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{{Short description|Association football club in Italy}}
{{About|the men's association football club from Empoli, Italy|the affiliated women's football club|SSD Empoli Ladies FBC}}
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| clubname = Empoli
| image = Empoli FC crest.svg
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| fullname = Empoli Football Club [[Società per azioni|S.p.A.]]
| nickname = Azzurri Empolesi (Empoli Blues)
| founded = {{Start date and age|1920}}
| ground = [[Stadio Carlo Castellani|Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena]]
| capacity = 16,284
| owner = [[:it:Fabrizio Corsi|Fabrizio Corsi]]
| chairman = [[:it:Fabrizio Corsi|Fabrizio Corsi]]
| manager = [[Alessio Dionisi]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| league = {{Italian football updater|Empoli}}
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| current = 2025–26 Empoli FC season
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'''Empoli Football Club''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] professional [[Association football|football]] club based in [[Empoli]], [[Tuscany]]. Founded in 1920, the side is part of a select group of Italian football clubs not based in a provincial capital city that have participated in [[Serie A]].<ref name=storiaventi>{{cite web|url=http://www.empolicalcio.net/Storia-1920-1930.htm|title=1920–1929|publisher=empolicalcio.net|access-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108175624/http://www.empolicalcio.net/Storia-1920-1930.htm|archive-date=8 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Empoli has spent most of its history in professional football.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.empolicalcio.net/storia.htm |title=Storia |publisher=empolicalcio.net |access-date=8 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006193256/http://www.empolicalcio.net/storia.htm |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> Empoli competed in European competitions once, in which they were eliminated in the qualification stage of [[2007–08 UEFA Cup]].<ref name=storiaduemila>{{cite web|url=http://www.empolicalcio.net/2000-2009.htm|title=2000–2009|publisher=empolicalcio.net|access-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924000252/http://www.empolicalcio.net/2000-2009.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Empoli through the ages 2023.jpg|thumb|upright=1.44|The performance of Empoli in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30)]]

===From the 1920s to the 1970s===
In August 1920 in Empoli, ''Foot Ball Club Empoli'' and the football section ''Unione Sportiva Empoli'' were born. After the participation of a tournament in [[San Miniato]], the two merged into a single local football club. The next season, the new club, after having obtained in September affiliation in the [[Italian Football Federation]] (FIGC) ratified by the Tuscan Regional Committee, was included in Group A of the Tuscan [[Promozione]] 1921–22, but did take part due to economic problems, choosing instead to join the league of [[Terza Categoria]], where the team achieved second place in the group A.<ref name=storiaventi />

In the 1922–23 season, Empoli finished in second place in Group A of the Terza Categoria, gaining admission to the final round after winning the play-off in [[Florence]], held on 15 April 1923 against [[U.S. Città di Pontedera|Pontedera]], 1–0. The season concluded with a third place in the group final.<ref name=storiaventi />

From 1923 to 1926, Empoli continued to play in the Tuscan third division. Then, in the 1926–27 season, Empoli won the Group A division of Tuscany, and was admitted to the interregional finals; thanks to a fourth place in Group G, the Tuscans were promoted in the North Division of the Second Division 1927–28, the third Italian football tier of the era. In the following season the team was then inserted in Group C of the North Division, which concluded in fourth place, but for economic reasons refused the invitation to take part in the next championship of [[Prima Divisione]], and therefore followed the downgrading of the Seconda Divisione from third to fourth tier. However, already the following season, in the 1928–29 Seconda Divisione, the club won promotion, winning the Tuscan championship, and returned to the North Division of Prima Divisione.<ref name=storiaventi />

Empoli was in the [[Prima Divisione]], then [[Serie C]], until the 1935–36 season, when the team withdrawn halfway through the season because of the call to arms for many of its players. Empoli resumed competitive activity from Prima Divisione the next season, under the name of ''OND Empoli'', with the colours gray and blue; the team won the Tuscan Group A again gaining admission in Serie C. Until the shutdown from the causes of war, Empoli played in Serie C, obtaining a best result of sixth place in 1938–39. Meanwhile, the club was renamed ''OND Interaziendale Italo Gambaccioni Section Soccer'' from 1938 to 1941, until the name was changed again to ''Associazione Calcio Empol''.  On 15 September 1935, Empoli debuted in the [[Coppa Italia]] with a 1–0 home success against Pontedera.

