# 2019–20 Atalanta BC season

The 2019–20 season was Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio's ninth consecutive season in Serie A, the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and, for the first time ever following their third-place finish the previous season, in the UEFA Champions League.
The season was coach Gian Piero Gasperini's fourth at the club, following the 4th, 7th, and 3rd-place finishes in the 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19 seasons, respectively.
Following an agreement reached with both Milan clubs, Atalanta played their Champions League home matches at San Siro. Atalanta qualified for the champions League round of 16 for the first time in their history, and the first time a club has advanced to the round of 16 after losing its opening three matches. Amid the coronavirus pandemic in Italy, on March 25, the Associated Press dubbed the Champions League match between Atalanta and Spanish club Valencia at the San Siro in Milan on 19 February as "Game Zero". The match was the first leg of the round of 16, and had an attendance of over 40,000 people—about one third of Bergamo's population. By March 24, almost 7,000 people in the province of Bergamo had tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1,000 people had died from the virus, making Bergamo the hardest-hit province in all of Italy during the pandemic.
With Iličić, Muriel, and Zapata all scoring over 15 league goals, they became the first club to have three players strike at least 15 times in Serie A since Juventus achieved the feat 70 years prior in 1951–52. On 21 July 2020, Atalanta reached 95 goals in Serie A, the highest by any side in a single season for more than 60 years. Atalanta would end up finishing the season with 98 goals in Serie A.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 1 March 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 31 | Francesco Rossi | GK | (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33) | Youth Sector | 2009 | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Marco Sportiello | GK | (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 32) | Carpi | 2013 | 2020 | 91 | 0 |
| 95 | Pierluigi Gollini | GK | (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 (age 29) | Aston Villa | 2017 | 2023 | 61 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Rafael Tolói | CB | (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34) | São Paulo | 2015 | 2020 | 149 | 8 |
| 3 | Mattia Caldara | CB | (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30) | Milan | 2020 | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Boško Šutalo | CB / RB / LB | (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25) | Osijek | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | José Luis Palomino | CB | (1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 35) | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2017 | 2020 | 77 | 3 |
| 7 | Lennart Czyborra | LB | (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 25) | Heracles Almelo | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Robin Gosens | LB / LWB / LM | (1994-07-05) 5 July 1994 (age 30) | Heracles Almelo | 2017 | 2020 | 71 | 11 |
| 19 | Berat Djimsiti | CB / RB / LB | (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 32) | Zürich | 2016 | 2019 | 49 | 2 |
| 21 | Timothy Castagne | RB / LB | (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 29) | Genk | 2017 | 2020 | 62 | 5 |
| 22 | Raoul Bellanova | RB | (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24) | Bordeaux | 2020 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Hans Hateboer | RB | (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 31) | Groningen | 2017 | 2022 | 95 | 5 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Adrien Tameze | CM | (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 31) | Nice | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Remo Freuler | CM | (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 32) | Luzern | 2016 | 2023 | 129 | 15 |
| 15 | Marten de Roon | CM | (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33) | Middlesbrough | 2017 | 2022 | 91 | 6 |
| 18 | Ruslan Malinovskyi | CM / AM / RW | (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31) | Genk | 2019 | 2024 | 22 | 3 |
| 72 | Josip Iličić | AM / RW / SS | (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 (age 37) | Fiorentina | 2017 | 2020 | 83 | 38 |
| 88 | Mario Pašalić | CM / DM / AM | (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 30) | Chelsea | 2018 | 2020 | 56 | 10 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Luis Muriel | CF / ST | (1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33) | Sevilla | 2019 | 2023 | 22 | 13 |
| 10 | Alejandro Gómez | LW / SS | (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 37) | Metalist Kharkiv | 2014 | 2022 | 187 | 45 |
| 17 | Roberto Piccoli | CF | (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 24) | Youth Sector | | | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | Amad | RW / LW / AM | (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 22) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 3 | 1 |
| 90 | Ebrima Colley | LW / AM / CM | (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 25) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | Duván Zapata | CF | (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33) | Sampdoria | 2018 | 2023 | 52 | 34 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | Simon Kjær | CB / DM | (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 35) | Sevilla | 2019 | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Andrea Masiello | CB / RB | (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 39) | Bari | 2011 | 2020 | 157 | 8 |
| 7 | Arkadiusz Reca | LB | (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29) | Wisła Płock | 2018 | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Guilherme Arana | LB | (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 27) | Sevilla | 2019 | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | Roger Ibañez | CB | (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 26) | Fluminense | 2019 | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Musa Barrow | CF / LW | (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 26) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2020 | 41 | 4 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Luis Muriel | 28 | Sevilla | €15M | |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Marco Varnier | 21 | Cittadella | €5M | signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 26 | Genk | €13.7M | |
| 9 August 2019 | DF | Martin Škrtel | 34 | Fenerbahçe | Free | |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 28 August 2019 | DF | Guilherme Arana | 22 | Sevilla | Loan | Loan with an option to buy for €8–9M |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Simon Kjær | 30 | Sevilla | Loan | |
| 12 January 2020 | DF | Mattia Caldara | 25 | Milan | Loan | 18-month loan with a €15M option to buy |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Franck Kessié | 22 | Milan | €24M | signed permanently after obligation to buy | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Bryan Cristante | 24 | Roma | €21M | signed permanently after obligation to buy | Archived 2019-08-03 at the Wayback Machine |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Andrea Petagna | 24 | SPAL | €12M | signed permanently after obligation to buy | |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | Martin Škrtel | 34 | İstanbul Başakşehir | Free | Contract terminated by mutual consent | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 28 August 2019 | DF | Arkadiusz Reca | 24 | SPAL | Loan | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option | |

