2021–22 Pisa SC season

Pisa
2021–22 season
Owner	Alexander Knaster
Chairman	Giuseppe Corrado
Manager	Luca D'Angelo
Stadium	Arena Garibaldi
Serie B	3rd
Play-offs	Runners-up
Coppa Italia	First round
Biggest defeat	Benevento 5–1 Pisa
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was Pisa S.C.'s third consecutive season in second division of the Italian football league, the Serie B, and the 113th as a football club.

Players

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
1	GK	BRA	Nícolas
2	DF	ITA	Filippo Berra
3	DF	FRA	Maxime Leverbe
4	DF	ITA	Antonio Caracciolo
5	MF	LBY	Ahmad Benali (on loan from Crotone)
6	DF	ISL	Hjörtur Hermannsson
7	MF	ITA	Nicholas Siega
8	MF	ROU	Marius Marin
9	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Lucca
10	FW	ITA	Ernesto Torregrossa (on loan from Sampdoria)
11	FW	ISR	Yonatan Cohen
12	GK	ITA	Matteo Kucich
15	MF	GER	Idrissa Touré
16	MF	HUN	Ádám Nagy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Sibilli
18	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Mastinu
19	DF	ITA	Samuele Birindelli
20	DF	ITA	Pietro Beruatto (on loan from Juventus)
22	GK	ITA	Alessandro Livieri
23	DF	ITA	Tommaso Fischer
25	GK	SRB	Vladan Dekić
26	FW	ITA	Gaetano Masucci
27	MF	AUT	Robert Gucher (Captain)
28	MF	ITA	Davide Di Quinzio
30	MF	ITA	Alessandro De Vitis
31	FW	ROU	George Pușcaș (on loan from Reading)
33	DF	ITA	Davide De Marino (on loan from Juventus)
77	FW	ITA	Davide Marsura

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
—	GK	ITA	Leonardo Loria (at Monopoli)
—	DF	ITA	Andrea Beghetto (at Alessandria)
—	DF	ITA	Lorenzo Masetti (at Ancona-Matelica)
—	MF	ITA	Andrea Cisco (at Teramo)
—	MF	ITA	Nicolas Izzillo (at Trento)
—	MF	ITA	Gabriele Piccinini (at Fiorenzuola)
—	MF	ITA	Alessandro Quaini (at Monopoli)
—	MF	ITA	Salvatore Santoro (at Imolese)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SEN	Assan Seck (at Fiorentina U19)
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Soldani (at Prato)
—	FW	ITA	Thomas Alberti (at Legnago)
—	FW	ITA	Nicolò Bruschi (at Fiorenzuola)
—	FW	ITA	Elia Giani (at Fiorenzuola)
—	FW	ITA	Christian Sussi (at Paganese)
—	FW	ITA	Christian Tommasini (at Paganese)
—	FW	ITA	Leonardo Ubaldi (at Lucchese)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

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

29 July 2021 Friendly	Pisa	1–0	Pro Sesto	Rovetta, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Centro Sportivo G. Paolo Marinoni

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	3rd	38	18	13	7	48	35	+13	047.37
Serie B promotion play-offs	17 May 2022	29 May 2022	Semi-finals	Runners-up	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	025.00
Coppa Italia	14 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					43	19	13	11	54	45	+9	044.19

Source: Soccerway

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lecce (C, P)	38	19	14	5	59	31	+28	71	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cremonese (P)	38	20	9	9	57	39	+18	69	Promotion to Serie A
3	Pisa	38	18	13	7	48	35	+13	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
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

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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

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	18	13	7	48	35	+13	67	10	8	1	26	13	+13	8	5	6	22	22	0

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
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W
Position	7	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	4	5	4	3	1	3	2	3	4	6	5	4	4	3

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	Pisa	1–0	SPAL	Pisa
20:30 CET	Sibilli 1' Caracciolo 24' Marin 73'	Report	Viviani 12' Dickmann 16' Colombo 53' Ellertsson 67'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 2,933 Referee: Giacomo Camplone

