2021–22 FC Twente season

Twente
2021–22 season
Chairman	Paul van der Kraan
Head coach	Ron Jans
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	4th
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ricky van Wolfswinkel (9); All: ; Ricky van Wolfswinkel (11)
Highest home attendance	30,000 ; (vs. Heracles Almelo, 5 November 2021)
Lowest home attendance	0 ; (all games from mid-November onwards)
Average home league attendance	14,300
Biggest win	4–1 (vs. Vitesse (a), 19 September 2021)
Biggest defeat	2–5 (vs. PSV (a), 30 October 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 November 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 57th season in the existence of FC Twente and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Twente will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 18 August 2021

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	GER	Lars Unnerstall
2	DF	NED	Giovanni Troupée
3	DF	NED	Robin Pröpper (vice-captain)
4	DF	ESP	Julio Pleguezuelo
5	DF	NED	Gijs Smal
6	MF	NED	Wout Brama (captain)
7	FW	CZE	Václav Černý
8	MF	SRB	Luka Ilić (on loan from Manchester City)
9	MF	COD	Jody Lukoki
10	FW	NED	Virgil Misidjan
11	FW	NED	Queensy Menig
13	FW	NED	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
14	MF	NED	Michel Vlap (on loan from Anderlecht)
15	DF	NED	Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax)
17	DF	NED	Jayden Oosterwolde


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	GRE	Dimitris Limnios (on loan from FC Köln)
19	MF	ALG	Ramiz Zerrouki
20	MF	NED	Godfried Roemeratoe
22	GK	NED	Jeffrey de Lange
23	MF	CZE	Michal Sadílek (on loan from PSV Eindhoven)
26	FW	NED	Denilho Cleonise
27	FW	CRC	Manfred Ugalde (on loan from Lommel)
30	GK	NED	Ennio van der Gouw
32	MF	NED	Jesse Bosch
35	DF	IDN	Mees Hilgers
37	MF	NED	Thijs van Leeuwen
38	MF	NED	Max Bruns
39	FW	NED	Daan Rots
40	MF	NED	Casper Staring
43	DF	BIH	Dario Đumić

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Enschede	1–8	Twente	Enschede, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Schreurserve

6 July 2021 Friendly	HSC '21	0–2	Twente	Haaksbergen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Groot Scholtenhagen veld 2

10 July 2021 Friendly	Cambuur	Cancelled	Twente	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cambuurstadion

24 July 2021 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	2–2	Twente	Den Haag, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Besuijen 34' Steijn 62'		Zerrouki 51', 57'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion

31 July 2021 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Twente	Bielefeld, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 67'		Van Wolfswinkel 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 3,713

3 August 2021 Friendly	Twente	0–1	Venezia	Enschede, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Heymans 65'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

7 August 2021 Friendly	Twente	0–1	Lazio	Enschede, Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Immobile 3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

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 %
Eredivisie	14 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1		21	12	5	4	34	22	+12	057.14
KNVB Cup	27 October 2021	19 January 2022	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
Total					24	14	5	5	39	25	+14	058.33

Last updated: 5 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PSV Eindhoven	21	15	1	5	49	28	+21	46	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	21	14	3	4	50	19	+31	45	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4	Twente	21	12	5	4	34	22	+12	41	Qualification to European competition play-offs
5	AZ	21	12	3	6	39	25	+14	39
6	Vitesse	21	11	3	7	27	31	−4	36

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2022. Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[1]

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
21	12	5	4	34	22	+12	41	6	3	1	15	6	+9	6	2	3	19	16	+3

Last updated: 5 February 2022.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	H	A
Result	L	D
Position	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.^[2]

14 August 2021 1	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	Twente	Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seuntjens 33', 60' Duarte 72' Lake 80'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 32', 35' Menig 80'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

22 August 2021 2	Twente	1–1	Ajax	Enschede
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Menig 10' Pröpper 87'	Report	Klaassen 17' Haller 52', 55'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dennis Higler

28 August 2021 3	Cambuur	2–0	Twente	Leeuwarden
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoedemakers 36' Jacobs 66', 90+1'	Report	Smal 17' van Wolfswinkel 42' Ilić 50' 55'	Stadium: Cambuurstadion Attendance: 6,672 Referee: Kevin Blom

11 September 2021 4	Twente	1–0	Utrecht	Enschede
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hilgers 12' Brama 81' Limnios 89' Ugalde 89' Pröpper 90+1'	Report	Janssen 51' Warmerdam 74' Sylla 82' Maher 89'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

