2020–21 FC Crotone season

Crotone
2020–21 season
Chairman	Gianni Vrenna
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
Stadium	Stadio Ezio Scida
Serie A	20th
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Junior Messias; Simy; (6 each); All: ; Junior Messias; Simy; (6 each)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 F.C. Crotone season is the 111th season in the club's history. After two seasons in Serie B, Crotone returned to the top division of Italian football. In addition to Serie A, Crotone participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 3 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 October 2020.^[1]

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	Alex Cordaz (captain)
3	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Cuomo
4	MF	MKD	Stefan Velkov
5	DF	SRB	Vladimir Golemić
6	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán (on loan from Ajax)
7	MF	ITA	Mattia Mustacchio
8	MF	ITA	Luca Cigarini
10	MF	LBY	Ahmad Benali
11	FW	ROU	Denis Drăguș (on loan from Standard Liège)
13	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto (on loan from Napoli)
14	MF	ITA	Giovanni Crociata
16	GK	ITA	Marco Festa
17	MF	ITA	Salvatore Molina
19	MF	CRO	Tomislav Gomelt
20	MF	CHI	Luis Rojas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Niccolò Zanellato
22	GK	ITA	Gian Marco Crespi
23	MF	ITA	Antonio Mazzotta
25	FW	NGA	Simeon Nwankwo
26	DF	CIV	Koffi Djidji (on loan from Torino)
28	FW	ITA	Luca Siligardi (on loan from Parma)
30	MF	BRA	Junior Messias
32	DF	POR	Pedro Pereira (on loan from Benfica)
33	DF	ITA	Andrea Rispoli
34	DF	ITA	Luca Marrone
44	MF	ITA	Jacopo Petriccione
69	DF	POL	Arkadiusz Reca (on loan from Atalanta)
77	MF	SRB	Miloš Vulić
95	MF	BRA	Eduardo (on loan from Sporting)
97	FW	MTQ	Emmanuel Rivière

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
—	MF	VEN	Aristóteles Romero


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

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	Aniello Viscovo (at Fano)
—	MF	FRA	Jean Lambert Evans (at Catanzaro)
—	MF	ITA	Pasquale Giannotti (at Virtus Francavilla)
—	MF	FRA	Jeremy Petris (at Pro Vercelli)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Rodio (at Pro Vercelli)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Borello (at Pro Vercelli)
—	FW	ITA	Giovanni Bruzzaniti (at Pro Vercelli)
—	FW	SLE	Augustus Kargbo (at Reggiana)
—	FW	SMR	Nicola Nanni (at Cesena)
—	FW	ITA	Zak Ruggiero (at Pro Vercelli)

Pre-season and friendlies

On 19 August 2020, Crotone announced a squad of 19 players who would take part in training in Trepidò. ^[2]

30 August 2020 Friendly	Crotone	Cancelled	Monopoli	Trepidò, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ampollino

15 September 2020 Friendly	Crotone	6–1	Vibonese	Crotone, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Messias 6' Rivière 8' Simy 26', 34' Kargbo 27', 38'	Report	La Ragione 42'	Stadium: Centro Sportivo Antico Borgo Referee: Antonio Monesi

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	20 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		20	3	3	14	22	46	−24	015.00
Coppa Italia	28 October 2020		Third round	Third round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					21	3	4	14	23	47	−24	014.29

Last updated: 31 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Cagliari	38	9	10	19	43	59	−16	37
17	Torino	38	7	16	15	50	69	−19	37
18	Benevento (R)	38	7	12	19	40	75	−35	33	Relegation to Serie B
19	Crotone (R)	38	6	5	27	45	92	−47	23
20	Parma (R)	38	3	11	24	39	83	−44	20

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[3]
(R) Relegated

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
20	3	3	14	22	46	−24	12	3	1	6	13	20	−7	0	2	8	9	26	−17

Last updated: 31 January 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.^[4]

20 September 2020 1	Genoa	4–1	Crotone	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Destro 6' Pandev 9', 44' Zappacosta 34', 37' Zajc 41' Ghiglione 70' Pjaca 75'	Report	Rivière 28' Molina 29' Mazzotta 32'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

27 September 2020 2	Crotone	0–2	Milan	Crotone
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marrone 45+2'	Report	Kessié 45+2' (pen.) Brahim 50' Gabbia 63' Hernández 78' Leão 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Referee: Luca Pairetto

3 October 2020 3	Sassuolo	4–1	Crotone	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berardi 19' Chiricheș 24' Caputo 58' (pen.), 85' Kyriakopoulos 74' Locatelli 90+3'	Report	Simy 49' (pen.), 61' Magallán 63' Cigarini 65'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

17 October 2020 4	Crotone	1–1	Juventus	Crotone
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Simy 12' (pen.) Cigarini 14' Reca 67' Magallán 84'	Report	Bonucci 11' Morata 21' Portanova 37' Kulusevski 45+1' Chiesa 60'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Referee: Francesco Fourneau

