# 2020–21 Juventus FC Under-23 season

The 2020–21 season was the 3rd season in the existence of Juventus U23 and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the Serie C, the third level of Italian football. Juventus U23 finished 10th in the regular season, and qualified for the first round of the promotion play-offs. They were eliminated in the second round against Pro Vercelli.

## Serie C

Juventus U23's season started on 28 September 2020, with a 2–1 victory over Pro Sesto, where Raffaele Alcibiade was sent-off in 89th minute. On 3 October, they won again with the 2–1 result over Giana Erminio. Juventus U23's first draw came on 21 October, 1–1 against AlbinoLeffe through two penalty kicks. Their first defeat was on 21 October with a 1–0 result against Pro Vercelli. Then, they won 1–0 over Lucchese, where Félix Correia given a red card in the 93rd minute, and lost 2–1 against Como. Juventus U23 started the mouth of November with three 1–1 draws: against Lecco, Livorno and a 10–men Novara. Then, they made a 3–2 victory over Pistoiese, where Elia Petrelli made a hat-trick, a 2–0 win against Grosseto and a 2–1 defeat against Olbia. Junvetus U23 started December with two 3–1 victories in a row against Pergolettese and Pro Patria but they made in the same month, three consecutive defeats: 1–0 against Alessandria and 2–1 against Pontedera and Renate, where Filippo Delli Carri was sent-off.

### Matches

    Results list Juventus U23's goal tally first.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 28 September 2020 | Pro Sesto | Home | 2–1 | Di Pardo 54', Correia 67' |
| 3 October 2020 | Giana Erminio | Away | 2–1 | Marqués 38', Ranocchia 64' |
| 17 October 2020 | AlbinoLeffe | Home | 1–1 | Del Sole 75' (pen.) |
| 21 October 2020 | Pro Vercelli | Away | 0–1 | |
| 25 October 2020 | Lucchese | Away | 1–0 | Solcia 45' (o.g.) |
| 28 October 2020 | Como | Home | 1–2 | Marqués 77' |
| 1 November 2020 | Lecco | Home | 1–1 | Fagioli 18' |
| 4 November 2020 | Livorno | Away | 1–1 | Petrelli 79' |
| 8 November 2020 | Novara | Away | 1–1 | Lanini 36' |
| 22 November 2020 | Pistoiese | Home | 3–2 | Petrelli (3) 10', 24', 27' |
| 25 November 2020 | Grosseto | Home | 2–0 | Vrioni 47', Rafia 53' |
| 29 November 2020 | Olbia | Away | 1–2 | Rafia 65' |
| 2 December 2020 | Pergolettese | Away | 3–1 | Petrelli 30', Correia 74', Del Sole 84' |
| 6 December 2020 | Pro Patria | Home | 3–1 | Ranocchia 8', Correia 37', Greco 52' (o.g.) |
| 13 December 2020 | Alessandria | Home | 0–1 | |
| 20 December 2020 | Pontedera | Away | 1–2 | Brighenti 67' (pen.) |
| 23 December 2020 | Renate | Home | 1–2 | Correia 65' |
| 9 January 2021 | Carrarese | Away | 1–0 | Correia 83' |
| 17 January 2021 | Piacenza | Home | 1–1 | Mosti 63' |
| 24 January 2021 | Pro Sesto | Away | 1–1 | Cerri 87' |
| 31 January 2021 | Giana Erminio | Home | 3–2 | Alcibiade 37', Brighenti (2) 48' 63' (pen.) |
| 3 February 2021 | Como | Away | 0–3 | |
| 7 February 2021 | Livorno | Home | 6–0 | Brighenti (2) 26', 29', Marqués 30', Correia 47', Compagnon 64', Pecorino 70' |
| 13 February 2021 | AlbinoLeffe | Away | 3–0 | Correia 9', Drăgușin 32', Ranocchia 52' |
| 16 February 2021 | Pro Vercelli | Home | 0–2 | |
| 21 February 2021 | Lucchese | Home | 1–1 | Marqués 64' |
| 28 February 2021 | Como | Away | 4–0 | |
| 3 March 2021 | Novara | Home | 2–1 | Brighenti 24', Aké 90+3' |
| 7 March 2021 | Grosseto | Away | 1–0 | Da Graca 85' |
| 25 March 2021 | Pergolettese | Home | 2–4 | Brighenti 15', Alcibiade 90'+3' |
| 29 March 2021 | Pro Patria | Away | 0–1 | |
| 3 April 2021 | Alessandria | Away | 0–2 | |
| 7 April 2021 | Pistoiese | Away | 1–1 | Marqués 68' |
| 11 April 2021 | Pontedera | Home | 1–1 | Marqués 16' |
| 18 April 2021 | Renate | Away | 1–2 | Aké 17' |
| 22 April 2021 | Olbia | Home | 1–1 | Compagnon 81' |
| 25 April 2021 | Carrarese | Home | 1–0 | Vrioni 90'+2' (pen.) |
| 2 May 2021 | Piacenza | Away | 2–3 | Troiano 9', Fagioli 21' (pen.) |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Pontedera | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 55 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 9 | Grosseto | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 54 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 10 | Juventus U23 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 52 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 11 | Novara (D, R) | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 49 | Excluded and relegated to Serie D |
| 12 | Piacenza | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 49 | |
* 1 2 Novara finished ahead of Piacenza on head-to-head points: Piacenza 3–3 Novara, Novara 2–0 Piacenza.

