# 2019–20 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2019–20 U.S. Sassuolo Calcio season was the club's seventh consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.
Roberto De Zerbi coached the club for the second full season after replacing previous coach Giuseppe Iachini in June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 9 February 2020
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 47 | Andrea Consigli | GK | (1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 37) | Atalanta | 2014 | 2022 | 200 | 0 | 3rd captain |
| 56 | Gianluca Pegolo | GK | (1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 43) | Siena | 2013 | 2020 | 44 | 0 | |
| 63 | Stefano Turati | GK | (2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Sector | 2018 | | 2 | 0 | |
| 64 | Alessandro Russo | GK | (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23) | Genoa | 2019 | | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Marlon | CB | (1995-09-07) 7 September 1995 (age 29) | Barcelona | 2018 | 2023 | 32 | 1 | |
| 6 | Rogério | LB | (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26) | Juventus | 2017 | 2023 | 50 | 1 | |
| 13 | Federico Peluso | LB / CB | (1984-01-20) 20 January 1984 (age 40) | Juventus | 2014 | 2021 | 159 | 5 | |
| 17 | Mert Müldür | RB / CB / LB | (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 25) | Rapid Wien | 2019 | 2024 | 11 | 0 | |
| 19 | Filippo Romagna | CB / DM | (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27) | Cagliari | 2019 | 2020 | 16 | 0 | Loan |
| 21 | Vlad Chiricheș | CB | (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 34) | Napoli | 2019 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | Loan |
| 22 | Jeremy Toljan | RB / LB / RM | (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 30) | Borussia Dortmund | 2019 | 2020 | 21 | 1 | Loan |
| 31 | Gian Marco Ferrari | CB | (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32) | Crotone | 2016 | 2023 | 42 | 4 | |
| 32 | Giangiacomo Magnani | CB | (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29) | Juventus | 2018 | 2023 | 20 | 0 | |
| 33 | Alessandro Tripaldelli | LB / LM | (1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 25) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 77 | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | LB / CM / LM | (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28) | Asteras Tripoli | 2019 | 2020 | 14 | 0 | Loan |
| 96 | Leonardo Fontanesi | CB / RB | (1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 (age 28) | Youth Sector | 2015 | 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | Francesco Magnanelli | DM | (1984-11-12) 12 November 1984 (age 39) | Sangiovannese | 2005 | 2019 | 445 | 8 | Captain |
| 10 | Filip Đuričić | AM | (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32) | Sampdoria | 2018 | 2022 | 39 | 6 | |
| 14 | Pedro Obiang | CM / DM | (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 32) | West Ham United | 2019 | | 20 | 1 | |
| 23 | Hamed Junior Traorè | CM / RW / AM | (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24) | Empoli | 2019 | 2021 | 20 | 3 | Loan |
| 68 | Mehdi Bourabia | CM / AM | (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 33) | Konyaspor | 2018 | 2022 | 37 | 1 | |
| 73 | Manuel Locatelli | DM / CM | (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26) | Milan | 2018 | 2023 | 47 | 2 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | Jérémie Boga | LW / AM / SS | (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) | Chelsea | 2018 | 2022 | 47 | 10 | |
| 9 | Francesco Caputo | CF | (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37) | Empoli | 2019 | 2022 | 21 | 11 | |
| 11 | Grégoire Defrel | CF / SS / RW | (1991-06-17) 17 June 1991 (age 33) | Roma | 2019 | 2020 | 10 | 1 | Loan |
| 18 | Giacomo Raspadori | ST | (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 24) | Youth Sector | 2018 | 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 25 | Domenico Berardi | RW / LW / SS | (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 30) | Youth Sector | 2012 | 2022 | 232 | 75 | Vice-captain |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||||
| 3 | Edoardo Goldaniga | CB | (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 30) | Palermo | 2017 | 2022 | 13 | 1 | |
| 5 | Andreaw Gravillon | CB / RB | (1998-02-08) 8 February 1998 (age 26) | Internazionale | 2019 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | Loan |
| 8 | Alfred Duncan | CM | (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31) | Sampdoria | 2015 | 2020 | 119 | 7 | |
| 27 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | AM / CM / SS | (1987-03-06) 6 March 1987 (age 37) | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2018 | 2021 | 13 | 4 | |
| 29 | Marcello Trotta | ST | (1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 32) | Avellino | 2016 | 2020 | 8 | 1 | |
| 32 | Alessandro Matri | ST | (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984 (age 40) | Milan | 2016 | 2019 | 73 | 13 | |
| 36 | Luca Mazzitelli | CM / DM | (1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 28) | Roma | 2016 | 2022 | 38 | 1 | |
| 39 | Cristian Dell'Orco | LB | (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) | Parma | 2015 | 2020 | 20 | 0 | |
| 72 | Aristidi Kolaj | RW / LW / CF | (1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 (age 25) | Youth Sector | 2019 | | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | Enrico Brignola | RW / SS | (1999-07-08) 8 July 1999 (age 25) | Benevento | 2018 | 2023 | 7 | 1 | |

## Transfers
### In

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

#### Loans in

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

### Out

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

#### Loans out

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Napoli | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 51 | |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 49 | |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 49 | |
* ↑ Napoli qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | GK | ITA | Stefano Turati | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Russo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marlon | 23 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rogério | 17 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 24 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Mert Müldür | 25 | 2 | 13+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Filippo Romagna | 18 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan | 30 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Giangiacomo Magnani | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tripaldelli | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ITA | Stefano Piccinini | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | 26 | 0 | 17+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Fontanesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 22 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić | 30 | 5 | 19+10 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | EQG | Pedro Obiang | 27 | 1 | 18+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CIV | Hamed Junior Traorè | 33 | 5 | 20+11 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín | 11 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghion | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Bourabia | 19 | 2 | 10+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 73 | MF | ITA | Manuel Locatelli | 34 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CIV | Jérémie Boga | 35 | 11 | 28+6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Francesco Caputo | 37 | 21 | 33+3 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel | 17 | 3 | 9+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori | 13 | 2 | 2+9 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 32 | 14 | 29+2 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | ITA | Jacopo Pellegrini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Manzari | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | GLP | Andreaw Gravillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 13 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Luca Mazzitelli | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 2 August 2020 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Francesco Caputo | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Jérémie Boga | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Filip Đuričić | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | Hamed Junior Traorè | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | | Grégoire Defrel | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | DF | | Mert Müldür | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 68 | MF | | Mehdi Bourabia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | Rogério | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | | Pedro Obiang | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | FW | | Giacomo Raspadori | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | DF | | Jeremy Toljan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | MF | | Lukáš Haraslín | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 32 | DF | | Giangiacomo Magnani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 64 | 2 | 66 |
Last updated: 21 July 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 56 | GK | | Gianluca Pegolo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Total | Total | Total |
| 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Marlon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Andreaw Gravillon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Rogério | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Mert Müldür | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Filippo Romagna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Jeremy Toljan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Gian Marco Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Francesco Magnanelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Filip Đuričić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Pedro Obiang | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Hamed Junior Traorè | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | | Mehdi Bourabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | | Manuel Locatelli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Francesco Caputo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Grégoire Defrel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | FW | | Jacopo Pellegrini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 9 February 2020