The 2019–20 season was SPAL's third season in the top-flight of Italian football since 1968. After being promoted as champions of Serie B in the 2016–17 season, SPAL finished just above the relegation places in 17th during the 2017–18 season, and in 13th place during the 2018–19 Serie A season.
The season was coach Leonardo Semplici's sixth in charge of the club, after taking over in December 2014. On 10 June 2019 Semplici and his staff extended their contracts with the club to June 2021.
Players
Squad information
No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Notes Goalkeepers 22 Demba Thiam GK Youth Sector 2017 2020 0 0 25 Karlo Letica GK Club Brugge 2019 2020 0 0 Loan 99 Etrit Berisha GK Atalanta 2019 2020 7 0 Loan Defenders 3 Igor CB Red Bull Salzburg 2019 2023 5 0 4 Thiago Cionek CB Palermo 2018 2020 51 1 13 Arkadiusz Reca LB Atalanta 2019 2020 4 0 Loan 23 Francesco Vicari CB Novara 2016 2022 103 3 24 Lorenzo Dickmann RB / RWB Novara 2018 2022 6 0 26 Jacopo Sala RB / CM Sampdoria 2019 2020 4 0 Loan 27 Felipe CB Udinese 2017 2020 65 4 40 Nenad Tomović CB / RB / LB Chievo 2019 2020 6 0 Midfielders 6 Mirko Valdifiori DM Torino 2018 2020 18 0 7 Simone Missiroli CM Sassuolo 2018 2021 41 0 8 Mattia Valoti CM / AM Hellas Verona 2018 2021 28 2 11 Alessandro Murgia CM / AM Lazio 2019 2024 20 0 19 Jasmin Kurtić CM Atalanta 2018 2022 52 8 21 Espeto RM / AM / LM Youth Sector 2017 2022 7 0 77 Marco D'Alessandro RM / LM / RW Atalanta 2019 2020 4 0 Loan 93 Mohamed Fares LM / LWB / LW Hellas Verona 2018 2022 35 3 Forwards 9 Gabriele Moncini ST Cesena 2018 2022 2 0 10 Sergio Floccari ST Bologna 2017 2020 64 13 31 Federico Di Francesco LW / RW / AM Sassuolo 2019 2020 5 2 Loan 37 Andrea Petagna ST Atalanta 2018 2023 43 19 43 Alberto Paloschi ST Atalanta 2017 2021 61 9 95 Marko Janković LW Partizan 2019 2022 2 0
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Etrit Berisha Atalanta Loan Loan with an obligation to buy Marco D'Alessandro Atalanta Loan Loan with an option to buy Arkadiusz Reca Atalanta Loan Loan with an option to buy and counter-option
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Manuel Lazzari Lazio €10M €10M + Alessandro Murgia Filippo Costa Napoli Undisclosed
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Mattia Vitale Frosinone Loan Loan with an obligation to buy
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
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 NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal131FWFederico Di Francesco21337FWAndrea Petagna30338MFMattia Valoti022419MFJasmin Kurtić101Own goal000Totals639
Last updated: 5 October 2019
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal199GKEtrit Berisha101Totals101
Last updated: 5 October 2019
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaTotal3DFIgor3000003004DFThiago Cionek10000010026DFJacopo Sala10000010027DFFelipe10000010040DFNenad Tomović2000002007MFSimone Missiroli2001003008MFMattia Valoti10000010019MFJasmin Kurtić20000020021MFEspeto11000011031FWFederico Di Francesco10000010037FWAndrea Petagna20000020095FWMarko Janković000100100Totals17102001910
Last updated: 5 October 2019
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