25 October 2020 5	Cagliari	4–2	Crotone	Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lykogiannis 25', 67' Marin 32' Simeone 35' Sottil 45' João Pedro 84'	Report	Cigarini 17' 48' Messias 21' Molina 43' Magallán 53' Benali 90+2'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Referee: Antonio Di Martino

31 October 2020 6	Crotone	1–2	Atalanta	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simy 40' Marrone 49'	Report	Muriel 26', 38' Hateboer 37' Tolói 62' Romero 70'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Federico Dionisi

8 November 2020 7	Torino	0–0	Crotone	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verdi 41' Rodríguez 59' Belotti 78'	Report	Vulić 5' Luperto 56' 87' Pereira 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 0 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

21 November 2020 8	Crotone	0–2	Lazio	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rispoli 10' Marrone 25' Cuomo 56'	Report	Immobile 21' Farès 26' Parolo 45+1' Correa 58' Lucas 86' Luis Alberto 90'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

29 November 2020 9	Bologna	1–0	Crotone	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hickey 30' Soriano 45+2' Palacio 74'	Report	Petriccione 15' Marrone 19' Magallán 58' Luperto 72'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Serra

6 December 2020 10	Crotone	0–4	Napoli	Crotone
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuomo 45' Petriccione 50' Pereira 53' Reca 67'	Report	Koulibaly 6' Insigne 31' Lozano 58' Demme 76' Lobotka 81' Politano 84' Petagna 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Livio Marinelli

12 December 2020 11	Crotone	4–1	Spezia	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Messias 7', 90+6', 33' Eduardo 34', 56' Reca 49' Magallán 70'	Report	Chabot 3' Farias 18' Ferrer 22' Maggiore 64'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua

15 December 2020 12	Udinese	0–0	Crotone	Udine
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samir 8'	Report	Messias 28' Petriccione 39' Eduardo 77' Drăguș 87'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Di Martino

19 December 2020 13	Sampdoria	3–1	Crotone	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Damsgaard 26' Colley 30' Jankto 36' Ekdal 49' Quagliarella 65'	Report	Simy 45+1' (pen.) Messias 45+2' Marrone 60'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

22 December 2020 14	Crotone	2–1	Parma	Crotone
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Messias 24', 44' Cuomo 55' Golemić 79' Reca 90+1' Luperto 90+3'	Report	Kurtić 33' Hernani 45+1' Kucka 46', 57' Inglese 47' Cyprien 88' Iacoponi 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabio Maresca

3 January 2021 15	Internazionale	6–2	Crotone	Milan
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez 20', 57', 78' Marrone 31' (o.g.) Lukaku 64' Hakimi 87'	Report	Reca 8' Zanellato 12' Golemić 22', 36' (pen.) Luperto 52'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

6 January 2021 16	Crotone	1–3	Roma	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Golemić 33', 71' Magallán 41'	Report	Mayoral 8', 29' Peres 22' Mkhitaryan 35' (pen.) Ibañez 57' Pellegrini 88'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Piccinini

10 January 2021 17	Hellas Verona	2–1	Crotone	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ceccherini 13' Kalinić 16' Dimarco 25' Lovato 42' Magnani 53'	Report	Djidji 47' Messias 55' Reca 56' Pereira 89'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Massimi

17 January 2021 18	Crotone	4–1	Benevento	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Glik 5' (o.g.) Simy 29', 54' Vulić 65' Messias 87'	Report	Insigne 29' Ioniță 44' Sau 66' Barba 71' Falque 82' Dabo 84'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Simone Sozza

23 January 2021 19	Fiorentina	2–1	Crotone	Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Igor 4' Bonaventura 20' Vlahović 32' Ribéry 41'	Report	Zanellato 30' Simy 66' Pereira 83'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Piccinini

31 January 2021 20	Crotone	0–3	Genoa	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Messias 33' Eduardo 85' Reca 90'	Report	Destro 24', 50' Strootman 28' Czyborra 29'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

5 February 2021 21	Milan	v	Crotone	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: San Siro

14 February 2021 22	Crotone	v	Sassuolo	Crotone
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida

Coppa Italia

28 October 2020 Third round	Crotone	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	SPAL	Crotone
CET (UTC+1)	Cigarini 107' (pen.) Eduardo 118'	Report	Okoli 72' Sa. Esposito 80' Ranieri 103' Seck 113'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Referee: Matteo Marchetti
	Penalties
	Siligardi Crociata Molina Golemić Cigarini		Sa. Esposito Missiroli Sala Se. Esposito Ranieri

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 20 September 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Total
1	97	FW		Emmanuel Rivière	1	0	1
Totals					1	0	1

References

^ "Prima squadra" (in Italian). F.C. Crotone. September 2018 [circa]. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
^ "Il programma della ripresa, i convocati e le prime due amichevoli". FC Crotone (in Italian). 19 August 2020.
^ "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Prima squadra" (in Italian). F.C. Crotone. September 2018 [circa]. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[2] "Il programma della ripresa, i convocati e le prime due amichevoli". FC Crotone (in Italian). 19 August 2020.

[3] "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[4] "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020.

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