2021–22 US Cremonese season

Cremonese
2021–22 season
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Head coach	Fabio Pecchia
Stadium	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Serie B	2nd (promoted)
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cristian Buonaiuto; Daniel Ciofani; (8 each); All: ; Cristian Buonaiuto; Daniel Ciofani; (8 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was U.S. Cremonese's second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 119th as a football club.

Players

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ITA	Alessandro Fiordaliso
3	DF	ITA	Emanuele Valeri
6	DF	ITA	Luca Ravanelli
7	FW	URU	Jaime Báez
8	FW	CIV	Cedric Gondo
9	FW	ITA	Daniel Ciofani
10	FW	ITA	Cristian Buonaiuto
11	FW	ITA	Luca Strizzolo
12	GK	ITA	Marco Carnesecchi (on loan from Atalanta)
13	DF	ITA	Andrea Meroni (on loan from Sassuolo)
14	MF	ITA	Luca Valzania (on loan from Atalanta)
15	DF	ITA	Matteo Bianchetti
16	MF	ITA	Paolo Bartolomei
17	MF	ITA	Leonardo Sernicola (on loan from Sassuolo)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ITA	Michele Castagnetti
20	MF	ROU	Dennis Politic
21	MF	ITA	Nicolò Fagioli (on loan from Juventus)
22	GK	POL	Dorian Ciezkowski
23	DF	ITA	Alessandro Crescenzi
27	DF	FRA	Daniel Frey
29	FW	ITA	Samuel Di Carmine
32	DF	ARG	Tiago Casasola (on loan from Lazio)
45	GK	SEN	Mouhamadou Sarr
55	DF	ITA	Caleb Okoli (on loan from Atalanta)
70	MF	ITA	Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli)
98	FW	ITA	Luca Zanimacchia (on loan from Juventus)
99	MF	TUN	Hamza Rafia (on loan from Juventus)

Out on loan

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	Luca Munaretti (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Emanuele Terranova (at Bari until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Christian Acella (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Stefano Cella (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Cerretelli (at Pro Sesto until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Riccardo Collodel (at Lucchese until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Deli (at Pordenone until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Filippo Nardi (at Como until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Perseu (at Olbia until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Blue Mamona (at Fiorenzuola until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Marco Zunno (at Fiorenzuola until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

24 July 2021 Friendly	Pisa	1–1	Cremonese	Rovetta, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo G. Paolo Marinoni

6 August 2021 Friendly	Spezia	Cancelled	Cremonese	Cles, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo Sportivo Cles

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

4 September 2021 Friendly	Sassuolo	0–2	Cremonese	Sassuolo, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Di Carmine 12' (pen.) Gaetano 34'	Stadium: Stadio Enzo Ricci Referee: Tommaso Zamagni

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	22 August 2021	6 May 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	38	20	9	9	57	38	+19	052.63
Coppa Italia	15 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total					39	20	10	9	57	38	+19	051.28

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lecce (C, P)	38	19	14	5	59	31	+28	71	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cremonese (P)	38	20	9	9	57	39	+18	69	Promotion to Serie A
3	Pisa	38	18	13	7	48	35	+13	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Monza (O, P)	38	19	10	9	60	38	+22	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Brescia	38	17	15	6	55	35	+20	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round

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.^[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

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	20	9	9	57	39	+18	69	11	6	2	32	18	+14	9	3	7	25	21	+4

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	1	10	5	3	6	3	2	2	5	6	7	8	5	6	8	6	6	3	4	5	4	2	1	2	3	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	3	2

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.^[2]

22 August 2021 1	Cremonese	3–0	Lecce	Cremona
20:30 CET	Valeri 31' 65' Castagnetti 39' Valzania 51' Buonaiuto 60' Ravanelli 83'	Report	Gabriel Strefezza 39'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Niccolò Baroni

29 August 2021 2	Monza	1–0	Cremonese	Monza
20:30 CET	Colpani 45+2' Dany Mota 60' Gytkjær 65' Caldirola 70'	Report	Castagnetti 48' Valzania 59'	Stadium: U-Power Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Marco Piccinini

12 September 2021 3	Cremonese	2–0	Cittadella	Cremona
16:15 CET	Okoli 16' Buonaiuto 21' Báez 54' 56' Vido 73'	Report	Adorni 51' Mamadou Tounkara 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,817 Referee: Daniele Paterna

