2021–22 Cagliari Calcio season

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)

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.

Players

First-team squad

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

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

Out on loan

As of 31 January 2022

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

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

Transfers

In

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

Loans in

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

Out

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

Loans out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Competitions

Overall record

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

League table

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

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

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

Matches

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

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

Appearances and goals

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

Last updated: 1 November 2021
Source: Competitions

References

  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.