2019–20 Atalanta BC season explained

Club:Atalanta
Season:2019–20
Manager:Gian Piero Gasperini
Chairman:Antonio Percassi
Chrtitle:President
Stadium:Gewiss Stadium
(domestic matches)
San Siro, Milan
(European matches)
League:Serie A
League Result:3rd
Cup1:Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:Round of 16
Cup2:UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:
Luis Muriel
Duván Zapata
(18 each)
Season Topscorer:
Josip Iličić (21)
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Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 season was Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio's ninth consecutive season in Serie A, the top-flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and, for the first time ever following their third-place finish the previous season, in the UEFA Champions League.

The season was coach Gian Piero Gasperini's fourth at the club,[1] following the 4th, 7th, and 3rd-place finishes in the 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19 seasons, respectively.

Following an agreement reached with both Milan clubs, Atalanta played their Champions League home matches at San Siro.[2] Atalanta qualified for the champions League round of 16 for the first time in their history, and the first time a club has advanced to the round of 16 after losing its opening three matches.[3] Amid the coronavirus pandemic in Italy, on March 25, the Associated Press dubbed the Champions League match between Atalanta and Spanish club Valencia at the San Siro in Milan on 19 February as "Game Zero". The match was the first leg of the round of 16, and had an attendance of over 40,000 people—about one third of Bergamo's population. By March 24, almost 7,000 people in the province of Bergamo had tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 1,000 people had died from the virus, making Bergamo the hardest-hit province in all of Italy during the pandemic.[4]

With Iličić, Muriel, and Zapata all scoring over 15 league goals, they became the first club to have three players strike at least 15 times in Serie A since Juventus achieved the feat 70 years prior in 1951–52.[5] On 21 July 2020, Atalanta reached 95 goals in Serie A, the highest by any side in a single season for more than 60 years.[6] Atalanta would end up finishing the season with 98 goals in Serie A.[7]

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 1 March 2020

Appearances include league matches only

No.NameNatPosition(s)Date of birth (Age)Signed fromSigned inContract endsApps.Goals
Goalkeepers
31Francesco RossiGK1991 4, df=yes Youth Sector2009202020
57Marco SportielloGK1992 5, df=yes Carpi20132020910
95Pierluigi GolliniGK1995 3, df=yes Aston Villa20172023610
Defenders
2Rafael TolóiCB1990 10, df=yes São Paulo201520201498
3Mattia CaldaraCB1994 5, df=yes Milan2020202120
4Boško ŠutaloCB / RB / LB2000 1, df=yes Osijek2020202400
6José Luis PalominoCB1990 1, df=yes Ludogorets Razgrad20172020773
7Lennart CzyborraLB1999 5, df=yes Heracles Almelo2020202400
8Robin GosensLB / LWB / LM1994 7, df=yes Heracles Almelo201720207111
19Berat DjimsitiCB / RB / LB1993 2, df=yes Zürich20162019492
21Timothy CastagneRB / LB1995 12, df=yes Genk20172020625
22Raoul BellanovaRB2000 5, df=yes Bordeaux2020202100
33Hans HateboerRB1994 1, df=yes Groningen20172022955
Midfielders
5Adrien TamezeCM1994 2, df=yes Nice2020202020
11Remo FreulerCM1992 4, df=yes Luzern2016202312915
15Marten de RoonCM1991 3, df=yes Middlesbrough20172022916
18Ruslan MalinovskyiCM / AM / RW1993 5, df=yes Genk20192024223
72Josip IličićAM / RW / SS1988 1, df=yes Fiorentina201720208338
88Mario PašalićCM / DM / AM1995 2, df=yes Chelsea201820205610
Forwards
9Luis MurielCF / ST1991 4, df=yes Sevilla201920232213
10Alejandro GómezLW / SS1988 2, df=yes Metalist Kharkiv2014202218745
17Roberto PiccoliCF2001 1, df=yes Youth Sector20
79AmadRW / LW / AM2002 7, df=yes Youth Sector201931
90Ebrima ColleyLW / AM / CM2000 2, df=yes Youth Sector201910
91Duván ZapataCF1991 4, df=yes Sampdoria201820235234
Players transferred during the season
4Simon KjærCB / DM1989 3, df=yes Sevilla2019202050
5Andrea MasielloCB / RB1986 2, df=yes Bari201120201578
7Arkadiusz RecaLB1995 6, df=yes Wisła Płock2018202230
13Guilherme AranaLB1997 4, df=yes Sevilla2019202040
41Roger IbañezCB1998 11, df=yes Fluminense2019202310
99Musa BarrowCF / LW1998 11, df=yes Youth Sector20172020414

Transfers

In

DatePlayerMoving fromFeeNotesSource
Luis Muriel Sevilla€15M[8]
Marco Varnier Cittadella€5Msigned permanently after obligation to buy[9]
Ruslan Malinovskyi Genk€13.7M[10]
Martin Škrtel FenerbahçeFree[11]

Loans in

DatePlayerMoving fromFeeNotesSource
Guilherme Arana SevillaLoanLoan with an option to buy for €8–9M[12]
Simon Kjær SevillaLoan[13]
Mattia Caldara MilanLoan18-month loan with a €15M option to buy[14]

Out

DatePlayerMoving toFeeNotesSource
Franck Kessié Milan€24Msigned permanently after obligation to buy[15]
Bryan Cristante Roma€21Msigned permanently after obligation to buyhttp://www.atalanta.it/site/paginalive/comunicati-dal-club/Stagione-2017-2018/2018-06/08-06-Mercato-nerazzurro-Cristante-alla-Roma.html
Andrea Petagna SPAL€12Msigned permanently after obligation to buy[16]
Martin Škrtel İstanbul BaşakşehirFreeContract terminated by mutual consent[17]

Loans out

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2019–20 Serie A.

