2018–19 Hellas Verona FC season

Hellas Verona
2019–20 season
President	Maurizio Setti
Manager	Fabio Grosso (until 1 May 2019); Alfredo Aglietti (from 2 May)
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
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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 to the Serie A via winning the play-offs.^[2]

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.^[1] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Squad

First team squad

As of 31 January 2019^[7]

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
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^[a]
7	Cittadella	36	12	15	9	49	38	11	51^[a]

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.^[8]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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

Play-offs

Preliminary round

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^[9] Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Semi-final

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^[9] Referee: Livio Marinelli

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^[9] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Final

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^[9] Referee: Antonio Giua

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^[9] Referee: Marco Piccinini

Coppa Italia

Second round

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

Third round

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Verona, Aglietti nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Repubblica. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Hellas Verona return to Serie A". Football Italia. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "Official: Grosso new Verona Coach". Football Italia. 21 June 2018.
^ "Serie B: Verona sack Grosso". Football Italia. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ "Verona, 2 allenatori e 41 battaglie in più di 9 mesi: la promozione come un parto" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Calcio, addio Aglietti. È Ivan Juric il nuovo allenatore dell'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Rosa". Hellas Verona F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2018-2019". StadiaPostcards.

[table_hth_SPE0.71164595787956-8] Spezia finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Spezia 1–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–1 Spezia.

[Verona,_Aglietti_nuovo_allenatore-1] "Verona, Aglietti nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). Repubblica. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[2] "Hellas Verona return to Serie A". Football Italia. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[verona-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, 2 allenatori e 41 battaglie in più di 9 mesi: la promozione come un parto" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[6] "Calcio, addio Aglietti. È Ivan Juric il nuovo allenatore dell'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[7] "Rosa". Hellas Verona F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[9] "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 2018-2019". StadiaPostcards.

[2]

[1]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[a]

[8]

[9]