Luca Fiordilino	DM / CM	(1996-07-25) 25 July 1996	2015	2021	Youth Sector	N/A	14	0
26	Gennaro Ruggiero	CM	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000	2017		Youth Sector	N/A	2	0
33	Davide Petermann	CM	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994	2014	2018	Youth Sector	N/A	1	0
35	Radosław Murawski	CM / DM	(1994-04-22) 22 April 1994	2017	2020	Piast Gliwice	€650,000	41	2
Forwards
7	Aleksandar Trajkovski	SS / AM / CF	(1992-09-05) 5 September 1992	2015	2020	Zulte Waregem	€900,000	77	12
9	Stefan Silva	CF	(1990-03-11) 11 March 1990	2017	2021	Sundsvall	€800,000	1	0
10	Igor Coronado	SS / AM	(1992-08-18) 18 August 1992	2017	2021	Trapani	€1.4M	43	9
11	Carlos Embaló	LW	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994	2013	2020	Chaves	€195,000	28	1
16	Norbert Balogh	CF	(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996	2016	2020	Debreceni	€2.2M	24	0
20	Antonino La Gumina	CF	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996	2015	2019	Youth Sector	N/A	39	12
23	Alessandro Diamanti	SS / RW / AM	(1983-05-02) 2 May 1983	2016	2018	Guangzhou Evergrande	Free	32	1
27	Accursio Bentivegna	LW	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	2014	2019	Youth Sector	N/A	8	0
30	Ilija Nestorovski (C)	CF / SS	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990	2016	2021	Inter Zaprešić	€500,000	72	24
34	Simone Lo Faso	SS	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998	2016	2021	Youth Sector	N/A	12	0
36	Cephas Malele	CF	(1994-01-08) 8 January 1994	2013	2019	Youth Sector	N/A	6	0
Players transferred in during the season
22	Alberto Pomini	GK	(1981-03-17) 17 March 1981	2017	2019	Sassuolo	Undisclosed	27	-24
1	Luca Maniero	GK	(1995-06-12) 12 June 1995	2017	2018	Crotone	Undisclosed	-	-
27	Gaetano Monachello[lower-alpha 1]	CF	(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994	2017	2018	Atalanta	Free	5	1
23	Corentin Fiore	LB / CB	(1995-03-24) 24 March 1995	2018	2020	Standard Liège	Free	2	0
9	Stefano Moreo[lower-alpha 3]	CF / RW	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993	2018	2018	Venezia	€350,000	16	0
1/37[lower-alpha 4]	Graziano Belladonna[lower-alpha 5]	GK	(2000-01-14) 14 January 2000	2018	2020	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
26	Simone Santoro[lower-alpha 5]	CM / DM	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999	2018	2020	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
29	Mirko Gallo[lower-alpha 5]	CB	(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000	2018		Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
31	Samuele Guddo[lower-alpha 5]	GK	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999	2017		Youth Sector	N/A	-
34	Agostino Rizzo[lower-alpha 5]	RW / RWB	(1999-03-24) 24 March 1999	2018	2020	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-

On loan.
He wore number 29 against Virtus Francavilla and Cagliari and chose number 31 during the season.
On loan with an obligation to buy.
He wore number 1 against Cagliari and chose number 37 during the season.
Aggregated from Youth Sector during the season.

Name	Signed to	Transfer Fee	Notes
Players transferred out during the season
Fabrizio Alastra	Prato	Free	Out on loan
Accursio Bentivegna	Carrarese	Free	Out on loan
Roberto Pirrello	Livorno	Free	Out on loan
Alessandro Diamanti		Free	Released
Simone Lo Faso	Fiorentina	€300,000	Out on loan
Gennaro Ruggiero	Torino	Free	Out on loan
Cephas Malele	Varzim	Free	Permanent deal
Stefan Silva	AIK	Free	Released
Thiago Cionek	SPAL	€150,000	Permanent deal
Gaetano Monachello	Atalanta	Free	End of loan
Carlos Embalò	Brescia	€150,000	Out on loan
Davide Petermann	Sicula Leonzio	Free	Out on loan

