2020–21 Atalanta BC season

The 2020–21 season was the 113th season in the existence of Atalanta BC and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Atalanta participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 13 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Atalanta

2020–21 season
President	Antonio Percassi
Head coach	Gian Piero Gasperini
Stadium	Gewiss Stadium
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Luis Muriel (22) All: Luis Muriel (26)
Biggest win	Atalanta 5–0 Bologna
Biggest defeat	Atalanta 0–5 Liverpool
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SRB Boris Radunović 2 DF  ITA Rafael Tolói (captain)[3] 3 DF  DEN Joakim Mæhle 4 DF  CRO Boško Šutalo 6 DF  ARG José Luis Palomino 7 FW  NED Sam Lammers 8 DF  GER Robin Gosens 9 FW  COL Luis Muriel 11 MF  SUI Remo Freuler (vice-captain)[3] 13 DF  ITA Mattia Caldara (on loan from Milan) 15 MF  NED Marten de Roon (3rd captain)[3] 17 DF  ARG Cristian Romero (on loan from Juventus) 18 MF  UKR Ruslan Malinovskyi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  ALB Berat Djimsiti 20 MF  UKR Viktor Kovalenko 31 GK  ITA Francesco Rossi 32 MF  ITA Matteo Pessina 33 DF  NED Hans Hateboer 40 DF  ITA Matteo Ruggeri 57 GK  ITA Marco Sportiello 59 MF  RUS Aleksei Miranchuk 72 FW  SVN Josip Iličić 88 MF  CRO Mario Pašalić 91 FW  COL Duván Zapata 95 GK  ITA Pierluigi Gollini

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Notes	Source
88	MF	Mario Pašalić	Chelsea	€15M	22 June 2020	Option to buy activated	[4]
59	MF	Aleksei Miranchuk	Lokomotiv Moscow	€14.5M	28 August 2020		[5]
7	FW	Sam Lammers	PSV Eindhoven	€9M	22 September 2020		[6]
3	DF	Joakim Mæhle	Genk	€10M	4 January 2021		[7]
20	MF	Viktor Kovalenko	Shakhtar Donetsk	€0.7M	1 February 2021		[8]

Loans in

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Notes	Source
17	DF	Cristian Romero	Juventus	€2M	5 September 2020	Loan with an option to buy	[9]
21	DF	Cristiano Piccini	Valencia		9 September 2020	Loan with an option to buy	[10]
26	DF	Johan Mojica	Girona	€0.5M	22 September 2020	Loan with an option to buy	[11]
27	DF	Fabio Depaoli	Sampdoria		2 October 2020	Loan with an option to buy	[12]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Notes	Source
21	DF	Timothy Castagne	Leicester City	€25M	1 September 2020		[13]
79	FW	Amad	Manchester United	€40M	7 January 2021		[14][15]
26	DF	Johan Mojica	Girona		15 January 2021	Loan terminated early	[16]
21	DF	Cristiano Piccini	Valencia		23 January 2021	Loan terminated early	[17]
27	DF	Fabio Depaoli	Sampdoria		26 January 2021	Loan terminated early	[18]
10	FW	Alejandro Gómez	Sevilla		26 January 2021		[19]

Loans out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Notes	Source
7	DF	Lennart Czyborra	Genoa	€5.5M	9 September 2020	Two-year loan with obligation to buy	[20]
20	MF	Jacopo Da Riva	Vicenza		5 October 2020		[21]
24	GK	Marco Carnesecchi	Cremonese		5 January 2021		[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Atalanta v Pro Sesto

12 September 2020 Friendly	Atalanta	4–1	Pro Sesto	Ciserano, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Bortolotti Attendance: 0

Atalanta v Novara

16 September 2020 Friendly	Atalanta	3–1	Novara	Ciserano, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Bortolotti Attendance: 0

Atalanta v Como

19 September 2020 Friendly	Atalanta	5–1	Como	Ciserano, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Bortolotti Attendance: 0

Atalanta v Ravenna

19 September 2020 Friendly	Atalanta	3–1	Ravenna	Ciserano, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Bortolotti Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	26 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	3rd	38	23	9	6	90	47	+43	060.53
Coppa Italia	14 January 2021	19 May 2021	Round of 16	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	060.00
Champions League	21 October 2020	16 March 2021	Group stage	Round of 16	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1	037.50
Total					51	29	12	10	111	65	+46	056.86

