2020–21 in Italian football

Football in Italy
Season	2020–21
Men's football
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus

The 2020–21 season is the 119th season of competitive football in Italy.

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

National teams

Italy national football team

Friendlies

7 October 2020	Italy	6–0	Moldova	Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cristante 18' Caputo 23' El Shaarawy 30', 45+1' Posmac 37' (o.g.) Berardi 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

11 November 2020	Italy	4–0	Estonia	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Grifo 14', 75' (pen.) Bernardeschi 27' Orsolini 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12	Qualification to Nations League Finals	—	1–1	2–0	1–1
2	Netherlands	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11		0–1	—	1–0	3–1
3	Poland	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7		0–0	1–2	—	3–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (R)	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2	Relegation to League B	0–2	0–0	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated.

4 September 2020	Italy	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sensi 67'	Report	Džeko 57'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

7 September 2020	Netherlands	0–1	Italy	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Barella 45+1'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

11 October 2020	Poland	0–0	Italy	Gdańsk, Poland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

14 October 2020	Italy	1–1	Netherlands	Bergamo, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pellegrini 16'	Report	Van de Beek 25'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

15 November 2020	Italy	2–0	Poland	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jorginho 27' (pen.) Berardi 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

18 November 2020	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Italy	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Belotti 22' Berardi 68'	Stadium: Bilino Polje Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

UEFA Euro 2020

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification	TUR	ITA	WAL	SUI
1	Turkey	Advance to knockout phase	—
2	Italy (H)	Advance to knockout phase		—
3	Wales	Possible knockout phase based on ranking			—
4	Switzerland					—

First match(es) will be played on 11 June 2021. Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11)	Turkey	v	Italy	Rome, Italy
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)	Italy	v	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)	Italy	v	Wales	Rome, Italy
				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Women

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group B

[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (Q)	10	9	1	0	48	1	+47	28	Final tournament	—	0–0	2–0	8–0	4–0	14–0
2	Italy (X)	9	7	1	1	25	5	+20	22	Final tournament if among three best runners-up (play-offs otherwise)	1–3	—	2–0	5–0	24 Feb	6–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (E)	10	6	0	4	19	17	+2	18		0–4	0–5	—	2–0	1–0	7–1
4	Malta (E)	10	3	1	6	11	30	−19	10		0–8	0–2	2–3	—	1–1	2–1
5	Israel (E)	9	2	1	6	10	18	−8	7		0–3	2–3	1–3	0–2	—	4–0
6	Georgia (E)	10	0	0	10	3	45	−42	0		0–2	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least play-offs.

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–5	Italy	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
				Stadium: Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre Attendance: 0 Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)	Italy	1–3	Denmark	Empoli, Italy
	Giacinti 60'	Report	N. Sørensen 6' Nadim 17', 47'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	Denmark	0–0	Italy	Viborg, Denmark
				Stadium: Viborg Stadium

24 February 2021 (2021-02-24)	Italy	v	Israel	Udine, Italy
				Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

League season

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale	21	14	5	2	51	23	+28	47	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Milan	20	14	4	2	41	23	+18	46
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
7	Atalanta	21	10	7	4	48	29	+19	37
8	Sassuolo	21	8	7	6	34	32	+2	31
9	Hellas Verona	20	8	6	6	26	21	+5	30
10	Sampdoria	20	8	2	10	30	31	−1	26
11	Genoa	21	6	6	9	24	31	−7	24
12	Benevento	20	6	4	10	23	40	−17	22
13	Fiorentina	21	5	7	9	21	33	−12	22
14	Udinese	20	5	6	9	21	28	−7	21
15	Spezia	21	5	6	10	28	38	−10	21
16	Bologna	20	5	5	10	25	35	−10	20
17	Torino	21	2	10	9	32	41	−9	16
18	Cagliari	20	3	6	11	24	38	−14	15	Relegation to Serie B
19	Parma	20	2	7	11	14	38	−24	13
20	Crotone	20	3	3	14	22	46	−24	12

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)

Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Empoli	20	11	8	1	39	17	+22	41	Promotion to Serie A
2	Monza	20	9	8	3	29	15	+14	35[lower-alpha 1]	Promotion to Serie A
3	Chievo	20	9	8	3	28	17	+11	35[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Salernitana	20	10	5	5	24	23	+1	35[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Cittadella	20	10	4	6	32	18	+14	34[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	SPAL	20	9	7	4	27	18	+9	34[lower-alpha 2]
7	Lecce	20	7	10	3	35	25	+10	31
8	Pordenone	20	6	11	3	23	16	+7	29[lower-alpha 3]
9	Venezia	20	7	8	5	22	18	+4	29[lower-alpha 3]
10	Frosinone	20	7	7	6	19	20	−1	28
11	Pisa	20	6	9	5	26	31	−5	27
12	Vicenza	20	4	10	6	25	27	−2	22
13	Brescia	20	5	6	9	27	32	−5	21
14	Cremonese	20	4	8	8	19	25	−6	20[lower-alpha 4]
15	Cosenza	20	3	11	6	15	17	−2	20[lower-alpha 4]
16	Reggina	20	4	7	9	17	26	−9	19	Qualification to relegation play-out[lower-alpha 5]
17	Reggiana	20	5	3	12	17	33	−16	18	Qualification to relegation play-out[lower-alpha 5]
18	Ascoli	20	4	5	11	17	28	−11	17[lower-alpha 6]	Relegation to Serie C
19	Virtus Entella	20	4	5	11	18	34	−16	17[lower-alpha 6]
20	Pescara	20	4	4	12	16	35	−19	16

