2024–25 Cagliari Calcio season

Cagliari Calcio
2024–25 season
President	Tommaso Giulini
Head Coach	Davide Nicola
Stadium	Unipol Domus
Serie A	14th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Roberto Piccoli (7); All: ; Roberto Piccoli (8)
Highest home attendance	16,412 vs Inter Milan ; (28 December 2024, Serie A) ; 16,412 vs Juventus ; (23 February 2025, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	11,017 vs Cremonese ; (24 September 2024, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	16,074
Biggest win	4–1 vs Lecce (H) ; (19 January 2025, Serie A)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Napoli (H) ; (15 September 2024, Serie A); 4–0 vs Juventus (A) ; (17 December 2024, Coppa Italia)
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 105th season in the history of the Cagliari Calcio, and it will also be the second consecutive season in Serie A. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coppa Italia.

On 5 July 2024, Davide Nicola was announced as the team's coach.^[1]

Squad

As of 4 February 2025^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Ciocci
3	DF	ITA	Tommaso Augello
6	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto
8	MF	FRA	Michel Adopo (on loan from Atalanta)
9	FW	ROU	Florinel Coman (on loan from Al-Gharafa)
10	MF	ITA	Nicolas Viola
14	MF	ITA	Alessandro Deiola (vice-captain)
16	MF	ITA	Matteo Prati
18	MF	ROU	Răzvan Marin
19	MF	ITA	Nadir Zortea
21	MF	CZE	Jakub Jankto
24	DF	ARG	José Luis Palomino


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	ITA	Elia Caprile (on loan from Napoli)
26	DF	COL	Yerry Mina
28	DF	ITA	Gabriele Zappa
29	MF	CGO	Antoine Makoumbou
30	FW	ITA	Leonardo Pavoletti (captain)
33	DF	SVK	Adam Obert
70	MF	ITA	Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli)
71	GK	ALB	Alen Sherri
77	FW	ANG	Zito Luvumbo
80	FW	ZAM	Kingstone Mutandwa
91	FW	ITA	Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta)
97	FW	ITA	Mattia Felici

Transfers

Summer window

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2024	MF	Răzvan Marin	Empoli	Free	End of loan
30 June 2024	GK	Giuseppe Ciocci	Pontedera	Free	End of loan
8 July 2024	DF	Sebastiano Luperto	Empoli	€3,500,000		^[3]
10 July 2024	MF	Mattia Felici	Feralpisalò	€2,000,000		^[4]
17 July 2024	DF	Nadir Zortea	Atalanta	€5,000,000		^[5]
24 July 2024	GK	Alen Sherri	Egnatia	€300,000		^[6]
13 August 2024	DF	José Luis Palomino	Unattached	Free		^[7]

Loans in


Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
17 July 2024	MF	Michel Adopo	Atalanta	Free	Option to buy for €4,000,000	^[8]
17 July 2024	FW	Roberto Piccoli	Atalanta	€500,000	Option to buy for €11,600,000	^[8]
30 August 2024	MF	Gianluca Gaetano	Napoli	Free	Option to buy for €12,000,000	^[7]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	Simone Aresti	Retired
30 June 2024	MF	Marco Mancosu	Retired
30 June 2024	MF	Gianluca Gaetano	Napoli	Loan return		^[9]
30 June 2024	MF	Nahitan Nández	Al Qadsiah	Free	End of contract
30 June 2024	MF	Gaetano Oristanio	Inter Milan	Loan return
30 June 2024	FW	Andrea Petagna	Monza	Loan return
30 June 2024	FW	Eldor Shomurodov	Roma	Loan return		^[10]
1 July 2024	DF	Giorgio Altare	Venezia	€1,000,000
1 July 2024	FW	Jacopo Desogus	Cittadella	Undisclosed		^[11]
1 July 2024	DF	Alberto Dossena	Como	€8,000,000		^[12]
12 July 2024	DF	Christian Travaglini	Pro Patria	Undisclosed		^[13]
17 July 2024	FW	Gianluca Contini	Virtus Verona	Free
17 July 2024	MF	Ibrahim Sulemana	Atalanta	€7,500,000		^[14]
1 August 2024	MF	Christos Kourfalidis	Cosenza	€250,000		^[15]
4 August 2024	DF	Salvatore Boccia	Arzignano Valchiampo	Undisclosed		^[16]
9 August 2024	MF	Isaías Delpupo	Sint-Truiden	Undisclosed		^[17]
27 August 2024	DF	Francesco Zallu	Gubbio	Free		^[18]
29 August 2024	MF	Gastón Pereiro	Genoa	Free	Contract solved by mutual consent	^[19]

