2020–21 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2020–21 season is the 111th season in the existence of U.S. Sassuolo Calcio and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sassuolo participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Sassuolo

2020–21 season
Owner	Mapei
Chairman	Carlo Rossi
Head coach	Roberto De Zerbi
Stadium	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Domenico Berardi (7) All: Domenico Berardi (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 14 January 2021.

First-team squad

As of 20 September 2020[1]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
47	Andrea Consigli		GK	27 January 1987	Atalanta	226	0
56	Gianluca Pegolo		GK	25 March 1981	Siena	53	0
63	Stefano Turati		GK	5 September 2001	Youth Academy	2	0
Defenders
2	Marlon		CB	7 September 1995	Barcelona	41	1
5	Kaan Ayhan		CB	10 November 1994	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0	0
6	Rogério		LB/LM	13 January 1998	Juventus	66	2
12	Claud Adjapong		RB/RM/LM	6 May 1998	Youth Academy	36	2
13	Federico Peluso		LB/CB	20 January 1984	Juventus	181	4
17	Mert Müldür		RB	3 April 1999	Rapid Wien	25	2
19	Filippo Romagna		CB	26 May 1997	Cagliari	18	0
21	Vlad Chiricheș		CB	14 November 1989	Napoli	9	0
22	Jeremy Toljan		RB	8 August 1994	Borussia Dortmund	30	1
31	Gian Marco Ferrari		CB	15 May 1992	Sampdoria	56	4
77	Giorgos Kyriakopoulos		LB	5 February 1996	Asteras Tripoli	26	0
Midfielders
4	Francesco Magnanelli		DM	12 November 1984	Sangiovannese	458	9
8	Maxime Lopez		AM	4 December 1997	Marseille	0	0
10	Filip Đuričić		AM/LW	30 January 1992	Sampdoria	55	7
14	Pedro Obiang		DM/CM	27 March 1992	West Ham	27	1
23	Hamed Junior Traorè		AM/CM	16 February 2000	Empoli	33	5
36	Luca Mazzitelli		CM/DM	15 November 1995	Roma	48	1
44	Andrea Ghion		CM/DM	23 February 2000	Youth Academy	3	0
68	Mehdi Bourabia		CM/DM	7 August 1991	Konyaspor	53	3
73	Manuel Locatelli		DM/CM	8 January 1998	Milan	65	3
Forwards
7	Jérémie Boga		LW/SS	3 January 1997	Chelsea	62	14
9	Francesco Caputo		CF	6 August 1987	Empoli	37	21
11	Jens Odgaard		CF	31 March 1999	Inter Milan	1	0
16	Federico Ricci		RW/LW	27 May 1994	Roma	31	2
18	Giacomo Raspadori		CF	18 February 2000	Youth Academy	14	2
20	Giacomo Manzari		LW/CF/RW	21 September 2000	Bari	3	0
25	Domenico Berardi		RW	1 August 1994	Juventus	261	88
27	Lukáš Haraslín		LW/RW	26 May 1996	Lechia Gdańsk	11	1
92	Grégoire Defrel		CF	17 June 1991	Roma	90	26
98	Nicholas Pierini		LW	6 August 1998	Youth Academy	4	0
99	Gianluca Scamacca		CF	1 January 1999	PSV	3	0

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
16 August 2020	DF	5	Kaan Ayhan	Fortuna Düsseldorf	€2,500,000	[2]
17 September 2020	DF	19	Filippo Romagna	Cagliari	Undisclosed	[3]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
17 September 2020	DF	33	Alessandro Tripaldelli	Cagliari	Undisclosed	[3]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
1 September 2020	30 June 2021	DF	—	Giuseppe Aurelio	Cesena	None	[4]
1 September 2020	30 June 2021	GK	—	Matteo Campani	Paganese	None	[4]
1 September 2020	30 June 2021	FW	—	Aristidi Kolaj	Pro Patria	None	[4]
1 September 2020	30 June 2021	DF	—	Luca Ravanelli	Cremonese	None	[4]
1 September 2020	30 June 2021	GK	—	Alessandro Russo	Virtus Entella	None	[4]
1 September 2020	30 June 2021	GK	—	Giacomo Satalino	Cesena	None	[4]
2 September 2020	30 June 2021	DF	32	Giangiacomo Magnani	Verona	None	[5]
3 September 2020	31 December 2021	FW	—	Khouma Babacar	Alanyaspor	None	[6]
3 September 2020	30 June 2021	MF	—	Marco Pinato	Cremonese	None	[7]
3 September 2020	30 June 2021	DF	—	Alessandro Pilati	Imolese	None	[7]
16 September 2020	30 June 2021	DF	—	Edoardo Goldaniga	Genoa	None	[8]
16 September 2020	30 June 2021	MF	—	Davide Frattesi	Monza	None	[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

13 September 2020 Friendly	Sassuolo Neroverde ^[A]	1–0	Pisa	Reggio Emilia, Italy
18:00 CEST	Đuričić  36'	Report		Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Note: 45 minute match

