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Cagliari

Italy · Serie A · Manager: Fabio Pisacane (#304 in the world) since Aug 2025
#211 World rank · club rating
1,764 Club rating
17th in Serie A

Cagliari have had 12 managers since 2015/16. Massimo Rastelli (Aug 2015 – Oct 2017) had the best points per game of them (1.55 in 95 matches), while the club rating fell from 1,799 to 1,752.

Cagliari managers

34 spells since 1998 · newest first
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Fabio Pisacane #304 now Aug 2025 – present · PPG 1.26 current Aug 2025 – present 53 18-13-22 1.26 1,753 → 1,799 +46 +32.3 +0.11
Giacomo Murelli (stand-in) 19 Oct 2026 19 Oct 2026 1 0-0-1 −7.5
Davide Nicola #287 now Aug 2024 – May 2025 · PPG 1.02 Aug 2024 – May 2025 41 11-9-21 1.02 1,906 → 1,869 −37 +3.1 +0.12
Claudio Ranieri Jan 2023 – May 2024 · PPG 1.29 Jan 2023 – May 2024 65 20-24-21 1.29 1,786 → 1,960 +174 +24.7 −0.04
Fabio Pisacane #304 now Dec 2022 · PPG 3.00 caretaker Dec 2022 1 1-0-0 3.00 1,716 → 1,730 +14 +2.7 +0.15
Fabio Liverani Aug 2022 – Dec 2022 · PPG 1.25 Aug 2022 – Dec 2022 20 6-7-7 1.25 1,773 → 1,684 −89 −13.0 +0.15
Alessandro Agostini May 2022 · PPG 0.67 caretaker May 2022 3 0-2-1 0.67 1,757 → 1,755 −1 −0.3 −0.03
Walter Mazzarri #570 now Sep 2021 – Apr 2022 · PPG 0.88 Sep 2021 – Apr 2022 34 7-9-18 0.88 1,903 → 1,757 −145 −19.3 −0.02
Leonardo Semplici Feb 2021 – Sep 2021 · PPG 1.37 Feb 2021 – Sep 2021 19 7-5-7 1.37 1,839 → 1,902 +63 +2.7 +0.04
Eusebio Di Francesco #743 now Sep 2020 – Feb 2021 · PPG 0.81 Sep 2020 – Feb 2021 26 5-6-15 0.81 1,878 → 1,734 −144 −30.6 −0.06
Walter Zenga Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 · PPG 1.00 Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 13 3-4-6 1.00 1,855 → 1,874 +19 +3.8 +0.07
Rolando Maran Aug 2018 – Mar 2020 · PPG 1.23 Aug 2018 – Mar 2020 69 22-19-28 1.23 1,779 → 1,834 +55 +9.4 +0.16
Diego Lopez Oct 2017 – May 2018 · PPG 1.06 Oct 2017 – May 2018 31 9-6-16 1.06 1,723 → 1,771 +48 +14.3 +0.12
Massimo Rastelli Aug 2015 – Oct 2017 · PPG 1.55 Aug 2015 – Oct 2017 95 44-15-36 1.55 1,799 → 1,752 −47 −11.9 +0.13
Before 2015/16 · 21 spells, Sep 1998 – May 2015
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Gianluca Festa #907 now Apr 2015 – May 2015 · PPG 1.86 caretaker Apr 2015 – May 2015 7 4-1-2 1.86 1,787 → 1,872 +85 +21.2 +0.31
Zdeněk Zeman Mar 2015 – Apr 2015 · PPG 0.20 caretaker Mar 2015 – Apr 2015 5 0-1-4 0.20 1,806 → 1,774 −32 −16.0 −0.17
Gianfranco Zola Jan 2015 – Mar 2015 · PPG 0.73 Jan 2015 – Mar 2015 11 2-2-7 0.73 1,705 → 1,703 −3 −10.7 −0.16
Zdeněk Zeman Aug 2014 – Dec 2014 · PPG 0.76 Aug 2014 – Dec 2014 17 2-7-8 0.76 1,826 → 1,731 −96 −21.8 −0.08
Diego Lopez Aug 2013 – Apr 2014 · PPG 1.00 Aug 2013 – Apr 2014 32 7-11-14 1.00 1,775 → 1,698 −77 −14.7 +0.02
Massimo Ficcadenti Mar 2012 – Sep 2012 · PPG 0.94 Mar 2012 – Sep 2012 18 4-5-9 0.94 1,725 → 1,628 −98 −23.6 −0.08
Davide Ballardini #297 now Nov 2011 – Mar 2012 · PPG 1.00 Nov 2011 – Mar 2012 18 4-6-8 1.00 1,718 → 1,693 −25 −3.9 −0.01
Massimo Ficcadenti Sep 2011 – Nov 2011 · PPG 1.30 caretaker Sep 2011 – Nov 2011 10 3-4-3 1.30 1,670 → 1,715 +46 −1.7 −0.01
Roberto Donadoni #653 now Nov 2010 – May 2011 · PPG 1.26 Nov 2010 – May 2011 27 10-4-13 1.26 1,737 → 1,592 −144 −17.6 −0.06
Pierpaolo Bisoli #159 now Aug 2010 – Nov 2010 · PPG 1.08 Aug 2010 – Nov 2010 13 3-5-5 1.08 1,839 → 1,733 −106 −9.5 +0.03
Giorgio Melis Apr 2010 – May 2010 · PPG 0.80 caretaker Apr 2010 – May 2010 5 0-4-1 0.80 1,725 → 1,738 +14 +0.7 0.00
Massimiliano Allegri #109 now Aug 2008 – Apr 2010 · PPG 1.27 Aug 2008 – Apr 2010 73 26-15-32 1.27 1,648 → 1,669 +21 −8.5 +0.14
Davide Ballardini #297 now Jan 2008 – May 2008 · PPG 1.52 Jan 2008 – May 2008 21 9-5-7 1.52 1,552 → 1,743 +191 +43.6 +0.24
Nedo Sonetti Nov 2007 – Dec 2007 · PPG 0.17 caretaker Nov 2007 – Dec 2007 6 0-1-5 0.17 1,604 → 1,535 −69 −14.4 −0.14
Marco Giampaolo #923 now Sep 2006 – Nov 2007 · PPG 1.02 Sep 2006 – Nov 2007 41 9-15-17 1.02 1,577 → 1,510 −67 −12.1 −0.02
Franco Colomba (stand-in) 20 Dec 2006 – 25 Feb 2007 20 Dec 2006 – 25 Feb 2007 8 2-1-5 −14.7
Nedo Sonetti Nov 2005 – May 2006 · PPG 1.26 Nov 2005 – May 2006 27 8-10-9 1.26 1,500 → 1,614 +115 +20.9 +0.11
Davide Ballardini #297 now Sep 2005 – Nov 2005 · PPG 0.44 caretaker Sep 2005 – Nov 2005 9 0-4-5 0.44 1,569 → 1,447 −122 −17.7 −0.15
Daniele Arrigoni Sep 2004 – Sep 2005 · PPG 1.15 Sep 2004 – Sep 2005 39 10-15-14 1.15 1,463 → 1,564 +101 +10.9 +0.01
Attilio Tesser (stand-in) 28 Aug 2005 28 Aug 2005 1 0-0-1 −2.4
Renzo Ulivieri Oct 1999 – May 2000 · PPG 0.70 Oct 1999 – May 2000 30 3-12-15 0.70 1,573 → 1,438 −136 −31.1 −0.10
Óscar Tabárez Aug 1999 – Sep 1999 · PPG 0.25 caretaker Aug 1999 – Sep 1999 4 0-1-3 0.25 1,569 → 1,501 −68 −15.4 −0.28
Gian Piero Ventura Sep 1998 – May 1999 · PPG 1.21 Sep 1998 – May 1999 34 11-8-15 1.21 1,534 → 1,587 +53 +4.4 +0.05

