2018–19 US Città di Palermo season

The 2018–19 season was Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo's 2nd consecutive season in Serie B, the second-highest division of Italian football. By the end of the 2018–19 Serie B, Palermo were originally the third-placed team with 63 points, but were relegated to Serie D because the club failed to register in Serie B for financial issues.^[15]

Palermo

2018–19 season
President	Giovanni Giammarva[1] (until 8 August 2018)[2] Clive Richardson (from 29 December 2018 until 5 February 2019)[3][4] Rino Foschi (from 14 February 2019 until 3 May 2019)[5][6] Alessandro Albanese (from 3 May 2019)[6]
Manager	Bruno Tedino[7] (until 26 September 2018)[8] Roberto Stellone (from 26 September 2018 until 23 April 2019)[8][9] Delio Rossi (from 24 April 2019)[10]
Stadium	Renzo Barbera
Serie B	11th (Relegated to Serie D)
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ilija Nestorovski (14)[11][12] All: Ilija Nestorovski (15)[11][12]
Highest home attendance	28,351 vs Cittadella (11 May 2019, Serie B)[13]
Lowest home attendance	4,513 vs Cosenza (3 November 2018, Serie B)[14]
Average home league attendance	9,394
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 March 2019.^[16]
Appearances and goals are counted for domestic leagues (Serie A and Serie B) and national cup (Coppa Italia) and correct as of 11 May 2019.^[17]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1/32[18]	Alberto Brignoli		GK	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 33)	2018[19]	2021	Juventus	€1M	31	0
1/33[20]	Fabrizio Alastra		GK	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)	2015	2019	Youth Sector	N/A	2	0
12	Leonardo Marson		GK	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26)	2016	2020	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
22	Alberto Pomini		GK	(1981-03-17) 17 March 1981 (age 43)	2017[21]	2019	Sassuolo	Undisclosed	32	0
Defenders
2	Giuseppe Bellusci		CB	(1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 35)	2017[22]	2020	Leeds United	Free	59	1
3	Andrea Rispoli		RB / RWB	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 36)	2015[23]	2019	Parma	Free	137	12
4	Andrea Accardi		CB	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29)	2015	2021[24]	Youth Sector	N/A	9	0
5	Slobodan Rajković		CB	(1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35)	2016[25]	2020	Darmstadt	€1.5M	53	5
6	Aljaž Struna		CB / RB	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 34)	2012[26]	2019[27]	Koper	€300,000	67	2
13	Andrea Ingegneri		CB / LB	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32)	2017[28]	2021	Pordenone	Undisclosed	-	-
14	Alessandro Salvi		RB / LB	(1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36)	2018[29]	2020	Cittadella	Undisclosed	23	2
19	Haitam Aleesami		LB / LWB	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33)	2016[30]	2019	Göteborg	€1.2M	94	2
23	Corentin Fiore		LB / CB	(1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 (age 29)	2018[31]	2020	Standard Liège	Free	3	0
24	Przemysław Szymiński		CB / RB	(1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 30)	2017[32]	2020	Wisła Płock	€250,000	48	1
27	Antonio Mazzotta		LB / LWB	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 35)	2018[33]	2020	Pescara	Free	13	1
31	Roberto Pirrello		CB	(1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 28)	2016	2022[34]	Youth Sector	N/A	9	1
Midfielders
8	Mato Jajalo		CM / DM	(1988-05-25) 25 May 1988 (age 36)	2015[35]	2019	Rijeka	Free	147	6
18	Ivaylo Chochev		CM	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)	2014[36]	2020[37]	CSKA Sofia	€2M	120	13
21	Luca Fiordilino		DM / CM	(1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 28)	2015	2021[24]	Youth Sector	N/A	32	0
25/33[38]	Antonino Gallo		LM	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)	2018[39]	2021	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
26	Simone Santoro		CM / DM	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999 (age 25)	2018[40]	2020	Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
28/32[41]	Nicolas Haas[lower-alpha 1]		CM	(1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28)	2018[42]	2019	Atalanta	Free	33	1
35	Radosław Murawski		CM / DM	(1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 30)	2017[43]	2020	Piast Gliwice	€650,000	75	3
Forwards
7/10[44]	Aleksandar Trajkovski		SS / AM / CF	(1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 32)	2015[45]	2020	Zulte Waregem	€900,000	113	20
7/15[46]	Simone Lo Faso		SS	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 26)	2016	2021[47]	Youth Sector	N/A	14	0
9	Stefano Moreo		CF / RW	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31)	2018[48]	2021	Venezia	€1.35M	49	6
11	Carlos Embalo		LW	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 29)	2013[49]	2020[50]	Chaves	€195,000	34	1
17	Norbert Balogh		CF	(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 28)	2016[51]	2020	Debreceni	€2.2M	26	0
20	César Falletti[lower-alpha 1]		AM / RW / LW	(1992-12-02) 2 December 1992 (age 31)	2018[52]	2019	Bologna	Free	32	4
29	George Pușcaș[lower-alpha 1]		CF	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28)	2018[53]	2019	Inter	Free	33	9
30	Ilija Nestorovski (C)		CF / SS	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34)	2016[54]	2021[55]	Inter Zaprešić	€500,000	99	39
Players transferred in during the season
12	Lorenzo Avogadri[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]		GK	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 23)	2018[56]	2019	Youth Sector	Free	-	-
34	Kevin Cannavò		CF	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24)	2018[57]	2022	Youth Sector	N/A	2	0
6	Niklas Gunnarsson		RB	(1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33)	2019[58]	2020	Djurgården	Free	-	-

