2020–21_in_Italian_football

Football in Italy
Season	2020–21
Men's football
Serie A	Internazionale
Serie B	Empoli
Coppa Italia	Juventus
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus
Women's football
Serie A	Juventus
Coppa Italia	Roma
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus

2020–21 in Italian football

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The 2020–21 season was the 119th season of competitive football in Italy.

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League season

Men

Serie B

More information Pos, Pld ...

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.^[5]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
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Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.
Frosinone finished ahead of Reggina on head-to-head points: Frosinone 1–1 Reggina, Reggina 0–4 Frosinone.
Head-to-head points: Vicenza 8, Cremonese 4, Pisa 3.
Since the 16th-placed team Ascoli finished more than 4 points ahead of the 17th-placed team Cosenza, the relegation play-out was not played and Cosenza were originally relegated directly. However, Cosenza was ultimately spared from relegation following Chievo's bankruptcy and subsequent dissolution.

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[table_hth_WAL0.98722605639474-4] Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[table_hth_ATA0.85972875396708-6] Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.85972875396708-7] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[table_hth_BRE0.58157431594169-9] Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.

[table_hth_FRO0.58157431594169-10] Frosinone finished ahead of Reggina on head-to-head points: Frosinone 1–1 Reggina, Reggina 0–4 Frosinone.

[table_hth_VIC0.58157431594169-11] Head-to-head points: Vicenza 8, Cremonese 4, Pisa 3.

[table_note_ASC0.58157431594169-12] Since the 16th-placed team Ascoli finished more than 4 points ahead of the 17th-placed team Cosenza, the relegation play-out was not played and Cosenza were originally relegated directly. However, Cosenza was ultimately spared from relegation following Chievo's bankruptcy and subsequent dissolution.

[table_note_FLO0.36536220245313-15] Florentia were docked 1 point due to a breach of financial agreements.^[6]

[table_hth_BMG0.46060793961427-21] Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

[table_hth_JUV0.46288728176751-22] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

[table_hth_CLJ0.33325765902794-23] Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[1]^[2]

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The total capacity of the stadium was established at 20% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.^[8]^[9]

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The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

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"UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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"UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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"WEURO - Matches".

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

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"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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"Accolto il deferimento della Procura nei confronti della Florentia San Gimignano" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.

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"Coppa Italia 2018/2019, 2019/2020 e 2020/2021" (PDF) (in Italian). legaseriea.it. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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"Coppa Italia Final will have fans". Football Italia. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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"Fans return to the stadium for the Coppa Italia Final!". juventus.com. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

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"2020/21 UEFA Youth League cancelled". UEFA.com. 17 February 2021.

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7 October 2020	Italy	6–0	Moldova	Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cristante 18' Caputo 23' El Shaarawy 30', 45+1' Posmac 37' (o.g.) Berardi 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

11 November 2020	Italy	4–0	Estonia	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Grifo 14', 75' (pen.) Bernardeschi 27' Orsolini 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

28 May 2021	Italy	7–0	San Marino	Cagliari, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bernardeschi 32' Ferrari 34' Politano 49', 77' Belotti 67' Pessina 75', 87'	Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

4 June 2021	Italy	4–0	Czech Republic	Bologna, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Immobile 23' Barella 42' Insigne 66' Berardi 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 0 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	1–1	2–0	1–1
2	Netherlands	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11		0–1	—	1–0	3–1
3	Poland	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7		0–0	1–2	—	3–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (R)	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2	Relegation to League B	0–2	0–0	1–2	—

4 September 2020	Italy	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sensi 67'	Report	Džeko 57'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

7 September 2020	Netherlands	0–1	Italy	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Barella 45+1'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

11 October 2020	Poland	0–0	Italy	Gdańsk, Poland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 9,200 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

14 October 2020	Italy	1–1	Netherlands	Bergamo, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pellegrini 16'	Report	Van de Beek 25'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 623 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

15 November 2020	Italy	2–0	Poland	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jorginho 27' (pen.) Berardi 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

18 November 2020	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Italy	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Belotti 22' Berardi 68'	Stadium: Bilino Polje Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	5	3	0	15	2	+13	18	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0
2	Italy	8	4	4	0	13	2	+11	16	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	5–0
3	Northern Ireland	8	2	3	3	6	7	−1	9		0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
4	Bulgaria	8	2	2	4	6	14	−8	8		1–3	0–2	2–1	—	1–0
5	Lithuania	8	1	0	7	4	19	−15	3		0–4	0–2	1–4	3–1	—

