2021–22 FC Utrecht season

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FC Utrecht
2021–22 season
OwnerFrans van Seumeren Holding B.V. (99%)
Stichting Beheer Aandelen FC Utrecht (1%)
Chairman
Head coachRené Hake
StadiumStadion Galgenwaard
Eredivisie7rd
KNVB CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bart Ramselaar (6)

All:
Bart Ramselaar (6)
Highest home attendance21,875
(vs. sc Heerenveen, 23 October 2021)
Lowest home attendance0
(vs. Heracles Almelo, 28 November 2021)
(vs. Go Ahead Eagles, 11 December 2021)
(vs. FC Twente, 22 December 2021)
Average home league attendance18,299
Biggest win0–5
(vs. SteDoCo, 26 October 2021)
Biggest defeat5–1
(vs. AZ, 17 October 2021)
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is the 52nd season in the existence of FC Utrecht and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 24 December2021[1]

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 Netherlands NED Maarten Paes
2 DF Netherlands NED Mark van der Maarel (vice-captain)
3 DF Netherlands NED Tommy St. Jago
5 DF Netherlands NED Hidde ter Avest
6 MF Netherlands NED Adam Maher
7 FW Netherlands NED Gyrano Kerk[a]
7 FW Japan JPN Naoki Maeda
8 MF Netherlands NED Joris van Overeem
9 FW Spain ESP Adrián Dalmau[a]
10 MF Sweden SWE Simon Gustafson
11 FW Morocco MAR Mimoun Mahi
14 DF Netherlands NED Willem Janssen (captain)
16 GK Netherlands NED Fabian de Keijzer
17 DF Morocco MAR Benaissa Benamar
18 FW Greece GRE Anastasios Douvikas
19 MF Netherlands NED Davy van den Berg
20 DF France FRA Arthur Zagre (on loan from AS Monaco)
21 DF Netherlands NED Django Warmerdam
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Netherlands NED Sander van de Streek
23 MF Netherlands NED Bart Ramselaar
24 DF Netherlands NED Christopher Mamengi
25 DF Netherlands NED Sylian Mokono
26 MF Belgium BEL Othmane Boussaid
27 MF Netherlands NED Quinten Timber
28 MF Netherlands NED Urby Emanuelson
29 FW France FRA Moussa Sylla
30 FW Netherlands NED Remco Balk
31 GK Netherlands NED
32 GK Germany GER Eric Oelschlägel
33 DF Netherlands NED Mike van der Hoorn (on loan from Arminia Bielefeld)
35 DF Netherlands NED Djevencio van der Kust
37 FW Netherlands NED Mohamed Mallahi
45 FW Netherlands NED
46 FW Netherlands NED
47 FW Netherlands NED Eros Maddy
61 GK Netherlands NED
  1. ^ a b Sold, loaned out or contract terminated during the season.

Transfers[]

Summer[]

Transfers in[]

Nat. Pos. Player Transferred from Particularities
Greece GRE FW Anastasios Douvikas Greece Volos NFC € 700,000 – € 1,200,000
Netherlands NED MF Quinten Timber Netherlands Jong Ajax Transfer free
Netherlands NED DF Mike van der Hoorn Germany Arminia Bielefeld On loan (+purchase obligation)
France FRA DF Arthur Zagre Monaco AS Monaco On loan (+option to buy)
Germany GER FW Jonas Arweiler Netherlands ADO Den Haag Back from loan
Czech Republic CZE FW Václav Černý Netherlands FC Twente Back from loan
The Gambia GAM DF Leon Guwara Netherlands VVV-Venlo Back from loan
Netherlands NED MF Mitchell van Rooijen Netherlands Excelsior Back from loan
Netherlands NED FW Nick Venema Netherlands NAC Breda Back from loan
Netherlands NED MF Justin Lonwijk Denmark Viborg FF Back from loan (+option to buy)

Transfers out[]