Transfers

Summer 2017

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
30 June 2017	DF	Andrea Accardi	21	Modena	Free	End of loan
		Roberto Pirrello	21	Siracusa
		Aljaž Struna	26	Carpi
	GK	Fabrizio Alastra	19	Benevento
	FW	Accursio Bentivegna	21	Ascoli
		Antonino La Gumina	21	Ternana
		Cephas Malele	23	Varzim
	MF	Luca Fiordilino	20	Lecce
	MF	Davide Petermann	22	Carrarese
6 July 2017	DF	Andrea Ingegneri	25	Pordenone	Undisclosed	Permanent deal
11 July 2017	FW	Igor Coronado	24	Trapani	€1.4M	Permanent deal
11 July 2017	MF	Gabriele Rolando	22	Sampdoria	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
18 July 2017	MF	Eddy Gnahoré	23	Napoli	€1.5M	Permanent deal
24 July 2017	MF	Radosław Murawski	23	Piast Gliwice	€650,000	Permanent deal
2 August 2017	DF	Giuseppe Bellusci	27	Leeds United	Free	Permanent deal
2 August 2017	DF	Przemysław Szymiński	23	Wisla Plock	€250,000	Permanent deal
4 August 2017	DF	Paweł Dawidowicz	22	Benfica	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
7 August 2017	GK	Alberto Pomini	36	Sassuolo	Undisclosed	Permanent deal
31 August 2017	FW	Gaetano Monachello	23	Atalanta	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
15 June 2017	MF	Bruno Henrique	27	Palmeiras	€3.5M	Permanent deal
22 June 2019	DF	Giancarlo González	31	Bologna	€1.5M	Permanent deal
30 June 2017	DF	Siniša Anđelković	31	Venezia	Free	Contract expiration
	DF	Roberto Vitiello	34	Ternana		Contract expiration
	GK	Sebastian Breza	19	Monopoli		End of loan
	MF	Roland Sallai	20	Puskás Akadémia
	DF	Toni Šunjić	28	Stuttgart
	DF	Giuseppe Pezzella	19	Udinese	€4.5M	Permanent deal
13 July 2017	FW	Francesco Bonfiglio	20	Sicula Leonzio	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
13 July 2017	DF	Simone Giuliano	20	Sicula Leonzio	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
24 July 2017	MF	Alessandro Gazzi	34	Alessandria	Free	Released
27 July 2017	DF	Andrea Punzi	20	Siracusa	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
29 July 2017	DF	Edoardo Goldaniga	23	Sassuolo	€4M	Permanent deal
29 July 2017	GK	Leonardo Marson	19	Sassuolo	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
2 August 2017	GK	Andrea Fulignati	22	Cesena	€400,000	Permanent deal
8 August 2017	GK	Fabrizio Alastra	19	Prato	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
24 August 2017	FW	Accursio Bentivegna	21	Carrarese	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
25 August 2017	DF	Roberto Pirrello	21	Livorno	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
30 August 2017	MF	Gennaro Ruggiero	17	Torino	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
31 August 2017	FW	Alessandro Diamanti	34	Unattached	Free	Released
		Simone Lo Faso	19	Fiorentina	€300,000	On loan until 30 June 2018
		Cephas Malele	23	Varzim	Free	Permanent deal

Other acquisitions

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
30 June 2017	MF	Rosario Costantino	20	Gubbio	Free	End of loan
		Dario Giacomarro	22	Gubbio
		Housem Ferchichi	21	Livorno
		Paolo Grillo	20	Siena
		Oscar Hiljemark	25	Genoa
		Marco Toscano	19	Siracusa
	DF	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	27	Bastia
	FW	Simon Makienok	26	Preston North End
2 August 2017	DF	Carmine Setola	18	Cesena	Undisclosed	Permanent deal

