2021–22 Cagliari Calcio season

The 2021–22 season was the 102nd season in the existence of Cagliari Calcio and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cagliari participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Cagliari
2021–22 season
OwnerTommaso Giulini
PresidentTommaso Giulini
Head coachLeonardo Semplici
(until 14 September)
Walter Mazzarri
(from 15 September to 2 May)
Alessandro Agostini
(caretaker, from 2 May)
StadiumUnipol Domus
Serie A18th (relegated)
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
João Pedro (13)

All:
João Pedro (13)

Players 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
1 GK   ITA Simone Aresti
3 DF   ITA Edoardo Goldaniga
4 MF   ITA Daniele Baselli
6 MF   CRO Marko Rog
8 MF   ROU Răzvan Marin
9 FW   SEN Keita Baldé
10 MF   ITA João Pedro (captain)
12 DF   ITA Raoul Bellanova (on loan from Bordeaux)
14 MF   ITA Alessandro Deiola
15 DF   ITA Giorgio Altare
16 MF   NED Kevin Strootman (on loan from Marseille)
18 MF   URU Nahitan Nández
19 FW   ITA Luca Gagliano
20 MF   URU Gastón Pereiro
22 DF   GRE Charalampos Lykogiannis
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   ITA Luca Ceppitelli
25 DF   ITA Gabriele Zappa
26 MF   ITA Nicolò Cavuoti
27 MF   ITA Alberto Grassi (on loan from Parma)
28 GK   ITA Alessio Cragno
29 DF   BRA Dalbert Henrique (on loan from Inter Milan)
30 FW   ITA Leonardo Pavoletti
31 GK   SRB Boris Radunović
32 FW   COL Damir Ceter
33 DF   SVK Adam Obert
38 FW   ITA Jacopo Desogus
39 MF   GRE Christos Kourfalidis
40 DF   POL Sebastian Walukiewicz
44 DF   ITA Andrea Carboni
66 DF   ITA Matteo Lovato (on loan from Atalanta)

Out on loan edit

As of 31 January 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 Guglielmo Vicario (at Empoli until 30 June 2022)
DF   ITA Paolo Cusumano (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022)
DF   ITA Paolo Faragò (at Lecce until 30 June 2022)
DF   CGO Senna Miangué (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2022)
DF   ITA Alessandro Tripaldelli (at SPAL until 30 June 2022)
MF   ITA Roberto Biancu (at Olbia until 30 June 2022)
MF   ITA Riccardo Ladinetti (at Olbia until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ITA Federico Marigosu (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022)
MF   FRA Mattéo Tramoni (at Brescia until 30 June 2022)
FW   ITA Alberto Cerri (at Como until 30 June 2022)
FW   ITA Gianluca Contini (at Legnago until 30 June 2022)
FW   ITA Massimiliano Manca (at Olbia until 30 June 2022)
FW   ARG Giovanni Simeone (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2022)

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee
GK   Boris Radunović 25   Atalanta €0.3M
DF   Giorgio Altare 23   Genoa €0.175M
DF   Paolo Faragò 28   Bologna Loan return
DF   Gabriele Zappa 21   Pescara €3.5M
DF   Martín Cáceres 34   Fiorentina Free
MF   Riccardo Ladinetti 20   Olbia Loan return
MF   Christian Oliva 25   Valencia Loan return
MF   Răzvan Marin 25   Ajax €10M
FW   Keita Baldé 26   Monaco €8M
FW   Damir Ceter 23   Pescara Loan return
FW   Diego Farias 31   Spezia Loan return

Loans in edit

Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes
DF   Raoul Bellanova 21   Bordeaux N/A On loan until June 2022
DF   Dalbert 28   Internazionale N/A On loan until June 2022
MF   Alberto Grassi 26   Parma N/A On loan until June 2022
MF   Kevin Strootman 31   Marseille N/A On loan until June 2022
DF   Matteo Lovato 21   Atalanta N/A On loan until June 2022

Out edit

Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee
DF   Arturo Calabresi 25   Bologna Loan ended
DF   Ragnar Klavan 35   Paide Linnameeskond Free
DF   Simone Pinna 23   Olbia Free
DF   Daniele Rugani 27   Juventus Loan ended
MF   Kwadwo Asamoah 32   Free
MF   Alfred Duncan 28   Fiorentina Loan ended
MF   Radja Nainggolan 33   Internazionale Loan ended
MF   Kiril Despodov 24   Ludogorets Razgrad €2M
FW   Riccardo Sottil 22   Fiorentina Loan ended
FW   Filip Bradarić 29   Al-Ahli €2.7M
DF   Diego Godín 35   Atlético Mineiro Free

