# 2021–22 FC Cartagena season

The 2021–22 season was the 27th season in the existence of FC Cartagena and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Cartagena participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 March 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Marc Martínez (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Pedro Alcalá |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Julio Buffarini (on loan from Huesca) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Pablo Vázquez |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Yann Bodiger |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Rubén Castro (3rd captain) |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Pablo de Blasis |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Alfredo Ortuño |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Álex Gallar (on loan from Girona) |
| 12 | MF | GHA | Richard Boateng |
| 13 | GK | FRA | Jérôme Prior |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Alberto Cayarga |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Toni Datković |
| 16 | FW | JPN | Shinji Okazaki |
| 17 | FW | GHA | Mo Dauda (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Antonio Luna |
| 20 | DF | URU | Gastón Silva |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Nacho Gil |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Julián Delmás |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Sergio Tejera |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella (captain) |
| 25 | MF | URU | Sebastián Cristóforo |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Neskes |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Farru |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Sergio Díaz |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Xavi Pons |
| 34 | FW | ESP | Josema Vivancos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Edu Martínez |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Antonio Sánchez |
| 47 | MF | ESP | José Manuel |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ARG | Uriel Jové (at Águilas until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | PAN | Adalberto Carrasquilla (at Houston Dynamo until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Teddy Sutherland (at Atlético Madrid B until 30 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 % |
| Segunda División | 16 August 2021 | 29 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Copa del Rey | 30 November 2021 | 5 January 2022 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 044.44 |
Source: Soccerway

### Segunda División
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Oviedo | 42 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 68 |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 63 |
| 9 | Cartagena | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 60 |
| 10 | Zaragoza | 42 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 56 |
| 11 | Burgos | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 55 |
* ↑ Girona finished ahead of Oviedo on head-to-head points: Girona 2–1 Oviedo, Oviedo 0–0 Girona.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga SmartBank

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.