# 2019–20 Brescia Calcio season

The 2019–20 season was the 110th season in existence of Brescia Calcio. They returned to Serie A for the first time since 2010–11.
On 18 August, Brescia were eliminated in the third round of the Coppa Italia by Perugia.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 9 February 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Jesse Joronen | GK | (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 31) | Copenhagen | 2019 | 2022 | 20 | 0 | |
| 12 | Lorenzo Andrenacci | GK | (1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 29) | Milan | 2014 | | 10 | 0 | |
| 22 | Enrico Alfonso | GK | (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) | Cittadella | 2018 | 2021 | 33 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Stefano Sabelli | RB | (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) | Bari | 2018 | 2021 | 52 | 0 | |
| 3 | Aleš Matějů | RB | (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 28) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2019 | | 18 | 0 | |
| 5 | Daniele Gastaldello | CB | (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 (age 41) | Bologna | 2017 | 2020 | 59 | 3 | |
| 14 | Jhon Chancellor | CB | (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 32) | Al Ahli | 2019 | 2020 | 20 | 2 | |
| 15 | Andrea Cistana | CB | (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2021 | 51 | 1 | |
| 26 | Bruno Martella | LB | (1992-08-14) 14 August 1992 (age 32) | Crotone | 2019 | 2022 | 24 | 2 | |
| 29 | Alessandro Semprini | RB | (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Sandro Tonali | DM | (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2021 | 75 | 6 | |
| 6 | Emanuele Ndoj | CM | (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27) | Roma | 2016 | 2022 | 78 | 4 | |
| 7 | Nikolas Špalek | AM | (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 27) | Žilina | 2018 | 2021 | 58 | 5 | |
| 8 | Jaromír Zmrhal | LM / CM / RM | (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31) | Slavia Prague | 2019 | 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 19 | Massimiliano Mangraviti | CB / DM | (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26) | Youth Sector | 2016 | 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 23 | Simon Skrabb | CF / LM / RM | (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 29) | Norrköping | 2020 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | Mattia Viviani | DM | (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 25 | Dimitri Bisoli | CM | (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30) | Fidelis Andria | 2017 | 2024 | 133 | 17 | |
| 27 | Daniele Dessena | CM | (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 (age 37) | Cagliari | 2019 | 2020 | 21 | 1 | |
| 28 | Rômulo | CM / RM / RB | (1987-05-22) 22 May 1987 (age 37) | Genoa | 2019 | 2020 | 20 | 1 | Loan |
| 31 | Birkir Bjarnason | CM / LM / RM | (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 36) | Al-Arabi | 2020 | 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Alfredo Donnarumma | CF / LW / SS | (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 33) | Empoli | 2018 | 2022 | 52 | 29 | |
| 11 | Ernesto Torregrossa | CF / LW | (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 32) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2020 | 98 | 31 | |
| 18 | Florian Ayé | CF / LW / RW | (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 27) | Clermont | 2019 | 2022 | 13 | 0 | |
| 45 | Mario Balotelli | CF / RW / LW | (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 (age 34) | Free agent | 2019 | 2022 | 16 | 5 | |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 16 | Felipe Curcio | LB | (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 (age 31) | Fidelis Andria | 2018 | 2020 | 33 | 0 | |
| 20 | Giangiacomo Magnani | CB | (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2020 | 2 | 0 | Loan |
| 21 | Alessandro Matri | ST | (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984 (age 40) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | Loan |
| 23 | Leonardo Morosini | AM | (1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 (age 28) | Genoa | 2018 | 2022 | 105 | 18 | |
| 32 | Luca Tremolada | AM | (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 32) | Virtus Entella | 2019 | | 19 | 4 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Bruno Martella | 26 | Crotone | €800k | Three-year contract; Signed permanently by option to buy |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Luca Tremolada | 27 | Virtus Entella | €900k | Signed permanently by option to buy |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Aleš Matějů | 23 | Brighton | N/A | Undisclosed terms |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Florian Ayé | 22 | Clermont Foot | £1.80m | Three-year contract |
| 11 July 2019 | GK | Jesse Joronen | 26 | FC København | £4.50m | Three-year contract |
| 21 July 2019 | DF | Jhon Chancellor | 27 | Al Ahli | €700k | One-year contract |
| 6 August 2019 | MF | Jaromír Zmrhal | 26 | Slavia Praha | €3.75M | Four-year contract |
| 18 August 2019 | FW | Mario Balotelli | 29 | Free agent | Free | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Source |
| 7 August 2019 | DF | Giangiacomo Magnani | 23 | Sassuolo | N/A | Archived 2019-08-07 at the Wayback Machine |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Rômulo | 32 | Genoa | N/A | Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine |
| 2 September 2019 | FW | Alessandro Matri | 35 | Sassuolo | N/A | Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Biagio Meccariello | 28 | Lecce | Undisclosed | signed permanently after option to buy | |
| 11 July 2019 | GK | Paolo Bastianello | 21 | Frosinone | Undisclosed | | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 20 July 2019 | FW | Matteo Cortesi | 21 | Giana Erminio | Undisclosed | | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 40 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 39 | |
| 18 | Lecce (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 85 | −33 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | SPAL (R) | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 77 | −50 | 20 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 August 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FIN | Jesse Joronen | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Andrenacci | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Enrico Alfonso | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Stefano Sabelli | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Aleš Matějů | 32 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Daniele Gastaldello | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | VEN | Jhon Chancellor | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Andrea Cistana | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Bruno Martella | 24 | 0 | 13+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Semprini | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Andrea Papetti | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Sandro Tonali | 36 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ALB | Emanuele Ndoj | 18 | 0 | 6+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SVK | Nikolas Špalek | 26 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Jaromír Zmrhal | 22 | 2 | 11+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghezzi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Massimiliano Mangraviti | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FIN | Simon Skrabb | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Mattia Viviani | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Dimitri Bisoli | 26 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena | 24 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ISL | Birkir Bjarnason | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Alfredo Donnarumma | 32 | 8 | 20+11 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Ernesto Torregrossa | 26 | 7 | 22+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Florian Ayé | 23 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ITA | Mario Balotelli | 19 | 5 | 16+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 16 | DF | BRA | Felipe Curcio | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Giangiacomo Magnani | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Morosini | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Rômulo | 22 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Luca Tremolada | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Alfredo Donnarumma | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 45 | FW | | Mario Balotelli | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Ernesto Torregrossa | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | DF | | Jhon Chancellor | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | MF | | Sandro Tonali | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Nikolas Špalek | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | DF | | Andrea Cistana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Dimitri Bisoli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 28 | MF | | Rômulo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 21 | 1 | 22 |
Last updated: 22 February 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Jesse Joronen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Enrico Alfonso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Jesse Joronen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Lorenzo Andrenacci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Enrico Alfonso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Stefano Sabelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Aleš Matějů | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Jhon Chancellor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Andrea Cistana | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | | Giangiacomo Magnani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Bruno Martella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Sandro Tonali | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Emanuele Ndoj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Nikolas Špalek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Massimiliano Mangraviti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Simon Skrabb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Dimitri Bisoli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Daniele Dessena | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Rômulo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Alfredo Donnarumma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ernesto Torregrossa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Florian Ayé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 | FW | | Mario Balotelli | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 3 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020