# 2020–21 ACF Fiorentina season

The 2020–21 ACF Fiorentina season was the club's 94th season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Fiorentina participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 19 September 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Pietro Terracciano | GK | (1990-03-08) 8 March 1990 (age 34) | Empoli | 2019 | 2021 | 9 | 0 | |
| 33 | Federico Brancolini | GK | (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 69 | Bartłomiej Drągowski | GK | (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27) | Jagiellonia Białystok | 2016 | 2023 | 39 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Cristiano Biraghi | LB | (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 32) | Pescara | 2017 | 2022 | 71 | 2 | |
| 4 | Nikola Milenković | CB / RB | (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26) | Partizan | 2017 | 2022 | 88 | 8 | |
| 17 | Federico Ceccherini | CB | (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 (age 32) | Crotone | 2018 | 2023 | 31 | 0 | |
| 20 | Germán Pezzella | CB | (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33) | Real Betis | 2017 | 2022 | 99 | 6 | |
| 21 | Pol Lirola | RB | (1997-08-13) 13 August 1997 (age 27) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2024 | 36 | 0 | |
| 22 | Martín Cáceres | CB | (1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 (age 37) | Lazio | 2019 | 2021 | 28 | 1 | |
| 23 | Lorenzo Venuti | RB | (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) | Youth Sector | 2019 | 2024 | 17 | 0 | |
| 98 | Igor | CB / LB / LM | (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) | SPAL | 2020 | 2021 | 2 | 0 | Loan |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | Giacomo Bonaventura | CM / AM / LW | (1989-08-22) 22 August 1989 (age 35) | Milan | 2020 | 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | Borja Valero | DM / CM / AM | (1985-01-12) 12 January 1985 (age 39) | Inter Milan | 2020 | 2021 | 167 | 14 | |
| 8 | Alfred Duncan | CM / DM | (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31) | Sassuolo | 2020 | 2024 | 14 | 1 | |
| 10 | Gaetano Castrovilli | CM | (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27) | Bari | 2017 | 2024 | 34 | 4 | |
| 18 | Riccardo Saponara | AM | (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 32) | Empoli | 2018 | 2022 | 30 | 3 | |
| 19 | Sebastián Cristóforo | CM | (1993-08-23) 23 August 1993 (age 31) | Sevilla | 2017 | 2021 | 27 | 0 | |
| 28 | Tòfol Montiel | AM / LW | (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Sector | 2019 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 34 | Sofyan Amrabat | CM / DM | (1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 28) | Verona | 2020 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 78 | Erick Pulgar | DM / CB / CM | (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30) | Bologna | 2019 | 2023 | 37 | 7 | |
| 92 | Valentin Eysseric | AM | (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) | Nice | 2017 | 2022 | 32 | 1 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Franck Ribéry | LW / LM / AM | (1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 (age 41) | Bayern Munich | 2019 | 2021 | 22 | 3 | |
| 9 | Dušan Vlahović | CF | (2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 24) | Partizan | 2018 | 2023 | 41 | 6 | |
| 11 | Christian Kouamé | CF / LW / RW | (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26) | Genoa | 2020 | 2024 | 8 | 1 | |
| 77 | José Callejón | RW | (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 37) | Napoli | 2020 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | Aleksandr Kokorin | CF | (1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 33) | Spartak Moscow | 2021 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 8 | MF | Alfred Duncan | Sassuolo | €15M | 1 September 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Christian Kouamé | Genoa | €10M | 1 September 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Pol Lirola | Sassuolo | €12M | 1 September 2020 |
| 5 | MF | Giacomo Bonaventura | Milan | Free | 10 September 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Borja Valero | Internazionale | Free | 16 September 2020 |
| 77 | FW | José Callejón | Napoli | Free | 5 October 2020 |
| 91 | FW | Aleksandr Kokorin | Spartak Moscow | €5M | 27 February 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | FW | Cyril Théréau | Released | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Amidu Salifu | Petrolul | Free | 22 August 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Jordan Veretout | Roma | €17M | 1 September 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Giovanni Simeone | Cagliari | €16M | 1 September 2020 |
| | MF | Bryan Dabo | Benevento | | 15 September 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Monza | Undisclosed | 28 September 2020 |

### Loans out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | DF | Jacob Rasmussen | Vitesse | | 21 July 2020 |
| | DF | Kevin Diks | AGF | Free | 31 August 2020 |
| | GK | Michele Cerofolini | Reggiana | | 1 September 2020 |
| | DF | Gabriele Ferrarini | Venezia | | 1 September 2020 |
| | FW | Gabriele Gori | Vicenza | | 1 September 2020 |
| 93 | DF | Aleksa Terzić | Empoli | | 1 September 2020 |
| | MF | Marco Marozzi | Ravenna | | 6 September 2020 |
| | MF | Marco Meli | Ravenna | | 6 September 2020 |
| | MF | Mattia Trovato | AlbinoLeffe | | 6 September 2020 |
| 33 | FW | Riccardo Sottil | Cagliari | | 10 September 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Rafik Zekhnini | Lausanne | | 11 September 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Marco Benassi | Hellas Verona | | 12 September 2020 |
| | MF | Erald Lakti | Renate | | 22 September 2020 |
| | GK | Simone Ghidotti | Pergolettese | | 22 September 2020 |
| | DF | Julián Illanes | Hellas Verona | | 23 September 2020 |
| | DF | Luca Ranieri | SPAL | | 25 September 2020 |
| 25 | FW | Federico Chiesa | Juventus | €10M | 5 October 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 023.68 |
| Coppa Italia | 28 October 2020 | 13 January 2021 | Third round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 026.83 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 42 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 41 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 40 |
| 15 | Spezia | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 39 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### 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 | Pietro Terracciano | 7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ITA | Antonio Rosati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Federico Brancolini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | GK | POL | Bartłomiej Drągowski | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Lucas Martínez Quarta | 23 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi | 38 | 1 | 31+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Nikola Milenković | 37 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | URU | Maximiliano Olivera | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Germán Pezzella | 33 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | URU | Martín Cáceres | 31 | 2 | 26+3 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Venuti | 30 | 1 | 21+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Kévin Malcuit | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | BRA | Igor | 24 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ITA | Giacomo Bonaventura | 35 | 3 | 27+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Borja Valero | 21 | 0 | 4+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Gaetano Castrovilli | 37 | 5 | 29+5 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Tòfol Montiel | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Sofyan Amrabat | 33 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | CHI | Erick Pulgar | 33 | 1 | 21+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric | 18 | 2 | 6+10 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Franck Ribéry | 30 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Dušan Vlahović | 40 | 21 | 34+3 | 21 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouamé | 36 | 2 | 9+24 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | ESP | José Callejón | 22 | 1 | 6+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 91 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Kokorin | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Federico Chiesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Christian Dalle Mura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | ITA | Patrick Cutrone | 13 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 8 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Dušan Vlahović | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Gaetano Castrovilli | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | DF | | Nikola Milenković | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Christian Kouamé | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Cristiano Biraghi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | MF | | Giacomo Bonaventura | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | | Franck Ribéry | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 20 | DF | | Germán Pezzella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 22 | DF | | Martín Cáceres | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 23 | DF | | Lorenzo Venuti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Federico Chiesa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 28 | MF | | Tòfol Montiel | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | | José Callejón | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 92 | MF | | Valentin Eysseric | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 25 | 4 | 29 |