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

Main article: 2020–21 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Milan (C)	38	28	7	3	89	35	+54	91	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Milan	38	24	7	7	74	41	+33	79
3	Atalanta	38	23	9	6	90	47	+43	78[a]
4	Juventus	38	23	9	6	77	38	+39	78[a]
5	Napoli	38	24	5	9	86	41	+45	77	0Qualification for Europa League group stage[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)^[23]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
2. Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	23	9	6	90	47	+43	78	12	3	4	49	24	+25	11	6	2	41	23	+18

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	9	2	1	3	6	4	6	7	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	6	5	7	7	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 September 2020.^[24]

Torino v Atalanta

26 September 2020 2	Torino	2–4	Atalanta	Turin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Belotti 11', 43' Zaza  39'	Report	Gómez 13' Muriel 21' Caldara  30' Hateboer 42' De Roon 54' Freuler  87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Lazio v Atalanta

30 September 2020 1	Lazio	1–4	Atalanta	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Marušić  12' Luis Alberto  26' Lucas  40' Caicedo 57',  75' Cataldi  70' Acerbi  72' Immobile  90+4'	Report	Gosens 10' Djimsiti  17' Freuler  26' Hateboer 32' Gómez 41', 61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fabio Maresca
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 20 September 2020, but was postponed due to Atalanta's involvement in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League.[25]

Atalanta v Cagliari

4 October 2020 3	Atalanta	5–2	Cagliari	Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Muriel 7' Gómez 29' Pašalić 37' Zapata 42' Lammers 81'	Report	Godín 24' João Pedro 52'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

Napoli v Atalanta

17 October 2020 4	Napoli	4–1	Atalanta	Naples
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lozano 23', 27',  79' Politano 30' Osimhen 43'	Report	Tolói  38' Gosens  45+1' Lammers 69' Djimsiti  81'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Marco Di Bello

Atalanta v Sampdoria

24 October 2020 5	Atalanta	1–3	Sampdoria	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mojica  44' Malinovskyi  66' Zapata 80' (pen.) Palomino  86'	Report	Quagliarella 13', 45 Tonelli  31' Yoshida  47' Thorsby 59' Keita  69' Jankto  71', 90+2'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Crotone v Atalanta

31 October 2020 6	Crotone	1–2	Atalanta	Crotone
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simy 40' Marrone  49'	Report	Muriel 26', 38' Hateboer  37' Tolói  62' Romero  70'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 0 Referee: Federico Dionisi

Atalanta v Internazionale

8 November 2020 7	Atalanta	1–1	Internazionale	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djimsiti  33' Miranchuk 79'	Report	Martínez  30', 59' De Vrij  44' Vidal  70'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Spezia v Atalanta

21 November 2020 8	Spezia	0–0	Atalanta	Cesena
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ricci  3' Estévez  28' Terzi  65'	Report	Gosens  38' Pašalić  52' Pessina  85'	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Atalanta v Hellas Verona

28 November 2020 9	Atalanta	0–2	Hellas Verona	Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tolói  60' Amad  80'	Report	Ceccherini  39' Dawidowicz  45' Veloso 62' (pen.),  81' Zaccagni 83'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa

Atalanta v Fiorentina

13 December 2020 11	Atalanta	3–0	Fiorentina	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gosens 44' Malinovskyi 55' Tolói 63' Romero  67'	Report	Amrabat  54' Ribéry  80'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Juventus v Atalanta

16 December 2020 12	Juventus	1–1	Atalanta	Turin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chiesa 29' Rabiot  46' Morata  60' Ronaldo 61' McKennie  80'	Report	Romero  38' De Roon  52' Freuler 57'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Doveri

Atalanta v Roma

20 December 2020 13	Atalanta	4–1	Roma	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malinovskyi  37' Romero  39' Zapata 59' Gosens 70' Muriel 72' Iličić 85'	Report	Džeko 3' Pellegrini  36' Mirante  57' Mancini  64'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Bologna v Atalanta

23 December 2020 14	Bologna	2–2	Atalanta	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tomiyasu 73' Paz 82' Palacio  84' Da Costa  86'	Report	Gosens  18' Muriel 22' (pen.), 23' Djimsiti  60'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

Atalanta v Sassuolo

3 January 2021 15	Atalanta	5–1	Sassuolo	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zapata 11', 49' Hateboer  25' Romero  44' Pessina 45' Gosens 57' Muriel 68' De Roon  80'	Report	Chiricheș  51', 75'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabio Maresca

Atalanta v Parma

6 January 2021 16	Atalanta	3–0	Parma	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muriel 15' Pessina  45' Zapata 49' Gosens 61'	Report	Cyprien  39'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Benevento v Atalanta