Nat. Pos. Player Transferred to Particularities
Netherlands NED FW Gyrano Kerk Russia Lokomotiv Moscow € 7,000,000
Germany GER FW Jonas Arweiler Netherlands Almere City FC
Czech Republic CZE FW Václav Černý Netherlands FC Twente
Netherlands NED MF Mitchell van Rooijen Netherlands VVV-Venlo
Netherlands NED MF Odysseus Velanas Netherlands NAC Breda
Netherlands NED FW Nick Venema Netherlands Jong FC Utrecht
Netherlands NED FW Eljero Elia Netherlands ADO Den Haag Contract terminated
The Gambia GAM DF Leon Guwara Germany SSV Jahn Regensburg Transfer free
Netherlands NED MF Justin Lonwijk Denmark Viborg FF Buy option lifted
Sweden SWE DF Emil Bergström Netherlands Willem II On loan
Netherlands NED GK Thijmen Nijhuis Netherlands MVV Maastricht On loan
Netherlands NED DF Justin Hoogma Germany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Back from loan
Netherlands NED DF Giovanni Troupée Netherlands FC Twente End of contract

Winter[]

Transfers in[]

Nat. Pos. Player Transferred from Particularities
Japan JPN FW Naoki Maeda Japan Nagoya Grampus On loan (+option to buy)

Transfers out[]

Nat. Pos. Player Transferred to Particularities
Spain ESP FW Adrián Dalmau Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 June 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 7–2 Belgium KV Mechelen Utrecht, Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Sylla Goal 2'
  • Ramselaar Goal 19'
  • Dalmau Goal 28', 44'
  • Balk Goal 57'
  • Kerk Goal 65'
  • Cuypers Goal 71' (o.g.)
Report
Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 0
Note: Behind closed doors.
3 July 2021 Friendly Royal Antwerp FC Belgium 2–2 Netherlands FC Utrecht Antwerp, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 0
Note: Behind closed doors and the match was played in two periods of 60 minutes each.
9 July 2021 Friendly KAA Gent Belgium 0–3 Netherlands FC Utrecht Scharendijke, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Attendance: 0
Note: Behind closed doors.
10 July 2021 Friendly RSC Anderlecht Belgium 1–1 NetherlandsFC Utrecht Alkmaar, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Goal 81'
Report
Stadium:
Attendance: 0
Note: Behind closed doors.
13 July 2021 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 2–4 Netherlands FC Utrecht Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium:
Attendance: 0
Referee:
Note: Behind closed doors.
14 July 2021 Friendly Beerschot Belgium 1–2 Netherlands FC Utrecht Antwerp, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Attendance: 2,500
17 July 2021 Friendly SV Zulte Waregem Belgium 0–0 Netherlands FC Utrecht Waregem, Belgium
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Elindus Arena
Attendance: 3,000
24 July 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 6–2 Greece Volos NFC Utrecht, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 200
28 July 2021 Friendly Bayer 04 Leverkusen Germany 1–5 Netherlands FC Utrecht Leverkusen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Yellow card
  • Bakker Goal 50'
Report
Stadium:
Attendance: 375
Referee:
Note: The match was played in three periods of 45 minutes each.
31 July 2021 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 0–2 Netherlands FC Utrecht Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Soares Yellow card
Report Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee:
31 July 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 2–3 Italy Venezia FC Utrecht, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee:
Note: Behind closed doors.
7 August 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 2–3 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Utrecht, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 200
7 August 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 7–0 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Utrecht, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 200
2 September 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 3–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge Utrecht, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 501
7 October 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 3–2 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Utrecht, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 251
Referee:
10 November 2021 Friendly Willen II Netherlands 2–1 Netherlands FC Utrecht Tilburg, Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee:
Note: Behind closed doors.

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 15 August 2021 15 May 2022 Matchday 1 18 8 5 5 33 23 +10 044.44
KNVB Cup 26 October 2021 14 December 2021 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 050.00
Total 20 9 5 6 40 26 +14 045.00

Last updated: 23 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 AZ 18 10 2 6 35 23 +12 32 Qualification to European competition play-offs
6 Twente 18 9 5 4 28 22 +6 32
7 Utrecht 18 8 5 5 33 23 +10 29
8 Cambuur 18 9 1 8 32 39 −7 28
9 NEC 18 7 4 7 24 26 −2 25
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2021. 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)[2]