Loans out


Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
8 July 2024	DF	Luigi Palomba	Vis Pesaro	Free		^[20]
10 July 2024	MF	Nicolò Cavuoti	Feralpisalò	Free		^[21]
12 July 2024	FW	Nik Prelec	Austria Wien	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee	^[22]
1 August 2024	GK	Boris Radunović	Bari	Free		^[23]
22 August 2024	DF	Alessandro Di Pardo	Modena	Free	Option to buy for €1,000,000 obligation to buy under certain conditions	^[24]
2 September 2024	DF	Pantelis Hatzidiakos	Copenhagen	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee	^[25]

Winter window

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.

Loans In


Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
7 January 2025	GK	Elia Caprile	Napoli	Free	Option to buy for €8,000,000	^[26]
3 February 2025	FW	Florinel Coman	Al-Gharafa	Free	Option to buy for €8,000,000	^[27]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
22 January 2025	DF	Paulo Azzi	Cremonese	Undisclosed		^[28]
31 January 2025	FW	Gianluca Lapadula	Spezia	Free		^[29]

Loans out


Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
7 January 2025	GK	Simone Scuffet	Napoli	Free		^[30]
22 January 2025	DF	Mateusz Wieteska	PAOK	€150,000	Option to buy for €2,500,000	^[31]

Friendlies

25 July 2024 Friendly	Cagliari	1–3	Como	Chatillon
17:00				Stadium: Campo Sportivo E. Brunod

30 July 2024 Friendly	Cagliari	2–0	Catanzaro	Saint-Vincent
19:00				Stadium: Stadio Sportivo Comunale Piergiorgio Perucca

3 August 2024 Friendly	Modena FC	2–2	Cagliari	Modena
17:00				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

14 November 2024 Friendly	Cagliari	8–0	CUS Cagliari	Sa Duchessa
15:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	18 August 2024	24–25 May 2025	Matchday 1	31	7	9	15	31	44	−13	022.58
Coppa Italia	12 August 2024			3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	066.67
Total				34	9	9	16	35	49	−14	026.47

Last updated: 8 April 2025
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Como	32	9	9	14	40	48	−8	36
14	Hellas Verona	32	9	5	18	30	59	−29	32
15	Cagliari	32	7	9	16	32	47	−15	30
16	Parma	32	5	13	14	37	51	−14	28
17	Lecce	32	6	8	18	23	52	−29	26

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2025. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[32]

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
31	7	9	15	31	44	−13	30	5	4	7	19	24	−5	2	5	8	12	20	−8

Last updated: 8. April 2025.
Source: Worldfootball

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
Ground	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D
Position	15	13	15	19	20	16	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	13	15	18	18	18	18	18	14	15	17	13	14	15	15	14	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2025. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[33]

18 August 2024 1	Cagliari	0–0	Roma	Cagliari
20:45		Report		Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,261 Referee: Livio Marinelli

26 August 2024 2	Cagliari	1–1	Como	Cagliari
18:30	Piccoli 44'	Report	Cutrone 53'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,365 Referee: Marco Di Bello

31 August 2024 3	Lecce	1–0	Cagliari	Lecce
18:30	Krstović 26'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Michael Fabbri

15 September 2024 4	Cagliari	0–4	Napoli	Cagliari
18:00		Report	Di Lorenzo 18' Kvaratskhelia 66' Lukaku 70' Buongiorno 90+3'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15,733 Referee: Federico La Penna