Other disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2017	MF	Dario Giacomarro	22	Gubbio	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
	MF	Oscar Hiljemark	25	Genoa	€2.5M	Option to buy exercised
	FW	Simon Makienok	26	Utrecht	Undisclosed	Permanent deal
26 July 2017	MF	Housem Ferchichi	21	Vicenza	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018
26 July 2017	MF	Paolo Grillo	20	Siracusa
27 July 2017	FW	Vincenzo Plescia	19	Siracusa
27 July 2017	DF	Davide Monteleone	21	Sicula Leonzio
2 August 2017	MF	Rosario Costantino	20	Fano
2 August 2017	DF	Rosario Damiano Maddaloni	19	Fano
3 August 2017	DF	Carmine Setola	18	Cesena
6 August 2017	DF	Shaqir Tafa	18	Monopoli
6 August 2017	MF	Marco Toscano	20	Siracusa
19 August 2017	DF	Antony Angileri	16	Juventus
31 August 2017	FW	Felice D'Amico	17	Inter Milan

Winter 2018

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
9 January 2018	DF	Corentin Fiore	22	Standard Liège	Free	Permanent deal
11 January 2018	FW	Stefano Moreo	24	Venezia	€350,000	On loan with an obligation to buy for €1M

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
13 January 2018	DF	Thiago Cionek	31	SPAL	€150,000	Permanent deal
16 January 2018	FW	Gaetano Monachello	23	Atalanta	Free	End of loan
29 January 2018	FW	Carlos Embaló	23	Brescia	€150,000	On loan until 30 June 2018 with an option to buy
31 January 2018	MF	Davide Petermann	23	Sicula Leonzio	Free	On loan until 30 June 2018

Other acquisitions

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
23 January 2018	FW	Vincenzo Plescia	19	Siracusa	Free	End of loan
30 January 2018	FW	Francesco Bonfiglio	21	Sicula Leonzio
30 January 2018	DF	Carmine Setola	19	Cesena

Other disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
12 January 2018	DF	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	27	Wydad Casablanca	Free	Permanent deal
24 January 2018	FW	Vincenzo Plescia	19	Roccella		On loan until 30 June 2018
27 January 2018	FW	Fabio Brasile	18	Gela
27 January 2018	DF	Riccardo Mansueto	18	Gela
31 January 2018	FW	Francesco Bonfiglio	21	AlbinoLeffe
31 January 2018	DF	Carmine Setola	19	Pisa

Total expenditure: €4.15M

Total revenue: €17M

Net income: €12.85M

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	26 August 2017	18 May 2018	Matchday 1	4th	42	18	17	7	59	39	+20	042.86
Play-offs	6 June 2018	16 June 2018	Semi-finals	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Coppa Italia	6 August 2017	12 August 2017	Second round	Third round	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	050.00
Total					48	21	19	8	69	44	+25	043.75

Source: Competitive matches

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Parma (P)	42	21	9	12	57	37	+20	72[lower-alpha 1]	Promotion to Serie A
3	Frosinone (O, P)	42	19	15	8	65	47	+18	72[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Palermo	42	18	17	7	59	39	+20	71	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Venezia	42	17	16	9	56	42	+14	67	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Cittadella	42	18	12	12	61	48	+13	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round

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.[2]
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

Parma is ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head goal difference: Parma 2–0 Frosinone, Frosinone 2–1 Parma.

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
42	18	17	7	59	39	+20	71	11	7	3	33	16	+17	7	10	4	26	23	+3

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	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A[lower-alpha 1]	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	W
Position	4	5	7	6	5	3	3	2	2	8	3	1	2	1	5	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	4	4

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

Match was played between weeks 33 and 34.

