2018–19 Brescia Calcio season

The 2018-19 season is Brescia Calcio's 109th in existence and eighth consecutive season in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football.

Brescia Calcio

2018–19 season
Chairman	Massimo Cellino
Head coach	Eugenio Corini
Stadium	Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Serie B	1st
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Alfredo Donnarumma (25) All: Alfredo Donnarumma (27)
Average home league attendance	8,197
Home colours Away colours Third colours

David Suazo was appointed manager of the club in June 2018 . He was let go on September 18[1] after three league matches. He was replaced by Eugenio Corini.[2]

On May 1, 2019, Brescia were promoted to Serie A for the 2019–20 season.[3]

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 2 February 2019. Appearances include league matches only.[4]
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	Enrico Alfonso		GK	4 May 1988	2018	2021	Cittadella	N/A[5]	26	0
12	Paolo Bastianello		GK	4 February 1998	2018		Avellino	N/A	0	0
12	Lorenzo Andrenacci		GK	2 January 1995	2014	2019	Milan	N/A	9	0
Defenders
2	Stefano Sabelli		RB	13 January 1993	2018[6]	2021	Bari	N/A	25	0
3	Aleš Matějů		RB	3 June 1996	2018	2019	Brighton	Loan[7]	19	0
5	Daniele Gastaldello		CB	25 June 1983	2017	2019	Bologna	N/A[8]	53	3
15	Andrea Cistana		CB	1 August 1997	2016	2021	Youth Sector	N/A	27	0
16	Felipe Curcio		LB	6 August 1993	2018	2020	Fidelis Andria	N/A[9]	32	0
18	Simone Romagnoli		CB	9 February 1990	2018	2019	Empoli	Loan[10]	31	2
19	Edoardo Lancini		CB	10 April 1994	2013		Youth Sector	N/A	64	1
26	Bruno Martella		LB	14 August 1992	2019	2019	Crotone	Loan	23	2
29	Alessandro Semprini		RB	24 February 1998	2017	2021	Youth Sector	N/A	6	0
31	Luigi Carillo		CB	8 August 1996	2018	2019	Genoa	Loan	0	0
Midfielders
4	Sandro Tonali		DM	8 May 2000	2017	2021	Youth sector	N/A	51	5
6	Emanuele Ndoj		CM	20 November 1996	2016	2022	Roma[11]	N/A	66	4
7	Nikolas Špalek		AM	12 February 1997	2018	2021	Žilina[12]	N/A	43	4
8	Alessandro Martinelli		CM	30 May 1993	2017		Sampdoria[13]	N/A	114	2
14	Jacopo Dall'Oglio		DM	2 April 1992	2015[14]	2021	Reggina	N/A	64	3
22	Leonardo Morosini		AM	13 October 1995	2018	2022	Genoa[15]	N/A	102	18

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2018 Friendly	Brescia	10-1	Rappresentativa Locale	Darfo Boario Terme
19:00 CEST		Report	Stefani	Stadium: Comunale di Darfo Boario Terme

22 July 2018 Friendly	Brescia	6-2	Dilettanti Camnuni	Darfo Boario Terme
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Comunale di Darfo Boario Terme

25 July 2018 Friendly	Brescia	2-1	Rezzato	Darfo Boario Terme
18:30 CEST				Stadium: Comunale di Darfo Boario Terme

9 August 2018 Friendly	Brescia	4-1	Ciliverghe	Brescia
17:00 CEST				Stadium: Centro Sportivo San Filippo

Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Brescia (C, P)	36	18	13	5	69	42	+27	67	Promotion to Serie A
2	Lecce (P)	36	19	9	8	66	45	+21	66
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

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.[16]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

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	18	13	5	66	42	+24	67	13	3	2	36	19	+17	5	10	3	30	23	+7

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
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	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	A	-	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	-	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	-	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L
Position	6	15	15	14	8	10	9	10	6	8	8	6	8	5	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 August 2018 1	Brescia	1–1	Perugia	Brescia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bisoli  43'	Report	Vido  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

1 September 2018 2	Spezia	3–2	Brescia	La Spezia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pierini  6', 17' Gyasi  74'	Report	Donnarumma  1' Morosini  20'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Luca Massimi

15 September 2018 3	Brescia	1–1	Pescara	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Morosini  82'	Report	Monachello  89'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Marco Serra

22 September 2018 4	Carpi	1–1	Brescia	Carpi
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arrighini  28'	Report	Frascatore  13' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Sandro Cabassi Referee: Fabio Piscopo

