2021–22 ACF Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
2021–22 season
Chairman	Rocco B. Commisso
Head coach	Vincenzo Italiano
Stadium	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A	7th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dušan Vlahović (16); All: ; Dušan Vlahović (18)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 19 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 95th season in the existence of ACF Fiorentina and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Fiorentina are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. Following last season's disappointment results, Giuseppe Iachini was let go at the end of the season. Gennaro Gattuso was initially hired to be the team's manager in the early summer, but parted ways 23 days after his appointment following disagreements on transfer policy and agent's influence. Vincenzo Italiano was hired from Spezia as the team's next manager.

Players[]

Squad information[]

As of 18 September 2021

Appearances include league matches only

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Pietro Terracciano	GK	(1990-03-08) 8 March 1990 (age 31)	Empoli	2019	2023	16	0
25	Antonio Rosati	GK	(1983-06-26) 26 June 1983 (age 38)	Torino	2021		3	0
69	Bartłomiej Drągowski	GK	(1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 24)	Jagiellonia Białystok	2016	2023	76	0
Defenders
2	Lucas Martínez Quarta	CB	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 25)	River Plate	2020	2025	23	1
3	Cristiano Biraghi	LB	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 29)	Pescara	2017	2024	109	3
4	Nikola Milenković	CB / RB	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 24)	Partizan	2017	2023	124	12
17	Aleksa Terzić	LB	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 22)	Red Star Belgrade	2019	2024	2	0
23	Lorenzo Venuti	RB	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 26)	Youth Sector	2019	2024	47	0
29	Álvaro Odriozola	RB	(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 26)	Real Madrid	2021	2022	2	0	On Loan
55	Matija Nastasić	CB / LB	(1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 (age 28)	FC Schalke 04	2021	2023	26	2
98	Igor	CB / LB / LM	(1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 23)	SPAL	2021	2024	33	0
Midfielders
5	Giacomo Bonaventura	CM / AM / LW	(1989-08-22) 22 August 1989 (age 32)	Milan	2020	2022	38	4
8	Riccardo Saponara	AM	(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 30)	Empoli	2018	2022	35	3
10	Gaetano Castrovilli	CM	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 24)	Bari	2017	2024	71	8
14	Youssef Maleh	CM	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 23)	Venezia F.C.	2021	2024	2	0
15	Erick Pulgar	DM / CB / CM	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 27)	Bologna	2019	2023	71	8
18	Lucas Torreira	CM	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 25)	Arsenal	2021	2022	1	0	On Loan
24	Marco Benassi	CM / AM	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 27)	Torino F.C.	2017	2024	87	13
32	Alfred Duncan	CM / DM	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 28)	Sassuolo	2020	2024	20	1
34	Sofyan Amrabat	CM / DM	(1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 25)	Verona	2020	2024	33	0
Forwards
7	José Callejón	RW / LW	(1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 34)	Napoli	2020	2022	24	0
9	Dušan Vlahović	CF	(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 21)	Partizan	2018	2023	81	30
22	Nicolás González	LW / RW / CF	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 23)	Stuttgart	2021	2026	4	1
33	Riccardo Sottil	LW / RW / CF	(1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 22)	Youth Sector	2018	2024	23	0
91	Aleksandr Kokorin	CF	(1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 30)	Spartak Moscow	2021	2024	5	0

Other players under contract[]

As of 19 July 2021

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	Federico Brancolini
—	GK	ITA	Michele Cerofolini
—	DF	ITA	Pierluigi Pinto
—	FW	ITA	Mattia Trovato
—	FW	CZE	Martin Graiciar

Out on loan[]

