2016–17 Virtus Entella season

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Virtus Entella

| season = 2016–17

| manager = Alfredo Aglietti

| chairman = Antonio Gozzi

| stadium = Stadio Comunale

| league = Serie B

| league result = 12th

| prevseason = 2015–16

| nextseason = 2017–18

}}

Current squad

As of 4 January 2017

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{{football squad player | no=1 | nat= ITA | pos= GK | name= Andrea Paroni}}

{{football squad player | no=3 | nat= MLI | pos= DF | name= Cheick Keita}}

{{football squad player | no=4 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Francesco Belli}}

{{football squad player | no=5 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Luca Ceccarelli}}

{{football squad player | no=6 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Fabio Gerli}}

{{football squad player | no=7 | nat= POR | pos= MF | name= Pedro Ferreira}}

{{football squad player | no=8 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Michele Troiano|other= captain}}

{{football squad player | no=9 | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Francesco Caputo}}

{{football squad player | no=10 | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Aniello Cutolo}}

{{football squad player | no=11 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Simone Palermo}}

{{football squad player | no=12 | nat= TUN | pos= GK | name= Aladin Ayoub}}

{{football squad player | no=13 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Simone Benedetti}}

{{football squad player | no=14 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Luca Tremolada}}

{{football squad player | no=15 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Michele Pellizzer}}

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{{football squad player | no=17 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Manuel Di Paola}}

{{football squad player | no=18 | nat= MAR | pos= MF | name= Abderrazzak Jadid}}

{{football squad player | no=19 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Simone Iacoponi}}

{{football squad player | no=20 | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Davide Diaw}}

{{football squad player | no=22 | nat= ITA | pos= GK | name= Alessandro Iacobucci}}

{{football squad player | no=23 | nat= ITA | pos= DF | name= Simone Sini}}

{{football squad player | no=25 | nat= POR | pos= FW | name= Dany Mota}}

{{football squad player | no=26 | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Gaetano Masucci}}

{{football squad player | no=27 | nat= CZE | pos= MF | name= Jan Havlena}}

{{football squad player | no=28 | nat= SEN | pos= DF | name= Joel Baraye}}

{{football squad player | no=29 | nat= FRA | pos= MF | name= Najib Ammari}}

{{football squad player | no=30 | nat= ITA | pos= MF | name= Marco Moscati|other= on loan from Livorno}}

{{football squad player | no=32 | nat= ITA | pos= FW | name= Giacomo Beretta|other= on loan from Milan}}

{{football squad end}}

Out on loan

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{{football squad player | no=| nat= BRA | pos= GK | name=Joao Zanotti|other=at Montebelluna until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad player | no=| nat= ITA | pos= GK | name=Daniele Borra|other=at Arezzo until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad player | no=| nat= ITA | pos= DF | name=Stefano Lanini|other=at Alma Juventus Fano until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad player | no=| nat= ITA | pos= DF | name=Luca Oneto|other=at Santarcangelo until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad player | no=| nat= ITA | pos= DF | name=Valerio Zigrossi|other= at Alma Juventus Fano until 30 June 2017}}

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{{football squad player | no=| nat= ITA | pos= MF | name=Paolo Valagussa|other= at A.S. Gubbio 1910 until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad player | no=| nat= ITA | pos= MF | name=Antonio Cardore|other= at Viterbese until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad player | no=| nat= SPA | pos= MF | name=Héctor Otín|other= at Reggiana until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad player | no=| nat= ITA | pos= FW | name=Stefano Moreo|other=at Venezia until 30 June 2017}}

{{football squad end}}

Transfers

=In=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:30px;"| {{tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:20px;"| Age

! style="width:180px;"| Moving from

! style="width:120px;" class="unsortable"| Fee

! style="width:250px;" class="unsortable"| Notes

! style="width:20px;"| Source

align=center| {{sortnameDF|Defender (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Pellizzer

| align=center| {{Age|1989|5|22}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cittadella

| align=center| 270k €

| align=center|

|

align=center| {{sortnameDF|Defender (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Benedetti

| align=center| {{Age|1992|4|3}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cagliari

| align=center|

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameDF|Defender (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|SEN}} Joel Baraye

| align=center| {{Age|1997|1|5}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Brescia U19

| align=center|

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameMF|Midfielder (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Havlena

| align=center| {{Age|1998|12|9}}

| U19

| align=center| Free

| align=center|

|

align=center| {{sortnameMF|Midfielder (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Najib Ammari

| align=center| {{Age|1992|4|10}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Latina

| align=center|

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameMF|Midfielder (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Tremolada

| align=center| {{Age|1991|11|25}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Arezzo

| align=center| Free

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameFW|Forward (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|POR}} Dany Mota

| align=center| {{Age|1998|5|2}}

| U19

| align=center| Free

| align=center|

|

align=center| {{sortnameFW|Forward (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Diaw

| align=center| {{Age|1992|1|6}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Tamai

| align=center|

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameFW|Forward (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Caputo

| align=center| {{Age|1987|8|6}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Bari

| align=center|

| align=center|

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=Out=

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:30px;"| {{tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! style="width:180px;"| Player

! style="width:20px;"| Age

! style="width:180px;"| Moving to

! style="width:120px;" class="unsortable"| Fee

! style="width:250px;" class="unsortable"| Notes

! style="width:20px;"| Source

align=center| {{sortnameGK|Goalkeeper (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Maarten van der Want

| align=center| {{Age|1995|1|15}}

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Olbia

| align=center|

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameDF|Defender (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Negro

| align=center| {{Age|1997|6|2}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Matelica

| align=center| Free

| align=center| After joining Matelica he was released.

|

align=center| {{sortnameDF|Defender (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Cecchini

| align=center| {{Age|1993|4|11|2016|7|1}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lucchese

| align=center|

| align=center|

|

align=center| {{sortnameDF|Defender (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Antony Viscardi

| align=center| {{Age|1996|12|5}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fezzanese

| align=center| Free

| align=center|

|

align=center| {{sortnameDF|Defender (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|MLI}} Cheick Keita

| align=center| {{Age|1996|4|16}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Birmingham

| align=center| £1.5m

| align=center|

| align=center| {{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38684070|title = Birmingham sign French left-back Keita|work = BBC Sport}}

|

align=center| {{sortnameMF|Midfielder (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gennaro Volpe

| align=center| {{Age|1981|2|17}}

| End of career

| align=center|

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameMF|Midfielder (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Staiti

| align=center| {{Age|1987|2|27}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Feralpisalò

| align=center| Free

| align=center|

|

align=center| {{sortnameMF|Midfielder (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Vittorio Argeri

| align=center| {{Age|1994|5|30}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Goliardicapolis

| align=center| Free

| align=center|

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align=center| {{sortnameFW|Forward (association football)|c}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Zottino

| align=center| {{Age|1996|11|22}}

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cordenons

| align=center| Free

| align=center|

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Competitions

=Serie B=

{{main article|2016–17 Serie B}}

=League table=

{{2016–17 Serie B table|showteam=VEN}}

References

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