# 2020–21 FC Crotone season

The 2020–21 F.C. Crotone season was the 111th season in the club's history. After two seasons in Serie B, Crotone returned to the top division of Italian football. In addition to Serie A, Crotone participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 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 | Alex Cordaz (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cuomo |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Vladimir Golemić |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán (on loan from Ajax) |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Adam Ounas (on loan from Napoli) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini |
| 10 | MF | LBY | Ahmad Benali |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Denis Drăguș (on loan from Standard Liège) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto (on loan from Napoli) |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Marco Festa |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Molina |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Luis Rojas |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Niccolò Zanellato |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Gian Marco Crespi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Antonio Mazzotta |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Simy |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Koffi Djidji (on loan from Torino) |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Junior Messias |
| 32 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira (on loan from Benfica) |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Andrea Rispoli |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Luca Marrone |
| 44 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Petriccione |
| 54 | FW | ITA | Samuel Di Carmine (on loan from Verona) |
| 69 | DF | POL | Arkadiusz Reca (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Miloš Vulić |
| 95 | MF | BRA | Eduardo (on loan from Sporting) |
| 97 | FW | MTQ | Emmanuel Rivière |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | VEN | Aristóteles Romero |

### 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 | Aniello Viscovo (at Fano) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jean Lambert Evans (at Livorno) |
| — | MF | ITA | Pasquale Giannotti (at Virtus Francavilla) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jeremy Petris (at Pro Vercelli) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Rodio (at Fano) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Crociata (at Empoli) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Borello (at Cesena) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giovanni Bruzzaniti (at Pro Vercelli) |
| — | FW | SLE | Augustus Kargbo (at Reggiana) |
| — | FW | SMR | Nicola Nanni (at Cesena) |
| — | FW | ENG | Zak Ruggiero (at Pro Sesto) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 19 August 2020, Crotone announced a squad of 19 players who would take part in training in Trepidò.

## 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 | 19th | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 45 | 92 | −47 | 015.79 |
| Coppa Italia | 28 October 2020 | 28 October 2020 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 46 | 93 | −47 | 015.38 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 19 | Crotone (R) | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 45 | 92 | −47 | 23 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Parma (R) | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 83 | −44 | 20 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### 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 | Alex Cordaz | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Marco Festa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Gian Marco Crespi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cuomo | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Vladimir Golemić | 31 | 2 | 26+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán | 28 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Sebastiano Luperto | 23 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Koffi Djidji | 20 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | POR | Pedro Pereira | 36 | 0 | 29+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Andrea Rispoli | 20 | 0 | 5+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Luca Marrone | 22 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | DF | POL | Arkadiusz Reca | 31 | 2 | 28+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Cigarini | 15 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | LBY | Ahmad Benali | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Molina | 30 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Luis Rojas | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Niccolò Zanellato | 27 | 1 | 18+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Antonio Mazzotta | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Junior Messias | 37 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Petriccione | 21 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Miloš Vulić | 26 | 1 | 13+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | BRA | Eduardo | 19 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ALG | Adam Ounas | 15 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Denis Drăguș | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Simy | 39 | 20 | 31+7 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | ITA | Samuel Di Carmine | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | MTQ | Emmanuel Rivière | 21 | 1 | 7+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Crociata | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Luca Siligardi | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 25 | FW | | Simy | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | 30 | MF | | Junior Messias | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Adam Ounas | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Vladimir Golemić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 69 | DF | | Arkadiusz Reca | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Luca Cigarini | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 17 | MF | | Salvatore Molina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 21 | MF | | Niccolò Zanellato | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 77 | MF | | Miloš Vulić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 95 | MF | | Eduardo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 97 | FW | | Emmanuel Rivière | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 45 | 1 | 46 |