2021–22 A.S. Roma season

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A.S. Roma
2021–22 season
PresidentDan Friedkin
Head coachJosé Mourinho
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jordan Veretout (3)
All:
Lorenzo Pellegrini (5)
← 2020–21
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 16 September 2021.

The 2021–22 season is A.S. Roma's 95th season in existence and the club's 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Roma are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia and the inaugural edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

The season will begin with José Mourinho at the helm after Roma announced last season that Paulo Fonseca would step down.[1]

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 3 September 2021.[2]

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 Portugal POR Rui Patrício
2 DF Netherlands NED Rick Karsdorp
3 DF Brazil BRA Roger Ibañez
4 MF Italy ITA Bryan Cristante (vice-captain)
5 DF Uruguay URU Matías Viña
6 DF England ENG Chris Smalling
7 MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Pellegrini (captain)
8 MF Spain ESP Gonzalo Villar
9 FW England ENG Tammy Abraham
11 FW Spain ESP Carles Pérez
13 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Calafiori
14 FW Uzbekistan UZB Eldor Shomurodov
15 MF France FRA Steven Nzonzi
17 MF France FRA Jordan Veretout
18 DF Italy ITA Davide Santon
19 DF United States USA Bryan Reynolds
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Argentina ARG Federico Fazio
21 FW Spain ESP Borja Mayoral (on loan from Real Madrid)
22 MF Italy ITA Nicolò Zaniolo
23 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Mancini (3rd captain)
24 DF Albania ALB Marash Kumbulla (on loan from Hellas Verona)
37 DF Italy ITA Leonardo Spinazzola
42 MF Guinea GUI Amadou Diawara
52 MF Italy ITA Edoardo Bove
55 MF The Gambia GAM Ebrima Darboe
59 MF Poland POL Nicola Zalewski
63 GK Italy ITA Pietro Boer
65 DF Italy ITA Filippo Tripi
77 MF Armenia ARM Henrikh Mkhitaryan
87 GK Brazil BRA Daniel Fuzato
92 FW Italy ITA Stephan El Shaarawy

Other players under contract[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Alessio Riccardi

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
— GK Spain ESP Pau López (at Olympique de Marseille until 30 June 2022)
— GK Sweden SWE Robin Olsen (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2022)
— GK Italy ITA Stefano Greco (at Potenza until 30 June 2022)
— DF Italy ITA (at Verona until 30 June 2022)
— DF Italy ITA Alessandro Florenzi (at Milan until 30 June 2022)
— DF Italy ITA Devid Bouah (at Teramo until 30 June 2022)
— DF Turkey TUR Mert Çetin (at Verona until 30 June 2022)
— DF France FRA William Bianda (at Nancy until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Croatia CRO Ante Ćorić (at Zürich until 30 June 2022)
— MF Italy ITA Salvatore Pezzella (at Siena until 30 June 2022)
— MF Italy ITA Tommaso Milanese (at Alessandria until 30 June 2022)
— FW Turkey TUR Cengiz Ünder (at Olympique de Marseille until 30 June 2022)
— FW Netherlands NED Justin Kluivert (at Nice until 30 June 2022)
— FW Italy ITA Matteo Cancellieri (at Verona until 30 June 2022)
— FW Italy ITA (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2022)
— FW France FRA (at Club Brugge until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
19 DF United States Bryan Reynolds United States FC Dallas €6.75M[a] 1 July 2021 [3][4]
3 DF Brazil Roger Ibañez Italy Atalanta €8M[b] [5]
1 GK Portugal Rui Patrício England Wolverhampton Wanderers €11.5M[c] 13 July 2021 [6]
14 FW Uzbekistan Eldor Shomurodov Italy Genoa €17.5M[c] 2 August 2021 [7]
5 DF Uruguay Matías Viña Brazil Palmeiras €13M[c] 8 August 2021 [8]
9 FW England Tammy Abraham England Chelsea €40M[c] 17 August 2021 [9]
  1. ^ Bought on loan obligation. MLS will retain the right to 15% of the profit on any deal – after factoring in the total amount already paid for the player at the time of his departure. Fee may eventually rise to €12.4 million.
  2. ^ Bought on loan obligation. Atalanta will retain the right to 10% of any future transfer fee received for the player, should he be sold at any point prior to 30 June 2024. Fee may eventually rise to €10 million.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Initial transfer fee. Includes undisclosed performance-related clauses.

