2020–21 AS Roma season

Roma
2020–21 season
PresidentDan Friedkin
Head coachPaulo Fonseca
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A7th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (13)

All:
Borja Mayoral (17)

The 2020–21 season was the 94th season in the existence of A.S. Roma and the 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Roma participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and also participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 7 August 2020 to 30 June 2021. This season was the last under head coach Paulo Fonseca, who was replaced by José Mourinho next season.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 7 March 2021.[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
2 DF Netherlands NED Rick Karsdorp
3 DF Brazil BRA Roger Ibañez (on loan from Atalanta)
4 MF Italy ITA Bryan Cristante (vice-captain)
5 DF Brazil BRA Juan Jesus
6 DF England ENG Chris Smalling
7 MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Pellegrini (captain)
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Edin Džeko
11 FW Spain ESP Pedro
12 GK Italy ITA Simone Farelli
13 GK Spain ESP Pau López
14 MF Spain ESP Gonzalo Villar
17 MF France FRA Jordan Veretout
18 DF Italy ITA Davide Santon
19 DF United States USA Bryan Reynolds (on loan from Dallas)
20 DF Argentina ARG Federico Fazio
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Spain ESP Borja Mayoral (on loan from Real Madrid)
22 MF Italy ITA Nicolò Zaniolo
23 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Mancini (3rd captain)
24 DF Albania ALB Marash Kumbulla (on loan from Hellas Verona)
27 MF Argentina ARG Javier Pastore
31 FW Spain ESP Carles Pérez
33 DF Brazil BRA Bruno Peres
37 DF Italy ITA Leonardo Spinazzola
42 MF Guinea GUI Amadou Diawara
61 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Calafiori
77 MF Armenia ARM Henrikh Mkhitaryan
83 GK Italy ITA Antonio Mirante
87 GK Brazil BRA Daniel Fuzato
92 FW Italy ITA Stephan El Shaarawy

Primavera squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
54 MF Italy ITA Riccardo Ciervo
55 MF The Gambia GAM Ebrima Darboe
59 MF Poland POL Nicola Zalewski
62 MF Italy ITA Tommaso Milanese
No. Pos. Nation Player
63 GK Italy ITA Pietro Boer
65 MF Italy ITA Filippo Tripi
67 FW Ivory Coast CIV Mory Bamba

Out on loan[edit]

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 Sweden SWE Robin Olsen (at Everton until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Alessandro Florenzi (at Paris Saint-Germain until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Devid Bouah (at Cosenza until 30 June 2021)
DF Turkey TUR Mert Çetin (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2022)
MF Italy ITA Alessio Riccardi (at Pescara until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Croatia CRO Ante Ćorić (at Olimpija Ljubljana until 30 June 2021)
MF France FRA Steven Nzonzi (at Rennes until 30 June 2021)
FW Turkey TUR Cengiz Ünder (at Leicester City until 30 June 2021)
FW Netherlands NED Justin Kluivert (at RB Leipzig until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Mirko Antonucci (at Salernitana until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
77 MF Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan England Arsenal Free 7 August 2020 [2]
23 DF Italy Gianluca Mancini Italy Atalanta €13M 7 August 2020 [3]
17 MF France Jordan Veretout Italy Fiorentina €16M 7 August 2020 [3]
31 FW Spain Carles Pérez Spain Barcelona €11M 7 August 2020 [4]
11 FW Spain Pedro England Chelsea Free 25 August 2020 [5]
6 DF England Chris Smalling England Manchester United €15M 5 October 2020 [6]
92 FW Italy Stephan El Shaarawy China Shanghai Shenhua Free 30 January 2021 [7]

Out[edit]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
19 FW Croatia Nikola Kalinić Spain Atlético Madrid Loan return 7 August 2020 [8]
2 DF Italy Davide Zappacosta England Chelsea Loan return 7 August 2020 [9]
FW France Grégoire Defrel Italy Sassuolo €9M 7 August 2020 [10]
11 DF Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov Italy Internazionale €1.5M 8 September 2020 [11]
FW Czech Republic Patrik Schick Germany Bayer Leverkusen €26.5M 8 September 2020 [12]
8 FW Argentina Diego Perotti Turkey Fenerbahçe Free 5 October 2020 [13]

Loans in[edit]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
24 DF Albania Marash Kumbulla Italy Hellas Verona Loan 17 September 2020 [14]
21 FW Spain Borja Mayoral Spain Real Madrid Loan 2 October 2020 [15][16]
19 DF United States Bryan Reynolds United States FC Dallas Loan 1 February 2021 [17][18]

