# 2020–21 Palermo FC season

The 2020–21 season was Palermo Football Club's first season in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football, following promotion from Serie D during the 2019–20 season. Palermo returned to the third division after 19 years, having last played in Serie C1 in 2000–01.

## Staff

Management Staff
* Chairman: Dario Mirri
* CEO: Rinaldo Sagramola
* General Secretary: Giuseppe Li Vigni
* Sporting Director: Renzo Castagnini
* Youth Teams Manager: Rosario Argento, then Leandro Rinaudo
* Team Manager & Press Officer: Andrea Siracusa
* Event Manager: Antonino Lentini
* Security Officer: Francesco Meli
* Marketing Manager: Gaetano Lombardo
* Merchandising Manager: Riccardo Montesanto
* Social Media Manager: Marco Sirchia
Technical Staff
* Head coach: Roberto Boscaglia (until 27 February 2021), then Giacomo Filippi (from 27 February 2021)
* Assistant Head coach: Giacomo Filippi (until 27 February 2021), then Fabio Levacovich (from 10 March 2021)
* Assistant coach: Emanuele Lupo
* Goalkeeper coach: Michele Marotta
* Personal trainers: Marco Nastasi, Marco Petrucci

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 24 April 2021. Appearances and goals include domestic leagues (Serie A, Serie B, Serie C and Serie D), national and league cups (Coppa Italia and Coppa Italia Serie D), international cup (UEFA Cup) and other competitions (Promotion play-offs) and correct as of 26 May 2021. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract ends | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Alberto Pelagotti | GK | (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35) | 2019 | 2022 | Arezzo | Free | 65 | –57 |
| 12 | Mattia Fallani | GK | (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23) | 2019 | 2021 | SPAL | Free | 4 | –1 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Masimiliano Doda | RB / RWB | (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 23) | 2019 | 2024 | Sampdoria | Undisclosed | 34 | 1 |
| 3 | Niccolò Corrado | LB | (2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 24) | 2020 | 2021 | Inter | Free | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Andrea Accardi | CB / RB / LB / RWB | (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | 2022 | Palermo | N/A | 59 | 0 |
| 6 | Roberto Crivello | LB / CB | (1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | 2024 | Spezia | Free | 47 | 0 |
| 13 | Edoardo Lancini | CB | (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | 2022 | Brescia | Free | 41 | 3 |
| 15 | Ivan Marconi | CB | (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 34) | 2020 | 2022 | Monza | Undisclosed | 29 | 1 |
| 16 | Manuel Peretti | CB | (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | 2022 | Hellas Verona | Undisclosed | 33 | 1 |
| 24 | Michele Somma | CB | (1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 29) | 2020 | 2023 | Deportivo La Coruña | Free | 21 | 1 |
| 26 | Bubacarr Marong | CB | (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | 2022 | Parmonval | Free | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | Alberto Almici | RB / RWB | (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 31) | 2020 | 2023 | Hellas Verona | Free | 19 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | Andrea Palazzi | CM / CB | (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | 2021 | Monza | Free | 24 | 0 |
| 8 | Malaury Martin | CM | (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 36) | 2019 | 2021 | Hearts | Free | 36 | 1 |
| 18 | Francesco De Rose | CM | (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 37) | 2021 | 2022 | Reggina | Undisclosed | 21 | 0 |
| 19 | Moses Odjer | CM | (1996-08-17) 17 August 1996 (age 28) | 2020 | 2022 | Trapani | Free | 26 | 0 |
| 21 | Jérémie Broh | CM | (1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 27) | 2020 | 2023 | Sassuolo | Undisclosed | 28 | 0 |
| 27 | Gregorio Luperini | CM / AM | (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) | 2020 | 2023 | Trapani | Free | 33 | 6 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Roberto Floriano | LW | (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38) | 2020 | 2022 | Bari | Free | 40 | 12 |
| 9 | Andrea Saraniti | CF | (1988-07-23) 23 July 1988 (age 36) | 2020 | 2022 | Lecce | Undisclosed | 31 | 5 |
| 10 | Andrea Silipo | RW | (2001-04-17) 17 April 2001 (age 23) | 2020 | 2024 | Roma | Undisclosed | 34 | 3 |
| 11 | Mario Santana (C) | SS / AM / RWB / LWB | (1981-12-23) 23 December 1981 (age 42) | 2019 | 2021 | Pro Patria | Free | 143 | 11 |
| 14 | Nicola Valente | RW / LW / RWB / LWB | (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991 (age 33) | 2020 | 2022 | Carrarese | Free | 35 | 6 |
| 17 | Lorenzo Lucca | CF | (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24) | 2020 | 2024 | Torino | Undisclosed | 30 | 14 |
| 20 | Mamadou Kanouté | LW / RW | (1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 31) | 2020 | 2022 | Catanzaro | Undisclosed | 35 | 1 |
| 23 | Nicola Rauti | LW / RW / CF / AM | (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24) | 2020 | 2021 | Torino | Free | 34 | 4 |
| Other players |||||||||||
| 22 | Marco Matranga | GK | (2002-09-10) 10 September 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 22/25/30 | Giorgio Faraone | GK | (2002-10-12) 12 October 2002 (age 21) | 2020 | | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 25 | Christian Cangemi | RB / CB | (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22) | 2020 | | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
| 18 | Salvatore Florio | CM | (2002-10-28) 28 October 2002 (age 21) | 2020 | | Youth Sector | N/A | - | - |
* 1 2 3 4 On loan.
* ↑ Accardi played for Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo until the exclusion of the club from Serie B, then he was signed by the new phoenix club admitted to Serie D in 2019.