9 January 2021 17	Benevento	1–4	Atalanta	Benevento
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foulon  24' Sau 50' Lapadula  53' Dabo  57'	Report	De Roon  17' Palomino  26' Iličić 30' Tolói 69' Zapata 71' Muriel 86'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Atalanta v Genoa

17 January 2021 18	Atalanta	0–0	Genoa	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gosens  83'	Report	Goldaniga  72' Zappacosta  75'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Udinese v Atalanta

20 January 2021 10	Udinese	1–1	Atalanta	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pereyra 1',  11' Zeegelaar  75' Bonifazi  90+2'	Report	Muriel 44' Freuler  83' Romero  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 6 December 2020, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[26]

Milan v Atalanta

23 January 2021 19	Milan	0–3	Atalanta	Milan
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernandez  38' Kessié  51'	Report	Romero 26' Iličić 53' (pen.) Zapata 77' Gosens  84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Atalanta v Lazio

31 January 2021 20	Atalanta	1–3	Lazio	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pašalić 79'	Report	Marušić 3' Patric  23' Correa 51' Musacchio  58' Muriqi 82'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

Atalanta v Torino

6 February 2021 21	Atalanta	3–3	Torino	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Iličić 14' Gosens 19' Muriel 21' Palomino  41' Pašalić  86' Tolói  87'	Report	Zaza  24' Nkoulou  27' Belotti 42', 42' Bremer 45+1' Bonazzoli 84'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Cagliari v Atalanta

14 February 2021 22	Cagliari	0–1	Atalanta	Cagliari
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Walukiewicz  7' Rugani  60' Lykogiannis  69'	Report	Romero  45+1' Iličić  68' De Roon  89' Muriel 90'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Piccinini

Atalanta v Napoli

21 February 2021 23	Atalanta	4–2	Napoli	Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zapata 52' Djimsiti  55' Gosens 64',  87' Muriel 71' Romero 79'	Report	Di Lorenzo  6' Zieliński 58' Gosens 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Di Bello

Sampdoria v Atalanta

28 February 2021 24	Sampdoria	0–2	Atalanta	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ekdal  63'	Report	Freuler  10' Malinovskyi 40' Tolói  47' Gosens 70' De Roon  81'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Atalanta v Crotone

3 March 2021 25	Atalanta	5–1	Crotone	Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gosens 12' Palomino 48' Muriel 50' Iličić 58' Miranchuk 85'	Report	Magallán  7' Simy 23' Rivière  27'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Simone Sozza

Internazionale v Atalanta

8 March 2021 26	Internazionale	1–0	Atalanta	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Škriniar 54'	Report	Romero  59'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Atalanta v Spezia

12 March 2021 27	Atalanta	3–1	Spezia	Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tolói  8' De Roon  25' Pašalić 53', 73' Muriel 55'	Report	Piccoli 82'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Valerio Marini

Hellas Verona v Atalanta

21 March 2021 28	Hellas Verona	0–2	Atalanta	Verona
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ceccherini  27' Dawidowicz  28' Sturaro  72'	Report	Malinovskyi 33' (pen.) Zapata 42' Tolói  60' Romero  64'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Atalanta v Udinese

3 April 2021 29	Atalanta	3–2	Udinese	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muriel 19', 43' Zapata 61'	Report	Pereyra 45',  58' Stryger Larsen 71' Samir  90'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

Fiorentina v Atalanta

11 April 2021 30	Fiorentina	2–3	Atalanta	Florence
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pezzella  32' Amrabat  53' Vlahović 57', 66' Milenković  72'	Report	Zapata 13', 40' Romero  23' Iličić 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

Atalanta v Juventus

18 April 2021 31	Atalanta	1–0	Juventus	Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gosens  79' Malinovskyi  79', 87' Djimsiti  82'	Report	Bonucci  73' Cuadrado  90+3'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Roma v Atalanta

22 April 2021 32	Roma	1–1	Atalanta	Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Calafiori  31' Villar  47' Cristante 75' Ibañez  90+4'  90+5'	Report	Malinovskyi 26' Gosens  52'  69'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Atalanta v Bologna

25 April 2021 33	Atalanta	5–0	Bologna	Bergamo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Malinovskyi 22' Muriel 44' (pen.) Freuler 57' Zapata 59' Miranchuk 73'	Report	Danilo  44' Schouten  49'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Fabbri

Sassuolo v Atalanta

2 May 2021 34	Sassuolo	1–1	Atalanta	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marlon  28'  75' Chiricheș  35' Locatelli  40' Obiang  45+1' Berardi 52' (pen.) Ferrari  53'	Report	Gollini  23' Gosens 32' Muriel 76' Djimsiti  78'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Parma v Atalanta

