# 2020–21 Hellas Verona FC season

The 2020–21 season was the 117th season in existence of Hellas Verona and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Hellas Verona 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 | ITA | Marco Silvestri |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Federico Dimarco (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 4 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Matteo Lovato |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák (on loan from Udinese) |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Darko Lazović |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Eddie Salcedo (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli (on loan from Genoa) |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Nicola Borghetto |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Destiny Udogie |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Ivan Ilić (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Mert Çetin (on loan from Roma) |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 19 | MF | SUI | Kevin Rüegg |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | GER | Koray Günter |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Berardi |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Giangiacomo Magnani (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Ivor Pandur |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Ronaldo Vieira (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 27 | DF | POL | Paweł Dawidowicz |
| 29 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro (on loan from Genoa) |
| 36 | DF | ARG | Bruno Amione |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa |
| 45 | FW | GHA | Philip Yeboah |
| 61 | MF | FRA | Adrien Tameze |
| 90 | FW | GAM | Ebrima Colley (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 92 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna (on loan from Udinese) |

### 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 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Bertini |
| — | DF | ITA | Edoardo Pavan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SEN | Bachir Mané |

### On loan

    As of 10 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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Mattia Chiesa (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Rayyan Baniya (at Mantova until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Salvatore Bocchetti (at Pescara until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ITA | Nicolò Casale (at Empoli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | BRA | Alan Empereur (at Palmeiras until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ALB | Marash Kumbulla (at Roma until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Nunzio Brandi (at Turris until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Danzi (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Lucas Felippe (at Mantova until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | TUN | Karim Laribi (at Reggiana until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa (at Brescia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | SEN | Adama Sane (at Mantova until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POL | Mariusz Stępiński (at Lecce until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | SVK | Ľubomír Tupta (at FC Sion until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ITA | Michele Vano (at Perugia until 30 June 2021, obligation to buy) |
| — | FW | ITA | Samuel Di Carmine (at Crotone until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 028.95 |
| Coppa Italia | 28 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 027.50 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway
Note: Serie A match against Roma originally ended in a 0–0 draw.

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 42 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 41 |

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### 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 | Marco Silvestri | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Nicola Borghetto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Berardi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Ivor Pandur | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Federico Dimarco | 37 | 5 | 29+6 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni | 36 | 4 | 33+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Matteo Lovato | 24 | 0 | 14+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Destiny Udogie | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Mert Çetin | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini | 26 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Koray Günter | 27 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Giangiacomo Magnani | 26 | 0 | 15+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | POL | Paweł Dawidowicz | 32 | 0 | 22+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ARG | Bruno Amione | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso | 22 | 2 | 15+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák | 36 | 7 | 32+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Darko Lazović | 33 | 3 | 27+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Ivan Ilić | 30 | 3 | 19+10 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | SUI | Kevin Rüegg | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni | 37 | 5 | 33+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ITA | Marco Benassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Ronaldo Vieira | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sturaro | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa | 18 | 0 | 4+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | FRA | Adrien Tameze | 35 | 1 | 28+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Eddie Salcedo | 23 | 3 | 7+14 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Andrea Favilli | 11 | 2 | 2+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić | 19 | 2 | 15+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | GHA | Philip Yeboah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | GAM | Ebrima Colley | 25 | 2 | 4+19 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 92 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna | 19 | 2 | 14+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Bertini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Samuel Di Carmine | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SVK | Ľubomír Tupta | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Alan Empereur | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | ITA | Andrea Danzi | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 6 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Antonín Barák | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Mattia Zaccagni | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Andrea Favilli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | MF | | Miguel Veloso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Darko Lazović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 14 | MF | | Ivan Ilić | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 26 | MF | | Ronaldo Vieira | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Eddie Salcedo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 90 | FW | | Ebrima Colley | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 4 | 14 |