# 2021–22 Reggina 1914 season

The 2021-22 season will be Reggina 1914's 107th season in existence. It will be their second consecutive season in Serie B. They will also participate in this season's Coppa Italia.

## First-team squad

    As of 16 July 2021
| No. | Player | Date of birth | Signed from | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Thiago Cionek | (1986-05-21) 21 May 1986 (age 38) | S.P.A.L. | 30 | 1 |
| 4 | Dimitris Stavropoulos | (1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 27) | Panionios | 22 | 0 |
| 6 | Giuseppe Loiacono | (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991 (age 33) | Foggia | 59 | 2 |
| 13 | Vasco Regini | (1990-09-09) 9 September 1990 (age 34) | Sampdoria | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Gianluca Di Chiara | (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30) | Perugia | 35 | 2 |
| 27 | Claud Adjapong | (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 26) | Sassuolo | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ivan Lakićević | (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 31) | Genoa | 11 | 0 |
| 77 | Damiano Franco | (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22) | Lazio | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Daniele Liotti | (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 30) | Pisa | 41 | 6 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 5 | Lorenzo Gavioli | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | Inter Milan | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Crisetig | (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31) | Unattached | 36 | 2 |
| 11 | Federico Ricci | (1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 30) | Sassuolo | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Nicolò Bianchi | (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 (age 32) | Vicenza | 69 | 3 |
| 25 | Marco Crimi | (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34) | Virtus Entella | 16 | 0 |
| 91 | Ricardo Faty | (1986-08-04) 4 August 1986 (age 38) | Ankaragücü | 5 | 0 |
| 92 | Mario Šitum | (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 32) | Kayserispor | 21 | 2 |
| 99 | Rigoberto Rivas | (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998 (age 26) | Inter | 44 | 7 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Jérémy Ménez | (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987 (age 37) | Unattached | 18 | 3 |
| 10 | Nicola Bellomo | (1991-02-18) 18 February 1991 (age 33) | Salernitana | 78 | 9 |
| 19 | Germán Denis | (1981-09-10) 10 September 1981 (age 43) | Universitario | 56 | 16 |
| 30 | Adriano Montalto | (1988-04-06) 6 April 1988 (age 36) | Bari | 16 | 6 |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 99 | Rigoberto Rivas | Inter | €350,000 |
| 13 July 2021 | FW | 11 | Federico Ricci | Sassuolo | |
| 13 July 2021 | DF | 13 | Vasco Regini | Sampdoria | |
| 15 July 2021 | DF | 22 | Damiano Franco | Lazio | |
| 15 July 2021 | DF | | Gaetano Ungaro | Unattached | Free |
| 16 July 2021 | MF | 21 | Karim Laribi | Hellas Verona | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2021 | MF | 56 | Përparim Hetemaj | Benevento | Free |
| 18 August 2021 | FW | 16 | Andrey Galabinov | Spezia | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| 30 June 2021 | 30 June 2022 | MF | 5 | Lorenzo Gavioli | Inter |
| 13 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 | GK | 12 | Alessandro Micai | Salernitana |
| 13 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 | GK | 63 | Stefano Turati | Sassuolo |
| 17 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | FW | 93 | Marco Tumminello | Atalanta |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 26 June 2021 | DF | | Paolo Marchi | Piacenza | Free |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Lorenzo Paolucci | Union SG | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2021 | GK | | Enrico Guarna | Ascoli | Free |
| 28 July 2021 | MF | | Gabriele Rolando | Catanzaro | |
| 25 August 2021 | DF | | Daniele Gasparetto | Legnago Salus | |
| 31 August 2021 | DF | | Matteo Rubin | Vis Pesaro | Free |
| 31 August 2021 | MF | 25 | Marco Crimi | Triestina | |
| 31 August 2021 | DF | | Marco Rossi | Seregno Calcio | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 July 2021 | 30 June 2022 | GK | | Alessandro Farroni | Vis Pesaro | None | |
| 16 July 2021 | 31 December 2021 | MF | | Nikola Vasic | Vasalunds IF | None | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Reggina began preparations for the new season on July 10 with medical testing at Centro sportivo Sant'Agata in Reggio Calabria. A squad of 23 players began training in Sarnano on July 14.
    Results list Reggina's goal tally first.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 21 July 2021 | Foligno | Neutral | 4–1 | Ricci (2), Bezzon, Laribi | 0 |
| 29 July 2021 | Benevento | Neutral | 1–3 | Bellomo | 0 |
| 6 August 2021 | Reggiomediterranea | Neutral | 8–0 | Rivas, Denis (3), Bezzon (2), Bellomo, Provazza | 0 |
| 11 August 2021 | Vibonese | Away | 2–0 | Rivas, Šitum | 0 |
| 4 September 2021 | FC Lamezia Terme | Away | 2–0 | Montalto, Loiacono | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie B | 22 August 2021 | May 2022 | Matchday 1 | | | | | !— | |
| Coppa Italia | 16 August 2021 | 16 August 2021 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
Last updated: 20 August 2021 Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Parma | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 49 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ Reggina were deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 December 2021. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | | |
| Position | 13 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | | |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia

    Results list Reggina's goal tally first.
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 16 August 2021 | First round | Salernitana | Away | 2–0 | | 2,476 |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Micai | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | POL | Thiago Cionek | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Stavropoulos | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Di Chiara | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Claud Adjapong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Ivan Lakićević | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | ITA | Daniele Liotti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Crisetig | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Nicola Bellomo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Federico Ricci | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Nicolò Bianchi | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | TUN | Karim Laribi | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | FIN | Përparim Hetemaj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | CRO | Mario Šitum | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | HON | Rigoberto Rivas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Ménez | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BUL | Andrey Galabinov | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ARG | Germán Denis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ITA | Adriano Montalto | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions
Last updated: 29 August 2021