# 2021–22 Cagliari Calcio season

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

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Simone Aresti |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Edoardo Goldaniga |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Daniele Baselli |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Marko Rog |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Keita Baldé |
| 10 | MF | ITA | João Pedro (captain) |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Raoul Bellanova (on loan from Bordeaux) |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Altare |
| 16 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman (on loan from Marseille) |
| 18 | MF | URU | Nahitan Nández |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Luca Gagliano |
| 20 | MF | URU | Gastón Pereiro |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalampos Lykogiannis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Zappa |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Cavuoti |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi (on loan from Parma) |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Dalbert Henrique (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti |
| 31 | GK | SRB | Boris Radunović |
| 32 | FW | COL | Damir Ceter |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Adam Obert |
| 38 | FW | ITA | Jacopo Desogus |
| 39 | MF | GRE | Christos Kourfalidis |
| 40 | DF | POL | Sebastian Walukiewicz |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Andrea Carboni |
| 66 | DF | ITA | Matteo Lovato (on loan from Atalanta) |

### Out on loan

    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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Guglielmo Vicario (at Empoli until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Cusumano (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Faragò (at Lecce until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | CGO | Senna Miangué (at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tripaldelli (at SPAL until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Roberto Biancu (at Olbia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Riccardo Ladinetti (at Olbia until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Federico Marigosu (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | FRA | Mattéo Tramoni (at Brescia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri (at Como until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Gianluca Contini (at Legnago until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ITA | Massimiliano Manca (at Olbia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| GK | Boris Radunović | 25 | Atalanta | €0.3M |
| DF | Giorgio Altare | 23 | Genoa | €0.175M |
| DF | Paolo Faragò | 28 | Bologna | Loan return |
| DF | Gabriele Zappa | 21 | Pescara | €3.5M |
| DF | Martín Cáceres | 34 | Fiorentina | Free |
| MF | Riccardo Ladinetti | 20 | Olbia | Loan return |
| MF | Christian Oliva | 25 | Valencia | Loan return |
| MF | Răzvan Marin | 25 | Ajax | €10M |
| FW | Keita Baldé | 26 | Monaco | €8M |
| FW | Damir Ceter | 23 | Pescara | Loan return |
| FW | Diego Farias | 31 | Spezia | Loan return |

#### Loans in

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| DF | Raoul Bellanova | 21 | Bordeaux | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| DF | Dalbert | 28 | Internazionale | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| MF | Alberto Grassi | 26 | Parma | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| MF | Kevin Strootman | 31 | Marseille | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| DF | Matteo Lovato | 21 | Atalanta | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| DF | Arturo Calabresi | 25 | Bologna | Loan ended |
| DF | Ragnar Klavan | 35 | Paide Linnameeskond | Free |
| DF | Simone Pinna | 23 | Olbia | Free |
| DF | Daniele Rugani | 27 | Juventus | Loan ended |
| MF | Kwadwo Asamoah | 32 | | Free |
| MF | Alfred Duncan | 28 | Fiorentina | Loan ended |
| MF | Radja Nainggolan | 33 | Internazionale | Loan ended |
| MF | Kiril Despodov | 24 | Ludogorets Razgrad | €2M |
| FW | Riccardo Sottil | 22 | Fiorentina | Loan ended |
| FW | Filip Bradarić | 29 | Al-Ahli | €2.7M |
| DF | Diego Godín | 35 | Atlético Mineiro | Free |

### Loans out

| Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| GK | Guglielmo Vicario | 24 | Empoli | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| DF | Alessandro Tripaldelli | 23 | SPAL | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| DF | Senna Miangué | 24 | Cercle Brugge | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| MF | Mattéo Tramoni | 21 | Brescia | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| MF | Federico Marigosu | 20 | Grosseto | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| MF | Roberto Biancu | 21 | Olbia | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| MF | Fabrizio Caligara | 21 | Ascoli | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| FW | Alberto Cerri | 25 | Como | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| FW | Zito Luvumbo | 19 | Como | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| FW | Giovanni Simeone | 26 | Hellas Verona | N/A | On loan until June 2022 |
| FW | Luca Gagliano | 21 | Avellino | N/A | On loan until 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 A | 22 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 015.79 |
| Coppa Italia | 14 August 2021 | 19 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 71 | −31 | 019.51 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 20 | Venezia (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 27 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### 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 ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Simone Aresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | ITA | Alessio Cragno | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SRB | Boris Radunović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | URU | Diego Godín | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Martín Cáceres | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Raoul Bellanova | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Altare | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GRE | Charalampos Lykogiannis | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceppitelli | 10 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Gabriele Zappa | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Dalbert Henrique | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Adam Obert | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | POL | Sebastian Walukiewicz | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Andrea Carboni | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CRO | Marko Rog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Marin | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Deiola | 12 | 2 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | URU | Nahitan Nández | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | URU | Gastón Pereiro | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | URU | Christian Oliva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Alberto Grassi | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SEN | Keita Baldé | 7 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | João Pedro | 12 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Diego Farias | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Leonardo Pavoletti | 10 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | COL | Damir Ceter | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Giovanni Simeone | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Alberto Cerri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 November 2021 Source: Competitions