2012–13 US Città di Palermo season

U.S. Città di Palermo

2012–13 season
Chairman	Maurizio Zamparini
Head coach	Giuseppe Sannino (until 16 September 2012) Gian Piero Gasperini (from 16 September 2012 until 4 February 2013) Alberto Malesani (from 5 February 2013 until 24 February 2013) Gian Piero Gasperini (from 24 February 2013 until 11 March 2013) Giuseppe Sannino (from 12 March 2013)
Stadium	Stadio Renzo Barbera
Serie A	18th
Coppa Italia	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Josip Iličić (10) All: Josip Iličić (11)
Highest home attendance	26,597 (vs Internazionale)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

U.S. Città di Palermo played the 2012–13 season in Serie A, the ninth consecutive season for the Sicilian club in the Italian top flight since their return to the league in 2004.

Review and events

See also: 2012–13 Serie A and 2012–13 Coppa Italia

Giuseppe Sannino served as Palermo boss during pre-season, and for the first three games of the season.

Gian Piero Gasperini, appointed to replace Sannino on 16 September 2012.

After a disappointing end to its 2011–12 campaign (16th place, the worst in the club history since its 2004 Serie A return) Palermo parted ways with end-of-season boss Bortolo Mutti. In an attempt to provide a better structure for the club, Siena director of football Giorgio Perinetti was appointed as vice-president in charge of transfer matters, with Luca Cattani moved back to his previous role as scouting chief and Argentine manager Patricio Teubal (formerly a Mediaset employee) as marketing chief. Following Perinetti's appointment, many media sources strongly linked Siena head coach Giuseppe Sannino to the Palermo managerial vacancy. Sannino was officially announced as new head coach of Palermo on 6 June 2012. In addition, PUMA will replace Legea as main technical sponsor.

Regarding the club's summer market moves, the first signing already came in January as promising midfielder Nicolas Viola had immediately agreed a contract with the Rosanero but stayed on loan at Reggina for the remainder of the season. Later in April, chairman/owner Maurizio Zamparini announced to have acquired promising Argentine youngster Paulo Dybala, labelling him the "new Agüero." The move was however denied by Dybala's football agent, who declared that Palermo had not found a contract agreement with the player yet, despite having bought the player's transfer rights as confirmed by the Instituto board. Later in May, Zamparini announced also the signing of 18-year-old Uruguayan forward Sebastián Sosa from Cerro Largo FC. On 21 May 2012, FC Koper announced to have permanently sold midfielder Aljaž Struna to Palermo, thus becoming the fifth Slovene to move to Sicily in the last two years. On 6 June 2012, together with the announcement of new head coach Sannino, Palermo confirmed to have signed 33-year-old attacking midfielder/deep-lying forward Franco Brienza, formerly a Rosanero from 2000 to 2007, from Siena.

On 26 June 2012, Palermo announced the departure of youth coach and former playing hero Giovanni Tedesco, who left the club to pursue a head coaching career in the lower ranks of Italian football. The same day, the club also announced to have hired former Juventus and Napoli player Dario Baccin as new technical area coordinator for the club's youth system.

On 6 July 2012, Palermo confirmed to have reached an agreement for the transfer of Argentine defender Matías Silvestre on loan to Internazionale, with an option for the club to make the acquisition permanent by the end of the season. The first team roster started its preparation at the orders of coach Giuseppe Sannino on 12 July 2012 in Varese, and will move at the Venosta training camp four days later. Later the same day, striker Igor Budan was allowed to leave as his two-year-old daughter suddenly died in Croatia.

On 13 July 2012, Palermo supporters were awarded the Lega Serie A Fair-Play Trophy "Gaetano Scirea" for their sportsmanship behaviour in the last championship.

On 20 July 2012, incidentally also the tenth anniversary of Zamparini's reign as Palermo chairman, the club announced to have completed the signing of Argentine youngster Paulo Dybala.

On 23 July 2012, Palermo formalized the signing of Uruguayan international Egidio Arévalo Ríos from Club Tijuana in a three-year permanent deal.

In the first days of August, the club sold a number of first team players: on 1 August, Emiliano Viviano and Francesco Della Rocca were loaned to Fiorentina, whereas vice-captain and Italy international full-back Federico Balzaretti left Sicily after five years to sign a three-year contract with Roma. The following day, the club completed the transfer of Edgar Álvarez to Romanian side Dinamo București.