Matches

Serie B

26 August 2017 1	Palermo	2-0	Spezia	Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trajkovski 10' Struna 40' Nestorovski 52' Posavec 81'	Report	35' Terzi 47' Sciaudone	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,769[3] Referee: Luigi Nasca

2 September 2017 2	Brescia	0-0	Palermo	Brescia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Furlan 50' Coppolaro 67' Martinelli 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 5,081[3] Referee: Antonio Rapuano

9 September 2017 3	Palermo	3-3	Empoli	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cionek 10' Coronado 14' Gnahoré 77' 90+3' Trajkovski 90+1' Rispoli 90+4'	Report	23' Šimić 54', 90+4' (pen.) 85' Caputo 65' Castagnetti	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,270[3] Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

16 September 2017 4	Foggia	1-1	Palermo	Foggia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nicastro 42' Loiacono 69'	Report	39' Cionek 41' Jajalo 80' Murawski	Stadium: Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 11,245[3] Referee: Daniele Chiffi

19 September 2017 5	Palermo	1-0	Perugia	Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Struna 30' Murawski 40' Chochev 45' Gnahoré 80' Nestorovski 81' 83' Bellusci 90'	Report	37' Colombatto 42' Bandinelli	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,844[3] Referee: Riccardo Ros

25 September 2017 6	Palermo	2-1	Pro Vercelli	Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nestorovski 25', 51' 72' 85' Murawski 84'	Report	20' Bifulco 78' Bergamelli 80' Vives 84' Mammarella	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,573[3] Referee: Niccolò Baroni

30 September 2017 7	Ascoli	0-0	Palermo	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Addae 87'	Report	30' Murawski 55' Morganella	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 5,577[3] Referee: Riccardo Pinzani

8 October 2017 8	Palermo	1-1	Parma	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	La Gumina 10' Bellusci 33' Embaló 38' Murawski 45+2'	Report	21' 71' Gagliolo 59' Scozzarella 82' Barillà	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 7,256[3] Referee: Juan Manuel Sacchi

14 October 2017 9	Frosinone	0-0	Palermo	Frosinone
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	M. Ciofani 8' Ariaudo 31' Terranova 44'	Report	42' Rispoli 81' Jajalo	Stadium: Benito Stirpe Attendance: 12,430[3] Referee: Federico La Penna

21 October 2017 10	Palermo	0-2	Novara	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Struna 55' Jajalo 72'	Report	47' Mantovani 53', 70' Moscati 63' Da Cruz	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,068[3] Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

24 October 2017 11	Carpi	1-3	Palermo	Carpi
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pasciuti 31' Sabbione 41' 82'	Report	10', 36' Nestorovski 83' Embaló	Stadium: Sandro Cabassi Attendance: 2,430[3] Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

28 October 2017 12	Palermo	2-0	Virtus Entella	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jajalo 17' Nestorovski 23' (pen.), 48' Chochev 63' Coronado 67'	Report	22' 80' Pellizzer 47' Benedetti 68' Crimi	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,963[3] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

3 November 2017 13	Pescara	2-2	Palermo	Pescara
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capone 10' Brugman 46' Carraro 52' Coda 80' Bovo 89'	Report	15' Chochev 33' Nestorovski	Stadium: Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 7,621[3] Referee: Antonio Giua

12 November 2017 14	Cremonese	1-2	Palermo	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Claiton 21' Almici 32' Arini 44' Renzetti 90+6'	Report	23' Rispoli 52' Chochev	Stadium: Giovanni Zini Attendance: 7,461[3] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

20 November 2017 15	Palermo	0-3	Cittadella	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bellusci 21'	Report	22' Caccin 34' Schenetti 43' Kouamé 64' Strizzolo 82' Salvi 84' Iori	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 7,803[3] Referee: Davide Ghersini

25 November 2017 16	Avellino	1-3	Palermo	Avellino
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Paghera 45+4' Migliorini 68' Molina 81'	Report	36' (o.g.) Molina 42' Cionek 48' Gnahoré 77' Nestorovski	Stadium: Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Attendance: 3,783[3] Referee: Luigi Nasca

