2021–22 Arema F.C. season

The 2021–22 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 34th competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.

Arema FC
2021–22 season
PresidentAgoes Soerjanto
(until 6 June 2021)
Gilang Widya Pramana
(from 6 June 2021)
Head CoachCarlos Oliviera
(until 17 February)
Kuncoro
(interim, until 3 May 2021)
Eduardo Almeida
(from 3 May 2021)
StadiumKanjuruhan Stadium
Liga 14th
Piala IndonesiaNot held
Top goalscorerCarlos Fortes (20)

Squad information

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  POR Sérgio Silva
5 DF  IDN Bagas Adi Nugroho
6 DF  IDN Ikhfanul Alam
7 MF  IDN Ryan Kurnia
8 MF  JPN Renshi Yamaguchi
9 FW  POR Carlos Fortes
10 FW  IDN Muhammad Rafli
11 MF  IDN Feby Eka Putra
12 DF  IDN Rizky Dwi Febrianto
13 MF  IDN Hamzah Titofani
14 MF  IDN Jayus Hariono
15 DF  IDN Fabiano Beltrame (on loan from Persis Solo)
16 MF  IDN Ridwan Tawainella
18 MF  IDN Muhammad Faiz
19 MF  IDN Hanif Sjahbandi (3rd captain)
20 DF  IDN Achmad Galih
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  IDN Aji Saka
23 GK  IDN Teguh Amiruddin
24 DF  IDN Diego Michiels
26 DF  IDN Achmad Figo
27 FW  IDN Dedik Setiawan
28 MF  IDN Seiya Da Costa
29 MF  IDN Sandi Sute (on loan from Persis Solo)
31 GK  IDN Andriyas Francisco
33 DF  IDN Didik Ariyanto
41 MF  IDN Dendi Santoso (vice-captain)
77 MF  IDN Genta Alparedo (on loan from Semen Padang)
78 FW  IDN Bramntio Ramadhan
87 DF  IDN Johan Alfarizi (captain)
88 MF  IDN Vikrian Akbar
90 GK  BRA Adilson Maringá
99 FW  IDN Kushedya Hari Yudo

Transfers


In
No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
17 DF Sandy Ferizal Free agent Free 26 February 2021 [1]
6 DF Ikhfanul Alam Badak Lampung Free 3 March 2021 [2]
77 FW Wiga Brillian Free agent Free 3 March 2021 [1]
33 DF Didik Ariyanto PSCS Free 3 March 2021 [1]
35 DF Muhammad Roby Persekat Free 10 March 2021 [3]
44 DF Ikhwan Ciptady Persikabo 1973 Free 14 March 2021 [4]
11 MF Feby Eka Putra Persija Free 9 June 2021 [5]
24 DF Diego Michiels Borneo Free 14 June 2021 [6]
90 GK Adilson Maringá Vilafranquense Free 22 June 2021 [7]
8 MF Renshi Yamaguchi Lampang Free 22 June 2021 [7]
9 FW Carlos Fortes Vilafranquense Free 11 July 2021 [8]
13 FW Hamzah Titofani Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
78 FW Bramntio Ramadhan Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
20 DF Achmad Galih Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
18 MF Muhammad Faiz Youth sector Promoted 13 July 2021 [9]
4 DF Sérgio Silva Feirense Free 30 August 2021 [10]
7 MF Ryan Kurnia Sulut United Free 3 January 2022 [11]

Out
No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
4 DF Syaiful Indra Cahya Muba Babel United Free 11 February 2021 [12]
26 DF Taufik Hidayat PSIM Free 11 February 2021 [12]
12 MF Hendro Siswanto Borneo Free 16 February 2021 [13]
56 FW Titan Agung Bhayangkara Free 18 February 2021 [14]
44 DF Nur Diansyah Borneo Free 23 February 2021 [15]
15 DF Alfin Tuasalamony Madura United Free 26 February 2021
42 DF Ganjar Mukti Persiraja Free 15 March 2021
35 DF Muhammad Roby Persiraja Free 30 March 2021 [16]
8 MF Bruno Smith Águia Negra Free 1 April 2021 [17]
95 DF Caio Ruan Free agent Free 1 April 2021 [17]
44 DF Ikhwan Ciptady Sriwijaya Free 9 June 2021 [18]
— MF Ricga Tri Febiyan Free agent Free 21 June 2021 [19]
17 DF Sandy Ferizal Persela Free 1 July 2021 [19]
92 MF Dave Mustaine PSS Free 19 December 2021 [20]
— FW Wiga Brillian Free agent Free 1 January 2022
1 GK Utam Rusdiana Free agent Free 4 January 2022

Loan In
No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
77 MF Genta Alparedo Semen Padang 20 December 2021 31 March 2022 [21]
29 MF Sandi Sute Persis 4 January 2022 31 March 2022 [22]
15 DF Fabiano Beltrame Persis 4 January 2022 31 March 2022 [22]

