2020–21 Cagliari Calcio season

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Cagliari
2020–21 season
OwnerTommaso Giulini
PresidentTommaso Giulini
Head coachEusebio Di Francesco
(until 22 February)
Leonardo Semplici
(from 22 February)
StadiumSardegna Arena
Serie A16th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
João Pedro (16)

All:
João Pedro (16)
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was the 101st season in the existence of Cagliari Calcio and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cagliari participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covered the period from 2 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 9 February 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
1 GK Italy ITA Simone Aresti
2 DF Uruguay URU Diego Godín
3 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Tripaldelli
4 MF Belgium BEL Radja Nainggolan (on loan from Inter Milan)
6 MF Croatia CRO Marko Rog
8 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Marin (on loan from Ajax)
9 FW Argentina ARG Giovanni Simeone
10 MF Brazil BRA João Pedro (captain)
14 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Deiola
15 DF Estonia EST Ragnar Klavan
16 DF Italy ITA Arturo Calabresi (on loan from Bologna)
17 MF France FRA Mattéo Tramoni
18 MF Uruguay URU Nahitan Nández
19 MF Ghana GHA Kwadwo Asamoah
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Uruguay URU Gastón Pereiro
22 DF Greece GRE Charalampos Lykogiannis
23 DF Italy ITA Luca Ceppitelli
24 DF Italy ITA Daniele Rugani (on loan from Juventus)
25 DF Italy ITA Gabriele Zappa (on loan from Pescara)
26 FW Angola ANG Zito Luvumbo
27 FW Italy ITA Alberto Cerri
28 GK Italy ITA Alessio Cragno
30 FW Italy ITA Leonardo Pavoletti
31 GK Italy ITA Guglielmo Vicario
32 MF Ghana GHA Alfred Duncan (on loan from Fiorentina)
33 FW Italy ITA Riccardo Sottil (on loan from Fiorentina)
40 DF Poland POL Sebastian Walukiewicz
44 DF Italy ITA Andrea Carboni

Out on loan[edit]

As of 10 February 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
DF Italy ITA Paolo Faragò (at Bologna until 30 June 2021)
DF Italy ITA Simone Pinna (at Ascoli until 30 June 2021)
MF Italy ITA Federico Marigosu (at Olbia until 30 June 2021)
MF Croatia CRO Filip Bradarić (at Al-Ain FC until 30 June 2021)
MF Uruguay URU Christian Oliva (at Valencia until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Bulgaria BUL Kiril Despodov (at Ludogorets until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Riccardo Ladinetti (at Olbia until 30 June 2021)
FW Brazil BRA Diego Farias (at Spezia until 30 June 2021)
FW Colombia COL Damir Ceter (at Pescara until 30 June 2021)
FW Italy ITA Luca Gagliano (at Olbia until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee
GK Italy Simone Aresti 34 Italy Olbia Free
GK Italy Guglielmo Vicario 23 Italy Perugia Loan return
DF Uruguay Diego Godín 34 Italy Internazionale Free
DF Italy Alessandro Tripaldelli 22 Italy Sassuolo €3M
MF France Mattéo Tramoni 20 France AC Ajaccio €1.5M
MF Croatia Marko Rog 25 Italy Napoli €13M
MF Italy Alessandro Deiola 25 Italy Spezia Loan return
MF Ghana Kwadwo Asamoah 32 Free
FW Italy Alberto Cerri 24 Italy SPAL Loan return
FW Angola Zito Luvumbo 18 Angola Primeiro de Agosto Undisclosed

Loans in[edit]

Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes
DF Italy Gabriele Zappa 20 Italy Pescara N/A On loan until June 2021
DF Italy Arturo Calabresi 24 Italy Bologna N/A On loan until June 2021
DF Italy Daniele Rugani 26 Italy Juventus N/A On loan until June 2021
MF Romania Răzvan Marin 24 Netherlands Ajax N/A On loan until June 2021
MF Ghana Alfred Duncan 27 Italy Fiorentina N/A On loan until June 2021
MF Belgium Radja Nainggolan 32 Italy Internazionale N/A On loan until June 2021
FW Italy Riccardo Sottil 21 Italy Fiorentina N/A On loan until June 2021

Out[edit]

Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee
GK Sweden Robin Olsen 30 Italy A.S. Roma Loan return
GK Brazil Rafael 38 Italy Spezia Free
DF Italy Fabrizio Cacciatore 33 Released Free
DF Italy Federico Mattiello 25 Italy Atalanta Loan return
DF Italy Luca Pellegrini 21 Italy Juventus Loan return
DF Italy Filippo Romagna 23 Italy Sassuolo €4M
DF Italy Fabio Pisacane 35 Italy Lecce €0.8M
MF Italy Luca Cigarini 34 Italy Crotone Free
MF Moldova Artur Ioniță 30 Italy Benevento €1M
MF Italy Nicolò Barella 23 Italy Internazionale €25M
MF Croatia Marko Pajač 27 Italy Brescia €0.5M
FW Italy Alberto Paloschi 30 Italy SPAL Loan return
FW Italy Daniele Ragatzu 29 Italy Olbia Free
FW Algeria Adam Ounas 24 Italy Napoli Loan return

Loans out[edit]

Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes
DF Italy Paolo Faragò 27 Italy Bologna N/A On loan until June 2021
DF Italy Simone Pinna 23 Italy Ascoli N/A On loan until June 2021
MF Italy Riccardo Ladinetti 19 Italy Olbia N/A On loan until June 2021
MF Croatia Filip Bradarić 28 Saudi Arabia Al-Ain N/A On loan until June 2021
MF Italy Federico Marigosu 19 Italy Olbia N/A On loan until June 2021
MF Uruguay Christian Oliva 24 Spain Valencia N/A On loan until June 2021
FW Colombia Damir Ceter 22 Italy Pescara N/A On loan until June 2021
FW Bulgaria Kiril Despodov 23 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad N/A On loan until June 2021
FW Brazil Diego Farias 30 Italy Spezia N/A On loan until June 2021
FW Italy Luca Gagliano 20 Italy Olbia N/A On loan until June 2021

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

4 September 2020 Friendly Cagliari Italy 1–0 Italy Olbia Aritzo, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Rog 77'
Report Stadium: Stadio del Vento
Attendance: 250
12 September 2020 Friendly Cagliari Italy 2–2 Italy Roma Cagliari, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
17 September 2020 Friendly Cagliari Italy 4–1 Italy Olbia Cagliari, Italy
Stadium: Sardegna Arena

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 20 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 16th 38 9 10 19 43 59 −16 023.68
Coppa Italia 28 October 2020 14 January 2021 Third round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 4 4 +0 066.67
Total 41 11 10 20 47 63 −16 026.83

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
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)[2]
(R) Relegated

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 9 10 19 43 59  −16 37 5 4 10 22 32  −10 4 6 9 21 27  −6

Last updated: 22 May 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDLLWWLWLDDLDDLLLLLLDLLLWWDLLLLWWWDWDDL
Position714171311121111121111121315151516171818181818181717171818181818171716151616
Updated to match(es) played on 22 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.[3]

20 September 2020 1 Sassuolo 1–1 Cagliari Reggio Emilia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Referee: Livio Marinelli
26 September 2020 2 Cagliari 0–2 Lazio Cagliari
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Referee: Davide Massa
4 October 2020 3 Atalanta 5–2 Cagliari Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
18 October 2020 4 Torino 2–3 Cagliari Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Referee: Federico La Penna
25 October 2020 5 Cagliari 4–2 Crotone Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Referee: Antonio Di Martino
31 October 2020 6 Bologna 3–2 Cagliari Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
7 November 2020 7 Cagliari 2–0 Sampdoria Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
21 November 2020 8 Juventus 2–0 Cagliari Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabio Maresca
29 November 2020 9 Cagliari 2–2 Spezia Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Valerio Marini
6 December 2020 10 Hellas Verona 1–1 Cagliari Verona
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
13 December 2020 11 Cagliari 1–3 Internazionale Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua
16 December 2020 12 Parma 0–0 Cagliari Parma
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
20 December 2020 13 Cagliari 1–1 Udinese Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Piccinini
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 Cagliari 1–4 Napoli Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
6 January 2021 16 Cagliari 1–2 Benevento Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eugenio Abbattista
10 January 2021 17 Fiorentina 1–0 Cagliari Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
18 January 2021 18 Cagliari 0–2 Milan Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rosario Abisso
24 January 2021 19 Genoa 1–0 Cagliari Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
31 January 2021 20 Cagliari 1–1 Sassuolo Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
7 February 2021 21 Lazio 1–0 Cagliari Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
14 February 2021 22 Cagliari 0–1 Atalanta Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Piccinini
19 February 2021 23 Cagliari 0–1 Torino Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Orsato
28 February 2021 24 Crotone 0–2 Cagliari Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
3 March 2021 25 Cagliari 1–0 Bologna Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Di Bello
7 March 2021 26 Sampdoria 2–2 Cagliari Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
14 March 2021 27 Cagliari 1–3 Juventus Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
20 March 2021 28 Spezia 2–1 Cagliari La Spezia
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
3 April 2021 29 Cagliari 0–2 Hellas Verona Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
11 April 2021 30 Internazionale 1–0 Cagliari Milan
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Pairetto
17 April 2021 31 Cagliari 4–3 Parma Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paolo Valeri
21 April 2021 32 Udinese 0–1 Cagliari Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Guida
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 Napoli 1–1 Cagliari Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Fabbri
9 May 2021 35 Benevento 1–3 Cagliari Benevento
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniele Doveri
12 May 2021 36 Cagliari 0–0 Fiorentina Cagliari
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Maurizio Mariani
16 May 2021 37 Milan 0–0 Cagliari Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa
22 May 2021 38 Cagliari 0–1 Genoa Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

