2021–22 AC Perugia Calcio season

Perugia
2021–22 season
President	Massimiliano Santopadre
Head coach	Massimiliano Alvini
Stadium	Stadio Renato Curi
Serie B	8th
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Manuel De Luca (10); All: ; Manuel De Luca (10)

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.

Players

First-team quad

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

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

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'		Murano 88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Adrian Lupinski

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
9	Frosinone	38	15	13	10	58	45	+13	58[lower-alpha 1]
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:

Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

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	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground
Result	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W
Position	6	12	12	11	9	10	9	7	8	8	8	12	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	8	8	9	7	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Matches

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

22 September 2021 5	Cremonese	0–3	Perugia	Cremona
20:30 CET	Castagnetti 5' Vido 37' Ciofani 54' Deli 83'	Report	Lisi 14' 36' Zanandrea 29' 31' 41' Chichizola 54' Kouan 79'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

19 February 2022 24	Perugia	0–0	Cremonese	Perugia
16:15 CET	Burrai 28' De Luca 78' Dell'Orco 90+1'	Report	Sernicola 68' Meroni 69' Valeri 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Coppa Italia

13 August 2021 First round	Genoa	3–2	Perugia	Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Criscito 26' (pen.) Biraschi 38' Chichizola 41' (o.g.) Pandev 56' Kallon 88'	Report	Carretta 2' Lisi 10' Burrai 25' Dell'Orco 30' Curado 40' Vanbaleghem 52'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 522 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

References

"Prima Squadra" (in Italian). A.C. Perugia Calcio. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
"Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
"Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.

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[table_hth_PER0.41405233061595-2] Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

[1] "Prima Squadra" (in Italian). A.C. Perugia Calcio. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[3] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[4] "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.