2021–22 S.P.A.L. season

The 2021–22 season is S.P.A.L.'s second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 115th as a football club.

SPAL
ChairmanJoe Tacopina
Head coachRoberto Venturato
StadiumStadio Paolo Mazza
Serie B15th
Coppa ItaliaFirst round

Players

First-team quad
As of 18 February 2022[1]

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 Alberto Pomini
2 DF  LBR Mark Pabai
3 DF  ITA Alessandro Tripaldelli (on loan from Cagliari)
5 MF  ITA Salvatore Esposito
6 DF  ITA Biagio Meccariello
7 MF  ITA Giovanni Crociata (on loan from Empoli)
8 MF  ITA Marco Mancosu
9 FW  ITA Lorenzo Colombo (on loan from Milan)
10 MF  ITA Niccolò Zanellato
11 FW  ITA Federico Melchiorri (on loan from Perugia)
14 MF  ARG Franco Zuculini
16 DF  ITA Filippo Saiani
17 DF  ITA Elio Capradossi (on loan from Spezia)
18 FW  ITA Mattia Finotto
19 MF  ITA Luca Mora
20 FW  ISL Mikael Egill Ellertsson (on loan from Spezia)
22 GK  SEN Demba Thiam
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF  ITA Francesco Vicari (captain)
24 DF  ITA Lorenzo Dickmann
27 DF  ITA Alberto Almici
28 FW  ITA Luca Vido (on loan from Atalanta)
29 DF  POL Patryk Peda
32 MF  ITA Marco Pinato (on loan from Sassuolo)
40 MF  ITA Jacopo Da Riva (on loan from Atalanta)
49 FW  ITA Giuseppe Rossi
54 GK  ITA Enrico Alfonso
77 MF  ITA Federico Viviani
79 DF  ITA Moustapha Yabre
87 DF  CZE David Heidenreich (on loan from Atalanta)
91 DF  ITA Raffaele Celia
95 DF  GER Steven Nador
97 FW  ITA Ludovico D'Orazio
99 FW  CIV Emmanuel Latte Lath (on loan from Atalanta)

Out on loan
As of 18 February 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ITA Cesare Galeotti (at Pergolettese)
— GK  ITA Marco Meneghetti (at Gubbio)
— DF  POL Jakub Iskra (at Śląsk Wrocław)
— DF  ITA Riccardo Spaltro (at Renate)
— MF  ITA Emmanuel Cuomo (at Nocerina)
— MF  ITA Federico Zanchetta (at Lucchese)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ITA Alessandro Murgia (at Perugia)
— MF  MAR Ayoub Abou (at Tsarsko Selo Sofia)
— MF  EST Georgi Tunjov (at Carrarese)
— MF  ITA Mattia Valoti (at Monza, obligation to buy)
— FW  ITA Federico Di Francesco (at Empoli, right to buy)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

31 July 2021 Friendly SPAL 6–0 Pontedera Ferrara, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Centro Sportivo Giovan Battista Fabbri
6 August 2021 Friendly SPAL 1–2 Cremonese Ferrara, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
6 August 2021 Friendly SPAL Cancelled Hellas Verona Ferrara, Italy
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
10 August 2021 Friendly SPAL 5–0 Adriese Ferrara, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
5 September 2021 Friendly SPAL 6–2 Rimini Ferrara, Italy
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 22 August 2021 6 May 2022 Matchday 1 15th 37 8 15 14 44 53 −9 021.62
Coppa Italia 14 August 2021 First round First round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 38 8 15 15 45 55 −10 021.05

Last updated: 30 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

Serie A
Main article: 2021–22 Serie B

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
13 Reggina[lower-alpha 1] 37 13 9 15 31 46 −15 46
14 Parma 37 10 16 11 47 43 +4 46
15 SPAL 37 8 15 14 44 53 −9 39
16 Alessandria (Y) 37 8 10 19 37 58 −21 34 Qualification to relegation play-out[lower-alpha 2]
17 Cosenza (Y) 37 7 11 19 35 59 −24 32
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. 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.[2]
(Y) May at best reach the relegation play-out
Notes:
  1. Deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.
  2. If the 16th-placed team finishes 5 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 17th-placed team is directly relegated to Serie C.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
37 8 15 14 44 53  −9 39 4 8 7 30 28  +2 4 7 7 14 25  −11

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
Source: Serie B

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Ground
ResultLWDLWLDDDWLDLWLWLLDDDLLDWLDWLDLDDLDDW
Position179101311141415141215151615151414151515141516151515151515151515151515151515
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.[3]

Coppa Italia
Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia

References
  1. "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor – Squadra". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  2. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.