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

Transfers

In

PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource 17 Sandy Ferizal Free agentFree 6 Ikhfanul Alam Badak LampungFree 77 Wiga Brillian Free agentFree 33 Didik Ariyanto PSCSFree 35 Muhammad Roby PersekatFree 44 Ikhwan Ciptady Persikabo 1973Free 11 Feby Eka Putra PersijaFree 24 Diego Michiels BorneoFree 90 Adilson Maringá VilafranquenseFree 8 Renshi Yamaguchi LampangFree 9 Carlos Fortes VilafranquenseFree 13 Hamzah Titofani Youth sectorPromoted 78 Bramntio Ramadhan Youth sectorPromoted 20 Achmad Galih Youth sectorPromoted 18 Muhammad Faiz Youth sectorPromoted 4 Sérgio Silva FeirenseFree 7 Ryan Kurnia Sulut UnitedFree

Out

PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource 4 Syaiful Indra Cahya Muba Babel UnitedFree 26 Taufik Hidayat PSIMFree 12 Hendro Siswanto BorneoFree 56 Titan Agung BhayangkaraFree 44 Nur Diansyah BorneoFree 15 Alfin Tuasalamony Madura UnitedFree 42 Ganjar Mukti PersirajaFree 35 Muhammad Roby PersirajaFree 8 Bruno Smith Águia NegraFree 95 Caio Ruan Free agentFree 44 Ikhwan Ciptady SriwijayaFree — Ricga Tri Febiyan Free agentFree 17 Sandy Ferizal PerselaFree 92 Dave Mustaine PSSFree — Wiga Brillian Free agentFree 1 Utam Rusdiana Free agentFree

Loan In PlayerLoaned FromStartEndSource 77 Genta Alparedo Semen Padang 29 Sandi Sute Persis 15 Fabiano Beltrame Persis

Loan Out PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource 1 Utam Rusdiana Persekat 77 Wiga Brillian Hizbul Wathan — Wiga Brillian PSKC 96 Kartika Ajie RANS Cilegon 96 Kartika Ajie Barito Putera

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 DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance6 March 2021Arema U20sN7–2Brillian (2), Seiya, Rizky, Jayus, Dedik (2)015 March 2021Madura UnitedH2–2Dedik (2)029 May 2021Malang SelectionH8–0Dedik (2), Hanif, Feby, Brillian, Ferizal, Tegar, Tito06 June 2021RANS CilegonH6–2Feby 11', Dedik 35', Dave 46', Gonzáles 53' (o.g.), Dendi 74', Tito 90+7'012 June 2021Hizbul WathanN4–2Ridwan 5', Dedik (2) 10', 81' (pen.), Dave 85'019 June 2021Arema U20sN5–1Hanif 40', Dedik (2) 50', 85', Kushedya (2) 60', 79'019 August 2021PSIMA0–1021 August 2021PersisN0–00

Menpora Cup

Group stage

DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendanceGroupposition21 March 2021Persikabo 1973N1–1Dendi 82'03rd25 March 2021Barito PuteraN1–2Feby 54'03rd30 March 2021PSISN2–3Dedik (2) 9', 67' (pen.)04th

Match results

Liga 1

Matches DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition Series 1 (Jakarta, West Java & Banten)5 September 2021PSMA1–1Hanif 22' (pen.)07th12 September 2021BhayangkaraH1–1Dendi 72'012th19 September 2021PSSA1–2Alfarizi 34'014th25 September 2021PSISH0–0014th29 September 2021PersipuraA1–0Fortes 7'010th3 October 2021PerselaH3–0Fortes (2) 17', 22', Rafli 34'06th Series 2 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)17 October 2021PersijaA1–0Fortes 33'04th23 October 2021PersirajaA2–0Rafli 4', Fortes 56'04th27 October 2021PersitaH2–2Kushedya 25', Dedik 45+1'04th1 November 2021Madura UnitedA2–1Kushedya 50', Rizky 90'03rd6 November 2021PersebayaH2–2Fortes 11' (pen.), Rafli 21'03rd Series 3 (Central Java & Special Region of Yogyakarta)19 November 2021PersikA3–2Fortes 33' (pen.), Alfarizi 43', Feby 45+3'03rd23 November 2021Barito PuteraH2–1Fortes 47' (pen.), Rafli 88'03rd28 November 2021PersibA1–0Dendi 17'02nd5 December 2021Bali UnitedH0–003rd10 December 2021BorneoA2–1Fortes (2) 66', 72'02nd5 January 2022Persikabo 1973H0–002nd Series 4 (Bali)9 January 2022BhayangkaraA1–0Rizky 20'02nd13 January 2022PSSH2–0Kushedya 53', Dendi 56'01st17 January 2022PSISA0–002nd28 January 2022PersipuraH1–0Fortes 30'01st1 February 2022PerselaA1–0Ridwan 90'01st5 February 2022PersijaH1–1Fortes 57'02nd10 February 2022PersirajaH1–1Fortes 48' (pen.)01st15 February 2022PersitaA2–0Fortes (2) 45', 67'01st18 February 2022Madura UnitedH1–0Fortes 15'01st23 February 2022PersebayaA0–102nd27 February 2022PersikH0–1 03rd Series 5 (Bali)5 March 2022Barito PuteraA2–1 Rafli 18', Fortes 36'03rd9 March 2022PersibH1–2Jayus 54'05th15 March 2022Bali UnitedA1–2 Fortes 33' (pen.)05th20 March 2022BorneoH2–2Alfarizi (2) 52', 74'05th24 March 2022Persikabo 1973A3–1Rizky 62', Alfarizi 69', Fortes 82'05th30 March 2022PSMH1–0Fortes 86'04th

League table

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club

Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerLiga 1Total1FW9 Carlos Fortes20 202FW10 Muhammad Rafli5 5DF87 Johan Alfarizi5 54DF12 Rizky Dwi Febrianto3 3FW41 Dendi Santoso3 3FW99 Kushedya Hari Yudo3 37FW11 Feby Eka Putra1 1MF14 Jayus Hariono1 1FW16 Ridwan Tawainella1 1MF19 Hanif Sjahbandi1 1FW27 Dedik Setiawan1 1 Total 44 44

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