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]

Hellas Verona
2019–20 season
PresidentMaurizio Setti
ManagerFabio Grosso (until 1 May 2019)
Alfredo Aglietti (from 2 May)[1]
StadiumStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Serie B5th (promoted via play-offs)
Coppa ItaliaThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Giampaolo Pazzini (12)
All:
Giampaolo Pazzini (15)

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 Italy ITA Marco Silvestri
2 MF Italy ITA Gianni Munari (on loan from Parma)
3 DF Italy ITA Luigi Vitale
4 MF Scotland SCO Liam Henderson
5 DF Italy ITA Davide Faraoni (on loan from Crotone)
6 MF Italy ITA Luca Marrone (on loan from Juventus)
7 FW Brazil BRA Ryder Matos (on loan from Udinese)
8 MF Sweden SWE Samuel Gustafson (on loan from Torino)
9 MF Italy ITA Antonino Ragusa (on loan from Sassuolo)
10 FW Italy ITA Samuel Di Carmine (on loan from Perugia)
11 FW Italy ITA Giampaolo Pazzini (Captain)
12 GK Italy ITA Lorenzo Ferrari
13 FW Ivory Coast CIV Abdoullaye Traoré
14 MF Argentina ARG Santiago Colombatto (on loan from Cagliari)
15 DF Slovenia SVN Jure Balkovec
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW South Korea KOR Lee Seung-woo
17 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Crescenzi
20 MF Italy ITA Mattia Zaccagni
21 MF Tunisia TUN Karim Laribi
22 GK Italy ITA Andrea Tozzo (on loan from Sampdoria)
23 FW Italy ITA Antonio Di Gaudio (on loan from Parma)
24 DF Albania ALB Marash Kumbulla
25 MF Italy ITA Andrea Danzi
26 GK Italy ITA Alessandro Berardi
27 DF Poland POL Paweł Dawidowicz
28 FW Slovakia SVK Ľubomír Tupta
29 DF Italy ITA Alberto Almici (on loan from Atalanta)
30 DF Italy ITA Matteo Bianchetti
33 DF Brazil 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 Italy ITA Nicola Borghetto (at Mantova until 30 June 2019)
— GK Brazil BRA Nícolas (at Udinese until 30 June 2019)
— GK Italy ITA Riccardo Tosi (at Arzignano Valchiampo until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Andrea Badan (at Alessandria until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Gianmaria Bagarolo (at Clodiense until 30 June 2019)
— DF Romania ROU Deian Boldor (at Foggia until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Antonio Caracciolo (at Cremonese until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Nicolò Casale (at Südtirol until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Matteo Franchetti (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Jody Maistrello (at Mantova until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Edoardo Pavan (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2019)
— DF Italy ITA Riccardo Perazzolo (at Torino U-19 until 30 June 2019)
— MF Italy ITA Daniel Bessa (at Genoa until 30 June 2019)
— MF Italy ITA Simone Calvano (at Padova until 30 June 2019)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Luca Checchin (at Alessandria until 30 June 2019)
— MF Italy ITA Alessandro Cherubin (at Mantova until 30 June 2019)
— MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Dentale (at Arzignano Valchiampo until 30 June 2019)
— MF Algeria ALG Mohamed Fares (at SPAL until 30 June 2019)
— MF Italy ITA Gaetano Navas (at Paganese until 30 June 2019)
— MF Italy ITA Matteo Pinton (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2019)
— MF Slovakia SVK Šimon Štefanec (at Nitra until 30 June 2020)
— MF Italy ITA Michele Valente (at Ambrosiana until 30 June 2019)
— MF Italy ITA Mattia Valoti (at SPAL until 30 June 2019)
— FW Italy ITA Enrico Bearzotti (at Monza until 30 June 2019)
— FW Italy ITA Pierluigi Cappelluzzo (at Imolese until 30 June 2019)
— FW Guinea GUI Karamoko Cissé (at Carpi until 30 June 2019)
— FW Ghana 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.[8]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Spezia finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Spezia 1–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–1 Spezia.
Preliminary round
18 May 2019 Hellas Verona 4–1 (a.e.t.)PerugiaVerona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Faraoni Yellow card 16'
Empereur Yellow card 27' 101'
Di Carmine 41'
Laribi Yellow card 99'
Pazzini 118', 120+1'		 Report Yellow card 11' Dragomir
Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 64' Kouan
89' (pen.) Vido
Yellow card 104' Verre
Yellow card 108' Rosi		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 10,234[9]
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
Semi-final
22 May 2019 Hellas Verona 0–0PescaraVerona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Danzi Yellow card 90' Report Yellow card 14' Pinto
Yellow card 90+3' Bruno		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 11,308[9]
Referee: Livio Marinelli
26 May 2019 Pescara0–1
(0–1 agg.)		 Hellas Verona Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Perrotta Yellow card 71'
Scognamiglio Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 90+2'
Del Grosso Yellow card 84'		 Report Yellow card 27' Colombatto
Yellow card 55' Henderson
74' (pen.) Yellow card 90+4' Di Carmine		 Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Attendance: 11,165[9]
Referee: Eugenio Abbattista
Final
30 May 2019 Cittadella2–0 Hellas Verona Cittadella
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Diaw 6', 80' Report Yellow card 63' Vitale
Yellow card 67' Colombatto		 Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
Attendance: 7,623[9]
Referee: Antonio Giua
2 June 2019 Hellas Verona 3–0
(3–2 agg.)		CittadellaVerona
21:15 CEST (UTC+2) Vitale Yellow card 9'
Di Carmine Yellow card 12'
Zaccagni 27'
Bianchetti Yellow card 48'
Di Carmine 69'
Laribi 83'
Munari Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Yellow card 10' Siega
Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 62' Parodi
Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card 78' Proia		 Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 25,248[9]
Referee: Marco Piccinini

Coppa Italia
Main article: 2018–19 Coppa Italia

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

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

References
  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.
  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.
  8. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  9. "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2018-2019". StadiaPostcards.
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