1. On loan.
2. Signed from Atalanta Youth Sector in Summer 2018, transferred to own Youth Sector and then aggregated during the season.

Name	Signed to	Transfer Fee	Notes
Players transferred out during the season
Norbert Balogh	APOEL	Free	Out on loan[59]
Leonardo Marson	Olbia	Undisclosed	Permanent deal[60]
Corentin Fiore	Imolese	Free	Out on loan[61]
Aljaž Struna	Houston Dynamo	€500,000	Permanent deal[62]
Carlos Embalo	Cosenza	Free	Out on loan[63]

Transfers

Pre-summer transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
31 May 2018	MF	Housem Ferchichi	22	Vicenza	Free	End of loan

Summer 2018

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
1 July 2018	GK	Fabrizio Alastra	20	Prato	Free	End of loan
	FW	Carlos Embalo	23	Brescia
	FW	Simone Lo Faso	20	Fiorentina
	GK	Leonardo Marson	20	Sassuolo
	DF	Roberto Pirrello	22	Livorno
	FW	Stefano Moreo	25	Venezia	€1M	Option to buy exercised
12 July 2018	DF	Antonio Mazzotta	28	Pescara	Free	Released
18 July 2018	DF	Alessandro Salvi	30	Cittadella	Undisclosed	Permanent deal
25 July 2018	MF	Nicolas Haas	22	Atalanta	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019
	GK	Alberto Brignoli	26	Juventus	€1M	Permanent deal
8 August 2018	FW	George Pușcaș	22	Inter	Free	On loan with an obligation to buy for €3.3M after playing 3 games
13 August 2018	FW	César Falletti	25	Bologna	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2018	GK	Luca Maniero	23	Unattached	—	Contract expiration
	DF	Michel Morganella	29		—
1 July 2018	DF	Paweł Dawidowicz	23	Benfica B	Free	End of loan
	DF	Gabriele Rolando	23	Sampdoria
6 July 2018	FW	Antonino La Gumina	22	Empoli	€9M	Permanent deal
7 July 2018	GK	Josip Posavec	22	Hajduk Split	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019
16 July 2018	FW	Igor Coronado	25	Sharjah	€6M	Permanent deal
26 July 2018	MF	Eddy Gnahoré	24	Amiens	€500,000	On loan with an obligation to buy for €2.5M after playing 20 games

Other acquisitions

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
1 July 2018	DF	Antony Angileri	17	Juventus Youth Sector	Free	End of loan
	FW	Accursio Bentivegna	22	Carrarese
	FW	Francesco Bonfiglio	21	AlbinoLeffe
	MF	Rosario Costantino	21	Fano
	DF	Rosario Damiano Maddaloni	19
	MF	Dario Giacomarro	23	Gubbio
	DF	Simone Giuliano	21	Sicula Leonzio
	DF	Davide Monteleone	22
	MF	Davide Petermann	23
	FW	Paolo Grillo	21	Siracusa
	FW	Vincenzo Plescia	20
	DF	Andrea Punzi	21
	MF	Marco Toscano	20
	MF	Gennaro Ruggiero	18	Torino Primavera
	DF	Carmine Setola	19	Pisa
	DF	Shaqir Tafa	19	Monopoli
1 August 2018	FW	Panagiotis Louka	17	Atalanta		On loan until 24 January 2019
	GK	Lorenzo Avogadri	16			On loan until 30 June 2019

