# 2020–21 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2020–21 season was the 101st season in the existence of U.S. Sassuolo Calcio and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sassuolo participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## First-team squad

    As of 20 September 2020
| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth | Signed from | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 47 | Andrea Consigli | GK | (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 37) | Atalanta | 226 | 0 |
| 56 | Gianluca Pegolo | GK | (1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 43) | Siena | 53 | 0 |
| 63 | Stefano Turati | GK | (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Academy | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Marlon | CB | (1995-09-07) 7 September 1995 (age 29) | Barcelona | 41 | 1 |
| 5 | Kaan Ayhan | CB | (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 29) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rogério | LB/LM | (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26) | Juventus | 66 | 2 |
| 12 | Claud Adjapong | RB/RM/LM | (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 26) | Youth Academy | 36 | 2 |
| 13 | Federico Peluso | LB/CB | (1984-01-20) 20 January 1984 (age 40) | Juventus | 181 | 4 |
| 17 | Mert Müldür | RB | (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25) | Rapid Wien | 25 | 2 |
| 19 | Filippo Romagna | CB | (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27) | Cagliari | 18 | 0 |
| 21 | Vlad Chiricheș | CB | (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 34) | Napoli | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | Jeremy Toljan | RB | (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 30) | Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 1 |
| 31 | Gian Marco Ferrari | CB | (1992-05-15) 15 May 1992 (age 32) | Sampdoria | 56 | 4 |
| 77 | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | LB | (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28) | Asteras Tripoli | 26 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 4 | Francesco Magnanelli | DM | (1984-11-12) 12 November 1984 (age 39) | Sangiovannese | 458 | 9 |
| 8 | Maxime Lopez | AM | (1997-12-04) 4 December 1997 (age 26) | Marseille | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Filip Đuričić | AM/LW | (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32) | Sampdoria | 55 | 7 |
| 14 | Pedro Obiang | DM/CM | (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 32) | West Ham | 27 | 1 |
| 23 | Hamed Junior Traorè | AM/CM | (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24) | Empoli | 33 | 5 |
| 36 | Luca Mazzitelli | CM/DM | (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 28) | Roma | 48 | 1 |
| 44 | Andrea Ghion | CM/DM | (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24) | Youth Academy | 3 | 0 |
| 68 | Mehdi Bourabia | CM/DM | (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 33) | Konyaspor | 53 | 3 |
| 73 | Manuel Locatelli | DM/CM | (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26) | Milan | 65 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 7 | Jérémie Boga | LW/SS | (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) | Chelsea | 62 | 14 |
| 9 | Francesco Caputo | CF | (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37) | Empoli | 37 | 21 |
| 11 | Jens Odgaard | CF | (1999-03-31) 31 March 1999 (age 25) | Inter Milan | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Federico Ricci | RW/LW | (1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 30) | Roma | 31 | 2 |
| 18 | Giacomo Raspadori | CF | (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 24) | Youth Academy | 14 | 2 |
| 20 | Giacomo Manzari | LW/CF/RW | (2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 24) | Bari | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Domenico Berardi | RW | (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30) | Juventus | 261 | 88 |
| 27 | Lukáš Haraslín | LW/RW | (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28) | Lechia Gdańsk | 11 | 1 |
| 92 | Grégoire Defrel | CF | (1991-06-17) 17 June 1991 (age 33) | Roma | 90 | 26 |
| 98 | Nicholas Pierini | LW | (1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 (age 26) | Youth Academy | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | Gianluca Scamacca | CF | (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25) | PSV | 3 | 0 |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 August 2020 | DF | 5 | Kaan Ayhan | Fortuna Düsseldorf | €2,500,000 | |
| 17 September 2020 | DF | 19 | Filippo Romagna | Cagliari | Undisclosed | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 17 September 2020 | DF | 33 | Alessandro Tripaldelli | Cagliari | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | DF | — | Giuseppe Aurelio | Cesena | None |
| 1 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | GK | — | Matteo Campani | Paganese | None |
| 1 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | FW | — | Aristidi Kolaj | Pro Patria | None |
| 1 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | DF | — | Luca Ravanelli | Cremonese | None |
| 1 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | GK | — | Alessandro Russo | Virtus Entella | None |
| 1 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | GK | — | Giacomo Satalino | Cesena | None |
| 2 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | DF | 32 | Giangiacomo Magnani | Verona | None |
| 3 September 2020 | 31 December 2021 | FW | — | Khouma Babacar | Alanyaspor | None |
| 3 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | MF | — | Marco Pinato | Cremonese | None |
| 3 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | DF | — | Alessandro Pilati | Imolese | None |
| 16 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | DF | — | Edoardo Goldaniga | Genoa | None |
| 16 September 2020 | 30 June 2021 | MF | — | Davide Frattesi | Monza | None |

## 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 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 044.74 |
| Coppa Italia | 14 January 2021 | 14 January 2021 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 043.59 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 68 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 62 | 0Qualification for Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 62 | |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 | |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.

### Coppa Italia

The draw for the tournament was held on 8 September 2020. Sassuolo entered in the round of 16.

## Squad 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 ||||||||||
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | GK | ITA | Stefano Turati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marlon | 25 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Kaan Ayhan | 20 | 0 | 7+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rogério | 29 | 0 | 21+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Mert Müldür | 29 | 0 | 18+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Filippo Romagna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș | 24 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan | 26 | 0 | 18+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari | 34 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | 24 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CIV | Jérémie Boga | 28 | 4 | 20+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez | 30 | 2 | 22+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić | 33 | 5 | 27+5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | EQG | Pedro Obiang | 34 | 0 | 16+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CIV | Hamed Junior Traorè | 35 | 5 | 20+15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín | 15 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Bourabia | 15 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | ITA | Manuel Locatelli | 34 | 4 | 32+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Francesco Caputo | 25 | 11 | 19+6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori | 28 | 6 | 13+14 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 30 | 17 | 28+2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Isaac Karamoko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Brian Oddei | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel | 28 | 3 | 14+14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 16 | FW | ITA | Federico Ricci | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | URU | Nicolás Schiappacasse | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 23 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Francesco Caputo | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 18 | FW | | Giacomo Raspadori | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Filip Đuričić | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Hamed Traorè | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Jérémie Boga | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 73 | MF | | Manuel Locatelli | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 92 | FW | | Grégoire Defrel | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Maxime Lopez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 21 | DF | | Vlad Chiricheș | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 68 | MF | | Mehdi Bourabia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | DF | | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 0 | 64 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 20 September 2020
| No. | Pos. | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total |
| 21 | DF | Vlad Chiricheș | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |