The 2017–18 season was Benevento Calcio's first-ever season in Serie A, the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
Following fourteen consecutive defeats to begin the season (an Italian top-flight record), Benevento remained rooted firmly in 20th place during the entirety of the 2017–18 campaign. The club were also eliminated early on in the third round of the Coppa Italia, falling 4–0 to Serie B side Perugia, with Juventus loanee and Italian youth player Alberto Cerri scoring a hat-trick.
Malian footballer and former Bordeaux player Cheick Diabaté, a winter signing, finished as the club's top scorer with eight goals, following an excellent end of season, though this would not be enough to save the club from returning immediately to the second division.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Massimo Coda Salernitana Undisclosed Vid Belec Carpi Undisclosed Gaetano Letizia Carpi Undisclosed Gianluca Di Chiara Perugia Undisclosed Samuel Armenteros Heracles Almelo €2M
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source George Pușcaș Internazionale Loan Loan with an option to buy Danilo Cataldi Lazio Loan On loan until the end of the season Alberto Brignoli Juventus Loan Vittorio Parigini Torino Loan Luca Antei Sassuolo Loan Loan with an option to buy Pietro Iemmello Sassuolo Loan Loan with an option to buy Achraf Lazaar Newcastle United Loan Loan with an option to buy for €3.5M Cristiano Lombardi Lazio Loan Cheick Diabaté Osmanlıspor Loan Filip Đuričić Sampdoria Loan Bacary Sagna Manchester City Loan Option to extend loan for another year
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Amato Ciciretti Parma Loan
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal125FWCheick Diabaté808211FWMassimo Coda404399FWEnrico Brignola303410MFAmato Ciciretti20214MFNicolas Viola20233FWPietro Iemmello20266MFGuilherme20283DFGaetano Letizia1017MFMarco D'Alessandro1018MFDanilo Cataldi10122GKAlberto Brignoli10130MFSandro10132FWGeorge Pușcaș10177DFAchraf Lazaar10183DFBacary Sagna10190FWSamuel Armenteros101Own goal101Totals33033
Last updated: 20 May 2018
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal181GKChristian Puggioni20221GKVid Belec10122GKAlberto Brignoli101Totals404
Last updated: 20 May 2018
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal1GKVid Belec10110020122GKAlberto Brignoli20000020081GKChristian Puggioni0010000013DFGaetano Letizia5100005105DFFabio Lucioni1000001006DFBerat Djimsiti20000020016DFAlin Toșca10000010017DFGianluca Di Chiara30000030018DFBright Gyamfi10000010021DFAndrea Costa50000050023DFLorenzo Venuti40000040083DFBacary Sagna10000010088DFLuca Antei10100010191DFLuca Sparandeo1000001004MFLorenzo Del Pinto6000006007MFMarco D'Alessandro1000001008MFDanilo Cataldi91000091013MFRaman Chibsah40000040014MFNicolas Viola11000011020MFLedian Memushaj30000030030MFSandro40000040031MFFilip Đuričić10000010066MFGuilherme10000010011FWMassimo Coda10000010025FWCheick Diabaté01000001026FWVittorio Parigini20000020087FWCristiano Lombardi30000030090FWSamuel Armenteros10000010099FWEnrico Brignola500000500Totals69431007043
Last updated: 20 May 2018
See also
History of Benevento Calcio
References