Other disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2018	MF	Dario Giacomarro	23	Unattached	—	Contract expiration
	FW	Vincenzo Plescia	20		—
17 July 2018	MF	Danilo Ambro	19	FeralpiSalò	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019
19 July 2018	DF	Simone Giuliano	21	Pro Piacenza
24 July 2018	DF	Giuseppe Tarantino	19	Gravina
25 July 2018	DF	Carmine Setola	19	Fano
31 July 2018	GK	Graziano Belladonna	18	Lecco
1 August 2018	GK	Samuele Guddo	19	Latina
4 August 2018	FW	Cosimo Marco Da Graca	16	Juventus Youth Sector		On loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy
7 August 2018	DF	Shaqir Tafa	19	Cuneo		On loan until 30 June 2019
8 August 2018	MF	Davide Petermann	23	Reggina	Undisclosed	Permanent deal
9 August 2018	MF	Marco Toscano	21	Trapani	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019
16 August 2018	DF	Ivo Quaranta	17	Foggia		On loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy and counter-option

Post-summer transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
21 August 2018	FW	Norbert Balogh	22	APOEL	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019
25 August 2018	GK	Leonardo Marson	20	Olbia	Undisclosed	Permanent deal
30 August 2018	DF	Corentin Fiore	23	Imolese	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019

Other post-summer disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
22 August 2018	DF	Rosario Damiano Maddaloni	20	Rende	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy and counter-option
24 August 2018	FW	Accursio Bentivegna	22	Carrarese	Undisclosed	Permanent deal
	FW	Paolo Grillo	21	Pro Vercelli
31 August 2018	DF	Andrea Punzi	21	Paganese	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019
8 September 2018	DF	Davide Monteleone	22	Darfo Boario

Pre-winter transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
24 December 2018	DF	Aljaž Struna	28	Houston Dynamo	€500,000	Permanent deal

Other pre-winter disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
1 December 2018	MF	Housem Ferchichi	22	Este	Free	Unknown
7 December 2018	FW	Francesco Bonfiglio	21	Marsala		Released

Winter 2019

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
25 January 2019	FW	Carlos Embalo	24	Cosenza	Free	On loan until 30 June 2019

Other acquisitions

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
3 January 2019	DF	Simone Giuliano	21	Pro Piacenza	Free	Released due to economic crisis of Pro Piacenza

Other disposals

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
24 January 2019	FW	Panagiotis Louka	18	Atalanta	Free	End of loan

Post-winter transfers

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
1 March 2019	DF	Niklas Gunnarsson	27	Unattached	Free	Until 30 June 2020

Total expenditure: €2,000,000

Total revenue: €16,000,000

Net income: €14,000,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Palermo v R.L. Sappada

21 July 2018 Friendly	Palermo	20–0	R.L. Sappada	Sappada (Udine)
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mina 15' (o.g.) Nestorovski 17', 21', 25', 36' Trajkovski 22' Pirrello 31' Accardi 33' Moreo 42' Embalo 46', 74', 86' Lo Faso 49' Balogh 53', 66', 81' Gnahoré 69', 87' Rispoli 71', 90'	Report		Stadium: Sappada local stadium Referee: Marco Cecchin

Palermo v Sandonà 1922

27 July 2018 Friendly	Palermo	6-1	Sandonà 1922	Sappada (Udine)
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fiordilino 3', 30' Trajkovski 20', 34' Nestorovski 27' Santoro 62'	Report	44' Ferrarese	Stadium: Sappada local stadium Referee: Bogdan Nicolae Sfira

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	25 August 2018	11 May 2019	Matchday 1	11th place[lower-alpha 1]	36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	044.44
Coppa Italia	5 August 2018	12 August 2018	Second round	Third round	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					38	16	16	6	60	42	+18	042.11

