# 2021–22 Spezia Calcio season

The 2021–22 season was the 115th season in the existence of Spezia Calcio and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Spezia participated in that season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Season overview

On 5 July 2021, Thiago Motta was appointed head coach, replacing Vincenzo Italiano who had left for Fiorentina.
On 16 July, Spezia were banned from four transfer windows, starting in January 2022, after breaching FIFA rules on signing minors. The club were also fined 500,000 Swiss francs ($543,832) for the offense.
On 28 June 2022, Motta left Spezia by mutual agreement.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 November 2021
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 | NED | Jeroen Zoet |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Bourabia (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Jacopo Sala |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Viktor Kovalenko (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 9 | FW | ALB | Rey Manaj (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Daniele Verde |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 13 | DF | POL | Arkadiusz Reca (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 14 | DF | POL | Jakub Kiwior |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Petko Hristov |
| 17 | FW | ISR | Suf Podgoreanu |
| 18 | FW | ANG | M'Bala Nzola |
| 19 | FW | GAM | Ebrima Colley (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Simone Bastoni |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Salva Ferrer |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Janis Antiste |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | ITA | Giulio Maggiore (captain) |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Kelvin Amian |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Martin Erlić (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Eddie Salcedo (on loan from Inter) |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Aimar Sher |
| 33 | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo (on loan from Genoa) |
| 39 | MF | FRA | Aurélien Nguiamba |
| 40 | GK | BIH | Petar Zovko |
| 43 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Nikolaou |
| 44 | FW | SVK | David Strelec |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Bertola |
| 80 | MF | ITA | Niccolò Pietra |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Léo Sena |
| 94 | GK | ITA | Ivan Provedel |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Diego Zuppel |

### Out on loan

    As of 3 September 2021
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 | ITA | Lorenzo Colombini (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Elio Capradossi (at SPAL until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | SWE | Emil Holm (at SønderjyskE until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Vignali (at Como until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | DEN | Emil Kornvig (at SønderjyskE until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ITA | Matteo Figoli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ALB | Kleis Bozhanaj (at Casa Pia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ISL | Mikael Egill Ellertsson (at SPAL until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | SVK | Samuel Mráz (at Slovan Bratislava until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POR | Leandro Sanca (at Casa Pia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | MNE | Ognjen Stijepović (at Pistoiese until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Fee |
| 5 July 2021 | DF | Petko Hristov | Fiorentina | Free |
| 12 July 2021 | GK | Petar Zovko | Sampdoria | Free |
| 22 July 2021 | DF | Kelvin Amian | Toulouse | €3,200,000 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
Spezia announced a squad of 24 players to take part in pre-season training, beginning on 12 July 2021.

## 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 | 16th | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 026.32 |
| Coppa Italia | 13 August 2021 | 16 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 44 | 74 | −30 | 027.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 41 | |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 36 | |
| 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 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### 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 | NED | Jeroen Zoet | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | GK | ITA | Ivan Provedel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | ITA | Jacopo Sala | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POL | Arkadiusz Reca | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BUL | Petko Hristov | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Simone Bastoni | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Salva Ferrer | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Kelvin Amian | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CRO | Martin Erlic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | GRE | Dimitris Nikolaou | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Bourabia | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Viktor Kovalenko | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Giulio Maggiore | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Aimar Sher | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | COL | Kevin Agudelo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Léo Sena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ALB | Rey Manaj | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Daniele Verde | 9 | 2 | 5+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Gyasi | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ISR | Suf Podgoreanu | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ANG | M'Bala Nzola | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GAM | Ebrima Colley | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Janis Antiste | 7 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Eddie Salcedo | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SVN | David Strelec | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
Last updated: 16 October 2021 Source: Competitions