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2018–19 Hellas Verona FC 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 to the Serie A via winning the play-offs.^[2]

Season summary[edit]

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[edit]

First team squad[edit]

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[edit]

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 (atMantova until 30 June 2019) — GK  BRA Nícolas (atUdinese until 30 June 2019) — GK  ITA Riccardo Tosi (atArzignano Valchiampo until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Andrea Badan (atAlessandria until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Gianmaria Bagarolo (atClodiense until 30 June 2019) — DF  ROU Deian Boldor (atFoggia until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Antonio Caracciolo (atCremonese until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Nicolò Casale (atSüdtirol until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Matteo Franchetti (atVirtus Verona until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Jody Maistrello (atMantova until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Edoardo Pavan (atVirtus Verona until 30 June 2019) — DF  ITA Riccardo Perazzolo (atTorino U-19 until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Daniel Bessa (atGenoa until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Simone Calvano (atPadova until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Luca Checchin (atAlessandria until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Alessandro Cherubin (atMantova until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Lorenzo Dentale (atArzignano Valchiampo until 30 June 2019) — MF  ALG Mohamed Fares (atSPAL until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Gaetano Navas (atPaganese until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Matteo Pinton (atVirtus Verona until 30 June 2019) — MF  SVK Šimon Štefanec (atNitra until 30 June 2020) — MF  ITA Michele Valente (at Ambrosiana until 30 June 2019) — MF  ITA Mattia Valoti (atSPAL until 30 June 2019) — FW  ITA Enrico Bearzotti (atMonza until 30 June 2019) — FW  ITA Pierluigi Cappelluzzo (atImolese until 30 June 2019) — FW  GUI Karamoko Cissé (atCarpi until 30 June 2019) — FW  GHA Joseph Ekuban (atMantova until 30 June 2019)

Competitions[edit]

Serie B[edit]

League table[edit]

Play-offs[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Hellas VeronavPerugia

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[edit]

Hellas VeronavPescara

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

PescaravHellas 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[9] Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Final[edit]

CittadellavHellas 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[9] Referee: Antonio Giua

Hellas VeronavCittadella

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[edit]

Second round[edit]

Third round[edit]

References[edit]