9 May 2021 35	Parma	2–5	Atalanta	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grassi  44' Brunetta 78' Sohm 88'	Report	Malinovskyi 12' Pessina 52' Hateboer  72' Muriel 77', 86' Miranchuk 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 0 Referee: Antonio Giua

Atalanta v Benevento

12 May 2021 36	Atalanta	2–0	Benevento	Bergamo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Muriel 22' De Roon  51' Pašalić 67' Iličić  81'	Report	Tuia  40' Barba  56' Ioniță  60' Caldirola  80'  82'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa

Genoa v Atalanta

15 May 2021 37	Genoa	3–4	Atalanta	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Shomurodov 48', 84' Pandev 67' (pen.) Rovella  88'	Report	Zapata 9' Malinovskyi 26' Gosens 44' Pašalić 51' Djimsiti  62' Tolói  71'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 0 Referee: Livio Marinelli

Atalanta v Milan

23 May 2021 38	Atalanta	0–2	Milan	Bergamo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Freuler  47' De Roon  69',  90+1' Tolói  86'	Report	Kessié 43' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) Mandžukić  82' Krunić  90+1' Dalot  90+2'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2020–21 Coppa Italia

Atalanta v Cagliari

14 January 2021 Round of 16	Atalanta	3–1	Cagliari	Bergamo
21:15 CET (UTC+1)	Miranchuk 43' Muriel 61' Šutalo 64' Iličić  80'	Report	Sottil 55'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Federico Dionisi

Atalanta v Lazio

27 January 2021 Quarter-finals	Atalanta	3–2	Lazio	Bergamo
17:45 CET (UTC+1)	Djimsiti 7' Romero  11' Malinovskyi  16', 37' Palomino  53' Miranchuk 57' Zapata 66'	Report	Muriqi 17' Patric  22' Farès  22' Acerbi 34' Escalante  57'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Luca Pairetto

Napoli v Atalanta

3 February 2021 Semi-finals First leg	Napoli	0–0	Atalanta	Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koulibaly  88'	Report	Romero  64'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Michael Fabbri

Atalanta v Napoli

10 February 2021 Semi-finals Second leg	Atalanta	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Napoli	Bergamo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Palomino  7' Zapata 10' Pessina 16', 78'	Report	Hysaj  25' Lozano 53' Zieliński  57' Di Lorenzo  75' Insigne  90+2'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Federico La Penna

Atalanta v Juventus

19 May 2021 Final	Atalanta	1–2	Juventus	Reggio Emilia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Malinovskyi  36', 41' Romero  78' Freuler  85' De Roon  88' Tolói  88' Iličić  89'	Report	Chiellini  27' Kulusevski 31' De Ligt  40' Chiesa 73'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Davide Massa
Note: Toloi was sent off for dissent while on the bench.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group D

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[27]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ATA	AJX	MID
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	1–0	2–0
2	Atalanta	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11			0–5	—	2–2	1–1
3	Ajax	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Midtjylland	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2			1–1	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Midtjylland v Atalanta

21 October 2020 1	Midtjylland	0–4	Atalanta	Herning, Denmark
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sisto  74'	Report	Zapata 26' Gómez 36' Muriel 42' Romero  84' Miranchuk 89'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 132 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Atalanta v Ajax

27 October 2020 2	Atalanta	2–2	Ajax	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Iličić  23' Zapata 54', 60' Djimsiti  66' Malinovskyi  90+1'	Report	Traoré  6', 38' Klaassen  20' Mazraoui  25' Tadić 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Atalanta v Liverpool

3 November 2020 3	Atalanta	0–5	Liverpool	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jota 16', 33', 54' Wijnaldum  21' Jones  21' Salah 47' Mané 49'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Liverpool v Atalanta

25 November 2020 4	Liverpool	0–2	Atalanta	Liverpool, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tsimikas  58'	Report	Iličić 60' Gosens 64' De Roon  89'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Atalanta v Midtjylland

1 December 2020 5	Atalanta	1–1	Midtjylland	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djimsiti  30' Romero  62', 79'	Report	Scholz 13' Kaba  28' Paulinho  89'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Ajax v Atalanta

9 December 2020 6	Ajax	0–1	Atalanta	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Gravenberch  22'  79' Tagliafico  52'	Report	Hateboer  60' Freuler  82' Muriel 85'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Knockout phase

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.^[28]