Later on 20 August, Palermo formalized and announced a deal that brought Swiss international Steve von Bergen in Sicily, in exchange for Alexandros Tzorvas (permanent) and youth team forward Daniel Jara Martínez (on loan). Palermo made a disappointing debut in the Serie A season, losing 0–3 to Napoli at home.

In the final day of the transfer window, Palermo also sold vice-captain and long-time rosanero Giulio Migliaccio to Fiorentina.

Palermo experienced a dismal start, with two 0–3 losses in a row (at home to Napoli, then away at Lazio) followed by a 1–1 home draw against Cagliari. These results led chairman Maurizio Zamparini to state he was "afraid of relegation", and persuaded him to remove Sannino from his coaching duties on 16 September 2012, and replace him with former Genoa and Inter boss Gian Piero Gasperini. Gasperini started his stint as Palermo coach with two consecutive defeats to Atalanta and Pescara; following that, chairman Zamparini shuffled the cards once again, announcing former Catania director of football Pietro Lo Monaco as new managing director and minority stakeholder, thus effectively replacing summer appointment Giorgio Perinetti and reducing his own role at Palermo; as a consequence, Perinetti tended his resignation days after these events. In the following game, Palermo trashed Chievo 4–1 at home thanks to a hat-trick from captain Fabrizio Miccoli (including a nationally praised volley goal from 45 metres), finally winning its first three points of the season. In the same game, Miccoli also marked the goal number 1,000 in the story of the club in the Italian top flight. Despite Gasperini's appointment, Palermo kept struggling in the league and found itself involved in the relegation battle. Palermo's second win under Gasperini came in a 2–0 home win against Sampdoria thanks to a brace from 18-year-old Paulo Dybala, who effectively replaced injured Miccoli by scoring his first goals in the Italian championship. The following home game saw Palermo trashing Catania 3–1 in the Sicilian derby, with a goal from Miccoli (the 100th of his Serie A career) followed by two from Iličić. However, this was followed by a string of four winless games in a row (one draw and three losses), the last of them being a 0–3 home loss at the hands of Fiorentina that left the Rosanero in 18th place by the end of the calendar year, thus in deep relegation zone.

As previously suggested by both chairman Zamparini and general manager Lo Monaco, who publicly announced their intention to sign at least one striker, a left back/left winger and a defender, Palermo decided to actively change the roster in the winter transfer window. The first signing, already announced in December, regarded Palermo-born experienced defender Salvatore Aronica, who joined from Napoli, in the same days the club completed the permanent sale of Nicolás Bertolo to Mexican club Cruz Azul. Another signing, Brazilian midfielder Anselmo, came then into effect as a co-ownership bid, in exchange for Eros Pisano, who moved to the other direction in another co-ownership deal. Days later, Palermo also announced the loan signing of Andrea Dossena from Napoli in an attempt to replace a vacancy created already in the summer by the departure of Federico Balzaretti to Roma. One more loan move was announced on 23 January, this being the signing of attacking midfielder Mauro Formica from English side Blackburn Rovers. This was preceded by a number of departures: Carlos Labrín left to move back to Huachipato and Eran Zahavi returned to his previous Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Other departures involved respected veteran striker Igor Budan, who moved to Atalanta on loan until the end of the season, and Luigi Giorgi, who also moved to Atalanta after Palermo opted to terminate the loan deal with Novara. Palermo also entered a long, well-publicized negotiation with Chievo regarding the services of 34-year-old goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino to replace Ujkani, who was deemed as inexperienced by the club; after overcoming a number of obstacles, Palermo succeeded in completing the deal on 25 January, thus opening the doors for Ujkani's departure. Sorrentino promptly provided a man-of-the-match debut in a 1–1 draw at Cagliari, with Palermo suffering an injury-time equalizer to prevent the Rosanero from winning their first away game of the season.

The next day, on 28 January, Lo Monaco completed two more moves for Palermo, signing centre forward Mauro Boselli (on loan from Wigan Athletic) and right back/right winger Nélson from Real Betis. However, following disagreements with Zamparini, Lo Monaco resigned later in February and Perinetti was hired back to his previous role as director of football. Results did not improve, leaving Palermo in deep relegation zone and leading to a mutual consent contract termination between Gasperini and the club on 11 March, following a 1–2 home loss to Siena; one day later, Sannino was re-hired to attempt a desperate escape from relegation. Despite a number of positive results, including wins to Roma and Internazionale, Sannino did not however manage to bring the team out of the relegation zone and Palermo were relegated by the end of the season, thus marking an end to a nine-year stay to the top flight.

