2020–21 A.S. Roma season

The 2020–21 season is the 93rd season in the existence of A.S. Roma and the 68th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Roma participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and are participating in the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 7 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Roma
2020–21 season
PresidentDan Friedkin
Head coachPaulo Fonseca
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A4th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (9)

All:
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (11)
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 October 2020.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  NED Rick Karsdorp
3 DF  BRA Roger Ibañez (on loan from Atalanta)
4 MF  ITA Bryan Cristante
5 DF  BRA Juan Jesus
6 DF  ENG Chris Smalling
7 MF  ITA Lorenzo Pellegrini (vice-captain)
9 FW  BIH Edin Džeko (captain)
11 FW  ESP Pedro
13 GK  ESP Pau López
14 MF  ESP Gonzalo Villar
17 MF  FRA Jordan Veretout
18 DF  ITA Davide Santon
19 DF  USA Bryan Reynolds (on loan from FC Dallas)
20 DF  ARG Federico Fazio
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  ESP Borja Mayoral (on loan from Real Madrid)
22 MF  ITA Nicolò Zaniolo
23 DF  ITA Gianluca Mancini
24 DF  ALB Marash Kumbulla (on loan from Hellas Verona)
27 MF  ARG Javier Pastore
31 FW  ESP Carles Pérez
33 DF  BRA Bruno Peres
37 DF  ITA Leonardo Spinazzola
42 MF  GUI Amadou Diawara
61 DF  ITA Riccardo Calafiori
77 MF  ARM Henrikh Mkhitaryan
83 GK  ITA Antonio Mirante

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  BRA Daniel Fuzato (at Gil Vicente until 30 June 2021)
GK  SWE Robin Olsen (at Everton until 30 June 2021)
DF  ITA Alessandro Florenzi (at Paris Saint-Germain until 30 June 2021)
DF  ITA Devid Eugene Bouah (at Cosenza until 30 June 2021)
DF  TUR Mert Çetin (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2021)
MF  ITA Alessio Riccardi (at Pescara until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  CRO Ante Ćorić (at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2021)
MF  FRA Steven Nzonzi (at Rennes until 30 June 2021)
FW  TUR Cengiz Ünder (at Leicester City until 30 June 2021)
FW  NED Justin Kluivert (at RB Leipzig until 30 June 2021)
FW  ITA Mirko Antonucci (at Salernitana until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
11 FW Pedro Chelsea Free 25 August 2020 [2]
77 MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan Arsenal Free 31 August 2020 [3]
6 DF Chris Smalling Manchester United €15M 5 October 2020 [4]

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
11 DF Aleksandar Kolarov Internazionale €1.5M 8 September 2020 [5]
FW Patrik Schick Bayer Leverkusen €26.5M 8 September 2020 [6]
8 FW Diego Perotti Fenerbahçe Free 5 October 2020 [7]

Loans in

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
24 DF Marash Kumbulla Hellas Verona Loan 17 September 2020 [8]
21 FW Borja Mayoral Real Madrid Loan 2 October 2020 [9][10]
19 RB Bryan Reynolds FC Dallas Loan 31 January 2021 [11][12]

Loans out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Alessandro Florenzi Paris Saint-Germain Loan 11 September 2020 [13]
17 FW Cengiz Ünder Leicester City Loan 20 September 2020 [14]
99 FW Justin Kluivert RB Leipzig Loan 5 October 2020 [15]
1 GK Robin Olsen Everton Loan 5 October 2020 [16]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 September 2020 Friendly Roma 4–2 Sambenedettese Rome, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Trigoria training ground
Attendance: 0
9 September 2020 Friendly Frosinone 1–4 Roma Frosinone, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe
Attendance: 0
12 September 2020 Friendly Cagliari 2–2 Roma Cagliari, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 19 September 2020 23 May 2021 Matchday 1 21 12 4 5 44 35 +9 057.14
Coppa Italia 19 January 2021 Round of 16 Round of 16 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
UEFA Europa League 22 October 2020 Group stage 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 066.67
Total 28 16 5 7 57 43 +14 057.14

Last updated: 6 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Note: Serie A match against Hellas Verona originally ended in a 0–0 draw; Coppa Italia match against Spezia originally ended in a 2–4 loss.

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Milan 20 14 4 2 41 23 +18 46 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Juventus 20 12 6 2 41 18 +23 42
4 Roma 21 12 4 5 44 35 +9 40
5 Napoli 20 12 1 7 44 21 +23 37 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Lazio 20 11 4 5 35 27 +8 37 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
21 12 4 5 44 35  +9 40 8 3 0 28 13  +15 4 1 5 16 22  −6

Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAH
ResultLDWWDWWWLDWWLWWWDLWWL
Position19151089843666453333433
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.[17]