19 September 2021 4	Parma	1–2	Cremonese	Parma
20:30 CET	Mihăilă 69' 75' Vázquez 72' 72' Iacoponi 87'	Report	Fagioli 3' Bianchetti 16' Vido 34' Sernicola 67'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 5,581 Referee: Manuel Volpi

22 September 2021 5	Cremonese	0–3	Perugia	Cremona
20:30 CET	Castagnetti 5' Vido 37' Ciofani 54' Deli 83'	Report	Lisi 14' 36' Zanandrea 29' 31' 41' Chichizola 54' Kouan 79'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

26 September 2021 6	Vicenza	0–1	Cremonese	Vicenza
20:30 CET	Calderoni 10' 42' Diaw 27' Proia 53' Pasini 54' Giacomelli 71' Dalmonte 80' Brosco 90+2'	Report	Ciofani 44' (pen.) Zanimacchia 48' Okoli 49' Valzania 78'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Antonio Santoro

2 October 2021 7	Cremonese	2–0	Ternana	Cremona
14:00 CET	Fagioli 30' Zanimacchia 44' Di Carmine 73' Gaetano 89'	Report	Proietti 52' Capuano 60'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,813 Referee: Francesco Cosso

17 October 2021 8	Cremonese	1–1	Benevento	Cremona
14:00 CET	Valzania 24' Fagioli 46'	Report	Tello 21' Viviani 26' Letizia 42'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 4,302 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

23 October 2021 9	Brescia	1–0	Cremonese	Brescia
18:30 CET	Cistana 57' Špalek 84'	Report	Bianchetti 35'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

28 October 2021 10	Cremonese	1–1	Pisa	Cremona
20:30 CET	Ciofani 90+3'	Report	De Vitis 14' Birindelli 26' Beruatto 34' Marin 52' Sibilli 57'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Daniele Orsato

1 November 2021 11	Pordenone	2–2	Cremonese	Lignano Sabbiadoro
18:00 CET	Falasco 18' Camporese 20' Tsadjout 47' Zammarini 90+2'	Report	Okoli 10' Zanimacchia 24' Strizzolo 26' Castagnetti 72'	Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil Attendance: 917 Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

6 November 2021 12	Cremonese	1–1	SPAL	Cremona
14:00 CET	Gaetano 2' Strizzolo 26' Buonaiuto 33' Valeri 77' Zanimacchia 83'	Report	Mora 15' Melchiorri 44' Viviani 48'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 4,018 Referee: Andrea Colombo

21 November 2021 13	Reggina	1–2	Cremonese	Reggio Calabria
14:00 CET	Cionek 20' Montalto 30' 51' Rivas 75'	Report	Sernicola 28' Buonaiuto 56' Gaetano 63'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 6,335 Referee: Livio Marinelli

27 November 2021 14	Alessandria	1–0	Cremonese	Alessandria
14:00 CET	Parodi 6' Arrighini 44' Mustacchio 49' Corazza 63' Chiarello 75' Benedetti 87'	Report	Valeri 27'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Attendance: 2,290 Referee: Manuel Volpi

30 November 2021 15	Cremonese	1–1	Frosinone	Cremona
18:00 CET	Strizzolo 10' Castagnetti 30' Ciofani 55'	Report	Cotali 23' Charpentier 58' Zampano 89'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,096 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

4 December 2021 16	Cosenza	0–2	Cremonese	Cosenza
14:00 CET	Carraro 47' Rigione 66'	Report	Strizzolo 34' Crescenzi 38' Valeri 52' 78'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 2,728 Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

10 December 2021 17	Cremonese	3–2	Crotone	Cremona
18:00 CET	Fagioli 39' Strizzolo 51' Sernicola 60' Zanimacchia 73' Deli 90+2'	Report	Marić 4' Nedelcearu 33' Ahmad Benali 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 1,495 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

18 December 2021 18	Ascoli	1–4	Cremonese	Ascoli Piceno
14:00 CET	Eric Botteghin 22' 51' Eramo 44' 74' Dionisi 55' Leali 71'	Report	Sernicola 8' Valeri 31' Buonaiuto 39' Fagioli 42' Castagnetti 57' Di Carmine 70' Vido 74' 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Luca Zufferli

