2021–22 Arema F.C. season

Arema F.C. 2021–22 football season

2021–22 season

President

Agoes Soerjanto
(until 6 June 2021)
Gilang Widya Pramana
(from 6 June 2021)

Head Coach

Carlos Oliviera
(until 17 February 2021)
Kuncoro
(caretaker, 17 February to 3 May 2021)
Eduardo Almeida
(from 3 May 2021)

Stadium

Not held

Top goalscorer

Carlos Fortes (20)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2020 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 32nd competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 21 January 2021 to 31 March 2022.

Squad information

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	POR	Sérgio Silva
5	DF	IDN	Bagas Adi
6	DF	IDN	Ikhfanul Alam
7	MF	IDN	Ryan Kurnia
8	MF	JPN	Renshi Yamaguchi
9	FW	POR	Carlos Fortes
10	FW	IDN	Muhammad Rafli
11	MF	IDN	Feby Eka Putra
12	DF	IDN	Rizky Dwi Febrianto
13	MF	IDN	Hamzah Titofani
14	MF	IDN	Jayus Hariono
15	DF	IDN	Fabiano Beltrame (on loan from Persis Solo)
16	MF	IDN	Ridwan Tawainella
18	MF	IDN	Muhammad Faiz
19	MF	IDN	Hanif Sjahbandi (3rd captain)
20	DF	IDN	Achmad Galih


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	IDN	Aji Saka
23	GK	IDN	Teguh Amiruddin
24	DF	IDN	Diego Michiels
26	DF	IDN	Achmad Figo
27	FW	IDN	Dedik Setiawan
28	MF	IDN	Seiya Da Costa Lay
29	MF	IDN	Sandi Sute (on loan from Persis Solo)
31	GK	IDN	Andriyas Francisco
33	DF	IDN	Didik Ariyanto
41	MF	IDN	Dendi Santoso (vice-captain)
77	MF	IDN	Genta Alparedo (on loan from Semen Padang)
78	FW	IDN	Bramntio Ramadhan
87	DF	IDN	Johan Alfarizi (captain)
88	MF	IDN	Vikrian Akbar
90	GK	BRA	Adilson Maringá
99	FW	IDN	Kushedya Hari Yudo

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date
17	DF	Sandy Ferizal	Free agent	Free	26 February 2021
6	DF	Ikhfanul Alam	Badak Lampung	Free	3 March 2021
77	FW	Wiga Brillian	Free agent	Free	3 March 2021
33	DF	Didik Ariyanto	PSCS	Free	3 March 2021
35	DF	Muhammad Roby	Persekat	Free	10 March 2021
44	DF	Ikhwan Ciptady	Persikabo 1973	Free	14 March 2021
11	MF	Feby Eka Putra	Persija	Free	9 June 2021
24	DF	Diego Michiels	Borneo	Free	14 June 2021
90	GK	Adilson Maringá	Vilafranquense	Free	22 June 2021
8	MF	Renshi Yamaguchi	Lampang	Free	22 June 2021
9	FW	Carlos Fortes	Vilafranquense	Free	11 July 2021
13	FW	Hamzah Titofani	Youth sector	Promoted	13 July 2021
78	FW	Bramntio Ramadhan	Youth sector	Promoted	13 July 2021
20	DF	Achmad Galih	Youth sector	Promoted	13 July 2021
18	MF	Muhammad Faiz	Youth sector	Promoted	13 July 2021
4	DF	Sérgio Silva	Feirense	Free	30 August 2021
7	MF	Ryan Kurnia	Sulut United	Free	3 January 2022