Confirmed summer transfer market bids

In

—	MF	ITA	Franco Brienza (from Siena)
—	DF	ITA	Matteo Darmian (co-ownership resolution from Milan, loan return from Torino)
—	DF	ITA	Gianluca Di Chiara (co-ownership resolution from Reggiana)
—	MF	SVN	Jasmin Kurtić (loan return from Varese)
—	DF	SUI	Michel Morganella (co-ownership resolution from Novara)
—	FW	URU	Sebastián Sosa (from Cerro Largo)
—	MF	SVN	Aljaž Struna (from Koper)
—	GK	ALB	Samir Ujkani (co-ownership resolution from Novara)
—	MF	ITA	Nicolas Viola (from Reggina, loan return)
—	GK	ITA	Andrea Fulignati (on loan from Sestese)
—	DF	ITA	Edoardo Goldaniga (from Pergolettese)
—	FW	ARG	Paulo Dybala (from Instituto de Córdoba)
—	MF	URU	Egidio Arévalo Ríos (from Club Tijuana)
—	GK	ITA	Emiliano Viviano (co-ownership resolution from Internazionale)
—	DF	SUI	Steve von Bergen (from Genoa)
—	MF	ITA	Luigi Giorgi (on loan from Novara)
—	FW	ITA	Christian Damiano (on loan from Gubbio)

Out

—	DF	ITA	Francesco Ardizzone (co-ownership resolution in favour of Reggiana)
—	FW	ITA	Marco Giovio (co-ownership resolution in favour of Grosseto)
—	FW	ARG	Pablo Andrés González (to Novara)
—	FW	ITA	Davide Lanzafame (co-ownership resolution in favour of Catania)
—	DF	ITA	Antonio Mazzotta (co-ownership resolution in favour of Lecce)
—	DF	ITA	Mattia Migani (co-ownership resolution in favour of San Marino)
—	MF	ITA	Gianvito Misuraca (co-ownership resolution in favour of Vicenza)
—	DF	ITA	Andrea Adamo (to Foligno)
—	DF	ITA	Mattia Cassani (to Fiorentina)
—	FW	CHI	Mauricio Pinilla (to Cagliari)
—	DF	ITA	Eros Pellegrini (to Esperia Viareggio, co-ownership)
—	DF	ITA	Matteo Darmian (to Torino, co-ownership)
—	FW	ITA	Davide Succi (to Cesena)
—	FW	ITA	Gabriele Zerbo (to Teramo, co-ownership; signed back, to Chievo, co-ownership)
—	MF	BRA	João Pedro (loan return from Peñarol, to Santos)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Mirko Velardi (loan return from Foggia, to Como)
—	DF	ITA	Federico Balzaretti (to Roma)
—	MF	HON	Edgar Álvarez (to Dinamo București)
—	GK	GRE	Alexandros Tzorvas (to Genoa)
—	FW	ITA	Luca Di Matteo (to Vicenza)
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Cristofari (released)

Out on loan

—	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Prestia (to Ascoli)
—	DF	ITA	Gianluca Di Chiara (to Pavia)
—	GK	ITA	Alessandro Micai (to Como)
—	MF	SVN	Aljaž Struna (to Varese)
—	DF	ARG	Matías Silvestre (to Internazionale)
—	MF	PAR	Oscar Arzamendia (to Verona)
—	FW	PAR	César Verdún (to Verona)
—	MF	SVN	Armin Bačinović (to Verona)
—	DF	ITA	Daniel Cappelletti (to Südtirol)
—	MF	GHA	Afriyie Acquah (to Parma)
—	DF	SVN	Siniša Anđelković (to Modena)
—	DF	ROU	Cristian Melinte (loan return from Petrolul Ploiești, to Astra Ploiești)
—	GK	ITA	Emiliano Viviano (to Fiorentina)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Della Rocca (to Fiorentina)
—	FW	PAR	Daniel Jara Martínez (to Genoa)
—	MF	ARG	Franco Vázquez (to Rayo Vallecano)
—	FW	SWE	Agon Mehmeti (to Novara)
—	MF	HUN	Ádám Simon (to Szombathelyi Haladás)
—	MF	URU	Ignacio Lores (to Botev Vratsa)
—	MF	ITA	Giulio Migliaccio (to Fiorentina)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Vassallo (to Foligno)
—	FW	ITA	Umberto Nappello (to Gubbio)
—	FW	ITA	Michele Pieri (to Santarcangelo)

