SERIE B · 2016/17 · ARCHIVE
Empoli Football Club 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Omar El Kaddouri on £17,000 per week · see the current Empoli Football Club wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £225k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £12m
SQUAD SIZE85
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £8k
Then and now
Empoli Football Club pay £102,490 a week in 2026/27 — 54% lower than the £225,210 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar El Kaddouri | £17,000 | £884,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Morocco | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andrea Costa | £15,000 | £780,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Mame Thiam | £13,000 | £676,000 | 23 | Winger, striker | Senegal | JUN 2017 | ||
| José Mauri | £12,000 | £624,000 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2017 | ||
| Manuel Pasqual | £11,000 | £572,000 | 34 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Manuel Pucciarelli | £11,000 | £572,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Massimo Maccarone | £10,000 | £520,000 | 36 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Daniele Croce | £9,400 | £488,800 | 33 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Lukasz Skorupski | £9,000 | £468,000 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2017 | ||
| Levan Mchedlidze | £9,000 | £468,000 | 26 | Striker | Georgia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Miha Zajc | £8,900 | £462,800 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Slovenia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Vincent Laurini | £8,000 | £416,000 | 27 | Right-back | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Marco Zambelli | £7,900 | £410,800 | 30 | Right-back, right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Andrés Tello | £6,500 | £338,000 | 20 | Right-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Colombia | JUN 2017 | ||
| Frederic Veseli | £6,300 | £327,600 | 23 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2018 | ||
| Guido Marilungo | £6,200 | £322,400 | 26 | Winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Giuseppe Bellusci | £6,200 | £322,400 | 26 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Marcel Büchel | £5,900 | £306,800 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Liechtenstein | JUN 2018 | ||
| Uroš Ćosić | £5,500 | £286,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Serbia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Assane Dioussé | £5,500 | £286,000 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Senegal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alberto Pelagotti | £5,500 | £286,000 | 27 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Federico Barba | £5,300 | £275,600 | 22 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Federico Dimarco | £5,300 | £275,600 | 18 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Rade Krunic | £4,700 | £244,400 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2018 | ||
| Arnel Jakupovic | £2,500 | £130,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Austria | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kastriot Dermaku | £2,000 | £104,000 | 24 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2017 | ||
| Maurizio Pugliesi | £1,900 | £98,800 | 39 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Mateus | £1,900 | £98,800 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Michael Fontanelli | £520 | £27,040 | 19 | Left winger | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Mario Leone | £290 | £15,080 | 19 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Luca Santomauro | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Leandro Rubino | £240 | £12,480 | 19 | Full-back, winger | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Emanuele Fenderico | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Luigi Buscè | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Elia Giampà | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Leonardo Lucchesi | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Raffaele Verdicchio | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Filippo Ferretti | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andrea Zini | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Simone Canestrelli | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Davide Zappella | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Cosimo Fulignati | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Thomas Zapparata | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Enrico Tataranno | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tommaso Aglietti | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Federico Apolloni | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andrea De Carlo | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Manuele Castorani | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Muhamed Téhé | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Striker | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2018 | ||
| Filippo Bellagamba | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nicola Bozzi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ranieri Salvini | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Davide Seminara | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gabriele Carlucci | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nicolò Cecchi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nichoals De Carlo | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alessandro Marconcini | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Giuseppe Montaperto | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Gabriel Meli | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Francesco Noccioli | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dmitrijs Zelenkovs | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Latvia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ramiz Petova | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Albania | JUN 2019 | ||
| Aurelio Falorni | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Alessandro Giacomel | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Paolo Di Leo | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Alberto Picchi | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Samuele Viligiardi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lorenzo Barsotti | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Emanuele Matteucci | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lapo Motti | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Samuele Damiani | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Filippo Bellini | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Carlo Manicone | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Lapo Carradori | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Full-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Federico Casanova | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alessio Zini | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Francesco Zaccagnini | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Leonardo Da Pozzo | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Alessio Forcinella | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Davide Buglio | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2017 | ||
| Hamed Traoré | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2019 | ||
| Gabriele Perretta | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Edoardo Bianchi | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Marco Olivieri | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nikola Pejovic | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Serbia | JUN 2017 | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
57 Under £1k 6%
2 £1k-£2k 2%
3 £2k-£5k 4%
16 £5k-£10k 49%
7 £10k-£25k 40%
Top 5 earners took 30% of the squad wage bill, across the 85 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Empoli Football Club wages, 2016/17
What was Empoli Football Club's wage bill in 2016/17?
Empoli Football Club paid £225,210 a week in 2016/17 - £11,710,920 across the year - spread over a squad of 85. We hold a wage for all 85 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Empoli Football Club player in 2016/17?
Omar El Kaddouri was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £17,000 a week, 2.2x the 22+ squad average of £7,852.
What was the average Empoli Football Club salary in 2016/17?
The average Empoli Football Club player aged 22 or over earned £7,852 a week in 2016/17, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 85. The top five earners took 30% of the bill between them.
How do Empoli Football Club's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Empoli Football Club pay £102,490 a week in 2026/27, 54% lower than the £225,210 of 2016/17. The current squad is 50 players against 85 then.