25 September 2018 5	Brescia	2–1	Palermo	Brescia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donnarumma  27', 29'	Report	Moreo  86'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Marco Piccinini

29 September 2018 6	Crotone	2–2	Brescia	Crotone
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Budimir  56', 90+6'	Report	Donnarumma  11' (pen.) Dall'Oglio  71'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida

7 October 2018 7	Brescia	4–1	Padova	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tremolada  61' Donnarumma  72', 86' (pen.), 89'	Report	Cappelletti  16'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Antonio Rapuano

20 October 2018 8	Cittadella	2–2	Brescia	Cittadella
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Finotto  13' Cistana  35' (o.g.)	Report	Morosini  50', 69'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

27 October 2018 9	Brescia	1–0	Cosenza	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torregrossa  66'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Alessandro Prontera

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3 November 2018 11	Foggia	2–2	Brescia	Foggia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mazzeo  6' Gerbo  52'	Report	Torregrossa  14' Tremolada  83'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Valerio Marini

11 November 2018 12	Brescia	4–2	Hellas Verona	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donnarumma  38', 56' Tonali  43' Torregrossa  69'	Report	Caracciolo  51' Pazzini  80'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Davide Ghersini

24 November 2018 13	Venezia	2–1	Brescia	Venezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Mariano  14', 37'	Report	Donnarumma  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Referee: Luigi Pillitteri

2 December 2018 14	Brescia	2–0	Livorno	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torregrossa  35', 58'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Daniele Minelli

10 December 2018 15	Salernitana	1–3	Brescia	Salerno
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Tacchio  90'	Report	Donnarumma  5', 9', 32'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Fabio Piscopo

16 December 2018 16	Brescia	2–1	Lecce	Brescia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donnarumma  49' Gastaldello  90+2'	Report	La Mantia  25'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Francesco Fourneau

21 December 2018 17	Ascoli	1–1	Brescia	Ascoli Piceno
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rosseti  75'	Report	Bisoli  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Luigi Nasca

26 December 2018 18	Brescia	3–2	Cremonese	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Špalek  22' Bisoli  42' Ndoj  90'	Report	Piccolo  53', 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

30 December 2018 19	Benevento	1–1	Brescia	Benevento
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cistana  79' (o.g.)	Report	Torregrossa  73'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Referee: Antonio Rapuano

19 January 2019 20	Perugia	0–2	Brescia	Perugia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Torregrossa  5' Donnarumma  76'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Referee: Antonio Giua

27 January 2019 21	Brescia	4-4	Spezia	Brescia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tonali  24' Donnarumma  45+2', 55', 77' (pen.)	Report	Mora  1' Bidaoui  40', 48' Okereke  64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

3 February 2019 22	Pescara	1-5	Brescia	Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Monachello  58'	Report	Donnarumma  21' (pen.) Romagnoli  32' Bisoli  38' Torregrossa  56' (pen.), 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Cornacchia Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

9 February 2019 23	Brescia	3-1	Carpi	Brescia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Donnarumma  18' (pen.), 90+1' Ndoj  37'	Report	Rolando  22'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Lorenzo Illuzzi

24	Palermo	1-1	Brescia	Palermo
	Nestorovski  79'	Report	Tremolada  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

25	Brescia	2-0	Crotone	Brescia
	Molina  80' (o.g.) Donnarumma  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Riccardo Ros

26 February 2019 26	Padova	1–1	Brescia	Padova
	Mazzocca  57'	Report	Ndoj  77'	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Referee: Niccolo' Baroni

2 March 2019 27	Brescia	0-1	Cittadella	Brescia
		Report	Finotto  11'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Davide Ghersini

9 March 2019 28	Cosenza	2–3	Brescia	Cosenza
	Bruccini  18' Embaló  27'	Report	Špalek  53' Donnarumma  75' (pen.) Bisoli  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito Referee: Federico Dionisi

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30 March 2019 30	Brescia	2–1	Foggia	Brescia
	Martella  32' Donnarumma  65'	Report	Galano  5'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Daniele Minelli

2 April 2019 31	Hellas Verona	2–2	Brescia	Verona
	Faraoni  14', 60'	Report	Torregrossa  19' Martella  43'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Francesco Fourneau

5 April 2019 32	Brescia	2–0	Venezia	Brescia
	Torregrossa  44' Tonali  80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Luca Massimi

15 April 2019 33	Livorno	0-1	Brescia	Livorno
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Romagnoli  89'	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Referee: Livio Marinelli