As of 20 August 2021

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	Simone Ghidotti (at Gubbio until 30 June 2022)
—	DC	DEN	Jacob Rasmussen (at Vitesse until 30 June 2022)
—	AMC	CRO	Toni Fruk (at Gorica until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	POL	Szymon Żurkowski (at Empoli until 30 June 2022)
—	DMC	ITA	Mattia Fiorini (at Fiorenzuola until 30 June 2022)
—	LM	ITA	Niccolò Pierozzi (at Pro Patria until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Federico Chiesa (at Juventus until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Samuele Spalluto (at Gubbio until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Gabriele Gori (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022)
—	LW	FRA	Christian Koffi (at Sète until 30 June 2022)
—	DC	ITA	Christian Dalle Mura (at Cremonese until 30 June 2022)
—	DR	ITA	Gabriele Ferrarini (at Reggiana until 30 June 2022)
—	DM	ITA	Alessandro Lovisa (at Lucchese until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	CIV	Christian Kouamé (at Anderlecht until 30 June 2022)
—	DC	ROU	Eduard Dutu (at Montevarchi until 30 June 2022)
—	DC	ITA	Luca Ranieri (at Salernitana until 30 June 2022)
—	DC	ESP	Tòfol Montiel (at Siena until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2021	RW	Nicolás González	23	VfB Stuttgart	€23.50 million
1 July 2021	DC	Igor	23	S.P.A.L.	€5 million	Obligation to Buy from 2019 Loan Deal
21 August 2021	DC	Matija Nastasić	28	FC Schalke 04	€500,000

Loans In[]

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
25 August 2021	MC	Lucas Torreira	25	Arsenal F.C.	€1.5M
28 August 2021	RB	Álvaro Odriozola	25	Real Madrid CF

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2021	GK	Alban Lafont	22	FC Nantes	€7.50 million	Option to Buy from 2019 Loan Deal
1 July 2021	DC	Federico Ceccherini	29	Verona	€3 million	Obligation to Buy from 2020 Loan Deal
1 July 2021	DC	Dávid Hancko	23	Sparta Prague	€2.5 million
1 July 2021	MC	Marco Marozzi	22	Free Agent	Free
1 July 2021	MC	Borja Valero	36	Retired	Free
1 July 2021	DC	Martín Cáceres	34	Free Agent	Free
1 July 2021	FW	Rafik Zekhnini	23	Molde FK	Free
5 July 2021	DC	Kevin Diks	24	F.C. Copenhagen	Free
5 July 2021	DC	Petko Hristov	22	Spezia	Free
8 July 2021	MC	Erald Lakti	21	Lecco	Free
19 July 2021	DC	Julián Illanes	24	Pescara	€350,000
19 July 2021	DC	Maximiliano Olivera	29	FC Juárez	Free
23 July 2021	MC	Valentin Eysseric	29	Kasımpaşa S.K.	Free
19 August 2021	DC	Germán Pezzella	30	Real Betis	€3.5M
23 August 2021	DR	Pol Lirola	24	Olympique de Marseille	€13M
24 August 2021	AMC	Marco Meli	21	Siena	Free
6 September 2021	FW	Franck Ribéry	38	Salernitana	Free

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 July 2021 Friendly	Fiorentina	7–1	SV Ostermünchen	Moena, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milenković 8' Bonaventura 13' Duncan 24' Ranieri 47' Saponara 60' Benassi 65', 82'	Report	76' (pen.)	Stadium: Campo Sportivo Cesare Benatti

25 July 2021 Friendly	Fiorentina	11–0	Foligno	Moena, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Callejón 15' Duncan 24' Bonaventura 38' (pen.) Vlahović 48', 52', 58', 63', 74', 77', 80' (pen.) 88' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Campo Sportivo Cesare Benatti

29 July 2021 Friendly	Fiorentina	9–0	Levico	Moena, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kokorin 12' (pen.) 17', 39' Bianco 50' Benassi 55', 70' Sottil 57', 65' Gori 73'	Report		Stadium: Campo Sportivo Cesare Benatti
Note: The match was played in two halves 40 minutes each.