Confirmed winter transfer market bids

In

—	DF	ITA	Salvatore Aronica (from Napoli)
—	MF	BRA	Anselmo (from Genoa, co-ownership)
—	DF	ITA	Andrea Dossena (on loan from Napoli)
—	FW	ITA	Gabriele Zerbo (signed back from Chievo, co-ownership resolution)
—	MF	ARG	Mauro Formica (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
—	GK	ITA	Stefano Sorrentino (from Chievo)
—	FW	ARG	Mauro Boselli (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
—	DF	POR	Nélson (from Real Betis)
—	FW	ARG	Mauricio Sperduti (from Newell's Old Boys)
—	MF	ARG	Alejandro Faurlín (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
—	FW	ITA	Diego Fabbrini (on loan from Udinese)

Out

—	MF	ARG	Nicolás Bertolo (to Cruz Azul)
—	DF	ITA	Eros Pisano (to Genoa, co-ownership)
—	MF	ITA	Luigi Giorgi (to Novara, loan terminated)
—	MF	ISR	Eran Zahavi (to Maccabi Tel Aviv)
—	MF	GHA	Afriyie Acquah (to 1899 Hoffenheim)
—	DF	ARG	Mauro Cetto (to San Lorenzo)
—	MF	ITA	Franco Brienza (to Atalanta)

Out on loan

—	DF	SRB	Milan Milanović (to Vicenza)
—	FW	CRO	Igor Budan (to Atalanta)
—	DF	CHI	Carlos Labrín (to Huachipato)
—	GK	ALB	Samir Ujkani (to Chievo)
—	FW	URU	Sebastián Sosa (to Central Español)
—	MF	URU	Ignacio Lores (to CSKA Sofia)

Current squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
30	Giacomo Brichetto		GK	(1983-05-09) 9 May 1983	Confirmed
54	Stefano Sorrentino		GK	(1979-03-28) 28 March 1979	Chievo
99	Francesco Benussi		GK	(1981-10-15) 15 October 1981	Torino	Loan return
Defenders
2	Andrea Mantovani		CB	(1984-06-22) 22 June 1984	Confirmed
3	Salvatore Aronica		LB	(1978-01-20) 20 January 1978	Napoli
6	Ezequiel Muñoz		CB	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990	Confirmed
8	Andrea Dossena		LW	(1981-09-11) 11 September 1981	Napoli	On loan
22	Nélson		RB	(1983-06-10) 10 June 1983	Real Betis
25	Steve von Bergen		CB	(1983-06-10) 10 June 1983	Genoa
29	Santiago García		LB	(1988-07-08) 8 July 1988	Novara	loan return
89	Michel Morganella		RB	(1989-05-17) 17 May 1989	Novara
Midfielders
5	Édgar Barreto		CM	(1984-07-15) 15 July 1984	Confirmed
7	Nicolas Viola		CM	(1989-10-12) 12 October 1989	Reggina
14	Anselmo		DM	(1989-02-20) 20 February 1989	Genoa
18	Alejandro Faurlín		CM	(1986-08-09) 9 August 1986	Queens Park Rangers	On loan
20	Egidio Arévalo Ríos		DM	(1982-01-01) 1 January 1982	Club Tijuana
23	Massimo Donati		CM	(1981-03-26) 26 March 1981	Confirmed
27	Josip Iličić		AM	(1988-01-29) 29 January 1988	Confirmed
28	Jasmin Kurtić		CM	(1989-01-10) 10 January 1989	Varese	Loan return
33	Mauro Formica		AM	(1988-04-04) 4 April 1988	Blackburn Rovers	On loan
50	Giulio Sanseverino		MF	(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994	Youth team
Forwards
9	Paulo Dybala		ST	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993	Instituto de Córdoba
10	Fabrizio Miccoli		ST	(1979-06-27) 27 June 1979	Confirmed	captain
11	Abel Hernández		ST	(1990-08-08) 8 August 1990	Confirmed
16	Diego Fabbrini		ST	(1990-07-31) 31 July 1990	Udinese	On loan
17	Mauro Boselli		ST	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985	Wigan Athletic	On loan
19	Mauricio Sperduti		ST	(1986-02-16) 16 February 1986	Newell's Old Boys
24	Cephas Malele		ST	(1994-01-08) 8 January 1994	Youth team

Staff

Position	Staff
Chairman	Maurizio Zamparini
Vice-Chairman	Guglielmo Miccichè
Managing Director	Pietro Lo Monaco
General Manager Sport	Giorgio Perinetti
General Manager Corporate	Patricio Teubal
Sport Manager	Luca Cattani
General Services Director	Giuseppe Del Bianco

