title: 2021–22 SS Lazio season
text: # 2021–22 SS Lazio season
  
  The 2021–22 season was the 122nd season in the existence of S.S. Lazio and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Lazio participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
      As of 31 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 | ALB | Thomas Strakosha |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Luiz Felipe |
  | 4 | DF | ESP | Patric |
  | 6 | MF | BRA | Lucas Leiva |
  | 7 | MF | BRA | Felipe Anderson |
  | 8 | MF | CIV | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro |
  | 9 | FW | ESP | Pedro |
  | 10 | FW | ESP | Luis Alberto |
  | 11 | FW | CPV | Jovane Cabral (on loan from Sporting CP) |
  | 17 | FW | ITA | Ciro Immobile (captain) |
  | 18 | FW | ARG | Luka Romero |
  | 20 | MF | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni (on loan from Hellas Verona) |
  | 21 | MF | SRB | Sergej Milinković-Savić |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj |
  | 25 | GK | ESP | Pepe Reina |
  | 26 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Radu |
  | 27 | FW | ESP | Raúl Moro |
  | 28 | MF | ITA | André Anderson |
  | 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Lazzari |
  | 31 | GK | LTU | Marius Adamonis |
  | 32 | MF | ITA | Danilo Cataldi |
  | 33 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi |
  | 44 | DF | ITA | Romano Floriani Mussolini |
  | 77 | DF | MNE | Adam Marušić |
  | 88 | MF | CRO | Toma Bašić |
  
  ### Other players under contract
  
      As of 31 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | ITA | Luca Falbo |
  | — | DF | SRB | Dimitrije Kamenović |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | DF | POR | Jorge Silva |
  | — | MF | POL | Patryk Dziczek |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 July 2021 | DF | Dimitrije Kamenović | 20 | Čukarički | €2,500,000 | |
  | 16 July 2021 | MF | Felipe Anderson | 28 | West Ham United | €3,000,000 | |
  | 17 July 2021 | DF | Elseid Hysaj | 27 | Napoli | Free | |
  | 20 July 2021 | FW | Luka Romero | 16 | Mallorca | €200,000 | |
  | 19 August 2021 | FW | Pedro | 34 | Roma | Undisclosed | |
  | 25 August 2021 | MF | Toma Bašić | 24 | Bordeaux | €6,860,000 | |
  | 31 August 2021 | MF | Mattia Zaccagni | 26 | Hellas Verona | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 31 January 2022 | FW | Jovane Cabral | 23 | Sporting CP | Loan (€1,000,000) | Loan until the end of the season with option to buy for €8,000,000 |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 30 June 2021 | MF | Senad Lulić | 35 | Free agent | Free | |
  | 30 June 2021 | MF | Marco Parolo | 36 | Free agent | Free | |
  | 30 June 2021 | DF | Mateo Musacchio | 30 | Free agent | Free | |
  | 30 June 2021 | DF | Damiano Franco | 19 | Reggina | Free | |
  | 30 June 2021 | MF | Szymon Czyż | 19 | Warta Poznań | Free | |
  | 30 June 2021 | MF | Andreas Pereira | 25 | Manchester United | End of loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 30 June 2021 | DF | Wesley Hoedt | 27 | Southampton | End of loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 30 June 2021 | GK | Gabriel Pereira | 18 | Monaco | End of loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 21 July 2021 | GK | Marco Alia | 21 | Monterosi | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 22 July 2021 | DF | Sergio Kalaj | 21 | Carrarese | Free | |
  | 3 August 2021 | DF | Mattia Novella | 20 | Monopoli | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 10 August 2021 | DF | Nicolò Armini | 20 | Piacenza | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 18 August 2021 | FW | Simone Palombi | 25 | Alessandria | Free | |
  | 26 August 2021 | FW | Joaquín Correa | 27 | Inter | Loan (€6,000,000) | Loan until the end of the season with option to buy for €23,600,000 |
  | 31 August 2021 | FW | Felipe Caicedo | 32 | Genoa | €2,000,000 | |
  | 31 August 2021 | DF | Tiago Casasola | 26 | Frosinone | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 31 August 2021 | MF | Fabio Maistro | 23 | Ascoli | Loan | Loan until the end of season |
  | 31 August 2021 | DF | Angelo Ndrecka | 19 | Teramo | Loan | Loan until the end of season |
  | 31 August 2021 | FW | Emanuele Cicerelli | 27 | Frosinone | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 5 January 2022 | MF | Gonzalo Escalante | 28 | Alavés | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 24 January 2022 | DF | Denis Vavro | 25 | Copenhagen | Loan | Loan until the end of the season with option to buy |
  | 27 January 2022 | DF | Tiago Casasola | 26 | Cremonese | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 29 January 2022 | FW | Bobby Adekanye | 22 | Crotone | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 30 January 2022 | MF | Jony | 30 | Sporting Gijón | Loan | Loan until the end of the season 2022-2023 |
  | 31 January 2022 | FW | Cristiano Lombardi | 26 | Reggina | Loan | Loan until the end of the season |
  | 31 January 2022 | FW | Vedat Muriqi | 27 | Mallorca | Loan (€1,000,000) | Loan until the end of the season with option to buy for €12,000,000 |
  | 8 April 2022 | FW | André Anderson | 22 | São Paulo | Loan | Loan until the end of the season 2022-2023 |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## 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 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 047.37 |
  | Coppa Italia | 18 January 2022 | 9 February 2022 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 050.00 |
  | Europa League | 16 September 2021 | 24 February 2022 | Group stage | Knockout round play-offs | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 025.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 88 | 69 | +19 | 043.75 |
  
  Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
  | 4 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
  | 5 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 64 | 0Qualification to Europa League group stage |
  | 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 63 | 0Qualification to Europa League group stage |
  | 7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 62 | 0Qualification to Conference League play-off round |
  
  * 1 2 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.
  
  **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 |
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  | Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D |
  | Position | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.
  
  ### UEFA Europa League
  
  **Group stage**
  
  The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | LAZ | MAR | LOK |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
  | 2 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
  | 3 | Marseille | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
  | 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |
  
  **Knockout phase**
  
  **Knockout round play-offs**
  
  The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | ALB | Thomas Strakosha | 31 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | 25 | GK | ESP | Pepe Reina | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | GK | LTU | Marius Adamonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||||
  | 3 | DF | BRA | Luiz Felipe | 40 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | ESP | Patric | 30 | 2 | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
  | 16 | DF | SRB | Dimitrije Kamenović | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | ALB | Elseid Hysaj | 38 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Radu | 12 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 33 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi | 36 | 4 | 29+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 77 | DF | MNE | Adam Marušić | 41 | 1 | 30+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||||
  | 6 | MF | BRA | Lucas Leiva | 45 | 0 | 19+16 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | CIV | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | ESP | Luis Alberto | 44 | 5 | 27+7 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | ITA | Mattia Zaccagni | 36 | 5 | 21+8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
  | 21 | MF | SRB | Sergej Milinković-Savić | 47 | 11 | 36+1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
  | 28 | MF | ITA | André Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 29 | MF | ITA | Manuel Lazzari | 38 | 3 | 16+15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
  | 32 | MF | ITA | Danilo Cataldi | 42 | 2 | 19+13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+6 | 1 |
  | 88 | MF | CRO | Toma Bašić | 37 | 1 | 9+20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||||
  | 7 | MF | BRA | Felipe Anderson | 48 | 7 | 33+5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
  | 9 | FW | ESP | Pedro | 41 | 10 | 25+7 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
  | 11 | FW | CPV | Jovane Cabral | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | ITA | Ciro Immobile | 40 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 1+1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
  | 18 | FW | ARG | Luka Romero | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 27 | FW | ESP | Raúl Moro | 18 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
  | 5 | MF | ARG | Gonzalo Escalante | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 19 | DF | SVK | Denis Vavro | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 94 | FW | KOS | Vedat Muriqi | 15 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
  
  Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
      As of 18 January 2022
  
  | Rank | Player | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ciro Immobile | 27 | 1 | 4 | 32 |
  | 2 | Pedro | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
  | 3 | Sergej Milinković-Savić | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
  | 4 | Felipe Anderson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | Luis Alberto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 46 | 1 | 7 | 54 |
  