2021–22 Empoli F.C. season

Empoli
2021–22 season
Chairman	Fabrizio Corsi
Head coach	Aurelio Andreazzoli
Stadium	Stadio Carlo Castellani
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 19 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 102nd season in the existence of Empoli F.C. and the club's first season back in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Empoli are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 31 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
1	GK	ITA	Alberto Brignoli
3	DF	ITA	Riccardo Marchizza (on loan from Sassuolo)
5	MF	SVN	Leo Štulac
6	DF	ITA	Simone Romagnoli
7	FW	ITA	Leonardo Mancuso
8	MF	SCO	Liam Henderson
9	FW	ITA	Patrick Cutrone (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
10	MF	ALB	Nedim Bajrami
13	GK	ITA	Guglielmo Vicario (on loan from Cagliari)
17	FW	SWE	Emmanuel Ekong
19	FW	ITA	Andrea La Mantia
20	DF	ITA	Riccardo Fiamozzi
21	MF	ITA	Samuele Damiani
22	GK	ITA	Jacopo Furlan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	ITA	Filippo Bandinelli
26	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli
27	MF	POL	Szymon Żurkowski (on loan from Fiorentina)
28	MF	ITA	Samuele Ricci
30	DF	SVN	Petar Stojanović (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
32	MF	SUI	Nicolas Haas
33	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto (on loan from Napoli)
34	DF	ALB	Ardian Ismajli
42	DF	ITA	Mattia Viti
65	DF	ITA	Fabiano Parisi
98	FW	ITA	Kevin Piscopo
99	FW	ITA	Andrea Pinamonti (on loan from Inter Milan)
—	GK	KVX	Samir Ujkani
—	MF	ITA	Federico Di Francesco (on loan from SPAL)

Out on loan[]

As of 31 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	Niccolò Chiorra (at Taranto until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	ITA	Gabriel Meli (at Sudtirol until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	ITA	Leandro Pratelli (at Piacenza until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	ITA	Alex Sposito (at Pontedera until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Andrea Adamoli (at Cesena until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Simone Canestrelli (at Crotone until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Francesco Donati (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ITA	Emmanuele Matteucci (at Pontedera until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Davide Zappella (at Pescara until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Tommaso Fantacci (at Gubbio until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Crociata (at SPAL until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Davide Merola (at Foggia until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Stefano Moreo (at Brescia until 30 June 2022)

Other players under contract[]

As of 18 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	Niccolò Vivoli
—	GK	SVN	Klemen Hvalič


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Montaperto
—	MF	SEN	Mouhamadou Sakho

Transfers[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

28 July 2021 Friendly	Empoli	3–0	Pontedera	Empoli, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mancuso 10' Mráz 22' 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Note: The match was played in two halves 30 minutes each.

31 July 2021 Friendly	Empoli	9–0	ADV Montecatini	Empoli, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mancuso 22', 45' Bandinelli 34' Damiani 43' Mráz 55' 59' Piscopo 62', 86' Asllani 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Manuel Volpi

31 July 2021 Friendly	Empoli	Cancelled	Montevarchi Calcio	Empoli, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

7 August 2021 Friendly	Udinese	1–0	Empoli	Abano Terme, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Viti 43' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio di Monteortone Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

4 September 2021 Friendly	Real Forte Querceta	2–8	Empoli	Forte dei Marmi, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	25' 87'	Report	La Mantia 3' (pen.) Pinamonti 55', 58' Cutrone 67', 85' 69' Parisi 77' 84'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Carlo Necchi

13 November 2021 Friendly	Empoli	1–1	Perugia	Empoli, Italy
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cutrone 70'	Report	Murano 88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Adrian Lupinski

Competitions[]

Overview[]

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	21 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	19	8	3	8	27	33	−6	042.11
Coppa Italia	15 August 2021		First round	2	2	0	0	8	5	+3	100.00
Total				21	10	3	8	35	38	−3	047.62

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
10	Bologna	19	8	3	8	27	31	−4	27
11	Torino	19	7	4	8	23	19	+4	25

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	8	3	8	30	34	−4	27	3	1	6	16	24	−8	5	2	2	14	10	+4

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L
Position	17	11	12	16	11	8	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	8	9	10

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]

21 August 2021 1	Empoli	1–3	Lazio	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bandinelli 4' Stojanović 38' Ismajli 89'	Report	Milinković-Savić 6' Lucas 29' Lazzari 31' Immobile 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Simone Sozza

28 August 2021 2	Juventus	0–1	Empoli	Turin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bernardeschi 81' Danilo 89'	Report	Mancuso 21' Stojanović 32' Cutrone 44' Ismajli 56'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Referee: Davide Ghersini

11 September 2021 3	Empoli	1–2	Venezia	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ismajli 7' Haas 44' Bajrami 89' (pen.)	Report	Henry 13' Aramu 15' Lezzerini 35' Johnsen 45+3' Okereke 68' Heymans 86' Mäenpää 88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Antonio Rapuano

19 September 2021 4	Empoli	0–3	Sampdoria	Empoli
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Żurkowski 59' Luperto 90+4'	Report	Caputo 31', 52' Candreva 70' Askildsen 73' Torregrossa 88'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Maurizio Mariani

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: Sardegna Arena Referee: Marco Di Bello

26 September 2021 6	Empoli	4–2	Bologna	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonifazi 1' (o.g.) Pinamonti 32', 67' Henderson 34' Bajrami 53' (pen.) Ricci 90'	Report	Barrow 11' Arnautović 20', 77' Vignato 24' Orsolini 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Piero Giacomelli