Source: Competitions

1. Palermo originally finished 3rd, but were deducted 20 points for administrative offense.

Serie B

Main article: 2018–19 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
9	Cremonese	36	12	13	11	37	33	+4	49
10	Cosenza	36	11	13	12	34	42	−8	46
11	Palermo[lower-alpha 1] (R, E, R)	36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	43[lower-alpha 2]	Demotion to Serie D
12	Crotone	36	11	10	15	40	42	−2	43[lower-alpha 2]
13	Ascoli	36	10	13	13	40	56	−16	43[lower-alpha 2]

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.^[64]
(E) Eliminated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Palermo were initially deducted twenty points for financial irregularities, they were excluded from the 2019–20 Serie B on 12th July 2019.
2. Positions determined by head-to-head points: Palermo: 9 pts; Crotone: 6 pts; Ascoli 3 pts.

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
36	16	15	5	57	38	+19	63	8	9	1	31	16	+15	8	6	4	26	22	+4

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	-	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	W	L	B	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	B	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D
Position	13	10	6	3	7	9	5	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	11

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

Matches

Serie B

Salernitana v Palermo

25 August 2018 1	Salernitana	0–0	Palermo	Salerno
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pucino  28' Di Tacchio  58'	Report	61' Murawski  88' Bellusci	Stadium: Arechi Attendance: 12,979[65] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Palermo v Cremonese

31 August 2018 2	Palermo	2–2	Cremonese	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trajkovski 26' Haas  63' Bellusci  77' Mazzotta 88'  89'	Report	64' Strefezza 82' Mogos	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,779[65] Referee: Luigi Nasca

Foggia v Palermo

16 September 2018 3	Foggia	1–2	Palermo	Foggia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Deli  10' Kragl 37' Tonucci  68' Camporese  80'	Report	12' Bellusci 54' Salvi  55' Falletti 64' Trajkovski  85' Murawski	Stadium: Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 10,778[65] Referee: Livio Marinelli

Palermo v Perugia

22 September 2018 4	Palermo	4–1	Perugia	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellusci 14' Jajalo  20' Nestorovski 18', 68' (pen.) Trajkovski 58'	Report	23' Moscati  40' Gyömbér 79' Dragomir	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,313[65] Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Brescia v Palermo

25 September 2018 5	Brescia	2–1	Palermo	Brescia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donnarumma 27', 29' Torregrossa  40' Ndoj  51' Tonali  90+3'	Report	77' Aleesami 86' Moreo	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 6,103[65] Referee: Marco Piccinini

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Palermo v Crotone

7 October 2018 7	Palermo	1–0	Crotone	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rajković  17' Bellusci, Trajkovski  41' Nestorovski 86'	Report	2' Budimir	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,011[65] Referee: Davide Ghersini

Lecce v Palermo

21 October 2018 8	Lecce	1–2	Palermo	Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tabanelli 37' La Mantia  65'	Report	29'  86' Nestorovski  51' Mazzotta  52' Jajalo 85' Pușcaș  88' Brignoli	Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 12,719[65] Referee: Manuel Volpi

Palermo v Venezia

26 October 2018 9	Palermo	1–1	Venezia	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Salvi  9' Nestorovski  60' Trajkovski  63' Bellusci  65' Struna  87' 90'	Report	59' Segre  65'Litteri  89' Di Mariano	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,067[65] Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Carpi v Palermo

30 October 2018 10	Carpi	0–3	Palermo	Carpi
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sabbione  25' Pezzi  39'  45+1'	Report	5' Falletti  27' Rajković  47' 61' Jajalo  49' Pirrello  66' Rispoli 74' Nestorovski	Stadium: Sandro Cabassi Attendance: 1,875[65] Referee: Niccolò Baroni

Palermo v Cosenza

3 November 2018 11	Palermo	2–1	Cosenza	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Murawski  8' Bellusci  35' Jajalo  67' Salvi 77' Pușcaș 90' Struna  90+6'	Report	15' Mungo  73' Garritano 79' Baclet  90+6' Pascali  90+7' Idda	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,513[65] Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

Palermo v Pescara

11 November 2018 12	Palermo	3–0	Pescara	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pușcaș 37'  57' Murawski 86' Moreo 87' Struna  90+2'	Report	43' Mancuso  89' Pepín	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,222[65] Referee: Livio Marinelli

Hellas Verona v Palermo

23 November 2018 13	Hellas Verona	1–1	Palermo	Verona
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Carmine 31' Lee  59'	Report	9' Bellusci 67' Rajković	Stadium: Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 8,258[65] Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