## Transfers
### Summer 2020
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 16 July 2020 | FW | Andrea Silipo | 19 | Roma | Undisclosed | Redemption after loan with an option for future pay-back for €0.5M within two years |
| 13 August 2020 | FW | Andrea Saraniti | 32 | Lecce | Undisclosed | Permanent deal |
| 13 August 2020 | FW | Nicola Valente | 28 | Carrarese | Free | Permanent deal |
| 20 August 2020 | DF | Ivan Marconi | 30 | Monza | Undisclosed | Permanent deal |
| 21 August 2020 | DF | Manuel Peretti | 20 | Hellas Verona | Undisclosed | Redemption after loan with an option for future pay-back for €0.3M within two years |
| 3 September 2020 | DF | Niccolò Corrado | 20 | Inter | Free | On loan until 30 June 2021 with an option to buy and counter-option |
| 5 September 2020 | MF | Andrea Palazzi | 24 | Monza | Free | On loan until 30 June 2021 |
| 19 September 2020 | MF | Moses Odjer | 24 | Trapani | Free | Permanent deal |
| 24 September 2020 | FW | Mamadou Kanouté | 26 | Catanzaro | Undisclosed | Permanent deal |
| 25 September 2020 | MF | Jérémie Broh | 23 | Sassuolo | Undisclosed | Permanent deal |
| 28 September 2020 | FW | Nicola Rauti | 20 | Torino | Free | On loan until 30 June 2021 |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | Michele Somma | 25 | Deportivo La Coruña | Free | Permanent deal |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Erdis Kraja | 19 | Atalanta | Free | End of loan |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Christian Langella | 20 | Pisa | Free | End of loan |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Luigi Mendola | 19 | Vibonese | Free | End of loan |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Mattia Felici | 19 | Lecce | Free | End of loan |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Gabriele Corallo | 18 | Vigor Lamezia | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Francesco Vaccaro | 21 | Pontedera | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Danilo Ambro | 21 | Vibonese | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Giammarco Corsino | 28 | Resuttana San Lorenzo | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Juan Mauri | 31 | Unattached | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Andrea Rizzo Pinna | 20 | Unattached | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Andrea Ferrante | 19 | Unattached | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Luca Ficarrotta | 29 | Città di Sant'Agata | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Raimondo Lucera | 19 | Acireale | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Giovanni Ricciardo | 33 | Seregno | Free | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Ferdinando Sforzini | 35 | Campobasso | Free | Contract expired |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | Alessandro Martinelli | 27 | Retired | — | Health issues |

### Post-summer transfers
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | Gregorio Luperini | 26 | Trapani | Free | Permanent deal | |
| 13 October 2020 | DF | Alberto Almici | 27 | Hellas Verona | Free | Permanent deal | |