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25)	Italy	2–0	Northern Ireland	Parma, Italy
20:45	Berardi 14' Immobile 39'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)	Bulgaria	0–2	Italy	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45		Report	Belotti 43' (pen.) Locatelli 83'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	Lithuania	0–2	Italy	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:45		Report	Sensi 48' Immobile 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

26 June 2021 R16	Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Austria	London, England
21:00 CEST (20:00 UTC+1)	Chiesa 95' Pessina 105'	Report	Kalajdžić 114'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 18,910 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

10 April 2021	Italy	1–0	Iceland	Coverciano, Italy
16:00	Caruso 72'	Report		Stadium: Centro Tecnico Federale Attendance: 0

13 April 2021	Italy	1–1	Iceland	Coverciano, Italy
	Giacinti 1'	Report	Vilhjálmsdóttir 40'	Stadium: Centro Tecnico Federale

14 June 2021	Austria	2–3	Italy	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
16:30	Billa 12' Wenninger 62'		Soffia 3', 53' Linari 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Wiener Neustadt Arena Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

11 June 2021 (2021-06-11)	Turkey	0–3	Italy	Rome, Italy
21:00		Report	Demiral 53' (o.g.) Immobile 66' Insigne 79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,916 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16)	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
21:00	Locatelli 26', 52' Immobile 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,445 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)	Italy	1–0	Wales	Rome, Italy
18:00	Pessina 39'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 11,541 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

10 June 2021	Italy	1–0	Netherlands	Ferrara, Italy
17:30	Girelli 14' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	9	1	0	48	1	+47	28	Final tournament	—	0–0	2–0	8–0	4–0	14–0
2	Italy	10	8	1	1	37	5	+32	25	Final tournament	1–3	—	2–0	5–0	12–0	6–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	6	0	4	19	17	+2	18		0–4	0–5	—	2–0	1–0	7–1
4	Malta	10	3	1	6	11	30	−19	10		0–8	0–2	2–3	—	1–1	2–1
5	Israel	10	2	1	7	10	30	−20	7		0–3	2–3	1–3	0–2	—	4–0
6	Georgia	10	0	0	10	3	45	−42	0		0–2	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–5	Italy	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Report	Galli 19' Girelli 40', 56' (p), 65' (p) Linari 88'	Stadium: Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre Attendance: 0 Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)	Italy	1–3	Denmark	Empoli, Italy
	Giacinti 60'	Report	N. Sørensen 6' Nadim 17', 47'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)	Denmark	0–0	Italy	Viborg, Denmark
17:15		Report		Stadium: Viborg Stadium

24 February 2021 (2021-02-24)	Italy	12–0	Israel	Florence, Italy
17:30	Giacinti 3', 13' Bonansea 5', 81' David 19' (o.g.) Girelli 30' Salvai 44' Rosucci 45+2' (pen.) Sabatino 55' (pen.), 70' Caruso 67' Giugliano 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

2020–21_in_Italian_football

National teams

Men

Italy national football team

Friendlies

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Group 1

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group C

UEFA Euro 2020

Group A

Knockout phase

Women

Italy women's national football team

Friendlies

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group B

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Group G

League season

Men

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Serie A

Serie B

Serie C

Serie D

Women

Serie A (women)

Cup competitions

Coppa Italia

Final

Supercoppa Italiana

Coppa Italia (women)

Final

Supercoppa Italiana (women)

Final

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group B

Group D

Group F

Group G

Knockout phase

Round of 16

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group A

Group F

Group H

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Notes

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	9	0	1	40	2	+38	27	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	1–2	2–0	3–0	7–0	3–0
2	Switzerland	10	8	1	1	44	4	+40	25	Play-offs	0–1	—	2–0	5–0	4–1	15–0
3	Romania	10	6	1	3	21	11	+10	19		0–5	1–1	—	2–0	3–0	3–0
4	Croatia	10	3	1	6	6	18	−12	10		0–5	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	4–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	2	7	7	35	−28	5		0–5	0–7	1–7	0–1	—	4–0
6	Moldova	10	0	1	9	1	49	−48	1		0–8	0–6	0–4	0–1	1–1	—

