2021–22 Cagliari Calcio season

Cagliari
2021–22 season
Owner	Tommaso Giulini
President	Tommaso Giulini
Head coach	Leonardo Semplici; (until 14 September); Walter Mazzarri; (from 15 September)
Stadium	Unipol Domus
Serie A	19th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; João Pedro (8); All: ; João Pedro (8)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is 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 are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 13 September 2021^[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	Simone Aresti
2	DF	URU	Diego Godín
4	DF	URU	Martín Cáceres
6	MF	CRO	Marko Rog
8	MF	ROU	Răzvan Marin
9	FW	SEN	Keita Baldé
10	MF	BRA	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)
17	FW	BRA	Diego Farias
18	MF	URU	Nahitan Nández
20	MF	URU	Gastón Pereiro
21	MF	URU	Christian Oliva


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	GRE	Charalampos Lykogiannis
23	DF	ITA	Luca Ceppitelli
24	DF	ITA	Paolo Faragò
25	DF	ITA	Gabriele Zappa
26	MF	ITA
27	MF	ITA	Alberto Grassi (on loan from Parma)
28	GK	ITA	Alessio Cragno
29	DF	BRA	Dalbert (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
35	MF	ITA	Riccardo Ladinetti
40	DF	POL	Sebastian Walukiewicz
44	DF	ITA	Andrea Carboni

Other players under contract[]

As of 13 September 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
—	DF	ITA	Nunzio Lella
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Biancu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Fabrizio Caligara
—	FW	ITA	Luca Gagliano

Out on loan[]

As of 13 September 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	Guglielmo Vicario (at Empoli until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	(at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Alessandro Tripaldelli (at SPAL until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	BEL	Senna Miangué (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Roberto Biancu (at Olbia until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Federico Marigosu (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	FRA	Mattéo Tramoni (at Brescia until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Fabrizio Caligara (at Ascoli until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Alberto Cerri (at Como until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	(at Legnago until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ARG	Giovanni Simeone (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ANG	Zito Luvumbo (at Como until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Luca Gagliano (at Avellino until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

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[]

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

Out[]

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	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

Loans out[]

Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	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[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly	Real Vicenza	1–16	Cagliari	Trentino, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Candelaresi 90'	Report	Simeone 6', 16', 25', 35', 39' Personi 18' (o.g.) João Pedro 19', 22' (pen.), 36' Pereiro 45' Ceter 47', 56', 78' Cerri 57', 59', 70'	Stadium: Campo Calcio Celledizzo Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

24 July 2021 Friendly	Vicenza	0–3	Cagliari	Vicenza, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Marin 16' Pavoletti 50' Dalbert 61'	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)	Vargas 17', 40' Jensen 37' Gregoritsch 78' 87'	Report	João Pedro 16', 82' Dalbert 25' Strootman 41'	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	Biancu 5' Ceter 56' (pen.) Marin 60'	Stadium: Stadio Del Vento Attendance: 250 Referee: Antonio Giua

7 August 2021 Friendly	Mallorca	1–0	Cagliari	Palma, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodríguez 40'	Report		Stadium: Iberostar Estadi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

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	1	7	11	17	40	−23	005.26
Coppa Italia	14 August 2021		First round	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Total				21	3	7	11	23	42	−19	014.29

Last updated: 21 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Venezia	19	4	5	10	18	34	−16	17
17	Spezia	19	4	4	11	19	39	−20	16
18	Genoa	19	1	8	10	19	37	−18	11	Relegation to Serie B
19	Cagliari	19	1	7	11	17	40	−23	10
20	Salernitana	18	2	2	14	11	42	−31	8

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	1	7	11	17	40	−23	10	1	4	5	12	19	−7	0	3	6	5	21	−16

Last updated: 21 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L
Position	9	14	17	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 21 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.^[2]

23 August 2021 1	Cagliari	2–2	Spezia	Cagliari
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	João Pedro 62', 66' (pen.) Zappa 79' Strootman 82'	Report	Gyasi 7', 66' Bastoni 14', 58' Nikolaou 45+1'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Francesco Fourneau

29 August 2021 2	Milan	4–1	Cagliari	Milan
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Tonali 12' Leão 17' Giroud 24', 43' (pen.) Brahim 73'	Report	Dalbert 5' Deiola 15', 38' Strootman 41' Godín 62' Nández 84'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Marco Serra

