# 2020–21 AS Roma season

The 2020–21 season was the 94th season in the existence of AS Roma and the 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Roma participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and also participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 7 August 2020 to 30 June 2021. This season was the last under head coach Paulo Fonseca, who was replaced by José Mourinho next season.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 June 2021. Appearances and goals include all competitions.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Simone Farelli | GK | (1983-02-19)19 February 1983 (aged 38) | Pescara | 2020 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Pau López | GK | (1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 26) | Real Betis | 2019 | 2024 | 76 | 0 |
| 83 | Antonio Mirante | GK | (1983-07-08)8 July 1983 (aged 37) | Bologna | 2018 | 2021 | 35 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Rick Karsdorp | RB / RM | (1995-02-11)11 February 1995 (aged 26) | Feyenoord | 2017 | 2022 | 60 | 1 |
| 5 | Juan Jesus | CB / LB | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 30) | Internazionale | 2016 | 2022 | 102 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Smalling | CB | (1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 31) | Manchester United | 2019 | 2024 | 59 | 3 |
| 18 | Davide Santon | LB / RB | (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 30) | Internazionale | 2018 | 2022 | 53 | 0 |
| 19 | Bryan Reynolds | RB | (2001-06-28)28 June 2001 (aged 20) | FC Dallas | 2021 | 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Federico Fazio | CB | (1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 34) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2016 | 2021 | 169 | 14 |
| 23 | Gianluca Mancini | CB | (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 25) | Atalanta | 2019 | 2024 | 82 | 6 |
| 24 | Marash Kumbulla | CB | (2000-02-08)8 February 2000 (aged 21) | Hellas Verona | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 2 |
| 33 | Bruno Peres | RB / LB | (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 31) | Torino | 2017 | 2021 | 132 | 6 |
| 37 | Leonardo Spinazzola | LB / LWB | (1993-03-25)25 March 1993 (aged 28) | Juventus | 2019 | 2023 | 71 | 4 |
| 41 | Roger Ibañez | CB / LB | (1998-11-23)23 November 1998 (aged 22) | Atalanta | 2020 | 2021 | 50 | 2 |
| 61 | Riccardo Calafiori | CB / LB | (2002-05-19)19 May 2002 (aged 19) | Roma Primavera | 2020 | 2023 | 9 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Bryan Cristante | DM / CM | (1995-03-03)3 March 1995 (aged 26) | Atalanta | 2018 | 2023 | 125 | 7 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Pellegrini (vc) | AM / CM | (1996-06-19)19 June 1996 (aged 25) | Sassuolo | 2017 | 2022 | 151 | 20 |
| 14 | Gonzalo Villar | CM | (1998-03-23)23 March 1998 (aged 23) | Elche | 2020 | 2024 | 58 | 0 |
| 21 | Jordan Veretout | CM / AM | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 28) | Fiorentina | 2019 | 2023 | 81 | 18 |
| 22 | Nicolò Zaniolo | AM | (1999-07-02)2 July 1999 (aged 21) | Internazionale | 2018 | 2024 | 69 | 14 |
| 27 | Javier Pastore | AM / LW | (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 32) | Paris Saint-Germain | 2018 | 2023 | 37 | 4 |
| 42 | Amadou Diawara | DM | (1997-07-17)17 July 1997 (aged 23) | Napoli | 2019 | 2024 | 58 | 1 |
| 77 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | AM / LW | (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 32) | Arsenal | 2019 | 2022 | 73 | 24 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Edin Džeko (c) | CF | (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 35) | Manchester City | 2015 | 2021 | 260 | 119 |
| 11 | Pedro | RW | (1987-07-28)28 July 1987 (aged 33) | Chelsea | 2020 | 2021 | 40 | 6 |
| 21 | Borja Mayoral | CF | (1997-04-05)5 April 1997 (aged 24) | Real Madrid | 2020 | 2022 | 45 | 17 |
| 31 | Carles Pérez | RW / LW | (1998-02-16)16 February 1998 (aged 23) | Barcelona | 2020 | 2020 | 47 | 5 |
| 92 | Stephan El Shaarawy | LW | (1992-10-27)27 October 1992 (aged 28) | Shanghai Shenhua | 2021 | 2024 | 153 | 42 |

### Primavera squad

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 |
| 54 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Ciervo |
| 55 | MF | GAM | Ebrima Darboe |
| 59 | MF | POL | Nicola Zalewski |
| 62 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Milanese |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 63 | GK | ITA | Pietro Boer |
| 65 | MF | ITA | Filippo Tripi |
| 67 | FW | CIV | Mory Bamba |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | SWE | Robin Olsen (at Everton until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Florenzi (at Paris Saint-Germain until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Devid Bouah (at Cosenza until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | TUR | Mert Çetin (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessio Riccardi (at Pescara until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CRO | Ante Ćorić (at Olimpija Ljubljana until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi (at Rennes until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | TUR | Cengiz Ünder (at Leicester City until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | NED | Justin Kluivert (at RB Leipzig until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Mirko Antonucci (at Salernitana until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 77 | MF | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Arsenal | Free | 7 August 2020 |
| 23 | DF | Gianluca Mancini | Atalanta | €13M | 7 August 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Jordan Veretout | Fiorentina | €16M | 7 August 2020 |
| 31 | FW | Carles Pérez | Barcelona | €11M | 7 August 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Pedro | Chelsea | Free | 25 August 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Chris Smalling | Manchester United | €15M | 5 October 2020 |
| 92 | FW | Stephan El Shaarawy | Shanghai Shenhua | Free | 30 January 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 19 | FW | Nikola Kalinić | Atlético Madrid | Loan return | 7 August 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Davide Zappacosta | Chelsea | Loan return | 7 August 2020 |
| – | FW | Grégoire Defrel | Sassuolo | €9M | 7 August 2020 |
| 11 | DF | Aleksandar Kolarov | Internazionale | €1.5M | 8 September 2020 |
| – | FW | Patrik Schick | Bayer Leverkusen | €26.5M | 8 September 2020 |
| 8 | FW | Diego Perotti | Fenerbahçe | Free | 5 October 2020 |

#### Loans in

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 24 | DF | Marash Kumbulla | Hellas Verona | Loan | 17 September 2020 |
| 21 | FW | Borja Mayoral | Real Madrid | Loan | 2 October 2020 |
| 19 | DF | Bryan Reynolds | FC Dallas | Loan | 1 February 2021 |

#### Loans out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| – | MF | Steven Nzonzi | Rennes | Loan | 7 August 2020 |
| 15 | DF | Mert Çetin | Hellas Verona | Loan | 24 August 2020 |
| – | DF | Alessandro Florenzi | Paris Saint-Germain | Loan | 11 September 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Cengiz Ünder | Leicester City | Loan | 20 September 2020 |
| 99 | FW | Justin Kluivert | RB Leipzig | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Robin Olsen | Everton | Loan | 5 October 2020 |

## 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 | 19 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 047.37 |
| Coppa Italia | 19 January 2021 | 19 January 2021 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 6 May 2021 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 99 | 78 | +21 | 052.83 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway
Note: Serie A match against Hellas Verona originally ended in a 0–0 draw; Coppa Italia match against Spezia originally ended in a 2–4 loss.

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 77 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 68 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 62 | 0Qualification for Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 62 | |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 | |
* 1 2 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 | 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 | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 5 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final draw.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 12 | GK | ITA | Simone Farelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Pau López | 34 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | GK | ITA | Pietro Boer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | GK | ITA | Antonio Mirante | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 87 | GK | BRA | Daniel Fuzato | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Rick Karsdorp | 45 | 1 | 28+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roger Ibañez | 40 | 2 | 28+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Juan Jesus | 11 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Chris Smalling | 21 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Davide Santon | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | USA | Bryan Reynolds | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Federico Fazio | 11 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Mancini | 41 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Marash Kumbulla | 28 | 2 | 14+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Bruno Peres | 44 | 2 | 14+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9+4 | 1 |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Spinazzola | 39 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Calafiori | 8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 65 | DF | ITA | Filippo Tripi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Bryan Cristante | 48 | 1 | 22+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 47 | 11 | 30+4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6+6 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gonzalo Villar | 47 | 0 | 21+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout | 38 | 11 | 25+4 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Zaniolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ARG | Javier Pastore | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara | 28 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | ITA | Edoardo Bove | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | GAM | Ebrima Darboe | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | POL | Nicola Zalewski | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 62 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Milanese | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | ARM | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 46 | 15 | 30+4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BIH | Edin Džeko | 38 | 13 | 20+7 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+4 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Pedro | 40 | 5 | 20+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Borja Mayoral | 43 | 17 | 18+13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7+4 | 7 |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Carles Pérez | 31 | 3 | 6+15 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 67 | FW | CIV | Mory Bamba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | ITA | Stephan El Shaarawy | 14 | 2 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SWE | Robin Olsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARG | Diego Perotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | ITA | Mirko Antonucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | NED | Justin Kluivert | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 April 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 9 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 21 | FW | Borja Mayoral | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | 77 | MF | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Edin Džeko | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | Jordan Veretout | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | Pedro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 23 | DF | Gianluca Mancini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 31 | FW | Carles Pérez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 24 | DF | Marash Kumbulla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 37 | DF | Leonardo Spinazzola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 33 | DF | Bruno Peres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Roger Ibañez | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | MF | Bryan Cristante | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 92 | FW | Stephan El Shaarawy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 2 | DF | Rick Karsdorp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 20 | DF | Federico Fazio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 42 | MF | Amadou Diawara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 61 | DF | Riccardo Calafiori | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 62 | MF | Tommaso Milanese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 59 | MF | Nicola Zalewski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 68 | 2 | 31 | 101 |