17 September 2021	Italy	3–0	Moldova	Trieste, Italy
17:30	Girelli 16', 28' (pen.) Giacinti 35'	Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)

21 September 2021	Croatia	0–5	Italy	Karlovac, Croatia
18:00		Report (UEFA)	Gama 17' Giacinti 31', 47' Girelli 50' Cernoia 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

22 October 2021	Italy	v	Croatia	Castel di Sangro, Italy
		Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini

26 October 2021	Lithuania	v	Italy	Vilnius, Lithuania
		Report (UEFA)		Stadium: LFF Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	38	28	7	3	89	35	+54	91	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Milan	38	24	7	7	74	41	+33	79
3	Atalanta	38	23	9	6	90	47	+43	78^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Juventus	38	23	9	6	77	38	+39	78^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Napoli	38	24	5	9	86	41	+45	77	0Qualification for Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Lazio	38	21	5	12	61	55	+6	68
7	Roma	38	18	8	12	68	58	+10	62	0Qualification for Conference League play-off round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Sassuolo	38	17	11	10	64	56	+8	62
9	Sampdoria	38	15	7	16	52	54	−2	52
10	Hellas Verona	38	11	12	15	46	48	−2	45
11	Genoa	38	10	12	16	47	58	−11	42
12	Bologna	38	10	11	17	51	65	−14	41
13	Fiorentina	38	9	13	16	47	59	−12	40
14	Udinese	38	10	10	18	42	58	−16	40
15	Spezia	38	9	12	17	52	72	−20	39
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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Serie A
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	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Venezia (O, P)	38	15	14	9	53	39	+14	59	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Cittadella	38	15	12	11	48	35	+13	57
7	Brescia	38	15	11	12	61	53	+8	56^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Chievo (R, D, R, R)	38	14	14	10	50	37	+13	56^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Bankruptcy
9	SPAL	38	14	14	10	44	42	+2	56^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Frosinone	38	12	14	12	38	42	−4	50^{[lower-alpha 2]}
11	Reggina	38	12	14	12	42	45	−3	50^{[lower-alpha 2]}
12	Vicenza	38	11	15	12	48	53	−5	48^{[lower-alpha 3]}
13	Cremonese	38	12	12	14	46	44	+2	48^{[lower-alpha 3]}
14	Pisa	38	11	15	12	54	59	−5	48^{[lower-alpha 3]}
15	Pordenone	38	10	15	13	40	39	+1	45
16	Ascoli^{[lower-alpha 4]}	38	11	11	16	37	48	−11	44
17	Cosenza^{[lower-alpha 4]} (T)	38	6	17	15	29	47	−18	35	Spared from relegation
18	Reggiana (R)	38	9	7	22	31	57	−26	34	Relegation to Serie C
19	Pescara (R)	38	7	11	20	29	60	−31	32
20	Virtus Entella (R)	38	4	11	23	30	64	−34	23

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	22	22	0	0	75	10	+65	66	Qualification to Champions League first round
2	Milan	22	16	3	3	47	17	+30	51	Qualification to Champions League first round
3	Sassuolo	22	16	2	4	47	20	+27	50
4	Fiorentina	22	12	2	8	40	30	+10	38
5	Roma	22	10	7	5	35	25	+10	37
6	Empoli	22	9	4	9	47	40	+7	31
7	Florentia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	22	9	3	10	24	37	−13	29
8	Internazionale	22	7	4	11	31	44	−13	25
9	Hellas Verona	22	6	3	13	16	33	−17	21
10	Napoli	22	3	5	14	22	38	−16	14
11	San Marino (R)	22	3	3	16	16	58	−42	12	Relegation to Serie B
12	Bari (R)	22	1	0	21	13	61	−48	3	Relegation to Serie B

Roma	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Milan
	Report
Penalties
Giugliano Serturini Linari Bernauer	3–1	Boquete Agard Grimshaw Tucceri Cimini

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	BMG	SHK	INT
1	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–3	3–2
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	16	9	+7	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	4–0	2–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	5	12	−7	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	0–6	—	0–0
4	Inter Milan	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6		0–2	2–2	0–0	—