# 2019–20 SPAL season

The 2019–20 season was SPAL's third season in the top-flight of Italian football since 1968. After being promoted as champions of Serie B in the 2016–17 season, SPAL finished just above the relegation places in 17th during the 2017–18 season, and in 13th place during the 2018–19 Serie A season.
The season was coach Leonardo Semplici's sixth in charge of the club, after taking over in December 2014. On 10 June 2019 Semplici and his staff extended their contracts with the club to June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 5 October 2019
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 22 | Demba Thiam | GK | (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Karlo Letica | GK | (1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 27) | Club Brugge | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 99 | Etrit Berisha | GK | (1989-03-10) 10 March 1989 (age 35) | Atalanta | 2019 | 2020 | 7 | 0 | Loan |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | Igor | CB | (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) | Red Bull Salzburg | 2019 | 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Thiago Cionek | CB | (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 38) | Palermo | 2018 | 2020 | 51 | 1 | |
| 13 | Arkadiusz Reca | LB | (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29) | Atalanta | 2019 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | Loan |
| 23 | Francesco Vicari | CB | (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 30) | Novara | 2016 | 2022 | 103 | 3 | |
| 24 | Lorenzo Dickmann | RB / RWB | (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 28) | Novara | 2018 | 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 26 | Jacopo Sala | RB / CM | (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 32) | Sampdoria | 2019 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | Loan |
| 27 | Felipe | CB | (1984-07-31) 31 July 1984 (age 40) | Udinese | 2017 | 2020 | 65 | 4 | |
| 40 | Nenad Tomović | CB / RB / LB | (1987-08-30) 30 August 1987 (age 37) | Chievo | 2019 | 2020 | 6 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | Mirko Valdifiori | DM | (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 38) | Torino | 2018 | 2020 | 18 | 0 | |
| 7 | Simone Missiroli | CM | (1986-05-23) 23 May 1986 (age 38) | Sassuolo | 2018 | 2021 | 41 | 0 | |
| 8 | Mattia Valoti | CM / AM | (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 31) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2021 | 28 | 2 | |
| 11 | Alessandro Murgia | CM / AM | (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 28) | Lazio | 2019 | 2024 | 20 | 0 | |
| 19 | Jasmin Kurtić | CM | (1989-01-10) 10 January 1989 (age 35) | Atalanta | 2018 | 2022 | 52 | 8 | |
| 21 | Espeto | RM / AM / LM | (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27) | Youth Sector | 2017 | 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 77 | Marco D'Alessandro | RM / LM / RW | (1991-02-17) 17 February 1991 (age 33) | Atalanta | 2019 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | Loan |
| 93 | Mohamed Fares | LM / LWB / LW | (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28) | Hellas Verona | 2018 | 2022 | 35 | 3 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Gabriele Moncini | ST | (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 28) | Cesena | 2018 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | Sergio Floccari | ST | (1981-11-12) 12 November 1981 (age 42) | Bologna | 2017 | 2020 | 64 | 13 | |
| 31 | Federico Di Francesco | LW / RW / AM | (1994-06-14) 14 June 1994 (age 30) | Sassuolo | 2019 | 2020 | 5 | 2 | Loan |
| 37 | Andrea Petagna | ST | (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29) | Atalanta | 2018 | 2023 | 43 | 19 | |
| 43 | Alberto Paloschi | ST | (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 34) | Atalanta | 2017 | 2021 | 61 | 9 | |
| 95 | Marko Janković | LW | (1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 29) | Partizan | 2019 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 6 July 2019 | GK | Etrit Berisha | 25 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | Marco D'Alessandro | 28 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an option to buy |
| 28 August 2019 | DF | Arkadiusz Reca | 24 | Atalanta | Loan | Loan with an option to buy and counter-option |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 12 July 2019 | MF | Manuel Lazzari | 25 | Lazio | €10M | €10M + Alessandro Murgia | |
| 13 July 2019 | DF | Filippo Costa | 24 | Napoli | Undisclosed | | |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | Mattia Vitale | 21 | Frosinone | Loan | Loan with an obligation to buy | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 40 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 39 | |
| 18 | Lecce (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 52 | 85 | −33 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | SPAL (R) | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 77 | −50 | 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: 2 August 2020. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches
### 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 ||||||||||
| 22 | GK | SEN | Demba Thiam | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Karlo Letica | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | ALB | Etrit Berisha | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | POL | Thiago Cionek | 30 | 1 | 23+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | POL | Arkadiusz Reca | 26 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Francesco Vicari | 37 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Jacopo Sala | 16 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SRB | Nenad Tomović | 25 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Kevin Bonifazi | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | POL | Bartosz Salamon | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | BIH | Ervin Zukanović | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | POL | Jakub Iskra | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Fares | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Mirko Valdifiori | 22 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli | 36 | 1 | 31+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Mattia Valoti | 30 | 5 | 18+9 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Murgia | 28 | 1 | 19+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | BFA | Bryan Dabo | 17 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Espeto | 33 | 1 | 24+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Marco D'Alessandro | 16 | 2 | 10+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | HUN | Krisztofer Horváth | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | KOS | Altin Kryeziu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | EST | Georgi Tunjov | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | ITA | Federico Zanchetta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Sergio Floccari | 26 | 2 | 9+15 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco | 21 | 3 | 13+7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ITA | Andrea Petagna | 37 | 12 | 33+3 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | BOL | Jaume Cuéllar | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor | 20 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Gabriele Moncini | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SVN | Jasmin Kurtić | 18 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | ITA | Alberto Paloschi | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 95 | FW | MNE | Marko Janković | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 2 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 31 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 37 | FW | | Andrea Petagna | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Mattia Valoti | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 19 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Last updated: 5 October 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 99 | GK | | Etrit Berisha | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 5 October 2019

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | | Igor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Thiago Cionek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Jacopo Sala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Felipe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | | Nenad Tomović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Simone Missiroli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mattia Valoti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Jasmin Kurtić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Espeto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Federico Di Francesco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Andrea Petagna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | | Marko Janković | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 5 October 2019