2020–21 Benevento Calcio season

Benevento
2019–20 season
Chairman	Oreste Vigorito
Manager	Filippo Inzaghi
Stadium	Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gianluca Caprari (4); All: ; Gianluca Caprari (4)
	← 2019–20

The 2020–21 season is the first season of Benevento back in the top-flight of Italian football following promotion from Serie B. It will also only be the club's second ever season in Serie A.^[1]

Along with competing in the league, the club will also participate in the Coppa Italia.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2020. Appearances include league matches only.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Lorenzo Montipò	GK	(1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 (age 28)	2019	2021^[3]	Novara	61	0
12	Niccolò Manfredini	GK	(1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 36)	2019		Spezia	2	0
80	Pier Graziano Gori	GK	(1980-05-10) 10 May 1980 (age 44)	2018		Venezia	142	0
Defenders
2	Francesco Rillo	LB	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24)	2019		Youth Sector	4	0
3	Gaetano Letizia	LB/RB	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34)	2017	2022	Carpi	89	3
5	Luca Caldirola	CB/LB	(1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33)	2019	2021	Werder Bremen	47	6
11	Christian Maggio	RB	(1982-02-11) 11 February 1982 (age 42)	2018		Napoli	50	5
13	Alessandro Tuia	CB	(1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 (age 34)	2018	2021	Salernitana	26	3
14	Massimo Volta	CB	(1987-05-14) 14 May 1987 (age 37)	2019	2021	Perugia	45	2
23	Luca Antei	CB	(1992-08-19) 19 August 1992 (age 32)	2018	2021	Sassuolo	40	0
93	Federico Barba	LB/CB	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31)	2020	2023^[4]	Chievo Verona	14	1
15	Kamil Glik	CB	(1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 36)	2020	2023^[5]	Monaco	0	0
Midfielders
4	Lorenzo Del Pinto	CM/DM	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)	2015	2021	L'Aquila	110	2
6	Siriki Sanogo	CM	(2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 22)	2019		Youth Sector	4	0
7	Oliver Kragl	LM/AM	(1990-05-12) 12 May 1990 (age 34)	2019	2022	Foggia	27	5
8	Andrés Tello	CM/DM	(1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 (age 28)	2018	2021	Juventus	55	3
10	Nicolas Viola	CM/DM	(1989-10-12) 12 October 1989 (age 34)	2017	2021	Novara	89	16
16	Riccardo Improta	LW/LM/RW	(1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 (age 30)	2018	2022	Genoa	62	7
17	Abdallah Basit	DM/CM	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 24)	2019	2022^[6]	Arezzo	5	0
19	Roberto Insigne	RW/SS	(1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 30)	2019	2021	Napoli	60	15
56	Përparim Hetemaj	CM	(1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 (age 37)	2019	2021^[7]	Chievo Verona	33	0
27	Dejan Vokić	AM/SS	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 28)	2019	2021	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	7	0
28	Pasquale Schiattarella	DM/CM	(1987-05-30) 30 May 1987 (age 37)	2019	2022^[8]	S.P.A.L.	26	0
29	Artur Ioniță	CM	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 34)	2020	2023^[9]	Cagliari	0	0
Forwards
20	Giuseppe Di Serio	CF	(2001-07-20) 20 July 2001 (age 23)	2019	2021^[10]	Youth Sector	8	1
25	Marco Sau	CF/SS	(1987-11-03) 3 November 1987 (age 36)	2019	2021	Sampdoria	31	13
32	Gabriele Moncini	CF	(1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 28)	2020	2023^[11]	S.P.A.L.	19	4

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
11 August 2020	DF	Kamil Glik	32	Monaco	Undislosed	Contract until June 2023	[1]
20 August 2020	MF	Artur Ioniță	30	Cagliari	Undisclosed	Contract until June 2023	[2]
24 August 2020	DF	Daam Foulon	21	Waasland-Beveren	Undisclosed	Contract until June 2023	[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

Benevento began their pre-season on August 17 in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria.^[12] Filippo Inzaghi announced a squad of 30 players would take part in the training camp. ^[13]

24 August 2020 Friendly	SC Imst	Cancelled	Benevento	Imst, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Velly Arena