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
18 8 5 5 33 23  +10 29 6 3 0 23 7  +16 2 2 5 10 16  −6

Last updated: 23 December 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWLDWWWLWWLLWLDDD
Position253465544444444677
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.[3]

15 August 2021 1 FC Utrecht 4–0 Sparta Rotterdam Utrecht
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Maher Goal 2'
  • Van der Maarel Yellow card 51' Goal 65'
  • Douvikas Goal 75'
  • Gustafson Goal 90+3' (pen.)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:
21 August 2021 2 FC Groningen 0–0 FC Utrecht Groningen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Danny Makkelie
29 August 2021 3 FC Utrecht 3–1 Feyenoord Utrecht
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:
11 September 2021 4 FC Twente 1–0 FC Utrecht Enschede
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
18 September 2021 5 FC Utrecht 2–2 RKC Waalwijk Utrecht
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 16,000
Referee:
22 September 2021 6 N.E.C. Nijmegen 0–3 FC Utrecht Nijmegen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Goffertstadion
Attendance: 8,333
Referee:
25 September 2021 7 FC Utrecht 5–1 PEC Zwolle Utrecht
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 19,451
Referee:
3 October 2021 8 Ajax 0–1 FC Utrecht Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Johan Cruijff ArenA
Attendance: 52,621
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
17 October 2021 9 AZ Alkmaar 5–1 FC Utrecht Alkmaar
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 17,037
Referee: Kevin Blom
23 October 2021 10 FC Utrecht 2–1 sc Heerenveen Utrecht
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,875
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
31 October 2021 11 FC Utrecht 5–1 Willem II Utrecht
16:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 20,469
Referee: Pol van Boekel
7 November 2021 12 Vitesse 2–1 FC Utrecht Arnhem
16:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,867
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
21 November 2021 13 SC Cambuur 2–1 FC Utrecht Leeuwarden
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Cambuur Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:
28 November 2021 14 FC Utrecht 1–0 Heracles Almelo Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee:
4 December 2021 15 PSV 4–1 FC Utrecht Eindhoven
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
11 December 2021 16 FC Utrecht 0–0 Go Ahead Eagles Utrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
  • Maher Yellow card 90+3'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee:
18 December 2021 17 Fortuna Sittard 2–2 FC Utrecht Sittard
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:
22 December 2021 18 FC Utrecht 1–1 FC Twente Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee:
16 January 2022 19 FC Utrecht v Ajax Utrecht
12:15 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
23 January 2022 20 Sparta Rotterdam v FC Utrecht Rotterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Het Kasteel
5 February 2022 21 FC Utrecht v SC Cambuur Utrecht
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
22 Heracles Almelo v FC Utrecht Almelo
Stadium: Erve Asito
23 FC Utrecht v Vitesse Utrecht
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
24 sc Heerenveen v FC Utrecht Heerenveen
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
25 Go Ahead Eagles v FC Utrecht Deventer
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
26 FC Utrecht v PSV Utrecht
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
27 FC Utrecht v FC Groningen Utrecht
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
28 RKC Waalwijk v FC Utrecht Waalwijk
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
29 FC Utrecht v Fortuna Sittard Utrecht
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
30 Feyenoord v FC Utrecht Rotterdam
Stadium: De Kuip
31 FC Utrecht v N.E.C. Nijmegen Utrecht
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
32 PEC Zwolle v FC Utrecht Zwolle
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
11 May 2022 33 FC Utrecht v AZ Alkmaar Utrecht
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
15 May 2022 34 Willem II v FC Utrecht Tilburg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

KNVB Cup[]

26 October 2021 First round SteDoCo 0–5 FC Utrecht Hoornaar
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium:
Attendance: 1,980
Referee:
14 December 2021 Second round NAC Breda 3–2 FC Utrecht Breda
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Haye Goal 55', 70'
  • Seuntjens Yellow card 89'
  • Goal 90+2'
Report
Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Friendlies

No. Name Goal
1. Spain Adrián Dalmau[a] 9
2. Netherlands Remco Balk 8
3. Greece Anastasios Douvikas 5
Netherlands Bart Ramselaar 5
5. Netherlands Gyrano Kerk[a] 4
6. Sweden Simon Gustafson 3
Netherlands Sander van de Streek 3
France Moussa Sylla 3
9. Morocco Benaissa Benamar 2
Belgium Othmane Boussaid 2
11. Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 1
Netherlands Djevencio van der Kust 1
Morocco Mimoun Mahi 1
Netherlands Mohamed Mallahi 1
Netherlands Quinten Timber 1
Own goals opponent 1
Totals 50
  1. ^ a b Sold, loaned out or contract terminated during the season.