2 December 2017 17	Palermo	0-0	Venezia	Palermo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Murawski 33' Dawidowicz 83' Jajalo 88'	Report	44' Bentivoglio 79' 79' Domizzi	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,842[3] Referee: Daniele Chiffi

10 December 2017 18	Bari	0-3	Palermo	Bari
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marrone 52'	Report	44' Dawidowicz 62' Rispoli 69' Trajkovski 75' Coronado	Stadium: San Nicola Attendance: 21,671[3] Referee: Riccardo Pinzani

16 December 2017 19	Palermo	1-0	Ternana	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rispoli 2'	Report	28' Favalli 55' Zanon 90+2' Paolucci	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,514[3] Referee: Daniele Martinelli

21 December 2017 20	Cesena	1-1	Palermo	Cesena
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jallow 34' Scognamiglio 37'	Report	9' Trajkovski 48' Bellusci	Stadium: Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 11,303[3] Referee: Juan Manuel Sacchi

28 December 2017 21	Palermo	3-0	Salernitana	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chochev 30' Murawski 55' Monachello 79' Jajalo 90+3'	Report	20' Minala 32' Zito 43' 52' Vitale	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,768[3] Referee: Daniele Minelli

20 January 2018 22	Spezia	0-0	Palermo	La Spezia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bolzoni 74'	Report	57' Struna 74' Aleesami	Stadium: Alberto Picco Attendance: 6,886[3] Referee: Marco Piccinini

27 January 2018 23	Palermo	2-0	Brescia	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chochev 3' Bellusci 53' Gnahoré 90+3'	Report	51' Bisoli 64' Martinelli	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,799[3] Referee: Marco Serra

2 February 2018 24	Empoli	4-0	Palermo	Empoli
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brighi 12' Caputo 45', 51', 82' (pen.) Zajc 47' Veseli 53'	Report	31' Struna 72' Rolando	Stadium: Carlo Castellani Attendance: 5,128[3] Referee: Federico La Penna

12 February 2018 25	Palermo	1-2	Foggia	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nestorovski 65' (pen.) Coronado 69'	Report	36' Greco 64' Loiacono 78' Duhamel 84' Kragl	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 13,031[3] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

17 February 2018 26	Perugia	1-0	Palermo	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gustafson 55' Di Carmine 90+1' Leali 90+5'	Report	87' Jajalo	Stadium: Renato Curi Attendance: 8,380[3] Referee: Daniele Chiffi

24 February 2018 27	Pro Vercelli	0-0	Palermo	Vercelli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bergamelli 22'	Report	53' Jajalo 69' Struna	Stadium: Silvio Piola Attendance: 2,895[3] Referee: Valerio Marini

27 February 2018 28	Palermo	4-1	Ascoli	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rispoli 46', 55' 53' Coronado 48' La Gumina 51' Nestorovski 83'	Report	29' Gigliotti 42' Bianchi 63' Clemenza 81' Mignanelli	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,466[3] Referee: Daniele Martinelli

2 April 2018 29	Parma	3-2	Palermo	Parma
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Calaiò 31', 39' (pen.), 47' Lucarelli 66' Scavone 90+4'	Report	32' 52' Nestorovski 33' Pomini 35' Rispoli 64' Coronado 70' Gnahoré 90+4' Rajković	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,261[3] Referee: Livio Marinelli
Note: Match was postponed from its original date of 3 March due to snow.

