2020–21 Palermo FC season

The 2020–21 season was Palermo Football Club's first season in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football, following promotion from Serie D during the 2019–20 season. Palermo returned to the third division after 19 years, having last played in Serie C1 in 2000–01.

Palermo

2020–21 season
President	Dario Mirri[1][2]
Manager	Roberto Boscaglia[3] (until 27 February 2021)[4] Giacomo Filippi[4] (from 27 February 2021, as caretaker)
Stadium	Renzo Barbera
Serie C	7th (Group C)
Play-offs	First national round
Top goalscorer	League: Lorenzo Lucca (13) All: Lorenzo Lucca (13)
Average home league attendance	0[5]
Biggest win	3–0 vs Monopoli
Biggest defeat	0–2 vs Teramo 0–2 vs Avellino 0–2 vs Foggia 2–4 vs Juve Stabia
Home colours Away colours 120th anniversary colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Staff

Management Staff^[6]

• Chairman: Dario Mirri
• CEO: Rinaldo Sagramola
• General Secretary: Giuseppe Li Vigni
• Sporting Director: Renzo Castagnini
• Youth Teams Manager: Rosario Argento, then Leandro Rinaudo
• Team Manager & Press Officer: Andrea Siracusa
• Event Manager: Antonino Lentini
• Security Officer: Francesco Meli
• Marketing Manager: Gaetano Lombardo
• Merchandising Manager: Riccardo Montesanto
• Social Media Manager: Marco Sirchia

Technical Staff^[7]

• Head coach: Roberto Boscaglia (until 27 February 2021), then Giacomo Filippi (from 27 February 2021)
• Assistant Head coach: Giacomo Filippi (until 27 February 2021), then Fabio Levacovich (from 10 March 2021)
• Assistant coach: Emanuele Lupo
• Goalkeeper coach: Michele Marotta
• Personal trainers: Marco Nastasi, Marco Petrucci

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 24 April 2021.^[8]
Appearances and goals include domestic leagues (Serie A, Serie B, Serie C and Serie D), national and league cups (Coppa Italia and Coppa Italia Serie D), international cup (UEFA Cup) and other competitions (Promotion play-offs)^[9] and correct as of 26 May 2021.^[10][11][12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract ends	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Alberto Pelagotti		GK	(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35)	2019	2022	Arezzo	Free	65	–57
12	Mattia Fallani[a]		GK	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)	2019	2021	SPAL	Free	4	–1
Defenders
2	Masimiliano Doda		RB / RWB	(2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 (age 23)	2019	2024	Sampdoria	Undisclosed	34	1
3	Niccolò Corrado[a]		LB	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 24)	2020[13]	2021	Inter	Free	7	0
4	Andrea Accardi		CB / RB / LB / RWB	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29)	2019	2022	Palermo[b]	N/A	59	0
6	Roberto Crivello		LB / CB	(1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 33)	2019	2024	Spezia	Free	47	0
13	Edoardo Lancini		CB	(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 30)	2019	2022	Brescia	Free	41	3
15	Ivan Marconi		CB	(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 35)	2020[14]	2022	Monza	Undisclosed	29	1
16	Manuel Peretti		CB	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)	2019[15][16]	2022	Hellas Verona	Undisclosed	33	1
24	Michele Somma		CB	(1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 29)	2020[17]	2023	Deportivo La Coruña	Free	21	1
26	Bubacarr Marong		CB	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24)	2019	2022	Parmonval	Free	9	0
29	Alberto Almici		RB / RWB	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 31)	2020[18]	2023	Hellas Verona	Free	19	1
Midfielders
5	Andrea Palazzi[a]		CM / CB	(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 28)	2020[19]	2021	Monza	Free	24	0
8	Malaury Martin		CM	(1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 36)	2019	2021	Hearts	Free	36	1
18	Francesco De Rose		CM	(1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 37)	2021[20]	2022	Reggina	Undisclosed	21	0
19	Moses Odjer		CM	(1996-08-17) 17 August 1996 (age 28)	2020[21]	2022	Trapani	Free	26	0
21	Jérémie Broh		CM	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 27)	2020[22]	2023	Sassuolo	Undisclosed	28	0
27	Gregorio Luperini		CM / AM	(1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30)	2020[23]	2023	Trapani	Free	33	6
Forwards
7	Roberto Floriano		LW	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38)	2020[24]	2022	Bari	Free	40	12
9	Andrea Saraniti		CF	(1988-07-23) 23 July 1988 (age 36)	2020[25]	2022	Lecce	Undisclosed	31	5
10	Andrea Silipo		RW	(2001-04-17) 17 April 2001 (age 23)	2020	2024	Roma	Undisclosed	34	3
11	Mario Santana (C)		SS / AM / RWB / LWB	(1981-12-23) 23 December 1981 (age 42)	2019	2021	Pro Patria	Free	143	11
14	Nicola Valente		RW / LW / RWB / LWB	(1991-10-06) 6 October 1991 (age 33)	2020[25]	2022	Carrarese	Free	35	6
17	Lorenzo Lucca		CF	(2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24)	2020	2024	Torino	Undisclosed	30	14
20	Mamadou Kanouté		LW / RW	(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 31)	2020[26]	2022	Catanzaro	Undisclosed	35	1
23	Nicola Rauti[a]		LW / RW / CF / AM	(2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24)	2020[27]	2021	Torino	Free	34	4
Other players
22	Marco Matranga[28]		GK	(2002-09-10) 10 September 2002 (age 22)	2020		Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
22/25/30	Giorgio Faraone[29][30][31]		GK	(2002-10-12) 12 October 2002 (age 22)	2020		Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
25	Christian Cangemi[32]		RB / CB	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22)	2020		Youth Sector	N/A	-	-
18	Salvatore Florio[33]		CM	(2002-10-28) 28 October 2002 (age 22)	2020		Youth Sector	N/A	-	-