## Serie C play-off
### Overview

Since Juventus U23 finished tenth in the regular season, they qualified for the first round of the promotion play-offs. On 9 May 2021, Juventus U23 won 3–1 at away the first round against Pro Patria, with goals from Filippo Ranocchia, Andrea Brighenti, Félix Correia. Juventus U23 were due to play the second round three days later, but due to the postponement of another first round match due to players testing positive for COVID-19, it was decided to postpone to 19 May all second round matches. Juventus lost 1–0 the second round against Pro Vercelli due to a goal on a diagonal shot by Rocco Costantino.

### Play-offs

    Results list Juventus U23's goal tally first.
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers |
| 9 May 2021 | First round | Pro Patria | Away | 3–1 | Ranocchia 34', Brighenti 55', Correia 90'+5' |
| 19 May 2021 | Second round | Pro Vercelli | Away | 0–1 | |

## Player details

    As of 19 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie C | Serie C | Serie C play-offs | Serie C play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Timothy Nocchi | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Lucas Rosa | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Coccolo | 18 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Michele Troiano | 20 | 1 | 5+14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Radu Drăgușin | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Daouda Peeters | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Dabo | 18 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Elia Petrelli | 15 | 5 | 5+10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Filippo Ranocchia | 30 | 4 | 25+3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Alejandro Marqués | 26 | 7 | 21+4 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Fagioli | 20 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Andrea Brighenti | 30 | 8 | 23+5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | URU | Franco Israel | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Raffaele Alcibiade (c) | 27 | 2 | 22+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Mattia Compagnon | 12 | 2 | 1+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Capellini | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Matteo Anzolin | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POR | Félix Correia | 30 | 8 | 26+2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Di Pardo | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | TUN | Hamza Rafia | 24 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Leone | 24 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ALB | Giacomo Vrioni | 8 | 2 | 2+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Matteo Bucosse | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Marley Aké | 17 | 2 | 12+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Davide De Marino | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Paolo Gozzi | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Tommaso Barbieri | 15 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Ferdinando Del Sole | 14 | 2 | 4+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Enzo Barrenechea | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Nicola Mosti | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Emanuele Pecorino | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Giovanni Garofani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Nikola Sekulov | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Franco Tongya | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Filippo Delli Carri | 24 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Wesley | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Fabio Miretti | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | SUI | Daniel Leo | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ITA | Marco Da Graca | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Riccio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | ITA | Marco Raina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Cerri | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | HUN | Zsombor Senkó | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Verduci | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |