# 2021–22 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2021–22 season was the 102nd season in the existence of U.S. Sassuolo Calcio and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sassuolo participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli (captain) |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Kaan Ayhan |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rogério |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Brian Oddei |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Filip Đuričić |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Riccardo Ciervo (on loan from Roma) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso |
| 14 | MF | EQG | Pedro Obiang |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Emil Ceïde (on loan from Rosenborg) |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Davide Frattesi |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Mert Müldür |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori (3rd captain) |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Filippo Romagna |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Abdou Harroui (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș |
| 22 | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan |
| 23 | MF | CIV | Hamed Traorè |
| 24 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Satalino |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Luigi Samele |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari (vice-captain) |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Ruan |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli |
| 56 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo |
| 68 | DF | GHA | Salim Abubakar |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Kyriakopoulos |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Scamacca |
| 92 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel |
| 97 | MF | BRA | Matheus Henrique (on loan from Grêmio) |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | URU | Nicolás Schiappacasse |

### Out on loan

    As of 7 February 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Matteo Campani (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | ITA | Alessandro Russo (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | ITA | Stefano Turati (at Reggina until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Claud Adjapong (at Reggina until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Aurelio (at Gubbio until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Martin Erlic (at Spezia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Davide Manarelli (at Renate until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Riccardo Marchizza (at Empoli until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Meroni (at Cremonese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano Piccinini (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Pilati (at Mantova until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Matteo Pinelli (at NK Krško until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Matteo Saccani (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Leonardo Sernicola (at Cremonese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Federico Artioli (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | MAR | Mehdi Bourabia (at Spezia until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CIV | Jérémie Boga (at Atalanta until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghion (at Perugia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín (at Sparta Prague until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Manuel Locatelli (at Juventus until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ROU | Andrei Mărginean (at ACR Messina until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessandro Mercati (at Montevarchi until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Pinato (at Pordenone until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Sala (at Crotone until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola (at Benevento until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Caputo (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | URU | Emiliano Gómez (at Albacete until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giacomo Manzari (at Frosinone until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Mattioli (at Pontedera until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Luca Moro (at Catania until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | DEN | Jens Odgaard (at RKC Waalwijk until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Jacopo Pellegrini (at Pordenone until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | DF | Jeremy Toljan | Borussia Dortmund | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2021 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 73 | MF | Manuel Locatelli | Juventus | Loan | 18 August 2021 | |
* ↑ With obligation to buy in 2023 for €25M + €12.5M variables

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 11th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 034.21 |
| Coppa Italia | 19 January 2022 | 10 February 2022 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 035.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 47 |
| 13 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 46 |
* 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | 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 |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.

### Coppa Italia
## 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 ||||||||||
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Kaan Ayhan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Rogério | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | TUR | Mert Müldür | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiriches | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Gian Marco Ferrari | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | GRE | Georgios Kyriakopoulos | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Filip Djuricic | 8 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | EQG | Pedro Obiang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Davide Frattesi | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Abdou Harroui | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CIV | Hamed Traorè | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | BRA | Matheus Henrique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CIV | Jérémie Boga | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Raspadori | 8 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | ITA | Gianluca Scamacca | 8 | 2 | 1+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Francesco Caputo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 17 October 2021 Source: Competitions