1. On loan.
2. Accardi played for Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo until the exclusion of the club from Serie B, then he was signed by the new phoenix club admitted to Serie D in 2019.

Transfers

Summer 2020

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
16 July 2020	FW	Andrea Silipo	19	Roma	Undisclosed	Redemption after loan with an option for future pay-back for €0.5M within two years
13 August 2020		Andrea Saraniti	32	Lecce		Permanent deal
		Nicola Valente	28	Carrarese	Free
20 August 2020	DF	Ivan Marconi	30	Monza	Undisclosed
21 August 2020		Manuel Peretti	20	Hellas Verona		Redemption after loan with an option for future pay-back for €0.3M within two years
3 September 2020		Niccolò Corrado	20	Inter	Free	On loan until 30 June 2021 with an option to buy and counter-option
5 September 2020	MF	Andrea Palazzi	24	Monza		On loan until 30 June 2021
19 September 2020		Moses Odjer	24	Trapani		Permanent deal
24 September 2020	FW	Mamadou Kanouté	26	Catanzaro	Undisclosed
25 September 2020	MF	Jérémie Broh	23	Sassuolo
28 September 2020	FW	Nicola Rauti	20	Torino	Free	On loan until 30 June 2021
30 September 2020	DF	Michele Somma	25	Deportivo La Coruña		Permanent deal

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2020	MF	Erdis Kraja	19	Atalanta	Free	End of loan
		Christian Langella	20	Pisa
		Luigi Mendola	19	Vibonese
	FW	Mattia Felici	19	Lecce
1 July 2020	GK	Gabriele Corallo	18	Vigor Lamezia		Contract expired
	DF	Francesco Vaccaro	21	Pontedera
	MF	Danilo Ambro	21	Vibonese
		Giammarco Corsino	28	Resuttana San Lorenzo
		Juan Mauri	31	Unattached
		Andrea Rizzo Pinna	20
	FW	Andrea Ferrante	19
		Luca Ficarrotta	29	Città di Sant'Agata
		Raimondo Lucera	19	Acireale
		Giovanni Ricciardo	33	Seregno
Ferdinando Sforzini		35	Campobasso
7 September 2020	MF	Alessandro Martinelli	27	Retired	—	Health issues