Coppa Italia[edit]

28 October 2020 Third round Cagliari 1–0 Cremonese Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Referee: Antonio Giua
25 November 2020 Fourth round Cagliari 2–1 Hellas Verona Cagliari
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
14 January 2021 Round of 16 Atalanta 3–1 Cagliari Bergamo
21:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Federico Dionisi

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy ITA Simone Aresti 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK Italy ITA Alessio Cragno 34 0 34 0 0 0
31 GK Italy ITA Guglielmo Vicario 7 0 4 0 3 0
Defenders
2 DF Uruguay URU Diego Godín 28 1 28 1 0 0
3 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Tripaldelli 13 0 3+7 0 2+1 0
15 DF Estonia EST Ragnar Klavan 16 0 9+6 0 1 0
16 DF Italy ITA Arturo Calabresi 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
19 DF Ghana GHA Kwadwo Asamoah 9 0 1+8 0 0 0
22 DF Greece GRE Charalampos Lykogiannis 33 4 29+2 4 0+2 0
23 DF Italy ITA Luca Ceppitelli 20 0 16+3 0 1 0
24 DF Italy ITA Daniele Rugani 16 1 12+4 1 0 0
25 DF Italy ITA Gabriele Zappa 36 0 27+7 0 2 0
40 DF Poland POL Sebastian Walukiewicz 21 0 18+1 0 2 0
44 DF Italy ITA Andrea Carboni 17 0 12+3 0 1+1 0
Midfielders
4 MF Belgium BEL Radja Nainggolan 22 1 22 1 0 0
6 MF Croatia CRO Marko Rog 16 0 14 0 1+1 0
8 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Marin 39 3 35+2 3 2 0
10 MF Brazil BRA João Pedro 40 16 37 16 1+2 0
14 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Deiola 12 0 7+5 0 0 0
17 MF France FRA Mattéo Tramoni 9 0 0+6 0 3 0
18 MF Uruguay URU Nahitan Nández 34 2 31+1 2 1+1 0
20 MF Uruguay URU Gastón Pereiro 16 2 2+13 2 0+1 0
32 MF Ghana GHA Alfred Duncan 20 0 12+7 0 1 0
Forwards
9 FW Argentina ARG Giovanni Simeone 33 6 19+14 6 0 0
26 FW Angola ANG Zito Luvumbo 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Italy ITA Alberto Cerri 26 2 3+21 1 1+1 1
30 FW Italy ITA Leonardo Pavoletti 36 4 17+16 4 2+1 0
33 FW Italy ITA Riccardo Sottil 24 4 12+9 2 2+1 2
Players transferred out during the season
12 MF Italy ITA Fabrizio Caligara 12 0 2+8 0 2 0
14 DF Italy ITA Simone Pinna 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Italy ITA Fabio Pisacane 7 0 2+3 0 2 0
21 MF Uruguay URU Christian Oliva 12 0 3+7 0 2 0
24 MF Italy ITA Paolo Faragò 9 0 4+4 0 1 0
32 FW Bulgaria BUL Kiril Despodov 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
37 FW Algeria ALG Adam Ounas 10 0 3+4 0 1+2 0
93 DF Croatia CRO Marko Pajač 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 7 November 2020
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 9 FW Argentina Giovanni Simeone 5 0 5
10 MF Brazil Joāo Pedro 5 0 5
3 2 DF Uruguay Diego Godín 1 0 1
18 MF Uruguay Nahitan Nández 1 0 1
22 DF Greece Charalampos Lykogiannis 1 0 1
24 MF Italy Paolo Faragò 0 1 1
33 MF Italy Riccardo Sottil 1 0 1
Totals 14 1 15

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Team". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "RCOMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 52/A" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced". Lega Serie A. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

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