2021–22 Cosenza Calcio season

The 2021–22 season was Cosenza Calcio's fourth consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 108th as a football club.

Cosenza Calcio

Chairman	Eugenio Guarascio
Manager	Roberto Occhiuzzi
Stadium	Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla
Serie B	16th (play-off winners)
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Gabriele Gori (5) All: Gabriele Gori (5)
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Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 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 4 MF  ITA Marco Carraro (on loan from Atalanta) 5 DF  ITA Michele Rigione 6 MF  NED Reda Boultam (on loan from Salernitana) 7 MF  ITA Luca Pandolfi 9 FW  ITA Gabriele Gori (on loan from Fiorentina) 10 FW  ITA Giuseppe Caso (on loan from Genoa) 11 FW  NOR Julian Kristoffersen (on loan from Salernitana) 14 DF  ITA Andrea Tiritiello 15 DF  FIN Sauli Väisänen 16 MF  ITA Michael Venturi 17 DF  ITA Roberto Pirrello (on loan from Empoli) 18 DF  FRA Sanasi Sy (on loan from Salernitana) 19 MF  ITA Luca Palmiero (on loan from Napoli) 20 FW  ITA Vincenzo Millico (on loan from Torino) 21 MF  ITA Andrea Vallocchia

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  ITA Michele Camporese (on loan from Pordenone) 24 GK  ITA Edoardo Sarri (on loan from Juve Stabia) 25 MF  ITA Alberto Gerbo 26 GK  ITA Mauro Vigorito 27 DF  ITA Luca Bittante 31 GK  CRO Kristjan Matošević 34 MF  ITA Aldo Florenzi 36 MF  NED Rodney Kongolo 42 MF  KOS Idriz Voca 55 DF  BUL Andrea Hristov 77 MF  ALB Emanuele Ndoj (on loan from Brescia) 92 MF  CRO Mario Šitum (on loan from Reggina) 94 DF  ITA Daniele Liotti (on loan from Reggina) 95 FW  FRA Gaëtan Laura (on loan from Paris FC) 99 DF  ITA Alessandro Di Pardo (on loan from Juventus)

Out on loan

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 2 DF  ITA Angelo Corsi (at Vibonese until 30 June 2022) 79 FW  DOM Gianluigi Sueva (at Potenza until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
17	DF	Roberto Pirrello	Empoli	Loan	31 August 2021	[1]
95	FW	Gaëtan Laura	Paris FC	Loan	31 January 2022	[2]

Out

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	21 August 2021	6 May 2022	Matchday 1	16th	38	8	11	19	36	59	−23	021.05
Serie B relegation play-out	12 May 2022	20 May 2022	First leg	Winners	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Coppa Italia	13 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Total					41	9	11	21	38	64	−26	021.95

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
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]
18	Alessandria (R)	38	8	10	20	37	59	−22	34[b]	Relegation to Serie C

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.^[3]
(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	8	11	19	36	59	−23	35	8	3	8	21	23	−2	0	8	11	15	36	−21

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	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W
Position	15	19	13	14	13	9	11	11	13	11	14	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16

Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.^[4]

Ascoli v Cosenza

22 August 2021 1

Ascoli

1–0

Cosenza

Brescia v Cosenza

27 August 2021 2

Brescia

5–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Vicenza

12 September 2021 3	Cosenza	2–1	Vicenza	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Perugia v Cosenza

18 September 2021 4

Perugia

1–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Como

21 September 2021 5	Cosenza	2–0	Como	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Cosenza v Crotone

25 September 2021 6	Cosenza	1–0	Crotone	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Alessandria v Cosenza

2 October 2021 7

Alessandria

1–0

Cosenza

Cosenza v Frosinone

16 October 2021 8	Cosenza	1–1	Frosinone	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Benevento v Cosenza

23 October 2021 9

Benevento

3–0

Cosenza

Cosenza v Ternana

27 October 2021 10	Cosenza	3–1	Ternana	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Lecce v Cosenza

1 November 2021 11

Lecce

3–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Reggina

5 November 2021 12	Cosenza	0–1	Reggina	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Parma v Cosenza

21 November 2021 13

Parma

1–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v SPAL

27 November 2021 14	Cosenza	0–1	SPAL	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Monza v Cosenza

30 November 2021 15

Monza

4–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Cremonese

4 December 2021 16	Cosenza	0–2	Cremonese	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Pordenone v Cosenza

11 December 2021 17

Pordenone

1–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Pisa

18 December 2021 18	Cosenza	0–2	Pisa	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Cosenza v Ascoli

22 January 2022 20	Cosenza	1–3	Ascoli	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Cittadella v Cosenza

30 January 2022 19

Cittadella

1–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Brescia

5 February 2022 21	Cosenza	0–0	Brescia	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Vicenza v Cosenza

12 February 2022 22

Vicenza

0–0

Cosenza

Cosenza v Perugia

15 February 2022 23	Cosenza	1–2	Perugia	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Como v Cosenza

20 February 2022 24

Como

2–1

Cosenza

Crotone v Cosenza

23 February 2022 25

Crotone

3–3

Cosenza

Cosenza v Alessandria

26 February 2022 26	Cosenza	2–1	Alessandria	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Frosinone v Cosenza

2 March 2022 27

Frosinone

1–0

Cosenza

Ternana v Cosenza

12 March 2022 29

Ternana

2–0

Cosenza

Cosenza v Lecce

15 March 2022 30	Cosenza	2–2	Lecce	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Reggina v Cosenza

19 March 2022 31

Reggina

1–0

Cosenza

Cosenza v Parma

2 April 2022 32	Cosenza	1–3	Parma	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

SPAL v Cosenza

5 April 2022 33

SPAL

2–2

Cosenza

Cosenza v Monza

10 April 2022 34	Cosenza	0–2	Monza	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Cosenza v Benevento

14 April 2022 28	Cosenza	1–0	Benevento	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Cremonese v Cosenza

18 April 2022 35

Cremonese

3–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Pordenone

25 April 2022 36	Cosenza	3–1	Pordenone	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Pisa v Cosenza

30 April 2022 37

Pisa

1–1

Cosenza

Cosenza v Cittadella

6 May 2022 38	Cosenza	1–0	Cittadella	Cosenza
				Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Relegation play-out

Vicenza v Cosenza

12 May 2022 First leg	Vicenza	1–0	Cosenza	Vicenza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maggio 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti

Cosenza v Vicenza

20 May 2022 Second leg	Cosenza	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Vicenza	Cosenza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia

Fiorentina v Cosenza

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	Prestianni  45+1' Sueva  56'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Giacomo Camplone