Netherlands Eredivisie

No. Name Goal
1. Netherlands Bart Ramselaar 6
2. Greece Anastasios Douvikas 4
France Moussa Sylla 4
4. Sweden Simon Gustafson 3
Morocco Mimoun Mahi 3
6. Netherlands Willem Janssen 2
Netherlands Sander van de Streek 2
8. Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 1
Netherlands Mark van der Maarel 1
Netherlands Adam Maher 1
Netherlands Mohamed Mallahi 1
Netherlands Joris van Overeem 1
Netherlands Quinten Timber 1
Netherlands Django Warmerdam 1
France Arthur Zagre 1
Own goals opponent 1
Totals 33

Netherlands KNVB Cup

No. Name Goal
1. Netherlands Remco Balk 1
Belgium Othmane Boussaid 1
Greece Anastasios Douvikas 1
Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 1
Netherlands Adam Maher 1
Netherlands Sander van de Streek 1
France Moussa Sylla 1
Own goals opponent
Totals 7

Assists[]

Netherlands Eredivisie

No. Name
1. Belgium Othmane Boussaid 3
Netherlands Quinten Timber 3
3. Netherlands Hidde ter Avest 2
Greece Anastasios Douvikas 2
Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 2
France Moussa Sylla 2
Netherlands Django Warmerdam 2
8. Netherlands Remco Balk 1
Sweden Simon Gustafson 1
Netherlands Adam Maher 1
Morocco Mimoun Mahi 1
Netherlands Sylian Mokono 1
Totals 21

Netherlands KNVB Cup

No. Name
1. Netherlands Hidde ter Avest 1
Netherlands Remco Balk 1
Netherlands Adam Maher 1
Netherlands Joris van Overeem 1
Netherlands Bart Ramselaar 1
Totals 5


Monthly Awards[]

Month Type of award Player Ref.
August Team of the Month Netherlands Willem Janssen 1

Attendance[]

Home games[]

Round Opponent Attendance Total attendance Average
Friendlies
N/A Belgium KV Mechelen 0[a] 0 0
N/A Greece Volos NFC 200[a] 200 200
N/A Italy Venezia FC 0[b] 200 200
N/A Netherlands Fortuna Sittard 200[a] 400 200
N/A Belgium Cercle Brugge 501[b] 901 300
N/A Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 251[b] 1,152 288
Eredivisie
1 Sparta Rotterdam 16,000 16,000 16,000
3 Feyenoord 16,000 32,000 16,000
5 RKC Waalwijk 16,000 48,000 16,000
7 PEC Zwolle 19,451 67,451 16,863
10 sc Heerenveen 21,875 89,326 17,865
11 Willem II 20,469 109,795 18,299
14 Heracles Almelo 0 109,795 18,299
16 Go Ahead Eagles 0 109,795 18,299
18 FC Twente 0 109,795 18,299
KNVB Cup
There have been no home games this season.
  1. ^ a b c Match played at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch.
  2. ^ a b c Match played in Stadion Galgenwaard.

Away supporters[]

Round Opponent Attendance Total attendance Average
Eredivisie
2 FC Groningen 503 503 503
4 FC Twente 437 940 470
6 N.E.C. 335 1,275 425
8 Ajax 830 2,105 526
9 AZ 750 2,855 571
12 Vitesse 775 3,630 605
13 SC Cambuur 0 3,630 605
15 PSV 0 3,630 605
17 Fortuna Sittard 0 3,630 605
KNVB Cup
First round SteDoCo 361 361 361
Second round NAC Breda 0 361 361

References[]

  1. ^ FC Utrecht Players
  2. ^ "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021–22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021.

External links[]

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