2021–22 S.S. Lazio season

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Lazio
2021–22 season
OwnerClaudio Lotito
ChairmanClaudio Lotito
Head coachMaurizio Sarri
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A8th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ciro Immobile (13)

All:
Ciro Immobile (16)
Biggest winLazio 6–1 Spezia
Biggest defeatBologna 3–0 Lazio
Hellas Verona 4–1 Lazio
Away colours
Third colours
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 9 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 122nd season in the existence of S.S. Lazio and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Lazio are participating in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 5 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 Albania ALB Thomas Strakosha
3 DF Brazil BRA Luiz Felipe
4 DF Spain ESP Patric
5 MF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Escalante
6 MF Brazil BRA Lucas Leiva
7 MF Brazil BRA Felipe Anderson
8 MF Ivory Coast CIV Daniel Akpa Akpro
9 FW Spain ESP Pedro
10 FW Spain ESP Luis Alberto
17 FW Italy ITA Ciro Immobile (captain)
18 FW Argentina ARG Luka Romero
19 DF Slovakia SVK Denis Vavro
20 MF Italy ITA Mattia Zaccagni (on loan from Verona)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Serbia SRB Sergej Milinković-Savić
23 DF Albania ALB Elseid Hysaj
25 GK Spain ESP Pepe Reina
26 DF Romania ROU Ștefan Radu
27 FW Spain ESP Raúl Moro
28 MF Italy ITA André Anderson
29 MF Italy ITA Manuel Lazzari
31 GK Lithuania LTU Marius Adamonis
32 MF Italy ITA Danilo Cataldi
33 DF Italy ITA Francesco Acerbi
77 DF Montenegro MNE Adam Marušić
88 MF Croatia CRO Toma Bašić
94 FW Kosovo KVX Vedat Muriqi

Other players under contract[]

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
DF Denmark DEN Riza Durmisi
DF Italy ITA Luca Falbo
DF Serbia SRB Dimitrije Kamenović
DF Belgium BEL Jordan Lukaku
DF Portugal POR
MF Italy ITA Marco Bertini
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Poland POL Patryk Dziczek
MF Spain ESP Jony
MF Italy ITA Cristiano Lombardi
FW Netherlands NED Bobby Adekanye
FW Italy ITA Alessandro Rossi

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
31 August 2021 MF Italy Mattia Zaccagni 26 Italy Verona Loan Loan until the end of the season
25 August 2021 MF Croatia Toma Bašić 24 France Bordeaux €6,860,000 [2]
19 August 2021 FW Spain Pedro 34 Italy Roma Undisclosed [3]
20 July 2021 FW Argentina Luka Romero 16 Spain Mallorca €200,000 [4]
17 July 2021 DF Albania Elseid Hysaj 27 Italy Napoli Free [5]
16 July 2021 MF Brazil Felipe Anderson 28 England West Ham United €3,000,000 [6]
1 July 2021 DF Serbia Dimitrije Kamenović 20 Serbia Čukarički €2,500,000 [7]

Out[]

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
31 August 2021 FW Ecuador Felipe Caicedo 32 Italy Genoa €2,000,000
18 August 2021 FW Italy Simone Palombi 25 Italy Alessandria Free [8]
22 July 2021 DF Albania Sergio Kalaj 21 Italy Carrarese Free [9]
30 June 2021 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Lulić 35 Free agent Free [10]
30 June 2021 MF Italy Marco Parolo 36 Free agent Free [11]
30 June 2021 DF Argentina Mateo Musacchio 30 Free agent Free
30 June 2021 DF Italy 19 Italy Reggina Free
30 June 2021 MF Poland Szymon Czyż 19 Poland Warta Poznań Free
30 June 2021 MF Brazil Andreas Pereira 25 England Manchester United End of loan Loan until the end of the season [12]
30 June 2021 DF Netherlands Wesley Hoedt 27 England Southampton End of loan Loan until the end of the season
30 June 2021 GK Brazil Gabriel Pereira 18 Monaco Monaco End of loan Loan until the end of the season

