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2021–22 Arema F.C. season

The 2021–22 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 32nd competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 21 January 2021 to 31 March 2022.

Arema F.C.
2021–22 season
PresidentAgoes Soerjanto
(until 6 June 2021)
Gilang Widya Pramana
(from 6 June 2021)
Head CoachCarlos Oliviera
(until 17 February 2021)
Kuncoro
(caretaker, 17 February to 3 May 2021)
Eduardo Almeida
(from 3 May 2021)
StadiumKanjuruhan Stadium
Liga 14th
Piala IndonesiaNot held
Top goalscorerCarlos Fortes (20)
← 2020
2022–23 →

Squad information edit

First team squad 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
4 DF   POR Sérgio Silva
5 DF   IDN Bagas Adi
6 DF   IDN Ikhfanul Alam
7 MF   IDN Ryan Kurnia
8 MF   JPN Renshi Yamaguchi
9 FW   POR Carlos Fortes
10 FW   IDN Muhammad Rafli
11 MF   IDN Feby Eka Putra
12 DF   IDN Rizky Dwi Febrianto
13 MF   IDN Hamzah Titofani
14 MF   IDN Jayus Hariono
15 DF   IDN Fabiano Beltrame (on loan from Persis Solo)
16 MF   IDN Ridwan Tawainella
18 MF   IDN Muhammad Faiz
19 MF   IDN Hanif Sjahbandi (3rd captain)
20 DF   IDN Achmad Galih
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   IDN Aji Saka
23 GK   IDN Teguh Amiruddin
24 DF   IDN Diego Michiels
26 DF   IDN Achmad Figo
27 FW   IDN Dedik Setiawan
28 MF   IDN Seiya Da Costa Lay
29 MF   IDN Sandi Sute (on loan from Persis Solo)
31 GK   IDN Andriyas Francisco
33 DF   IDN Didik Ariyanto
41 MF   IDN Dendi Santoso (vice-captain)
77 MF   IDN Genta Alparedo (on loan from Semen Padang)
78 FW   IDN Bramntio Ramadhan
87 DF   IDN Johan Alfarizi (captain)
88 MF   IDN Vikrian Akbar
90 GK   BRA Adilson Maringá
99 FW   IDN Kushedya Hari Yudo

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
17 DF   Sandy Ferizal Free agent Free 26 February 2021 [1]
6 DF   Ikhfanul Alam   Badak Lampung Free 3 March 2021 [2]
77 FW   Wiga Brillian Free agent Free 3 March 2021 [1]
33 DF   Didik Ariyanto   PSCS Free 3 March 2021 [1]
35 DF   Muhammad Roby   Persekat Free 10 March 2021 [3]
44 DF   Ikhwan Ciptady   Persikabo 1973 Free 14 March 2021 [4]
11 MF   Feby Eka Putra   Persija Free 9 June 2021 [5]
24 DF   Diego Michiels   Borneo Free 14 June 2021 [6]
90 GK   Adilson Maringá   Vilafranquense Free 22 June 2021 [7]
8 MF   Renshi Yamaguchi   Lampang Free 22 June 2021 [7]
9 FW   Carlos Fortes   Vilafranquense Free 11 July 2021 [8]
13 FW   Hamzah Titofani Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
78 FW   Bramntio Ramadhan Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
20 DF   Achmad Galih Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
18 MF   Muhammad Faiz Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
4 DF   Sérgio Silva   Feirense Free 30 August 2021 [10]
7 MF   Ryan Kurnia   Sulut United Free 3 January 2022 [11]

Out edit

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
4 DF   Syaiful Indra Cahya   Muba Babel United Free 11 February 2021 [12]
26 DF   Taufik Hidayat   PSIM Free 11 February 2021 [12]
12 MF   Hendro Siswanto   Borneo Free 16 February 2021 [13]
56 FW   Titan Agung   Bhayangkara Free 18 February 2021 [14]
44 DF   Nur Diansyah   Borneo Free 23 February 2021 [15]
15 DF   Alfin Tuasalamony   Madura United Free 26 February 2021
42 DF   Ganjar Mukti   Persiraja Free 15 March 2021
35 DF   Muhammad Roby   Persiraja Free 30 March 2021 [16]
8 MF   Bruno Smith   Águia Negra Free 1 April 2021 [17]
95 DF   Caio Ruan Free agent Free 1 April 2021 [17]
44 DF   Ikhwan Ciptady   Sriwijaya Free 9 June 2021 [18]
— MF   Ricga Tri Febiyan Free agent Free 21 June 2021 [19]
17 DF   Sandy Ferizal   Persela Free 1 July 2021 [19]
92 MF   Dave Mustaine   PSS Free 19 December 2021 [20]
— FW   Wiga Brillian Free agent Free 1 January 2022
1 GK   Utam Rusdiana Free agent Free 4 January 2022

Loan In edit

No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
77 MF   Genta Alparedo   Semen Padang 20 December 2021 31 March 2022 [21]
29 MF   Sandi Sute   Persis 4 January 2022 31 March 2022 [22]
15 DF   Fabiano Beltrame   Persis 4 January 2022 31 March 2022 [22]

