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, 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. Atalanta would end up finishing the season with 98 goals in Serie A.
Players
Squad information Last updated on 1 March 2020 Appearances include league matches only No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 31 Francesco Rossi GK Youth Sector 2009 2020 2 0 57 Marco Sportiello GK Carpi 2013 2020 91 0 95 Pierluigi Gollini GK Aston Villa 2017 2023 61 0 Defenders 2 Rafael Tolói CB São Paulo 2015 2020 149 8 3 Mattia Caldara CB Milan 2020 2021 2 0 4 Boško Šutalo CB / RB / LB Osijek 2020 2024 0 0 6 José Luis Palomino CB Ludogorets Razgrad 2017 2020 77 3 7 Lennart Czyborra LB Heracles Almelo 2020 2024 0 0 8 Robin Gosens LB / LWB / LM Heracles Almelo 2017 2020 71 11 19 Berat Djimsiti CB / RB / LB Zürich 2016 2019 49 2 21 Timothy Castagne RB / LB Genk 2017 2020 62 5 22 Raoul Bellanova RB Bordeaux 2020 2021 0 0 33 Hans Hateboer RB Groningen 2017 2022 95 5 Midfielders 5 Adrien Tameze CM Nice 2020 2020 2 0 11 Remo Freuler CM Luzern 2016 2023 129 15 15 Marten de Roon CM Middlesbrough 2017 2022 91 6 18 Ruslan Malinovskyi CM / AM / RW Genk 2019 2024 22 3 72 Josip Iličić AM / RW / SS Fiorentina 2017 2020 83 38 88 Mario Pašalić CM / DM / AM Chelsea 2018 2020 56 10 Forwards 9 Luis Muriel CF / ST Sevilla 2019 2023 22 13 10 Alejandro Gómez LW / SS Metalist Kharkiv 2014 2022 187 45 17 Roberto Piccoli CF Youth Sector 2 0 79 Amad RW / LW / AM Youth Sector 2019 3 1 90 Ebrima Colley LW / AM / CM Youth Sector 2019 1 0 91 Duván Zapata CF Sampdoria 2018 2023 52 34 Players transferred during the season 4 Simon Kjær CB / DM Sevilla 2019 2020 5 0 5 Andrea Masiello CB / RB Bari 2011 2020 157 8 7 Arkadiusz Reca LB Wisła Płock 2018 2022 3 0 13 Guilherme Arana LB Sevilla 2019 2020 4 0 41 Roger Ibañez CB Fluminense 2019 2023 1 0 99 Musa Barrow CF / LW Youth Sector 2017 2020 41 4
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Luis Muriel Sevilla €15M Marco Varnier Cittadella €5Msigned permanently after obligation to buy Ruslan Malinovskyi Genk €13.7M Martin Škrtel Fenerbahçe Free
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Guilherme Arana Sevilla Loan Loan with an option to buy for €8–9M Simon Kjær Sevilla Loan Mattia Caldara Milan Loan 18-month loan with a €15M option to buy
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Franck Kessié Milan €24Msigned permanently after obligation to buy Bryan Cristante Roma €21Msigned permanently after obligation to buy Andrea Petagna SPAL €12Msigned permanently after obligation to buy Martin Škrtel İstanbul Başakşehir Free Contract terminated by mutual consent
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Arkadiusz Reca SPAL Loan Loan with an option to buy and counter-option
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal172MFJosip Iličić15152129FWLuis Muriel18011991FWDuván Zapata180119488MFMario Pašalić9031258DFRobin Gosens90110618MFRuslan Malinovskyi8019710FWAlejandro Gómez7018811MFRemo Freuler201392DFRafael Tolói20026DFJosé Luis Palomino200215MFMarten de Roon200219DFBerat Djimsiti200221DFTimothy Castagne101233DFHans Hateboer00221579FWAmad1001Own goal2002Totals98117116
Last updated: 12 August 2020
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal195GKPierluigi Gollini5027257GKMarco Sportiello1001Totals6028
Last updated: 1 March 2020
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CLTotal31GKFrancesco Rossi00000000000095GKPierluigi Gollini3000000003002DFRafael Tolói5000003008003DFMattia Caldara0001000001004DFSimon Kjær2000000002005DFAndrea Masiello1000001002006DFJosé Luis Palomino4000000004007DFLennart Czyborra0000000000008DFRobin Gosens20000010030019DFBerat Djimsiti20010020050021DFTimothy Castagne30000010040033DFHans Hateboer70000020090011MFRemo Freuler20000010030015MFMarten de Roon1000000200120018MFRuslan Malinovskyi41000010051072MFJosip Iličić10100020030188MFMario Pašalić4000001005009FWLuis Muriel00000010010010FWAlejandro Gómez20000000020091FWDuván Zapata10000000010099FWMusa Barrow000000000000Totals531120018007311
Last updated: 1 March 2020
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