27 August 2021 2	Pisa	2–0	Alessandria	Pisa
18:00 CET	Marin 68' De Vitis 74' Lucca 80' 85'	Report	Mantovani 59' Benedetti 65'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 3,882 Referee: Francesco Cosso

11 September 2021 3	Ternana	1–4	Pisa	Terni
16:15 CET	Donnarumma 30' (pen.) Ghiringhelli 47' Sørensen 64'	Report	De Vitis 9' Sørensen 32' (o.g.) Lucca 57' Gucher 58' Leverbe 82' Cohen 84'	Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Fabio Maresca

18 September 2021 4	Vicenza	1–3	Pisa	Vicenza
16:15 CET	Proia 30' Bruscagin 38' Ranocchia 46' Meggiorini 64' Di Pardo 66' Giacomelli 90+2'	Report	Touré 43' Birindelli 81' Nícolas 87' Mastinu 90+2' 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 3,372 Referee: Davide Massa

21 September 2021 5	Pisa	2–1	Monza	Pisa
20:30 CET	Sibilli 7' Caracciolo 44' Lucca 53' Hermannsson 78' Masucci 85'	Report	Mazzitelli 13' Valoti 37' Caldirola 47' Dany Mota 64' José Machín 71' Carlos Augusto 81'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 4,635 Referee: Luca Pairetto

26 September 2021 6	Parma	1–1	Pisa	Parma
16:15 CET	Del Prato 11' 53' Vázquez 27'	Report	Lucca 13' Nagy 38' Caracciolo 54' Marin 59'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 7,245 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

2 October 2021 7	Pisa	2–0	Reggina	Pisa
16:15 CET	Cionek 6' (o.g.) Lucca 68' (pen.) Sibilli 71' Caracciolo 90+3'	Report	Micai 64' Crisetig 80' Di Chiara 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Andrea Colombo

16 October 2021 8	Crotone	2–1	Pisa	Crotone
14:00 CET	Mulattieri 2' Zanellato 24' Borello 27' Mogoș 32' Molina 80' Giannotti 90+7'	Report	Touré 45+1' Birindelli 47'	Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida Attendance: 1,962 Referee: Niccoló Baroni

24 October 2021 9	Pisa	1–1	Pordenone	Pisa
14:00 CET	Marin 33' Caracciolo 57'	Report	El Kaouakibi 65' Folorunsho 90+6' 90+7'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 5,712 Referee: Paride Tremolada

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	Pisa	1–1	Ascoli	Pisa
18:00 CET	Masucci 24' Birindelli 24' Leverbe 39' Beruatto 42'	Report	Dionisi 21' 40' (pen.) Büchel 32' Iliev 60' Collocolo 90'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 4,732 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

7 November 2021 12	Cittadella	2–0	Pisa	Cittadella
20:30 CET	Perticone 45+1' Antonucci 47' Benedetti 55' Baldini 58' 90+1'	Report	Lucca 17' 68' Beruatto 22' Nagy 39' Touré 59'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Francesco Meraviglia

21 November 2021 13	Pisa	1–0	Benevento	Pisa
20:30 CET	Cohen 7' 18' Sibilli 90+2'	Report	Insigne 9' Letizia 53' Barba 83'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

27 November 2021 14	Brescia	0–1	Pisa	Brescia
16:15 CET	Cistana 46' van de Looi 65' Chancellor 69' Špalek 90+5' Jagiełło 90+7'	Report	Birindelli 38' Leverbe 52' Sibilli 70' Lucca 86' Di Quinzio 90' Caracciolo 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 6,221 Referee: Simone Sozza

30 November 2021 15	Pisa	1–1	Perugia	Pisa
18:00 CET	Marsura 11' Beruatto 21' Birindelli 43' Hermannsson 75'	Report	Kouan 22' Zanandrea 56' 79' De Luca 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Gianpiero Miele

