2025–26 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2025–26 season is the 106th season in the history of the Cagliari Calcio, and their third consecutive season in Serie A. The team played both in the domestic league and the Coppa Italia.

Cagliari Calcio
2025–26 season
PresidentTommaso Giulini
Head CoachFabio Pisacane
StadiumUnipol Domus
2026–27 

Squad

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As of 29 March 2026[1]

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 Elia Caprile (5th captain)
2 DF  ITA Marco Palestra (on loan from Atalanta)
3 DF  ITA Riyad Idrissi
4 MF  ITA Luca Mazzitelli (on loan from Como)
8 MF  FRA Michel Adopo
9 FW  TUR Semih Kılıçsoy (on loan from Beşiktaş)
10 MF  ITA Gianluca Gaetano
12 GK  ALB Alen Sherri
14 MF  ITA Alessandro Deiola (vice-captain)
15 DF  URU Juan Rodríguez
17 FW  ITA Mattia Felici
18 DF  NED Othniël Raterink
19 FW  ITA Andrea Belotti
20 FW  URU Agustin Albarracin
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  ITA Alberto Dossena (on loan from Como)
24 GK  ITA Giuseppe Ciocci
25 MF  GHA Ibrahim Sulemana (on loan from Atalanta)
26 DF  COL Yerry Mina (3rd captain)
27 MF  ZAM Joseph Liteta
28 DF  ITA Gabriele Zappa (4th captain)
29 FW  ITA Gennaro Borrelli
30 FW  ITA Leonardo Pavoletti (captain)
32 DF  POR Zé Pedro
33 DF  SVK Adam Obert
37 FW  FRA Yael Trepy
90 MF  ITA Michael Folorunsho (on loan from Napoli)
94 FW  ITA Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Inter Milan)

Transfers

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Summer window

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
30 June 2025 GK Serbia Boris Radunović Italy Bari Free Loan return
30 June 2025 DF Italy Alessandro Di Pardo Italy Modena Free Loan return
30 June 2025 DF Italy Riyad Idrissi Italy Modena Free Loan return
30 June 2025 MF Italy Nicolò Cavuoti Italy Feralpisalò Free Loan return
30 June 2025 MF Croatia Marko Rog Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Free Loan return
1 July 2025 GK Italy Elia Caprile Italy Napoli €8,200,000 From loan to permanent transfer [2]
1 July 2025 MF France Michel Adopo Italy Atalanta €3,800,000 From loan to permanent transfer [3]
1 July 2025 MF Italy Gianluca Gaetano Italy Napoli €6,200,000 From loan to permanent transfer [4]
10 July 2025 FW Italy Gennaro Borrelli Italy Brescia Free [5]
25 August 2025 FW Italy Roberto Piccoli Italy Atalanta €12,500,000 Option to buy activated [6]
31 August 2025 DF Portugal Zé Pedro Portugal Porto €2,000,000 [7]
1 September 2025 DF Uruguay Juan Rodríguez Uruguay Peñarol €4,000,000 [8]
1 September 2025 FW Italy Andrea Belotti Italy Como Free [9]

Loans in

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
3 August 2025 FW Turkey Semih Kılıçsoy Turkey Beşiktaş €1,000,000 Option to buy for €12,000,000 [10]
24 July 2025 MF Italy Michael Folorunsho Italy Napoli €500,000 Option to buy for €8,000,000 [11]
30 July 2025 MF Italy Luca Mazzitelli Italy Como Free Option to buy for €2,000,000 + €300,000 bonus [12]
12 August 2025 FW Italy Sebastiano Esposito Italy Inter Milan Free Option to buy for €4,000,000 [13]
26 August 2025 DF Italy Marco Palestra Italy Atalanta Free [14]
Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
30 June 2025 FW Italy Roberto Piccoli Italy Atalanta Free End of loan
30 June 2025 FW Romania Florinel Coman Qatar Al-Gharafa Free End of loan
1 July 2025 DF Greece Pantelis Chatzidiakos Denmark Copenhagen €1,500,000 From loan to permanent transfer [15]
1 July 2025 MF Italy Nicolas Viola Free agent Free End of contract
2 July 2025 MF Republic of the Congo Antoine Makoumbou Turkey Samsunspor €1,500,000 [16]
4 July 2025 DF Italy Luigi Palomba Italy Virtus Entella Undisclosed
8 July 2025 DF Italy Tommaso Augello Italy Palermo Free [17]
16 July 2025 DF Argentina José Luis Palomino Argentina Talleres de Córdoba Free [18]
23 July 2025 DF Italy Etienne Catena Italy Siracusa Undisclosed
23 July 2025 MF Romania Răzvan Marin Greece AEK Athens €1,700,000 [19]
23 July 2025 GK Italy Simone Scuffet Italy Pisa €900,000 [20]
20 August 2025 DF Italy Nadir Zortea Italy Bologna €7,500,000 [21]
21 August 2025 MF Czech Republic Jakub Jankto Retired [22]
25 August 2025 FW Italy Roberto Piccoli Italy Fiorentina €25,000,000 [23]