Palermo v Benevento

30 November 2018 14	Palermo	0–0	Benevento	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jajalo  26' Rajković  56' Salvi  72'	Report	63' Billong  81' Maggio	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 7,714[65] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Padova v Palermo

8 December 2018 15	Padova	1–3	Palermo	Padua
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonazzoli 30' Clemenza  38' Cappelletti  45' Belingheri  90'	Report	43' Trajkovski  65' Haas  66' Moreo 68' Rajković 70' Nestorovski  72' Szymiński	Stadium: Euganeo Attendance: 8,215[65] Referee: Federico Dionisi

Palermo v Livorno

15 December 2018 16	Palermo	1-1	Livorno	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moreo 14' Bellusci  77' Falletti  78'	Report	25' Raičević  57' Porcino  59' Fazzi  80' Agazzi	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,734[65] Referee: Valerio Marini

Spezia v Palermo

23 December 2018 17	Spezia	1-1	Palermo	La Spezia
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Capradossi 34' Gyasi  86' De Col  90+4'	Report	25' Falletti  38' Murawski  59' Aleesami  70' Salvi  80' Bellusci	Stadium: Alberto Picco Attendance: 5 609[65] Referee: Riccardo Ros

Palermo v Ascoli

27 December 2018 18	Palermo	3-0	Ascoli	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+1:00)	Perucchini 26' (o.g.) Jajalo  58' Čočev 73' Szymiński 86'	Report	68' Addae	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 8 262[65] Referee: Fabio Piscopo

Cittadella v Palermo

30 December 2018 19	Cittadella	0-1	Palermo	Cittadella
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adorni  37' Benedetti  54'	Report	51' Falletti  83' Bellusci  90+3' Fiordilino	Stadium: Piercesare Tombolato Attendance: 4 815[65] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Palermo v Salernitana

18 January 2019 20	Palermo	1-2	Salernitana	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jajalo 17'  70' Pirrello  59' Chochev  79'	Report	41' André Anderson  55' Migliorini  83' Di Tacchio 90+3' Casasola	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,674[65] Referee: Federico Dionisi

Cremonese v Palermo

26 January 2019 21	Cremonese	2-0	Palermo	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arini 45+3' Boultam  63' Migliore 70'	Report	26' Chochev  33' Bellusci	Stadium: Giovanni Zini Attendance: 7,007[65] Referee: Livio Marinelli

Palermo v Foggia

4 February 2019 22	Palermo	0-0	Foggia	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Salvi  32' Murawski  40' Falletti  62'	Report	25' Gerbo	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,617[65] Referee: Davide Ghersini

Perugia v Palermo

9 February 2019 23	Perugia	1-2	Palermo	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bianco  40' Sadiq  66' Melchiorri 89' Verre  90+3'	Report	2', 47' Pușcaș  28' Haas  62' Bellusci	Stadium: Renato Curi Attendance: 8,105[65] Referee: Marco Serra

Palermo v Brescia

15 February 2019 24	Palermo	1-1	Brescia	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Falletti  19' Rispoli  64' Nestorovski 79'	Report	8' Torregrossa  71' Ndoj  82' Sabelli 90+2'  90+3' Tremolada	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 22,329[65] Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

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Crotone v Palermo

26 February 2019 26	Crotone	3-0	Palermo	Crotone
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rohdén 28' Curado  69' Mráz 78' Simy 90+2' (pen.)	Report	55' Moreo  72' Szymiński  90+1' Bellusci	Stadium: Ezio Scida Attendance: 6,104[65] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Palermo v Lecce

2 March 2019 27	Palermo	2-1	Lecce	Palermo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trajkovski 4' Nestorovski  38' Pușcaș 52' Salvi  66' Brignoli 84'	Report	22' Lucioni  45+1' Mancosu  55' Meccariello 90+3' Tabanelli	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,899[65] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Venezia v Palermo

11 March 2019 28	Venezia	1-1	Palermo	Venice
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bocalon 39'  40'	Report	43' Bellusci 84' Pușcaș	Stadium: Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 3,154[65] Referee: Riccardo Ros

Palermo v Carpi

17 March 2019 29	Palermo	4-1	Carpi	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Falletti 11' Nestorovski 15', 87' Rajković  63' Fiordilino  79' Pușcaș 85'	Report	44'  82' Krešić 46' Mustacchio  55' Jelenič  67' Di Noia  69'  69' Pasciuti  81' Vano	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 9,333[65] Referee: Luca Massimi