Updated to match(es) played on 2 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.[4]
Notes:

Head-to-head points (goal difference): Monza 3 (+2), Chievo 3 (0), Salernitana 3 (-2)
Head-to-head points: Cittadella 3, SPAL 0
Head-to-head points: Pordenone 3, Venezia 0
Head-to-head points: Cremonense 3, Cosenza 0
If the 16th-placed team finishes 5 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 17th-placed team is relegated to Serie C.
Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ascoli 1 (0), Virtus Entella 1 (0)

Cup competitions

Coppa Italia

[5]

Supercoppa Italiana

20 January 2021

21:00 CET

Juventus	2–0	Napoli
Ronaldo 64' Morata 90+5'	Report

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia

Attendance: 0[note 2]

Referee: Paolo Valeri

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	MGB	SHK	INT
1	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–3	3–2
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	16	9	+7	8[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	4–0	2–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	5	12	−7	8[lower-alpha 1]	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	0–6	—	0–0
4	Inter Milan	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6		0–2	2–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	ATA	AJX	MID
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	1–0	2–0
2	Atalanta	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–5	—	2–2	1–1
3	Ajax	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Midtjylland	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2		1–1	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	LAZ	BRU	ZEN
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–0	2–0
2	Lazio	6	2	4	0	11	7	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	3–1	—	2–2	3–1
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	1–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1		1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	BAR	DKV	FER
1	Juventus	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–2	3–0	2–1
2	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	15[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase	0–3	—	2–1	5–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	0–4	—	1–0
4	Ferencváros	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1		1–4	0–3	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lazio	Bayern Munich	23 Feb	17 Mar
Porto	Juventus	17 Feb	9 Mar
Atalanta	Real Madrid	24 Feb	16 Mar

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shamrock Rovers	0–2	Milan

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Milan	3–2	Bodø/Glimt

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rio Ave	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Milan

Group stage

Group A

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	Advance to knockout phase	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
Notes:

Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	RSO	AZ	RJK
1	Napoli	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	0–1	2–0
2	Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	AZ	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		1–1	0–0	—	4–1
4	Rijeka	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4		1–2	0–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIL	LOSC	SPP	CEL
1	Milan	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	0–3	3–0	4–2
2	Lille	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–1	2–2
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6		0–1	1–4	—	4–1
4	Celtic	6	1	1	4	10	19	−9	4		1–3	3–2	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade	Milan	18 Feb	25 Feb
Braga	Roma	18 Feb	25 Feb
Granada	Napoli	18 Feb	25 Feb

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	2–6	Lyon	2–3	0–3
Fiorentina	3–2	Slavia Prague	2–2	1–0

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
		Fiorentina

Notes

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[1][2]
The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

References

"UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
"UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/matches/2021/qualifying/#/mt/2020/09
"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"Coppa Italia 2018/2019, 2019/2020 e 2020/2021" (PDF) (in Italian). legaseriea.it. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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[table_hth_MON0.1525423434342-5] Head-to-head points (goal difference): Monza 3 (+2), Chievo 3 (0), Salernitana 3 (-2)

[table_hth_CIT0.1525423434342-6] Head-to-head points: Cittadella 3, SPAL 0

[table_hth_POR0.1525423434342-7] Head-to-head points: Pordenone 3, Venezia 0

[table_hth_CRE0.1525423434342-8] Head-to-head points: Cremonense 3, Cosenza 0

[table_note_res_RPO0.1525423434342-9] If the 16th-placed team finishes 5 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 17th-placed team is relegated to Serie C.

[table_hth_ASC0.1525423434342-10] Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ascoli 1 (0), Virtus Entella 1 (0)

[table_hth_MGB0.56664659481805-14] Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

[table_hth_JUV0.18729681949471-15] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

[table_hth_CLJ0.98215245268408-16] Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

[September_behind_closed_doors-3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.[1][2]

[Supercoppa_Italiana_behind_closed_doors-13] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

[1] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[2] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[4] ttps://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/matches/2021/qualifying/#/mt/2020/09

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

[rules-12] "Coppa Italia 2018/2019, 2019/2020 e 2020/2021" (PDF) (in Italian). legaseriea.it. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

2020–21 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '20 '21 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '20 '21 Faroe Islands '20 '21 Finland '20 '21 France Georgia '20 '21 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '20 '21 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '20 '21 Kosovo Latvia '20 '21 Lithuania '20 '21 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '20 '21 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '20 '21 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '20 '21 Finland '20 '21 France Georgia '20 '21 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '20 '21 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '21 Kosovo Latvia '20 '21 Liechtenstein Lithuania '20 '21 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '20 '21 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland '19–'20 '20–'21 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain '19–'20 '20–'21 Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Lithuania Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round Champions Path Main Path group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2020–21 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2021 Euro Under-21 qualification 2021 Euro Under-19 qualification 2021 Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

2020–21 in European women's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Faroe Islands '20 '21 Finland '20 '21 France Germany Gibraltar Iceland '20 '21 Italy Lithuania '20 '21 Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland '20 '21 Norway '20 '21 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '20 '21 Romania Russia '20 '21 Scotland '20 '20–21 Spain Sweden '20 '21 Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Croatia England Germany Iceland '20 '21 Moldova Portugal Spain Sweden Wales
League cups	England Portugal Scotland
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying rounds knockout phase Final
International competitions	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA qualification UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification 2021 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2021 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification