# 2021–22 SPAL season

The 2021–22 season was S.P.A.L.'s second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 115th as a football club.

## Players
### First-team quad

    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 | Alberto Pomini |
| 2 | DF | LBR | Mark Pabai |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Tripaldelli (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Salvatore Esposito |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Biagio Meccariello |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Giovanni Crociata (on loan from Empoli) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Marco Mancosu |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Lorenzo Colombo (on loan from Milan) |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Niccolò Zanellato |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Federico Melchiorri (on loan from Perugia) |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Franco Zuculini |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Filippo Saiani |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Elio Capradossi (on loan from Spezia) |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Mattia Finotto |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Luca Mora |
| 20 | FW | ISL | Mikael Egill Ellertsson (on loan from Spezia) |
| 22 | GK | SEN | Demba Thiam |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Francesco Vicari (captain) |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Lorenzo Dickmann |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Alberto Almici |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Luca Vido (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 29 | DF | POL | Patryk Peda |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Marco Pinato (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Da Riva (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 49 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Rossi |
| 54 | GK | ITA | Enrico Alfonso |
| 77 | MF | ITA | Federico Viviani |
| 79 | DF | ITA | Moustapha Yabre |
| 87 | DF | CZE | David Heidenreich (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 91 | DF | ITA | Raffaele Celia |
| 95 | DF | GER | Steven Nador |
| 97 | FW | ITA | Ludovico D'Orazio |
| 99 | FW | CIV | Emmanuel Latte Lath (on loan from Atalanta) |

### Out on loan

    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 |
| — | GK | ITA | Cesare Galeotti (at Pergolettese) |
| — | GK | ITA | Marco Meneghetti (at Gubbio) |
| — | DF | POL | Jakub Iskra (at Śląsk Wrocław) |
| — | DF | ITA | Riccardo Spaltro (at Renate) |
| — | MF | ITA | Emmanuel Cuomo (at Nocerina) |
| — | MF | ITA | Federico Zanchetta (at Lucchese) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Alessandro Murgia (at Perugia) |
| — | MF | MAR | Ayoub Abou (at Tsarsko Selo Sofia) |
| — | MF | EST | Georgi Tunjov (at Carrarese) |
| — | MF | ITA | Mattia Valoti (at Monza, obligation to buy) |
| — | FW | ITA | Federico Di Francesco (at Empoli, right to buy) |

## 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 B | 22 August 2021 | 6 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 023.68 |
| Coppa Italia | 14 August 2021 | 14 August 2021 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 023.08 |
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 |
| 13 | Como | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 47 | |
| 14 | Reggina | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 46 | |
| 15 | SPAL | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 42 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Reggina were deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.
* ↑ 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 17 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.