2021–22 SPAL season

SPAL

Chairman	Joe Tacopina
Head coach	Roberto Venturato
Stadium	Stadio Paolo Mazza
Serie B	15th
Coppa Italia	First round

The 2021–22 season was S.P.A.L.'s second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 115th as a football club.

Players

First-team quad

As of 18 February 2022^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Alberto Pomini 2 DF  LBR Mark Pabai 3 DF  ITA Alessandro Tripaldelli (on loan from Cagliari) 5 MF  ITA Salvatore Esposito 6 DF  ITA Biagio Meccariello 7 MF  ITA Giovanni Crociata (on loan from Empoli) 8 MF  ITA Marco Mancosu 9 FW  ITA Lorenzo Colombo (on loan from Milan) 10 MF  ITA Niccolò Zanellato 11 FW  ITA Federico Melchiorri (on loan from Perugia) 14 MF  ARG Franco Zuculini 16 DF  ITA Filippo Saiani 17 DF  ITA Elio Capradossi (on loan from Spezia) 18 FW  ITA Mattia Finotto 19 MF  ITA Luca Mora 20 FW  ISL Mikael Egill Ellertsson (on loan from Spezia) 22 GK  SEN Demba Thiam

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  ITA Francesco Vicari (captain) 24 DF  ITA Lorenzo Dickmann 27 DF  ITA Alberto Almici 28 FW  ITA Luca Vido (on loan from Atalanta) 29 DF  POL Patryk Peda 32 MF  ITA Marco Pinato (on loan from Sassuolo) 40 MF  ITA Jacopo Da Riva (on loan from Atalanta) 49 FW  ITA Giuseppe Rossi 54 GK  ITA Enrico Alfonso 77 MF  ITA Federico Viviani 79 DF  ITA Moustapha Yabre 87 DF  CZE David Heidenreich (on loan from Atalanta) 91 DF  ITA Raffaele Celia 95 DF  GER Steven Nador 97 FW  ITA Ludovico D'Orazio 99 FW  CIV Emmanuel Latte Lath (on loan from Atalanta)

Out on loan

As of 18 February 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Cesare Galeotti (at Pergolettese) — GK  ITA Marco Meneghetti (at Gubbio) — DF  POL Jakub Iskra (at Śląsk Wrocław) — DF  ITA Riccardo Spaltro (at Renate) — MF  ITA Emmanuel Cuomo (at Nocerina) — MF  ITA Federico Zanchetta (at Lucchese)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ITA Alessandro Murgia (at Perugia) — MF  MAR Ayoub Abou (at Tsarsko Selo Sofia) — MF  EST Georgi Tunjov (at Carrarese) — MF  ITA Mattia Valoti (at Monza, obligation to buy) — FW  ITA Federico Di Francesco (at Empoli, right to buy)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

SPAL v Pontedera

31 July 2021 Friendly	SPAL	6–0	Pontedera	Ferrara, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Giovan Battista Fabbri

SPAL v Cremonese

6 August 2021 Friendly	SPAL	1–2	Cremonese	Ferrara, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

SPAL v Hellas Verona

6 August 2021 Friendly	SPAL	Cancelled	Hellas Verona	Ferrara, Italy
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

SPAL v Adriese

10 August 2021 Friendly	SPAL	5–0	Adriese	Ferrara, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

SPAL v Rimini

5 September 2021 Friendly	SPAL	6–2	Rimini	Ferrara, Italy
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	22 August 2021	6 May 2022	Matchday 1	15th	38	9	15	14	46	54	−8	023.68
Coppa Italia	14 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					39	9	15	15	47	56	−9	023.08

Last updated: 6 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

Main article: 2021–22 Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
13	Como	38	11	14	13	49	54	−5	47
14	Reggina[a]	38	13	9	16	31	49	−18	46
15	SPAL	38	9	15	14	46	54	−8	42
16	Cosenza (O)	38	8	11	19	36	59	−23	35	Qualification for relegation play-out
17	Vicenza (R)	38	9	7	22	38	59	−21	34[b]

Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Reggina were deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.
2. Vicenza finished ahead of Alessandria on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–1 Alessandria, Alessandria 0–1 Vicenza.

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
38	9	15	14	46	54	−8	42	4	8	7	30	28	+2	5	7	7	16	26	−10

Last updated: 6 May 2022.
Source: Serie B

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground
Result	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W
Position	17	9	10	13	11	14	14	15	14	12	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2022. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.^[3]

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia

References

1. "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor – Squadra". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
2. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
3. "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press. 24 July 2021.