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date
4	DF	Syaiful Indra Cahya	Muba Babel United	Free	11 February 2021
26	DF	Taufik Hidayat	PSIM	Free	11 February 2021
12	MF	Hendro Siswanto	Borneo	Free	16 February 2021
56	FW	Titan Agung	Bhayangkara	Free	18 February 2021
44	DF	Nur Diansyah	Borneo	Free	23 February 2021
15	DF	Alfin Tuasalamony	Madura United	Free	26 February 2021
42	DF	Ganjar Mukti	Persiraja	Free	15 March 2021
35	DF	Muhammad Roby	Persiraja	Free	30 March 2021
8	MF	Bruno Smith	Águia Negra	Free	1 April 2021
95	DF	Caio Ruan	Free agent	Free	1 April 2021
44	DF	Ikhwan Ciptady	Sriwijaya	Free	9 June 2021
—	MF	Ricga Tri Febiyan	Free agent	Free	21 June 2021
17	DF	Sandy Ferizal	Persela	Free	1 July 2021
92	MF	Dave Mustaine	PSS	Free	19 December 2021
—	FW	Wiga Brillian	Free agent	Free	1 January 2022
1	GK	Utam Rusdiana	Free agent	Free	4 January 2022

Loan In

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End
77	MF	Genta Alparedo	Semen Padang	20 December 2021	31 March 2022
29	MF	Sandi Sute	Persis	4 January 2022	31 March 2022
15	DF	Fabiano Beltrame	Persis	4 January 2022	31 March 2022

Loan Out

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End
1	GK	Utam Rusdiana	Persekat	18 June 2021	31 December 2021
77	FW	Wiga Brillian	Hizbul Wathan	22 June 2021	31 August 2021
—	FW	Wiga Brillian	PSKC	22 September 2021	31 December 2021
96	GK	Kartika Ajie	RANS Cilegon	30 September 2021	31 December 2021
96	GK	Kartika Ajie	Barito Putera	6 January 2022	31 March 2022

Review and events

This season will be the first season for the coach Carlos Oliviera having been appointed as Arema's coach on 17 September 2020 to replace Mario Gómez who resigned in August 2020. Last season Arema FC was in the 12th position before the season competition 2020 was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia until finally canceled by PSSI after being delayed several times by referring to the results of the PSSI Executive Committee (Exco) meeting which took place virtually on 20 January 2021. However, on 7 February 2021 Arema management will not renew the head coach contract Carlos Oliviera. Carlos Oliviera contract itself will expire on 17 February 2021 and after that date he will be relieved of duty. And the temporary position of head coach was replaced by assistant coach Kuncoro during the pre-seasons tournament 2021 Menpora Cup. On 3 May 2021, Arema officially announced a new coach namely Eduardo Almeida.

Arema also experienced the longest unbeaten run in the 2021–22 season for 23 matches. Started in week 4 against PSIS Semarang with a 0–0 draw and had to stop in week 27 when they lost in the Super East Java Derby against Persebaya Surabaya with a final score of 1–0. At the end of the season, Arema placed 4th in the Liga 1 standings for the 2021–22 season.

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
6 March 2021	Arema U20s	N	7–2	Brillian (2), Seiya, Rizky, Jayus, Dedik (2)
15 March 2021	Madura United	H	2–2	Dedik (2)
29 May 2021	Malang Selection	H	8–0	Dedik (2), Hanif, Feby, Brillian, Ferizal, Tegar, Tito
6 June 2021	RANS Cilegon	H	6–2	Feby 11', Dedik 35', Dave 46', Gonzáles 53' (o.g.), Dendi 74', Tito 90+7'
12 June 2021	Hizbul Wathan	N	4–2	Ridwan 5', Dedik (2) 10', 81' (pen.), Dave 85'
19 June 2021	Arema U20s	N	5–1	Hanif 40', Dedik (2) 50', 85', Kushedya (2) 60', 79'
19 August 2021	PSIM	A	0–1
21 August 2021	Persis	N	0–0

Menpora Cup

Main article: 2021 Menpora Cup

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Group position
21 March 2021	Persikabo 1973	N	1–1	Dendi 82'	3rd
25 March 2021	Barito Putera	N	1–2	Feby 54'	3rd
30 March 2021	PSIS	N	2–3	Dedik (2) 9', 67' (pen.)	4th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PSIS	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Barito Putera	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	5	Knockout stage
3	Persikabo 1973	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	Arema	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
5	Persipura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Piala Menpora