Loans out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
1 July 2025 FW Zambia Kingstone Mutandwa Austria Ried Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee + buy-back option for an undisclosed fee [24]
10 July 2025 GK Albania Alen Sherri Italy Frosinone Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee + buy-back option for an undisclosed fee [25]
30 July 2025 DF Poland Mateusz Wieteska Turkey Kocaelispor Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee [26]
1 August 2025 FW Slovenia Nik Prelec England Oxford United Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee + obligation to buy under certain conditions [27]
22 August 2025 DF Italy Davide Veroli Italy Palermo Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee + obligation to buy under certain conditions [28]
28 August 2025 GK Bulgaria Velizar-Iliya Iliev Italy Audace Cerignola Free

Winter window

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
4 January 2026 GK Albania Alen Sherri Italy Frosinone Free Loan terminated early
19 January 2026 GK Italy Alessandro Vinciguerra Italy Pescara Free Loan terminated early
27 January 2026 FW Uruguay Agustín Albarracín Uruguay Boston River €2,000,000
29 January 2026 DF Italy Sebastiano Di Paolo Italy Siracusa €300,000
29 January 2026 DF Mali Francesco Gallea Italy Lumezzane Undisclosed
30 January 2026 DF Netherlands Othniël Raterink Netherlands De Graafschap €1,100,000

Loans in

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Notes Ref.
21 January 2026 DF Italy Alberto Dossena Italy Como Free
21 January 2026 MF Ghana Ibrahim Sulemana Italy Atalanta Free Option to buy for €11,000,000
Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
15 January 2026 MF Croatia Marko Rog Free agent Free Contract terminated
29 January 2026 DF Italy Alessandro Di Pardo Italy Sampdoria €200,000
2 February 2026 DF Italy Sebastiano Luperto Italy Cremonese €4,600,000

Loans out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Notes Ref.
4 January 2026 GK Serbia Boris Radunović Italy Spezia Free Option to buy for an undisclosed fee [29]
20 January 2026 FW Italy Alessandro Vinciguerra Italy Monopoli Free
28 January 2026 MF Italy Nicolò Cavuoti Italy Bari Free
30 January 2026 DF Italy Sebastiano Di Paolo Italy Siracusa Free
30 January 2026 DF Mali Francesco Gallea Italy Lumezzane Free
30 January 2026 MF Italy Matteo Prati Italy Torino €300,000 Option to buy for €7,000,000
2 February 2026 DF Italy Nicola Pintus Italy Cosenza Free
2 February 2026 FW Angola Zito Luvumbo Spain Mallorca €300,000 Option to buy for €4,000,000

Friendlies

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19 July 2025 Friendly Italy Cagliari 3–1 Italy Ospitaletto
23 July 2025 Summer Series Upper Austria Galatasaray Turkey 3–1 Italy Cagliari Linz, Austria
20:30 TRT (UTC+3)
https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/futbol/galatasaray-3-1-cagliari/58170 Report 3
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 2–0 Italy Cagliari Hanover
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Lukas Benen
2 August 2025 Friendly Italy Cagliari 1–0 France AS Saint-Étienne
9 August 2025 Friendly Spain Racing de Santander 1–1 Italy Cagliari

Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Torino 38 12 9 17 44 63 19 45[a]
13 Parma 38 11 12 15 28 46 18 45[a]
14 Cagliari 38 11 10 17 40 53 13 43
15 Fiorentina 38 9 15 14 41 50 9 42
16 Genoa 38 10 11 17 41 51 10 41
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Tiebreaker for Champions team and third relegated team; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[30]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Torino finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head goal difference: Parma 2–1 Torino, Torino 4–1 Parma.