Loan Out edit

No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
1 GK   Utam Rusdiana   Persekat 18 June 2021 31 December 2021 [23]
77 FW   Wiga Brillian   Hizbul Wathan 22 June 2021 31 August 2021 [19]
— FW   Wiga Brillian   PSKC 22 September 2021 31 December 2021
96 GK   Kartika Ajie   RANS Cilegon 30 September 2021 31 December 2021 [24]
96 GK   Kartika Ajie   Barito Putera 6 January 2022 31 March 2022 [25]

Review and events edit

This season will be the first season for the coach Carlos Oliviera having been appointed as Arema's coach on 17 September 2020 to replace Mario Gómez who resigned in August 2020.[26] Last season Arema FC was in the 12th position before the season competition 2020 was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia until finally canceled by PSSI after being delayed several times by referring to the results of the PSSI Executive Committee (Exco) meeting which took place virtually on 20 January 2021.[27] However, on 7 February 2021 Arema management will not renew the head coach contract Carlos Oliviera. Carlos Oliviera contract itself will expire on 17 February 2021 and after that date he will be relieved of duty.[28] And the temporary position of head coach was replaced by assistant coach Kuncoro during the pre-seasons tournament 2021 Menpora Cup.[29] On 3 May 2021, Arema officially announced a new coach namely Eduardo Almeida.[30]

Arema also experienced the longest unbeaten run in the 2021–22 season for 23 matches. Started in week 4 against PSIS Semarang with a 0–0 draw and had to stop in week 27 when they lost in the Super East Java Derby against Persebaya Surabaya with a final score of 1–0.[31] At the end of the season, Arema placed 4th in the Liga 1 standings for the 2021–22 season.[32]

Pre-seasons and friendlies edit

Friendlies edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
6 March 2021 Arema U20s N 7–2 Brillian (2), Seiya, Rizky, Jayus, Dedik (2) 0
15 March 2021 Madura United H 2–2 Dedik (2) 0
29 May 2021 Malang Selection H 8–0 Dedik (2), Hanif, Feby, Brillian, Ferizal, Tegar, Tito 0
6 June 2021 RANS Cilegon H 6–2 Feby 11', Dedik 35', Dave 46', Gonzáles 53' (o.g.), Dendi 74', Tito 90+7' 0
12 June 2021 Hizbul Wathan N 4–2 Ridwan 5', Dedik (2) 10', 81' (pen.), Dave 85' 0
19 June 2021 Arema U20s N 5–1 Hanif 40', Dedik (2) 50', 85', Kushedya (2) 60', 79' 0
19 August 2021 PSIM A 0–1 0
21 August 2021 Persis N 0–0 0

Menpora Cup edit

Main article: 2021 Menpora Cup

Group stage edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Group
position
21 March 2021 Persikabo 1973 N 1–1 Dendi 82' 0 3rd
25 March 2021 Barito Putera N 1–2 Feby 54' 0 3rd
30 March 2021 PSIS N 2–3 Dedik (2) 9', 67' (pen.) 0 4th
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PSIS 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7 Knockout stage
2 Barito Putera 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 5
3 Persikabo 1973 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
4 Arema 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
5 Persipura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Piala Menpora

Match results edit

Liga 1 edit

Main article: 2021–22 Liga 1

Matches edit

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
Series 1 (Jakarta, West Java & Banten)
5 September 2021 PSM A 1–1 Hanif 22' (pen.) 0 7th
12 September 2021 Bhayangkara H 1–1 Dendi 72' 0 12th
19 September 2021 PSS A 1–2 Alfarizi 34' 0 14th
25 September 2021 PSIS H 0–0 0 14th
29 September 2021 Persipura A 1–0 Fortes 7' 0 10th
3 October 2021 Persela H 3–0 Fortes (2) 17', 22', Rafli 34' 0 6th
Series 2 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)
17 October 2021 Persija A 1–0 Fortes 33' 0 4th
23 October 2021 Persiraja A 2–0 Rafli 4', Fortes 56' 0 4th
27 October 2021 Persita H 2–2 Kushedya 25', Dedik 45+1' 0 4th
1 November 2021 Madura United A 2–1 Kushedya 50', Rizky 90' 0 3rd
6 November 2021 Persebaya H 2–2 Fortes 11' (pen.), Rafli 21' 0 3rd
Series 3 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)
19 November 2021 Persik A 3–2 Fortes 33' (pen.), Alfarizi 43', Feby 45+3' 0 3rd
23 November 2021 Barito Putera H 2–1 Fortes 47' (pen.), Rafli 88' 0 3rd
28 November 2021 Persib A 1–0 Dendi 17' 0 2nd
5 December 2021 Bali United H 0–0 0 3rd
10 December 2021 Borneo A 2–1 Fortes (2) 66', 72' 0 2nd
5 January 2022[a] Persikabo 1973 H 0–0 0 2nd
Series 4 (Bali)
9 January 2022 Bhayangkara A 1–0 Rizky 20' 0 2nd
13 January 2022 PSS H 2–0 Kushedya 53', Dendi 56' 0 1st
17 January 2022 PSIS A 0–0 0 2nd
28 January 2022 Persipura H 1–0 Fortes 30' 0 1st
1 February 2022 Persela A 1–0 Ridwan 90' 0 1st
5 February 2022 Persija H 1–1 Fortes 57' 0 2nd
10 February 2022 Persiraja H 1–1 Fortes 48' (pen.) 0 1st
15 February 2022 Persita A 2–0 Fortes (2) 45', 67' 0 1st
18 February 2022 Madura United H 1–0 Fortes 15' 0 1st
23 February 2022 Persebaya A 0–1 0 2nd
27 February 2022 Persik H 0–1 0 3rd
Series 5 (Bali)
5 March 2022 Barito Putera A 2–1 Rafli 18', Fortes 36' 0 3rd
9 March 2022 Persib H 1–2 Jayus 54' 0 5th
15 March 2022 Bali United A 1–2 Fortes 33' (pen.) 0 5th
20 March 2022 Borneo H 2–2 Alfarizi (2) 52', 74' 0 5th
24 March 2022 Persikabo 1973 A 3–1 Rizky 62', Alfarizi 69', Fortes 82' 0 5th
30 March 2022 PSM H 1–0 Fortes 86' 0 4th
  1. ^ The Liga 1 match home to Persikabo 1973, originally scheduled for 14 December 2021, was postponed due to PPKM Level 3 policy for all regions of Indonesia during the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays and the 2020 AFF Championship.[33]

