2020–21 S.P.A.L. season

SPAL
2020–21 season
Chairman	Walter Mattioli
Head coach	Pasquale Marino
Stadium	Stadio Paolo Mazza
Serie B	5th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
	All statistics correct as of 27 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor season is the club's 114th season in existence and the club's first season back in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, SPAL participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 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
1	GK	ALB	Etrit Berisha
3	DF	ITA	Luca Ranieri (on loan from Fiorentina)
4	DF	SRB	Nenad Tomović
5	DF	POL	Bartosz Salamon
6	MF	ITA	Salvatore Esposito
7	MF	ITA	Simone Missiroli
8	MF	ITA	Mattia Valoti
9	FW	ITA	Alberto Paloschi (vice-captain)
10	FW	ITA	Sergio Floccari (captain)
11	MF	ITA	Alessandro Murgia
12	GK	ITA	Cesare Galeotti
13	MF	EST	Georgi Tunjov
14	FW	ITA	Federico Di Francesco (on loan from Sassuolo)
15	MF	ITA	Federico Zanchetta
17	MF	ITA	Leonardo Sernicola (on loan from Sassuolo)
19	MF	ARG	Lucas Castro
20	DF	ITA	Caleb Okoli (on loan from Atalanta)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	ITA	Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Internazionale)
22	GK	SEN	Demba Thiam
23	DF	ITA	Francesco Vicari (third captain)
24	MF	ITA	Federico Viviani
25	DF	ITA	Riccardo Spaltro
27	MF	BRA	Gabriel Strefezza
32	DF	ITA	Marco Sala (on loan from Sassuolo)
41	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Dickmann
77	MF	ITA	Marco D'Alessandro
80	FW	SEN	Demba Seck
89	DF	POL	Jakub Iskra
90	FW	ITA	Luca Moro
94	FW	BOL	Jaume Cuéllar
95	FW	MNE	Marko Janković
97	GK	SEN	Maurice Gomis
98	DF	ITA	Riccardo Mastrilli
99	FW	ITA	Enrico Brignola (on loan from Sassuolo)

Out on loan

As of 5 October 2020

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	ITA	Marco Meneghetti (at Südtirol until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	ITA	Kevin Bonifazi (at Udinese until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	BRA	Igor Julio (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2021, obligation to buy)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Paolo Cannistrà (at Cavese until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ITA	Davide Mazzocco (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 September 2020 Friendly	Udinese	0–1	SPAL	Premariacco, Italy
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Premariacco Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	25 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		19	9	6	4	26	17	+9	047.37
Coppa Italia	30 September 2020	27 January 2021	Second round	Quarter-finals	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	040.00
Total					24	11	8	5	31	21	+10	045.83

Last updated: 27 January 2021

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Monza	21	9	9	3	30	16	+14	36[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Cittadella	21	10	5	6	35	21	+14	35[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	SPAL	21	9	8	4	28	19	+9	35[lower-alpha 2]
7	Venezia	21	8	8	5	24	19	+5	32
8	Lecce	21	7	10	4	36	27	+9	31

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
Notes:

Head-to-head points (goal difference): Chievo 4 (0), Salernitana 4 (-2), Monza 3 (+2)
Head-to-head points: Cittadella 3, SPAL 0

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
19	9	6	4	26	17	+9	33	6	2	1	17	6	+11	3	4	3	9	11	−2

Last updated: 24 January 2021.
Source: Serie B

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2021. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 September 2020.[3]

25 September 2020 1	Monza	0–0	SPAL	Monza
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marić 37' Gytkjaer 82'	Report	Valoti 52' D'Alessandro 58' Salamon 67' Gabriel Espeto 69' Sernicola 75'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 956 Referee: Daniele Orsato

3 October 2020 2	SPAL	1–1	Cosenza	Ferrara
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sebastiano Esposito 43' Salamon 48' Valoti 85' Gabriel Espeto 88'	Report	Báez 16' Sciaudone 37' Legittimo 43' Corsi 62' Sacko 65' Bittante 74' Idda 74' Tiritiello 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ivan Robilotta

17 October 2020 3	Pordenone	3–3	SPAL	Lignano Sabbiadoro
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diaw 5' 90' (pen.) Barison 18' Magnino 81' Falasco 90+4'	Report	Castro 29' D'Alessandro 32' Gabriel Espeto 46' 54' Paloschi 52' 55' Salamon 68' Dickmann 88' 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil Attendance: 459 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

20 October 2020 4	Empoli	2–1	SPAL	Empoli
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bandinelli 36' Bajrami 63' Mancuso 82'	Report	Esposito 33'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 580 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

24 October 2020 5	SPAL	3–2	Vicenza	Ferrara
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Murgia 38' 66' Valoti 60' Sala 74' Di Francesco 76' Castro 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Dalmonte 21' Beruatto 36' Meggiorini 51' Longo 77' Cinelli 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marco Serra

1 November 2020 6	Reggina	0–1	SPAL	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Loiacono 12' Ménez 23' Bellomo 33' Di Chiara 66'	Report	Castro 31' 90+2' Valoti 37' Tomović 60' Salvatore Esposito 69' Sala 89'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 0 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

6 November 2020 7	SPAL	2–0	Salernitana	Ferrara
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Valoti 6' Dickmann 36' Di Francesco 41' Missiroli 60' Tomović 81' Ranieri 90+3'	Report	Di Tacchio 3' Dziczek 50' Aya 59' Giannetti 83' Tutino 90+2' Casasola 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

