2021–22 Spezia Calcio season

Spezia
2021–22 season
Owner	Robert Platek
Chairman	Stefano Chisoli
Manager	Thiago Motta[1]; (from 5 July 2021)
Stadium	Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Serie A	17th
Coppa Italia	Second round
	All statistics correct as of 1 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is 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 are participating in this 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.[2][1][3]

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.[4]

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 July 2021[5]

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
7	DF	ITA	Jacopo Sala
11	FW	GHA	Emmanuel Gyasi
12	GK	LTU	Titas Krapikas
13	DF	ITA	Elio Capradossi
18	FW	ANG	M'Bala Nzola
20	DF	ITA	Simone Bastoni
21	DF	ESP	Salva Ferrer
25	MF	ITA	Giulio Maggiore (vice-captain)
28	DF	CRO	Martin Erlić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	FW	ITA	Daniele Verde
34	DF	ALB	Ardian Ismajli
69	DF	ITA	Luca Vignali
88	MF	BRA	Léo Sena
94	GK	ITA	Ivan Provedel
—	GK	BIH	Petar Zovko
—	DF	ITA	Leonardo Gabelli
—	DF	FRA	Kelvin Amian
—	DF	BUL	Petko Hristov

Other players under contract

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
—	MF	ITA	Matteo Figoli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Bordin
—	FW	ISL	Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen

Out on loan

As of 26 July 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
—	FW	DEN	Emil Kornvig (at SønderjyskE until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2021	DF	Petko Hristov	Fiorentina	Free	[6]
12 July 2021	GK	Petar Zovko	Sampdoria	Free	[7]
22 July 2021	DF	Kelvin Amian	Toulouse	€3,200,000	[8]

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.[9]

24 July 2021 Friendly	Spezia	Cancelled	Lecce	Arco di Trento, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale di Arco

30 July 2021 Friendly	Sampdoria	Cancelled	Spezia	Cles, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo Sportivo Cles

31 July 2021 Friendly	Spezia	Cancelled	Montebelluna	Ronzone, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo sportivo Ronzone

3 August 2021 Friendly	Spezia	Cancelled	Trento	Ronzone, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo sportivo Ronzone

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

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	22 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	17	3	3	11	17	38	−21	017.65
Coppa Italia	13 August 2021		First round	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total				18	4	3	11	20	39	−19	022.22

Last updated: 13 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Udinese	17	3	8	6	22	28	−6	17
16	Venezia	17	4	4	9	16	30	−14	16
17	Spezia	17	3	3	11	17	38	−21	12
18	Genoa	17	1	7	9	18	34	−16	10	Relegation to Serie B
19	Cagliari	17	1	7	9	17	34	−17	10	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

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
17	3	3	11	17	38	−21	12	2	2	4	9	11	−2	1	1	7	8	27	−19

Last updated: 13 December 2021.
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
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L
Position	12	15	18	13	17	17	19	16	17	17	18	16	17	17	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: Serie A
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[10]

23 August 2021 1	Cagliari	2–2	Spezia	Cagliari
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	João Pedro 62', 66' (pen.) Zappa 79' Strootman 82'	Report	Gyasi 7', 66' Bastoni 14', 58' Nikolaou 45+1'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Referee: Francesco Fourneau

28 August 2021 2	Lazio	6–1	Spezia	Rome
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Immobile 5', 15', 45+2', 45+1' Felipe Anderson 47' Hysaj 70' Luis Alberto 85'	Report	Verde 4' Erlić 45+1' Gyasi 49' Amian 54'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Federico Dionisi

12 September 2021 3	Spezia	0–1	Udinese	La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nikolaou 14'	Report	Pussetto 13' Arslan 14' Samardžić 89'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Marco Guida

19 September 2021 4	Venezia	1–2	Spezia	Ferrara
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mazzocchi 26' Vacca 57' Ceccaroni 59' Busio 69' Heymans 84'	Report	Bastoni 13' Ferrer 47' Bourabia 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Referee: Rosario Abisso

22 September 2021 5	Spezia	2–3	Juventus	La Spezia
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gyasi 33' Antiste 49' Nikolaou 85' Nzola 90+4'	Report	Kean 28' Chiesa 66' De Ligt 72' Morata 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

25 September 2021 6	Spezia	1–2	Milan	La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sala 25' Verde 80' Nikolaou 89'	Report	Maldini 48', 58' Brahim 87' Hernandez 90'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

3 October 2021 7	Hellas Verona	4–0	Spezia	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Simeone 4' Faraoni 15' Caprari 28', 42' Bessa 71'	Report	Ferrer 40' Bastoni 82'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Giacomo Camplone

16 October 2021 8	Spezia	2–1	Salernitana	La Spezia
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strelec 51' Gyasi 62' Kovalenko 76' Manaj 90'	Report	Simy 39' Obi 53' Coulibaly 60' Ranieri 80'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Davide Massa

22 October 2021 9	Sampdoria	2–1	Spezia	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gyasi 15' (o.g.) Candreva 36', 57' Bereszyński 44' Colley 45+2'	Report	Hristov 14' Verde 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Michael Fabbri

26 October 2021 10	Spezia	1–1	Genoa	La Spezia
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bastoni 55' Sirigu 66' (o.g.) Provedel 85'	Report	Biraschi 60' Kallon 65' Caicedo 79' Criscito 86' (pen.) Masiello 89'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Simone Sozza

31 October 2021 11	Fiorentina	3–0	Spezia	Florence
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez Quarta 36' Vlahović 44' (pen.), 62', 74', 75' Venuti 55' Maleh 82'	Report	Ferrer 21' Gyasi 43' Colley 58'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Antonio Giua

6 November 2021 12	Spezia	1–0	Torino	La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sala 58' Amian 65' Nikolaou 76' Kovalenko 89'	Report	Rincón 38' Linetty 53' Sanabria 76'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Daniele Orsato

20 November 2021 13	Atalanta	5–2	Spezia	Bergamo
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmeiners 10' Pašalić 18', 41', 71' Zapata 38' (pen.) Muriel 83' Malinovskyi 89'	Report	Gyasi 5' Nzola 11', 90+1' Sala 36' Hristov 49'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Referee: Rosario Abisso

28 November 2021 14	Spezia	0–1	Bologna	La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Reca 38' Salcedo 71' Nzola 82'	Report	Arnautović 83' (pen.), 88'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Luca Massimi

1 December 2021 15	Internazionale	2–0	Spezia	Milan
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gagliardini 36' Martínez 44', 58' (pen.)	Report	Manaj 31' Kiwior 57'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Davide Ghersini

5 December 2021 16	Spezia	2–2	Sassuolo	La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Reca 1' Maggiore 4' Sala 26' Manaj 35' Gyasi 48' Hristov 90'	Report	Frattesi 44' Raspadori 66', 79' Kyriakopoulos 74' Berardi 85'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Fabio Maresca

13 December 2021 17	Roma	2–0	Spezia	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Smalling 6' Viña 54' Ibañez 56' Kumbulla 65' Afena-Gyan 70' 90+3'	Report	Gyasi 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alessandro Prontera

19 December 2021 18	Spezia	v	Empoli	La Spezia
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco

Coppa Italia

13 August 2021 First round	Pordenone	1–3	Spezia	Lignano Sabbiadoro
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pellegrini 13' Folorunsho 51' (pen.) Kupisz 59' Misuraca 82'	Report	Erlić 39' Nikolaou 45+2' Mráz 70' Colley 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil Referee: Davide Ghersini

16 December 2021 Second round	Spezia	v	Lecce	La Spezia
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		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

References

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