Loans out edit

Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes
GK   Guglielmo Vicario 24   Empoli N/A On loan until June 2022
DF   Alessandro Tripaldelli 23   SPAL N/A On loan until June 2022
DF   Senna Miangué 24   Cercle Brugge N/A On loan until June 2022
MF   Mattéo Tramoni 21   Brescia N/A On loan until June 2022
MF   Federico Marigosu 20   Grosseto N/A On loan until June 2022
MF   Roberto Biancu 21   Olbia N/A On loan until June 2022
MF   Fabrizio Caligara 21   Ascoli N/A On loan until June 2022
FW   Alberto Cerri 25   Como N/A On loan until June 2022
FW   Zito Luvumbo 19   Como N/A On loan until June 2022
FW   Giovanni Simeone 26   Hellas Verona N/A On loan until June 2022
FW   Luca Gagliano 21   Avellino N/A On loan until June 2022

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 July 2021 Friendly Real Vicenza   1–16   Cagliari Trentino, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Candelaresi   90'
Report
Stadium: Campo Calcio Celledizzo
Referee: Daniele Perenzoni
24 July 2021 Friendly Vicenza   0–3   Cagliari Vicenza, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 800
Referee: Mario Saugo
31 July 2021 Friendly FC Augsburg   3–1   Cagliari Augsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Michael Bacher
4 August 2021 Friendly Olbia   0–3   Cagliari Aritzo, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Del Vento
Attendance: 250
Referee: Antonio Giua
7 August 2021 Trofeu Ciutat de Palma Mallorca   1–0   Cagliari Palma, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Iberostar Estadi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 22 August 2021 22 May 2022 Matchday 1 18th 38 6 12 20 34 68 −34 015.79
Coppa Italia 14 August 2021 19 January 2022 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 066.67
Total 41 8 12 21 40 71 −31 019.51

Source: Soccerway

Serie A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 −30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 −45 31
18 Cagliari (R) 38 6 12 20 34 68 −34 30 Relegation to Serie B
19 Genoa (R) 38 4 16 18 27 60 −33 28
20 Venezia (R) 38 6 9 23 34 69 −35 27
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(R) Relegated

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 6 12 20 34 68  −34 30 3 6 10 20 33  −13 3 6 10 14 35  −21

Source: Serie A

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultDLLDLLDWLLLLDDDDLLLWWLDWDDWLLLLLWLLDLD
Position914171919192019192020201919191819191918181818171717171717171717171718181818
Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[1]

