Empoli F.C.
2020–21 season
ChairmanFabrizio Corsi
Head coachAlessio Dionisi
StadiumStadio Carlo Castellani
Serie B1st (promoted)
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Leonardo Mancuso (20)
All:
Leonardo Mancuso (23)

The 2020–21 Empoli Football Club season was 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 covered the period from 5 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The team achieved a remarkable feat by finishing the season unbeaten at home.[1]

Players

First-team squad

As of 27 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 Italy ITA Alberto Brignoli
3 DF Serbia SRB Aleksa Terzić (on loan from Fiorentina)
4 MF Italy ITA Giovanni Crociata (on loan from Crotone)
5 MF Slovenia SVN Leo Štulac
6 DF Italy ITA Simone Romagnoli
7 FW Italy ITA Leonardo Mancuso
8 FW Brazil BRA Ryder Matos (on loan from Udinese)
9 FW Italy ITA Marco Olivieri (on loan from Juventus)
10 FW Italy ITA Stefano Moreo
11 MF Albania ALB Nedim Bajrami
12 GK Italy ITA Leandro Pratelli
16 DF Italy ITA Nicolò Casale (on loan from Verona)
19 FW Italy ITA Andrea La Mantia
20 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Fiamozzi (on loan from Lecce)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Italy ITA Stefano Sabelli
22 GK Italy ITA Jacopo Furlan
25 MF Italy ITA Filippo Bandinelli
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
— MF Lithuania LTU Augustinas Klimavičius (on loan from Genoa)

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)
— DF Italy ITA Davide Zappella (at Cesena 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 Grosseto 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[2]
Serbia Aleksa Terzić Fiorentina Empoli Loan[3]
9 September 2020 Marco Olivieri Juventus Empoli Loan[4]
17 September 2020 Croatia Marko Brkic Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Empoli Loan[5]
18 September 2020 Mirco Lipari Juventus Empoli Loan[6]
Leonardo Manfredi Atalanta Empoli Loan[7]
21 September 2020 Andrea Cambiaso Genoa Empoli Loan[8]
22 September 2020 Fabiano Parisi Avellino Empoli Undisclosed[9]
25 September 2020 Switzerland Nicolas Haas Atalanta Empoli Loan[10]
3 October 2020 Nicolò Casale Verona Empoli Loan[11]
Duccio Toccafondi Prato Empoli Loan[12]
4 October 2020 Brazil Ryder Matos Udinese Empoli Loan[13]
5 October 2020 Jacopo Furlan Catania Empoli Undisclosed[14]
Lithuania Augustinas Klimavičius Genoa Empoli Loan[15]

Out

Date Name Moving from Moving to Fee
22 July 2020 Austria Arnel Jakupović Empoli Slovenia Domžale Undisclosed[nb 1][16]
9 August 2020 Poland Michał Marcjanik Empoli Poland Arka Gdynia Undisclosed[17]
13 August 2020 Slovakia Samuel Mráz Empoli Poland Zagłębie Lubin Loan[18]
18 August 2020 Marco Curto Empoli Südtirol Undisclosed[19]
21 August 2020 Kevin Cannavò Empoli Vis Pesaro Loan[20]
24 August 2020 Albania Frédéric Veseli Empoli Salernitana Undisclosed[21]¨
29 August 2020 Marco Imperiale Empoli Carrarese Loan[22]
2 September 2020 Filippo Perucchini Empoli Pistoiese Undisclosed[23]
7 September 2020 Davide Bertolini Empoli Prato Loan[24]
Gianlorenzo Lupi Empoli Poggibonsi Loan[24]
Niccolò Vivoli Empoli Pistoiese Loan[24]
Alex Sposito Empoli Taranto Loan[24]
23 September 2020 Giuseppe Montaperto Empoli Cavese Loan[25]
5 October 2020 Kevin Piscopo Empoli Carrarese Loan[26]
Davide Merola Empoli Arezzo Loan[27]
Senegal Mouhamadou Sakho Empoli Arezzo Loan[28]
Ivan Provedel Empoli Spezia Undisclosed[29]
Tommaso Fantacci Empoli Juve Stabia Undisclosed[30]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

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 10 May 2021 Matchday 1 1st 38 19 16 3 68 35 +33 050.00
Coppa Italia 30 September 2020 13 January 2021 Second round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 066.67
Total 41 21 16 4 77 40 +37 051.22

Source: Soccerway

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.[31]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 19 16 3 68 35  +33 73 11 8 0 38 15  +23 8 8 3 30 20  +10

Source: Serie B

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAAH
ResultWDWWWLWDDDWWDDWDWWDWDDDDDWDWWWWDWWLWLW
Position24322222222112211111111111111111111111
Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 September 2020.[32]