Match results

Liga 1

Main article: 2021–22 Liga 1

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
Series 1 (Jakarta, West Java & Banten)
5 September 2021	PSM	A	1–1	Hanif 22' (pen.)	0	7th
12 September 2021	Bhayangkara	H	1–1	Dendi 72'	0	12th
19 September 2021	PSS	A	1–2	Alfarizi 34'	0	14th
25 September 2021	PSIS	H	0–0		0	14th
29 September 2021	Persipura	A	1–0	Fortes 7'	0	10th
3 October 2021	Persela	H	3–0	Fortes (2) 17', 22', Rafli 34'	0	6th
Series 2 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)
17 October 2021	Persija	A	1–0	Fortes 33'	0	4th
23 October 2021	Persiraja	A	2–0	Rafli 4', Fortes 56'	0	4th
27 October 2021	Persita	H	2–2	Kushedya 25', Dedik 45+1'	0	4th
1 November 2021	Madura United	A	2–1	Kushedya 50', Rizky 90'	0	3rd
6 November 2021	Persebaya	H	2–2	Fortes 11' (pen.), Rafli 21'	0	3rd
Series 3 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)
19 November 2021	Persik	A	3–2	Fortes 33' (pen.), Alfarizi 43', Feby 45+3'	0	3rd
23 November 2021	Barito Putera	H	2–1	Fortes 47' (pen.), Rafli 88'	0	3rd
28 November 2021	Persib	A	1–0	Dendi 17'	0	2nd
5 December 2021	Bali United	H	0–0		0	3rd
10 December 2021	Borneo	A	2–1	Fortes (2) 66', 72'	0	2nd
5 January 2022	Persikabo 1973	H	0–0		0	2nd
Series 4 (Bali)
9 January 2022	Bhayangkara	A	1–0	Rizky 20'	0	2nd
13 January 2022	PSS	H	2–0	Kushedya 53', Dendi 56'	0	1st
17 January 2022	PSIS	A	0–0		0	2nd
28 January 2022	Persipura	H	1–0	Fortes 30'	0	1st
1 February 2022	Persela	A	1–0	Ridwan 90'	0	1st
5 February 2022	Persija	H	1–1	Fortes 57'	0	2nd
10 February 2022	Persiraja	H	1–1	Fortes 48' (pen.)	0	1st
15 February 2022	Persita	A	2–0	Fortes (2) 45', 67'	0	1st
18 February 2022	Madura United	H	1–0	Fortes 15'	0	1st
23 February 2022	Persebaya	A	0–1		0	2nd
27 February 2022	Persik	H	0–1		0	3rd
Series 5 (Bali)
5 March 2022	Barito Putera	A	2–1	Rafli 18', Fortes 36'	0	3rd
9 March 2022	Persib	H	1–2	Jayus 54'	0	5th
15 March 2022	Bali United	A	1–2	Fortes 33' (pen.)	0	5th
20 March 2022	Borneo	H	2–2	Alfarizi (2) 52', 74'	0	5th
24 March 2022	Persikabo 1973	A	3–1	Rizky 62', Alfarizi 69', Fortes 82'	0	5th
30 March 2022	PSM	H	1–0	Fortes 86'	0	4th

The Liga 1 match home to Persikabo 1973, originally scheduled for 14 December 2021, was postponed due to PPKM Level 3 policy for all regions of Indonesia during the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays and the 2020 AFF Championship.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Persib	34	20	9	5	48	22	+26	69
3	Bhayangkara	34	19	9	6	48	27	+21	66
4	Arema	34	18	11	5	44	25	+19	65
5	Persebaya	34	18	9	7	56	35	+21	63
6	Borneo	34	14	10	10	43	35	+8	52

Source: BRI Liga 1 2021–22
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Drawing.

