title: 2021–22 FC Crotone season
text: # 2021–22 FC Crotone season
  
  The 2021–22 season was F.C. Crotone's first season back in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 112th as a football club.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team quad
  
      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 | ITA | Marco Festa |
  | 2 | DF | ITA | Laurens Serpe (on loan from Genoa) |
  | 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cuomo |
  | 5 | DF | SRB | Vladimir Golemić |
  | 6 | DF | ITA | Davide Mondonico |
  | 7 | MF | SRB | Miloš Vulić |
  | 8 | MF | ARG | Nahuel Estévez (on loan from Estudiantes) |
  | 9 | FW | ITA | Samuele Mulattieri (on loan from Inter) |
  | 10 | MF | CIV | Ben Lhassine Kone (on loan from Torino) |
  | 11 | FW | NED | Bobby Adekanye (on loan from Lazio) |
  | 14 | DF | ITA | Luca Calapai |
  | 16 | DF | AUT | David Schnegg (on loan from Venezia) |
  | 17 | MF | ITA | Manuel Marras (on loan from Bari) |
  | 19 | DF | ITA | Simone Canestrelli (on loan from Empoli) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 21 | DF | ITA | Manuel Nicoletti |
  | 22 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Saro |
  | 23 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Giannotti |
  | 24 | FW | SLE | Augustus Kargbo |
  | 26 | DF | LTU | Artemijus Tutyškinas |
  | 27 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu |
  | 28 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Borello |
  | 29 | DF | ITA | Marco Sala (on loan from Sassuolo) |
  | 32 | MF | ROU | Vasile Mogoș |
  | 44 | MF | ITA | Thomas Schirò |
  | 70 | GK | ITA | Paolo Tornaghi |
  | 74 | FW | ITA | Gianmarco Cangiano (on loan from Bologna) |
  | 86 | MF | NGA | Theophilus Awua (on loan from Pro Vercelli) |
  | 99 | FW | CRO | Mirko Marić (on loan from Monza) |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | ITA | Gian Marco Crespi (at Pistoiese until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | GK | ITA | Francesco D'Alterio (at Acireale until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | DF | UKR | Sergio Yakubiv (at Lucchese until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | MF | LBY | Ahmad Benali (at Pisa until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | MF | BRA | Junior Messias (at Milan until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | MF | ITA | Jacopo Petriccione (at Benevento until 30 June 2022) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | — | MF | CHI | Luis Rojas (at Bologna until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | MF | ITA | Marco Spina (at Vibonese until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | ITA | Giovanni Bruzzaniti (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | SMR | Nicola Nanni (at Lucchese until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | ENG | Zak Ruggiero (at Lucchese until 30 June 2022) |
  | — | FW | NGA | Simy (at Salernitana until 30 June 2022) |
  
  ## 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 |
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  | 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 | 19th | 38 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 010.53 |
  | Coppa Italia | 16 August 2021 | 14 December 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 000.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 010.00 |
  
  Last updated: 6 May 2022 Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Serie A
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | Qualification for relegation play-out |
  | 18 | Alessandria (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 34 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 19 | Crotone (R) | 38 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 20 | Pordenone (R) | 38 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 71 | −42 | 18 | Relegation to Serie C |
  
  * 1 2 Vicenza finished ahead of Alessandria on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–1 Alessandria, Alessandria 0–1 Vicenza.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 6 May 2022. 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 |
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  | Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
  | Result | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | L |
  | Position | 9 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.
  
  