# 2020–21 Atalanta BC season

The 2020–21 season was the 113th season in the existence of Atalanta BC and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Atalanta participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 13 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Boris Radunović |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Rafael Tolói (captain) |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Boško Šutalo |
| 6 | DF | ARG | José Luis Palomino |
| 7 | FW | NED | Sam Lammers |
| 8 | DF | GER | Robin Gosens |
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler (vice-captain) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Caldara (on loan from Milan) |
| 15 | MF | NED | Marten de Roon (3rd captain) |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Cristian Romero (on loan from Juventus) |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ALB | Berat Djimsiti |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Viktor Kovalenko |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Francesco Rossi |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Matteo Pessina |
| 33 | DF | NED | Hans Hateboer |
| 40 | DF | ITA | Matteo Ruggeri |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Miranchuk |
| 72 | FW | SVN | Josip Iličić |
| 88 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Notes |
| 88 | MF | Mario Pašalić | Chelsea | €15M | 22 June 2020 | Option to buy activated |
| 59 | MF | Aleksei Miranchuk | Lokomotiv Moscow | €14.5M | 28 August 2020 | |
| 7 | FW | Sam Lammers | PSV Eindhoven | €9M | 22 September 2020 | |
| 3 | DF | Joakim Mæhle | Genk | €10M | 4 January 2021 | |
| 20 | MF | Viktor Kovalenko | Shakhtar Donetsk | €0.7M | 1 February 2021 | |

#### Loans in

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Notes |
| 17 | DF | Cristian Romero | Juventus | €2M | 5 September 2020 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 21 | DF | Cristiano Piccini | Valencia | | 9 September 2020 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 26 | DF | Johan Mojica | Girona | €0.5M | 22 September 2020 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 27 | DF | Fabio Depaoli | Sampdoria | | 2 October 2020 | Loan with an option to buy |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Notes |
| 21 | DF | Timothy Castagne | Leicester City | €25M | 1 September 2020 | |
| 79 | FW | Amad | Manchester United | €40M | 7 January 2021 | |
| 26 | DF | Johan Mojica | Girona | | 15 January 2021 | Loan terminated early |
| 21 | DF | Cristiano Piccini | Valencia | | 23 January 2021 | Loan terminated early |
| 27 | DF | Fabio Depaoli | Sampdoria | | 26 January 2021 | Loan terminated early |
| 10 | FW | Alejandro Gómez | Sevilla | | 26 January 2021 | |

#### Loans out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Notes |
| 7 | DF | Lennart Czyborra | Genoa | €5.5M | 9 September 2020 | Two-year loan with obligation to buy |
| 20 | MF | Jacopo Da Riva | Vicenza | | 5 October 2020 | |
| 24 | GK | Marco Carnesecchi | Cremonese | | 5 January 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 A | 26 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 47 | +43 | 060.53 |
| Coppa Italia | 14 January 2021 | 19 May 2021 | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 060.00 |
| Champions League | 21 October 2020 | 16 March 2021 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 111 | 65 | +46 | 056.86 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Milan (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 35 | +54 | 91 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 47 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 77 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SRB | Boris Radunović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Ludovico Gelmi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Francesco Rossi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello | 21 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Rafael Tolói | 42 | 2 | 29+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle | 25 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Boško Šutalo | 9 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | José Luis Palomino | 45 | 1 | 25+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Robin Gosens | 43 | 12 | 30+2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mattia Caldara | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Cristian Romero | 41 | 3 | 29+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ALB | Berat Djimsiti | 45 | 1 | 28+5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NED | Hans Hateboer | 29 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ITA | Matteo Ruggeri | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Davide Ghislandi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Scalvini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler | 45 | 2 | 32+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Marten de Roon | 45 | 1 | 33+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 42 | 10 | 22+14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Viktor Kovalenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Matteo Pessina | 39 | 4 | 21+7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | ITA | Simone Panada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ITA | Emmanuel Gyabuaa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Miranchuk | 30 | 7 | 4+21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Cortinovis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić | 32 | 6 | 10+15 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NED | Sam Lammers | 17 | 2 | 1+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 47 | 26 | 16+20 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5+2 | 3 |
| 72 | FW | SVN | Josip Iličić | 37 | 7 | 17+11 | 6 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata | 48 | 19 | 29+8 | 15 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+2 | 3 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Gómez | 16 | 5 | 9+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Da Riva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Piccini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ITA | Marco Carnesecchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COL | Johan Mojica | 13 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | CIV | Amad | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 23 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 22 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| 2 | 91 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 15 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | 8 | DF | | Robin Gosens | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 59 | MF | | Aleksei Miranchuk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 72 | FW | | Josip Iličić | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 88 | MF | | Mario Pašalić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 10 | FW | | Alejandro Gómez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 32 | MF | | Matteo Pessina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | DF | | Cristian Romero | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 | DF | | Rafael Tolói | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | FW | | Sam Lammers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 33 | DF | | Hans Hateboer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 4 | DF | | Boško Šutalo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | DF | | José Luis Palomino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 15 | MF | | Marten de Roon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 19 | DF | | Berat Djimsiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 90 | 10 | 11 | 111 |