Last updated: 20 September 2012
Source: U.S Città di Palermo official website

Primavera

Main article: U.S. Città di Palermo Youth Sector

Position	Staff
Youth Sport Manager	Rosario Argento
Under-19 coach	Pietro Ruisi
Under-19 goalkeeping coach	Vincenzo Sicignano

Last updated: July 2012
Source: U.S Città di Palermo official website

Match results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Palermo v Alta Val Venosta selection

19 July 2012 Friendly	Palermo	14–0	Alta Val Venosta selection	Vinschgau
17:00 CEST	2', 25', 31' (38) Miccoli 24', 31' Zahavi 5', 22' Brienza 7', 35' Iličić 28' Bertolo 16', 28' Viola 26' Mehmeti	Report		Stadium: Mals
Note: Match of 90' minutes

Palermo v Vel Venosta selection

22 July 2012 Friendly	Palermo	6–0	Vel Venosta selection	Vinschgau
17:00 CEST	5', 14' Miccoli 10' (41) Vázquez 59' Bertolo 83' Dybala	Report		Stadium: Mals Referee: Alex Cavallina

Palermo v Maia Alta

25 July 2012 Forst Cup	Palermo	2–1	Maia Alta	Merano
18:00 CEST	26' Vázquez 40' Migliaccio	Report	26' Bernard	Stadium: Merano Attendance: >3,500

Palermo v F.C. Südtirol

25 July 2012 Forst Cup	Palermo	2–0	F.C. Südtirol	Merano
19:00 CEST	14' Brienza 15' Dybala	Report		Stadium: Merano Attendance: >3,500

Palermo v Como

29 July 2012 Sportwell Cup	Palermo	5–4	Como	Vinschgau
17:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Mals Attendance: >3,000
Note: Match of 45' minutes, over 5-4 Pen.

Palermo v Aris

29 July 2012 Sportwell Cup	Palermo	1–0	Aris	Vinschgau
17:00 CEST	9' (pen.) Miccoli	Report		Stadium: Mals Attendance: >3,000
Note: Match of 45' minutes, Palermo 6 pts, Aris 3 pts, Como 2 pts

Palermo v Selection Amateur

1 August 2012 Friendly	Palermo	18–0	Selection Amateur	Vinschgau
17:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Mals Attendance: >1,000

Palermo v Hellas Verona

4 August 2012 Friendly	Palermo	1–0	Hellas Verona	Trento
17:00 CEST	45' Miccoli	Report		Stadium: Stadio Briamasco Attendance: 4,000

Palermo v Parma

12 August 2012 Master Group Cup	Palermo	4–1	Parma	Palermo
19:45 CEST	38' Barreto 45+1' Iličić 50' Pisano 84' Budan	Report	39' Lucarelli	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Serie A

See also: 2012–13 Serie A

The fixtures for the 2012–13 Serie A were announced on 26 July 2012. The season starts on Sunday 26 August 2012 with Palermo taking on Napoli at the Renzo Barbera, and ends Sunday 19 May 2013 with a match against Parma.

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.

Palermo v Napoli

26 August 2012 1	Palermo	0–3	Napoli	Palermo
20:45	Von Bergen  44' Bertolo  48' Barreto  62'	Report	Hamšík 45+2' Aronica  63' Maggio 79' Britos  81' Cavani 88' De Sanctis  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Lazio v Palermo

1 September 2012 2	Lazio	3–0	Palermo	Rome
20:45	Klose 39', 82',  64' Candreva 56' Candreva  56' Lulić  59'	Report	Miccoli  58' Arévalo Ríos  68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Domenico Celi

Palermo v Cagliari

15 September 2012 3	Palermo	1–1	Cagliari	Palermo
18:00	Mantovani  23' Miccoli  36' Arévalo Ríos 41' García  45+1'	Report	Nainggolan  20' Sau 88' Pinilla  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Atalanta v Palermo

23 September 2012 4	Atalanta	1–0	Palermo	Bergamo
15:00	Manfredini  40' Lucchini  45' Raimondi 88' Cigarini  90+2' Troisi  90+4'	Report	Iličić  22' Giorgi  65' Donati  73'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,467 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Pescara v Palermo

26 September 2012 5	Pescara	1–0	Palermo	Pescara
20:45	Caprari  53' Colucci  83' Weiss 86',  87' Zanon  90+4'		Von Bergen  36' Donati  63' Morganella  66'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico Attendance: 11,411 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Palermo v Chievo