Out[]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
5 DF Brazil Juan Jesus Italy Napoli Free 1 July 2021 [10]
12 GK Italy Simone Farelli Unattached Free [11]
83 GK Italy Antonio Mirante Unattached Free [12]
33 DF Brazil Bruno Peres Turkey Trabzonspor Free [13]
– FW Italy Mirko Antonucci Italy Cittadella Undisclosed 30 July 2021 [14]
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Italy Internazionale Free 14 August 2021 [15]
11 FW Spain Pedro Italy Lazio Free 19 August 2021 [16]
- MF Argentina Javier Pastore Released Free 30 August 2021 [17]

Loans out[]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
– FW Turkey Cengiz Ünder France Marseille Loan 4 July 2021 [18]
13 GK Spain Pau López France Marseille Loan 8 July 2021 [19]
– FW Netherlands Justin Kluivert France Nice Loan 20 July 2021 [20]
– DF Italy Alessandro Florenzi Italy Milan Loan 21 August 2021 [21]
– MF Croatia Ante Ćorić Switzerland FC Zürich Loan 24 August 2021 [22]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 July 2021 Friendly Roma Italy 10–0 Italy Montecatini Rome, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Trigoria training ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alessandro Silvestri (Italy)
18 July 2021 Friendly Roma Italy 2–0 Italy Ternana Rome, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Trigoria training ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mario Cascone (Italy)
21 July 2021 Friendly Triestina Italy 0–1 Italy Roma Trieste, Italy
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco
Referee: Nicolò Marini (Italy)
25 July 2021 Friendly Roma Italy 5–2 Hungary Debreceni VSC Frosinone, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe
Referee: Davide Moriconi (Italy)
28 July 2021 Friendly Porto Portugal 1–1 Italy Roma Lagoa, Portugal
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista
Referee: Rui Soares (Portugal)
31 July 2021 Friendly Roma Italy 0–0 Spain Sevilla Algarve, Portugal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Gudelj Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 66'
 Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Referee: Nuno Almeida (Portugal)
4 August 2021 Friendly Belenenses SAD Portugal 1–3 Italy Roma Lagoa, Portugal
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Ndour Goal 15'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista
Referee: Pedro Ramalho (Portugal)
7 August 2021 Unbeatables Cup Real Betis Spain 5–2 Italy Roma Seville, Spain
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín
Referee: Figueroa Vazquez (Spain)
14 August 2021 Friendly Roma Italy 5–0 Morocco Raja Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 22 August 2021 22 May 2022 Matchday 1 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 100.00
Coppa Italia January 2022 Round of 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa Conference League 19 August 2021 Play-off round 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 100.00
Total 6 6 0 0 19 4 +15 100.00

Last updated: 16 September 2021
Source: Competitions

Serie A[]

Main article: 2021–22 Serie A

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale 4 3 1 0 15 4 +11 10 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Roma 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
3 Milan 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
4 Napoli 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
5 Fiorentina 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 9 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. 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)

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
3 3 0 0 9 2  +7 9 2 0 0 5 2  +3 1 0 0 4 0  +4

Last updated: 12 September 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round[]

Round12345
GroundHAHAH
ResultWWW
Position331
Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[23]

