# 2020–21 Spezia Calcio season

The 2020–21 Spezia Calcio season was the club's 115th season in existence and the club's first season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Spezia 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 29 January 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 | NED | Jeroen Zoet |
| 3 | DF | URU | Juan Ramos |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Acampora |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Marchizza (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Jacopo Sala |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Matteo Ricci |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Andrey Galabinov |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Lucien Agoumé (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Titas Krapikas |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Elio Capradossi |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Federico Mattiello (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | M'Bala Nzola |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Claudio Terzi (captain) |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Simone Bastoni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Salva Ferrer |
| 22 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Nahuel Estévez (on loan from Estudiantes) |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Giulio Maggiore (vice-captain) |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Pobega (on loan from Milan) |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Martin Erlić |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Daniele Verde (on loan from AEK Athens) |
| 34 | DF | ALB | Ardian Ismajli |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 69 | DF | ITA | Luca Vignali |
| 77 | GK | BRA | Rafael |
| 80 | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo (on loan from Genoa) |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Léo Sena (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 94 | GK | ITA | Ivan Provedel |

### 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 | Marco Angeletti (at Pontedera until 30 June 2021) |
| — | GK | CAN | Axel Desjardins (at Novara until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Cristian Cerretti (at Imolese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Colombini (at Novara until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | NGA | Theophilus Awua (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Matteo Figoli (at Pergolettese until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessandro Bordin (at Casertana until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | NGA | Adamo Haruna (at Grosseto until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ISL | Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen (at Odense until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gregorio Morachioli (at Imolese until 30 June 2021) |

## 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 | 27 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 023.68 |
| Coppa Italia | 28 October 2020 | 28 January 2021 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 63 | 78 | −15 | 028.57 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway
Note: Coppa Italia match against Roma originally ended in a 4–2 win.

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 37 |
| 17 | Torino | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 37 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 |

#### 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 | NED | Jeroen Zoet | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | LTU | Titas Krapikas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | BRA | Rafael | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | GK | ITA | Ivan Provedel | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | URU | Juan Ramos | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Marchizza | 25 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Jacopo Sala | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Elio Capradossi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Federico Mattiello | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Claudio Terzi | 27 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Simone Bastoni | 23 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Salva Ferrer | 19 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Jeff Chabot | 27 | 1 | 19+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Martin Erlić | 28 | 3 | 19+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ALB | Ardian Ismajli | 21 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco | 11 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 69 | DF | ITA | Luca Vignali | 25 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Acampora | 17 | 1 | 2+12 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Matteo Ricci | 32 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Lucien Agoumé | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Saponara | 10 | 4 | 5+4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Nahuel Estévez | 29 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Giulio Maggiore | 35 | 5 | 26+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Tommaso Pobega | 20 | 6 | 17+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo | 33 | 1 | 14+15 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Léo Sena | 19 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BUL | Andrey Galabinov | 14 | 4 | 4+8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Gyasi | 39 | 5 | 32+5 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias | 32 | 5 | 17+12 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ANG | M'Bala Nzola | 25 | 11 | 21+4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Daniele Verde | 24 | 8 | 12+9 | 6 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli | 23 | 6 | 8+12 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Luca Mora | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Paolo Bartolomei | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola | 15 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 19 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | M'Bala Nzola | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Andrey Galabinov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | | Diego Farias | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 31 | FW | | Daniele Verde | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Emmanuel Gyasi | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Giulio Maggiore | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | | Tommaso Pobega | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 91 | FW | | Roberto Piccoli | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 23 | MF | | Riccardo Saponara | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | MF | | Gennaro Acampora | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | DF | | Claudio Terzi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | DF | | Simone Bastoni | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | DF | | Jeff Chabot | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 28 | DF | | Martin Erlić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 80 | MF | | Kevin Agudelo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 30 | 12 | 42 |