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2021–22 Empoli FC Season
The 2021–22 season was the 102nd season in the existence of Empoli F.C. and the club's first season back in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Empoli participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. Players First-team squad Out on loan Transfers In Out Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overview Serie A League table Results summary Results by round Matches The league fixtures were announced on 14 July 2021. Coppa Italia Statistics Appearances and goals , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Goalkeepers , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Defenders , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Midfielders , - ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Forwards , - ! colspan=14 style=backg ...
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2021–22 In Italian Football
The 2021–22 season was the 120th season of competitive football in Italy. National teams Men Italy national football team =Friendlies= =2021 UEFA Nations League Finals= =2022 FIFA World Cup qualification= Group C Second round =UEFA Euro 2020 = Knockout phase Final =2022 Finalissima= = UEFA Nations League = Group 3 Women Italy women's national football team = Friendlies = =2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification= Group G =2022 Algarve Cup= Final League season Men Promotions and relegations (pre-season) Teams promoted to 2021–22 Serie A, Serie A *Empoli F.C., Empoli *U.S. Salernitana 1919, Salernitana *Venezia F.C., Venezia Teams relegated from 2020–21 Serie A, Serie A *Benevento Calcio, Benevento *Parma Calcio 1913, Parma *F.C. Crotone, Crotone Teams promoted to 2021–22 Serie B, Serie B *Como Calcio, Como (Group A) *Perugia Calcio, Perugia (Group B) *Ternana Calcio, Ternana (Group C) *U.S. A ...
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Simone Romagnoli
Simone Romagnoli (born 9 February 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Sampdoria. Club career Early career Born in Cremona, Romagnoli joined Milan from Cremonese in January 2007, shortly before turning 17. Throughout his time in the club's youth system, he has been a member of the under-17 squad who won the ''Campionato Nazionale Allievi'' in 2007, as well as the captain of the under-20 side who won the Coppa Italia Primavera in 2010, 25 years after their last success. During the 2009–10 season, Romagnoli also started being selected for the first-team. In particular, he was named on the bench for a league match against Palermo, though he did not come on. Foggia In order to gain some first team experience, Romagnoli was loaned out to Prima Divisione club Foggia for the 2010–11 season. He made his official debut for the club in the first game of the Coppa Italia Lega Pro group stage against L'Aquila — which Foggia won 2–1 ...
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Riccardo Fiamozzi
Riccardo Fiamozzi (born 18 May 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full back or midfielder. Club career Varese Born in Trento, Trentino, Fiamozzi started his playing career at Varese. After Varese failed to win promotion to Serie A, Torino signed Fiamozzi in June 2012 for €370,000 and sold striker Osarimen Ebagua back to Varese for €470,000. He was immediately loaned back to Varese by Torino for the 2012–13 Serie B season. That year, he made his first team debut for Varese, playing in the Coppa Italia, as well as making 14 appearances for the senior team during the season. In June 2013, Varese bought back Fiamozzi in a co-ownership deal from Torino. He scored his first goal in Serie B during Varese-Pescara, 3–2. On 21 June 2014, Torino's 50% share of Fiamozzi was redeemed by Varese. Lecce On 25 July 2018, Fiamozzi signed a three-year contract with Serie B side Lecce. Empoli On 10 January 2020 he was loaned to Empoli for a two-year term with a ...
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Andrea La Mantia
Andrea La Mantia (born 6 May 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career He made his professional debut in the Serie B for Frosinone on 28 November 2009 in a game against AlbinoLeffe. On 11 January 2020 he joined Empoli on loan with an obligation to buy. On 19 July 2022, La Mantia moved to SPAL on loan with a conditional obligation to buy. The obligation to buy was triggered and SPAL purchased La Mantia's rights, and on 8 August 2023 he was loaned to Feralpisalò, with an option to buy. On 30 August 2024, La Mantia was loaned to Catanzaro in Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b .... Career statistics Club References External links * Living people 1991 births Footballers from Marino, Lazio Men's associatio ...
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Jacopo Fazzini
Jacopo Fazzini (born 16 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for club Fiorentina. Personal life Fazzini's grandfather, Giorgio was a tennis player. His brother, Tommaso is a beach soccer player. Club career Fazzini grew up with Viareggio, Capezzano and Empoli. Fazzini won in the 2020–21 the league with the under-19s team. Fazzini made his debut on 19 January 2022, in a 3–2 Coppa Italia defeat against Inter after extra-time coming on as substitute in the 97th minute. On 25 June 2025, Fazzini signed for Fiorentina for a reported €10m plus bonuses. International career On 12 September 2023 he made his debut with the Italy U21, in the qualifying match won 2–0 against Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... Car ...
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ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the current club was refounded in August 2002 following bankruptcy. Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons. Fiorentina has won two List of Italian football champions, Italian league titles, in 1955–56 Serie A, 1955–56 and again in 1968–69 Serie A, 1968–69, as well as six Coppa Italia trophies and one Supercoppa Italiana. On the UEFA competitions, European stage, Fiorentina won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1960–61. They also lost five finals, finishing runners-up in the 1956–57 European Cup (the first Italian team to reach the final in the top continental competition), the 1961–62 ...