Atalanta v Real Madrid

24 February 2021 First leg	Atalanta	0–1	Real Madrid	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Freuler  17' Gosens  71'	Report	Casemiro  23' Mendy  55', 86'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Real Madrid v Atalanta

16 March 2021 Second leg	Real Madrid	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Atalanta	Madrid, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benzema 34' Valverde  39' Ramos 60' (pen.) Nacho  73' Kroos  77' Asensio 84'	Report	Tolói  58' Muriel 83'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano[note 2] Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SRB	Boris Radunović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	ITA	Ludovico Gelmi[note 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ITA	Francesco Rossi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	GK	ITA	Marco Sportiello	21	0	13+2	0	1	0	5	0
95	GK	ITA	Pierluigi Gollini	31	0	25	0	3	0	3	0
Defenders
2	DF	ITA	Rafael Tolói	42	2	29+2	2	2+1	0	7+1	0
3	DF	DEN	Joakim Mæhle	25	0	12+8	0	3	0	2	0
4	DF	CRO	Boško Šutalo	9	1	3+4	0	2	1	0	0
6	DF	ARG	José Luis Palomino	45	1	25+11	1	2+1	0	2+4	0
8	DF	GER	Robin Gosens	43	12	30+2	11	4	0	7	1
13	DF	ITA	Mattia Caldara	9	0	1+5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
17	DF	ARG	Cristian Romero	41	3	29+2	2	3	0	7	1
19	DF	ALB	Berat Djimsiti	45	1	28+5	0	4	1	8	0
33	DF	NED	Hans Hateboer	29	2	20+2	2	0+1	0	6	0
40	DF	ITA	Matteo Ruggeri	8	0	3+3	0	0	0	0+2	0
41	DF	ITA	Davide Ghislandi[note 3]	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	ITA	Giorgio Scalvini[note 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
11	MF	SUI	Remo Freuler	45	2	32+2	2	4	0	7	0
15	MF	NED	Marten de Roon	45	1	33+2	1	2+2	0	5+1	0
18	MF	UKR	Ruslan Malinovskyi	42	10	22+14	8	2	2	1+3	0
20	MF	UKR	Viktor Kovalenko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ITA	Matteo Pessina	39	4	21+7	2	4	2	5+2	0
43	MF	ITA	Simone Panada[note 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	ITA	Emmanuel Gyabuaa[note 3]	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF	RUS	Aleksei Miranchuk	30	7	4+21	4	2	2	0+3	1
77	MF	ITA	Alessandro Cortinovis[note 3]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	CRO	Mario Pašalić	32	6	10+15	6	0+2	0	3+2	0
Forwards
7	FW	NED	Sam Lammers	17	2	1+14	2	0+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	COL	Luis Muriel	47	26	16+20	22	4	1	5+2	3
72	FW	SVN	Josip Iličić	37	7	17+11	6	0+3	0	2+4	1
91	FW	COL	Duván Zapata	48	19	29+8	15	2+1	1	6+2	3
Players transferred out during the season
10	FW	ARG	Alejandro Gómez	16	5	9+1	4	0	0	6	1
20	MF	ITA	Jacopo Da Riva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ITA	Cristiano Piccini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	ITA	Marco Carnesecchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	COL	Johan Mojica	13	0	3+8	0	0	0	1+1	0
27	DF	ITA	Fabio Depaoli	7	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
79	FW	CIV	Amad	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 23 May 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	Champions League	Total
1	9	FW		Luis Muriel	22	1	3	26
2	91	FW		Duván Zapata	15	1	3	19
3	8	DF		Robin Gosens	11	0	1	12
4	18	MF		Ruslan Malinovskyi	8	2	0	10
5	59	MF		Aleksei Miranchuk	4	2	1	7
	72	FW		Josip Iličić	6	0	1	7
7	88	MF		Mario Pašalić	6	0	0	6
8	10	FW		Alejandro Gómez	4	0	1	5
9	32	MF		Matteo Pessina	2	2	0	4
10	17	DF		Cristian Romero	2	0	1	3
11	2	DF		Rafael Tolói	2	0	0	2
	7	FW		Sam Lammers	2	0	0	2
	11	MF		Remo Freuler	2	0	0	2
	33	DF		Hans Hateboer	2	0	0	2
15	4	DF		Boško Šutalo	0	1	0	1
	6	DF		José Luis Palomino	1	0	0	1
	15	MF		Marten de Roon	1	0	0	1
	19	DF		Berat Djimsiti	0	1	0	1
Totals					90	10	11	111

Notes

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
2. Real Madrid played their home matches at Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid, instead of their regular home stadium Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.
3. Aggregated to the first team from the Primavera (youth) team