30 September 2012 6	Palermo	4–1	Chievo	Palermo
15:00	Miccoli 13', 59', 82',  60' Brienza  14'  62' Giorgi 80'	Report	Dainelli  12' Rigoni  15', 34' Moscardelli  67' Papp  68'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 12,411 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Genoa v Palermo

7 October 2012 7	Genoa	1–1	Palermo	Genoa
15:00	Bovo  44' Borriello 52' Janković  80' Jorquera  90+1'	Report	Giorgi 15' Von Bergen  54' Morganella  75'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Dino Tommasi

Palermo v Torino

21 October 2012 8	Palermo	0–0	Torino	Palermo
15:00	Iličić  78'	Report	Vives  10' Di Cesare  27' Cerci  34' Gazzi  59'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Siena v Palermo

28 October 2012 9	Siena	0–0	Palermo	Siena
15:00	Vergassola  72' Rubin  76' Paci  85'	Report	Mantovani  70' Bertolo  86'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 8708 Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese

Palermo v Milan

31 October 2012 10	Palermo	2–2	Milan	Palermo
15:00	Miccoli 45+1' (pen) Brienza 47' García  57' Cetto  74'	Report	Bonera  2' Constant  23' Flamini  32' Montolivo 69' El Shaarawy 80' Mexès  86'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Roma v Palermo

4 November 2012 11	Roma	4–1	Palermo	Rome
15:00	Totti 11' Osvaldo 31' Lamela 69' Destro  77'  80', 79' Burdisso  85'	Report	Pisano  5' Iličić 82' Muñoz  88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,598 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Palermo v Sampdoria

11 November 2012 12	Palermo	2–0	Sampdoria	Palermo
15:00	Dybala 52', 71' Muñoz  64'	Report	Gastaldello  7' Éder  30'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 13,423 Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

Bologna v Palermo

18 November 2012 13	Bologna	3–0	Palermo	Bologna
15:00	Pérez  13' Garics  15' Gilardino 22' Gabbiadini  42', 44' (pen.) Taïder  45+2'  78' Diamanti 48' (pen.)	Report	Barreto  17'  72' Donati  44' Ujkani  46' Labrín  82'	Stadium: Dall'Ara Attendance: 20,148 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Palermo v Catania

25 November 2012 14	Palermo	3–1	Catania	Palermo
15:00	Miccoli 10',  81' Muñoz  40' Donati  42' Iličić 49', 60'	Report	Spolli  43' Almirón  54' Lodi 71' Gómez  86' Doukara  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 20,969 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Inter v Palermo

2 December 2012 15	Inter	1–0	Palermo	Milan
15:00	Pereira  40' Samuel  71' García 74' (o.g.)	Report	Barreto  19' García  54' Kurtić  63'	Stadium: Stadio San Siro Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

Palermo v Juventus

9 December 2012 16	Palermo	0–1	Juventus	Palermo
15:00	Morganella  67'  75'	Report	Lichtsteiner  37', 50' Pirlo  78' Bonucci  87'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

Udinese v Palermo

15 December 2012 17	Udinese	1–1	Palermo	Udine
18:00	Heurtaux  35'  61' Basta  41' Allan  76' Di Natale  83', 89'	[1]	Iličić 33',  39' Barreto  45'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Palermo v Fiorentina

22 December 2012 18	Palermo	0–3	Fiorentina	Palermo
15:00	Muñoz  27' Donati  82' Pisano  85'	Report	Rodríguez  10', 89' (pen.) Migliaccio  32' Jovetić 50', 83' (pen.) Cuadrado  54' Neto  79' Cassani  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Domenico Celi

Parma v Palermo

6 January 2013 19	Parma	2–1	Palermo	Parma
15:00	Benalouane  31' Parolo  52' Lucarelli  57' Belfodil 62' Amauri 90+2' Pavarini  90+4'	Report	Dybala  23' Iličić  60' Budan 85',  85' Aronica  87'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Napoli v Palermo

13 January 2013 20	Napoli	3–0	Palermo	Naples
15:00	Maggio 30' Inler 34' Insigne 73'	Report	Barreto  45' Anselmo  54'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Palermo v Lazio

20 January 2013 21	Palermo	2–2	Lazio	Palermo
15:00	García  18' Miccoli  45' Arévalo Ríos 70' Von Bergen  79' Dybala 71'		Floccari 10' Cavanda  43' Lulić  58' Hernanes 85' (pen.) Cana  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Cagliari v Palermo