22 August 2021 1 Roma 3–1 Fiorentina Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 26,997
Referee: Luca Pairetto
29 August 2021 2 Salernitana 0–4 Roma Salerno
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Pérez Yellow card 40'
  • Pellegrini Goal 48', 79'
  • Veretout Goal 52'
  • Mkhitaryan Yellow card 67'
  • Abraham Goal 69'
 Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Rosario Abisso
12 September 2021 3 Roma 2–1 Sassuolo Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,604
Referee: Simone Sozza
19 September 2021 4 Hellas Verona v Roma Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
22 September 2021 5 Roma v Udinese Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
29 September 2021 6 Lazio v Roma Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Coppa Italia[]

Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia

UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Play-off round[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August.[24]

19 August 2021 First leg Trabzonspor Turkey 1–2 Italy Roma Trabzon, Turkey
19:00 CEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium
Attendance: 12,870
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
26 August 2021 Second leg Roma Italy 3–0
(5–1 agg.)		 Turkey Trabzonspor Rome, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,906
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Group stage[]

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group C

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[25]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM BOD ZOR CSS
1 Italy Roma 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 3 Advance to round of 16 — 4 Nov 25 Nov 5–1
2 Norway Bodø/Glimt 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 Advance to preliminary knockout round 21 Oct — 3–1 25 Nov
3 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0 30 Sep 9 Dec — 4 Nov
4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0 9 Dec 30 Sep 21 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2021 1 Roma Italy 5–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,876
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
30 September 2021 2 Zorya Luhansk Ukraine v Italy Roma Zaporizhia, Ukraine
19:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Zaporizhzhya City Stadium
21 October 2021 3 Bodø/Glimt Norway v Italy Roma Bodø, Norway
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
4 November 2021 4 Roma Italy v Norway Bodø/Glimt Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
25 November 2021 5 Roma Italy v Ukraine Zorya Luhansk Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
9 December 2021 6 CSKA Sofia Bulgaria v Italy Roma Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Conference League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Portugal Rui Patrício 7 0 4 0 0 0 3 0
63 GK Italy Pietro Boer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 GK Brazil Daniel Fuzato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Netherlands Rick Karsdorp 6 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF Brazil Roger Ibañez 6 0 3 0 0 0 2+1 0
5 DF Uruguay Matías Viña 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF England Chris Smalling 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Italy Davide Santon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF United States Bryan Reynolds 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 DF Argentina Federico Fazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Italy Gianluca Mancini 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 1
24 DF Albania Marash Kumbulla 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
37 DF Italy Leonardo Spinazzola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 DF Italy Riccardo Calafiori 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
65 DF Italy Filippo Tripi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF Italy Bryan Cristante 6 2 3 1 0 0 2+1 1
7 MF Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini 6 5 3 2 0 0 3 3
8 MF Spain Gonzalo Villar 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
15 MF France Steven Nzonzi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF France Jordan Veretout 6 3 3 3 0 0 2+1 0
22 MF Italy Nicolò Zaniolo 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1
42 MF Guinea Amadou Diawara 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
52 MF Italy Edoardo Bove 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF The Gambia Ebrima Darboe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59 MF Poland Nicola Zalewski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0
Forwards
9 FW England Tammy Abraham 5 2 3 1 0 0 1+1 1
11 FW Spain Carles Pérez 6 0 1+2 0 0 0 1+2 0
14 FW Uzbekistan Eldor Shomurodov 6 1 0+3 0 0 0 2+1 1
21 FW Spain Borja Mayoral 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
92 FW Italy Stephan El Shaarawy 5 3 0+3 1 0 0 1+1 2

Last updated: 16 September 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

As of 16 September 2021
Rank No. Pos. Name Serie A Coppa Italia Conference League Total
1 7 MF Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini 2 0 3 5
2 17 MF France Jordan Veretout 3 0 0 3
92 FW Italy Stephan El Sharaawy 1 0 2 3
4 4 MF Italy Bryan Cristante 1 0 1 2
9 FW England Tammy Abraham 1 0 1 2
6 77 MF Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 1 0 0 1
22 MF Italy Nicolo Zaniolo 0 0 1 1
23 DF Italy Gianluca Mancini 0 0 1 1
9 FW Uzbekistan Eldor Shomurodov 0 0 1 1
Totals 9 0 10 19

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