Loans out[edit]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF France Steven Nzonzi France Rennes Loan 7 August 2020 [19]
15 DF Turkey Mert Çetin Italy Hellas Verona Loan 24 August 2020 [20]
DF Italy Alessandro Florenzi France Paris Saint-Germain Loan 11 September 2020 [21]
17 FW Turkey Cengiz Ünder England Leicester City Loan 20 September 2020 [22]
99 FW Netherlands Justin Kluivert Germany RB Leipzig Loan 5 October 2020 [23]
1 GK Sweden Robin Olsen England Everton Loan 5 October 2020 [24]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 September 2020 Friendly Roma Italy 4–2 Italy Sambenedettese Rome, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Trigoria training ground
Attendance: 0
9 September 2020 Friendly Frosinone Italy 1–4 Italy Roma Frosinone, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe
Attendance: 0
12 September 2020 Friendly Cagliari Italy 2–2 Italy Roma Cagliari, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 19 September 2020 23 May 2021 Matchday 1 7th 38 18 8 12 68 58 +10 047.37
Coppa Italia 19 January 2021 Round of 16 Round of 16 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
UEFA Europa League 22 October 2020 6 May 2021 Group stage Semi-finals 14 10 2 2 31 17 +14 071.43
Total 53 28 10 15 99 78 +21 052.83

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Note: Serie A match against Hellas Verona originally ended in a 0–0 draw; Coppa Italia match against Spezia originally ended in a 2–4 loss.

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 +45 77 0Qualification for Europa League group stage[a]
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[a]
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 +8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 −2 52
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)[25]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 18 8 12 68 58  +10 62 13 4 2 42 18  +24 5 4 10 26 40  −14

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLDWWDWWWLDWWLWWWDLWWLWDLWWLLDWLDLLWLWD
Position19151089843666453333433434554667777777777
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.[26]

19 September 2020 1 Hellas Verona 3–0 Roma Verona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
Note: Hellas Verona were awarded a 3–0 win over Roma on 22 September as a result of Roma irregularly fielding Amadou Diawara during the match. Diawara had been registered to the under-22 squad list, despite turning 23 and being eligible for the senior list. The match had originally ended 0–0.[27]
27 September 2020 2 Roma 2–2 Juventus Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Marco Di Bello
3 October 2020 3 Udinese 0–1 Roma Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Rosario Abisso
18 October 2020 4 Roma 5–2 Benevento Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
26 October 2020 5 Milan 3–3 Roma Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
1 November 2020 6 Roma 2–0 Fiorentina Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
8 November 2020 7 Genoa 1–3 Roma Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
22 November 2020 8 Roma 3–0 Parma Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
29 November 2020 9 Napoli 4–0 Roma Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
6 December 2020 10 Roma 0–0 Sassuolo Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabio Maresca
13 December 2020 11 Bologna 1–5 Roma Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
17 December 2020 12 Roma 3–1 Torino Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rosario Abisso
20 December 2020 13 Atalanta 4–1 Roma Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
23 December 2020 14 Roma 3–2 Cagliari Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
3 January 2021 15 Roma 1–0 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
6 January 2021 16 Crotone 1–3 Roma Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Piccinini
10 January 2021 17 Roma 2–2 Internazionale Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
15 January 2021 18 Lazio 3–0 Roma Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
23 January 2021 19 Roma 4–3 Spezia Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
31 January 2021 20 Roma 3–1 Hellas Verona Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Piccinini
6 February 2021 21 Juventus 2–0 Roma Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
14 February 2021 22 Roma 3–0 Udinese Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
21 February 2021 23 Benevento 0–0 Roma Benevento
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
28 February 2021 24 Roma 1–2 Milan Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Guida
3 March 2021 25 Fiorentina 1–2 Roma Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
7 March 2021 26 Roma 1–0 Genoa Rome
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
14 March 2021 27 Parma 2–0 Roma Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Piccinini
21 March 2021 28 Roma 0–2 Napoli Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
3 April 2021 29 Sassuolo 2–2 Roma Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
11 April 2021 30 Roma 1–0 Bologna Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Guida
18 April 2021 31 Torino 3–1 Roma Turin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa
22 April 2021 32 Roma 1–1 Atalanta Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
25 April 2021 33 Cagliari 3–2 Roma Cagliari
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
2 May 2021 34 Sampdoria 2–0 Roma Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
9 May 2021 35 Roma 5–0 Crotone Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Simone Sozza
12 May 2021 36 Internazionale 3–1 Roma Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
15 May 2021 37 Roma 2–0 Lazio Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
23 May 2021 38 Spezia 2–2 Roma La Spezia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Coppa Italia[edit]

19 January 2021 Round of 16 Roma 0–3 Spezia Rome
21:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Davide Ghersini
Note: Match awarded 3–0 to Spezia, due to Roma making six substitutions instead of the maximum five allowed. Spezia had originally won 4–2 after extra time.[28]

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[29]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM YB CLJ CSS
1 Italy Roma 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 5–0 0–0
2 Switzerland Young Boys 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–2 2–1 3–0
3 Romania CFR Cluj 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 5[a] 0–2 1–1 0–0
4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5[a] 3–1 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.
22 October 2020 1 Young Boys Switzerland 1–2 Italy Roma Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 600
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
29 October 2020 2 Roma Italy 0–0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
5 November 2020 3 Roma Italy 5–0 Romania CFR Cluj Rome, Italy
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
26 November 2020 4 CFR Cluj Romania 0–2 Italy Roma Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
3 December 2020 5 Roma Italy 3–1 Switzerland Young Boys Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
10 December 2020 6 CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 3–1 Italy Roma Sofia, Bulgaria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[30]

18 February 2021 First leg Braga Portugal 0–2 Italy Roma Braga, Portugal
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
25 February 2021 Second leg Roma Italy 3–1
(5–1 agg.)
Portugal Braga Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.[31]

11 March 2021 First leg Roma Italy 3–0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)