2017–18 Benevento Calcio season
Date Pos Player Age Moving from Fee Notes
7 July 2017 FW George Pușcaș 21 Internazionale Loan Loan with an option to buy
19 July 2017 MF Danilo Cataldi 22 Lazio Loan On loan until the end of the season
7 August 2017 GK Alberto Brignoli 25 Juventus Loan
31 August 2017 FW Vittorio Parigini 21 Torino Loan
31 August 2017 DF Luca Antei 25 Sassuolo Loan Loan with an option to buy
31 August 2017 FW Pietro Iemmello 25 Sassuolo Loan Loan with an option to buy
31 August 2017 DF Achraf Lazaar 25 Newcastle United Loan Loan with an option to buy for €3.5M
31 August 2017 FW Cristiano Lombardi 22 Lazio Loan
13 January 2018 FW Cheick Diabaté 29 Osmanlıspor Loan
18 January 2018 MF Filip Đuričić 25 Sampdoria Loan
3 February 2018 DF Bacary Sagna 35 Manchester City Loan Option to extend loan for another year
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The 2017-18 season was Benevento Calcio's first-ever season in Serie A, the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in both Serie A and the Coppa Italia. Following fourteen consecutive defeats to begin the season (an Italian top-flight record), Benevento remained rooted firmly in 20th place during the entirety of the 2017-18 campaign. The club were also eliminated early on in the third round of the Coppa Italia, falling 4-0 to Serie B side Perugia, with Juventus loanee and Italian youth player Alberto Cerri scoring a hat-trick. Malian footballer and former Bordeaux player Cheick Diabaté, a winter signing, finished as the club's top scorer with eight goals, following an excellent end of season, though this would not be enough to save the club from returning immediately to the second division.