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Empoli F.C.
2020–21 season
ChairmanFabrizio Corsi
Head coachAlessio Dionisi
StadiumStadio Carlo Castellani
Serie B1st
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Leonardo Mancuso (9)
All:
Leonardo Mancuso (12)
← 2019–20
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 13 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Empoli Football Club season is the club's 100th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Empoli participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 5 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 October 2020

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 Italy ITA Alberto Brignoli
3 DF Serbia SRB Aleksa Terzić (on loan from Fiorentina)
5 MF Slovenia SVN Leo Štulac
6 DF Italy ITA Simone Romagnoli
7 FW Italy ITA Leonardo Mancuso
9 FW Italy ITA Marco Olivieri (on loan from Juventus)
10 FW Italy ITA Stefano Moreo
11 MF Switzerland SUI Nedim Bajrami
12 GK Italy ITA Leandro Pratelli
19 FW Italy ITA Andrea La Mantia
20 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Fiamozzi (on loan from Lecce)
23 DF Italy ITA Davide Zappella
25 MF Italy ITA Filippo Bandinelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Poland POL Szymon Żurkowski (on loan from Fiorentina)
28 MF Italy ITA Samuele Ricci
30 MF Italy ITA Samuele Damiani
31 DF Italy ITA Roberto Pirrello
32 MF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Haas (on loan from Atalanta)
42 DF Italy ITA Mattia Viti
43 DF Greece GRE Dimitris Nikolaou
47 DF Italy ITA Andrea Cambiaso (on loan from Genoa)
65 DF Italy ITA Fabiano Parisi
— GK Italy ITA Jacopo Furlan
— DF Italy ITA Nicolò Casale (on loan from Verona)
— MF Lithuania LTU Augustinas Klimavičius (on loan from Genoa)
— FW Brazil BRA Ryder Matos (on loan from Udinese)

Players 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 Italy ITA Gabriel Meli (at Fano until 30 June 2021)
— GK Italy ITA Niccolò Vivoli (at Pistoiese until 30 June 2021)
— DF Italy ITA Andrea Adamoli (at Lucchese until 30 June 2021)
— DF Italy ITA Marco Imperiale (at Carrarese until 30 June 2021)
— DF Italy ITA Emanuele Matteucci (at Pontedera until 30 June 2021)
— MF Italy ITA Tommaso Fantacci (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2021)
— MF Italy ITA Giuseppe Montaperto (at Cavese until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Senegal SEN Mouhamadou Sakho (at Arezzo until 30 June 2021)
— MF Ivory Coast CIV Hamed Junior Traorè (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2021)
— FW Italy ITA Kevin Cannavò (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2021)
— FW Italy ITA Antonino La Gumina (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2021, obligation to buy)
— FW Italy ITA Davide Merola (at Arezzo until 30 June 2021)
— FW Slovakia SVK Samuel Mráz (at Zagłębie Lubin until 30 June 2021)
— FW Italy ITA Kevin Piscopo (at Carrarese until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Date Name Moving from Moving to Fee
1 September 2020 Poland Szymon Żurkowski Fiorentina Empoli Loan[1]
Serbia Aleksa Terzić Fiorentina Empoli Loan[2]
9 September 2020 Marco Olivieri Juventus Empoli Loan[3]
17 September 2020 Croatia Marko Brkic Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Empoli Loan[4]
18 September 2020 Mirco Lipari Juventus Empoli Loan[5]
Leonardo Manfredi Atalanta Empoli Loan[6]
21 September 2020 Andrea Cambiaso Genoa Empoli Loan[7]
22 September 2020 Fabiano Parisi Avellino Empoli Undisclosed[8]
25 September 2020 Switzerland Nicolas Haas Atalanta Empoli Loan[9]
3 October 2020 Nicolò Casale Verona Empoli Loan[10]
Duccio Toccafondi Prato Empoli Loan[11]
4 October 2020 Brazil Ryder Matos Udinese Empoli Loan[12]
5 October 2020 Jacopo Furlan Catania Empoli Undisclosed[13]
Lithuania Augustinas Klimavičius Genoa Empoli Loan[14]

Out

Date Name Moving from Moving to Fee
22 July 2020 Austria Arnel Jakupović Empoli Slovenia Domžale Undisclosed[nb 1][15]
9 August 2020 Poland Michał Marcjanik Empoli Poland Arka Gdynia Undisclosed[16]
13 August 2020 Slovakia Samuel Mráz Empoli Poland Zagłębie Lubin Loan[17]
18 August 2020 Marco Curto Empoli Südtirol Undisclosed[18]
21 August 2020 Kevin Cannavò Empoli Vis Pesaro Loan[19]
24 August 2020 Switzerland Freddie Veseli Empoli Salernitana Undisclosed[20]¨
29 August 2020 Marco Imperiale Empoli Carrarese Loan[21]
2 September 2020 Filippo Perucchini Empoli Pistoiese Undisclosed[22]
7 September 2020 Davide Bertolini Empoli Prato Loan[23]
Gianlorenzo Lupi Empoli Poggibonsi Loan[23]
Niccolò Vivoli Empoli Pistoiese Loan[23]
Alex Sposito Empoli Taranto Loan[23]
23 September 2020 Giuseppe Montaperto Empoli Cavese Loan[24]
5 October 2020 Kevin Piscopo Empoli Carrarese Loan[25]
Davide Merola Empoli Arezzo Loan[26]
Senegal Mouhamadou Sakho Empoli Arezzo Loan[27]
Ivan Provedel Empoli Spezia Undisclosed[28]
Tommaso Fantacci Empoli Juve Stabia Undisclosed[29]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2020 Friendly Empoli Italy 0–1 Italy Pontedera Empoli, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
6 September 2020 Friendly Parma Italy 0–2 Italy Empoli Parma, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Mancuso 32', 40'
 Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 0
12 September 2020 Friendly Empoli Italy 4–0 Italy Lucchese Empoli, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
19 September 2020 Friendly Empoli Italy 2–0 Italy Vis Pesaro Empoli, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 26 September 2020 May 2021 Matchday 1 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 083.33
Coppa Italia 30 September 2020 13 January 2021 Second round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 066.67
Total 9 7 1 1 21 8 +13 077.78