20 September 2024 5	Cagliari	0–2	Empoli	Cagliari
18:30		Report		Stadium: Unipol Domus

30 September 2024 6	Parma	2–3	Cagliari	Parma
20:45	Man 62' Hernani 87'	Report	Zortea 34' Marin 75' Piccoli 87'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Francesco Fourneau

6 October 2024 7	Juventus	1–1	Cagliari	Turin
12:30	Vlahović 15' (pen.) Thuram 33' Savona 56' Conceição 75' 89' Cambiaso 84'	Report	Marin 88' (pen.) Mina 88' Deiola 90+6'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,557 Referee: Livio Marinelli

20 October 2024 8	Cagliari	3–2	Torino	Cagliari
18:00	Viola 38' Adopo 60' Palomino 74' Coco 78' (o.g.)	Report	Coco 14' Sanabria 41' Lazaro 45+2' Masina 54' Linetty 55'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

25 October 2024 9	Udinese	2–0	Cagliari	Udine
18:30	Lucca 38', 64' Davis 78' Touré 81'	Report	Makoumbou 5' 29' Azzi 80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

29 October 2024 10	Cagliari	0–2	Bologna	Cagliari
18:30	Palomino 39' Zappa 75'	Report	Orsolini 35' Odgaard 51' Pobega 71' Fabbian 88'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15,977 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

4 November 2024 11	Lazio	2–1	Cagliari	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dia 2' Noslin 25' Lazzari 61' Zaccagni 76' (pen.) Rovella 85'	Report	Adopo 9' 78' Augello 17' Mina 29' 78' Luvumbo 41', 64' Zappa 49' Luperto 74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

9 November 2024 12	Cagliari	3–3	Milan	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zortea 2' Zappa 53', 89'	Report	Leão 15', 40' Fofana 61' Abraham 69' Hernandez 90+1'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,271 Referee: Michael Fabbri

24 November 2024 13	Genoa	2–2	Cagliari	Genoa
12:30	Frendrup 12' Miretti 59' Martín 79' Bani 86'	Report	Marin 8', 66' Piccoli 88' (pen.) Viola 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Simone Sozza

29 October 2024 14	Cagliari	1–0	Hellas Verona	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marin 27' Piccoli 75'	Report	Coppola 81' Lambourde 89'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16.162 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

8 December 2024 15	Fiorentina	1–0	Cagliari	Florence
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cataldi 24' Comuzzo 30' Dodô 58' Gosens 75'	Report	Mina 35' Luvumbo 88'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 19,851 Referee: Marco Piccinini

14 December 2024 16	Cagliari	0–1	Atalanta	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Luperto 43' Augello 52' Obert 86'	Report	De Roon 49' Zaniolo 66', 66' Samardžić 90+1'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 15,985 Referee: Luca Pairetto

22 December 2024 17	Venezia	2–1	Cagliari	Venezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zampano 38' Šverko 67' Idzes 82'	Report	Wieteska 73' Pavoletti 76', 82'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Referee: Marco Guida

28 December 2024 18	Cagliari	0–3	Internazionale	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bastoni 53' L. Martínez 71' Çalhanoğlu 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Unipol Domus Attendance: 16,412 Referee: Daniele Doveri

5 January 2025 19	Monza	1–2	Cagliari	Monza
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Caprari 6' (pen.) Bondo 30' D'Ambrosio 63' Bianco 88'	Report	Zortea 22' Piccoli 45', 56' Mina 67'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Referee: Marco Di Bello

Coppa Italia

12 August 2024 Round of 32	Cagliari	3–1	Carrarese	Cagliari
21:15	Piccoli 33' Pavoletti 41' Prati 71'		Panico 55'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

