2021–22 Benevento Calcio season

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Benevento
2021–22 season
ChairmanOreste Vigorito
ManagerFabio Caserta
StadiumStadio Ciro Vigorito
Serie B7th (play-off semi-finals)
Coppa ItaliaSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gianluca Lapadula (11)
All:
Gianluca Lapadula (14)

The 2021–22 season was Benevento's first season back in Serie B following its relegation from the top-flight of Italian football in the previous season. It was the club's fourth season in Serie B in its history. In addition to the domestic league, Benevento participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 17 July 2021[1]

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 Italy ITA Lorenzo Montipò
3 DF Italy ITA Gaetano Letizia
5 DF Italy ITA Luca Caldirola
8 MF Colombia COL Andrés Tello
9 FW Peru PER Gianluca Lapadula
12 GK Italy ITA Nicolò Manfredini
15 DF Poland POL Kamil Glik
16 MF Italy ITA Riccardo Improta
18 DF Belgium BEL Daam Foulon
19 MF Italy ITA Roberto Insigne
20 FW Italy ITA Giuseppe Di Serio
21 FW Italy ITA Gabriele Moncini
25 FW Italy ITA Marco Sau
26 MF Ivory Coast CIV Siriki Sanogo
28 MF Italy ITA Pasquale Schiattarella (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Moldova MDA Artur Ioniță
58 DF Italy ITA Christian Pastina
93 DF Italy ITA Federico Barba
— GK Italy ITA Alberto Paleari (on loan from Genoa)
— DF Cameroon CMR Jean-Claude Billong
— DF Italy ITA Francesco Rillo
— DF Italy ITA Luca Sparandeo
— MF Ghana GHA Abdallah Basit
— MF Italy ITA Giacomo Calò (on loan from Genoa)
— MF Italy ITA Marco Cuccurullo
— MF Japan JPN Cy Goddard
— MF Germany GER Oliver Kragl
— MF Slovenia SVN Dejan Vokić
— MF Italy ITA Giovanni Volpicelli

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 July 2021 Friendly Benevento 2–2 Foligno Benevento, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
29 July 2021 Friendly Benevento 3–1 Reggina Benevento, Italy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
7 August 2021 Friendly Frosinone 2–2 Benevento Frosinone, Italy
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe
10 August 2021 Friendly Puteolana 0–2 Benevento Pozzuoli, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Domenico Conte
6 September 2021 Friendly Napoli 1–5 Benevento Naples, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Davide Miele

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 22 August 2021 6 May 2022 Matchday 1 7th 38 18 9 11 62 39 +23 047.37
Serie B promotion play-offs 13 May 2022 21 May 2022 Preliminary round Semi-finals 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 066.67
Coppa Italia 14 August 2021 15 December 2021 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Total 43 21 9 13 67 43 +24 048.84

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: [1]

Serie B[edit]

Main article: 2021–22 Serie B

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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[a]
9 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 +13 58[a]
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.[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021.[3]

Coppa Italia[edit]

Main article: 2021–22 Coppa Italia
14 August 2021 First round Benevento 2–1 (a.e.t.) SPAL Benevento
17:45 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Attendance: 686
Referee: Francesco Cosso
15 December 2021 Second round Fiorentina 2–1 Benevento Florence
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Luca Zufferli

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rosa Giocatori - Benevento Calcio". www.beneventocalcio.club. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Serie B fixtures 2021/2022 announced". newsrnd. 14 July 2021.
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