The 2016–17 season was
Football Club Crotone's first ever season in
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
. The club competed in the two Italian domestic competitions, finishing 17th in the league while being eliminated in the third round of the
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
. Crotone miraculously avoided relegation on the final day of the season, defeating
Lazio
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3–1 while already-relegated
U.S. Città di Palermo secured a 2–1 victory over
Empoli
Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...
which doomed the Tuscan side to
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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Goalscorers
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Clean sheets
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Disciplinary record
Last updated: 28 May 2017
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 F.C. Crotone season
FC Crotone seasons
Crotone
Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...