24 September 2024 Second round	Cagliari	1–0	Cremonese	Cagliari
18:30	Lapadula 60'			Stadium: Unipol Domus

17 December 2024 Round of 16	Juventus	v	Cagliari	Turin
21:00				Stadium: Juventus Stadium

References

^ "Cagliari name Nicola as manager | Reuters". Reuters.
^ "Prima Squadra". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Luperto è del Cagliari".
^ "Felici è del Cagliari".
^ "Nadir Zortea joins Cagliari".
^ "Sherri è del Cagliari".
^ ^a ^b "Palomino è del Cagliari".
^ ^a ^b "Adopo and Piccoli also to join Cagliari".
^ "Gaetano saluta il Cagliari: "Ho capito cos'è lo spirito di squadra"". 27 May 2024.
^ "Cagliari no longer interested in Eldor Shomurodov". romapress.net. 16 June 2024.
^ "Desogus al Cittadella".
^ "Dossena al Como".
^ "Travaglini alla Pro Patria - Cagliari Calcio".
^ "A new clutch in the midfield: Sulemana is Nerazzurro!".
^ "Kourfalidis al Cosenza".
^ "Boccia all'Arzignano Valchiampo - Cagliari Calcio".
^ "Delpupo al Sint-Truiden".
^ "Zallu al Gubbio - Cagliari Calcio".
^ "Risoluzione consensuale con Gastón Pereiro".
^ "Palomba alla Vis Pesaro - Cagliari Calcio".
^ "Cavuoti alla Feralpisalò - Cagliari Calcio".
^ "Prelec all'Austria Vienna".
^ "Radunovic al Bari".
^ "Di Pardo al Modena".
^ "Hatzidiakos al Copenhagen".
^ "Ufficiale | Caprile al Cagliari". SSC Napoli.
^ "Coman to Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio.
^ "Paulo Azzi nuovo giocatore della Cremonese". U.S. Cremonese.
^ "Ufficiale | Gianluca Lapadula è un nuovo calciatore dello Spezia". Spezia Calcio.
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[1] "Cagliari name Nicola as manager | Reuters". Reuters.

[2] "Prima Squadra". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[3] "Luperto è del Cagliari".

[4] "Felici è del Cagliari".

[5] "Nadir Zortea joins Cagliari".

[6] "Sherri è del Cagliari".

[Palomino_è_del_Cagliari-7] "Palomino è del Cagliari".

[:0-8] "Adopo and Piccoli also to join Cagliari".

[9] "Gaetano saluta il Cagliari: "Ho capito cos'è lo spirito di squadra"". 27 May 2024.

[10] "Cagliari no longer interested in Eldor Shomurodov". romapress.net. 16 June 2024.

[11] "Desogus al Cittadella".

[12] "Dossena al Como".

[13] "Travaglini alla Pro Patria - Cagliari Calcio".

[14] "A new clutch in the midfield: Sulemana is Nerazzurro!".

[15] "Kourfalidis al Cosenza".

[16] "Boccia all'Arzignano Valchiampo - Cagliari Calcio".

[17] "Delpupo al Sint-Truiden".

[18] "Zallu al Gubbio - Cagliari Calcio".

[19] "Risoluzione consensuale con Gastón Pereiro".

[20] "Palomba alla Vis Pesaro - Cagliari Calcio".

[21] "Cavuoti alla Feralpisalò - Cagliari Calcio".

[22] "Prelec all'Austria Vienna".

[23] "Radunovic al Bari".

[24] "Di Pardo al Modena".

[25] "Hatzidiakos al Copenhagen".

[26] "Ufficiale | Caprile al Cagliari". SSC Napoli.

[27] "Coman to Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio.

[28] "Paulo Azzi nuovo giocatore della Cremonese". U.S. Cremonese.

[29] "Ufficiale | Gianluca Lapadula è un nuovo calciatore dello Spezia". Spezia Calcio.

[30] "Scuffet joins Napoli on loan". SSC Napoli.

[31] "Mateusz Wieteska joins PAOK". PAOK.

[32] "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 304/A" (PDF). figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio.

[33] "GUIDE TO THE 2024/25 SEASON". www.legaseriea.it.

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