5 December 2021 16	Como	0–1	Pisa	Como
14:00 CET	Arrigoni 62' Scaglia 90+1' Solini 90+4'	Report	Scaglia 5' (o.g.) Beruatto 75' Masucci 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 2,540 Referee: Daniele Doveri

11 December 2021 17	Pisa	1–0	Lecce	Pisa
16:15 CET	Gucher 21' Nagy 50' Sibilli 58' Touré 90+2'	Report	Hjulmand 16' Barreca 29' Majer 77' Calabresi 88'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 7,041 Referee: Daniele Orsato

18 December 2021 18	Cosenza	0–2	Pisa	Cosenza
14:00 CET	Carraro 38' Tiritello 90+3'	Report	Touré 9' 36' Di Quinzio 34' Cohen 52' (pen.) Piccinini 76'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

15 January 2022 19	Pisa	1–3	Frosinone	Pisa
16:15 CET	Leverbe 19' Marsura 45' Hermannsson 48' Beruatto 62'	Report	Gatti 36' Cotali 45+2' Zerbin 47' 71' 84' Zampano 56' Szymiński 72' Novakovich 85'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 3,047 Referee: Francesco Cosso

22 January 2022 20	SPAL	0–0	Pisa	Ferrara
14:00 CET	Vicari 25' Mora 61' Mancosu 72'	Report	Caracciolo 26' Birindelli 51' Mastinu 82' Lucca 88'	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza Attendance: 2,859 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

5 February 2022 21	Alessandria	1–1	Pisa	Alessandria
14:00 CET	Marconi 37' (pen.) Chiarello 53'	Report	Torregrossa 29' 43' (pen.) Marin 60' Masucci 75'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta Attendance: 2,099 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

12 February 2022 22	Pisa	0–0	Ternana	Pisa
14:00 CET		Report	Sørensen 36' Paghera 50' Palumbo 59' Ghiringhelli 63'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Davide Ghersini

15 February 2022 23	Pisa	2–2	Vicenza	Pisa
18:30 CET	Cohen 43' Caracciolo 60' 89' Torregrossa 76'	Report	Cavion 17' Diaw 22' 52' Brosco 59' Bikel 62' Contini 72'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Antonio Di Martino

19 February 2022 24	Monza	1–2	Pisa	Monza
14:00 CET	Valoti 8' 83' Carlos Augusto 90+1'	Report	Pușcaș 18' 44' Mastinu 54' Pedro Pereira 65' (o.g.) Hermannsson 75' Lucca 90+1'	Stadium: U-Power Stadium Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Fabio Maresca

22 February 2022 25	Pisa	0–0	Parma	Pisa
18:30 CET	Touré 73' Marin 78'	Report	Adrián Bernabé 55' Danilo 77' Cobbaut 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Rosario Abisso

27 February 2022 26	Reggina	1–0	Pisa	Reggio Calabria
15:30 CET	Ménez 12' 86' Amione 90+3'	Report	Berra 23' Touré 35' Lucca 76' Beruatto 79' Mastinu 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 3,597 Referee: Luca Massimi

2 March 2022 27	Pisa	3–2	Crotone	Pisa
18:30 CET	Pușcaș 22' 30' Benali 37' Torregrossa 45' Siega 54' Hermannsson 59'	Report	Kone 23' Golemić 55' Mogoș 60' Cuomo 69' Nedelcearu 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Francesco Cosso

5 March 2022 28	Pordenone	0–1	Pisa	Lignano Sabbiadoro
14:00 CET	Torrasi 40' Di Serio 56' Lovisa 60' Dalle Mura 75'	Report	Torregrossa 26' 42' Marin 36' Mastinu 82'	Stadium: Stadio Guido Teghil Attendance: 717 Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

13 March 2022 29	Pisa	3–0	Cremonese	Pisa
15:30 CET	Torregrossa 9' (pen.) 50' Marin 34' Birindelli 40' Sibilli 69' Nagy 72' Pușcaș 89'	Report	Okoli 14' Valeri 60' Báez 65'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 7,374 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

