title: 2021–22 Hellas Verona FC season
text: # 2021–22 Hellas Verona FC season
  
  The 2021–22 season was the 118th season in the existence of Hellas Verona F.C. and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Hellas Verona participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.
  
  ## Season events
  
  On 7 June 2021, Eusebio Di Francesco was unveiled as the new head coach, signing a two-year contract, until 30 June 2023, replacing Ivan Jurić who left the club earlier that day to take over the vacant manager role at Torino.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
      As of 3 January 2022
  
  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 | CRO | Ivor Pandur |
  | 4 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso (captain) |
  | 5 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni (vice-captain) |
  | 7 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák |
  | 8 | MF | SRB | Darko Lazović |
  | 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić |
  | 10 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari (on loan from Sampdoria) |
  | 11 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna (on loan from Udinese) |
  | 14 | MF | SRB | Ivan Ilić |
  | 15 | DF | TUR | Mert Çetin (on loan from Roma) |
  | 16 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Casale |
  | 17 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini |
  | 18 | FW | ITA | Matteo Cancellieri (on loan from Roma) |
  | 20 | MF | SUI | Kevin Rüegg |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 21 | DF | GER | Koray Günter |
  | 22 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Berardi |
  | 23 | DF | ITA | Giangiacomo Magnani |
  | 24 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa |
  | 27 | DF | POL | Paweł Dawidowicz |
  | 29 | DF | ITA | Fabio Depaoli (on loan from Sampdoria) |
  | 30 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Frabotta (on loan from Juventus) |
  | 31 | DF | CRO | Boško Šutalo (on loan from Atalanta) |
  | 32 | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa |
  | 45 | FW | GHA | Philip Yeboah |
  | 61 | MF | CMR | Adrien Tameze |
  | 78 | MF | CMR | Martin Hongla (on loan from Royal Antwerp) |
  | 96 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Montipò (on loan from Benevento) |
  | 99 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone (on loan from Cagliari) |
  
  ### Other players under contract
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | ITA | Mattia Chiesa |
  
  ### On loan
  
      As of 17 September 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | ITA | Nicola Borghetto (at Monterosi until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | DF | ALB | Marash Kumbulla (at Roma until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | DF | ITA | Destiny Udogie (at Udinese until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | DF | ARG | Bruno Amione (at Reggina until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | MF | ITA | Nunzio Brandi (at Lucchese until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | DF | SRB | Bogdan Jočić (at Metalac until 30 June 2022) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | MF | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni (at Lazio until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Bertini (at Mantova until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | SEN | Adama Sane (at Latina until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | POL | Mariusz Stępiński (at Aris Limassol until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | SVK | Ľubomír Tupta (at Slovan Liberec until 30 June 2022) |
  
  ## 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 A | 21 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 036.84 |
  | Coppa Italia | 14 August 2021 | 15 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 70 | 63 | +7 | 037.50 |
  
  Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 62 | 0Qualification to Conference League play-off round |
  | 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 59 | |
  | 9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 53 | |
  | 10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50 | |
  | 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 50 | |
  
  * ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Internazionale, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.
  * 1 2 Torino finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head points: Sassuolo 0–1 Torino, Torino 1–1 Sassuolo.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Source: Serie A
  
  **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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
  | Result | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D |
  | Position | 13 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | CRO | Ivor Pandur | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 96 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Montipò | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 5 | DF | ITA | Davide Faraoni | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
  | 15 | DF | TUR | Mert Cetin | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Casale | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 17 | DF | ITA | Federico Ceccherini | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 21 | DF | GER | Koray Günter | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 23 | DF | ITA | Giangiacomo Magnani | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 27 | DF | POL | Pawel Dawidowicz | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 30 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Frabotta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | DF | CRO | Boško Šutalo | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 42 | DF | ITA | Diego Coppola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 4 | MF | POR | Miguel Veloso | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | CZE | Antonín Barák | 16 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | SRB | Darko Lazović | 17 | 1 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 21 | MF | SRB | Ivan Ilić | 16 | 2 | 12+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
  | 20 | MF | SUI | Kevin Rüegg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | ITA | Daniel Bessa | 10 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 61 | MF | CMR | Adrien Tameze | 19 | 2 | 9+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 78 | MF | CMR | Martin Hongla | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 97 | MF | ITA | Filippo Terracciano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić | 10 | 3 | 4+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
  | 10 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Caprari | 15 | 4 | 13+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  | 11 | FW | ITA | Kevin Lasagna | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 18 | FW | ITA | Matteo Cancellieri | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
  | 32 | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 71 | FW | ITA | Mattia Florio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 99 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone | 15 | 12 | 12+3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 10 | FW | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  
  Last updated: 15 December 2021 Source: Competitions
  
  