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2019–20 Atalanta BC season

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

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Source: Competitions

Serie A

League table

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)
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Atalanta finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Lazio 3–3 Atalanta, Atalanta 3–2 Lazio.

Results summary

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated: 12 August 2020
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Last updated: 12 August 2020

Clean sheets

Last updated: 1 March 2020

Disciplinary record

Last updated: 1 March 2020

References

  1. ^ "Official: Atalanta appoint Gasperini". Football Italia. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Atalanta to play at San Siro". Football Italia. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "CL: Atalanta Champions League history!". Football Italia. 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Game Zero: Spread of virus linked to Champions League match". Associated Press. 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Atalanta achieve incredible goalscoring feat with Zapata goal against Juventus". Sportskeeda. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Atalanta reach scoring milestone, coaches in furious row". ESPN. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. ^ Garza, Dan (2020-10-05). "Atalanta Continue to Pile on the Goals in Serie A". Last Word on Football. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  8. ^ "Luis Muriel è dell'Atalanta" [Luis Muriel is from Atalanta]. atalanta.it (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Benvenuto Marco Varnier" [Welcome Marco Varnier]. atalanta.it (in Italian). Atalanta. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Ruslan Malinovskyi è dell'Atalanta". atalanta.it (in Italian). Atalanta. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Skrtel: 'Champions League with Atalanta'". Football Italia. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Official: Atalanta sign Arana". Football Italia. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Official: Atalanta sign Kjaer". Football Italia. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Official: Caldara returns to Atalanta". Football Italia. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Franck Kessie al Milan". atalanta.it (in Italian). Atalanta. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  16. ^ "UFFICIALE: SPAL, riscattati Dickmann, Petagna, Fares e Valoti". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Tutto Mercato. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Official: Skrtel returns to Turkey". Football Italia. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Official: SPAL sign Reca". Football Italia. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Coronavirus: Inter Milan v Sampdoria among Serie A games postponed". BBC Sport. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  20. ^ "Serie A Week 25 games moved again". Football Italia. 5 March 2020.
  21. ^ a b "Coronavirus: All sport in Italy to be suspended because of outbreak". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Official: Coppa Italia June 13, Serie A 20". Football Italia. 28 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Serie A unveils new fixture list". Football Italia. 1 June 2020.
  24. ^ Atalanta played their home matches at San Siro, Milan, instead of their regular home stadium Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo.[2]
  25. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk played their home matches at the Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena in Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.
  26. ^ "Coronavirus: Valencia vs. Atalanta Champions League clash behind closed doors". espn.com. ESPN. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  27. ^ "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.