21 November 2020 8	SPAL	2–0	Pescara	Ferrara
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Salamon 28' Valoti 30' Salvatore Esposito 60' Okoli 73' Sebastiano Esposito 90+4' 90+5'	Report	Balzano 39' Busellato 71'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Massimi

30 November 2020 9	Virtus Entella	0–1	SPAL	Chiavari
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mazzocco 5' Toscano 44' Settembrini 75'	Report	Tomović 25' Di Francesco 59' Paloschi 78' Floccari 86'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 0 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

5 December 2020 10	SPAL	4–0	Pisa	Ferrara
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paloschi 14' 17' Tomović 54' Di Francesco 59' 67'	Report	Marin 43' Lisi 62' Caracciolo 64'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Riccardo Ros

12 December 2020 11	Cittadella	2–0	SPAL	Cittadella
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Branca 40' Proia 66' Rosafio 87' Gargiulo 88'	Report	Valoti 59'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 0 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

15 December 2020 12	SPAL	0–0	Chievo	Ferrara
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gabriel Espeto 9' 42' Tomović 32'	Report	Obi 5' Canotto 61'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Guida

19 December 2020 13	Venezia	0–0	SPAL	Venice
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fiordilino 17' Capello 37' Bocalon 64' Svodoba 66' Forte 90+3'	Report	Vicari 67' Fornicola 68' Salvatore Esposito 90'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Serra

22 December 2020 14	SPAL	1–0	Lecce	Ferrara
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tomović 40' Valoti 43' Espeto 79'	Report	Coda 46' Lucioni 90'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Doveri

27 December 2020 15	Ascoli	2–0	SPAL	Ascoli Piceno
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sabiri 28', 75' Büchel 63' Pucino 84' Eramo 88'	Report	Valoti 25' Esposito 69' Thiam 76'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 0 Referee: Rosario Abisso

30 December 2020 16	SPAL	2–3	Brescia	Ferrara
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Valoti 7', 57' Vicari 48' Ranieri 90+3'	Report	Jagiełło 56' Łabojko 61' Donnarumma 70' (pen.) Bjarnason 87' Ghezzi 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Federico Dionisi

4 January 2021 17	Frosinone	1–2	SPAL	Frosinone
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kastanos 25', 90'	Report	Esposito 40' Tomović 52' Paloschi 86'	Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe Attendance: 0 Referee: Simone Sozza

18 January 2021 18	SPAL	2–0	Reggiana	Ferrara
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua

24 January 2021 19	Cremonese	1–1	SPAL	Cremona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Robilotta

30 January 2021 20	SPAL	v	Monza	Ferrara
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Coppa Italia

30 September 2020 Second round	SPAL	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Bari	Ferrara
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Simone Sozza
	Penalties
	Sa. Esposito Janković Floccari Se. Esposito Tomović		Antenucci Marras Candellone Minelli

28 October 2020 Third round	Crotone	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	SPAL	Crotone
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cigarini 107' (pen.) Eduardo 118'	Report	Okoli 72' Sa. Esposito 80' Ranieri 103' Seck 113'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Referee: Matteo Marchetti
	Penalties
	Siligardi Crociata Molina Golemić Cigarini		Sa. Esposito Missiroli Sala Se. Esposito Ranieri

24 November 2020 Fourth round	SPAL	2–0	Monza	Ferrara
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Paloschi 62' (pen.) Brignola 75'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Marco Piccinini

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

27 January 2021 Quarter-finals	Juventus	4–0	SPAL	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Morata 16' (pen.) Frabotta 33' Kulusevski 78' Chiesa 81', 90+4' Rabiot 85'	Report	Sernicola 50' Valoti 80'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Etrit Berisha	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Cesare Galeotti	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Demba Thiam	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	GK		Maurice Gomis	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Luca Ranieri	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Nenad Tomović	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Bartosz Salamon	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Caleb Okoli	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Francesco Vicari	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Riccardo Spaltro	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF		Marco Sala	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF		Lorenzo Dickmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	DF		Jakub Iskra	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	DF		Riccardo Mastrilli	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Salvatore Esposito	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Simone Missiroli	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Mattia Valoti	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Alessandro Murgia	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Georgi Tunjov	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Federico Zanchetta	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Leonardo Sernicola	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Lucas Castro	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Federico Viviani	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Espeto	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF		Marco D'Alessandro	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Alberto Paloschi	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Sergio Floccari	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Federico Di Francesco	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Sebastiano Esposito	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	FW		Andrea Petagna	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW		Luca Moro	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	FW		Jaume Cuéllar	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	FW		Marko Janković	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Enrico Brignola	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 2 August 2020
Source: Competitions

References

"Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor – Squadra". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"E' nata la Serie BKT 2020/2021" (in Italian). Lega B. 9 September 2020.

External links

Official website

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[table_hth_CHI0.49455610918559-2] Head-to-head points (goal difference): Chievo 4 (0), Salernitana 4 (-2), Monza 3 (+2)

[table_hth_CIT0.49455610918559-3] Head-to-head points: Cittadella 3, SPAL 0

[1] "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor – Squadra". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[4] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[5] "E' nata la Serie BKT 2020/2021" (in Italian). Lega B. 9 September 2020.