30 July 2021 Friendly	Fiorentina	4–0	Virtus Verona	Moena, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonaventura 11' Saponara 46' Milenković 62' Vlahović 76'	Report		Stadium: Campo Sportivo Cesare Benatti

7 August 2021 Friendly	Fiorentina	0–0 (4–2 p)	Espanyol	Florence, Italy
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 3,000

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	22 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	19	10	2	7	34	25	+9	052.63
Coppa Italia	13 August 2021		First round	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
Total				21	12	2	7	40	26	+14	057.14

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Juventus	19	10	4	5	27	17	+10	34	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Roma	19	10	2	7	31	21	+10	32	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
7	Fiorentina	19	10	2	7	34	25	+9	32
8	Lazio	19	9	4	6	39	34	+5	31
9	Empoli	19	8	3	8	30	34	−4	27

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 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
19	10	2	7	34	25	+9	32	6	1	2	23	12	+11	4	1	5	11	13	−2

Last updated: 22 December 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D
Position	18	10	8	5	6	5	5	9	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

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

22 August 2021 1	Roma	3–1	Fiorentina	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pellegrini 13' Mkhitaryan 26' Zaniolo 44' 52' Veretout 64', 79'	Report	Drągowski 17' Bonaventura 45+3' Pulgar 53' Milenković 60'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luca Pairetto

28 August 2021 2	Fiorentina	2–1	Torino	Florence
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Castrovilli 22' Milenković 38' González 41' Bonaventura 48' Vlahović 65', 70'	Report	Djidji 39' Mandragora 45' Buongiorno 65' Aina 80' Lukić 83' Verdi 89'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Maurizio Mariani

11 September 2021 3	Atalanta	1–2	Fiorentina	Bergamo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mæhle 31' Zapata 45+2', 65' (pen.) Gosens 76' Freuler 86' Palomino 90+2'	Report	Vlahović 33' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Bonaventura 45+2' Igor 56' Milenković 74' Odriozola 81'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Valerio Marini

18 September 2021 4	Genoa	1–2	Fiorentina	Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 13' Criscito 15', 90+8' (pen.) Vanheusden 20' Behrami 66'	Report	Odriozola 36' Biraghi 45+3' Martínez Quarta 54' Saponara 60' Kokorin 85' Bonaventura 89'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Livio Marinelli

21 September 2021 5	Fiorentina	1–3	Internazionale	Florence
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sottil 23' González 78' 78'	Report	Škriniar 18' Darmian 52', 63' Džeko 55' Çalhanoğlu 83' Perišić 87'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Michael Fabbri

26 September 2021 6	Udinese	0–1	Fiorentina	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arslan 45+2' Walace 53'	Report	Vlahović 16' (pen.) Martínez Quarta 17' Amrabat 70' Odriozola 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Davide Ghersini

3 October 2021 7	Fiorentina	1–2	Napoli	Florence
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martínez Quarta 28', 36' Bonaventura 31' Pulgar 53'	Report	Insigne 39' Lozano 39' Rrahmani 50' Zambo Anguissa 54' Mário Rui 68' Demme 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Simone Sozza

18 October 2021 8	Venezia	1–0	Fiorentina	Ferrara
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aramu 36' Ceccaroni 63' Ampadu 72'	Report	Amrabat 24' Odriozola 28' Benassi 61' Sottil 69' 77'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Luca Massimi

24 October 2021 9	Fiorentina	3–0	Cagliari	Florence
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Biraghi 21' (pen.) González 42' Vlahović 49'	Report	Keita 20' Marin 48'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Antonio Rapuano

27 October 2021 10	Lazio	1–0	Fiorentina	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pedro 52' Cataldi 56' Luis Alberto 79'	Report	Castrovilli 24' Biraghi 47' Duncan 68'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

31 October 2021 11	Fiorentina	3–0	Spezia	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez Quarta 36' Vlahović 44' (pen.), 62', 74', 75' Venuti 55' Maleh 82'	Report	Ferrer 21' Gyasi 43' Colley 58'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Antonio Giua

6 November 2021 12	Juventus	1–0	Fiorentina	Turin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Danilo 45+2' Rugani 88' Cuadrado 90+1'	Report	Martínez Quarta 26' Milenković 66' 73' Nastasić 82'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 29,501 Referee: Simone Sozza

20 November 2021 13	Fiorentina	4–3	Milan	Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Duncan 15' Saponara 45+1' Vlahović 60', 85' Castrovilli 90+5'	Report	Ibrahimović 62', 67' Hernandez 90+5' Venuti 90+6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Marco Guida

