2025–26 Palermo FC season

Palermo
2025–26 season
Owner City Football Group (94,94%)
Hera Hora S.r.l. (5%)
Associazione Amici Rosanero (0,06%)[1][2][3]
Chairman Dario Mirri[4][5][6]
Manager Filippo Inzaghi[7]
StadiumRenzo Barbera
Serie BPre-season
Coppa ItaliaFirst round

The 2025–26 season will be the 97th in the history of Palermo FC and their fourth season in a row in the second division. The club will participate in Serie B and Coppa Italia.

Players

First team squad

As of 3 July 2025[8]

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 Sebastiano Desplanches
3 DF  USA Kristoffer Lund
6 MF  FRA Claudio Gomes
7 FW  ITA Francesco Di Mariano
8 MF  ITA Jacopo Segre
9 FW  ITA Matteo Brunori (Captain)
10 MF  ITA Filippo Ranocchia
11 FW  ITA Roberto Insigne
14 MF  SRB Aljosa Vasic
16 GK  SEN Alfred Gomis
17 FW  ITA Federico Di Francesco
19 FW  FIN Joel Pohjanpalo
21 FW  FRA Jérémy Le Douaron
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF  FRA Salim Diakité
24 DF  ITA Giangiacomo Magnani
25 DF  ITA Alessio Buttaro
26 MF  ITA Valerio Verre
27 DF  ITA Niccolò Pierozzi
28 MF  FRA Alexis Blin
32 DF  ITA Pietro Ceccaroni
43 DF  GRE Dimitrios Nikolaou
77 GK  ITA Francesco Di Bartolo
GK  ITA Manfredi Nespola
DF  POL Patryk Peda
MF  BIH Dario Šarić
FW  ITA Giacomo Corona

Transfers

Summer 2025

In
Date Pos. Name From Type Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 GK Manfredi Nespola Flaminia End of loan Free [9]
DF Patryk Peda Juve Stabia [10]
MF Dario Šarić Cesena [11]
FW Stredair Appuah Valenciennes [12]
Giacomo Corona Pontedera [13]
Out
Date Pos. Name To Type Fee Ref.
23 May 2025 DF Simon Graves Jensen PEC Zwolle Option to buy exercised €0.5M [14]
23 June 2025 DF Giuseppe Aurelio Spezia €0.4M [15]
1 July 2025 MF Samuele Damiani Ternana €0.2M [16]
FW Giuseppe Fella Cavese Undisclosed [17]
GK Emil Audero Como End loan Free [18]
DF Rayyan Baniya Trabzonspor [19]
FW Thomas Henry Hellas Verona [20]
GK Salvatore Sirigu Unattached Contract expired [21]
3 July 2025 FW Stredair Appuah Valenciennes Loan Free [22]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2025 Friendly Palermo v Aosta Valley amateur local team Châtillon
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ernesto Brunod
20 July 2025 Friendly Palermo v Paradiso Châtillon
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ernesto Brunod
24 July 2025 Friendly Palermo v Nuova Sondrio Châtillon
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ernesto Brunod
27 July 2025 Friendly Palermo v Bra Châtillon
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ernesto Brunod
30 July 2025 Friendly Palermo v Annecy Châtillon
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Ernesto Brunod

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 22–23 August 2025 8–10 May 2026 Matchday 1 Pre-season 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Coppa Italia 17 August 2025 First round To be played 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Palermo F.C.

Serie B

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Ground
Result
Position
Source: WorldFootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Note

In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Matches

22–23 August 2025 1 v
CEST (UTC+2)
2 v
3 v
4 v
5 v
6 v
7 v
8 v
9 v
10 v
11 v
12 v
13 v
14 v
15 v
16 v
17 v
18 v
19 v
20 v
21 v
22 v
23 v
24 v
25 v
26 v
27 v
28 v
29 v
30 v
31 v
32 v
33 v
34 v
35 v
36 v
37 v
8–10 May 2026 38 v
CEST (UTC+2)

Coppa Italia

17 August 2025 First round Cremonese v Palermo Cremona
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Giovanni Zini

Appearances and goals

As of Pre-season[23]
No. Pos. Name Serie B Coppa Italia Total
1 GK Sebastiano Desplanches 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Kristoffer Lund 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Claudio Gomes 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Francesco Di Mariano 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Jacopo Segre 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Matteo Brunori 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Filippo Ranocchia 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Roberto Insigne 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Aljosa Vasic 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK Alfred Gomis 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Federico Di Francesco 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Joel Pohjanpalo 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Jérémy Le Douaron 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Salim Diakité 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Giangiacomo Magnani 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Alessio Buttaro 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Valerio Verre 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Niccolò Pierozzi 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Alexis Blin 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Pietro Ceccaroni 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF Dimitrios Nikolaou 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 GK Francesco Di Bartolo 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Manfredi Nespola 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Patryk Peda 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Dario Šarić 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Giacomo Corona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

As of Pre-season[23]
No. Pos. Name Serie B Coppa Italia Total
     
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goals conceded and clean sheets

As of Pre-season
No. Pos. Name Serie B Coppa Italia Total
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0

Attendances

As of Pre-season[24]
Matches Attendances Average Highest Lowest
Serie B 0 0 0 0 0
Coppa Italia

References

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  2. ^ "Palermo, ecco il nuovo CdA firmato City: c'è Galassi" (in Italian). calcioefinanza.it. 6 July 2022.
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  9. ^ "Nespola transferred to Flaminia Civita Castellana". palermofc.com. 4 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Peda transferred to Juve Stabia". palermofc.com. 25 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Saric transferred to Cesena". palermofc.com. 31 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Appuah transferred to Valenciennes". palermofc.com. 31 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Contract extension and loan to Pontedera for Corona". palermofc.com. 13 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Graves transferred to PEC Zwolle". palermofc.com. 23 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Aurelio transferred to Spezia". palermofc.com. 23 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Damiani transferred to Ternana". palermofc.com. 8 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Fella transferred to Cavese". palermofc.com. 27 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Audero is rosanero". palermofc.com. 3 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Baniya is rosanero". palermofc.com. 26 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Henry is rosanero". palermofc.com. 16 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Sirigu is rosanero". palermofc.com. 24 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Appuah transferred to Valenciennes". palermofc.com. 3 July 2025.
  23. ^ a b "Statistics - Palermo". int.soccerway.com.
  24. ^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2024-25". stadiapostcards.com.