After [[World War II]], Empoli took up the club name of ''Empoli Foot Ball Club'' after being called ''Sports Group Azelio Landi'' for a brief period between October and November 1944, and was admitted into [[Serie B]] thanks to a third-place finish in the 1945–46 season. In Serie B, Empoli played for four consecutive seasons, finishing in third place in the 1946–47 season. Relegation of the club&nbsp;– which by then had adopted the colour blue&nbsp;– occurred at the end of 1949–50 championship. The permanence in Serie C lasted for six seasons: in the summer of 1955, the club sold most of its players and at the end of the 1955–56 season, the Tuscan side were relegated to [[Serie D]]. After three seasons in the fourth division, in 1959–60 the ''Azzurri'' risked relegation to the regional level after finishing in 15th place, on equal points with Carrarese and Rieti. The club managed to escape relegation before drawing with Carrarese and then surpassing [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]], in [[Pesaro]], with a goal from Vezzosi. In 1960–61, Empoli returned to the third tier of Italian football, but for only one season, again suffering relegation.

The club returned to Serie C on 9 June 1963 after beating Tempio 2–0 in the play-off in [[Genoa]]. The club's permanence in the third tier of Italian football, then called [[Serie C1]], lasted for 20 years until the 1982–83 season.

===The 1980s and 1990s===
In 1986, the small-town club was promoted to Serie A. Playing their first few home games in [[Florence]], Empoli's Serie A debut resulted in a 1–0 win over [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]. Helped by a nine-point deduction from [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], they avoided relegation with 23 points and 13 goals in 30 games. Empoli themselves received a five-point penalty the following season, and were relegated despite an improved showing. They were relegated again to [[Serie C1]] in 1989.

This club then spent several seasons in Serie C1 before returning to Serie B in 1996 and achieving a second successive promotion in 1997. With [[Luciano Spalletti]] at the helm, Empoli defied the odds to finish in 12th place and avoid relegation. Relegation the following year began a three-year stay in Serie B, in which time the club became renowned for nurturing its own outstanding young talent.

Promotions to Serie A in 2002 and 2005 have seen the club emerge as battlers against relegation. They ended the [[2005–06 Serie A|2005–06 season]] in tenth place in the top-flight. As a result of the [[Serie A scandal of 2006|Serie A match-fixing scandal]] at the end of that season, they gained qualification for the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] for the following season, but did not participate as club management failed to apply for a UEFA licence. In the [[Serie A 2006-07|2006–07 season]], the club once again qualified for the UEFA Cup.

===The years 2000 and participation in the UEFA Cup===
With the prospect of European football approaching, the management strengthened the squad, most notably signing a number of young players from large Serie A clubs, such as [[Rincón (footballer, born 1987)|Rincón]] of Inter, [[Ignazio Abate]] and [[Lino Marzoratti]] of [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and [[Sebastian Giovinco]], [[Claudio Marchisio]] and [[Rej Volpato]] of [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] on loan or co-ownership deals. Empoli marked their debut in the UEFA Cup with a two-legged match against [[FC Zürich|Zürich]], losing 4–2 on aggregate. A poor showing in the initial part of the season then led chairman Fabrizio Corsi to sack [[Luigi Cagni]], who led the Tuscans to UEFA Cup qualification, and replace him with [[Alberto Malesani]].<ref name="cagni_sacked">{{cite news|url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov26p.html |date=26 November 2007 |access-date=27 November 2007 |publisher=Football Italia |title=Empoli axe Cagni |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128121509/http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/nov26p.html |archive-date=28 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the club's fortunes did not change and Malesani was sacked after a 2–0 defeat to [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] which left them at the bottom of the table. Cagni was re-appointed on 31 March 2008 but the team suffered a last-minute relegation. Cagni resigned and was replaced by [[Silvio Baldini]] ahead of the [[2008–09 Serie B|2008–09 season]]. Baldini's tenure, however, did not prove to be successful, as the Tuscans ended the season only in fifth place, and were later defeated in the promotion playoffs by [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]].

