2020–21 SS Lazio season explained

Club:	Lazio
Season:	2020–21
Owner:	Claudio Lotito
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Claudio Lotito
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Simone Inzaghi
Stadium:	Stadio Olimpico
League:	Serie A
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	Coppa Italia
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Round of 16
League Topscorer:	Ciro Immobile (20)
Season Topscorer:	Ciro Immobile (25)
Largest Win:	3–0 vs Roma 3–0 vs Milan
Largest Loss:	1–4 vs Atalanta 1–4 vs Bayern Munich 2–5 vs Napoli
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 season was the 120th season in the existence of S.S. Lazio and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Lazio participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and also participated in the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 2 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Out on loan

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Transfers

In

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
		Pepe Reina		Milan	Free		^[17] ^[18]
		Gonzalo Escalante		Free agent	Free	Contract with Eibar expired	^[19]
		Vedat Muriqi		Fenerbahçe	€17,500,000		^[20]
		Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro		Salernitana	Undisclosed		^[21]
		Mohamed Farès		SPAL	€10,000,000		^[22]
		Mateo Musacchio		Milan	€1,000,000^[23]		^[24]

Loans in

Date		Player		Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
		Andreas Pereira		Manchester United	Loan	Loan with an option to buy	^[25]
		Wesley Hoedt		Southampton	Loan	Loan with an option to buy	^[26]

Out

Date		Player		Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
		Valon Berisha		Reims	€5,000,000^[27]		^[28]
		Guido Guerrieri		Salernitana	Undisclosed		^[29]
		Milan Badelj		Genoa	Undisclosed		^[30]
		Wallace		Yeni Malatyaspor	Undisclosed		^[31]
		Bastos		Al-Ain	€800,000^[32]		^[33]
		Andreas Karo		Marítimo	Undisclosed	Originally intended as loan, but was then purchased	^[34]
		Davide Di Gennaro		Cesena	Undisclosed		^[35]
		Silvio Proto		Retired	N/A	Contract terminated	^[36]

Loans out

Date		Player		Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
	DF	Jorge Silva		Boavista	N/A
		Fabio Maistro		Pescara	N/A		^[37]
		Tiago Casasola		Salernitana	N/A		^[38]
		Andreas Karo		Salernitana	N/A
		Cristiano Lombardi		Salernitana	N/A
		Alessandro Rossi		Viterbese	N/A		^[39]
		Jony		Osasuna	N/A	Loan with an option to buy	^[40]
		Simone Palombi		Pisa	N/A		^[41]
		Luca Falbo		Viterbese	N/A		^[42]
		Marius Adamonis		Salernitana	N/A		^[43]
		André Anderson		Salernitana	N/A
		Patryk Dziczek		Salernitana	N/A
		Jordan Lukaku		Antwerp	N/A		^[44]
		Bobby Adekanye		Cádiz	N/A		^[45]
		Riza Durmisi		Salernitana	N/A		^[46]
		Sofian Kiyine		Salernitana	N/A		^[47]
		Bobby Adekanye		ADO Den Haag	N/A	Loaned after Cádiz stint was terminated six months early	^[48]
		Denis Vavro		Huesca	N/A		^[49]

Competitions

Serie A

See main article: 2020–21 Serie A.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.^[50]

Coppa Italia

See main article: 2020–21 Coppa Italia.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[51]

Knockout phase

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League knockout phase.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.^[52]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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1	17	FW		Ciro Immobile	20	0	5	25
2	11	FW		Joaquín Correa	8	0	3	11
3	10	FW		Luis Alberto	9	0	0	9
	20	FW		Felipe Caicedo	8	0	1	9
5	21	MF		Sergej Milinković-Savić	8	0	0	8
6	16	MF		Marco Parolo	0	1	2	3
7	29	MF		Manuel Lazzari	2	0	0	2
	77	MF		Adam Marušić	2	0	0	2
	94	FW		Vedat Muriqi	1	1	0	2
10	7	MF		Andreas Pereira	1	0	0	1
	33	DF		Francesco Acerbi	0	1	0	1
	92	MF		Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro	0	0	1	1
Own goals					2	1	1	4
Totals					56	4	13	73

