2021–22 U.S. Cremonese season

Cremonese
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Head coach	Fabio Pecchia
Stadium	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Serie B	3rd
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cristian Buonaiuto; Daniel Ciofani; (8 each); All: ; Cristian Buonaiuto; Daniel Ciofani; (8 each)

The 2021–22 season is U.S. Cremonese's second consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 119th as a football club.

Players

First-team quad

As of 31 January 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
2	DF	ITA	Alessandro Fiordaliso
3	DF	ITA	Emanuele Valeri
6	DF	ITA	Luca Ravanelli
7	FW	URU	Jaime Báez
8	FW	CIV	Cedric Gondo
9	FW	ITA	Daniel Ciofani
10	FW	ITA	Cristian Buonaiuto
11	FW	ITA	Luca Strizzolo
12	GK	ITA	Marco Carnesecchi (on loan from Atalanta)
13	DF	ITA	Andrea Meroni (on loan from Sassuolo)
14	MF	ITA	Luca Valzania (on loan from Atalanta)
15	DF	ITA	Matteo Bianchetti
16	MF	ITA	Paolo Bartolomei
17	MF	ITA	Leonardo Sernicola (on loan from Sassuolo)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ITA	Michele Castagnetti
20	MF	ROU	Dennis Politic
21	MF	ITA	Nicolò Fagioli (on loan from Juventus)
22	GK	POL	Dorian Ciezkowski
23	DF	ITA	Alessandro Crescenzi
27	DF	FRA	Daniel Frey
29	FW	ITA	Samuel Di Carmine
32	DF	ARG	Tiago Casasola (on loan from Lazio)
45	GK	SEN	Mouhamadou Sarr
55	DF	ITA	Caleb Okoli (on loan from Atalanta)
70	MF	ITA	Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli)
98	FW	ITA	Luca Zanimacchia (on loan from Juventus)
99	MF	TUN	Hamza Rafia (on loan from Juventus)

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	ITA	Luca Munaretti (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	ITA	Emanuele Terranova (at Bari until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Christian Acella (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Stefano Cella (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Cerretelli (at Pro Sesto until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Riccardo Collodel (at Lucchese until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Deli (at Pordenone until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Filippo Nardi (at Como until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	ITA	Fausto Perseu (at Olbia until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Blue Mamona (at Fiorenzuola until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	ITA	Marco Zunno (at Fiorenzuola until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

24 July 2021 Friendly	Pisa	1–1	Cremonese	Rovetta, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo G. Paolo Marinoni

6 August 2021 Friendly	Spezia	Cancelled	Cremonese	Cles, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo Sportivo Cles

6 August 2021 Friendly	SPAL	1–2	Cremonese	Ferrara, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

4 September 2021 Friendly	Sassuolo	0–2	Cremonese	Sassuolo, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Di Carmine 12' (pen.) Gaetano 34'	Stadium: Stadio Enzo Ricci Referee: Tommaso Zamagni

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		Matchday 1		37	19	9	9	55	38	+17	051.35
Coppa Italia	15 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total					38	19	10	9	55	38	+17	050.00

Last updated: 30 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lecce (X)	37	18	14	5	58	31	+27	68	Promotion to Serie A
2	Monza (X)	37	19	10	8	60	37	+23	67	Promotion to Serie A
3	Cremonese (X)	37	19	9	9	55	38	+17	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Pisa (X)	37	17	13	7	46	34	+12	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Brescia (Q)	37	16	15	6	52	35	+17	63	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. 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]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off, but may still achieve direct promotion

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
37	19	9	9	55	38	+17	66	11	6	2	32	18	+14	8	3	7	23	20	+3

Last updated: 30 April 2022.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L
Position	1	10	5	3	6	3	2	2	5	6	7	8	5	6	8	6	6	3	4	5	4	2	1	2	3	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Serie B
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

22 August 2021 1	Cremonese	3–0	Lecce	Cremona
20:30 CET	Valeri 31' 65' Castagnetti 39' Valzania 51' Buonaiuto 60' Ravanelli 83'	Report	Gabriel Strefezza 39'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Niccolò Baroni

