SPAL

Italy · Serie A 2017/18 – 2019/20 · Serie B now · last match 19 May 2023

– World rank · club rating

1,726 Club rating

– in Serie B

SPAL played 3 Serie A seasons (2017/18 – 2019/20) and are in Serie B now. Our data has no manager for them after 19 May 2023, their last match we hold. Pasquale Marino (Sep 2020 – Mar 2021) had the best points per game of them (1.48 in 33 matches), while the club rating fell from 1,698 to 1,602.

SPAL managers

8 spells since 2015 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Massimo Oddo Feb 2023 – May 2023 · PPG 1.00 Feb 2023 – May 2023 14 3-5-6 1.00 1,567 → 1,618 +51 +10.2 0.00

Daniele De Rossi #394 now Oct 2022 – Feb 2023 · PPG 0.88 Oct 2022 – Feb 2023 17 3-6-8 0.88 1,644 → 1,605 −39 −6.7 −0.04

Roberto Venturato Jan 2022 – Oct 2022 · PPG 1.10 Jan 2022 – Oct 2022 29 6-14-9 1.10 1,677 → 1,663 −15 −7.4 −0.02

Pep Clotet Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 · PPG 1.11 Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 19 5-6-8 1.11 1,658 → 1,581 −77 −16.7 −0.13

Massimo Rastelli Mar 2021 – May 2021 · PPG 1.56 caretaker Mar 2021 – May 2021 9 4-2-3 1.56 1,655 → 1,662 +8 +1.5 +0.02

Pasquale Marino Sep 2020 – Mar 2021 · PPG 1.48 Sep 2020 – Mar 2021 33 12-13-8 1.48 1,698 → 1,602 −97 −19.0 −0.01

Luigi Di Biagio Feb 2020 – Aug 2020 · PPG 0.33 Feb 2020 – Aug 2020 15 1-2-12 0.33 1,677 → 1,592 −85 −22.0 −0.12

Leonardo Semplici Aug 2015 – Feb 2020 · PPG 1.26 Aug 2015 – Feb 2020 151 51-38-62 1.26 1,438 → 1,690 +252 +42.4

Leonardo Semplici is the longest-serving: 151 matches over 4 years (Aug 2015 – Feb 2020), and the most coach rating added (+42.4).

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. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,726Club ratingunchanged since 19 May 2023

–World rankno match in 12 months

–Serie Bof 24 clubs

1,833Peak since 2015/16Oct 2018 · low 1,438, Aug 2016

Colour changes with each manager (8 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

SPAL's club rating peaked at 1,833 in October 2018, under Leonardo Semplici, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,438 in August 2016, under Leonardo Semplici.

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

SPAL play in Serie B now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2019/20 38 2.66 2.00 2.66 64% 4.16 6.37 5.32

2018/19 38 3.05 3.00 2.47 65% 5.16 5.87 5.34

2017/18 38 2.76 2.13 2.16 66% 4.61 5.50 5.16

SPAL picked up 3.05 cards a game in 2018/19, their most in any season since 2017/18 and 24% above Serie A's average side (2.47).

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

114 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 109% 65% 76%

HT drawHT D 109% 1513% 1917%

HT lossHT L 44% 76% 3632%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 47 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 23 matches

1st half · W 23 · D 44 · L 47 GD −38

2nd half · W 29 · D 31 · L 54 GD −44

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

Referees at SPAL

13 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Marco Guida 8 3-0-5 1.13 2.75 2.82 −3%

Maurizio Mariani 7 1-2-4 0.71 3.57 2.82 +26%

Rosario Abisso 7 1-2-4 0.71 2.57 2.82 −9%

Daniele Doveri 6 1-4-1 1.17 2.50 2.82 −11%

Davide Massa 6 0-4-2 0.67 3.00 2.82 +6%

Federico La Penna 6 1-1-4 0.67 3.17 2.86 +11%

Piero Giacomelli 6 1-3-2 1.00 1.83 2.82 −35%

Daniele Chiffi 5 0-1-4 0.20 2.60 2.82 −8%

Daniele Orsato 5 3-1-1 2.00 3.60 2.82 +27%

Fabrizio Pasqua 5 1-1-3 0.80 2.60 2.91 −11%

3 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Gianluca Rocchi 5 3-1-1 2.00 3.80 2.82 +35%

Luca Pairetto 5 2-0-3 1.20 3.40 2.82 +20%

Michael Fabbri 5 1-1-3 0.80 3.20 2.82 +13%

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (114). Cards = SPAL'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 SPAL's manager?

Our data has no manager after 19 May 2023, the last SPAL match it holds. The last was Massimo Oddo.

How many managers has SPAL had since 2015?

8, counting 1 caretaker.

Who is SPAL's longest-serving manager?

Leonardo Semplici: 151 matches from August 2015 to February 2020.

How many cards a game do SPAL get?

2.66 a game in Serie A in 2019/20, against 2.66 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.