Post-summer transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
6 October 2020	MF	Gregorio Luperini	26	Trapani	Free	Permanent deal
13 October 2020	DF	Alberto Almici	27	Hellas Verona

Winter 2021

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
23 January 2021	MF	Francesco De Rose	33	Reggina	Undisclosed	Permanent deal

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
7 January 2021	DF	Christian Cangemi	18	FC Messina	Free	Out on loan until 30 June 2021

Total expenditure: Undisclosed

Total revenue: €0

Net income: Unknown

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie C	27 September 2020	2 May 2021	Matchday 1	7th	36	14	11	11	44	40	+4	038.89
Play-offs	9 May 2021	26 May 2021	First preliminary round	First national round	4	3	0	1	5	1	+4	075.00
Total					40	17	11	12	49	41	+8	042.50

Source: Competitive matches

Serie C Group C

Main article: 2020–21 Serie C § Group C (Centre & South)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Juve Stabia	36	18	7	11	51	39	+12	61	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
6	Catania[a]	36	17	10	9	50	38	+12	59
7	Palermo	36	14	11	11	44	40	+4	53
8	Teramo	36	13	13	10	38	34	+4	52
9	Foggia	36	14	9	13	36	39	−3	51

Source: Lega Pro (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Lower goals against; 7) Wins; 8) Lower losses; 9) Away wins; 10) Lower home losses.^[34]
Notes:

1. Catania have 2 points deducted due to financial irregularities.

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
36	14	11	11	44	40	+4	53	7	6	5	26	22	+4	7	5	6	18	18	0

Source: Competitive matches

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	H[a]	A	H	A	H[b]	A[c]	H[d]	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A[e]	H[f]	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	C	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	C	L	W	W	D	D	W	W
Position	18	19	15	17	19	18	18	19	19	17	11	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	7

Source: Palermo matches 2020/21
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

1. Played between rounds 11 and 12.
2. Played between rounds 12 and 13.
3. Played between rounds 8 and 9.
4. Played between rounds 13 and 14.
5. Played between rounds 34 and 35.
6. Played between rounds 35 and 36.

Note

In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Matches

Teramo v Palermo

27 September 2020 1	Teramo	2–0	Palermo	Teramo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tentardini  34' Santoro 57' Di Francesco 80'	Report	Saraniti  38'	Stadium: Gaetano Bonolis Attendance: 308[35] Referee: Valerio Maranesi

Palermo v Potenza

18 November 2020 2	Palermo	1–0	Potenza	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crivello  53' Luperini 86' Pelagotti  89' Lucca  90+3'	Report	Viteritti  20' Marcone  66' Ricci  90+5'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Paolo Bitonti
Note: On 3 October match was postponed from its original date of 4 October due to two confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Potenza and scheduled for 29 October.[37][38] On 26 October match was postponed a second time due to many confirmed cases diagnosed at Palermo in the previous week.[39]

Ternana v Palermo

7 October 2020 3	Ternana	0–0	Palermo	Terni
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Furlan  25' Falletti  40'	Report	Lancini  12'	Stadium: Libero Liberati Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

Palermo v Avellino

11 October 2020 4	Palermo	0–2	Avellino	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Odjer  15' Luperini  31' Lancini  31'	Report	D'Angelo 20' Fella 57' Aloi  62' Ciancio  67' Tito  76'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

Bisceglie v Palermo

18 October 2020 5	Bisceglie	2–1	Palermo	Bisceglie
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maimone 18',  21' Vitale  30' Mansour 33' Pelliccia  55' Cittadino  79' Spurio	Report	Odjer  50' Santana  67' Silipo  78' Luperini 87'	Stadium: Gustavo Ventura Attendance: 303[40] Referee: Marco Ricci

Palermo v Turris

25 November 2020 6	Palermo	0–1	Turris	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rauti  35' Saraniti  57' Odjer  72'	Report	Lorenzini  35' Rainone  64' Abagnale  72' Esempio  81' Romano  81' Pandolfi 90+5',  90+5' Lonoce	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Simone Galipò
Note: A few minutes before the kick-off match was postponed from its original date of 21 October due to 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Palermo.[41][42]