### Winter 2021
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 23 January 2021 | MF | Francesco De Rose | 33 | Reggina | Undisclosed | Permanent deal | |

#### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 7 January 2021 | DF | Christian Cangemi | 18 | FC Messina | Free | Out on loan until 30 June 2021 | |
Total expenditure: Undisclosed
Total revenue: €0
Net income: Unknown

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie C | 27 September 2020 | 2 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 038.89 |
| Play-offs | 9 May 2021 | 26 May 2021 | First preliminary round | First national round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 042.50 |
Source: Competitive matches

### Serie C Group C
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Juve Stabia | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 61 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Catania | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 59 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Palermo | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 53 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 8 | Teramo | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 52 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 9 | Foggia | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 51 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
* ↑ Catania have 2 points deducted due to financial irregularities.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | C | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | C | L | W | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
* ↑ Played between rounds 11 and 12.
* ↑ Played between rounds 12 and 13.
* ↑ Played between rounds 8 and 9.
* ↑ Played between rounds 13 and 14.
* ↑ Played between rounds 34 and 35.
* ↑ Played between rounds 35 and 36.

##### Note

In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

#### Matches
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie C | Serie C | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pelagotti | 40 | -41 | 36 | -40 | 4 | -1 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Mattia Fallani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Marco Matranga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22/25/30 | GK | ITA | Giorgio Faraone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ALB | Masimiliano Doda | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Niccolò Corrado | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Andrea Accardi | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Roberto Crivello | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Lancini | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Ivan Marconi | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Manuel Peretti | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Michele Somma | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Christian Cangemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GAM | Bubacarr Marong | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Alberto Almici | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Andrea Palazzi | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Malaury Martin | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Florio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Francesco De Rose | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Moses Odjer | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Jérémie Broh | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Gregorio Luperini | 33 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Roberto Floriano | 32 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Andrea Saraniti | 31 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Andrea Silipo | 25 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Mario Santana | 24 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Nicola Valente | 35 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Lucca | 27 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Kanouté | 35 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Nicola Rauti | 34 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie C | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Lorenzo Lucca | 13 | | 13 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Roberto Floriano | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 27 | MF | | Gregorio Luperini | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | | Nicola Valente | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Andrea Saraniti | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 23 | FW | | Nicola Rauti | 4 | | 4 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | | Mario Santana | 2 | | 2 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | | Alberto Almici | 1 | | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | | Mamadou Kanouté | 1 | | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Edoardo Lancini | 1 | | 1 |
| 8 | 15 | DF | | Ivan Marconi | 1 | | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | FW | | Andrea Silipo | 1 | | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | DF | | Michele Somma | 1 | | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 44 | 5 | 49 |
* ↑ Catanzaro 1–1 Palermo.

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie C | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Alberto Pelagotti | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 3 | 14 |
* ↑ Rounds: 2–3, 13, 15–16, 18, 21, 28, 30, 33, 35.
* ↑ First preliminary round, Second preliminary round, First leg of first national round.

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie C | Serie C | Serie C | Play-offs | Play-offs | Play-offs | Total | Total | Total |
| 15 | DF | | Ivan Marconi | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | | Alberto Almici | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Moses Odjer | 12 | | 1 | | | | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Andrea Saraniti | 8 | | 1 | 1 | | | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Lorenzo Lucca | 6 | | 1 | | | | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Roberto Crivello | 3 | | 1 | | | | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Jérémie Broh | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Gregorio Luperini | 8 | | | 2 | | | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Nicola Rauti | 8 | | | | | | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Andrea Accardi | 7 | | | | | | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Francesco De Rose | 6 | | | 1 | | | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Andrea Palazzi | 5 | | | | | | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Edoardo Lancini | 4 | | | | | | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | | Alberto Pelagotti | 4 | | | | | | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Mario Santana | 4 | | | | | | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Malaury Martin | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Michele Somma | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Nicola Valente | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Masimiliano Doda | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Roberto Floriano | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Mamadou Kanouté | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Manuel Peretti | 2 | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Niccolò Corrado | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Mattia Fallani | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Andrea Silipo | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 104 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 3 | 6 |