2020–21 Palermo FC season

Palermo
2020–21 season
President	Dario Mirri
Manager	Roberto Boscaglia; (until 27 February 2021); Giacomo Filippi; (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
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
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

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	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 24)	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 25)	2019	2022	Parmonval	Free	9	0
29	Alberto Almici	RB / RWB	(1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 32)	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 43)	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	-	-

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d On loan.
^ 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	Undisclosed	Permanent deal	[1]
13 August 2020		Nicola Valente	28	Carrarese	Free		[1]
20 August 2020	DF	Ivan Marconi	30	Monza	Undisclosed		[2]
21 August 2020		Manuel Peretti	20	Hellas Verona	Undisclosed	Redemption after loan with an option for future pay-back for €0.3M within two years	[3]
3 September 2020		Niccolò Corrado	20	Inter	Free	On loan until 30 June 2021 with an option to buy and counter-option	[4]
5 September 2020	MF	Andrea Palazzi	24	Monza		On loan until 30 June 2021	[5]
19 September 2020	MF	Moses Odjer	24	Trapani		Permanent deal	[6]
24 September 2020	FW	Mamadou Kanouté	26	Catanzaro	Undisclosed		[7]
25 September 2020	MF	Jérémie Broh	23	Sassuolo	Undisclosed		[8]
28 September 2020	FW	Nicola Rauti	20	Torino	Free	On loan until 30 June 2021	[9]
30 September 2020	DF	Michele Somma	25	Deportivo La Coruña	Free	Permanent deal	[10]

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			[11]
		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	[12]

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]
13 October 2020	DF	Alberto Almici	27	Hellas Verona	Free	Permanent deal	[14]

Winter 2021

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
23 January 2021	MF	Francesco De Rose	33	Reggina	Undisclosed	Permanent deal	[15]

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	[16]

Total expenditure: Undisclosed

Total revenue: €0

Net income: Unknown

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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:

^ 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

^ Played between rounds 11 and 12.
^ Played between rounds 12 and 13.
^ Played between rounds 8 and 9.
^ Played between rounds 13 and 14.
^ Played between rounds 34 and 35.
^ 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

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

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]

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

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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