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly Lazio Italy 10–0 Italy Top 11 Radio Club Auronzo di Cadore, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Felipe Anderson Goal 15' (pen.)
  • Moro Goal 16'
  • Lucas Goal 38'
  • Muriqi Goal 43'
  • Lazzari Goal 52'
  • Vavro Goal 56'
  • Caicedo Goal 63' (pen.), 84'
  • Luis Alberto Goal 72', 90'
Report Stadium: Stadio Rodolfo Zandegiacomo
Referee: Anna Frazza
20 July 2021 Friendly Lazio Italy 11–0 Italy Fiori Barp Mas Auronzo di Cadore, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Rodolfo Zandegiacomo
Referee: Michael Potot
23 July 2021 Friendly Lazio Italy 5–2 Italy Triestina Auronzo di Cadore, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Di Massimo Goal 89', 90+3'
Stadium: Stadio Rodolfo Zandegiacomo
Referee: Dario Duzel
27 July 2021 Friendly Lazio Italy 1–1 Italy Padova Auronzo di Cadore, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Rodolfo Zandegiacomo
Referee: Dario Duzel
4 August 2021 Friendly Lazio Italy 1–1 Germany SV Meppen Marienfeld, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Muriqi Goal 19'
Report Stadium: Hotel-Residence Klosterpforte
Referee: Florian Exner
7 August 2021 Friendly FC Twente Netherlands 0–1 Italy Lazio Enschede, Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
14 August 2021 Friendly Lazio Italy 1–1 Italy Sassuolo Frosinone, Italy
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Akpa Akpro Goal 31'
Report
Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe
Referee: Matteo Marchetti

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie A 21 August 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 19 9 4 6 39 34 +5 047.37
Coppa Italia 18 January 2022 Round of 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Europa League 16 September 2021 Group stage 6 2 3 1 6 3 +3 033.33
Total 25 11 7 7 45 37 +8 044.00

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
10 Bologna 19 8 3 8 27 31 −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 9 4 6 39 34  +5 31 6 2 1 25 13  +12 3 2 5 14 21  −7

Last updated: 22 December 2021.
Source: Serie A

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultWWLDDWLWLWDWLLDWLWW
Position2176766586656898988
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.[13]

21 August 2021 1 Empoli 1–3 Lazio Empoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 3,655
Referee: Simone Sozza
28 August 2021 2 Lazio 6–1 Spezia Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Federico Dionisi
12 September 2021 3 Milan 2–0 Lazio Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,207
Referee: Daniele Chiffi
19 September 2021 4 Lazio 2–2 Cagliari Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Davide Ghersini
23 September 2021 5 Torino 1–1 Lazio Turin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 8,646
Referee: Rosario Abisso
26 September 2021 6 Lazio 3–2 Roma Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marco Guida
3 October 2021 7 Bologna 3–0 Lazio Bologna
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Davide Massa
16 October 2021 8 Lazio 3–1 Internazionale Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati
24 October 2021 9 Hellas Verona 4–1 Lazio Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Patric Yellow card 44'
  • Immobile Goal 46'
  • Akpa Akpro Yellow card 56'
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Referee: Marco Piccinini
27 October 2021 10 Lazio 1–0 Fiorentina Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
30 October 2021 11 Atalanta 2–2 Lazio Bergamo
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Pedro Goal 18'
  • Luiz Felipe Yellow card 34'
  • Immobile Goal 74'
  • Reina Yellow card 90+2'
  • Lucas Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Referee: Marco Guida
7 November 2021 12 Lazio 3–0 Salernitana Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Antonio Rapuano
20 November 2021 13 Lazio 0–2 Juventus Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Bonucci Goal 23' (pen.), 83' (pen.)
  • Cuadrado Yellow card 28'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Marco Di Bello
28 November 2021 14 Napoli 4–0 Lazio Naples
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Daniele Orsato
2 December 2021 15 Lazio 4–4 Udinese Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Marco Piccinini
5 December 2021 16 Sampdoria 1–3 Lazio Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Michael Fabbri
12 December 2021 17 Sassuolo 2–1 Lazio Reggio Emilia
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Referee: Simone Sozza
17 December 2021 18 Lazio 3–1 Genoa Rome
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Luca Pairetto
22 December 2021 19 Venezia 1–3 Lazio Ferrara
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: Fabio Maresca
6 January 2022 20 Lazio v Empoli Rome
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Coppa Italia[]

18 January 2022 Round of 16 Lazio v Udinese Rome
17:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

UEFA Europa League[]