22 April 2019 34	Brescia	3-0	Salernitana	Brescia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tremolada  3' Torregrossa  37' Donnarumma  59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

28 April 2019 35	Lecce	1–0	Brescia	Lecce
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tabanelli  80'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Marco Piccinini

1 May 2019 36	Brescia	1–0	Ascoli	Brescia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dessena  36'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Niccolo' Baroni

4 May 2019 37	Cremonese	0–0	Brescia	Cremona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Luigi Nasca

11 May 2019 38	Brescia	2–3	Benevento	Brescia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Chiara  4' (o.g.) Bisoli  30'	Report	Armenteros  9', 52' Insigne  36'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Luigi Pillitteri

Coppa Italia

5 August 2018 Second round	Brescia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4-1 p)	Pro Vercelli	Brescia
	Donnarumma  47'		90+4' Berra	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

12 August 2018 Third round	Brescia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4-5 p)	Novara Calcio	Brescia
	Donnarumma  10' Torregrossa  49' (pen.)	Report	71' (pen.) Schiavi  81' Sciaudone	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Enrico Alfonso	32	0	30	0	2	0
22	GK		Lorenzo Andrenacci	7	0	7	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Stefano Sabelli	30	0	29	0	1	0
3	DF		Aleš Matějů	23	0	22	0	1	0
5	DF		Daniele Gastaldello	19	1	19	1	0	0
15	DF		Andrea Cistana	32	0	30	0	2	0
16	DF		Felipe Curcio	17	0	15	0	2	0
18	DF		Simone Romagnoli	35	2	35	2	0	0
19	DF		Edoardo Lancini	5	0	3	0	2	0
26	DF		Bruno Martella	10	2	10	2	0	0
29	DF		Alessandro Semprini	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF		Biagio Meccariello	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Ivan Rondanini	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Sandro Tonali	34	3	34	3	0	0
6	MF		Emanuele Ndoj	30	3	28	3	2	0
7	MF		Nikolas Špalek	29	2	28	2	1	0
8	MF		Alessandro Martinelli	15	0	14	0	1	0
14	MF		Jacopo Dall'Oglio	18	1	17	1	1	0
23	MF		Leonardo Morosini	27	4	25	4	2	0
24	MF		Mattia Viviani	8	0	6	0	2	0
25	MF		Dimitri Bisoli	37	6	35	6	2	0
27	MF		Daniele Dessena	11	1	11	1	0	0
32	MF		Luca Tremolada	20	4	18	4	2	0
Forwards
9	FW		Alfredo Donnarumma	34	27	32	25	2	2
11	FW		Ernesto Torregrossa	31	13	29	12	2	1
20	FW		Alejandro Rodríguez	6	0	6	0	0	0
21	FW		Matteo Cortesi	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Franco Ferrari	5	0	4	0	1	0

Last updated: 11 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
1	9	FW		Alfredo Donnarumma	25	2	27
2	11	FW		Ernesto Torregrossa	12	1	13
3	25	MF		Dimitri Bisoli	6	0	6
4	23	MF		Leonardo Morosini	4	0	4
5	6	MF		Emanuele Ndoj	3	0	3
	4	MF		Sandro Tonali	3	0	3
	32	MF		Luca Tremolada	4	0	4
8	7	MF		Nikolas Špalek	2	0	2
	18	DF		Simone Romagnoli	2	0	2
	26	DF		Bruno Martella	2	0	2
11	5	DF		Daniele Gastaldello	1	0	1
	14	MF		Jacopo Dall'Oglio	1	0	1
	27	MF		Daniele Dessena	1	0	1

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
1	1	GK		Enrico Alfonso	5	0	5
1	22	GK		Lorenzo Andrenacci	2	0	2

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie B			Coppa Italia			Total
22	GK		Lorenzo Andrenacci	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Stefano Sabelli	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
3	DF		Aleš Matějů	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	DF		Daniele Gastaldello	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
15	DF		Andrea Cistana	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
16	DF		Felipe Curcio	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF		Simone Romagnoli	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
19	DF		Edoardo Lancini	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
29	DF		Alessandro Semprini	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	MF		Sandro Tonali	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
6	MF		Emanuele Ndoj	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
7	MF		Nikolas Špalek	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF		Alessandro Martinelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF		Jacopo Dall'Oglio	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
24	MF		Mattia Viviani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	MF		Dimitri Bisoli	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
27	MF		Daniele Dessena	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
32	MF		Luca Tremolada	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Ernesto Torregrossa	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0

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