Catanzaro v Palermo

4 November 2020 7	Catanzaro	1–1	Palermo	Catanzaro
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Contessa  21' Riccardi  25' Fazio  62' Evacuo 74' (pen.) Curiale  86'	Report	Broh  30'  48' Rauti  42' Crivello  71' Odjer  77' Evacuo 88' (o.g.) Lucca	Stadium: Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Daniele Perenzoni
Note: On 22 October match was postponed from its original date of 25 October due to many confirmed cases of COVID-19 diagnosed at Palermo in the previous days.[43]

Palermo v Viterbese

2 December 2020 8	Palermo	3–3	Viterbese	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Crivello  33' Almici  42' Saraniti  51', 76' Lucca 57', 90+1' Marconi  80'	Report	Bensaja  36' Simonelli 65' Mbende  66', 81' Tounkara 68',  84' Ferrani  78'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Mario Cascone
Note: On 28 October match was postponed from its original date of 1 November because Palermo had less than 13 eligible players of the first squad, including at least one goalkeeper, due to many confirmed cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the previous week.[44]

Palermo v Catania

9 November 2020 9	Palermo	1–1	Catania	Palermo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kanouté 15' Odjer  30' Almici  42' Palazzi  52' Pelagotti  61' Rauti  90+4'	Report	Pinto  32' Pecorino  66', 80' Welbeck  82'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Luca Zufferli

Juve Stabia v Palermo

12 November 2020 10	Juve Stabia	1–2	Palermo	Castellammare di Stabia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Garattoni  75' Bubas  80' Allievi  90+1' Mastalli 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Saraniti 5' Palazzi  45+1' Broh  58' Odjer  61' Floriano 73' Accardi  78' Corrado  90+5'	Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Luigi Carella

Palermo v Paganese

15 November 2020 11	Palermo	2–1	Paganese	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rauti 11' Saraniti 33' Lucca  77'	Report	Schiavino  36', 52' Cigagna  45'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Fabio Natilla

Trapani v Palermo

22 November 2020 12	Trapani	Cancelled	Palermo	Erice
				Stadium: Polisportivo Provinciale
Note: Match was cancelled due to the exclusion of Trapani from league.

Palermo v Monopoli

29 November 2020 13	Palermo	3–0	Monopoli	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pelagotti  3' Saraniti  5', 75' Almici 20' (pen.),  51' Marconi 23' Somma  80'	Report	Paolucci  9'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Mario Vigile

Foggia v Palermo

6 December 2020 14	Foggia	2–0	Palermo	Foggia
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	D'Andrea 17' Rocca 36' Kalombo  81' Dell'Agnello  89' Salvi  90+2'	Report	Saraniti  50' Lucca  64'	Stadium: Pino Zaccheria Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Luca Angelucci

Palermo v Casertana

13 December 2020 15	Palermo	2–0	Casertana	Palermo
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rauti 19' Palazzi  28' Odjer  29' Marconi  50'  75' Lucca 71' Luperini  73' Doda  78'	Report	Origlia  30' Buschiazzo  75'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Francesco Cosso

Vibonese v Palermo

20 December 2020 16	Vibonese	0–0	Palermo	Vibo Valentia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Redolfi  43' Statella  55'  61'	Report	Saraniti  87'	Stadium: Luigi Razza Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Gino Garofalo

Palermo v Bari

23 December 2020 17	Palermo	1–1	Bari	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Saraniti  60' Odjer  70' Lucca 88' Crivello  90' Fallani	Report	Antenucci  31' D'Ursi 45'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

Cavese v Palermo

9 January 2021 18	Cavese	0–1	Palermo	Cava de' Tirreni
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Russotto  21' Matera  39'  87' Marzupio  74'	Report	Martin  17' Lucca 40' Valente  62' Palazzi  64' Lancini  85' Rauti 90+2',  90+3'	Stadium: Simonetta Lamberti Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Valerio Maranesi

