title: 2021–22 Benevento Calcio season
text: # 2021–22 Benevento Calcio season
  
  The 2021–22 season was Benevento's first season back in Serie B following its relegation from the top-flight of Italian football in the previous season. It was the club's fourth season in Serie B in its history. In addition to the domestic league, Benevento participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
      As of 17 July 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 | Lorenzo Montipò |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Gaetano Letizia |
  | 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola |
  | 8 | MF | COL | Andrés Tello |
  | 9 | FW | PER | Gianluca Lapadula |
  | 12 | GK | ITA | Nicolò Manfredini |
  | 15 | DF | POL | Kamil Glik |
  | 16 | MF | ITA | Riccardo Improta |
  | 18 | DF | BEL | Daam Foulon |
  | 19 | MF | ITA | Roberto Insigne |
  | 20 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Di Serio |
  | 21 | FW | ITA | Gabriele Moncini |
  | 25 | FW | ITA | Marco Sau |
  | 26 | MF | CIV | Siriki Sanogo |
  | 28 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Schiattarella (vice-captain) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 29 | MF | MDA | Artur Ioniță |
  | 58 | DF | ITA | Christian Pastina |
  | 93 | DF | ITA | Federico Barba |
  | — | GK | ITA | Alberto Paleari (on loan from Genoa) |
  | — | DF | CMR | Jean-Claude Billong |
  | — | DF | ITA | Francesco Rillo |
  | — | DF | ITA | Luca Sparandeo |
  | — | MF | GHA | Abdallah Basit |
  | — | MF | ITA | Giacomo Calò (on loan from Genoa) |
  | — | MF | ITA | Marco Cuccurullo |
  | — | MF | JPN | Cy Goddard |
  | — | MF | GER | Oliver Kragl |
  | — | MF | SVN | Dejan Vokić |
  | — | MF | ITA | Giovanni Volpicelli |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall record
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 7th | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 047.37 |
  | Serie B promotion play-offs | 13 May 2022 | 21 May 2022 | Preliminary round | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 066.67 |
  | Coppa Italia | 14 August 2021 | 15 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 048.84 |
  
  Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source:
  
  ### Serie B
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Brescia | 38 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 66 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
  | 6 | Ascoli | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
  | 7 | Benevento | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
  | 8 | Perugia | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
  | 9 | Frosinone | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 58 | |
  
  * 1 2 Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.
  
  **Matches**
  
  The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.
  
  