16 March 2022 30	Ascoli	2–0	Pisa	Ascoli Piceno
18:30 CET	Tsadjout 21' Dionisi 41' 45'	Report	Birindelli 38' Cohen 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Valerio Marini

20 March 2022 31	Pisa	1–0	Cittadella	Pisa
14:00 CET	Lucca 8' Siega 35' Torregrossa 39' Marin 65' Mastinu 82' Caracciolo 89'	Report	Branca 12' Frare 21' 70' Cassandro 90+3'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 5,441 Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

2 April 2022 32	Benevento	5–1	Pisa	Benevento
16:15 CET	Ioniță 3' Caracciolo 32' (o.g.) Improta 49' Forte 69' Tello 88'	Report	Mastinu 10' Nagy 38' Siega 62' Pușcaș 85'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 3,409 Referee: Antonio Di Martino

6 April 2022 33	Pisa	0–0	Brescia	Pisa
19:00 CET	Beruatto 46' Lucca 83'	Report	Moreo 26' Cistana 66' Karačić 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 7,271 Referee: Alberto Santoro

10 April 2022 34	Perugia	1–1	Pisa	Perugia
18:00 CET	Dell'Orco 48' Curado 67' 88'	Report	Pușcaș 28' Hermannsson 62' Torregrossa 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 5,042 Referee: Davide Massa

18 April 2022 35	Pisa	3–1	Como	Pisa
18:00 CET	Pușcaș 7' 78' Mastinu 55' Torregrossa 68' (pen.) Touré 90' Beruatto 90+7'	Report	Gliozzi 63' Bellemo 90+7'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 6,218 Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

25 April 2022 36	Lecce	2–0	Pisa	Lecce
15:00 CET	Lucioni 18' Gallo 65' Coda 73' Tuia 76' Faragò 85'	Report	Marin 63' Caracciolo 78' Leverbe 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 23,933 Referee: Luca Pairetto

30 April 2022 37	Pisa	1–1	Cosenza	Pisa
14:00 CET	Venturi 6' (o.g.) Caracciolo 21' Hermansson 23' Beruatto 77' Masucci 89'	Report	Caso 45' Liotti 79' (pen.) Ndoj 89'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani Attendance: 7,332 Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

6 May 2022 38	Frosinone	1–2	Pisa	Frosinone
20:30 CET	Barišić 18' Leverbe 65' (o.g.) Ciano 71' Rohdén 76' Cotali 85'	Report	Pușcaș 16' Leverbe 19' Sibilli 20' Nícolas 48' Marin 71'	Stadium: Stadio Benito Stirpe Attendance: 8,927 Referee: Antonio Rapuano

Promotion play-offs

17 May 2022 Semi-finals First leg	Benevento	1–0	Pisa	Benevento
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lapadula 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 10,979 Referee: Alessandro Prontera

21 May 2022 Semi-finals Second leg	Pisa	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Benevento	Pisa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benali 11'	Report		Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 9,942 Referee: Simone Sozza

26 May 2022 Final First leg	Monza	2–1	Pisa	Monza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mota 9' Gytkjær 74'	Report	Berra 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Brianteo Attendance: 9,649 Referee: Marco Guida

29 May 2022 Final Second leg	Pisa	3–4 (4–6 agg.)	Monza	Pisa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Torregrossa 1' Hermannsson 9' Mastinu 90'	Report	Machín 20' Gytkjær 79', 101' Marrone 96'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 9,942 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Coppa Italia

14 August 2021 First round	Cagliari	3–1	Pisa	Cagliari
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Marin 28', 84' Caracciolo 36' (o.g.) Deiola 45+3' Zappa 51'	Report	Masucci 67' Touré 82'	Stadium: Sardegna Arena Attendance: 2,620 Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

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_PIS0.21970624719733-1] Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

[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, tutto il calendario della stagione 2021/22". ITA Sport Press.

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