Matches

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2019–20 Coppa Italia.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: article and 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

See main article: article.

Knockout phase

See main article: article and 2019–20 UEFA Champions League knockout phase.

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

width=15width=15width=15width=15width=145Namewidth=80Serie Awidth=80Coppa Italiawidth=80UEFA CLwidth=80Total
172MFJosip Iličić151521
29FWLuis Muriel180119
91FWDuván Zapata180119
488MFMario Pašalić90312
58DFRobin Gosens90110
618MFRuslan Malinovskyi8019
710FWAlejandro Gómez7018
811MFRemo Freuler2013
92DFRafael Tolói2002
6DFJosé Luis Palomino2002
15MFMarten de Roon2002
19DFBerat Djimsiti2002
21DFTimothy Castagne1012
33DFHans Hateboer0022
1579FWAmad1001
Own goal2002
Totals98117116

Last updated: 12 August 2020

Clean sheets

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195GKPierluigi Gollini5027
257GKMarco Sportiello1001
Totals6028

Last updated: 1 March 2020

Disciplinary record

NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal
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31GKFrancesco Rossi000000000000
95GKPierluigi Gollini300000000300
2DFRafael Tolói500000300800
3DFMattia Caldara000100000100
4DFSimon Kjær200000000200
5DFAndrea Masiello100000100200
6DFJosé Luis Palomino400000000400
7DFLennart Czyborra000000000000
8DFRobin Gosens200000100300
19DFBerat Djimsiti200100200500
21DFTimothy Castagne300000100400
33DFHans Hateboer700000200900
11MFRemo Freuler200000100300
15MFMarten de Roon10000002001200
18MFRuslan Malinovskyi410000100510
72MFJosip Iličić101000200301
88MFMario Pašalić400000100500
9FWLuis Muriel000000100100
10FWAlejandro Gómez200000000200
91FWDuván Zapata100000000100
99FWMusa Barrow000000000000
Totals531120018007311

Last updated: 1 March 2020

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official: Atalanta appoint Gasperini. Football Italia. 14 June 2016. 13 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Atalanta to play at San Siro. Football Italia. 11 July 2019. 13 July 2019.
  3. Web site: CL: Atalanta Champions League history!. Football Italia. 11 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Game Zero: Spread of virus linked to Champions League match. Associated Press. 25 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Atalanta achieve incredible goalscoring feat with Zapata goal against Juventus. Sportskeeda. 12 July 2020. 12 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Atalanta reach scoring milestone, coaches in furious row. ESPN. 21 July 2020. 21 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Garza. Dan. 2020-10-05. Atalanta Continue to Pile on the Goals in Serie A. 2020-12-23. Last Word on Football. en-US.
  8. Web site: Luis Muriel è dell'Atalanta. Luis Muriel is from Atalanta. it. atalanta.it. Atalanta B.C.. 21 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621130011/http://www.atalanta.it/site/paginalive/prima-squadra/Stagione-2018-2019/2019-06/21-06-Luis-Muriel-giocatore-Atalanta.html. 21 June 2019.
  9. Web site: Benvenuto Marco Varnier. Welcome Marco Varnier . it . atalanta.it . . 2 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180718115122/http://www.atalanta.it/site/paginalive/prima-squadra/Stagione-2018-2019/2018-07/02-07-Mercato-nerazzurro-benvenuto-Marco-Varnier.html. 18 July 2018.
  10. Web site: Ruslan Malinovskyi è dell'Atalanta. 16 July 2019. 4 August 2019. Atalanta. Italian. atalanta.it. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716141451/https://www.atalanta.it/site/paginalive/prima-squadra/Stagione-2019-2020/2019-07/16-07-Malinovskyi-giocatore-Atalanta.html. 16 July 2019.
  11. Web site: Skrtel: 'Champions League with Atalanta'. Football Italia. 9 August 2019. 2 September 2019.
  12. Web site: Official: Atalanta sign Arana. Football Italia. 28 August 2019. 28 August 2019.
  13. Web site: Official: Atalanta sign Kjaer. Football Italia. 2 September 2019. 2 September 2019.
  14. Web site: Official: Caldara returns to Atalanta. Football Italia. 12 January 2020. 12 January 2020.
  15. Web site: Franck Kessie al Milan. 2 June 2017. 4 August 2019. Atalanta. Italian. atalanta.it. https://web.archive.org/web/20190803013058/http://www.atalanta.it/site/paginalive/comunicati-dal-club/Stagione-2016-2017/2017-06/02-06-Calciomercato-ceduto-Kessie-Milan.html. 3 August 2019.
  16. Web site: UFFICIALE: SPAL, riscattati Dickmann, Petagna, Fares e Valoti. tuttomercatoweb.com. Tutto Mercato. it. 1 July 2019. 14 March 2020.
  17. Web site: Official: Skrtel returns to Turkey. Football Italia. 2 September 2019. 2 September 2019.
  18. Web site: Official: SPAL sign Reca. Football Italia. 28 August 2019. 28 August 2019.

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