Loan Out
No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
1 GK Utam Rusdiana Persekat 18 June 2021 31 December 2021 [23]
77 FW Wiga Brillian Hizbul Wathan 22 June 2021 31 August 2021 [19]
— FW Wiga Brillian PSKC 22 September 2021 31 December 2021
96 GK Kartika Ajie RANS Cilegon 30 September 2021 31 December 2021 [24]
96 GK Kartika Ajie Barito Putera 6 January 2022 31 March 2022 [25]

Review and events

This season will be the first season for the coach Carlos Oliviera having been appointed as Arema's coach on 17 September 2020 to replace Mario Gómez who resigned in August 2020.[26] Last season Arema FC was in the 12th position before the season competition 2020 was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia until finally canceled by PSSI after being delayed several times by referring to the results of the PSSI Executive Committee (Exco) meeting which took place virtually on 20 January 2021.[27] However, on 7 February 2021 Arema management will not renew the head coach contract Carlos Oliviera. Carlos Oliviera contract itself will expire on 17 February 2021 and after that date he will be relieved of duty.[28] And the temporary position of head coach was replaced by assistant coach Kuncoro during the pre-seasons tournament 2021 Menpora Cup.[29] On 3 May 2021, Arema officially announced a new coach namely Eduardo Almeida.[30]

Arema also experienced the longest unbeaten run in the 2021–22 season for 23 matches. Started in week 4 against PSIS Semarang with a 0–0 draw and had to stop in week 27 when they lost in the Super East Java Derby against Persebaya Surabaya with a final score of 1–0.[31] At the end of the season, Arema placed 4th in the Liga 1 standings for the 2021–22 season.[32]

Pre-seasons and friendlies
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
6 March 2021 Arema U20s N 7–2 Brillian (2), Seiya, Rizky, Jayus, Dedik (2) 0
15 March 2021 Madura United H 2–2 Dedik (2) 0
29 May 2021 Malang Selection H 8–0 Dedik (2), Hanif, Feby, Brillian, Ferizal, Tegar, Tito 0
6 June 2021 RANS Cilegon H 6–2 Feby 11', Dedik 35', Dave 46', Gonzáles 53' (o.g.), Dendi 74', Tito 90+7' 0
12 June 2021 Hizbul Wathan N 4–2 Ridwan 5', Dedik (2) 10', 81' (pen.), Dave 85' 0
19 June 2021 Arema U20s N 5–1 Hanif 40', Dedik (2) 50', 85', Kushedya (2) 60', 79' 0
19 August 2021 PSIM A 0–1 0
21 August 2021 Persis N 0–0 0

Menpora Cup
Main article: 2021 Menpora Cup

Group Stage
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Group
position
21 March 2021 Persikabo 1973 N 1–1 Dendi 82' 0 3rd
25 March 2021 Barito Putera N 1–2 Feby 54' 0 3rd
30 March 2021 PSIS N 2–3 Dedik (2) 9', 67' (pen.) 0 4th
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PSIS 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7 Knockout stage
2 Barito Putera 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 5
3 Persikabo 1973 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
4 Arema 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
5 Persipura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Piala Menpora