28 August 2020 Friendly	Schalke 04	Cancelled	Benevento	Imst, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Velly Arena

5 September 2020 Friendly	Roma	Cancelled	Benevento	Trigoria, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

12 September 2020 Friendly	Benevento	2–1	Reggina	Benevento, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moncini 56' Improta 61'		Loiacono 54'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

19 September 2020 Friendly	Lazio	0–0	Benevento	Rome, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

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	26 September 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1		20	6	4	10	23	40	−17	030.00
Coppa Italia	28 October 2020		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total					21	6	4	11	25	44	−19	028.57

Last updated: 30 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)^[14]
(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	6	4	10	23	40	−17	22	2	3	5	11	20	−9	4	1	5	12	20	−8

Last updated: 30 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L
Position	14	12	7	10	13	14	16	14	15	13	15	15	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 30 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.^[15]

26 September 2020 2	Sampdoria	2–3	Benevento	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Quagliarella 8' Colley 18' Augello 32' Tonelli 48' Ramírez 89'	Report	Caldirola 33', 72' Dabo 56' Letizia 88'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Federico Dionisi

30 September 2020 1	Benevento	2–5	Internazionale	Benevento
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Caprari 34', 76' Schiattarella 73'	Report	Lukaku 1', 28' Gagliardini 25' Hakimi 42' Martínez 71'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Referee: Marco Piccinini
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 20 September 2020, but was postponed due to Inter's involvement in the knockout phase of the UEFA Europa League.^[16]

4 October 2020 3	Benevento	1–0	Bologna	Benevento
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lapadula 66' Schiattarella 79' Foulon 83'	Report	Svanberg 74'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Referee: Simone Sozza

18 October 2020 4	Roma	5–2	Benevento	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedro 31' Ibañez 33' Džeko 35', 77' Veretout 52', 69' (pen.) Santon 65' Pérez 89'	Report	Caprari 5', 32' Lapadula 55, 55' Foulon 82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

25 October 2020 5	Benevento	1–2	Napoli	Benevento
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	R. Insigne 30' Caprari 45+1' Foulon 57' Glik 85'	Report	L. Insigne 60' Petagna 67' Politano 90+7'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Referee: Daniele Doveri

2 November 2020 6	Hellas Verona	3–1	Benevento	Verona
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Barák 17', 63', 29' Lovato 44' Zaccagni 65' Lazović 76', 77' Magnani 83'	Report	Caldirola 25' Schiattarella 43' Glik 55' Lapadula 56' Ioniță 71' Caprari 73'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

7 November 2020 7	Benevento	0–3	Spezia	Benevento
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Improta 47' Maggio 83' Caldirola 90'	Report	Pobega 29' Bastoni 54' Agudelo 57' Nzola 65', 70' Estévez 82'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

22 November 2020 8	Fiorentina	0–1	Benevento	Florence
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Biraghi 87' Lirola 90+1'	Report	Glik 18' Improta 52' Letizia 53' Hetemaj 74'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Ghersini

28 November 2020 9	Benevento	1–1	Juventus	Benevento
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Letizia 45+3' Maggio 59' Schiattarella 82' Glik 86' Barba 87' Improta 90+5' Insigne 90+6'	Report	Morata 21', 90+7' Cuadrado 81'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

6 December 2020 10	Parma	0–0	Benevento	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernani 17' Scozzarella 48' Brunetta 73' Kurtić 89'	Report	Ioniță 34' Barba 58' Improta 84' Tello 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

11 December 2020 11	Sassuolo	1–0	Benevento	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Berardi 7' (pen.), 40' Haraslín 49' Ayhan 86'	Report	Hetemaj 9' Ioniță 23' Barba 69' Dabo 87'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Simone Sozza

15 December 2020 12	Benevento	1–1	Lazio	Benevento
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tuia 23' Lapadula 30' Schiattarella 45', 90+3'	Report	Immobile 25' Luiz Felipe 54' Patric 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Pairetto

20 December 2020 13	Benevento	2–0	Genoa	Benevento
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caprari 43' Insigne 57' Sau 89' (pen.)	Report	Bani 13' Goldaniga 67' Masiello 88'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua

23 December 2020 14	Udinese	0–2	Benevento	Udine
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Becão 20'	Report	Insigne 8' Caprari 9' Tuia 45' Letizia 77'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Volpi

