# 2020–21 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2020–21 season was the 101st season in the existence of Cagliari Calcio and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cagliari participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 2 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 9 February 2021.
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 | ITA | Simone Aresti |
| 2 | DF | URU | Diego Godín |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tripaldelli |
| 4 | MF | BEL | Radja Nainggolan (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Marko Rog |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin (on loan from Ajax) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Pedro (captain) |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola |
| 15 | DF | EST | Ragnar Klavan |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Arturo Calabresi (on loan from Bologna) |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Mattéo Tramoni |
| 18 | MF | URU | Nahitan Nández |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Kwadwo Asamoah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | URU | Gastón Pereiro |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalampos Lykogiannis |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Daniele Rugani (on loan from Juventus) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Zappa (on loan from Pescara) |
| 26 | FW | ANG | Zito Luvumbo |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Guglielmo Vicario |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Sottil (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 40 | DF | POL | Sebastian Walukiewicz |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Andrea Carboni |

### Out on loan

    As of 10 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Faragò (at Bologna until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Simone Pinna (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Federico Marigosu (at Olbia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić (at Al-Ain FC until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | URU | Christian Oliva (at Valencia until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BUL | Kiril Despodov (at Ludogorets until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Riccardo Ladinetti (at Olbia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | BRA | Diego Farias (at Spezia until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | COL | Damir Ceter (at Pescara until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca Gagliano (at Olbia until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| GK | Simone Aresti | 34 | Olbia | Free |
| GK | Guglielmo Vicario | 23 | Perugia | Loan return |
| DF | Diego Godín | 34 | Internazionale | Free |
| DF | Alessandro Tripaldelli | 22 | Sassuolo | €3M |
| MF | Mattéo Tramoni | 20 | AC Ajaccio | €1.5M |
| MF | Marko Rog | 25 | Napoli | €13M |
| MF | Alessandro Deiola | 25 | Spezia | Loan return |
| MF | Kwadwo Asamoah | 32 | | Free |
| FW | Alberto Cerri | 24 | SPAL | Loan return |
| FW | Zito Luvumbo | 18 | Primeiro de Agosto | Undisclosed |

#### Loans in

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| DF | Gabriele Zappa | 20 | Pescara | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| DF | Arturo Calabresi | 24 | Bologna | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| DF | Daniele Rugani | 26 | Juventus | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| MF | Răzvan Marin | 24 | Ajax | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| MF | Alfred Duncan | 27 | Fiorentina | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| MF | Radja Nainggolan | 32 | Internazionale | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| FW | Riccardo Sottil | 21 | Fiorentina | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| GK | Robin Olsen | 30 | A.S. Roma | Loan return |
| GK | Rafael | 38 | Spezia | Free |
| DF | Fabrizio Cacciatore | 33 | Released | Free |
| DF | Federico Mattiello | 25 | Atalanta | Loan return |
| DF | Luca Pellegrini | 21 | Juventus | Loan return |
| DF | Filippo Romagna | 23 | Sassuolo | €4M |
| DF | Fabio Pisacane | 35 | Lecce | €0.8M |
| MF | Luca Cigarini | 34 | Crotone | Free |
| MF | Artur Ioniță | 30 | Benevento | €1M |
| MF | Nicolò Barella | 23 | Internazionale | €25M |
| MF | Marko Pajač | 27 | Brescia | €0.5M |
| FW | Alberto Paloschi | 30 | SPAL | Loan return |
| FW | Daniele Ragatzu | 29 | Olbia | Free |
| FW | Adam Ounas | 24 | Napoli | Loan return |

### Loans out

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| DF | Paolo Faragò | 27 | Bologna | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| DF | Simone Pinna | 23 | Ascoli | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| MF | Riccardo Ladinetti | 19 | Olbia | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| MF | Filip Bradarić | 28 | Al-Ain | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| MF | Federico Marigosu | 19 | Olbia | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| MF | Christian Oliva | 24 | Valencia | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| FW | Damir Ceter | 22 | Pescara | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| FW | Kiril Despodov | 23 | Ludogorets Razgrad | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| FW | Diego Farias | 30 | Spezia | N/A | On loan until June 2021 |
| FW | Luca Gagliano | 20 | Olbia | N/A | On loan until 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 A | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 023.68 |
| Coppa Italia | 28 October 2020 | 14 January 2021 | Third round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 026.83 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 40 | |
| 15 | Spezia | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 39 | |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 37 | |
| 17 | Torino | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 37 | |
| 18 | Benevento (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 75 | −35 | 33 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 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 | 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 | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 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 | ITA | Simone Aresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Guglielmo Vicario | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | URU | Diego Godín | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tripaldelli | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | EST | Ragnar Klavan | 16 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Arturo Calabresi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GHA | Kwadwo Asamoah | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalampos Lykogiannis | 33 | 4 | 29+2 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Daniele Rugani | 16 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Zappa | 36 | 0 | 27+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | POL | Sebastian Walukiewicz | 21 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Andrea Carboni | 17 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | BEL | Radja Nainggolan | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Marko Rog | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin | 39 | 3 | 35+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | João Pedro | 40 | 16 | 37 | 16 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Mattéo Tramoni | 9 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | URU | Nahitan Nández | 34 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | URU | Gastón Pereiro | 16 | 2 | 2+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 20 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone | 33 | 6 | 19+14 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ANG | Zito Luvumbo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri | 26 | 2 | 3+21 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti | 36 | 4 | 17+16 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Sottil | 24 | 4 | 12+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 12 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Caligara | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Simone Pinna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Fabio Pisacane | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | URU | Christian Oliva | 12 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Paolo Faragò | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | BUL | Kiril Despodov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ALG | Adam Ounas | 10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | CRO | Marko Pajač | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 7 November 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Giovanni Simeone | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Joāo Pedro | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | DF | | Diego Godín | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Nahitan Nández | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 22 | DF | | Charalampos Lykogiannis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 24 | MF | | Paolo Faragò | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 33 | MF | | Riccardo Sottil | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 1 | 15 |