2021–22 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC season

Ascoli
2021–22 season
President	Carlo Neri
Head coach	Andrea Sottil
Stadium	Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Serie B	6th
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Federico Dionisi (9); All: ; Federico Dionisi (9)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C.'s seventh consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 124th as a football club.

Players

First-team squad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Nicola Leali
2	DF	ITA	Alessandro Salvi
3	DF	ITA	Tommaso D'Orazio
4	DF	SVN	Aljaz Tavcar
5	DF	ITA	Gian Filippo Felicioli (on loan from Venezia)
6	DF	ITA	Federico Baschirotto
7	FW	ITA	Luca Paganini
8	FW	ITA	Federico Ricci (on loan from Reggina)
9	FW	ITA	Federico Dionisi
11	FW	BUL	Atanas Iliev
12	GK	ITA	Luca Bolletta
13	GK	ITA	Enrico Guarna
14	MF	USA	Giuseppe Barone
15	DF	ITA	Danilo Quaranta
18	MF	ITA	Michele Collocolo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	AUT	Lukas Spendlhofer
26	FW	MAR	Soufiane Bidaoui
27	MF	ITA	Mirko Eramo
29	FW	ITA	Filippo Palazzino
30	MF	BIH	Dario Šarić
32	MF	ITA	Fabrizio Caligara (on loan from Cagliari)
33	DF	BRA	Eric Botteghin
37	MF	ITA	Fabio Maistro (on loan from Lazio)
40	FW	ITA	Andrea De Paoli (on loan from Monopoli)
54	DF	ITA	Nicola Falasco
55	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bellusci (on loan from Monza)
74	FW	ITA	Frank Tsadjout (on loan from Milan)
77	MF	LIE	Marcel Büchel
99	MF	USA	Anthony Fontana

Out on loan

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
—	DF	MAR	Emin Ghazoini (at Royal Excelsior Virton)
—	DF	ITA	Daniele Sarzi Puttini (at Latina)
—	MF	ITA	Manuele Castorani (at Feralpisalò)
—	MF	ITA	Christian Scorza (at Piacenza)
—	MF	GER	Abdelhamid Sabiri (at Sampdoria)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ALB	Dean Liço (at Partizani)
—	FW	ITA	Davide Di Francesco (at Campobasso)
—	FW	ITA	Diego Fabbrini (at Alessandria)
—	FW	ITA	Danilo Giacinto Ventola (at Virtus Francavilla)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

31 July 2021 Friendly	Ascoli	2–0	Viterbese	Cascia, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo Magrelli Active

8 August 2021 Friendly	Napoli	2–1	Ascoli	Castel di Sangro, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Insigne 7' Elmas 62'		Bidaoui 25'	Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Referee: Federico Dionisi

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	6th	38	19	8	11	52	42	+10	050.00
Serie B promotion play-offs	13 May 2022		Preliminary round	Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Coppa Italia	13 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					40	19	8	13	53	46	+7	047.50

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Monza (O, P)	38	19	10	9	60	38	+22	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Brescia	38	17	15	6	55	35	+20	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Ascoli	38	19	8	11	52	42	+10	65
7	Benevento	38	18	9	11	62	39	+23	63
8	Perugia	38	14	16	8	40	32	+8	58^[b]

Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.
^ Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	8	11	52	42	+10	65	8	6	5	24	18	+6	11	2	6	28	24	+4

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	4	4	3	5	2	4	5	5	9	9	13	10	7	7	6	7	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	7	9	7	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2021.^[2]

18 December 2021 18	Ascoli	1–4	Cremonese	Ascoli Piceno
14:00 CET	Eric Botteghin 22' 51' Eramo 44' 74' Dionisi 55' Leali 71'	Report	Sernicola 8' Valeri 31' Buonaiuto 39' Fagioli 42' Castagnetti 57' Di Carmine 70' Vido 74' 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Luca Zufferli

Coppa Italia

13 August 2021 First round	Udinese	3–1	Ascoli	Udine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereyra 11', 55' Stryger Larsen 38' Molina 53'	Report	Avlonitis 29' Baschirotto 63' Dionisi 80' D'Orazio 90+2'	Stadium: Dacia Arena Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Matteo Gariglio

References

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^ "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.

[table_hth_PIS0.05172116358379-1] Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

[table_hth_PER0.05172116358379-2] Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

[3] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[4] "Serie B, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.

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