2019–20 Benevento Calcio season

The 2019–20 season is Benevento's's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football after relegation from Serie A in 2018.

Benevento
2019–20 season
ChairmanOreste Vigorito
ManagerFilippo Inzaghi
StadiumStadio Ciro Vigorito
Serie B1st (promoted)
Coppa ItaliaSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marco Sau (12)
All:
Marco Sau (12)

Along with competing in the league, the club also participated in the Coppa Italia.

On 29 June 2020, Benevento secured promotion to the Serie A with seven matches to spare.[1] At the time, Benevento had won 23 of their 31 league games and lost just once, and had a 24-point advantage over nearest rivals Crotone and Cittadella.[1] Ascoli were the last club to be promoted with seven games remaining, and they did so in 1977–78 when only two points were awarded for a victory.[1]

Players

Squad information
As of 30 January 2020[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Lorenzo Montipò
2 DF  ITA Francesco Rillo
3 DF  ITA Gaetano Letizia
4 MF  ITA Lorenzo Del Pinto
5 DF  ITA Luca Caldirola
6 MF  CIV Siriki Sanogo
7 MF  GER Oliver Kragl
8 MF  COL Andrés Tello
9 FW  ITA Massimo Coda
10 MF  ITA Nicolas Viola (Vice-captain)
11 DF  ITA Christian Maggio (Captain)
12 GK  ITA Niccolò Manfredini
13 DF  ITA Alessandro Tuia
14 DF  ITA Massimo Volta
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  ITA Riccardo Improta
17 MF  GHA Abdallah Basit
18 DF  GHA Bright Gyamfi
19 MF  ITA Roberto Insigne
20 FW  ITA Giuseppe Di Serio
21 MF  FIN Përparim Hetemaj
22 GK  ITA Pier Graziano Gori
23 DF  ITA Luca Antei
25 FW  ITA Marco Sau
27 MF  SVN Dejan Vokić
28 MF  ITA Pasquale Schiattarella
32 FW  ITA Gabriele Moncini
35 DF  ITA Federico Barba (on loan from Chievo)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ITA Gianluca Di Chiara (at Perugia)
— DF  ITA Luca Sparandeo (at Virtus Francavilla)
— DF  ITA Salvatore Tazza (at Arzignano)
— MF  ITA Alessio Donnarumma (at Picerno)
— MF  JPN Cy Goddard (at Pafos)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Guilherme (at Yeni Malatyaspor)
— MF  ITA Giovanni Volpicelli (at Arezzo)
— FW  SWE Samuel Armenteros (at Crotone)
— FW  ITA Pietro Iemmello (at Perugia)

Competitions

Serie B
Main article: 2019–20 Serie B

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Benevento (C, P) 38 26 8 4 67 27 +40 86 Promotion to Serie A
2 Crotone (P) 38 20 8 10 63 40 +23 68
3 Spezia (Q) 38 17 10 11 54 40 +14 61 Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 +2 58[lower-alpha 1]
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 0 58[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
Source: Lega Serie B (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) Draw.[3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Pordenone finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Pordenone 0–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–2 Pordenone.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
35 24 8 3 60 22  +38 80 14 4 0 39 8  +31 10 4 3 21 14  +7

Last updated: 19 July 2020.
Source: Soccerway

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of Benevento after each week of matches. 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.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
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Champions, promotion to Serie A
Promotion to Serie A
Play-off semifinals
Play-off preliminary round
Play-out
Relegation to Serie C
Source: Serie BKT

Coppa Italia
Main article: 2019–20 Coppa Italia

Second round
11 August 2019 Benevento (2)3–4Monza (3)Benevento
CEST (UTC+02:00)
Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito

Statistics

Hat-tricks
As of 3 July 2020.
Player Against Result Date
Nicolas Viola Trapani 5–0 (H) 6 December 2019
Marco Sau Ascoli 4–0 (H) 29 December 2019
Note

(H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets
As of 3 July 2020.
Player Clean
sheets		 Weeks
Lorenzo Montipò 18 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31
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References
  1. "Filippo Inzaghi leads Benevento to Serie A promotion". The World Game. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. http://www.beneventocalcio.club/squadra/giocatori/ Accessed 17 July 2017
  3. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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