Palermo v Virtus Francavilla

17 January 2021 19	Palermo	1–2	Virtus Francavilla	Palermo
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Valente 37'	Report	Castorani 67' Nunzella  68' Ciccone 87'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Nicolò Marini

Palermo v Teramo

24 January 2021 20	Palermo	1–1	Teramo	Palermo
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucca 30' Luperini  54' Valente  80'	Report	Bombagi  14' Birligea 20' Soprano  31' Tentardini  42' Viero  64' Ilari  70'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Eduart Pashuku

Potenza v Palermo

30 January 2021 21	Potenza	0–0	Palermo	Potenza
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Kanouté  59' Rauti  63' De Rose  69'	Stadium: Alfredo Viviani Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Francesco Carrione

Palermo v Ternana

3 February 2021 22	Palermo	1–1	Ternana	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucca 46',  81' Valente  49' Odjer  55' Luperini  72' De Rose  90+2'	Report	Furlan  44' Falletti 73'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Paride Tremolada

Avellino v Palermo

7 February 2021 23	Avellino	1–0	Palermo	Avellino
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carriero  15' Illanes  18' Silvestri 50'	Report	De Rose  83'	Stadium: Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

Palermo v Bisceglie

13 February 2021 24	Palermo	3–1	Bisceglie	Palermo
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucca 14', 84',  41' De Rose  28' Luperini 37',  80' Rauti  62' Marconi  87'	Report	Rocco 7',  45+1' Cittadino  10' Altobello  45' Giron  81'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Andrea Bordin

Turris v Palermo

17 February 2021 25	Turris	1–2	Palermo	Torre del Greco
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Di Nunzio  35' Romano  36', 45' Persano  64' Rainone  90+5'	Report	Lucca 17', 48' Martin  41' Accardi  61'	Stadium: Amerigo Liguori Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Paolo Bitonti

Palermo v Catanzaro

21 February 2021 26	Palermo	1–2	Catanzaro	Palermo
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Floriano  25', 31' Palazzi  79' Saraniti  84'  90+2'	Report	Verna 27' Riccardi  29' Corapi  61' Martinelli 80' Carlini  84'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Alessandro Di Graci

Viterbese v Palermo

27 February 2021 27	Viterbese	1–0	Palermo	Viterbo
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Murilo  24' 59' Baschirotto  43' Adopo 45+3',  78' Bensaja  87' Porru  90'	Report	Marconi  31' Almici  57'  58' Luperini  75' Odjer  79'  79'	Stadium: Enrico Rocchi Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Adalberto Fiero

Catania v Palermo

3 March 2021 28	Catania	0–1	Palermo	Catania
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sarao  30' Sales  38' Pinto  52'	Report	Marconi  30'  35' Santana 60',  61' Pelagotti  70' Accardi  72'	Stadium: Angelo Massimino Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

Palermo v Juve Stabia

7 March 2021 29	Palermo	2–4	Juve Stabia	Palermo
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Luperini 6', 83' Peretti  24' Accardi  28' Rauti  90+2' Lucca  90+5'	Report	Berardocco  19', 27' Fantacci  32', 48' Marotta 67', 71' Bovo  90+5'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Cristian Cudini

Paganese v Palermo

13 March 2021 30	Paganese	0–1	Palermo	Pagani
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Raffini  15' Onescu  55' Gaeta  67' Bonavolontà  88' Diop  90+1'	Report	De Rose  33' Santana  59' Floriano 60'	Stadium: Marcello Torre Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Claudio Panettella

Palermo v Trapani

17 March 2021 31	Palermo	Cancelled	Trapani	Palermo
				Stadium: Renzo Barbera
Note: Match was cancelled due to the exclusion of Trapani from league.