29 August 2021 2	Monza	1–0	Cremonese	Monza
20:30 CET	Colpani 45+2' Dany Mota 60' Gytkjær 65' Caldirola 70'	Report	Castagnetti 48' Valzania 59'	Stadium: U-Power Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Marco Piccinini

12 September 2021 3	Cremonese	2–0	Cittadella	Cremona
16:15 CET	Okoli 16' Buonaiuto 21' Báez 54' 56' Vido 73'	Report	Adorni 51' Mamadou Tounkara 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,817 Referee: Daniele Paterna

19 September 2021 4	Parma	1–2	Cremonese	Parma
20:30 CET	Mihăilă 69' 75' Vázquez 72' 72' Iacoponi 87'	Report	Fagioli 3' Bianchetti 16' Vido 34' Sernicola 67'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 5,581 Referee: Manuel Volpi

22 September 2021 5	Cremonese	0–3	Perugia	Cremona
20:30 CET	Castagnetti 5' Vido 37' Ciofani 54' Deli 83'	Report	Lisi 14' 36' Zanandrea 29' 31' 41' Chichizola 54' Kouan 79'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Matteo Marchetti

26 September 2021 6	Vicenza	0–1	Cremonese	Vicenza
20:30 CET	Calderoni 10' 42' Diaw 27' Proia 53' Pasini 54' Giacomelli 71' Dalmonte 80' Brosco 90+2'	Report	Ciofani 44' (pen.) Zanimacchia 48' Okoli 49' Valzania 78'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Antonio Santoro

2 October 2021 7	Cremonese	2–0	Ternana	Cremona
14:00 CET	Fagioli 30' Zanimacchia 44' Di Carmine 73' Gaetano 89'	Report	Proietti 52' Capuano 60'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,813 Referee: Francesco Cosso

17 October 2021 8	Cremonese	1–1	Benevento	Cremona
14:00 CET	Valzania 24' Fagioli 46'	Report	Tello 21' Viviani 26' Letizia 42'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 4,302 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

23 October 2021 9	Brescia	1–0	Cremonese	Brescia
18:30 CET	Cistana 57' Špalek 84'	Report	Bianchetti 35'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

28 October 2021 10	Cremonese	1–1	Pisa	Cremona
20:30 CET	Ciofani 90+3'	Report	De Vitis 14' Birindelli 26' Beruatto 34' Marin 52' Sibilli 57'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Daniele Orsato

1 November 2021 11	Pordenone	2–2	Cremonese	Lignano Sabbiadoro
18:00 CET	Falasco 18' Camporese 20' Tsadjout 47' Zammarini 90+2'	Report	Okoli 10' Zanimacchia 24' Strizzolo 26' Castagnetti 72'	Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil Attendance: 917 Referee: Lorenzo Maggioni

6 November 2021 12	Cremonese	1–1	SPAL	Cremona
14:00 CET	Gaetano 2' Strizzolo 26' Buonaiuto 33' Valeri 77' Zanimacchia 83'	Report	Mora 15' Melchiorri 44' Viviani 48'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 4,018 Referee: Andrea Colombo

21 November 2021 13	Reggina	1–2	Cremonese	Reggio Calabria
14:00 CET	Cionek 20' Montalto 30' 51' Rivas 75'	Report	Sernicola 28' Buonaiuto 56' Gaetano 63'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 6,335 Referee: Livio Marinelli

27 November 2021 14	Alessandria	1–0	Cremonese	Alessandria
14:00 CET	Parodi 6' Arrighini 44' Mustacchio 49' Corazza 63' Chiarello 75' Benedetti 87'	Report	Valeri 27'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Attendance: 2,290 Referee: Manuel Volpi

30 November 2021 15	Cremonese	1–1	Frosinone	Cremona
18:00 CET	Strizzolo 10' Castagnetti 30' Ciofani 55'	Report	Cotali 23' Charpentier 58' Zampano 89'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 2,096 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

Coppa Italia

15 August 2021 First round	Torino	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Cremonese	Turin
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodriguez 20' Lukić 62' Rauti 90+5' Mandragora 116'	Report	Báez 10' 63' Bartolomei 29' Carnesecchi 101'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 1,484 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi
	Penalties
	Mandragora Verdi Rauti Aina		Ciofani Vido Castagnetti

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.

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

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