Last updated: 13 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie B

Main article: 2020–21 Serie B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Empoli (C, P) 38 19 16 3 68 35 +33 73 Promotion to Serie A
2 Salernitana (P) 38 19 12 7 46 34 +12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 +18 64 Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 +21 62
5 Venezia (O, P) 38 15 14 9 53 39 +14 59 Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[30]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
12 7 4 1 22 11  +11 25 4 2 0 11 4  +7 3 2 1 11 7  +4

Last updated: 15 December 2020.
Source: Serie B

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultWDWWWLWDDDWW
Position243222222221
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2020. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 September 2020.[31]

26 September 2020 1 Frosinone 0–2 Empoli Frosinone
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
3 October 2020 2 Empoli 0–0 Monza Empoli
16:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 669
Referee: Antonio Di Martino
17 October 2020 3 Pescara 1–2 Empoli Pescara
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
Attendance: 400
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
20 October 2020 4 Empoli 2–1 SPAL Empoli
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 580
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
23 October 2020 5 Empoli 3–1 Pisa Empoli
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 960
Referee: Fabio Maresca
31 October 2020 6 Venezia 2–0 Empoli Venice
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paolo Valeri
7 November 2020 7 Empoli 3–0 Reggina Empoli
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
21 November 2020 8 Cittadella 2–2 Empoli Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
Attendance: 0
Referee: Italy Valerio Marini
28 November 2020 9 Empoli 2–2 Vicenza Empoli
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Italy Marco Guida
7 December 2020 10 Pordenone 0–0 Empoli Lignano Sabbiadoro
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil
Attendance: 0
Referee: Italy Luca Pairetto
12 December 2020 11 Virtus Entella 2–5 Empoli Chiavari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 0
Referee: Italy Luca Massimi
15 December 2020 12 Empoli 1–0 Cremonese Empoli
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Italy Daniel Amabile
19 December 2020 13 Chievo v Empoli Verona
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2020–21 Coppa Italia
28 October 2020 Third round Benevento 2–4 Empoli Benevento
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
25 November 2020 Fourth round Empoli 3–0 Brescia Empoli
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Note: Brescia withdrew from the match to prevent an outbreak after several of their players tested positive for COVID-19.[32]
13 January 2021 Round of 16 Napoli 3–2 Empoli Naples
17:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Antonio Giua

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

  1. ^ The player already played for his new club in 2019–20 season, the deal turned from temporary to definitive.

References

  1. ^ "Szymon Żurkowski è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Aleksa Terzić è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Marco Olivieri è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Marko Brkic è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Mirco Lipari è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Leonardo Manfredi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Andrea Cambiaso è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Fabiano Parisi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Nicolas Haas è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Ufficiale: Nicolò Casale all'Empoli". Hellas Verona F.C. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Duccio Toccafondi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Ryder Matos è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Jacopo Furlan è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Augustinas Klimavicius è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Arnel Jakupovic all'NK Domzale". Empoli F.C. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Michał Marcjanik wraca do Gdyni!". Arka Gdynia. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Samuel Mraz al Zagłębie Lubin". Empoli F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Curto, un giovane centrale per la difesa". F.C. Südtirol. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Kevin Cannavò alla Vis Pesaro". Empoli F.C. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Frederic Veseli alla Salernitana". Empoli F.C. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Imperiale, nuovo terzino della Carrarese". Carrarese Calcio. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  22. ^ "Filippo Perucchini alla Pistoiese". Empoli F.C. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  23. ^ a b c d "Bertolini al Prato, Lupi al Poggibonsi, Sposito al Taranto e Vivoli alla Pistoiese". Empoli F.C. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Giuseppe Montaperto alla Cavese". Empoli F.C. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Kevin Piscopo alla Carrarese". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Davide Merola all'Arezzo". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Mouhamadou Sakho all'Arezzo". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  28. ^ "Ivan Provedel per la porta delle Aquile". Spezia Calcio. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  29. ^ "Tommaso Fantacci alla Juve Stabia". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  30. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  31. ^ "E' nata la Serie BKT 2020/2021" (in Italian). Lega B. 9 September 2020.
  32. ^ "Brescia Calcio rinuncia alla trasferta di Empoli" (in Italian). bresciacalcio.it. 25 November 2020.

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