2025–26 Empoli FC season
| President | Fabrizio Corsi |
|---|---|
| Manager | Guido Pagliuca |
| Stadium | Stadio Carlo Castellani |
| Serie B | 12th |
| Coppa Italia | Second round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Bohdan Popov (4) All: Bohdan Popov (4) |
| Biggest win | Empoli 3–1 Padova |
| Biggest defeat | Reggiana 3–1 Empoli |
The 2025–26 season is the 106th in the history of Empoli Football Club and their first in Serie B since 2021, following relegation. The season will begin on August 15 with the Coppa Italia.
Squad
Transfers In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Andrea Sodero | Atalanta U23 | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Petar Stojanović | Salernitana | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| FW | Giuseppe Brugognone | Foggia | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| GK | Lovro Stubljar | NK Domžale | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| FW | Stiven Shpendi | Cesena FC | €2,200,000 | 1 July 2025 | |
| MF | Rareș Ilie | OGC Nice | Loan | 9 July 2025 | |
| DF | Franco Carboni | Internazionale | Loan | 17 July 2025 | [1] |
| DF | Marco Curto | Como | Undisclosed | 25 July 2025 | |
| DF | Brando Moruzzi | Juventus Next Gen | Loan | 26 July 2025 | [2] |
| GK | Andrea Fulignati | US Cremonese | Loan | 29 July 2025 | [3] |
| MF | Gerard Yepes | UC Sampdoria | Free | 8 August 2025 | |
| DF | Nosa Obaretin | Napoli | Loan | 18 August 2025 | |
| FW | Marco Nasti | Cremonese | Loan | 18 August 2025 | |
| DF | Matteo Lovato | Salernitana | Loan + fee | 18 August 2025 | |
| GK | Manuel Gasparini | Clodiense | Free | 25 August 2025 | |
| FW | Flavio Bianchi | Unattached | 18 September 2025 | [4] |
Transfers Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Junior Sambia | Salernitana | Loan return | 30 June 2025 | |
| DF | Petar Stojanović | Legia Warsaw | Free | 1 July 2025 | |
| MF | Liam Henderson | UC Sampdoria | End of contract | 1 July 2025 | |
| FW | Alessandro Torri | Ospitaletto | Loan | 8 July 2025 | |
| DF | Liberato Cacace | Wrexham | Undisclosed | 18 July 2025 | |
| DF | Lapo Paolieri | Pontedera | 18 July 2025 | ||
| MF | Alberto Grassi | Cremonese | 19 July 2025 | ||
| DF | Giuseppe Pezzella | US Cremonese | Undisclosed | 25 July 2025 | |
| GK | Jacopo Seghetti | Livorno | Loan | 31 July 2025 | |
| FW | Alessio Spatari | Seravezza Pozzi | Loan | 1 August 2025 | |
| DF | Saba Goglichidze | Udinese | Undisclosed | 5 August 2025 | |
| FW | Herculano Nabian | Pontedera | Loan | 7 August 2025 | [5] |
| GK | Valerio Biagini | Pontedera | 8 August 2025 | ||
| GK | Marco Silvestri | Cremonese | Free | 13 August 2025 | |
| GK | Lovro Stubljar | FC Groningen | Undisclosed | 15 August 2025 | |
| GK | Federico Brancolini | Salernitana | Loan | 19 August 2025 | [6] |
| FW | Giuseppe Brugognone | Pistoiese | Loan | 20 August 2025 | |
| FW | Andrea Sodero | Pianese | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [7] |
| MF | Ank Asmussen | Rimini | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [8] |
| DF | Jeremy Moray | Rimini | Loan | 1 September 2025 | [8] |
Friendlies
| 21 July 2025 | Empoli | 7–0 | Mobilieri Ponsacco |
| 26 July 2025 | Empoli | 1–2 | Virtus Entella |
| 30 July 2025 | Empoli | 2–3 | Pisa |
| 5 August 2025 | Empoli | 0–0 | Sassuolo |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Serie B | 23 August 2025 | 8–10 May 2026 | Matchday 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 28.57 |
| Coppa Italia | 15 August 2025 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 25.00 | |||
Last updated: 5 October 2025
Source: Competitions
Serie B
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Modena | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 29 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Catanzaro | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Empoli | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 23 | |
| 9 | Juve Stabia | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 23 | |
| 10 | Padova | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 22 |
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: Serie BKT
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[9]
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 |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
Last updated: 5 October 2025.
Source:
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 5v October 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The Serie B fixtures were drawn on July 30, 2025.[10]
| 23 August 2025 1 | Empoli | 3–1 | Padova | Empoli |
| 19:00 |
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Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi |
| 29 August 2025 2 | Reggiana | 3–1 | Empoli | Reggio Emilia |
| 20:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 8,592 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi |
| 14 September 2025 3 | Empoli | 1–1 | Spezia | Empoli |
| 19:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 6,960 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani |
| 21 September 2025 4 | Pescara | 4–0 | Empoli | Pescara |
| 17:15 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia Referee: Marco Di Bello |
| 28 September 2025 5 | Empoli | 2–2 | Carrarese | Empoli |
| 20:30 UTC+2 |
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Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani |
Coppa Italia
The Round of 64 matchup was announced on June 5, 2025.[11]
| 15 August 2025 Round of 32 | Empoli | 1–1 (3–0 p) | Reggiana | Empoli |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 1,894 Referee: Andrea Calzavara | |||
| Penalties | ||||
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| 25 September 2025 Second round | Genoa | v | Empoli | Genoa |
| 18:30 UTC+2 | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris |
References
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- ^ "Next Gen | Brando Moruzzi all'Empoli". OneFootball. August 15, 2025.
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- ^ "Rinforzi in attacco. Ecco il giovane Nabian". Quotidiano Sportivo. August 8, 2025.
- ^ "Federico Brancolini è un giocatore della Salernitana - U.S. Salernitana 1919". August 19, 2025.
- ^ "Andrea Sodero alla Pianese". www.empolifc.it. September 1, 2025.
- ^ a b "Asmussen e Moray al Rimini". www.empolifc.it. September 1, 2025.
- ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Il calendario della Serie BKT 2025/2026". www.legab.it. July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Coppa Italia Frecciarossa 2025/26 - Definite le date del torneo: Reggiana in campo la settimana di Ferragosto". TuttoReggiana.