===Between Serie B and Serie A===
Despite modest results, Baldini was sacked. By December 2011, the club had gone through four coaches since the 2009–10 season. The club maintained their Serie B status dramatically in 2011–12. After a poor season, Empoli finished 18th, one point from safety, which meant a relegation play-off against [[Vicenza Calcio|Vicenza]] over two legs. The first game finished goalless before Vicenza led 2–0 in the second leg with 30 minutes to go. However, two goals in two minutes saw the ''Azzuri'' level the tie before [[Massimo Maccarone]] secured a 3–2 victory in the fourth minute of injury time. [[2012–13 Serie B|2012–13]] saw the club finish fourth, a dramatic improvement on the previous season, but lost the promotion play-off final to [[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]] over two legs. The club secured promotion back to Serie A the [[2013–14 Serie B|following season]], finishing as runners-up to [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] and stayed in the top flight for two seasons, finishing 15th in [[2014–15 Serie A|2014–15]] and 10th in [[2015–16 Serie A|2015–16]]. Going into the final matchday of the [[2016–17 Serie A]] season, Empoli were one point above the relegation zone ahead of [[F.C. Crotone|Crotone]], however were eventually relegated to Serie B after they failed to beat Palermo, while Crotone beat Lazio. After a triumph of the [[2017–18 Serie B]], Empoli promptly regained promotion to Serie A, after winning Serie B on 28 April 2018, four matches in advance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.football-italia.net/120598/empoli-promoted-serie|title=Empoli promoted to Serie A! - Football Italia|website=www.football-italia.net}}</ref> On the final matchday of the [[2018–19 Serie A]] season, Empoli were one point above the relegation zone ahead of [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]], however were eventually relegated to Serie B after they were defeated by Internazionale; while Genoa drew with [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], both sides finished on the same number of points, but Genoa had a greater goal difference by one. However, Empoli finished first in the [[2020–21 Serie B]] season, their third title in the competition in their history, and so returned to Serie A after two seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.besoccer.com/new/empoli-return-to-serie-a-after-two-years-away-987929 |title=Empoli return to Serie A after two years away |website=besoccer.com |date=May 2021 }}</ref> In the [[2023–24 Serie A|2023–24 season]], Empoli secured their continued presence in Serie A, following a stoppage time goal in a 2–1 victory against [[AS Roma|Roma]] on the final matchday.<ref>{{cite web |last=Campanale |first=Susy |url=https://football-italia.net/serie-a-empoli-2-1-roma-niang-escapes/ |title=Serie A {{!}} Empoli 2-1 Roma: Niang escapes relegation at the death |publisher=Football Italia |date=26 May 2024 }}</ref>

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|20 September 2025<ref>{{Cite web 
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}}</ref>}}
{{Fs start}}
{{fs player|no=1|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Samuele Perisan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Marco Curto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Nosa Edward Obaretin]]|other=on loan from [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Duccio Degli Innocenti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Salvatore Elia]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Luca Belardinelli]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{fs player|no=9|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Pietro Pellegri]]|other=on loan from [[Torino FC|Torino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ROU|pos=MF|name=[[Rareș Ilie]]|other=on loan from [[OGC Nice|Nice]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ALB|pos=FW|name=[[Stiven Shpendi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Manuel Gasparini]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=[[Gerard Yepes]]}}
{{fs player|no=15|nat=GAM|pos=MF|name=[[Joseph Ceesay]]}}
{{fs player|no=18|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Andrea Ghion]]|other=on loan from [[U.S. Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Marco Nasti]]|other=on loan from [[US Cremonese|Cremonese]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Matteo Lovato]]|other=on loan from [[US Salernitana 1919|Salernitana]]}}
{{fs player|no=21|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Andrea Fulignati]]|other=on loan from [[US Cremonese|Cremonese]]}}
{{fs player|no=22|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Francesco Versari]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=NGA|pos=DF|name=[[Tyronne Ebuehi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Lorenzo Ignacchiti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Brando Moruzzi]]|other=on loan from [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriele Indragoli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Lorenzo Tosto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=[[Nicolas Haas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriele Guarino]]}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=[[Dawid Bembnista]]}}
{{Fs player|no=53|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Danilo Busiello]]}}
{{Fs player|no=70|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Edoardo Saporiti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=UKR|pos=FW|name=[[Bohdan Popov]]}}
{{fs player|no=79|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Franco Carboni]]|other=on loan from [[Inter Milan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=89|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Thomas Campaniello]]}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Ismael Konate]]}}
{{Fs player|no=96|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Andrea Orlandi (Italian footballer)|Andrea Orlandi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Flavio Bianchi]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Youth sector===
{{Main article|Empoli FC Youth Sector}}{{updated|23 August 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Alessio Baralla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Kevin Pašalić]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=48|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Edoardo Zanaga]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Federico Brancolini]]|other=at [[US Salernitana 1919|Salernitana]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Jacopo Seghetti]]|other=at [[US Livorno 1915|Livorno]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Michele Tempre]]|other=at [[US Città di Pontedera|Pontedera]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{fs player|no=|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=[[Jeremy Moray]]|other=at [[Rimini FC 1912|Rimini]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Tino Anjorin]]|other=at [[Torino FC|Torino]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GHA|pos=MF|name=[[Emanuel Gyasi]]|other=at [[Palermo FC|Palermo]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Iwo Kaczmarski]]|other=at [[Inter Milan Under-23|Inter Milan U23]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Francesco Fabri]]|other=at [[Seravezza Pozzi Calcio|Seravezza Pozzi]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=DEN|pos=MF|name=[[Anders Bølling Asmussen|Ank Asmussen]]|other=at [[Rimini FC 1912|Rimini]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Giuseppe Brugognone]]|other=at [[FC Pistoiese SSD|Pistoiese]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=[[Herculano Nabian]]|other=at [[US Città di Pontedera|Pontedera]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Andrea Sodero]]|other=at [[US Pianese|Pianese]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Alessandro Torri]]|other=at [[AC Ospitaletto Franciacorta|Ospitaletto]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Alessio Spatari]]|other=at [[Seravezza Pozzi Calcio|Seravezza Pozzi]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