19 September 2020 1 Hellas Verona 3–0 Roma Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
Note: Although the match had previously ended 0–0, on September 22 Serie A awarded Hellas Verona a 3–0 win as a result of Roma irregularly fielding Amadou Diawara. Diawara had been registered to the under-22 squad list, despite turning 23 and being eligible for the senior list.[18]
27 September 2020 2 Roma 2–2 Juventus Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Marco Di Bello
3 October 2020 3 Udinese 0–1 Roma Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Rosario Abisso
18 October 2020 4 Roma 5–2 Benevento Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
26 October 2020 5 Milan 3–3 Roma Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
1 November 2020 6 Roma 2–0 Fiorentina Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
8 November 2020 7 Genoa 1–3 Roma Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
22 November 2020 8 Roma 3–0 Parma Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
29 November 2020 9 Napoli 4–0 Roma Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
6 December 2020 10 Roma 0–0 Sassuolo Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabio Maresca
13 December 2020 11 Bologna 1–5 Roma Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
17 December 2020 12 Roma 3–1 Torino Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rosario Abisso
20 December 2020 13 Atalanta 4–1 Roma Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
23 December 2020 14 Roma 3–2 Cagliari Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
3 January 2021 15 Roma 1–0 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
6 January 2021 16 Crotone 1–3 Roma Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Piccinini
10 January 2021 17 Roma 2–2 Internazionale Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
15 January 2021 18 Lazio 3–0 Roma Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
23 January 2021 19 Roma 4–3 Spezia Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
31 January 2021 20 Roma 3–1 Hellas Verona Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Piccinini
6 February 2021 21 Juventus 2–0 Roma Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
14 February 2021 22 Roma v Udinese Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Coppa Italia

19 January 2021 Round of 16 Roma 0–3 Spezia Rome
21:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Davide Ghersini
Note: Match awarded 3–0 to Spezia, due to Roma making six substitutions instead of the maximum five allowed. Spezia had originally won 4–2 after extra time.[19]

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[20]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM YB CLJ CSS
1 Roma 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 5–0 0–0
2 Young Boys 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–2 2–1 3–0
3 CFR Cluj 6 1 2 3 4 10 6 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–1 0–0
4 CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 3 3 7 4 5[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.
22 October 2020 1 Young Boys 1–2 Roma Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 600
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
29 October 2020 2 Roma 0–0 CSKA Sofia Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
5 November 2020 3 Roma 5–0 CFR Cluj Rome, Italy
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
26 November 2020 4 CFR Cluj 0–2 Roma Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
3 December 2020 5 Roma 3–1 Young Boys Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
10 December 2020 6 CSKA Sofia 3–1 Roma Sofia, Bulgaria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[21]

18 February 2021 First leg Braga v Roma Braga, Portugal
18:55 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Estádio Municipal
25 February 2021 Second leg Roma v Braga Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa ItaliaEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
12 GK Simone Farelli 00000000
13 GK Pau López 1609+101050
63 GK Pietro Boer 10000010
83 GK Antonio Mirante 1101100000
87 GK Daniel Fuzato 10000+1000
Defenders
2 DF Rick Karsdorp 21116+110+101+20
3 DF Roger Ibañez 23119+100+1021
5 DF Juan Jesus 900+30004+20
6 DF Chris Smalling 15010+20001+20
18 DF Davide Santon 403+100000
19 DF Bryan Reynolds 00000000
20 DF Federico Fazio 5000004+10
23 DF Gianluca Mancini 1831731000
24 DF Marash Kumbulla 1727+511041
33 DF Bruno Peres 2214+1101061
37 DF Leonardo Spinazzola 231171103+20
61 DF Riccardo Calafiori 410+200021
65 DF Filippo Tripi 2000000+20
Midfielders
4 MF Bryan Cristante 2408+1001050
7 MF Lorenzo Pellegrini 26517+34111+40
14 MF Gonzalo Villar 25011+70105+10
17 MF Jordan Veretout 23818+170+101+21
22 MF Nicolò Zaniolo 00000000
27 MF Javier Pastore 00000000
42 MF Amadou Diawara 1001+600030
62 MF Tommaso Milanese 3100001+21
77 MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2511199112+31
Forwards
9 FW Edin Džeko 21815+170+100+41
11 FW Pedro 20412+23103+21
21 FW Borja Mayoral 2195+961063
31 FW Carles Pérez 1712+910+1050
67 FW Mory Bamba 10000010
92 FW Stephan El Shaarawy 00000000
Players transferred out during the season
1 GK Robin Olsen 00000000
8 FW Diego Perotti 00000000
48 FW Mirko Antonucci 00000000
99 FW Justin Kluivert 200+200000

Last updated: 31 January 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 15 January 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Europa League Total
1 77 MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan 9 1 1 11
2 21 FW Borja Mayoral 6 0 3 9
3 9 FW Edin Džeko 7 0 1 8
17 MF Jordan Veretout 7 0 1 8
5 7 MF Lorenzo Pellegrini 4 1 0 5
6 11 FW Pedro 3 0 1 4
7 23 DF Gianluca Mancini 3 0 0 3
8 24 DF Marash Kumbulla 1 0 1 2
9 31 FW Carles Pérez 1 0 0 1
37 DF Leonardo Spinazzola 1 0 0 1
2 DF Rick Karsdorp 1 0 0 1
3 DF Roger Ibañez 0 0 1 1
7 DF Bruno Peres 0 0 1 1
61 DF Riccardo Calafiori 0 0 1 1
62 MF Tommaso Milanese 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 1 2
Totals 44 2 13 59

Notes

  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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