10 March 2018 30	Palermo	1-0	Frosinone	Palermo
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellusci 34' Gnahoré 47' Nestorovski 79'	Report	28' Chibsah 37' Terranova 53' M. Ciofani	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 15,121[3] Referee: Riccardo Pinzani

17 March 2018 31	Novara	2-2	Palermo	Novara
15:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Pușcaș 8' Golubović 72' 89' Sciaudone 90'	Report	20' Szymiński 30' Coronado 48' Rispoli 56' 77' La Gumina 73' Nestorovski	Stadium: Silvio Piola Attendance: 4,182[3] Referee: Marco Serra

25 March 2018 32	Palermo	4-0	Carpi	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Coronado 18' (pen.), 47', 76' La Gumina 67'	Report	69' Brosco	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,523[3] Referee: Davide Ghersini

29 March 2018 33	Virtus Entella	1-2	Palermo	Chiavari
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gatto 80'	Report	17' La Gumina 19' Jajalo 55' Struna 74' (o.g.) De Santis	Stadium: Comunale Attendance: 2,492[3] Referee: Francesco Fourneau

7 April 2018 34	Palermo	1-1	Pescara	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Coronado 24' Jajalo 82' Gnahorè 84'	Report	20' Coda 39' Valzania	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 11,234[3] Referee: Fabio Piscopo

14 April 2018 35	Palermo	1-1	Cremonese	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aleesami 45+1' Coronado 61' La Gumina 90+3'	Report	83' Scamacca 90+2' García 90+5' Arini	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 10,768[3] Referee: Federico La Penna

17 April 2018 36	Cittadella	0-0	Palermo	Cittadella
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chiaretti 12'	Report	12' Jajalo 46' Struna 55' Gnahoré 77' Coronado	Stadium: Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 3,984[3] Referee: Luigi Nasca

21 April 2018 37	Palermo	3-0	Avellino	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Coronado 9' (pen.) 71' La Gumina 47' Trajkovski 73' (pen.)	Report	8' Morero 52' Molina 77' De Risio	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,173[3] Referee: Antonio Giua

27 April 2018 38	Venezia	3-0	Palermo	Venice
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Suciu 11' Štulac 16' Anđelković 64'	Report		Stadium: Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 5,767[3] Referee: Marco Piccinini

30 April 2018 39	Palermo	1-1	Bari	Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chochev 46' La Gumina 80' Rolando 88'	Report	31' 88' Nenê 36' Empereur 66' Balkovec 76' 85' Marrone 88' Basha 90+3' Henderson	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,613[3] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

5 May 2018 40	Ternana	2-3	Palermo	Terni
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Favalli 45+2' Vitiello 78' Finotto 79' Tremolada 83'	Report	22', 45' La Gumina 39' Dawidowicz 61' Rolando 82' Pomini	Stadium: Libero Liberati Attendance: 4,455[3] Referee: Daniele Minelli

12 May 2018 41	Palermo	0-0	Cesena	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murawski 48'	Report	16' Donkor 68' Cascione	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 23,207[3] Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

18 May 2018 42	Salernitana	0-2	Palermo	Salerno
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rossi 33' Vitale 70' Mantovani 87'	Report	22' Rajković 45+1' Chochev 86' La Gumina	Stadium: Arechi Attendance: 7,654[3] Referee: Niccolò Baroni

Play-offs

Semi-finals

6 June 2018 First leg	Venezia	1-1	Palermo	Venice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Štulac 51' Marsura 57'	Report	53' La Gumina 58' Bellusci 85' Aleesami	Stadium: Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 5,526[3] Referee: Daniele Chiffi

10 June 2018 Second leg	Palermo	1-0 (2–1 agg.)	Venezia	Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Domizzi 5' (o.g.) Jajalo 33' Coronado 85' Fiordilino 90+1'	Report	34' Modolo 81' Pinato	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 28,152[3] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Final

13 June 2018 First leg	Palermo	2-1	Frosinone	Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	La Gumina 45' Murawski 80' Terranova 81' (o.g.)	Report	5' Ciano 90+3' Frara	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 29,050[3] Referee: Daniele Chiffi