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Massimo Rastelli is the longest-serving: 95 matches over 2 years (Aug 2015 – Oct 2017). Davide Ballardini added the most coach rating: +43.6 over 21 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager
1,764Club ratingWeek 46, 2026
#211World rankof 943 active clubs
#17Serie Aof 20 clubs
1,944Peak since 2015/16Dec 2019 · low 1,646, Dec 2016
1,6001,7001,8001,9002,000201620182020202220242026Nov 2026 · Fabio Pisacane1,736 club rating1,6001,7001,8001,9002,000201620202024Nov 2026 · Fabio Pisacane1,736 club rating
Colour changes with each manager (12 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Cagliari's club rating peaked at 1,944 in December 2019, under Rolando Maran, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,646 in December 2016, under Massimo Rastelli.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time
Sat 21 Nov · 14:00 Serie A A at Como
Preview Como v Cagliari ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2026/27 11 1.91 1.18 1.68 86% 3.82 6.55 4.87
2025/26 38 2.18 1.79 1.95 75% 3.79 5.16 4.41
2024/25 38 1.89 1.74 2.05 71% 4.76 5.00 4.66
2023/24 38 2.13 2.37 2.25 72% 4.61 5.71 4.82
2021/22 38 2.66 2.08 2.47 61% 3.76 5.24 4.79
5 earlier seasons, 2016/17 – 2020/21
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2020/21 38 2.11 2.13 2.28 57% 4.47 5.76 4.84
2019/20 38 3.03 2.18 2.66 62% 4.05 6.21 5.32
2018/19 38 2.87 2.18 2.47 72% 5.00 5.00 5.34
2017/18 38 2.68 2.00 2.16 68% 4.71 5.08 5.16
2016/17 38 2.92 2.63 2.45 63% 3.76 6.50 5.40