27 January 2013 22	Cagliari	1–1	Palermo	Cagliari
15:00	Conti  23' Pinilla  45' Pisano  65' Ribeiro 90'		Aronica  25' Iličić 30' Von Bergen  33' Muñoz  52' Dossena  63' Miccoli  90+1' Kurtić  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Is Arenas Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Paolo Valeri

Palermo v Atalanta

3 February 2013 23	Palermo	1–2	Atalanta	Palermo
15:00	Formica  76' Nélson 83'	Report	Scaloni  21' Radovanović  35' Carmona 54' Cazzola  67' Denis 72'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Antonio Damato

Palermo v Pescara

10 February 2013 24	Palermo	1–1	Pescara	Palermo
15:00	Fabbrini 80' Barreto  87'	Report	Rizzo  11' Blasi  18' Bjarnason 73'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Chievo v Palermo

17 February 2013 25	Chievo	1–1	Palermo	Verona
15:00	Hetemaj  35' Andreolli  45' Théréau 55'	Report	Formica 5' García  54' Muñoz  78'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Palermo v Genoa

24 February 2013 26	Palermo	0–0	Genoa	Palermo
15:00	Aronica  42'  76' Miccoli  57' García  82' Dossena  89'	Report	Portanova  25' Matuzalém  26' Moretti  45' Kucka  69' Granqvist  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,995 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Torino v Palermo

3 March 2013 27	Torino	0–0	Palermo	Turin
11:30	Vives  20' Cerci  36' Meggiorini  74'	Report	Kurtić  40' Von Bergen  79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Palermo v Siena

10 March 2013 28	Palermo	1–2	Siena	Palermo
15:00	Von Bergen  16' Anselmo 44' Boselli  50' Iličić  87' García  90+2'	Report	Felipe  15' Emeghara 51' Calello  53' Rosina 72' (pen.) Teixeira  77'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Andrea Romeo

Milan v Palermo

17 March 2013 29	Milan	2–0	Palermo	Milan
15:00	Balotelli 8' (pen.), 66' Zapata  32'	Report	Muñoz  71'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 41,584 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Palermo v Roma

30 March 2013 30	Palermo	2–0	Roma	Palermo
15:00	Muñoz  9' Iličić 21',  51' Miccoli 35' Dybala  77'	Report	Piris  53' Osvaldo  62'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese

Sampdoria v Palermo

7 April 2013 31	Sampdoria	1–3	Palermo	Genoa
15:00	Munari 43' Palombo  80' Mustafi  84'	Report	Von Bergen 35' Barreto  45' Iličić 50' García 56'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Marco Guida

Palermo v Bologna

14 April 2013 32	Palermo	1–1	Bologna	Palermo
15:00	Iličić 5',  30' Morganella  26' Donati  90+2' Aronica  90+5'	Report	Gabbiadini 17' Kone  29' Garics  49' Christodoulopoulos  62' Guarente  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 26,029 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Catania v Palermo

21 April 2013 33	Catania	1–1	Palermo	Catania
15:00	Barrientos 69' Spolli  75' Bellusci  90+4' Andújar  90+5'	Report	Donati  1' Dossena  16' Muñoz  56' Iličić 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Palermo v Inter

28 April 2013 34	Palermo	1–0	Inter	Palermo
15:00	Iličić 10' Miccoli  11' Morganella  57' Barreto  58' Hernández  89'	Report	Silvestre  45+1' Juan  51' Handanović  78' Schelotto  86'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Daniele Orsato

Juventus v Palermo

5 May 2013 35	Juventus	1–0	Palermo	Turin
15:00	Barzagli  42' Vidal 59' (pen.),  60' Pogba  83'	Report	Donati  58'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Referee: Andrea Romeo

Palermo v Udinese

9 May 2013 36	Palermo	2–3	Udinese	Palermo
15:00	Barreto  30' Miccoli 34' (pen.) Dossena  51' Aronica  53' Faurlín  60' Morganella  75' Hernández 81'	Report	Muriel 9' Agyemang-Badu  46' Angella 64' Benatia 83'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

Fiorentina v Palermo

12 May 2013 37	Fiorentina	1–0	Palermo	Florence
15:00	Savić  16' Toni 41'	Report	Faurlín  27' Kurtić  61' García  66' Viola  78'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 28,023 Referee: Antonio Damato

Palermo v Parma

19 May 2013 38	Palermo	1–3	Parma	Palermo
15:00	Miccoli 76' Donati  78'		Gobbi 38' Valdés 41' Belfodil 45+1',  60' Galloppa  79'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Diego Roca

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W
Position	17	17	18	19	20	17	19	19	17	17	19	14	16	15

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November. Source: AllTimeSoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coppa Italia

See also: 2012–13 Coppa Italia

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.