19 September 2021 5	Vitesse	1–4	Twente	Arnhem
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Doekhi 42' 85' Schubert 45+2' Bero 58' Darfalou 62'	Report	Pröpper 3', 56' Brama 18' Sadílek 39' van Wolfswinkel 45+1' (pen.) Zerrouki 45+2' Vlap 60'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 13,808 Referee: Pol van Boekel

23 September 2021 6	Twente	3–1	AZ Alkmaar	Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	van Wolfswinkel 1' Rots 17' Pröpper 56' Limnios 90+1'	Report	Martins Indi 39' Karlsson 44' de Wit 51' Guðmundsson 84' Chatzidiakos 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

26 September 2021 7	Heerenveen	2–3	Twente	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Drešević 9' J. Veerman 45+3' Musaba 50' Pröpper 74' (o.g.) H. Veerman 81'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 10' (pen.) Rots 42' van Beek 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee:

1 October 2021 8	Groningen	1–1	Twente	Groningen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngonge 8', 72' van Hintum 49' El Hankouri 59'	Report	Zerrouki 68' Ugalde 74', 89' Everink 79' Oosterwolde 90+6'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 16,250 Referee:

17 October 2021 9	Twente	1–1	Willem II	Enschede
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Limnios 6' Zerrouki 33' 45+3' Sadílek 40'	Report	Nunnely 24' Köhn 33' 76' Wriedt 52'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

24 October 2021 10	Twente	1–2	NEC	Enschede
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Troupée 39' Pröpper 49' Misidjan 58'	Report	Okita 38' Tavşan 50' El Karouani 51' Vet 76', 84' Odenthal 90+3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Kevin Blom

30 October 2021 11	PSV	5–2	Twente	Eindhoven
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vertessen 14', 54' Zahavi 27' Carlos Vinícius 58', 63'	Report	Vlap 13', 42' Zerrouki 44'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

5 November 2021 12	Twente	1–0	Heracles Almelo	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hilgers 5' Sadílek 63' van Wolfswinkel 63' Rots 78'	Report	Sierhuis 63' Quagliata 90+1' Bakış 90+5'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee:

20 November 2021 13	Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	Twente	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Masouras 82'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 83' (pen.) Vlap 89'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee:

28 November 2021 14	Twente	0–0	Feyenoord	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zerrouki 43'	Report	Kökçü 90+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee:

5 December 2021 15	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	Twente	Deventer
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Córdoba 39'	Report	Zerrouki 44', 83' van Wolfswinkel 79'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 0 Referee:

12 December 2021 16	Twente	2–1	Waalwijk	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	van Wolfswinkel 2' Vlap 5'	Report	Odgaard 10', 90+4'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

18 December 2021 17	PEC Zwolle	1–3	Twente	Zwolle
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lagsir 89'	Report	Limnios 15' Ugalde 39' Misidjan 52'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee:

22 December 2021 18	Utrecht	1–1	Twente	Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	van der Maarel 77' Douvikas 82' Mahi 90+5' Timber 90+8'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 17' Oosterwolde 42' Sadílek 51' Zerrouki 90+7'	Stadium: Galgenwaard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee:

15 January 2022 19	Twente	2–0	Heerenveen	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ugalde 77' van Wolfswinkel 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

22 January 2022 20	Willem II	0–1	Twente	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jenssen 78'	Report	Sadílek 39' Zerrouki 90+3'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee:

5 February 2022 21	Twente	3–0	Vitesse	Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bosch 18' van Wolfswinkel 45+1' (pen.), 53'	Report	Doekhi 30' Rasmussen 45'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

13 February 2022 22	Ajax	v	Twente	Amsterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

KNVB Cup[]

27 October 2021 First round	OSS '20	0–2	Twente	Oss
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	18' 36' van de Rande 86' 89'	Report	Zerrouki 15', 90+3' Staring 79'	Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion Attendance: 4,700 Referee:

15 December 2021 Second round	Twente	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Feyenoord	Enschede
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Troupée 79' Ugalde 114', 119' Pröpper 117'	Report	Dessers 47'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

19 January 2022 Round of 16	Twente	1–2	AZ Alkmaar	Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	van Wolfswinkel 48' (pen.) Sadílek 89'	Report	Vindahl 48' Pleguezuelo 63' (o.g.) Pavlidis 82' Sugawara 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

References[]

^ "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[1] "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[2] "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	12	5	4	34	22	+12	41	6	3	1	15	6	+9	6	2	3	19	16	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	12	5	4	34	22	+12	41	6	3	1	15	6	+9	6	2	3	19	16	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	12	5	4	34	22	+12	41	6	3	1	15	6	+9	6	2	3	19	16	+3