16 June 2018 Second leg	Frosinone	2-0 (3–2 agg.)	Palermo	Frosinone
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krajnc 4' Soddimo 6' Dionisi 21' M. Ciofani 49' Maiello 52' Ciano 90+6'	Report	17' Jajalo 28' Aleesami 39' Nestorovski 63' Dawidowicz 69' Szymiński 79' Struna	Stadium: Benito Stirpe Attendance: 15,443[3] Referee: Federico La Penna

Coppa Italia

6 August 2017 Second round	Palermo	5-0	Virtus Francavilla	Palermo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trajkovski 12', 45+2', 72' Aleesami 23' 66' Bellusci 41' Murawski 80'	Report	90' Biasón	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,424[4] Referee: Daniele Martinelli

12 August 2017 Third round	Cagliari	1-1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Palermo	Turin
21:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	João Pedro 45' Pisacane 53' Barella 56' Farias 89'	Report	8' Jajalo 46' Struna 66' La Gumina	Stadium: Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 1,126[5] Referee: Paolo Valeri
	Penalties
	Cigarini Čop Sau Cossu		Jajalo Aleesami Struna La Gumina

Appearances and goals

As of 16 June 2018[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Play-offs		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Fabrizio Alastra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1/37	GK		Graziano Belladonna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Luca Maniero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Josip Posavec	21	-20	19	-19	0	0	2	-1
22	GK		Alberto Pomini	27	-24	23	-20	4	-4	0	0
31	GK		Samuele Guddo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Giuseppe Bellusci	27	0	23	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF		Andrea Rispoli	43	6	38	6	4	0	1	0
4	DF		Andrea Accardi	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Slobodan Rajković	16	1	12	1	4	0	0	0
6	DF		Aljaž Struna	39	0	35	0	2	0	2	0
14	DF		Gabriele Rolando	14	1	12	1	2	0	0	0
15	DF		Thiago Cionek	18	1	16	1	0	0	2	0
17	DF		Michel Morganella	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
19	DF		Haitam Aleesami	32	1	26	0	4	0	2	1
23	DF		Corentin Fiore	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Przemysław Szymiński	28	0	26	0	2	0	0	0
28	DF		Paweł Dawidowicz	29	0	27	0	2	0	0	0
29/31	DF		Roberto Pirrello	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Mirko Gallo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Andrea Ingegneri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Mato Jajalo	41	1	35	1	4	0	2	0
13	MF		Eddy Gnahoré	36	4	32	4	3	0	1	0
18	MF		Ivaylo Chochev	31	5	29	5	0	0	2	0
21	MF		Luca Fiordilino	14	0	12	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF		Gennaro Ruggiero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Simone Santoro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Davide Petermann	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Radosław Murawski	41	2	35	1	4	0	2	1
Forwards
7	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	33	7	27	4	4	0	2	3
9	FW		Stefan Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Stefano Moreo	16	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW		Igor Coronado	43	9	38	9	4	0	1	0
11	FW		Carlos Embaló	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Norbert Balogh	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Antonino La Gumina	35	12	29	9	4	2	2	1
23	FW		Alessandro Diamanti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Accursio Bentivegna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Gaetano Monachello	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Ilija Nestorovski	33	13	28	13	3	0	2	0
34	FW		Simone Lo Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW		Agostino Rizzo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW		Cephas Malele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 16 June 2018[1]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie B	Play-offs	Coppa Italia	Total
1	30	FW	Ilija Nestorovski	13			13
2	20	FW	Antonino La Gumina	9	2	1	12
3	10	FW	Igor Coronado	9			9
4	7	FW	Aleksandar Trajkovski	4		3	7
5	3	DF	Andrea Rispoli	6			6
6	18	MF	Ivaylo Chochev	5			5
7	13	MF	Eddy Gnahoré	4			4
8	35	MF	Radosław Murawski	1		1	2
9	19	DF	Haitam Aleesami			1	1
	15	DF	Thiago Cionek	1			1
	11	FW	Carlos Embaló	1			1
	8	MF	Mato Jajalo	1			1
	27	FW	Gaetano Monachello	1			1
	5	DF	Slobodan Rajković	1			1
	14	DF	Gabriele Rolando	1			1
Own goal				2	2		4
Totals				59	4	6	69

Clean sheets

As of 16 June 2018.