Cosenza v Palermo

30 March 2019 30	Cosenza	1-1	Palermo	Cosenza
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dermaku  11' Sciaudone 36'  88'	Report	19'  88'  90' Nestorovski  28' Murawski  35' Bellusci  45+1' Moreo  45+3' Jajalo  52' Rajković	Stadium: San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 9,268[65] Referee: Manuel Volpi

Pescara v Palermo

3 April 2019 31	Pescara	3-2	Palermo	Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Del Grosso 6' Monachello  31' Memushaj 68' Scognamiglio 86'  89' Mancuso  88'	Report	15' Moreo 37'  40' Pirrello  45+3' Jajalo  76' Murawski	Stadium: Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia Attendance: 6,557[65] Referee: Luigi Nasca

Palermo v Hellas Verona

8 April 2019 32	Palermo	1-0	Hellas Verona	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Murawski  29' Nestorovski 46'  80' Bellusci  82'  90'	Report	64' Gustafson  67' Pazzini  90+3' Dawidowicz	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 10,377[65] Referee: Antonio Giua

Benevento v Palermo

14 April 2019 33	Benevento	1-2	Palermo	Benevento
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Caldirola  66' Bandinelli  73' Asencio 89'	Report	42' Nestorovski  53' Haas  61' Jajalo  74' Rajković  77' Salvi 81' Pușcaș  90+3' Moreo	Stadium: Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 10,861[65] Referee: Davide Ghersini

Palermo v Padova

22 April 2019 34	Palermo	1-1	Padova	Palermo
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trajkovski 14' Salvi  30' Haas  68' Pușcaș  90+3'	Report	15' Pulzetti  35' Baraye  41' Trevisan  82' Lollo	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 11,639[65] Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

Livorno v Palermo

27 April 2019 35	Livorno	2-2	Palermo	Livorno
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gonnelli  45+2' Gori  47' Diamanti 73' Raičević 82'	Report	41' (pen.) Nestorovski  52' Jajalo 89' Trajkovski  90+2' Bellusci	Stadium: Armando Picchi Attendance: 6,541[65] Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

Palermo v Spezia

1 May 2019 36	Palermo	2-2	Spezia	Palermo
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jajalo 32' Moreo 40' Haas  61' Rajković  70' Murawski  83'	Report	30', 44' Maggiore  72' Mora	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 7,250[65] Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Ascoli v Palermo

4 May 2019 37	Ascoli	1-2	Palermo	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Addae 63' Casarini  80'	Report	60'  65' Moreo  73' Rajković  76' Jajalo  85' Szymiński 86' Haas	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 6,541[65] Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Palermo v Cittadella

11 May 2019 38	Palermo	2-2	Cittadella	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nestorovski 21' Trajkovski 23'	Report	50' Frare 65' Diaw 82' Adorni	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 28,351[65] Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2018–19 Coppa Italia

Palermo v Vicenza

5 August 2018 Second round	Palermo	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Vicenza	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Salvi  57' Jajalo  62' Haas  90+1' Rajković 90+4', 117'	Report	51' Bianchi  55' 90+2' (pen.) Giacomelli 100' Tronco	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,766[66] Referee: Francesco Fourneau
	Penalties
	Nestorovski Trajkovski Embalo Rajković Salvi Fiore Bellusci		Giacomelli Tronco Gashi Bonetto Zonta Grandi Stevanin

Cagliari v Palermo

12 August 2018 Third round	Cagliari	2–1	Palermo	Cagliari
20:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Pavoletti 31', 73' Cigarini  42'	Report	38' Rajković 52' (pen.) Nestorovski  64' Murawski	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 10,201[67] Referee: Paolo Valeri