## 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 | 24 August 2019 | 1 August 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 98 | 48 | +50 | 060.53 |
| Coppa Italia | 15 January 2020 | 15 January 2020 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 18 September 2019 | 12 August 2020 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 044.44 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 116 | 68 | +48 | 056.25 |
Source: Competitions

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Internazionale | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 81 | 36 | +45 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 98 | 48 | +50 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Lazio | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Roma | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Lazio 3–3 Atalanta, Atalanta 3–2 Lazio.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | ATA | SHK | DZG |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## 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 ||||||||||||
| 31 | GK | ITA | Franceso Rossi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | ITA | Pierluigi Gollini | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Rafael Tolói | 40 | 2 | 29+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Mattia Caldara | 18 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Boško Šutalo | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | José Luis Palomino | 38 | 2 | 28+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Lennart Czyborra | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Robin Gosens | 43 | 10 | 31+3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ALB | Berat Djimsiti | 41 | 2 | 32+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Timothy Castagne | 33 | 2 | 19+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Raoul Bellanova | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NED | Hans Hateboer | 42 | 2 | 25+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | FRA | Adrien Tameze | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler | 40 | 3 | 28+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Marten de Roon | 45 | 2 | 29+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 44 | 9 | 12+22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1+8 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Da Riva | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | SVN | Josip Iličić | 34 | 21 | 21+5 | 15 | 0+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 5 |
| 88 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić | 45 | 12 | 30+5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 41 | 19 | 10+24 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Gómez | 46 | 8 | 34+2 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | CIV | Amad | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | GAM | Ebrima Colley | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata | 33 | 19 | 25+3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | DEN | Simon Kjær | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | POL | Arkadiusz Reca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Arana | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | BRA | Roger Ibañez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GAM | Musa Barrow | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 12 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 72 | MF | | Josip Iličić | 15 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 91 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | 88 | MF | | Mario Pašalić | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 8 | DF | | Robin Gosens | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Alejandro Gómez | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Rafael Tolói | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | José Luis Palomino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Marten de Roon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Berat Djimsiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 21 | DF | | Timothy Castagne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 33 | DF | | Hans Hateboer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 79 | FW | | Amad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 98 | 1 | 17 | 116 |
Last updated: 12 August 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 95 | GK | | Pierluigi Gollini | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 57 | GK | | Marco Sportiello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Last updated: 1 March 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| 31 | GK | | Francesco Rossi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | | Pierluigi Gollini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Rafael Tolói | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Mattia Caldara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Simon Kjær | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Andrea Masiello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | José Luis Palomino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Lennart Czyborra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Robin Gosens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Berat Djimsiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Timothy Castagne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Hans Hateboer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Marten de Roon | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | | Josip Iličić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | | Mario Pašalić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Alejandro Gómez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Musa Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 1 March 2020