Matches

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24 August 2025 1 Cagliari 1–1 Fiorentina Cagliari
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 15,723
Referee: Simone Sozza
30 August 2025 2 Napoli 1–0 Cagliari Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Attendance: 50,497
Referee: Kevin Bonacina
13 September 2025 3 Cagliari 2–0 Parma Calcio 1913 Cagliari
Report Stadium: Unipol Domus
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
19 September 2025 4 Lecce 1–2 Cagliari Lecce
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del mare
Referee: Luca Zufferli
27 September 2025 5 Cagliari 0–2 Internazionale Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Marco Piccinini
5 October 2025 6 Udinese Calcio 1–1 Cagliari Udine
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Alberto Ruben Arena
19 October 2025 7 Cagliari 0–2 Bologna Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,168
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
26 October 2025 8 Hellas Verona 2–2 Cagliari Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 24,344
Referee: Federico Dionisi
30 October 2025 9 Cagliari 1–2 US Sassuolo Calcio Cagliari
Report Stadium: Unipol Domus
Referee: Luca Pairetto
3 November 2025 10 Lazio 2–0 Cagliari Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
8 November 2025 11 Como 0–0 Cagliari Como
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Referee: Ivan Pezzuto
22 November 2025 12 Cagliari 3–3 Genoa CFC Cagliari
Report Stadium: Unipol Domus
Referee: Federico La Penna
29 November 2025 13 Juventus 2–1 Cagliari Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 39,282
Referee: Valerio Crezzini
7 December 2025 14 Cagliari 1–0 Roma Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,255
Referee: Luca Zufferli
13 December 2025 15 Atalanta 2–1 Cagliari Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 21,695
Referee: Davide Di Marco
21 December 2025 16 Cagliari Calcio 2–2 Pisa SC Cagliari
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
27 December 2025 17 Torino FC 1–2 Cagliari Calcio Turin
Report Referee: Daniele Doveri
2 January 2026 18 Cagliari 0–1 Milan Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,412
Referee: Rosario Abisso
8 January 2026 19 Cremonese 2–2 Cagliari Cremona
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
12 January 2026 20 Genoa 3–0 Cagliari Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: eFederico La Penna
17 January 2026 21 Cagliari 1–0 Juventus Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,412
Referee: Davide Massa
24 January 2026 22 Fiorentina 1–2 Cagliari Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 20,456
Referee: Marco Guida
31 January 2026 23 Caligari 4–0 Hellas Verona Unipol Domus
Referee: Kevin Bonacina
9 February 2026 24 Roma 2–0 Cagliari Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,334
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro
16 February 2026 25 Cagliari 0–2 Lecce Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,133
Referee: Ermanno Feliciani
21 February 2026 26 Cagliari 0–0 Lazio Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 15,262
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
27 February 2026 27 Parma 1–1 Cagliari Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Luca Massimi
7 March 2026 28 Cagliari 1–2 Como Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Unipol Domus
Referee: Livio Marinelli
15 March 2026 29 Pisa SC 3–1 Cagliari Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Referee: Federico La Penna
20 March 2026 30 Cagliari 0–1 Napoli Cagliari
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 15,620
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
4 April 2026 31 Sassuolo 2–1 Cagliari
12 April 2026 32 Cagliari 1–0 Cremonese Cagliari
15:00 CEST Report Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,412
Referee: Daniele Doveri
17 April 2026 33 Internazionale 3–0 Cagliari Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 74,209
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
27 April 2026 34 Cagliari 3–2 Atalanta Cagliari
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
3 May 2026 35 Bologna 0–0 Cagliari
Report Referee: Valerio Crezzini
10 May 2026 36 Cagliari 0–2 Udinese Unipol Domus
Report
Attendance: 16,120
Referee: Federico Dionisi
17 May 2026 37 Cagliari 2–1 Torino Unipol Domus
Report
Referee: Alberto Arena
24 May 2026 38 Milan 1–2 Cagliari Milan
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Marco Guida

Coppa Italia

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16 August 2025 Cagliari 1–1
(5–4 p)
Virtus Entella Cagliari
20:45 CEST
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 15,748
Referee: Mario Perr
Penalties
23 September 2025 Cagliari 4–1 Frosinone Cagliari
17:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 11,444
Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

References

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