Notes and References

1. News: Citta Celeste. Da Salerno: "Resta il blocco Lazio. A Roma torna solo Kiyine". From Salerno: "The Lazio group stays. Only Kiyine returns to Rome". 20 August 2020. it.
2. Web site: UFFICIALE: Il CSM Politehnica Iași ingaggia l'ex Lazio Baxevanos - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
3. Salernitana. Tiago Casasola ritorna in granata. 18 September 2020. it.
4. Web site: UFFICIALE: Lazio, Riza Durmisi ceduto in prestito alla Salernitana fino a fine stagione - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
5. Grosseto. PRESI KALAJ DALLA LAZIO E KARJA DALL'ATALANTA. 12 September 2020. it. 18 January 2022. 12 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912185137/https://usgrosseto1912.com/presi-kalaj-dalla-lazio-e-karja-dallatalanta/. dead.
6. Web site: UFFICIALE: Lazio, Falbo va in prestito alla Viterbese - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
7. Web site: UFFICIALE: Lazio, ritorno in patria per Jordan Lukaku. Va in prestito all'Anversa - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
8. Web site: UFFICIALE: Lazio, Jorge Silva ceduto in prestito al Boavista - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
9. Web site: UFFICIALE: Lazio, saluta Vavro. Il difensore va in prestito all'Huesca - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
10. Web site: Osasuna alcanza un principio de acuerdo con la S. S. Lazio para la cesión de Jony Rodríguez | CA Osasuna - Web Oficial. Osasuna alcanza un principio de acuerdo con la S. S. Lazio para la cesión de Jony Rodríguez | CA Osasuna - Web Oficial. 2022-01-18. 2021-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210226121336/https://www.osasuna.es/noticia/osasuna-alcanza-un-principio-de-acuerdo-con-la-s-s-lazio-para-la-cesion-de-jony-rodriguez. dead.
11. Web site: UFFICIALE: Salernitana, c'è il ritorno di Kiyine. Arriva in prestito dalla Lazio - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
12. Web site: UFFICIALE: Pescara, dalla Lazio arriva in prestito Maistro - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
13. Web site: UFFICIALE: Foggia, tesserati Gioacchino Galeotafiore e Biagio Morrone - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
14. Web site: UFFICIALE: Lazio, nuovo prestito per Adekanye. Dal Cadice all'ADO Den Haag fino a giugno - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
15. Web site: Pisa. SIMONE PALOMBI È NERAZZURRO!. 24 September 2020. it.
16. Web site: UFFICIALE: Viterbese, dalla Lazio arriva l'attaccante Alessandro Rossi - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com . 2022-01-18 . 2020-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200821042351/https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-c/ufficiale-viterbese-dalla-lazio-arriva-l-attaccante-alessandro-rossi-1422337 . dead .
17. Web site: Official Statement: Pepe Reina . A.C. Milan . 27 August 2020 . 28 August 2020.
18. Web site: Statement 27.08.2020 . S.S. Lazio . 27 August 2020 . 28 August 2020 . 19 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119214717/https://sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/60804-statement-27-08-2020 . dead .
19. News: Gonzalo Escalante prepara il ritorno. Gonzalo Escalante prepares for return. S.S. Lazio. it. 24 August 2020. 15 September 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200427/https://www.sslazio.it/it/news/ultime-news/34-news-mobile/60758-gonzalo-escalante-prepara-il-ritorno. dead.
20. Web site: Transfer Görüşmelerinin Sonuçlanması veya Sona Ermesi . Conclusion of Transfer Negotiation . Kamuoyu Aydınlatma Platformu . 15 September 2020 . 15 September 2020 . tr.
21. News: Statement 18.09.2020. S.S. Lazio. 18 September 2020. 1 October 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200429/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61290-statement-18-09-2021. dead.
22. Web site: Official: Fares signs for Lazio. Football Italia. 1 October 2020.
23. Web site: Official: Musacchio completes Lazio move. Football Italia. 27 January 2021.
24. News: Statement 27.01.2021. S.S. Lazio. 27 January 2021. 23 March 2021. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200430/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/63098-statement-27-01-2021. dead.
25. Web site: Official: Pereira to Lazio. Football Italia. 2 October 2020. 2 October 2020.
26. News: Statement 05.10.2020. S.S. Lazio. 5 October 2020. 6 October 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200430/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61426-statement-05-10-2020. dead.
