2021–22 NEC Nijmegen season

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NEC Nijmegen
2021–22 season
ChairmanRon van Oijen
ManagerRogier Meijer
StadiumGoffertstadion
Eredivisie11th
KNVB CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ali Akman
Jonathan Okita
(1 each)
All:
Ali Akman
Jonathan Okita
(1 each)
Highest home attendance8,333
(vs. PEC Zwolle, 20 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance–
Average home league attendance–
Biggest win2-0
(vs. PEC Zwolle (h), 20 August 2021)
Biggest defeat0-5
(vs. Ajax (a), 14 August 2021)
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The 2021–22 season is the 55th season in the existence of NEC Nijmegen and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, NEC Nijmegen will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 21 July 2021[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 Mattijs Branderhorst
3 DF Netherlands NED Rens van Eijden (captain)
4 DF Germany GER Kevin Bukusu
6 MF Netherlands NED Jordy Bruijn
7 MF Netherlands NED Elayis Tavşan
8 MF Paraguay PAR Édgar Barreto
9 FW Belgium BEL Thibo Baeten
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jonathan Okita
12 MF Netherlands NED Thomas Beekman
15 MF Netherlands NED Javier Vet
16 DF Morocco MAR Souffian El Karouani
18 MF Belgium BEL Mathias De Wolf
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Denmark DEN Lasse Schöne
20 FW Netherlands NED Joep van der Sluijs
26 DF Netherlands NED Cas Odenthal
28 DF Netherlands NED Bart van Rooij
71 MF Netherlands NED Dirk Proper
— GK Australia AUS Danny Vukovic
— MF Denmark DEN Mikkel Duelund (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
— FW Netherlands NED Ole Romeny
— MF Denmark DEN Magnus Mattsson
— DF Spain ESP Iván Márquez
— DF Netherlands NED Ilias Bronkhorst
— DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Guth (on loan from Atalanta)
— GK Netherlands NED Robin Roefs

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly AZ Netherlands 4–1 Netherlands N.E.C. Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Boadu Goal 27'
  • Aboukhlal Goal 60'
  • Beukema Goal 76', 87'
Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn
14 July 2021 Friendly TOP Oss Netherlands Cancelled Netherlands N.E.C. Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
17 July 2021 Friendly N.E.C. Netherlands 3–0 Netherlands RKC Waalwijk Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: three halves of 30 minutes.
24 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo Netherlands 0–1 Netherlands N.E.C. Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
30 July 2021 Friendly N.E.C. Netherlands 2–0 Greece OFI Nijmegen, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Goffertstadion

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 14 August 2021 15 May 2021 Matchday 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 050.00
KNVB Cup 14–16 December 2021 Second round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 050.00

Last updated: 14 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie[]

Main article: 2021–22 Eredivisie

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Utrecht 18 8 5 5 33 23 +10 29 Qualification to European competition play-offs
8 Cambuur 18 9 1 8 32 39 −7 28
9 NEC 18 7 4 7 24 26 −2 25
10 Heerenveen 18 7 4 7 20 25 −5 25
11 Go Ahead Eagles 18 6 3 9 19 29 −10 21
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
3 2 0 1 3 5  −2 6 1 0 0 2 0  +2 1 0 1 1 5  −4

Last updated: 29 August 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[]

Round123
GroundAHA
ResultLWW
Position18117
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

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

14 August 2021 1 Ajax 5–0 N.E.C. Amsterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 32,275
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
20 August 2021 2 N.E.C. 2–0 PEC Zwolle Nijmegen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Goffert
Attendance: 8,333
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
29 August 2021 3 Heracles Almelo 0–1 N.E.C. Almelo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 8,053
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
12 September 2021 4 N.E.C. v Willem II Nijmegen
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) 0 0 Stadium: De Goffert

KNVB Cup[]

Main article: 2021–22 KNVB Cup
27 October 2021 First round VV Capelle 0–3 N.E.C. Capelle aan den IJssel
20:00 CEST Stadium:

References[]

  1. ^ "Selectie N.E.C. Nijmegen". www.nec-nijmegen.nl. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021.
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