2020–21 in Italian football

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Football in Italy
Season2020–21
Men's football
Serie AInternazionale
Serie BEmpoli
Coppa ItaliaJuventus
Supercoppa ItalianaJuventus
Women's football
Serie AJuventus
Coppa ItaliaRoma
Supercoppa ItalianaJuventus
← 2019–20 Italy 2021–22 →

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

National teams[edit]

Men[edit]

Italy national football team[edit]

Friendlies[edit]
7 October 2020 Italy  6–0  Moldova Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
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)
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)
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)
Report Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
2020–21 UEFA Nations League A[edit]
Group 1[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Italy Netherlands Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
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)
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
Stadium: Bilino Polje
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]
Group C[edit]
Pos Team 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
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) Italy  2–0  Northern Ireland Parma, Italy
20:45
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
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
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
UEFA Euro 2020[edit]
Group A[edit]

Pos Team 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[a]
3   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4[a]
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
11 June 2021 (2021-06-11) Turkey  0–3  Italy Rome, Italy
21:00 Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 12,916
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
16 June 2021 (2021-06-16) Italy  3–0   Switzerland Rome, Italy
21:00
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
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 11,541
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Knockout phase[edit]
26 June 2021 R16 Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Austria London, England
21:00 CEST (20:00 UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 18,910
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Women[edit]

Italy women's national football team[edit]

Friendlies[edit]
10 April 2021 Italy  1–0  Iceland Coverciano, Italy
16:00
Report Stadium: Centro Tecnico Federale
Attendance: 0
10 June 2021 Italy  1–0  Netherlands Ferrara, Italy
17:30
Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
14 June 2021 Austria  2–3  Italy Wiener Neustadt, Austria
16:30
Stadium: Wiener Neustadt Arena
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying[edit]
Group B[edit]

[3]

Pos Team 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 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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–5  Italy Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
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
Report
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
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[edit]
Group G[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Switzerland Romania Croatia Lithuania Moldova
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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
17 September 2021 Italy  3–0  Moldova Trieste, Italy
17:30
Report
(UEFA)
Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco
Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)
21 September 2021 Croatia  0–5  Italy Karlovac, Croatia
18:00 Report
(UEFA)
Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)
26 October 2021 Lithuania  v  Italy Vilnius, Lithuania
Report
(UEFA)
Stadium: LFF Stadium
26 November 2021 Italy  v  Switzerland
Report
(UEFA)
30 November 2021 Romania  v  Italy
Report
(UEFA)
8 April 2022 Italy  v  Lithuania
Report
(UEFA)
12 April 2022 Switzerland  v  Italy
Report
(UEFA)

League season[edit]

Men[edit]

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)[edit]

Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

Serie A[edit]

Pos Team 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[a]
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 +39 78[a]
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 +45 77 0Qualification for Europa League group stage[b]
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[b]
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
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)[4]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
  2. ^ 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.

Serie B[edit]

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
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 +13 57
7 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 +8 56[a]
8 Chievo (R, D, R, R) 38 14 14 10 50 37 +13 56[a] Bankruptcy
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 +2 56[a]
10 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 −4 50[b]
11 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 −3 50[b]
12 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 −5 48[c]
13 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 +2 48[c]
14 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 −5 48[c]
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 +1 45
16 Ascoli[d] 38 11 11 16 37 48 −11 44
17 Cosenza[d] (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
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.
  2. ^ a b Frosinone finished ahead of Reggina on head-to-head points: Frosinone 1–1 Reggina, Reggina 0–4 Frosinone.
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Vicenza 8, Cremonese 4, Pisa 3.
  4. ^ a b 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.

Serie C[edit]