Appearances and goals

As of 11 May 2019^[11][12]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1/32	GK	ITA	Alberto Brignoli	33	-35	31	-31	2	-4
1/33	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Alastra	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Avogadri	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ITA	Leonardo Marson	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	ITA	Alberto Pomini	5	-7	5	-7	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bellusci	32	1	30	1	2	0
3	DF	ITA	Andrea Rispoli	22	0	22	0	0	0
4	DF	ITA	Andrea Accardi	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	SRB	Slobodan Rajković	32	4	30	2	2	2
6	DF	NOR	Niklas Gunnarsson	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	SVN	Aljaž Struna	5	1	5	1	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Andrea Ingegneri	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ITA	Alessandro Salvi	23	2	21	2	2	0
19	DF	NOR	Haitam Aleesami	29	0	29	0	0	0
23	DF	BEL	Corentin Fiore	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	POL	Przemysław Szymiński	20	1	20	1	0	0
27	DF	ITA	Antonio Mazzotta	13	1	11	1	2	0
31	DF	ITA	Roberto Pirrello	9	1	9	1	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BIH	Mato Jajalo	35	3	33	3	2	0
18	MF	BUL	Ivaylo Chochev	12	1	12	1	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Luca Fiordilino	18	0	16	0	2	0
25/33	MF	ITA	Antonino Gallo	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ITA	Simone Santoro	0	0	0	0	0	0
28/32	MF	SUI	Nicolas Haas	33	1	32	1	1	0
35	MF	POL	Radosław Murawski	34	1	32	1	2	0
Forwards
7/10	FW	MKD	Aleksandar Trajkovski	36	8	34	8	2	0
7/15	FW	ITA	Simone Lo Faso	2	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	ITA	Stefano Moreo	33	6	31	6	2	0
11	FW	GNB	Carlos Embalo	6	0	4	0	2	0
17	FW	HUN	Norbert Balogh	2	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	URU	César Falletti	32	4	32	4	0	0
29	FW	ROU	George Pușcaș	33	9	33	9	0	0
30	FW	MKD	Ilija Nestorovski	28	15	26	14	2	1
34	FW	ITA	Kevin Cannavò	2	0	2	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 11 May 2019^[11][12]

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
1	30	FW		Ilija Nestorovski	14	1	15
2	29	FW		George Pușcaș	9		9
3	7/10	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	8		8
4	9	FW		Stefano Moreo	6		6
5	20	FW		César Falletti	4		4
	5	DF		Slobodan Rajković	2	2	4
7	8	MF		Mato Jajalo	3		3
8	14	DF		Alessandro Salvi	2		2
9	2	DF		Giuseppe Bellusci	1		1
	18	MF		Ivaylo Chochev	1		1
	32	MF		Nicolas Haas	1		1
	27	DF		Antonio Mazzotta	1		1
	35	MF		Radosław Murawski	1		1
	31	DF		Roberto Pirrello	1		1
	6	DF		Aljaž Struna	1		1
	24	DF		Przemysław Szymiński	1		1
Own goal					1		1
Totals					57	3	60

Clean sheets

As of 11 May 2019^[68]

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
1	1/32	GK		Alberto Brignoli	7[lower-alpha 1]		7
2	22	GK		Alberto Pomini	2[lower-alpha 2]		2
Totals					9	0	9

1. Weeks: 1, 7, 12, 14, 18, 22, 32.
2. Weeks: 10, 19.

Disciplinary record

As of 11 May 2019^[12]

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B			Coppa Italia			Total
2	DF		Giuseppe Bellusci	15	1	1				15	1	1
3	DF		Andrea Rispoli	1		1				1		1
7/10	FW		Aleksandar Trajkovski	1		1				1		1
30	FW		Ilija Nestorovski	4	1					4	1
8	MF		Mato Jajalo	12			1			13
35	MF		Radosław Murawski	9			1			10
5	DF		Slobodan Rajković	8			1			9
14	DF		Alessandro Salvi	7			1			8
28/32	MF		Nicolas Haas	6			1			7
9	FW		Stefano Moreo	5						5
20	FW		César Falletti	4						4
31	DF		Roberto Pirrello	3						3
6	DF		Aljaž Struna	3						3
24	DF		Przemysław Szymiński	3						3
19	DF		Haitam Aleesami	2						2
1/32	GK		Alberto Brignoli	2						2
18	MF		Ivaylo Chochev	2						2
21	MF		Luca Fiordilino	2						2
27	DF		Antonio Mazzotta	2						2
29	FW		George Pușcaș	2						2
Totals				93	2	3	5	0	0	98	2	3

Attendances

As of 11 May 2019.

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Serie B	18	169,084	9,394	28,351	4,513
Coppa Italia	1	5,766	5,766	5,766	5,766
Total	19	174,850	9,203	28,351	4,513

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