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[14]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAL LAZ MAR LOK
1 Turkey Galatasaray 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 1–0 4–2 1–1
2 Italy Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 0–0 2–0
3 France Marseille 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–0 2–2 1–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–1 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2021 1 Galatasaray Turkey 1–0 Italy Lazio Istanbul, Turkey
19:45 TRT (UTC+2)
Report
  • Akpa Akpro Yellow card 43'
  • Muriqi Yellow card 88'
  • Zaccagni Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium
Attendance: 15,353
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
30 September 2021 2 Lazio Italy 2–0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 6,767
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
21 October 2021 3 Lazio Italy 0–0 France Marseille Rome, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Payet Yellow card 52'
  • Kamara Yellow card 73'
  • Rongier Yellow card 81'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 8,329
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
4 November 2021 4 Marseille France 2–2 Italy Lazio Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Milik Goal 33' (pen.)
  • Rongier Yellow card 79'
  • Payet Goal 82', Yellow card 90+4'
  • Harit Yellow card 86'
Report
  • Acerbi Yellow card 32'
  • Pedro Yellow card 36'
  • Immobile Yellow card 44', Goal 49'
  • Felipe Anderson Goal 45+7', Yellow card 70'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 59,163
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
25 November 2021 5 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 0–3 Italy Lazio Moscow, Russia
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: RZD Arena
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
9 December 2021 3 Lazio Italy 0–0 Turkey Galatasaray Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+1)
  • Luiz Felipe Yellow card 11'
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 13,178
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Knockout phase[]

Knockout round play-offs[]

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.[15]

17 February 2022 First leg Porto Portugal v Italy Lazio Porto, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
24 February 2022 Second leg Lazio Italy v Portugal Porto Rome, Italy
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Albania ALB Thomas Strakosha 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
25 GK Spain ESP Pepe Reina 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Lithuania LTU Marius Adamonis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Brazil BRA Luiz Felipe 13 0 10 0 0 0 3 0
4 DF Spain ESP Patric 7 1 3+3 0 0 0 1 1
19 DF Slovakia SVK Denis Vavro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Albania ALB Elseid Hysaj 14 1 11 1 0 0 3 0
26 DF Romania ROU Ștefan Radu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Italy ITA Francesco Acerbi 14 0 10 0 0 0 4 0
77 DF Montenegro MNE Adam Marušić 14 0 9+2 0 0 0 1+2 0
Midfielders
5 MF Argentina ARG Gonzalo Escalante 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Brazil BRA Lucas Leiva 16 0 8+4 0 0 0 2+2 0
8 MF Ivory Coast CIV Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro 10 0 3+4 0 0 0 1+2 0
10 MF Spain ESP Luis Alberto 16 2 9+3 2 0 0 3+1 0
20 MF Italy ITA Mattia Zaccagni 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF Serbia SRB Sergej Milinković-Savić 16 3 11+1 3 0 0 1+3 0
28 MF Italy ITA André Anderson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Italy ITA Manuel Lazzari 12 1 4+4 1 0 0 4 0
32 MF Italy ITA Danilo Cataldi 14 1 4+6 1 0 0 2+2 0
88 MF Croatia CRO Toma Bašić 9 1 1+4 0 0 0 3+1 1
Forwards
7 MF Brazil BRA Felipe Anderson 16 4 12 3 0 0 4 1
9 FW Spain ESP Pedro 16 4 11+1 4 0 0 2+2 0
17 FW Italy ITA Ciro Immobile 15 11 11 10 0 0 4 1
18 FW Argentina ARG Luka Romero 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Spain ESP Raúl Moro 10 0 1+6 0 0 0 0+3 0
94 FW Kosovo KVX Vedat Muriqi 8 0 1+5 0 0 0 0+2 0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 7 November 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

References[]

  1. ^ "PRIMA SQUADRA". sslazio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Details of Toma Bašić's completed move to Lazio emerge". 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Ex-Barcelona star Pedro first to cross Roma-Lazio divide in 36 years". 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Lazio have signed young talent Luka Romero from RCD Mallorca". 20 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Ex-Napoli full-back Hysaj has signed a four-year contract with Lazio". 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ "West Ham's Felipe Anderson arrives in Rome to take medicals ahead of Lazio transfer". 13 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Dimitrije Kamenovic joins Lazio squad in Auronzo di Cadore". 13 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Simone Palombi leaves Lazio and signs multi-year contract with Alessandria". 18 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Defender Sergio Kalaj leaves Lazio to join Serie C side Carrarese". 22 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Tribute video for Senad Lulic who will leave the club after 10 years". 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Lazio pays tribute to Marco Parolo following the veteran's memorable Biancocelesti run". 1 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Man United set £20m price tag for Andreas Pereira after rejecting Lazio loan offer". 2 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Serie A TIM fixtures 2021/2022 announced". Lega Serie A. 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Knockout round play-offs draw". UEFA.com.
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