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga 1
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	IDN	Teguh Amiruddin	5	0	4+1	0
31	GK	IDN	Andriyas Francisco	0	0	0	0
90	GK	BRA	Adilson Maringá	30	0	30	0
Defenders
4	DF	POR	Sérgio Silva	32	0	31+1	0
5	DF	IDN	Bagas Adi	28	0	28	0
6	DF	IDN	Ikhfanul Alam	1	0	0+1	0
12	DF	IDN	Rizky Dwi Febrianto	27	3	25+2	3
15	DF	IDN	Fabiano Beltrame	9	0	5+4	0
20	DF	IDN	Achmad Galih	0	0	0	0
21	DF	IDN	Aji Saka	0	0	0	0
24	DF	IDN	Diego Michiels	18	0	12+6	0
26	DF	IDN	Achmad Figo	4	0	2+2	0
33	DF	IDN	Didik Ariyanto	2	0	0+2	0
87	DF	IDN	Johan Alfarizi	34	5	32+2	5
Midfielders
7	MF	IDN	Ryan Kurnia	14	0	9+5	0
8	MF	JPN	Renshi Yamaguchi	31	0	31	0
11	MF	IDN	Feby Eka Putra	18	1	7+11	1
13	MF	IDN	Hamzah Titofani	19	0	6+13	0
14	MF	IDN	Jayus Hariono	28	1	20+8	1
16	MF	IDN	Ridwan Tawainella	18	1	5+13	1
18	MF	IDN	Muhammad Faiz	2	0	0+2	0
19	MF	IDN	Hanif Sjahbandi	28	1	21+7	1
28	DF	IDN	Seiya Da Costa Lay	0	0	0	0
29	MF	IDN	Sandi Sute	14	0	4+10	0
41	MF	IDN	Dendi Santoso	30	3	27+3	3
77	MF	IDN	Genta Alparedo	10	0	1+9	0
88	MF	IDN	Vikrian Akbar	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	POR	Carlos Fortes	31	20	30+1	20
10	FW	IDN	Muhammad Rafli	27	5	18+9	5
27	FW	IDN	Dedik Setiawan	23	1	13+10	1
78	FW	IDN	Bramntio Ramadhan	6	0	0+6	0
99	FW	IDN	Kushedya Hari Yudo	14	3	12+2	3
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
92	MF	IDN	Dave Mustaine	6	0	1+5	0
96	GK	IDN	Kartika Ajie	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga 1	Total
1	FW	9	Carlos Fortes	20	20
2	FW	10	Muhammad Rafli	5	5
2	DF	87	Johan Alfarizi	5	5
4	DF	12	Rizky Dwi Febrianto	3	3
	MF	41	Dendi Santoso	3	3
	FW	99	Kushedya Hari Yudo	3	3
7	MF	11	Feby Eka Putra	1	1
	MF	14	Jayus Hariono	1	1
	MF	16	Ridwan Tawainella	1	1
	MF	19	Hanif Sjahbandi	1	1
	FW	27	Dedik Setiawan	1	1
Total				44	44

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v t e Arema Football Club
General	History Current squad Managers All players Statistics
Home stadium	Gajayana Stadium (1987–2004, 2015–present) Kanjuruhan Stadium (2004–2022)
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2018 2019 2020 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Rivalries	Persib rivalry Super East Java derby
Supporters	Aremania
Tragedies	Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster
Other teams	U-21 Women's

2021–22 in Indonesian football

« 2020 2022 »

Domestic leagues

Men	Liga 1 Liga 2 Liga 3 Provincial round National round
Women	~~Liga 1 Putri~~

Domestic cups

Women	Pertiwi Cup

Youth competitions

Soeratin Cup

Asian club competitions

Related to national team

Men	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2020 AFF Championship
Youth	AFC U-19 Championship AFC U-16 Championship

Club seasons
Liga 1	Arema Bali United Barito Putera Bhayangkara Borneo Madura United Persebaya Persela Persib Persija Persik Persipura Persiraja Persita PSIS PSM PSS TIRA-Persikabo

Transfers

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