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 Pier Luigi 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: Valerio Marini
28 November 2020 9 Empoli 2–2 Vicenza Empoli
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: 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: Luca Pairetto
12 December 2020 11 Virtus Entella 2–5 Empoli Chiavari
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Massimi
15 December 2020 12 Empoli 1–0 Cremonese Empoli
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Amabile
19 December 2020 13 Chievo 1–1 Empoli Verona
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Livio Marinelli
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
22 December 2020 14 Empoli 0–0 Reggiana Empoli
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Simone Sozza
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
27 December 2020 15 Brescia 1–3 Empoli Brescia
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Riccardo Ros
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
30 December 2020 16 Empoli 1–1 Ascoli Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Giacomo Campione
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
4 January 2021 17 Cosenza 0–2 Empoli Cosenza
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
17 January 2021 18 Empoli 5–0 Salernitana Empoli
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
24 January 2021 19 Lecce 2–2 Empoli Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
30 January 2021 20 Empoli 3–1 Frosinone Empoli
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Ghersini
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
6 February 2021 21 Monza 1–1 Empoli Monza
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: U-Power Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antonio Giua
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
9 February 2021 22 Empoli 2–2 Pescara Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Serra
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
13 February 2021 23 SPAL 1–1 Empoli Ferrara
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
20 February 2021 24 Pisa 1–1 Empoli Pisa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
26 February 2021 25 Empoli 1–1 Venezia Empoli
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
2 March 2021 26 Reggina 0–3 Empoli Reggio Calabria
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paolo Valeri
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
7 March 2021 27 Empoli 1–1 Cittadella Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabio Maresca
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
13 March 2021 28 Vicenza 0–2 Empoli Vicenza
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
16 March 2021 29 Empoli 1–0 Pordenone Empoli
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Federico La Penna
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
20 March 2021 30 Empoli 1–0 Virtus Entella Empoli
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
9 April 2021 33 Reggiana 0–1 Empoli Reggio Emilia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Ghersini
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
13 April 2021 31 Cremonese 2–2 Empoli Cremona
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eugenio Abbattista
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
17 April 2021 34 Empoli 4–2 Brescia Empoli
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
1 May 2021 35 Ascoli 2–0 Empoli Ascoli Piceno
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Attendance: 0
Referee: Simone Sozza
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
4 May 2021 36 Empoli 4–0 Cosenza Empoli
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
7 May 2021 37 Salernitana 2–0 Empoli Salerno
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
10 May 2021 38 Empoli 2–1 Lecce Empoli
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

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.[33]
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. ↑ "I numeri della stagione azzurra, i numeri di una stagione meravigliosa". Empoli FC. 18 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Szymon Żurkowski è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Aleksa Terzić è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Marco Olivieri è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Marko Brkic è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mirco Lipari è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Leonardo Manfredi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Andrea Cambiaso è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Fabiano Parisi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Nicolas Haas è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ufficiale: Nicolò Casale all'Empoli". Hellas Verona F.C. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Duccio Toccafondi è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "Ryder Matos è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Jacopo Furlan è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  15. ↑ "Augustinas Klimavicius è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "Arnel Jakupovic all'NK Domzale". Empoli F.C. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "Michał Marcjanik wraca do Gdyni!". Arka Gdynia. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "Samuel Mraz al Zagłębie Lubin". Empoli F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "Curto, un giovane centrale per la difesa". F.C. Südtirol. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  20. ↑ "Kevin Cannavò alla Vis Pesaro". Empoli F.C. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  21. ↑ "Frederic Veseli alla Salernitana". Empoli F.C. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  22. ↑ "Imperiale, nuovo terzino della Carrarese". Carrarese Calcio. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  23. ↑ "Filippo Perucchini alla Pistoiese". Empoli F.C. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Bertolini al Prato, Lupi al Poggibonsi, Sposito al Taranto e Vivoli alla Pistoiese". Empoli F.C. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  25. ↑ "Giuseppe Montaperto alla Cavese". Empoli F.C. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  26. ↑ "Kevin Piscopo alla Carrarese". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  27. ↑ "Davide Merola all'Arezzo". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  28. ↑ "Mouhamadou Sakho all'Arezzo". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  29. ↑ "Ivan Provedel per la porta delle Aquile". Spezia Calcio. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  30. ↑ "Tommaso Fantacci alla Juve Stabia". Empoli F.C. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  31. ↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  32. ↑ "E' nata la Serie BKT 2020/2021" (in Italian). Lega B. 9 September 2020.
  33. ↑ "Brescia Calcio rinuncia alla trasferta di Empoli" (in Italian). bresciacalcio.it. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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