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Marco Benassi
Marco Benassi (born 8 September 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career Early career Born in Modena, Benassi began his career at his local club Modena. In January 2011 Benassi was signed by Inter Milan on a temporary deal. After a half-season with the Inter U17 youth team, Benassi signed for Inter permanently in a co-ownership deal for €180,000. Benassi was a member of both Inter U18 and U19 team in 2011–12 season, winning the Primavera league and European title – NextGen Series. He also played for the U18 team in the league playoffs round, winning the Berretti league. Benassi was included in summer training camp by his former U19 team coach Andrea Stramaccioni, winning the pre-season TIM Trophy and well as being included in the 25-men List A squad for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League; as one of the four essential association trained player (local player) as required by UEFA. In October 2012 he signed a new five-year contract. ...
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Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio, commonly referred to as Cagliari (), is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia, that plays in Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. The club currently plays home matches at the 16,416-seat Unipol Domus. Founded in 1920, they won their first and only ''Scudetto'' in 1969–70 Serie A, 1969–70, when they were led by the Italy national football team, Italian national team's all-time leading scorer, Gigi Riva. The triumph was also the first by a club from south of Rome. The club's best European performance was in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, reaching the semi-finals before losing to eventual winners Inter Milan, Internazionale. As with the flag of its city, Cagliari's main colours are blue and red. The club badge incorporates the flag of Sardinia. History Before Serie A Cagliari became the first ever out-right champions of Serie C during the 1951–52 season; prior to that in the league, the championship was shared amongst m ...
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Guglielmo Vicario
Guglielmo Vicario (born 7 October 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Tottenham Hotspur and the Italy national team. Vicario started his professional career at Udinese but never played a first team match for the club. After a loan move to Fontanafredda, he joined Venezia, before signing for Cagliari in 2019, where he featured rarely and was subsequently loaned out to Perugia and Empoli. He signed permanently with the latter in 2022 before joining Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur in 2023 where he won his first major trophy, the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. Club career Early career Born in Udine, Vicario played for the youth sides of Donatello Calcio Udine, ASD Bearzi Calcio, ASD Cormor Calcio Amatori and ASD Ancona Udine before joining Udinese's ''Primavera'' squad in 2013. At the latter club, he was mainly a third-choice behind Alex Meret and Simone Scuffet, and joined Serie D side Fontanafredda on loan for the 2014–15 sea ...
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Federico Di Francesco
Federico Di Francesco (born 14 June 1994) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger or forward (association football), forward for club Palermo FC, Palermo. Club career Pescara Di Francesco began his career on Delfino Pescara 1936, Pescara's youth categories. In the 2012–13 season, he was the captain of the Primavera team, and was subsequently called up by manager Cristian Bucchi to the first team. On 30 March 2013, Di Francesco made his professional debut, playing the last three minutes in a 3–0 away loss against Parma F.C., Parma. Parma In August, Di Francesco joined Parma F.C., Parma in a co-ownership (football), co-ownership deal for €500, and was subsequently loaned to A.S. Gubbio 1910, Gubbio. Parma subsidized Gubbio €100,000. In January 2014, he returned to Pescara on loan. In June 2014, Parma signed him outright for an undisclosed fee. On 8 August 2014, he left for U.S. Cremonese, Cremones ...
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Nedim Bajrami
Nedim Bajrami (born 28 February 1999) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Albania national team. Club career Grasshoppers Born in Switzerland to ethnic Albanian parents (father from Tetovo and mother from Gostivar), Bajrami spent all of his youth career with professional side Grasshoppers. He signed his first professional contract alongside teammates Petar Pušić and Arijan Qollaku in February 2017, and made his debut the same month, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 loss to FC Thun. Empoli On 13 August 2019, Bajrami joined Italian Serie B club Empoli on loan with an option to buy. Sassuolo On 31 January 2023, Bajrami moved to Sassuolo on loan with an obligation to buy. Rangers On 30 August 2024, Bajrami joined Rangers in Scotland. Bajrami scored his first Rangers goal in a 2-0 victory away at Malmö in matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League on 26 September 2024. O ...
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Wolverhampton Wanderers F
Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of Walsall to the east and Dudley to the south. The population in 2021 was 263,700, making it the third largest city in the West Midlands after Birmingham and Coventry. Historic counties of England, Historically in Staffordshire, Wolverhampton grew as a market town specialising in the wool trade. During the Industrial Revolution, it became a major centre for coal mining, steel production, lock making, and automotive manufacturing; the economy of the city is still based on engineering, including a large aerospace industry, as well as the Tertiary sector of the economy, service sector. The city is also home to the University of Wolverhampton. A town for most of its history, it gained city status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2000. The ...
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