12 September 2021 3	Cagliari	2–3	Genoa	Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	João Pedro 16' (pen.), 62' Ceppitelli 35', 56'	Report	Biraschi 11' Sabelli 15' Kallon 59' Destro 59' Fares 69', 78'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Luca Pairetto

19 September 2021 4	Lazio	2–2	Cagliari	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Felipe 42' Immobile 45' Cataldi 83'	Report	Cáceres 6' João Pedro 46' Zappa 61' 90+4' Keita 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Davide Ghersini

22 September 2021 5	Cagliari	0–2	Empoli	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Godín 75' Nández 90+4'	Report	Żurkowski 21' Di Francesco 29' Štulac 69'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Marco Di Bello

26 September 2021 6	Napoli	2–0	Cagliari	Naples
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Osimhen 11', 66' Insigne 57' (pen.) Elmas 76'	Report	Walukiewicz 60'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Marco Piccinini

1 October 2021 7	Cagliari	1–1	Venezia	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Keita 19' Nández 22' Strootman 50'	Report	Ceccaroni 23' Kiyine 30' Ampadu 52' Johnsen 68' Aramu 70' Busio 90+1'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Manuel Volpi

17 October 2021 8	Cagliari	3–1	Sampdoria	Cagliari
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	João Pedro 4', 90+4' Carboni 13' Deiola 55' Cáceres 74' Strootman 86' Pavoletti 90+1'	Report	Thorsby 51', 82' Yoshida 59'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Matteo Marchetti

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	Cagliari	1–2	Roma	Cagliari
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavoletti 52' João Pedro 73' Lykogiannis 77' Bellanova 87'	Report	Zaniolo 38' Ibañez 71' Pellegrini 78', 79' Abraham 80' Calafiori 83'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

1 November 2021 11	Bologna	2–0	Cagliari	Bologna
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Svanberg 40' De Silvestri 49' Hickey 70' Medel 90+1' Arnautović 90+6'	Report	João Pedro 68' Cáceres 90' Pavoletti 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Davide Massa

6 November 2021 12	Cagliari	1–2	Atalanta	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Godín 20' João Pedro 27'	Report	Pašalić 6' Zapata 43' Koopmeiners 45'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Marco Piccinini

21 November 2021 13	Sassuolo	2–2	Cagliari	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Scamacca 37' Berardi 52' (pen.) Ayhan 72'	Report	Marin 33' Keita 40' Grassi 42' João Pedro 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Niccolò Baroni

26 November 2021 14	Cagliari	1–1	Salernitana	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Grassi 27' Dalbert 30' Pavoletti 73', 79'	Report	Veseli 84' Bonazzoli 90'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Daniele Doveri

30 November 2021 15	Hellas Verona	0–0	Cagliari	Verona
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Günter 35' Simeone 49' Lazović 50'	Report	Keita 50' Cáceres 88'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

6 December 2021 16	Cagliari	1–1	Torino	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dalbert 18' João Pedro 53' Cáceres 59'	Report	Pobega 30' Carboni 31' (o.g.) Lukić 34' Buongiorno 48' Zima 57'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Luca Massimi

12 December 2021 17	Internazionale	4–0	Cagliari	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez 29', 68', 33', 45' Sánchez 50' Çalhanoğlu 66'	Report	Cragno 43' Deiola 76'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Matteo Marchetti

18 December 2021 18	Cagliari	0–4	Udinese	Cagliari
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Marin 40' Dalbert 43' Bellanova 71'	Report	Makengo 4' Deulofeu 45', 69', 70' Molina 50' Becão 84'	Stadium: Unipol Domus Referee: Fabio Maresca

21 December 2021 19	Juventus	2–0	Cagliari	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kean 40' Bernardeschi 83'	Report	Carboni 24' Dalbert 35' Pavoletti 85'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Referee: Federico Dionisi

6 January 2022 20	Sampdoria	v	Cagliari	Genoa
12:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Coppa Italia[]

14 August 2021 First round	Cagliari	3–1	Pisa	Cagliari
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marin 28', 84' Caracciolo 37' (o.g.) Deiola 45+3' Zappa 51'	Report	Masucci 67' Touré 82'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

15 December 2021 Second round	Cagliari	3–1	Cittadella	Cagliari
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Deiola 16' Ceter 40' Pereiro 64'	Report	Donnarumma 85'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Referee: Maria Ferrieri

19 January 2022 Round of 16	Sassuolo	v	Cagliari	Reggio Emilia
17:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore

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	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: 01 November 2021
Source: Competitions

References[]

^ "Team". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.

[1] "Team". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2019.

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

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