2020–21 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season

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)
	All statistics correct as of 14 January 2021.

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.

First-team squad

As of 20 September 2020[1]

Squad no.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
47	Andrea Consigli	GK	(1987-01-27) 27 January 1987	Atalanta	226	0
56	Gianluca Pegolo	GK	(1981-03-25) 25 March 1981	Siena	53	0
63	Stefano Turati	GK	(2001-09-05) 5 September 2001	Youth Academy	2	0
Defenders
2	Marlon	CB	(1995-09-07) 7 September 1995	Barcelona	41	1
5	Kaan Ayhan	CB	(1994-11-10) 10 November 1994	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0	0
6	Rogério	LB/LM	(1998-01-13) 13 January 1998	Juventus	66	2
12	Claud Adjapong	RB/RM/LM	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998	Youth Academy	36	2
13	Federico Peluso	LB/CB	(1984-01-20) 20 January 1984	Juventus	181	4
17	Mert Müldür	RB	(1999-04-03) 3 April 1999	Rapid Wien	25	2
19	Filippo Romagna	CB	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997	Cagliari	18	0
21	Vlad Chiricheș	CB	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989	Napoli	9	0
22	Jeremy Toljan	RB	(1994-08-08) 8 August 1994	Borussia Dortmund	30	1
31	Gian Marco Ferrari	CB	(1992-05-15) 15 May 1992	Sampdoria	56	4
77	Giorgos Kyriakopoulos	LB	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996	Asteras Tripoli	26	0
Midfielders
4	Francesco Magnanelli	DM	(1984-11-12) 12 November 1984	Sangiovannese	458	9
8	Maxime Lopez	AM	(1997-12-04) 4 December 1997	Marseille	0	0
10	Filip Đuričić	AM/LW	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992	Sampdoria	55	7
14	Pedro Obiang	DM/CM	(1992-03-27) 27 March 1992	West Ham	27	1
23	Hamed Junior Traorè	AM/CM	(2000-02-16) 16 February 2000	Empoli	33	5
36	Luca Mazzitelli	CM/DM	(1995-11-15) 15 November 1995	Roma	48	1
44	Andrea Ghion	CM/DM	(2000-02-23) 23 February 2000	Youth Academy	3	0
68	Mehdi Bourabia	CM/DM	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991	Konyaspor	53	3
73	Manuel Locatelli	DM/CM	(1998-01-08) 8 January 1998	Milan	65	3
Forwards
7	Jérémie Boga	LW/SS	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	Chelsea	62	14
9	Francesco Caputo	CF	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987	Empoli	37	21
11	Jens Odgaard	CF	(1999-03-31) 31 March 1999	Inter Milan	1	0
16	Federico Ricci	RW/LW	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994	Roma	31	2
18	Giacomo Raspadori	CF	(2000-02-18) 18 February 2000	Youth Academy	14	2
20	Giacomo Manzari	LW/CF/RW	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000	Bari	3	0
25	Domenico Berardi	RW	(1994-08-01) 1 August 1994	Juventus	261	88
27	Lukáš Haraslín	LW/RW	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996	Lechia Gdańsk	11	1
92	Grégoire Defrel	CF	(1991-06-17) 17 June 1991	Roma	90	26
98	Nicholas Pierini	LW	(1998-08-06) 6 August 1998	Youth Academy	4	0
99	Gianluca Scamacca	CF	(1999-01-01) 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 (2020-09-13) 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 (2020-09-13) 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 (2020-09-13) 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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	Name	Serie A	Total
1	9	FW	Francesco Caputo	5	5
1	25	FW	Domenico Berardi	5	5
3	10	MF	Filip Đuričić	3	3
4	73	MF	Manuel Locatelli	2	2
5	21	DF	Vlad Chiricheș	1	1
	7	MF	Jérémie Boga	1	1
	8	MF	Maxime Lopez	1	1
	68	MF	Mehdi Bourabia	1	1
	92	FW	Grégoire Defrel	1	1
Own goal				1	1
Totals				21	21

Disciplinary record

As of match played 20 September 2020

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

Notes

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

References

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

External links

Official website

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[2] "Calciomercato: dal Fortuna Düsseldorf arriva Kaan Ayhan". U.S. Sassuolo. 16 August 2020.

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[loan91-4] "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.

[loan93-7] "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.

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