# 2019–20 FC Crotone season

The 2019–20 F.C. Crotone season was the club's 111th season in existence and the second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Crotone participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 31 July 2020.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 21 February 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 | ITA | Alex Cordaz (Captain) |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Marcos Curado (on loan from Genoa) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cuomo |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Vladimir Golemić |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Guillaume Gigliotti |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Mattia Mustacchio |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Samuel Armenteros (on loan from Benevento) |
| 10 | MF | LBY | Ahmad Benali |
| 11 | FW | MNE | Marko Janković (on loan from SPAL) |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Figliuzzi |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Bellodi (on loan from Milan) |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Crociata |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Alberto Gerbo (on loan from Ascoli) |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Molina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Barberis |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Gomelt |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Maxi López |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Niccolò Zanellato |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Marco Festa |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Antonio Mazzotta |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Francesco Rodio |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Simy |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Jean Lambert Evans |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Zak Ruggiero |
| 28 | MF | NED | Moreno Rutten |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Federico Panza |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Junior Messias |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Luca Marrone (on loan from Verona) |

### Out on loan

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 | Gian Marco Crespi (at Gozzano) |
| — | GK | ITA | Aniello Viscovo (at Fano) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Di Giorno (at Este) |
| — | MF | CRO | Mateo Itrak (at Gorica) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jeremy Petris (at Bisceglie) |
| — | MF | VEN | Aristóteles Romero (at Partizani) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Borello (at Cesena) |
| — | FW | SRB | Luka Marković (at Torino) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Borello (at Cesena) |
| — | FW | SLE | Augustus Kargbo (at Reggio Audace) |
| — | FW | SMR | Nicola Nanni (at Monopoli) |

## 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 | 24 August 2019 | 31 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 052.63 |
| Coppa Italia | 11 August 2019 | 18 August 2019 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 68 | 46 | +22 | 052.50 |
Last updated: 31 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benevento (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 86 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Crotone (P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 68 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Spezia (O, P) | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 61 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Pordenone | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Cittadella | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* 1 2 Pordenone finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Pordenone 0–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–2 Pordenone.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 July 2020. Source:

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |