# 2020–21 SPAL season

The 2020–21 Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor season was 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
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

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 B | 25 September 2020 | 10 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 036.84 |
| Coppa Italia | 30 September 2020 | 27 January 2021 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 037.21 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Brescia | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 8 | Chievo (R, D, R, R) | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 56 | Bankruptcy |
| 9 | SPAL | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 56 | |
| 10 | Frosinone | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 50 | |
| 11 | Reggina | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 50 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.
* 1 2 Frosinone finished ahead of Reggina on head-to-head points: Frosinone 1–1 Reggina, Reggina 0–4 Frosinone.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | 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 | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 September 2020.

### 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 | ALB | Etrit Berisha | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Cesare Galeotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | SEN | Demba Thiam | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | GK | SEN | Maurice Gomis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Ranieri | 30 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović | 38 | 1 | 30+4 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POL | Bartosz Salamon | 14 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Caleb Okoli | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Francesco Vicari | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Spaltro | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Marco Sala | 32 | 0 | 18+9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Dickmann | 35 | 1 | 21+10 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 89 | DF | POL | Jakub Iskra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Mastrilli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Esposito | 34 | 5 | 26+5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli | 36 | 1 | 20+11 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Mattia Valoti | 31 | 11 | 27+2 | 11 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Murgia | 27 | 1 | 8+15 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | EST | Georgi Tunjov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Federico Zanchetta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Sernicola | 34 | 0 | 21+8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Luca Mora | 17 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Federico Viviani | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Espeto | 31 | 4 | 19+10 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Marco D'Alessandro | 13 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi | 28 | 8 | 20+6 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 26 | 1 | 10+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco | 28 | 4 | 18+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Sebastiano Esposito | 13 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Raúl Asencio | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | SEN | Andrea Petagna | 11 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Luca Moro | 10 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | ITA | Marco Tumminello | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | BOL | Jaume Cuéllar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | MNE | Marko Janković | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola | 13 | 1 | 1+8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ITA | Jacopo Segre | 18 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro | 13 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 May 2021 Source: Competitions