# 2021–22 Atalanta BC season

The 2021–22 season was the 114th season in the existence of Atalanta BC and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Atalanta participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players

    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 | ARG | Juan Musso |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Rafael Tolói (captain) |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle |
| 6 | DF | ARG | José Luis Palomino (4th captain) |
| 7 | MF | NED | Teun Koopmeiners |
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel |
| 10 | MF | CIV | Jérémie Boga (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler (vice-captain) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella (on loan from Parma) |
| 15 | MF | NED | Marten de Roon (3rd captain) |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
| 19 | DF | ALB | Berat Djimsiti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Valentin Mihăilă (on loan from Parma) |
| 28 | DF | TUR | Merih Demiral (on loan from Juventus) |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Francesco Rossi |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Matteo Pessina |
| 33 | DF | NED | Hans Hateboer |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Scalvini |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Miranchuk |
| 72 | FW | SVN | Josip Iličić |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta |
| 88 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Juan Musso | Udinese | €20M | 2 July 2021 | |
| – | FW | Simone Mazzocchi | Südtirol | | 14 July 2021 | Exercised buy-back option |
| 13 | DF | Giuseppe Pezzella | Parma | Loan | 27 July 2021 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 66 | DF | Matteo Lovato | Hellas Verona | €8M | 31 July 2021 | €8M + €3M in bonuses |
| 17 | DF | Cristian Romero | Juventus | €16M | 6 August 2021 | |
| 28 | DF | Merih Demiral | Juventus | Loan (€3M) | 6 August 2021 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 77 | DF | Davide Zappacosta | Chelsea | €10M | 24 August 2021 | €10M + add-ons |
| 7 | MF | Teun Koopmeiners | AZ | €12M | 30 August 2021 | |
| 10 | MF | Jérémie Boga | Sassuolo | Loan | 24 January 2022 | Loan with an obligation to buy |
| 20 | FW | Valentin Mihăilă | Parma | Loan | 31 January 2022 | Loan with an option to buy |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Notes |
| – | DF | Roger Ibañez | Roma | €8M | 4 March 2021 | Signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| – | FW | Musa Barrow | Bologna | €13M | 5 July 2021 | Signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| 44 | MF | Emmanuel Gyabuaa | Perugia | Loan | 16 July 2021 | |
| – | FW | Andreas Cornelius | Parma | €9M | 18 July 2021 | Signed permanently after obligation to buy |
| – | FW | Simone Mazzocchi | Ternana | Loan | 14 July 2021 | |
| 95 | GK | Pierluigi Gollini | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 24 July 2021 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 40 | DF | Matteo Ruggeri | Salernitana | Loan | 27 July 2021 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 17 | DF | Cristian Romero | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | 6 August 2021 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 90 | MF | Ebrima Colley | Spezia | Loan | 7 August 2021 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 20 | MF | Viktor Kovalenko | Spezia | Loan | 8 August 2021 | |
| 60 | MF | Jacopo Da Riva | SPAL | Loan | 24 August 2021 | |
| 4 | DF | Boško Šutalo | Hellas Verona | Loan | 25 August 2021 | |
| 24 | MF | Enrico Del Prato | Parma | Loan | 31 August 2021 | Loan with an option to buy |
| 7 | FW | Sam Lammers | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | 31 August 2021 | |
| 66 | DF | Matteo Lovato | Cagliari | Loan | 3 January 2022 | |
| 99 | FW | Roberto Piccoli | Genoa | Loan | 25 January 2022 | |
| 8 | DF | Robin Gosens | Internazionale | Loan | 27 January 2022 | Loan with an obligation to buy |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 21 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 042.11 |
| Coppa Italia | 12 January 2022 | 10 February 2022 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 14 September 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 016.67 |
| Europa League | 17 February 2022 | 14 April 2022 | Knockout round play-offs | Quarter-finals | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 91 | 69 | +22 | 042.31 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 63 | 0Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 62 | 0Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 59 | |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 53 | |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Internazionale, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.
* ↑ Torino finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head points: Sassuolo 0–1 Torino, Torino 1–1 Sassuolo.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021. This is the first season with an asymmetrical calendar, i.e., the order of fixtures in the second half of the season (ritorno) is different from the that of the first half (andata).

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | VIL | ATA | YB |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–2 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Juan Musso | 47 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Francesco Rossi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Tommaso Bertini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | GK | ITA | Marco Sportiello | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Rafael Tolói | 28 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle | 35 | 3 | 15+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | José Luis Palomino | 45 | 2 | 30+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Pezzella | 29 | 0 | 10+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ALB | Berat Djimsiti | 41 | 3 | 25+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | TUR | Merih Demiral | 42 | 2 | 22+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NED | Hans Hateboer | 30 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Scalvini | 21 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Cittadini | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Davide Zappacosta | 45 | 2 | 29+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | NED | Teun Koopmeiners | 43 | 4 | 23+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Remo Freuler | 43 | 2 | 28+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NED | Marten de Roon | 44 | 3 | 28+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 41 | 10 | 19+11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Matteo Pessina | 37 | 2 | 18+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ITA | Andrea Oliveri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ITA | Federico Zuccon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | ITA | Simone Panada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | ITA | Samuel Giovane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | CIV | Alassane Sidibe | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Miranchuk | 25 | 2 | 7+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | CRO | Mario Pašalić | 48 | 14 | 24+13 | 13 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 39 | 14 | 17+10 | 9 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | CIV | Jérémie Boga | 22 | 2 | 7+8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Valentin Mihăilă | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | ITA | Tommaso De Nipoti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | SVN | Josip Iličić | 24 | 4 | 8+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | COL | Duván Zapata | 32 | 13 | 20+4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GUI | Moustapha Cissé | 9 | 4 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NED | Sam Lammers | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Robin Gosens | 8 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | ITA | Matteo Lovato | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Roberto Piccoli | 12 | 1 | 1+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 21 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Luis Muriel | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 1 | 88 | MF | | Mario Pašalić | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | 91 | FW | | Duván Zapata | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Teun Koopmeiners | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 72 | FW | | Josip Iličić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Joakim Mæhle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 15 | MF | | Marten de Roon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 19 | DF | | Berat Djimsiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | DF | | José Luis Palomino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | DF | | Robin Gosens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Jérémie Boga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Remo Freuler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 28 | DF | | Merih Demiral | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 32 | MF | | Matteo Pessina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 59 | MF | | Aleksei Miranchuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 77 | DF | | Davide Zappacosta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | 2 | DF | | Rafael Tolói | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 42 | DF | | Giorgio Scalvini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 99 | FW | | Roberto Piccoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 99 | FW | | Moustapha Cissé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 91 |