13 September 2020 Friendly	Sassuolo Neroverde ^[A]	0–1	Sassuolo Bianco^[A]	Reggio Emilia, Italy
19:00 CEST		Report	Manzari  22'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Note: 45 minute match

13 September 2020 Friendly	Pisa	1–0	Sassuolo Bianco^[A]	Reggio Emilia, Italy
20:00 CEST	Marconi  27'	Report		Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Note: 45 minute match

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	20 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		20	8	7	5	33	30	+3	040.00
Coppa Italia	14 January 2021		Round of 16	Round of 16	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					21	8	7	6	33	32	+1	038.10

Last updated: 31 January 2021

Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Lazio	20	11	4	5	35	27	+8	37	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
7	Atalanta	20	10	6	4	45	26	+19	36
8	Sassuolo	20	8	7	5	33	30	+3	31
9	Hellas Verona	20	8	6	6	26	21	+5	30
10	Sampdoria	20	8	2	10	30	31	−1	26

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	8	7	5	33	30	+3	31	3	4	2	13	12	+1	5	3	3	20	18	+2

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D
Position	8	7	5	2	3	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	6	4	6	5	7	8	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.[10]

20 September 2020 1	Sassuolo	1–1	Cagliari	Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chiricheș  59' Bourabia  87'	Report	Faragò  7' Nández  16' Rog  51' Simeone  77'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Referee: Livio Marinelli

27 September 2020 2	Spezia	1–4	Sassuolo	Cesena
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Galabinov  30' Sala  44' Zoet  63'	Report	Đuričić  12',  45+4' Berardi  64' (pen.) Defrel  66' Caputo  76'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Davide Ghersini

3 October 2020 3	Sassuolo	4–1	Crotone	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berardi  19' Chiricheș  24' Caputo  58' (pen.), 85' Kyriakopoulos  74' Locatelli  90+3'	Report	Simy  49' (pen.),  61' Magallán  63' Cigarini  65'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

18 October 2020 4	Bologna	3–4	Sassuolo	Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Soriano  9' Svanberg  35',  39' Orsolini  60' Skorupski  73' Mbaye  75'	Report	Berardi  18' Đuričić  64' Caputo  70' Locatelli  73' Tomiyasu  77' (o.g.) Ayhan  82'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Daniele Doveri

23 October 2020 5	Sassuolo	3–3	Torino	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ferrari  59' Đuričić  71' Berardi  78' Chiricheș  84' Caputo  85'	Report	Vojvoda  27' Linetty  33' Rincón  73' Belotti  77' Lukić  79'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Referee: Marco Guida

1 November 2020 6	Napoli	0–2	Sassuolo	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Manolas  61' Ospina  90+6'	Report	Locatelli  49',  59' (pen.) Bourabia  90' Lopez  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

6 November 2020 7	Sassuolo	0–0	Udinese	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Traorè  31' Ferrari  43'	Report	Pussetto  9' Nuytinck  16'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

22 November 2020 8	Hellas Verona	0–2	Sassuolo	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dimarco  45+1'	Report	Boga  42' Lopez  55' Locatelli  60' Berardi  76' Marlon  90'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

28 November 2020 9	Sassuolo	0–3	Internazionale	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Locatelli  49' Rogério  57' Lopez  66'	Report	Sánchez  4' Chiricheș  14' (o.g.) Gagliardini  60' Perišić  80'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

6 December 2020 10	Roma	0–0	Sassuolo	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pedro  11'  41' Villar  25' Mirante  45+2' Karsdorp  87'	Report	Lopez  18' Raspadori  71' Obiang  79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabio Maresca

11 December 2020 11	Sassuolo	1–0	Benevento	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Berardi  7' (pen.),  40' Haraslín  49' Ayhan  86'	Report	Hetemaj  9' Ioniță  23' Barba  69' Dabo  87'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Simone Sozza

16 December 2020 12	Fiorentina	1–1	Sassuolo	Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amrabat  7' Vlahović  35' (pen.) Castrovilli  42' Biraghi  45+1' Milenković  90+2'	Report	Traorè  13',  29' Locatelli  18' Berardi  19' Toljan  62'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Paolo Valeri

20 December 2020 13	Sassuolo	1–2	Milan	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berardi  65',  89'	Report	Leão  1' Saelemaekers  26' Kessié  61' Calabria  71' Romagnoli  88'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

23 December 2020 14	Sampdoria	2–3	Sassuolo	Genoa
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Colley  49' Quagliarella  55' Tonelli  72' Keita  84',  90+2'	Report	Traorè  2' Caputo  34',  56' Magnanelli  44' Berardi  58' Chiricheș  68' Locatelli  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

3 January 2021 15	Atalanta	5–1	Sassuolo	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zapata  11', 49' Hateboer  25' Romero  44' Pessina  45' Gosens  57' Muriel  68' De Roon  80'	Report	Chiricheș  51',  75'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabio Maresca

6 January 2021 16	Sassuolo	2–1	Genoa	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ayhan  39' Boga  52' Bourabia  59' Raspadori  83' Müldür  87'	Report	Criscito  12' Masiello  23' Shomurodov  64' Goldaniga  85'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Fabbri