3 October 2021 7	Roma	2–0	Empoli	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pellegrini 42' Mkhitaryan 48' Mancini 57' Zaniolo 85'	Report	Ricci 46' Haas 56' Stojanović 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

17 October 2021 8	Empoli	1–4	Atalanta	Empoli
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Francesco 30' Marchizza 37' Štulac 46' Bandinelli 67'	Report	Iličić 11', 26', 67' Viti 49' (o.g.) Freuler 69' Palomino 80' Zapata 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Marco Serra

23 October 2021 9	Salernitana	2–4	Empoli	Salerno
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ranieri 48', 76' Ismajli 55' (o.g.)	Report	Pinamonti 2', 45' (pen.) Cutrone 11' Strandberg 13' (o.g.) Stojanović 33' Haas 53' Marchizza 86'	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Daniele Doveri

27 October 2021 10	Empoli	0–2	Internazionale	Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Luperto 29' Ricci 52'	Report	De Vrij 24' D'Ambrosio 34' Brozović 59' Dimarco 66' Gagliardini 75'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 9,335 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

31 October 2021 11	Sassuolo	1–2	Empoli	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scamacca 40' Tonelli 43' (o.g.) Raspadori 66' Defrel 87' Lopez 90'	Report	Stojanović 62' Pinamonti 83' (pen.), 84' Żurkowski 90+1'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Luca Massimi

5 November 2021 12	Empoli	2–2	Genoa	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Di Francesco 62' Żurkowski 72'	Report	Criscito 13' (pen.) Rovella 27' Sturaro 64' Masiello 74' Vásquez 83' Bianchi 89'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Luca Pairetto

22 November 2021 13	Hellas Verona	2–1	Empoli	Verona
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Simeone 30' Barák 49' Tameze 90+1'	Report	Luperto 43' Romagnoli 67' Di Francesco 70' Bandinelli 81'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Matteo Gariglio

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

2 December 2021 15	Torino	2–2	Empoli	Turin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pobega 10' Pjaca 15' Singo 32' Aina 50'	Report	Romagnoli 34' Bandinelli 45+1' Marchizza 57' La Mantia 72' Luperto 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Referee: Andrea Colombo

6 December 2021 16	Empoli	3–1	Udinese	Empoli
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Parisi 9' Żurkowski 47' Stojanović 50' Bajrami 59' Romagnoli 67' Pinamonti 78' Tonelli 90+1'	Report	Deulofeu 22' Samir 30' Soppy 41' Nestorovski 85'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Daniele Paterna

12 December 2021 17	Napoli	0–1	Empoli	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Żurkowski 60' Cutrone 70'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Referee: Livio Marinelli

19 December 2021 18	Spezia	1–1	Empoli	La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marchizza 50' (o.g.)	Report	Nikolaou 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

22 December 2021 19	Empoli	2–4	Milan	Empoli
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bajrami 18' Romagnoli 62' Pinamonti 84' (pen.)	Report	Kessié 12', 42' Tonali 39' Florenzi 63' Hernandez 69' Bennacer 80'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Marco Di Bello

6 January 2022 20	Lazio	v	Empoli	Rome
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Coppa Italia[]

15 August 2021 First round	Empoli	4–2	Vicenza	Empoli
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bajrami 11' Haas 30' Mancuso 37' Crociata 87'	Report	Dalmonte 39' Lanzafame 56'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

15 December 2021 Second round	Hellas Verona	3–4	Empoli	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cancellieri 18' Ilić 86' Ragusa 88'	Report	La Mantia 15' Mancuso 66' (pen.), 70' Bajrami 74'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Federico Dionisi

19 January 2022 Round of 16	Internazionale	v	Empoli	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: San Siro

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	KVX	Samir Ujkani	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ITA	Guglielmo Vicario	13	0	12	0	1	0
22	GK	ITA	Jacopo Furlan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ITA	Riccardo Marchizza	12	0	11	0	1	0
6	DF	ITA	Simone Romagnoli	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
20	DF	ITA		3	0	1+2	0	0	0
26	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Tonelli	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
30	DF	SVN	Petar Stojanovic	12	0	11	0	1	0
33	DF	ITA	Sebastiano Luperto	7	0	5+1	0	0+1	0
34	DF	ALB	Ardian Ismajli	9	0	6+2	0	1	0
42	DF	ITA	Mattia Viti	6	0	6	0	0	0
65	DF	ITA	Fabiano Parisi	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	SVN	Leo Stulac	10	1	3+6	1	1	0
8	MF	SCO	Liam Henderson	12	0	8+4	0	0	0
10	MF	ALB	Nedim Bajrami	11	3	6+4	2	1	1
23	MF	ALB	Kristjan Asllani	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
25	MF	ITA	Filippo Bandinelli	12	1	8+3	1	1	0
27	MF	POL	Szymon Żurkowski	12	2	5+6	2	0+1	0
28	MF	ITA	Samuele Ricci	11	1	9+1	1	1	0
32	MF	SUI	Nicolas Haas	12	1	9+2	0	1	1
Forwards
7	FW	ITA	Leonardo Mancuso	7	2	4+2	1	1	1
9	FW	ITA	Patrick Cutrone	12	1	6+5	1	0+1	0
11	FW	ITA	Federico Di Francesco	8	3	6+2	3	0	0
17	FW	ITA	Andrea La Mantia	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
99	FW	ITA	Andrea Pinamonti	11	4	8+3	4	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
14	MF	ITA	Giovanni Crociata	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1

Last updated: 05 November 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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