2018–19 Hellas Verona F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Hellas Verona Football Club's first season back in Serie B after being relegated to the second division at the end of the 2017–18 Serie A season. The club finished 5th in the 2018–19 Serie B season and were promoted back tot eh Serie A via winning the play-offs.[2]

Hellas Verona

2019–20 season
President	Maurizio Setti
Manager	Fabio Grosso (until 1 May 2019) Alfredo Aglietti (from 2 May)[1]
Stadium	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Serie B	5th (promoted via play-offs)
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Giampaolo Pazzini (12) All: Giampaolo Pazzini (15)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

On 21 June 2018, Fabio Grosso was appointed manager of Hellas, signing a two-year deal at the newly relegated Serie B club.[3] Grosso was sacked on 1 May 2019 after a shock 3–2 home loss to relegation-threatened Livorno.[4] He was replaced the next day by Alfredo Aglietti, with the goal to help the club getting into the promotion playoffs.[5] Under Aglietti's short tenure, he managed to guide the club to fifth place in the regular season, and then to the promotion playoff finals, where Verona defeated Cittadella to achieve promotion to Serie A after only a single season in the second division.[6] Despite his successes, however, Aglietti was not confirmed for another season, and Ivan Jurić was named as his replacement in charge of the club a few days later.[7]

Squad

First team squad

As of 31 January 2019[8]

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 Marco Silvestri 2 MF  ITA Gianni Munari (on loan from Parma) 3 DF  ITA Luigi Vitale 4 MF  SCO Liam Henderson 5 DF  ITA Davide Faraoni (on loan from Crotone) 6 MF  ITA Luca Marrone (on loan from Juventus) 7 FW  BRA Ryder Matos (on loan from Udinese) 8 MF  SWE Samuel Gustafson (on loan from Torino) 9 MF  ITA Antonino Ragusa (on loan from Sassuolo) 10 FW  ITA Samuel Di Carmine (on loan from Perugia) 11 FW  ITA Giampaolo Pazzini (Captain) 12 GK  ITA Lorenzo Ferrari 13 FW  CIV Abdoullaye Traoré 14 MF  ARG Santiago Colombatto (on loan from Cagliari) 15 DF  SVN Jure Balkovec

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  KOR Lee Seung-woo 17 DF  ITA Alessandro Crescenzi 20 MF  ITA Mattia Zaccagni 21 MF  TUN Karim Laribi 22 GK  ITA Andrea Tozzo (on loan from Sampdoria) 23 FW  ITA Antonio Di Gaudio (on loan from Parma) 24 DF  ALB Marash Kumbulla 25 MF  ITA Andrea Danzi 26 GK  ITA Alessandro Berardi 27 DF  POL Paweł Dawidowicz 28 FW  SVK Ľubomír Tupta 29 DF  ITA Alberto Almici (on loan from Atalanta) 30 DF  ITA Matteo Bianchetti 33 DF  BRA Alan Empereur

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Nicola Borghetto (at Mantova until 30 June 2019) — GK  BRA Nícolas (at Udinese until 30 June 2019) — GK  ITA Riccardo Tosi (at Arzignano Valchiampo until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Andrea Badan (at Alessandria until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Gianmaria Bagarolo (at Clodiense until 30 June 2019) — DF  ROU Deian Boldor (at Foggia until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Antonio Caracciolo (at Cremonese until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Nicolò Casale (at Südtirol until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Matteo Franchetti (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Jody Maistrello (at Mantova until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Edoardo Pavan (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Riccardo Perazzolo (at Torino U-19 until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Daniel Bessa (at Genoa until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Simone Calvano (at Padova until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Luca Checchin (at Alessandria until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Alessandro Cherubin (at Mantova until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Lorenzo Dentale (at Arzignano Valchiampo until 30 June 2019) — MF  ALG Mohamed Fares (at SPAL until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Gaetano Navas (at Paganese until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Matteo Pinton (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2019) — MF  SVK Šimon Štefanec (at Nitra until 30 June 2020) — MF  ITA Michele Valente (at Ambrosiana until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Mattia Valoti (at SPAL until 30 June 2019) — FW  ITA Enrico Bearzotti (at Monza until 30 June 2019) — FW  ITA Pierluigi Cappelluzzo (at Imolese until 30 June 2019) — FW  GUI Karamoko Cissé (at Carpi until 30 June 2019) — FW  GHA Joseph Ekuban (at Mantova until 30 June 2019)

Competitions

Serie B

Main article: 2018–19 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Benevento	36	17	9	10	61	45	+16	60	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Pescara	36	14	13	9	50	46	+4	55
5	Hellas Verona (O, P)	36	13	13	10	49	46	+3	52	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Spezia	36	14	9	13	53	46	+7	51[lower-alpha 1]
7	Cittadella	36	12	15	9	49	38	+11	51[lower-alpha 1]

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.[9]
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Spezia finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Spezia 1–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–1 Spezia.

Play-offs

Preliminary round

Hellas Verona v Perugia

18 May 2019	Hellas Verona	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Perugia	Verona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Faraoni  16' Empereur  27'  101' Di Carmine  41' Laribi  99' Pazzini  118', 120+1'	Report	11' Dragomir  34'  64' Kouan  89' (pen.) Vido  104' Verre  108' Rosi	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 10,234[10] Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Semi-final

Hellas Verona v Pescara

22 May 2019	Hellas Verona	0–0	Pescara	Verona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danzi  90'	Report	14' Pinto  90+3' Bruno	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 11,308[10] Referee: Livio Marinelli

Pescara v Hellas Verona

26 May 2019	Pescara	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	Hellas Verona	Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perrotta  71' Scognamiglio  73'  90+2' Del Grosso  84'	Report	27' Colombatto  55' Henderson  74' (pen.)  90+4' Di Carmine	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico Attendance: 11,165[10] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Final

Cittadella v Hellas Verona

30 May 2019	Cittadella	2–0	Hellas Verona	Cittadella
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diaw  6', 80'	Report	63' Vitale  67' Colombatto	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 7,623[10] Referee: Antonio Giua

Hellas Verona v Cittadella

2 June 2019	Hellas Verona	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Cittadella	Verona
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Vitale  9' Di Carmine  12' Zaccagni  27' Bianchetti  48' Di Carmine  69' Laribi  83' Munari  90+2'	Report	10' Siega  24'  62' Parodi  60'  78' Proia	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 25,248[10] Referee: Marco Piccinini

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2018–19 Coppa Italia

Second round

Hellas Verona (2) v Juve Stabia (3)

5 August 2018	Hellas Verona (2)	4–1	Juve Stabia (3)	Verona
				Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

Third round

Catania (3) v Hellas Verona (2)

12 August 2018	Catania (3)	2–0	Hellas Verona (2)	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

References

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2. "Hellas Verona return to Serie A". Football Italia. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
3. "Official: Grosso new Verona Coach". Football Italia. 21 June 2018.
4. "Serie B: Verona sack Grosso". Football Italia. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
5. "Verona, Aglietti nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Repubblica. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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8. "Rosa". Hellas Verona F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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