23 August 2021 1 Cagliari 2–2 Spezia Cagliari
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 5,387
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
29 August 2021 2 Milan 4–1 Cagliari Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 31,946
Referee: Marco Serra
12 September 2021 3 Cagliari 2–3 Genoa Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 6,423
Referee: Luca Pairetto
19 September 2021 4 Lazio 2–2 Cagliari Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Davide Ghersini
22 September 2021 5 Cagliari 0–2 Empoli Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 7,226
Referee: Marco Di Bello
26 September 2021 6 Napoli 2–0 Cagliari Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 17,723
Referee: Marco Piccinini
1 October 2021 7 Cagliari 1–1 Venezia Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 8,135
Referee: Manuel Volpi
17 October 2021 8 Cagliari 3–1 Sampdoria Cagliari
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 9,923
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
24 October 2021 9 Fiorentina 3–0 Cagliari Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 20,290
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
27 October 2021 10 Cagliari 1–2 Roma Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 8,547
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto
1 November 2021 11 Bologna 2–0 Cagliari Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 10,126
Referee: Davide Massa
6 November 2021 12 Cagliari 1–2 Atalanta Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 6,976
Referee: Marco Piccinini
21 November 2021 13 Sassuolo 2–2 Cagliari Reggio Emilia
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 4,135
Referee: Niccolò Baroni
26 November 2021 14 Cagliari 1–1 Salernitana Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Daniele Doveri
30 November 2021 15 Hellas Verona 0–0 Cagliari Verona
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 12,188
Referee: Matteo Marcenaro
6 December 2021 16 Cagliari 1–1 Torino Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 8,799
Referee: Luca Massimi
12 December 2021 17 Internazionale 4–0 Cagliari Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 33,712
Referee: Matteo Marchetti
18 December 2021 18 Cagliari 0–4 Udinese Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 7,864
Referee: Fabio Maresca
21 December 2021 19 Juventus 2–0 Cagliari Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 11,197
Referee: Federico Dionisi
6 January 2022 20 Sampdoria 1–2 Cagliari Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: Giacomo Camplone
11 January 2022 21 Cagliari 2–1 Bologna Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 5,583
Referee: Davide Ghersini
16 January 2022 22 Roma 1–0 Cagliari Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni
23 January 2022 23 Cagliari 1–1 Fiorentina Cagliari
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
6 February 2022 24 Atalanta 1–2 Cagliari Bergamo
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 7,868
Referee: Alessandro Prontera
13 February 2022 25 Empoli 1–1 Cagliari Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 4,787
Referee: Federico Dionisi
21 February 2022 26 Cagliari 1–1 Napoli Cagliari
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 12,063
Referee: Simone Sozza
27 February 2022 27 Torino 1–2 Cagliari Turin
12:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 10,231
Referee: Manuel Volpi
5 March 2022 28 Cagliari 0–3 Lazio Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 10,873
Referee: Fabio Maresca
12 March 2022 29 Spezia 2–0 Cagliari La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 7,180
Referee: Daniele Orsato
19 March 2022 30 Cagliari 0–1 Milan Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 12,309
Referee: Marco Di Bello
3 April 2022 31 Udinese 5–1 Cagliari Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 12,215
Referee: Rosario Abisso
9 April 2022 32 Cagliari 1–2 Juventus Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 13,437
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
16 April 2022 33 Cagliari 1–0 Sassuolo Cagliari
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 14,689
Referee: Davide Massa
24 April 2022 34 Genoa 1–0 Cagliari Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 17,257
Referee: Paolo Valeri
30 April 2022 35 Cagliari 1–2 Hellas Verona Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 16,267
Referee: Daniele Orsato
8 May 2022 36 Salernitana 1–1 Cagliari Salerno
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 27,396
Referee: Marco Di Bello
15 May 2022 37 Cagliari 1–3 Internazionale Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Unipol Domus
Attendance: 15,443
Referee: Daniele Doveri
22 May 2022 38 Venezia 0–0 Cagliari Venice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 5,654
Referee: Fabio Maresca

Coppa Italia edit

14 August 2021 First round Cagliari 3–1 Pisa Cagliari
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 2,620
Referee: Gianluca Manganiello
15 December 2021 Second round Cagliari 3–1 Cittadella Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Attendance: 2,797
Referee: Maria Ferrieri
19 January 2022 Round of 16 Sassuolo 1–0 Cagliari Reggio Emilia
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 850
Referee: Matteo Marchetti

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ITA Simone Aresti 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK   ITA Alessio Cragno 11 0 10 0 1 0
31 GK   SRB Boris Radunović 1 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   URU Diego Godín 8 0 6+1 0 1 0
4 DF   URU Martín Cáceres 7 1 5+2 1 0 0
12 DF   ITA Raoul Bellanova 4 0 1+3 0 0 0
15 DF   ITA Giorgio Altare 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
22 DF   GRE Charalampos Lykogiannis 11 0 8+2 0 0+1 0
23 DF   ITA Luca Ceppitelli 10 1 6+3 1 0+1 0
25 DF   ITA Gabriele Zappa 10 0 5+4 0 1 0
29 DF   BRA Dalbert Henrique 7 0 6 0 1 0
33 DF   SVK Adam Obert 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
40 DF   POL Sebastian Walukiewicz 6 0 4+1 0 1 0
44 DF   ITA Andrea Carboni 11 0 10 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF   CRO Marko Rog 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   ROU Răzvan Marin 12 1 11 0 1 1
14 MF   ITA Alessandro Deiola 12 2 10+1 1 1 1
16 MF   NED Kevin Strootman 8 0 6+1 0 1 0
18 MF   URU Nahitan Nández 10 0 9+1 0 0 0
20 MF   URU Gastón Pereiro 8 0 0+7 0 0+1 0
21 MF   URU Christian Oliva 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   ITA Alberto Grassi 5 0 2+3 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   SEN Keita Baldé 7 2 6+1 2 0 0
10 FW   BRA João Pedro 12 6 11 6 1 0
17 FW   BRA Diego Farias 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
30 FW   ITA Leonardo Pavoletti 10 1 4+5 1 1 0
32 FW   COL Damir Ceter 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
9 FW   ARG Giovanni Simeone 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW   ITA Alberto Cerri 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 1 November 2021
Source: Competitions

References edit

  1. ^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.