15 January 2022 19	Cremonese	2–0	Como	Cremona
14:00 CET	Buonaiuto 4' Okoli 28' Gaetano 35' Castagnetti 68' Báez 75'	Report	Vignali 32' 57' Parigini 48'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 1,580 Referee: Matteo Gariglio

23 January 2022 20	Lecce	2–1	Cremonese	Lecce
18:30 CET	Gabriel Strefezza 6' Gallo 14' Dermaku 52' Lucioni 58' Okoli 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Valeri 11' Ciofani 15' Valzania 21' Strizzolo 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 3,080 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

6 February 2022 21	Cremonese	3–2	Monza	Cremona
16:15 CET	Bianchetti 16' Sernicola 30' Gaetano 33' Casasola 44' Ciofani 46' 64' Okoli 76'	Report	Bettella 22' D'Alessandro 54' Carlos Augusto 59' Ciurria 84' Marrone 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 4,062 Referee: Davide Massa

12 February 2022 22	Cittadella	0–2	Cremonese	Cittadella
14:00 CET	Mattioli 45+1' Antonucci 45+3' Del Fabro 46' Mamadou Tounkara 64' 73' Vita 76'	Report	Casasola 22' Buonaiuto 54' Castagnetti 62' Bianchetti 88'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 1,526 Referee: Daniele Minelli

15 February 2022 23	Cremonese	3–1	Parma	Cremona
18:30 CET	Fagioli 15' Báez 20' Gondo 56' Zanimacchia 59'	Report	Coulibaly 16' Adrián Bernabé 35' Sohm 38' Simy 61' Brunetta 78'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 4,847 Referee: Francesco Cosso

19 February 2022 24	Perugia	0–0	Cremonese	Perugia
16:15 CET	Burrai 28' De Luca 78' Dell'Orco 90+1'	Report	Sernicola 68' Meroni 69' Valeri 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

22 February 2022 25	Cremonese	0–0	Vicenza	Cremona
18:30 CET	Rafia 39' Politic 89'	Report	Sandon 58' Diaw 87' 90+9' Bruscagin 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 3,207 Referee: Andrea Colombo

26 February 2022 26	Ternana	1–2	Cremonese	Terni
14:00 CET	Partipilo 23' Mazzocchi 62' Salzano 81'	Report	Castagnetti 27' Fagioli 58' Báez 59' 64' Gaetano 80'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 2,022 Referee: Antonio Giua

1 March 2022 27	Benevento	1–1	Cremonese	Benevento
18:30 CET	Improta 33' Foulon 61'	Report	Báez 36' Okoli 44' Sernicola 85'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Daniele Minelli

5 March 2022 28	Cremonese	2–1	Brescia	Cremona
16:15 CET	Gaetano 31' Di Carmine 82' 87' Gondo 90+1'	Report	Cistana 23' van de Looi 29' Léris 70'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 9,098 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

13 March 2022 29	Pisa	3–0	Cremonese	Pisa
15:30 CET	Torregrossa 9' (pen.) 50' Marin 34' Birindelli 40' Sibilli 69' Nagy 72' Pușcaș 89'	Report	Okoli 14' Valeri 60' Báez 65'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 7,374 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

16 March 2022 30	Cremonese	2–1	Pordenone	Cremona
18:30 CET	Valzania 51' Zanimacchia 68' 80' Di Carmine 86' Gaetano 88' Ciofani 90+2'	Report	Bassoli 35' Cambiaghi 61'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 3,474 Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

20 March 2022 31	SPAL	0–2	Cremonese	Ferrara
16:15 CET	Meccariello 90+2'	Report	Ciofani 4' (pen.) Zanimacchia 65' 68'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 4,961 Referee: Luca Pairetto

Coppa Italia

15 August 2021 First round	Torino	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Cremonese	Turin
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodriguez 20' Lukić 62' Rauti 90+5' Mandragora 116'	Report	Báez 10' 63' Bartolomei 29' Carnesecchi 101'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 1,484 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
	Penalties
	Mandragora Verdi Rauti Aina		Ciofani Vido Castagnetti

References

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.

[table_hth_PIS0.1346450462633-1] Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

[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.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	20	9	9	57	39	+18	69	11	6	2	32	18	+14	9	3	7	25	21	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	20	9	9	57	39	+18	69	11	6	2	32	18	+14	9	3	7	25	21	+4