Monopoli v Palermo

7 April 2021 32	Monopoli	2–1	Palermo	Monopoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vassallo  82' De Paoli 88' Viteritti 90+3' Tazzer	Report	Somma 29',  37' Marconi  57' Odjer	Stadium: Vito Simone Veneziani Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Francesco Luciani
Note: On 18 March match was postponed from its original date of 20 March due to the outbreak of COVID-19 cases at Monopoli in the previous days.[45]

Palermo v Foggia

14 April 2021 33	Palermo	1–0	Foggia	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rauti  30' Luperini  38' Kanoute  51' De Rose  79' Valente 81' Peretti  90+4'	Report	Anelli  39' Gavazzi  47'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Federico Longo
Note: On 26 March match was postponed from its original date of 29 March due to the outbreak of COVID-19 cases at Foggia in the previous days.[46]

Casertana v Palermo

3 April 2021 34	Casertana	2–3	Palermo	Caserta
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cuppone  25', 43' Varešanović  54' Avella  87' Buschiazzo 90+1'	Report	Lucca 2', 13', 45+1' Luperini  32' Odjer  37' Martin  76' Kanoute 88' Almici  89'	Stadium: Alberto Pinto Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Valerio Maranesi

Palermo v Vibonese

10 April 2021 35	Palermo	0–0	Vibonese	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Somma  78' Accardi  90+3'	Report	Ciotti  79'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Marco Emmanuele

Bari v Palermo

18 April 2021 36	Bari	2–2	Palermo	Bari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Candellone  26' Di Cesare  30' De Risio  52' Mercurio 75' Perrotta 90'	Report	Floriano 31' (pen.) Marconi  39' Accardi  40' Santana 55' Lancini  74'	Stadium: San Nicola Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Francesco Cosso

Palermo v Cavese

25 April 2021 37	Palermo	3–2	Cavese	Palermo
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lancini 26' Valente 31' Santana  78' Rauti 82' Accardi  86'	Report	Bubas 9' Pompetti  24' Cuccurullo  47' Matera 76' Scoppa  78'  90+3' De Vito  90' De Rosa  90+1'	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Michele Delrio

Virtus Francavilla v Palermo

2 May 2021 38	Virtus Francavilla	1–3	Palermo	Francavilla Fontana
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Cosmo  18' Nunzella 21' Celli  56'	Report	Floriano  20' Valente 30', 41' Silipo 60'	Stadium: Giovanni Paolo II Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Valerio Crezzini

Play-offs

Main article: 2020-21 Serie C § Promotion play-offs

Palermo v Teramo

9 May 2021 First preliminary round	Palermo	2–0	Teramo	Palermo
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Floriano 9' (pen.) Luperini  37', 44'	Report	Lásik  8' Birligea  29' Bombagi  90' Pedro Ferreira	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Nicolò Marini

Juve Stabia v Palermo

19 May 2021 Second preliminary round	Juve Stabia	0–2	Palermo	Castellammare di Stabia
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Troest  12' Elizalde  59' Marotta  90+4'	Report	Valente 18' Luperini  42' Doda  62' Saraniti 66'	Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Marco Ricci

First national round

Palermo v Avellino

23 May 2021 First leg	Palermo	1–0	Avellino	Palermo
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Rose  23' Saraniti  31' Marconi  35' Floriano 87' (pen.)	Report	Ciancio  23' Laezza  45' Carriero  77' Dossena  85' Baraye	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

Avellino v Palermo

26 May 2021 Second leg	Avellino	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Palermo	Avellino
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	D'Angelo 33' Aloi  42' Fella	Report	Marconi  88'	Stadium: Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Attendance: 0[36] Referee: Luca Zufferli
Note: Avellino advanced due to higher-placed finish.