3 January 2021 15	Benevento	0–2	Milan	Benevento
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schiattarella 32' Caprari 61'	Report	Kessié 15' (pen.) Tonali 34' Çalhanoğlu 41' Leão 49', 80' Dalot 78'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

6 January 2021 16	Cagliari	1–2	Benevento	Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Caligara 5' João Pedro 20' Nández 84', 85' Sottil 89' Pisacane 90+4'	Report	Schiattarella 6' Sau 41' Tuia 44' Caprari 84' Improta 87'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

9 January 2021 17	Benevento	1–4	Atalanta	Benevento
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foulon 24' Sau 50' Lapadula 53' Dabo 57'	Report	De Roon 17' Palomino 26' Iličić 30' Tolói 69' Zapata 71' Muriel 86'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

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

22 January 2021 19	Benevento	2–2	Torino	Benevento
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Viola 31' (pen.) Lapadula 49' Glik 90+5'	Report	Linetty 37' Zaza 45+2', 51', 90+3' Baselli 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

30 January 2021 20	Internazionale	4–0	Benevento	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Improta 7' (o.g.) Martínez 57' Lukaku 67', 78'	Report	Caldirola 28' Depaoli 32'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

7 February 2021 21	Benevento	v	Sampdoria	Benevento
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

12 February 2021 22	Bologna	v	Benevento	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

Coppa Italia

28 October 2020 Third round	Benevento	2–4	Empoli	Benevento
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Maggio 57' Tello 61' Insigne 61' Improta 79' Schiattarella 80' Tuia 82' 84' Moncini 90+1'	Report	Olivieri 47' Mancosu 60', 66', 85', 77' Matos 75' Baldanzi 79' Furlan 90'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Statistics

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

References

^ "Filippo Inzaghi leads Benevento to Serie A promotion". The World Game. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Rosa Giocatori". Beneventocalcio.club. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
^ "Montipò è del Benevento". Benevento Calcio. 18 June 2019.
^ "Federico Barba è un giocatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 24 January 2020.
^ "Glik in giallorosso. Perfezionato l'accordo con l'AS Monaco". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 11 August 2020.
^ "Basit al Benevento a titolo definitivo. Il Mattino: "affare da 300mila euro"". Arezzo Notizie (in Italian). 2 September 2019.
^ "Hetemaj è un giocatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 2 September 2019.
^ "Schiattarella è un nuovo calciatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 29 July 2019.
^ "Artur Ionita è un giocatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 20 August 2020.
^ "Contratto professionistico per Di Serio". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 20 August 2019.
^ "Gabriele Moncini è giallorosso". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 7 January 2020.
^ "Il prossimo lunedì partenza per Seefeld". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 14 August 2020.
^ "#Seefeld2020: i convocati di mister Inzaghi per il ritiro precampionato". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 17 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.
^ "Rescheduled Week 1 fixtures confirmed". Football Italia. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[1] "Filippo Inzaghi leads Benevento to Serie A promotion". The World Game. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[2] "Rosa Giocatori". Beneventocalcio.club. Retrieved 2020-08-09.

[3] "Montipò è del Benevento". Benevento Calcio. 18 June 2019.

[4] "Federico Barba è un giocatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 24 January 2020.

[5] "Glik in giallorosso. Perfezionato l'accordo con l'AS Monaco". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 11 August 2020.

[6] "Basit al Benevento a titolo definitivo. Il Mattino: "affare da 300mila euro"". Arezzo Notizie (in Italian). 2 September 2019.

[7] "Hetemaj è un giocatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 2 September 2019.

[8] "Schiattarella è un nuovo calciatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 29 July 2019.

[9] "Artur Ionita è un giocatore del Benevento". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 20 August 2020.

[10] "Contratto professionistico per Di Serio". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 20 August 2019.

[11] "Gabriele Moncini è giallorosso". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 7 January 2020.

[12] "Il prossimo lunedì partenza per Seefeld". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 14 August 2020.

[13] "#Seefeld2020: i convocati di mister Inzaghi per il ritiro precampionato". Benevento Calcio (in Italian). 17 August 2020.

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

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

[16] "Rescheduled Week 1 fixtures confirmed". Football Italia. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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