27. News: Valon Berisha verlässt Lazio und wechselt zu Stade Reims . Valon Berisha is leaving Lazio for Stade Reims . German . SPOX.com . 10 July 2020 . 28 August 2020.
28. Web site: Statement 09.07.2020. S.S. Lazio. 9 July 2020. 8 August 2020. 30 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230330173251/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/60336-statement-09-07-2020. dead.
29. Web site: U.S. Salernitana 1919. Guido Guerrieri è un giocatore della Salernitana. 1 September 2020. 6 October 2020. Italian.
30. News: Statement 16.09.2020. S.S. Lazio. 16 September 2020. 30 September 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200422/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61288-statement-16-09-2020. dead.
31. Web site: Hoşgeldin Wallace. 30 September 2020. 30 September 2020. Yeni Malatyaspor. Turkish.
32. News: Lazio sell Bastos to Al-Ain. 22 October 2020. 22 October 2020. Football Italia.
33. Web site: Statement 22.10.2020. 22 October 2020. 22 October 2020. S.S. Lazio. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220925153318/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61766-statement-22-10-2020. dead.
34. News: Bem-vindo Antreas Karo. C.S. Marítimo. 30 January 2021. 23 March 2021. pt.
35. News: Statement 31.01.2021. S.S. Lazio. 31 January 2021. 23 March 2021. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200425/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/63143-statement-31-01-2025. dead.
36. News: 31.01.2021. S.S. Lazio. 31 January 2021. 23 March 2021. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200424/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/63144-statment-31-01-2021. dead.
37. News: UFFICIALE – Fabio Maistro è #BiancAzzurro. OFFICIAL - Fabio Maistro is #BiancAzzurro. Delfino Pescara 1936. 14 September 2020. 6 October 2020. it.
38. News: Statement 18.09.2020. S.S. Lazio. 18 September 2020. 6 October 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200438/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61289-statement-18-09-2020. dead.
39. News: Alessandro Rossi si unirà al gruppo a Cascia. Alessandro Rossi will join the group in Cascia. U.S. Viterbese. 19 September 2020. 6 October 2020. it.
40. News: Statement 22.09.2020. S.S. Lazio. 22 September 2020. 6 October 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200423/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61298-statement-22-09-2020. dead.
41. News: Statement 24.09.2020. S.S. Lazio. 24 September 2020. 6 October 2020.
42. News: Luca Falbo è un nuovo calciatore della Viterbese. Luca Falbo is a new player of Viterbese. U.S. Viterbese. 2 October 2020. 6 October 2020. it.
43. News: Statement 05.10.2020. S.S. Lazio. 5 October 2020. 6 October 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200431/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61430-statement-05-10-2023. dead.
44. News: Statement 05.10.2020. S.S. Lazio. 5 October 2020. 6 October 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200425/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61429-statement-05-10-2022. dead.
45. News: Statement 05.10.2020. S.S. Lazio. 5 October 2020. 6 October 2020. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200428/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/61428-statement-05-10-2021. dead.
46. News: Statement 22.01.2021. S.S. Lazio. 22 January 2021. 25 January 2021.
47. News: Statement 28.01.2021. S.S. Lazio. 28 January 2021. 23 March 2021.
48. News: Statement 28.01.2021. S.S. Lazio. 28 January 2021. 23 March 2021. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200427/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/63100-statement-28-01-2022. dead.
49. News: Statement 01.02.2021. S.S. Lazio. 1 February 2021. 23 March 2021. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402200428/https://www.sslazio.it/en/news/latest-news/31-latest-news/63258-statement-01-02-2021. dead.
50. Web site: Serie A TIM for 2020/2021 announced . Lega Serie A . 2 September 2020 . 22 September 2020 . 26 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626102110/https://www.legaseriea.it/en/press/news/info/serie-a-tim-for-2020-2021-announced . dead .
51. Web site: Champions League group stage draw made in Geneva. 1 October 2020. 1 October 2020. UEFA.com.
52. News: Champions League round of 16 draw: all you need to know. 14 December 2020. 14 December 2020. UEFA.com.