Cagliari won 3.76 corners a game in 2021/22, their fewest in any season since 2016/17 and 21% below Serie A's average side (4.79).

League matches only (Serie A), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Serie A cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

353 league matches since 2015/16
FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L
HT winHT W 4412% 195% 93%
HT drawHT D 4011% 4513% 5516%
HT lossHT L 103% 247% 10730%
54
Points won from behindPts from behind
losing at half-time in 141 matches
65
Points dropped from aheadPts dropped
winning at half-time in 72 matches
1st half · W 72 · D 140 · L 141 GD −99
2nd half · W 93 · D 115 · L 145 GD −82

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Cagliari

28 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Daniele Doveri 17 6-6-5 1.41 2.00 2.50 −20%
Luca Pairetto 16 3-4-9 0.81 2.56 2.50 +3%
Marco Di Bello 16 4-2-10 0.88 2.00 2.49 −20%
Gianluca Manganiello 15 6-3-6 1.40 1.87 2.49 −25%
Maurizio Mariani 15 4-4-7 1.07 2.47 2.45 +1%
Rosario Abisso 14 6-1-7 1.36 3.07 2.54 +21%
Federico La Penna 13 2-3-8 0.69 2.62 2.41 +8%
Davide Massa 12 4-4-4 1.33 2.75 2.57 +7%
Marco Piccinini 12 1-2-9 0.42 1.75 2.41 −27%
Michael Fabbri 12 3-4-5 1.08 2.67 2.46 +8%
18 more referees with 5+ matches
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Fabrizio Pasqua 10 3-3-4 1.20 2.30 2.67 −14%
Francesco Fourneau 10 4-4-2 1.60 2.20 2.22 −1%
Marco Guida 10 5-2-3 1.70 3.00 2.32 +29%
Piero Giacomelli 10 2-2-6 0.80 1.80 2.72 −34%
Daniele Orsato 9 2-1-6 0.78 2.67 2.62 +2%
Fabio Maresca 9 1-2-6 0.56 2.67 2.58 +3%
Massimiliano Irrati 8 3-2-3 1.38 4.00 2.72 +47%
Paolo Valeri 8 4-1-3 1.63 2.25 2.65 −15%
Federico Dionisi 7 0-2-5 0.29 2.86 2.32 +23%
Gianpaolo Calvarese 7 0-0-7 0.00 2.86 2.72 +5%
Matteo Marcenaro 7 0-3-4 0.43 2.57 2.29 +12%
Daniele Chiffi 6 1-1-4 0.67 2.67 2.57 +4%
Juan Luca Sacchi 6 4-1-1 2.17 1.67 2.33 −28%
Matteo Marchetti 6 1-2-3 0.83 1.83 2.22 −17%
Simone Sozza 6 0-3-3 0.50 1.83 2.22 −17%
Claudio Gavillucci 5 1-0-4 0.60 2.20 2.80 −22%
Kevin Bonacina 5 1-1-3 0.80 1.40 2.02 −31%
Livio Marinelli 5 0-3-2 0.60 2.40 2.06 +16%

Under Piero Giacomelli, Cagliari picked up 1.80 cards a game, 34% below their own average in the same seasons (10 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (351). Cards = Cagliari's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Cagliari's manager?

Fabio Pisacane, #304 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2025 - 53 matches, 18 won (1.26 points per game).

How many managers has Cagliari had since 2015?

12, counting 1 caretaker. Plus 1 stand-in: a caretaker for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Cagliari's longest-serving manager?

Massimo Rastelli: 95 matches from August 2015 to October 2017.

How many cards a game do Cagliari get?

1.91 a game in Serie A in 2026/27, against 1.68 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.