27 November 2021 14	Empoli	2–1	Fiorentina	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tonelli 65' Bandinelli 87' Pinamonti 89'	Report	Torreira 52' Vlahović 57'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

30 November 2021 15	Fiorentina	3–1	Sampdoria	Florence
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Callejón 23' Vlahović 32' Sottil 45'	Report	Gabbiadini 15', 42' Colley 74' Ferrari 82'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Federico Dionisi

5 December 2021 16	Bologna	2–3	Fiorentina	Bologna
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Domínguez 24' Barrow 42' Theate 50' Hickey 83' Soumaoro 90+4'	Report	Torreira 25' Maleh 33' Biraghi 52' Milenković 64' Vlahović 67' (pen.) Amrabat 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

11 December 2021 17	Fiorentina	4–0	Salernitana	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milenković 11' Bonaventura 31' Vlahović 51', 84' Maleh 90'	Report	Kastanos 20'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Davide Ghersini

19 December 2021 18	Fiorentina	2–2	Sassuolo	Florence
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Biraghi 44' 68' Vlahović 51' Martínez Quarta 58' Torreira 61'	Report	Toljan 27' Scamacca 32', 59' Frattesi 37', 71' Chiricheș 54' Traorè 56'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 21,514 Referee: Marco Serra

22 December 2021 19	Hellas Verona	1–1	Fiorentina	Verona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lasagna 17' Caprari 46' Ilić 46'	Report	Castrovilli 81' Terzić 84'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Daniele Doveri

6 January 2022 20	Fiorentina	v	Udinese	Florence
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Coppa Italia[]

13 August 2021 First round	Fiorentina	4–0	Cosenza	Florence
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlahović 4', 45+4' González 37' Venuti 51' Pezzella 54'	Report	45+1' Sueva 56'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Giacomo Camplone

15 December 2021 Second round	Fiorentina	2–1	Benevento	Florence
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milenković 19' Sottil 47' Bianco 90+3'	Report	Gabriele Moncini 51' Giacomo Calò 73'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Luca Zufferli

12 January 2021 Round of 16	Napoli	v	Fiorentina	Naples
17:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ITA	Pietro Terracciano	13	0	11+1	0	1	0
69	GK	POL	Bartłomiej Drągowski	5	0	5	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Lucas Martínez Quarta	11	1	11	1	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Cristiano Biraghi	17	2	16	2	1	0
4	DF	SRB	Nikola Milenković	14	1	13	1	1	0
17	DF	SRB	Aleksa Terzić	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
23	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Venuti	9	1	8	0	1	1
29	DF	ESP	Álvaro Odriozola	11	0	8+3	0	0	0
55	DF	SRB	Matija Nastasić	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
98	DF	BRA	Igor	9	0	6+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ITA	Giacomo Bonaventura	16	1	15	1	1	0
8	MF	ITA	Riccardo Saponara	14	2	6+7	2	0+1	0
10	MF	ITA	Gaetano Castrovilli	11	0	5+5	0	0+1	0
14	MF	MAR	Youssef Maleh	12	1	3+8	1	1	0
15	MF	CHI	Erick Pulgar	6	0	4+1	0	1	0
18	MF	URU	Lucas Torreira	14	0	11+2	0	1	0
24	MF	ITA	Marco Benassi	6	0	1+4	0	0+1	0
32	MF	GHA	Alfred Duncan	14	1	9+5	1	0	0
34	MF	MAR	Sofyan Amrabat	10	0	1+9	0	0	0
42	MF	ITA	Alessandro Bianco	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	José Callejón	17	1	12+4	1	1	0
9	FW	SRB	Dušan Vlahović	17	15	16	13	1	2
22	FW	ARG	Nicolás González	12	3	7+4	2	1	1
28	FW	ITA		1	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	FW	ITA	Riccardo Sottil	12	2	7+4	2	0+1	0
91	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Kokorin	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
20	DF	ARG	Germán Pezzella	1	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 05 December 2021
Source: Competitions

References[]

^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.

[1] "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.

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