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie B	Play-offs	Coppa Italia	Total
1	22	GK	Alberto Pomini	10[lower-alpha 1]	1		11
2	12	GK	Josip Posavec	9[lower-alpha 2]		1	10
Totals				19	1	1	21

Weeks: 2, 9, 22, 27, 30, 32, 36-37, 41-42.
Weeks: 1, 5, 7, 12, 17-19, 21, 23.

Disciplinary record

As of 16 June 2018[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B			Play-offs			Coppa Italia			Total
2	DF		Giuseppe Bellusci	5		1	1			1			7	0	1
10	FW		Igor Coronado	5		1	1						6	0	1
28	DF		Paweł Dawidowicz	3					1				3	0	1
15	DF		Thiago Cionek	1		1							1	0	1
30	FW		Ilija Nestorovski	4	1		1						5	1	0
8	MF		Mato Jajalo	10			2			1			13	0	0
6	DF		Aljaž Struna	8			1			1			10	0	0
35	MF		Radosław Murawski	7			1						8	0	0
19	DF		Haitam Aleesami	2			2			1			5	0	0
13	MF		Eddy Gnahoré	5									5	0	0
3	DF		Andrea Rispoli	4									4	0	0
18	MF		Ivaylo Chochev	3									3	0	0
20	FW		Antonino La Gumina	3									3	0	0
22	GK		Alberto Pomini	2									2	0	0
14	DF		Gabriele Rolando	2									2	0	0
24	DF		Przemysław Szymiński	1			1						2	0	0
11	FW		Carlos Embaló	1									1	0	0
21	MF		Luca Fiordilino				1						1	0	0
17	DF		Michel Morganella	1									1	0	0
12	GK		Josip Posavec	1									1	0	0
5	DF		Slobodan Rajković	1									1	0	0
7	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	1									1	0	0
Totals				70	1	3	11	0	1	4	0	0	85	1	4

Attendances

As of 13 June 2018.

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Serie B	21	189,605	9,029	23,207	4,842
Play-offs	2	57,202	28,601	29,050	28,152
Coppa Italia	1	5,424	5,424	5,424	5,424
Total	24	252,231	10,510	29,050	4,842

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References

"Italy - US Città di Palermo - Squad". Soccerway.
"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2017-2018". StadiaPostcards.
"Palermo-Virtus Francavilla: dati ufficiali spettatori, in 5 mila al Barbera". Mediagol (in Italian).
"Il Cagliari soffre ma passa ai rigori contro il Palermo:5-3". YouReporter (in Italian).

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[fn1-2] On loan.

[fn2-3] He wore number 29 against Virtus Francavilla and Cagliari and chose number 31 during the season.

[fn3-4] On loan with an obligation to buy.

[fn4-5] He wore number 1 against Cagliari and chose number 37 during the season.

[fn5-6] Aggregated from Youth Sector during the season.

[table_hth_PAR0.41168578686737-7] Parma is ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head goal difference: Parma 2–0 Frosinone, Frosinone 2–1 Parma.

[fn1-9] Match was played between weeks 33 and 34.

[fn1-13] Weeks: 2, 9, 22, 27, 30, 32, 36-37, 41-42.

[fn2-14] Weeks: 1, 5, 7, 12, 17-19, 21, 23.

[squad-1] "Italy - US Città di Palermo - Squad". Soccerway.

[8] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[attendance-10] "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2017-2018". StadiaPostcards.

[11] "Palermo-Virtus Francavilla: dati ufficiali spettatori, in 5 mila al Barbera". Mediagol (in Italian).

[12] "Il Cagliari soffre ma passa ai rigori contro il Palermo:5-3". YouReporter (in Italian).