Palermo v Cremonese

18 August 2012 Third Round	Palermo	3–1	Cremonese	Palermo
20:45	22', 33' Miccoli 73' Iličić	Report	24' Le Noci	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 12.091 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Palermo v Hellas Verona

28 November 2012 Fourth Round	Palermo	1–2	Hellas Verona	Palermo
20:45	Giorgi 7'	Report	Cocco 9' Cacia 73'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 7,620 Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

Squad statistics

Top scorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

R	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	27	MF		Josip Iličić	10	1	11
2	10	FW		Fabrizio Miccoli	8	2	10
3	9	FW		Paulo Dybala	3	0	3
=	17	MF		Luigi Giorgi	2	1	3
5	20	MF		Egidio Arévalo Ríos	2	0	2
6	14	MF		Anselmo	1	0	1
=	16	FW		Diego Fabbrini	1	0	1
=	19	FW		Igor Budan	1	0	1
=	21	MF		Franco Brienza	1	0	1
=	22	DF		Nélson	1	0	1
=	25	DF		Steve von Bergen	1	0	1
=	29	DF		Santiago García	1	0	1
=	33	FW		Mauro Formica	1	0	1

Last updated: 28 October 2012
Source: Competitions

Squad information

Updated as of 30 June 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	ITA	Giacomo Brichetto	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	GK	ITA	Stefano Sorrentino	15	0	15	0	0	0
99	GK	ITA	Francesco Benussi	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ITA	Andrea Mantovani	6	0	4+2	0	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Salvatore Aronica	16	0	16	0	0	0
4	DF	POR	Nélson	8	1	3+5	1	0	0
6	DF	ARG	Ezequiel Muñoz	32	0	29+3	0	0	0
25	DF	SUI	Steve von Bergen	35	1	33+2	1	0	0
29	DF	ARG	Santiago García	34	1	30+2	1	1+1	0
89	DF	SUI	Michel Morganella	31	0	30	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	PAR	Édgar Barreto	32	0	30	0	2	0
7	MF	ITA	Nicolas Viola	7	0	1+5	0	1	0
8	MF	ITA	Andrea Dossena	11	0	10+1	0	0	0
14	MF	BRA	Anselmo	5	1	2+3	1	0	0
18	MF	ARG	Alejandro Faurlín	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
20	MF	URU	Egidio Arévalo Ríos	27	2	22+5	2	0	0
23	MF	ITA	Massimo Donati	30	0	26+2	0	2	0
27	MF	SVN	Josip Iličić	32	11	29+2	10	1	1
28	MF	SVN	Jasmin Kurtić	32	1	26+5	1	0+1	0
33	MF	ARG	Mauro Formica	8	1	3+5	1	0	0
50	MF	ITA	Giulio Sanseverino	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ARG	Paulo Dybala	28	3	11+16	3	0+1	0
10	FW	ITA	Fabrizio Miccoli (captain)	30	10	22+7	8	1	2
11	FW	URU	Abel Hernández	15	1	6+8	1	0+1	0
16	FW	ITA	Diego Fabbrini	8	1	5+3	1	0	0
17	FW	ARG	Mauro Boselli	8	0	5+3	0	0	0
19	FW	ARG	Mauricio Sperduti	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	SUI	Cephas Malele	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out during the summer transfer market:
8	MF	ITA	Giulio Migliaccio	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out during the winter transfer market:
1	GK	ALB	Samir Ujkani	20	0	19	0	1	0
4	DF	ARG	Mauro Cetto	5	0	2+1	0	2	0
15	DF	SRB	Milan Milanović	2	0	0	0	2	0
18	DF	CHI	Carlos Labrín	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
31	DF	ITA	Eros Pisano	13	0	7+4	0	2	0
14	MF	ARG	Nicolás Bertolo	8	0	3+4	0	1	0
17	MF	ITA	Luigi Giorgi	11	3	6+4	2	1	1
16	MF	ISR	Eran Zahavi	4	0	0+3	0	1	0
21	MF	ITA	Franco Brienza	19	1	13+4	1	1+1	0
19	FW	CRO	Igor Budan	7	1	1+5	1	1	0