2021–22 AC Perugia Calcio season

The 2021–22 season was A.C. Perugia Calcio's first season back in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 117th as a football club.

Perugia
2021–22 season
PresidentMassimiliano Santopadre
Head coachMassimiliano Alvini
StadiumStadio Renato Curi
Serie B8th
Coppa ItaliaFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Manuel De Luca (10)

All:
Manuel De Luca (10)
2022–23 →

Players edit

First-team quad edit

As of 17 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 Andrea Fulignati
2 DF   ITA Aleandro Rosi (Captain)
4 MF   ITA Emmanuel Gyabuaa (on loan from Atalanta)
5 DF   ITA Gabriele Angella (Vice-captain)
6 MF   ITA Jacopo Segre (on loan from Torino)
7 MF   ITA Mirko Carretta
8 MF   ITA Salvatore Burrai
9 FW   ITA Manuel De Luca (on loan from Sampdoria)
10 MF   BRA Ryder Matos
11 FW   ITA Marco Olivieri (on loan from Juventus)
12 GK   ITA Luca Moro
14 MF   ITA Alessandro Murgia (on loan from SPAL)
15 DF   ITA Cristian Dell'Orco
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   ITA Andrea Ghion (on loan from Sassuolo)
21 DF   ARG Marcos Curado (on loan from Genoa)
22 GK   ARG Leandro Chichizola
23 MF   ITA Marcello Falzerano
25 MF   ITA Simone Santoro
28 MF   CIV Christian Kouan
30 DF   ITA Gabriele Ferrarini (on loan from Fiorentina)
31 GK   HUN Gábor Megyeri
32 DF   ITA Gianmaria Zanandrea (on loan from Mantova)
39 DF   ITA Filippo Sgarbi
44 DF   ITA Francesco Lisi
GK   ITA Andrea Zaccagno
MF   ITA Christian D'Urso (on loan from Cittadella)

Out on loan edit

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 Samuele Angori (at Torino U19)
DF   ITA Gianluca Di Chiara (at Reggina)
DF   ITA Samuele Righetti (at Gubbio)
MF   ITA Giovanni Di Noia (at Gubbio)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   ITA Alberto Lunghi (at Aquila Montevarchi)
FW   GAM Kalifa Manneh (at Taranto)
FW   ITA Federico Melchiorri (at SPAL)
FW   ITA Michele Vano (at Pistoiese)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 July 2021 Friendly Perugia   6–0   Montevarchi Aquila Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Egidio Capaccini
1 August 2021 Friendly Perugia   2–0   Cesena Perugia, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
13 November 2021 Friendly Empoli   1–1   Perugia Empoli, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Cutrone   70'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Adrian Lupinski

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 21 August 2021 6 May 2022 Matchday 1 8th 38 14 16 8 40 32 +8 036.84
Serie B promotion play-offs 14 May 2022 Preliminary round Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Coppa Italia 13 August 2021 First round First round 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Total 40 14 16 10 44 38 +6 035.00

Source: Soccerway

Serie A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65 Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 +23 63
8 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 +8 58[a]
9 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 +13 58[a]
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 −3 54
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]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 14 16 8 40 32  +8 58 6 8 5 19 16  +3 8 8 3 21 16  +5

Source: Serie B

Results by round edit

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Ground
ResultWLDDWDDWDLWLWDDWDDDLWWWDWLLDWDLDDDWWLW
Position612121191097888129109989101010889791099999999999
Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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

21 August 2021 Pordenone 0–1 Perugia Pordenone
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
28 August 2021 Perugia 2–3 Ascoli Perugia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
11 September 2021 Frosinone 0–0 Perugia Frosinone
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
18 September 2021 Perugia 1–1 Cosenza Perugia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
22 September 2021 5 Cremonese 0–3 Perugia Cremona
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini
Attendance: 3,188
Referee:   Matteo Marchetti
26 September 2021 Perugia 1–1 Alessandria Perugia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
3 October 2021 Benevento 0–0 Perugia Benevento
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
16 October 2021 Perugia 1–0 Brescia Perugia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
23 October 2021 Lecce 0–0 Perugia Lecce
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
28 October 2021 Perugia 0–2 Reggina Perugia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
1 November 2021 SPAL 1–2 Perugia Ferrara
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
6 November 2021 Como 4–1 Perugia Como
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
20 November 2021 Perugia 2–0 Crotone Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
27 November 2021 Perugia 1–1 Cittadella Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
30 November 2021 Pisa 1–1 Perugia Pisa
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
3 December 2021 Perugia 1–0 Vicenza Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
12 December 2021 Parma 1–1 Perugia Parma
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
19 December 2021 Perugia 1–1 Ternana Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
16 January 2022 Monza 2–2 Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
22 January 2022 Perugia 0–1 Pordenone Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
5 February 2022 Ascoli 0–1 Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
12 February 2022 Perugia 3–0 Frosinone Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
15 February 2022 Cosenza 1–2 Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
19 February 2022 24 Perugia 0–0 Cremonese Perugia
16:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 4,521
Referee:   Ivano Pezzuto
22 February 2022 Alessandria 1–2 Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
26 February 2022 Perugia 0–1 Benevento Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
1 March 2022 Brescia 2–1 Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
6 March 2022 Perugia 1–1 Lecce Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
12 March 2022 Reggina 0–1 Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
16 March 2022 Perugia 1–1 SPAL Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
20 March 2022 Perugia 0–1 Como Perugia
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
3 April 2022 Crotone 1–1 Perugia Crotone
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
6 April 2022 Cittadella 0–0 Perugia Cittadella
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
10 April 2022 Perugia 1–1 Pisa Perugia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
18 April 2022 Vicenza 1–2 Perugia Vicenza
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
25 April 2022 Perugia 2–1 Parma Perugia
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
30 April 2022 Ternana 1–0 Perugia Terni
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
6 May 2022 Perugia 1–0 Monza Perugia
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

Coppa Italia edit

13 August 2021 First round Genoa 3–2 Perugia Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 522
Referee: Antonio Rapuano

References edit

  1. ^ "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). A.C. Perugia Calcio. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 26 January 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.