==Coaching staff==

''As of 4 July 2025''<ref>{{Cite web |last=social |date=2025-07-04 |title=Lo staff tecnico azzurro per la stagione 2025/26 |url=https://www.empolifc.it/lo-staff-tecnico-azzurro-per-la-stagione-2025-26 |website=empolifc.it |language=it-IT}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Guido Pagliuca]]
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Nazzareno Tarantino]]
|-
| Technical collaborator
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Simone Angeli <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Bianconi]]
|-
| Goalkeeper coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Leonardo Baldini
|-
| Match analyst
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Carbone <br/>{{Flagicon|ITA}} Giampiero Pavone
|-
| Fitness coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Rocco Perrotta <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Eduardo Pizzarelli
|-
| Performance data analyst and Head of the youth sector performance area
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Vieri
|-
| Rehab coach
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Diego Chiesi
|-
| Head of medical staff
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Anania
|-
| Club doctor
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Luca Gatteschi 
|-
| Physiotherapist
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Mirco Baldini <br/>{{Flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Brandinelli <br/>{{Flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Marino
|-
| Kit manager
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Luca Batini <br/>{{Flagicon|ITA}} Sauro Spera
|}

==Notable former players==
;Players with international caps, appearances in Olympic Games or 100 league appearances with Empoli
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* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Etrit Berisha]]
* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Ardian Ismajli]]
* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Stiven Shpendi]]
* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Kristjan Asllani]]
* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Elseid Hysaj]]
* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Nedim Bajrami]]
* {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Frédéric Veseli]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Bresciano]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Vince Grella]]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Emílson Cribari]]
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Jorge Francisco Vargas|Jorge Vargas]]
* {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Igor Budan]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Ignazio Abate]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Daniele Adani]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Stefano Bianconi]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Marco Borriello]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Raoul Bortoletto]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luca Bucci]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Antonio Buscè]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea Coda]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Dario Dainelli]] (youth)
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Antonio Di Natale]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Éder (Italian footballer)|Éder]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Sebastian Giovinco]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Massimo Maccarone]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Claudio Marchisio]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Montella]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alessandro Pane]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea Raggi]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Tommaso Rocchi]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luca Saudati]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luciano Spalletti]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Francesco Tavano]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luca Toni]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Ighli Vannucchi]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Piotr Zieliński]]
* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Samuel Mráz]]
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Zlatko Dedić]]
* {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Johnny Ekström]]
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Marcelo Zalayeta]]
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* See also: ''[[:Category:Empoli FC players]]''

==List of coaches==
Below is a list of Empoli coaches from 1920 until the present day.