Liga 1
Main article: 2021–22 Liga 1

Matches
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position
Series 1 (Jakarta, West Java & Banten)
5 September 2021 PSM A 1–1 Hanif 22' (pen.) 0 7th
12 September 2021 Bhayangkara H 1–1 Dendi 72' 0 12th
19 September 2021 PSS A 1–2 Alfarizi 34' 0 14th
25 September 2021 PSIS H 0–0 0 14th
29 September 2021 Persipura A 1–0 Fortes 7' 0 10th
3 October 2021 Persela H 3–0 Fortes (2) 17', 22', Rafli 34' 0 6th
Series 2 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)
17 October 2021 Persija A 1–0 Fortes 33' 0 4th
23 October 2021 Persiraja A 2–0 Rafli 4', Fortes 56' 0 4th
27 October 2021 Persita H 2–2 Kushedya 25', Dedik 45+1' 0 4th
1 November 2021 Madura United A 2–1 Kushedya 50', Rizky 90' 0 3rd
6 November 2021 Persebaya H 2–2 Fortes 11' (pen.), Rafli 21' 0 3rd
Series 3 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)
19 November 2021 Persik A 3–2 Fortes 33' (pen.), Alfarizi 43', Feby 45+3' 0 3rd
23 November 2021 Barito Putera H 2–1 Fortes 47' (pen.), Rafli 88' 0 3rd
28 November 2021 Persib A 1–0 Dendi 17' 0 2nd
5 December 2021 Bali United H 0–0 0 3rd
10 December 2021 Borneo A 2–1 Fortes (2) 66', 72' 0 2nd
5 January 2022[lower-alpha 1] Persikabo 1973 H 0–0 0 2nd
Series 4 (Bali)
9 January 2022 Bhayangkara A 1–0 Rizky 20' 0 2nd
13 January 2022 PSS H 2–0 Kushedya 53', Dendi 56' 0 1st
17 January 2022 PSIS A 0–0 0 2nd
28 January 2022 Persipura H 1–0 Fortes 30' 0 1st
1 February 2022 Persela A 1–0 Ridwan 90' 0 1st
5 February 2022 Persija H 1–1 Fortes 57' 0 2nd
10 February 2022 Persiraja H 1–1 Fortes 48' (pen.) 0 1st
15 February 2022 Persita A 2–0 Fortes (2) 45', 67' 0 1st
18 February 2022 Madura United H 1–0 Fortes 15' 0 1st
23 February 2022 Persebaya A 0–1 0 2nd
27 February 2022 Persik H 0–1 0 3rd
Series 5 (Bali)
5 March 2022 Barito Putera A 2–1 Rafli 18', Fortes 36' 0 3rd
9 March 2022 Persib H 1–2 Jayus 54' 0 5th
15 March 2022 Bali United A 1–2 Fortes 33' (pen.) 0 5th
20 March 2022 Borneo H 2–2 Alfarizi (2) 52', 74' 0 5th
24 March 2022 Persikabo 1973 A 3–1 Rizky 62', Alfarizi 69', Fortes 82' 0 5th
30 March 2022 PSM H 1–0 Fortes 86' 0 4th
  1. The Liga 1 match home to Persikabo 1973, originally scheduled for 14 December 2021, was postponed due to PPKM Level 3 policy for all regions of Indonesia during the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays and the 2020 AFF Championship.[33]

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Persib 34 20 9 5 48 22 +26 69 Qualification to the 2023–24 AFC Cup play-off
3 Bhayangkara 34 19 9 6 48 27 +21 66 Standby teams for the 2023–24 AFC Cup play-off
4 Arema 34 18 11 5 44 25 +19 65
5 Persebaya 34 18 9 7 56 35 +21 63
6 Borneo 34 14 10 10 43 35 +8 52
Source: BRI Liga 1 2021–22
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goal scored; 5) Drawing.

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLiga 1
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
23 GK  IDN Teguh Amiruddin 504+10
31 GK  IDN Andriyas Francisco 0000
90 GK  BRA Adilson Maringá 300300
Defenders
4 DF  POR Sérgio Silva 32031+10
5 DF  IDN Bagas Adi Nugroho 280280
6 DF  IDN Ikhfanul Alam 100+10
12 DF  IDN Rizky Dwi Febrianto 27325+23
15 DF  IDN Fabiano Beltrame 905+40
20 DF  IDN Achmad Galih 0000
21 DF  IDN Aji Saka 0000
24 DF  IDN Diego Michiels 18012+60
26 DF  IDN Achmad Figo 402+20
33 DF  IDN Didik Ariyanto 200+20
87 DF  IDN Johan Alfarizi 34532+25
Midfielders
7 MF  IDN Ryan Kurnia 1409+50
8 MF  JPN Renshi Yamaguchi 310310
11 MF  IDN Feby Eka Putra 1817+111
13 MF  IDN Hamzah Titofani 1906+130
14 MF  IDN Jayus Hariono 28120+81
16 MF  IDN Ridwan Tawainella 1815+131
18 MF  IDN Muhammad Faiz 200+20
19 MF  IDN Hanif Sjahbandi 28121+71
28 DF  IDN Seiya Da Costa 0000
29 MF  IDN Sandi Sute 1404+100
41 MF  IDN Dendi Santoso 30327+33
77 MF  IDN Genta Alparedo 1001+90
88 MF  IDN Vikrian Akbar 0000
Forwards
9 FW  POR Carlos Fortes 312030+120
10 FW  IDN Muhammad Rafli 27518+95
27 FW  IDN Dedik Setiawan 23113+101
78 FW  IDN Bramntio Ramadhan 600+60
99 FW  IDN Kushedya Hari Yudo 14312+23
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
92 MF  IDN Dave Mustaine 601+50
96 GK  IDN Kartika Ajie 0000

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Liga 1 Total
1 FW 9 Carlos Fortes 2020
2 FW 10 Muhammad Rafli 55
DF 87 Johan Alfarizi 55
4 DF 12 Rizky Dwi Febrianto 33
MF 41 Dendi Santoso 33
FW 99 Kushedya Hari Yudo 33
7 MF 11 Feby Eka Putra 11
MF 14 Jayus Hariono 11
MF 16 Ridwan Tawainella 11
MF 19 Hanif Sjahbandi 11
FW 27 Dedik Setiawan 11
Total4444

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