Group A (North & Central West) Group B (North & Central East) Group C (Centre & South)
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Como (C, P) 38 75
2 Alessandria (O, P) 38 68
3 Renate 38 65
4 Pro Vercelli 38 63
5 Pro Patria 38 61
6 Lecco 38 60
7 AlbinoLeffe 38 57
8 Pontedera 38 55
9 Grosseto 38 54
10 Juventus U23 38 52
11 Novara (D, R) 38 49
12 Piacenza 38 49
13 Olbia 38 47
14 Giana Erminio 38 44
15 Pergolettese 38 44
16 Carrarese 38 44
17 Pro Sesto 38 43
18 Pistoiese 38 31
19 Lucchese 38 31
20 Livorno (R) 38 29
Source: Lega Pro (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
(C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Perugia (C, P) 38 79
2 Padova 38 79
3 Südtirol 38 75
4 Modena 38 70
5 Feralpisalò 38 60
6 Triestina 38 59
7 Cesena 38 57
8 Matelica 38 56
9 Sambenedettese (D, R) 38 50
10 Mantova 38 49
11 Virtus Verona 38 49
12 Gubbio 38 48
13 Fermana 38 42
14 Vis Pesaro 38 41
15 Carpi (D, R) 38 41
16 Legnago (O) 38 38
17 Imolese (O) 38 35
18 Fano (R) 38 33
19 Ravenna (R) 38 30
20 Arezzo (R) 38 29
Source: Lega Pro (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
(C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Ternana (C, P) 36 90
2 Catanzaro 36 68
3 Avellino 36 68
4 Bari 36 63
5 Juve Stabia 36 61
6 Catania 36 59
7 Palermo 36 53
8 Teramo 36 52
9 Foggia 36 51
10 Casertana (D, R) 36 45
11 Monopoli 36 41
12 Viterbese 36 40
13 Potenza 36 39
14 Turris 36 39
15 Virtus Francavilla 36 38
16 Vibonese 36 36
17 Paganese (O) 36 32
18 Bisceglie (R) 36 30
19 Cavese (R) 36 23
20 Trapani (D) 0 −1
Source: Lega Pro (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
(C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Serie D[edit]

Women[edit]

Serie A (women)[edit]

Pos Team 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
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[a] 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
Source: FIGC (fixtures, ranking)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Florentia were docked 1 point due to a breach of financial agreements.[11]

Cup competitions[edit]

Coppa Italia[edit]

[12]

Final[edit]

Supercoppa Italiana[edit]

Juventus2–0Napoli
Report

Coppa Italia (women)[edit]

Final[edit]

Supercoppa Italiana (women)[edit]

Final[edit]

Juventus2–0Fiorentina
Bonansea 39', 55' Report

UEFA competitions[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA BMG SHK INT
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–3 3–2
2 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 2 2 2 16 9 +7 8[a] 2–2 4–0 2–3
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 2 2 5 12 −7 8[a] Transfer to Europa League 2–0 0–6 0–0
4 Italy Inter Milan 6 1 3 2 7 9 −2 6 0–2 2–2 0–0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.
Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV ATA AJX MID
1 England Liverpool 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 0–2 1–0 2–0
2 Italy Atalanta 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 11 0–5 2–2 1–1
3 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 0–1 3–1
4 Denmark Midtjylland 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2 1–1 0–4 1–2
Source: UEFA
Group F[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR LAZ BRU ZEN
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 3–0 2–0
2 Italy Lazio 6 2 4 0 11 7 +4 10 3–1 2–2 3–1
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 2 2 2 8 10 −2 8 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–1 3–0
4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1 1–2 1–1 1–2
Source: UEFA
Group G[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV BAR DKV FER
1 Italy Juventus 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15[a] Advance to knockout phase 0–2 3–0 2–1
2 Spain Barcelona 6 5 0 1 16 5 +11 15[a] 0–3 2–1 5–1
3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 0–4 1–0
4 Hungary Ferencváros 6 0 1 5 5 17 −12 1 1–4 0–3 2–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lazio Italy 2–6 Germany Bayern Munich 1–4 1–2
Porto Portugal 4–4 (a) Italy Juventus 2–1 2–3
Atalanta Italy 1–4 Spain Real Madrid 0–1 1–3

UEFA Europa League[edit]

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–2 Italy Milan
Third qualifying round[edit]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Milan Italy 3–2 Norway Bodø/Glimt
Play-off round[edit]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Rio Ave Portugal 2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p) Italy Milan

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.
Group F[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP RSO AZ RJK
1 Italy Napoli 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 0–1 2–0
2 Spain Real Sociedad 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–1 1–0 2–2
3 Netherlands AZ 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8 1–1 0–0 4–1
4 Croatia Rijeka 6 1 1 4 6 12 −6 4 1–2 0–1 2–1
Source: UEFA
Group H[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL LOSC SPP CEL
1 Italy Milan 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase 0–3 3–0 4–2
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