10 January 2021 17	Juventus	3–1	Sassuolo	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bonucci  13' Bentancur  35' Danilo  50' Frabotta  71' Kulusevski  79' Ramsey  82' Ronaldo  90+2'	Report	Ferrari  17' Obiang  45+2' Defrel  58'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa

17 January 2021 18	Sassuolo	1–1	Parma	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chiricheș  1' Lopez  71' Rogério  77' Đuričić  90+5' (pen.)	Report	Kucka  37' Brugman  80' Busi  84'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

24 January 2021 19	Lazio	2–1	Sassuolo	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milinković-Savić  25' Patric  59' Immobile  71' Lucas  75'	Report	Caputo  6' Marlon  65' Obiang  68' Ferrari  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua

31 January 2021 20	Cagliari	1–1	Sassuolo	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marin  20' Nainggolan  52' João Pedro  75'	Report	Obiang  60' Lopez  85' Rogério  90' Boga  90+4'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

6 February 2021 21	Sassuolo	v	Spezia	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Mapei Stadium

14 February 2021 22	Crotone	v	Sassuolo	Crotone
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida

Coppa Italia

The draw for the tournament was held on 8 September 2020.[11] Sassuolo entered in the round of 16.

14 January 2021 Round of 16	Sassuolo	0–2	SPAL	Reggio Emilia
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Đuričić  47' Müldür  66'	Report	Missiroli  49' Dickmann  58'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Referee: Giacomo Camplone

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
47	GK		Andrea Consigli	15	0	15	0	0	0
56	GK		Gianluca Pegolo	1	0	1	0	0	0
63	GK		Stefano Turati	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Marlon	7	0	4+3	0	0	0
5	DF		Kaan Ayhan	12	0	5+7	0	0	0
6	DF		Rogério	11	0	9+2	0	0	0
13	DF		Federico Peluso	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
17	DF		Mert Müldür	14	0	6+8	0	0	0
19	DF		Filippo Romagna	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Vlad Chiricheș	11	2	11	2	0	0
22	DF		Jeremy Toljan	8	0	8	0	0	0
31	DF		Gian Marco Ferrari	15	0	15	0	0	0
77	DF		Giorgos Kyriakopoulos	11	0	6+5	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Francesco Magnanelli	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
7	MF		Jérémie Boga	12	2	9+3	2	0	0
8	MF		Maxime Lopez	10	1	9+1	1	0	0
10	MF		Filip Đuričić	12	3	11+1	3	0	0
14	MF		Pedro Obiang	14	0	4+10	0	0	0
23	MF		Hamed Junior Traorè	14	2	7+7	2	0	0
27	MF		Lukáš Haraslín	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
68	MF		Mehdi Bourabia	12	1	4+8	1	0	0
73	MF		Manuel Locatelli	15	2	15	2	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Francesco Caputo	11	6	9+2	6	0	0
16	FW		Federico Ricci	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	FW		Giacomo Raspadori	12	1	5+7	1	0	0
25	FW		Domenico Berardi	15	7	15	7	0	0
91	FW		Nicolás Schiappacasse	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
92	FW		Grégoire Defrel	9	1	3+6	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 6 January 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 11 December 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	9	FW		Francesco Caputo	5	0	5
	25	FW		Domenico Berardi	5	0	5
3	10	MF		Filip Đuričić	3	0	3
4	73	MF		Manuel Locatelli	2	0	2
5	21	DF		Vlad Chiricheș	1	0	1
	7	MF		Jérémie Boga	1	0	1
	8	MF		Maxime Lopez	1	0	1
	68	MF		Mehdi Bourabia	1	0	1
	92	FW		Grégoire Defrel	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	1
Totals					21	0	21

Disciplinary record

As of match played 20 September 2020

No.	Pos.	Name	Serie A		Coppa Italia		Total
21	DF	Vlad Chiricheș	1	0	0	0	1	0

Notes

A. ^{^} Sassuolo roster divided into two squads.

References

1. "Rosa Prima Squadra". Retrieved 16 September 2020.
2. "Calciomercato: dal Fortuna Düsseldorf arriva Kaan Ayhan". U.S. Sassuolo. 16 August 2020.
3. "Filippo Romagna torna al Sassuolo, Tripaldelli ceduto al Cagliari". U.S. Sassuolo. 17 September 2020.
4. "Aggiornamenti di calciomercato" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo. 1 September 2020.
5. "Calciomercato: Giangiacomo Magnani passa all'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo. 2 September 2020.
6. "Babacar ceduto all'Alanyaspor" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo. 3 September 2020.
7. "Aggiornamenti di calciomercato" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo. 3 September 2020.
8. "Edoardo Goldaniga in prestito al Genoa" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo. 16 September 2020.
9. "DAVIDE FRATTESI RINNOVA FINO AL 2025 E PASSA IN PRESTITO AL MONZA" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo. 16 September 2020.
10. "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020.
11. "2020/2021 COPPA ITALIA DRAW". legaseriea.it. Lega Serie A. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

External links

• Official website