Rome (AFP) - Sassuolo, ranked 17th, became the sixth club in the Italian Football League to dispense with the services of its coach since the start of the season, with the dismissal of Alberto Aquilani on Monday.
Published on: 09/11/2026 - 19:19
The Sassuolo Club from the Emilia-Romagna region said in a statement: “Sassuolo Calcio announces the dismissal of coach Alberto Aquilani and his technical staff from their duties. The club thanks the coach and his assistants for the commitment and professionalism they showed during their leadership of the Neroverde team, and wishes them all the best and success in their future careers.”
Sassuolo, which has the weakest defense line in the league, scored only eight points after 11 stages, that is, one point behind Montsa, the first to be threatened with relegation, and it also comes after a harsh loss to Roma by three clean goals at the Olympic Stadium.
The former English international Roma and Liverpool midfielder, Aquilani (42 years old), has only lasted 13 matches at the helm of the team’s technical staff since his appointment last June after a remarkable experience with Catanzaro, which he led to fifth place in the second division last season.
Aquilani became the sixth coach to lose his position since the beginning of the season, after Fabio Grosso, who was dismissed by the Fiorentina management after the third stage, the German-Italian Domenico Tedesco, who was dismissed by Bologna after the fourth phase, the Spaniard Carlos Cuesta, who was dismissed as coach of Parma after the fifth phase, Davide Nicola, who was dismissed from Venezia after the sixth phase, and the German Kosta Runajic, whose duties were terminated by Udinese after the tenth phase.
Although the current season is witnessing major unrest at the level of coaches, it does not represent a record, as the 2009-2010 season witnessed the dismissal of six coaches, including Luciano Spalletti (Roma) after the ninth stage. The total number of coaching changes that season was 17.
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