# 2021–22 US Salernitana 1919 season

The 2021–22 season was the 103rd season in the existence of U.S. Salernitana 1919 and the club's first season return in the top flight of Italian football since 1999. In addition to the domestic league, Salernitana participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 18 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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Vincenzo Fiorillo |
| 2 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Coulibaly (on loan from Udinese) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Matteo Ruggeri (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 4 | DF | POL | Paweł Jaroszyński (on loan from Genoa) |
| 5 | DF | ALB | Frédéric Veseli |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Stefan Strandberg |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Franck Ribéry (captain) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Andrea Schiavone |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Bonazzoli (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Simone Verdi (on loan from Torino) |
| 11 | FW | BIH | Milan Đurić |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Antonio Russo |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Éderson |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Francesco Di Tacchio (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Emil Bohinen (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 16 | MF | SRB | Ivan Radovanović |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Federico Fazio |
| 18 | MF | MLI | Lassana Coulibaly |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Luca Ranieri (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 20 | MF | CYP | Grigoris Kastanos (on loan from Juventus) |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Nadir Zortea (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 22 | MF | NGA | Joel Obi |
| 23 | DF | SVK | Norbert Gyömbér |
| 24 | DF | TUN | Wajdi Kechrida |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Radu Drăgușin (on loan from Juventus) |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Capezzi |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Pasquale Mazzocchi (on loan from Venezia) |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Riccardo Gagliolo |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Filippo Delli Carri (on loan from Juventus) |
| 55 | GK | ITA | Luigi Sepe (on loan from Parma) |
| 63 | FW | ITA | Edoardo Vergani |
| 72 | GK | SVN | Vid Belec |
| 87 | FW | BRA | Mikael (on loan from Sport Recife) |
| 88 | FW | ARG | Diego Perotti |
| 99 | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset (on loan from Sheffield United) |

### Out on loan

    As of 2 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 | Alessandro Micai (at Reggina until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | CRO | Luka Bogdan (at Ternana until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Valerio Mantovani (at Alessandria until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Mirko Esposito (at Mantova until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Gioacchino Galeotafiore (at Seregno until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | FRA | Sanasi Sy (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | NED | Reda Boultam (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Kaleb Jimenez Castillo (at Seregno until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Michele Cavion (at Vicenza until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Agostino Del Regno (at Paganese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Carmine Iannone (at Paganese until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Edoardo Iannoni (at Ancona-Matelica until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Orlando (at Alessandria until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Gaetano Vitale (at Seregno until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Filippo D'Andrea (at Teramo until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Fella (at Palermo until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | NOR | Julian Kristoffersen (at Cosenza until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | NGA | Simy (at Parma 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 | 22 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 018.42 |
| Coppa Italia | 16 August 2021 | 14 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 020.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 36 | |
| 16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 36 | |
| 17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 31 | |
| 18 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Genoa (R) | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 28 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.