# 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.