# 2021–22 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC season

The 2021–22 season was Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C.'s seventh consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 124th as a football club.

## Players
### First-team squad

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Nicola Leali |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Salvi |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Tommaso D'Orazio |
| 4 | DF | SVN | Aljaz Tavcar |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Gian Filippo Felicioli (on loan from Venezia) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Federico Baschirotto |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Luca Paganini |
| 8 | FW | ITA | Federico Ricci (on loan from Reggina) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Federico Dionisi |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Atanas Iliev |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Luca Bolletta |
| 13 | GK | ITA | Enrico Guarna |
| 14 | MF | USA | Giuseppe Barone |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Danilo Quaranta |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Michele Collocolo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Lukas Spendlhofer |
| 26 | FW | MAR | Soufiane Bidaoui |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Mirko Eramo |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Filippo Palazzino |
| 30 | MF | BIH | Dario Šarić |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Caligara (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Eric Botteghin |
| 37 | MF | ITA | Fabio Maistro (on loan from Lazio) |
| 40 | FW | ITA | Andrea De Paoli (on loan from Monopoli) |
| 54 | DF | ITA | Nicola Falasco |
| 55 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bellusci (on loan from Monza) |
| 74 | FW | ITA | Frank Tsadjout (on loan from Milan) |
| 77 | MF | LIE | Marcel Büchel |
| 99 | MF | USA | Anthony Fontana |

### 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 |
| — | DF | MAR | Emin Ghazoini (at Royal Excelsior Virton) |
| — | DF | ITA | Daniele Sarzi Puttini (at Latina) |
| — | MF | ITA | Manuele Castorani (at Feralpisalò) |
| — | MF | ITA | Christian Scorza (at Piacenza) |
| — | MF | GER | Abdelhamid Sabiri (at Sampdoria) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ALB | Dean Liço (at Partizani) |
| — | FW | ITA | Davide Di Francesco (at Campobasso) |
| — | FW | ITA | Diego Fabbrini (at Alessandria) |
| — | FW | ITA | Danilo Giacinto Ventola (at Virtus Francavilla) |

## 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 | 6th | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 050.00 |
| Serie B promotion play-offs | 13 May 2022 | 13 May 2022 | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 13 August 2021 | 13 August 2021 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 047.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Monza (O, P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 67 | Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Brescia | 38 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 66 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Ascoli | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Benevento | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 8 | Perugia | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* ↑ Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.
* ↑ Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.