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*{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[Antonio Vojak]] (1937–39)
*{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[Enrico Colombari]] (1939–40)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Sergio Cervato]] (1968–70)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Sergio Castelletti]] (1971–72)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Renzo Ulivieri]] (1972–76)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bruno Giorgi (footballer)|Bruno Giorgi]] (1976–77)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Guerini (footballer)|Vincenzo Guerini]] (1983–85)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Simoni]] (1988–89)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Montefusco]] (1989–91)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Francesco Guidolin]] (1991–92)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Adriano Lombardi]] (1993–94)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luciano Spalletti]] (1995–98)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Delneri]] (1998)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Mauro Sandreani]] (1998–99)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Corrado Orrico]] (1998–99)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Elio Gustinetti]] (1999–2000)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Silvio Baldini]] (2000–03)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Mario Somma]] (2004–06)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Cagni]] (2006–07)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alberto Malesani]] (2007–08)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luigi Cagni]] (2008)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Silvio Baldini]] (2008–09)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Salvatore Campilongo]] (2009–10)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alfredo Aglietti]] (2010–11)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giuseppe Pillon]] (2011)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Guido Carboni]] (2011–12)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alfredo Aglietti]] (2012)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Maurizio Sarri]] (2012–15)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Marco Giampaolo]] (2015–16)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giovanni Martusciello]] (2016–17)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Vincenzo Vivarini]] (2017)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Aurelio Andreazzoli]] (2017–18)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giuseppe Iachini]] (2018–19)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Aurelio Andreazzoli]] (2019)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cristian Bucchi]] (2019)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Roberto Muzzi]] (2019–20)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alessio Dionisi]] (2020–21)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Aurelio Andreazzoli]] (2021–22)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Paolo Zanetti]] (2022–23)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Aurelio Andreazzoli]] (2023–24)
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Davide Nicola]] (2024)
*{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Roberto D'Aversa]] (2024–present)
*{{Div col end}}

==Continental appearances==
=== UEFA Cup ===
Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Empoli FC at UEFA.com |url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=64107/profile/history/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914011353/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=64107/profile/history/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2017 |work=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| [[2007–08 UEFA Cup|2007–08]]
| First round
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Zürich|Zürich]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–4'''
|-
|}

== Honours ==
*'''[[Serie B]]'''
** '''Winners''': [[2004–05 Serie B|2004–05]], [[2017–18 Serie B|2017–18]], [[2020–21 Serie B|2020–21]]
*'''[[Serie C1]]'''
** '''Winners''': [[1928–29 Seconda Divisione|1928–29]], [[1982–83 Serie C1|1982–83]]
*'''[[Coppa Italia Serie C]]'''
** '''Winners''': 1995–96

==Divisional movements==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Series!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie A|A]]'''
|'''17'''||[[2024–25 Serie A|2024–25]]|| - ||{{decrease}} 7 ([[1987–88 Serie A|1988]], [[1998–99 Serie A|1999]], [[2003–04 Serie A|2004]], [[2007–08 Serie A|2008]], [[2016–17 Serie A|2017]], [[2018–19 Serie A|2019]], [[2024–25 Serie A|2025]])
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie B|B]]'''
|'''22'''||[[2020–21 Serie B|2020–21]]||{{increase}} 7 ([[1985–86 Serie B|1986]], [[1996–97 Serie B|1997]], [[2001–02 Serie B|2002]], [[2004–05 Serie B|2005]], [[2013–14 Serie B|2014]], [[2017–18 Serie B|2018]], [[2020–21 Serie B|2021]]) ||{{decrease}} 2 ([[1949–50 Serie B|1950]], [[1988–89 Serie B|1989]])
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie C|C]]'''
|'''47'''||[[1995–96 Serie C1|1995–96]]||{{increase}} 3 ([[1945–46 Serie C|1946]], [[1982–83 Serie C|1983]], [[1995–96 Serie C1|1996]])|| {{decrease}} 3 ([[1935–36 Serie C|1936]], [[1956–57 Serie C|1957]], [[1961–62 Serie C|1962]])
|-
!colspan=5|83 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie D|D]]'''
|'''7'''||[[1962–63 Serie D|1962–63]]||{{increase}} 3 ([[1936–37 Prima Divisione|1937]], [[1960–61 Serie D|1961]], [[1962–63 Serie D|1963]])||Never
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://empolifc.com/}}

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