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie C		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Alberto Pelagotti	40	-41	36	-40	4	-1
12	GK	ITA	Mattia Fallani	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	ITA	Marco Matranga	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/25/30	GK	ITA	Giorgio Faraone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALB	Masimiliano Doda	12	0	8	0	4	0
3	DF	ITA	Niccolò Corrado	7	0	7	0	0	0
4	DF	ITA	Andrea Accardi	33	0	29	0	4	0
6	DF	ITA	Roberto Crivello	24	0	24	0	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Edoardo Lancini	17	1	13	1	4	0
15	DF	ITA	Ivan Marconi	29	1	25	1	4	0
16	DF	ITA	Manuel Peretti	18	0	16	0	2	0
24	DF	ITA	Michele Somma	21	1	21	1	0	0
25	DF	ITA	Christian Cangemi	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	GAM	Bubacarr Marong	9	0	5	0	4	0
29	DF	ITA	Alberto Almici	19	1	18	1	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ITA	Andrea Palazzi	24	0	24	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Malaury Martin	12	0	12	0	0	0
18	MF	ITA	Salvatore Florio	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ITA	Francesco De Rose	21	0	17	0	4	0
19	MF	GHA	Moses Odjer	26	0	26	0	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Jérémie Broh	28	0	26	0	2	0
27	MF	ITA	Gregorio Luperini	33	6	30	5	3	1
Forwards
7	FW	ITA	Roberto Floriano	32	6	28	4	4	2
9	FW	ITA	Andrea Saraniti	31	5	27	4	4	1
10	FW	ITA	Andrea Silipo	25	1	21	1	4	0
11	FW	ARG	Mario Santana	24	2	20	2	4	0
14	FW	ITA	Nicola Valente	35	6	31	5	4	1
17	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Lucca	27	13	27	13	0	0
20	FW	SEN	Mamadou Kanouté	35	1	31	1	4	0
23	FW	ITA	Nicola Rauti	34	4	33	4	1	0

Goalscorers

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Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie C	Play-offs	Total
1	17	FW		Lorenzo Lucca	13		13
2	7	FW		Roberto Floriano	4	2	6
	27	MF		Gregorio Luperini	5	1	6
	14	FW		Nicola Valente	5	1	6
5	9	FW		Andrea Saraniti	4	1	5
6	23	FW		Nicola Rauti	4		4
7	11	FW		Mario Santana	2		2
8	29	DF		Alberto Almici	1		1
	20	FW		Mamadou Kanouté	1		1
	13	DF		Edoardo Lancini	1		1
	15	DF		Ivan Marconi	1		1
	10	FW		Andrea Silipo	1		1
	24	DF		Michele Somma	1		1
Own goals					1[a]		1
Totals					44	5	49

1. Catanzaro 1–1 Palermo.

Clean sheets

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Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie C	Play-offs	Total
1	1	GK		Alberto Pelagotti	11[a]	3[b]	14
Totals					11	3	14

1. Rounds: 2–3, 13, 15–16, 18, 21, 28, 30, 33, 35.
2. First preliminary round, Second preliminary round, First leg of first national round.

Disciplinary record

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No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie C			Play-offs			Total
15	DF		Ivan Marconi	6	1	1	2			8	1	1
29	DF		Alberto Almici	3	1	1				3	1	1
19	MF		Moses Odjer	12		1				12	0	1
9	FW		Andrea Saraniti	8		1	1			9	0	1
17	FW		Lorenzo Lucca	6		1				6	0	1
6	DF		Roberto Crivello	3		1				3	0	1
21	MF		Jérémie Broh	1	1					1	1	0
27	MF		Gregorio Luperini	8			2			10	0	0
23	FW		Nicola Rauti	8						8	0	0
4	DF		Andrea Accardi	7						7	0	0
18	MF		Francesco De Rose	6			1			7	0	0
5	MF		Andrea Palazzi	5						5	0	0
13	DF		Edoardo Lancini	4						4	0	0
1	GK		Alberto Pelagotti	4						4	0	0
11	FW		Mario Santana	4						4	0	0
8	MF		Malaury Martin	3						3	0	0
24	DF		Michele Somma	3						3	0	0
14	FW		Nicola Valente	3						3	0	0
2	DF		Masimiliano Doda	1			1			2	0	0
7	FW		Roberto Floriano	2						2	0	0
20	FW		Mamadou Kanouté	2						2	0	0
16	DF		Manuel Peretti	2						2	0	0
3	DF		Niccolò Corrado	1						1	0	0
12	GK		Mattia Fallani	1						1	0	0
10	FW		Andrea Silipo	1						1	0	0
Totals				104	3	6	7	0	0	111	3	6

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