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Persib 34 20 9 5 48 22 +26 69
3 Bhayangkara 34 19 9 6 48 27 +21 66
4 Arema 34 18 11 5 44 25 +19 65
5 Persebaya 34 18 9 7 56 35 +21 63
6 Borneo 34 14 10 10 43 35 +8 52
Source: BRI Liga 1 2021–22
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Drawing.[34]

Statistics edit

Squad appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga 1
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
23 GK   IDN Teguh Amiruddin 5 0 4+1 0
31 GK   IDN Andriyas Francisco 0 0 0 0
90 GK   BRA Adilson Maringá 30 0 30 0
Defenders
4 DF   POR Sérgio Silva 32 0 31+1 0
5 DF   IDN Bagas Adi 28 0 28 0
6 DF   IDN Ikhfanul Alam 1 0 0+1 0
12 DF   IDN Rizky Dwi Febrianto 27 3 25+2 3
15 DF   IDN Fabiano Beltrame 9 0 5+4 0
20 DF   IDN Achmad Galih 0 0 0 0
21 DF   IDN Aji Saka 0 0 0 0
24 DF   IDN Diego Michiels 18 0 12+6 0
26 DF   IDN Achmad Figo 4 0 2+2 0
33 DF   IDN Didik Ariyanto 2 0 0+2 0
87 DF   IDN Johan Alfarizi 34 5 32+2 5
Midfielders
7 MF   IDN Ryan Kurnia 14 0 9+5 0
8 MF   JPN Renshi Yamaguchi 31 0 31 0
11 MF   IDN Feby Eka Putra 18 1 7+11 1
13 MF   IDN Hamzah Titofani 19 0 6+13 0
14 MF   IDN Jayus Hariono 28 1 20+8 1
16 MF   IDN Ridwan Tawainella 18 1 5+13 1
18 MF   IDN Muhammad Faiz 2 0 0+2 0
19 MF   IDN Hanif Sjahbandi 28 1 21+7 1
28 DF   IDN Seiya Da Costa Lay 0 0 0 0
29 MF   IDN Sandi Sute 14 0 4+10 0
41 MF   IDN Dendi Santoso 30 3 27+3 3
77 MF   IDN Genta Alparedo 10 0 1+9 0
88 MF   IDN Vikrian Akbar 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   POR Carlos Fortes 31 20 30+1 20
10 FW   IDN Muhammad Rafli 27 5 18+9 5
27 FW   IDN Dedik Setiawan 23 1 13+10 1
78 FW   IDN Bramntio Ramadhan 6 0 0+6 0
99 FW   IDN Kushedya Hari Yudo 14 3 12+2 3
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
92 MF   IDN Dave Mustaine 6 0 1+5 0
96 GK   IDN Kartika Ajie 0 0 0 0

Top scorers edit

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Liga 1 Total
1 FW 9   Carlos Fortes 20 20
2 FW 10   Muhammad Rafli 5 5
DF 87   Johan Alfarizi 5 5
4 DF 12   Rizky Dwi Febrianto 3 3
MF 41   Dendi Santoso 3 3
FW 99   Kushedya Hari Yudo 3 3
7 MF 11   Feby Eka Putra 1 1
MF 14   Jayus Hariono 1 1
MF 16   Ridwan Tawainella 1 1
MF 19   Hanif Sjahbandi 1 1
FW 27   Dedik Setiawan 1 1
Total 44 44

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