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 (16); All: ; Ricky van Wolfswinkel (17)
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 15 May 2022.

The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 17 February 2022^[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	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
10	FW	NED	Virgil Misidjan
13	FW	NED	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
14	MF	NED	Michel Vlap (on loan from Anderlecht)
15	DF	NED	Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax)
18	FW	GRE	Dimitris Limnios (on loan from Köln)
19	MF	ALG	Ramiz Zerrouki


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	NED	Joshua Brenet
22	GK	NED	Jeffrey de Lange
23	MF	CZE	Michal Sadílek (on loan from PSV)
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	NED	Mees Hilgers
36	DF	NED	Luca Everink
38	MF	NED	Max Bruns
39	FW	NED	Daan Rots
40	MF	NED	Casper Staring

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NED	Jayden Oosterwolde (on loan at Parma)
—	MF	NED	Thijs van Leeuwen (on loan at Almere City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Godfried Roemeratoe (on loan at Willem II)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

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 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

24 March 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–0	Twente	Düsseldorf, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

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 2022	Matchday 1	4th	34	20	8	6	55	37	+18	058.82
KNVB Cup	27 October 2021	19 January 2022	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
Total					37	22	8	7	60	40	+20	059.46

Last updated: 15 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PSV Eindhoven	34	26	3	5	86	42	+44	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	22	5	7	76	34	+42	71	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Twente	34	20	8	6	55	37	+18	68	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	AZ (O)	34	18	7	9	64	44	+20	61	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6	Vitesse	34	15	6	13	42	51	−9	51	Qualification for the European competition play-offs

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]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, PSV, qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Europa League play-off berth awarded to the KNVB Cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team Feyenoord, the highest-placed team not qualified for the Champions League. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage as their opponent in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final, Roma, qualified to the Europa League group stage through domestic performance by finishing sixth in the Serie A.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	8	6	55	37	+18	68	10	5	2	28	13	+15	10	3	4	27	24	+3

Last updated: 15 May 2022.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W
Position	11	13	15	14	8	6	6	6	8	8	10	7	6	7	6	5	4	6	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2022. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

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

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	FC 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	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	SC 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: Jeroen Manschot

1 October 2021 8	FC 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: Martin van de Kerkhof

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: Dennis Higler

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: Edwin van de Graaf

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: Dennis Higler

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: Allard Lindhout

12 December 2021 16	Twente	2–1	RKC 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: Alex Bos

22 December 2021 18	FC 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: Richard Martens

15 January 2022 19	Twente	2–0	SC 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: Edwin van de Graaf

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	5–0	Twente	Amsterdam
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Klaassen 31' Tadić 41', 62' Haller 53', 85', 88' Pröpper 77' (o.g.)	Report	Rots 54'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 17,859 Referee: Allard Lindhout

20 February 2022 23	Twente	2–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Limnios 54' Pleguezuelo 64' Kramer 72' (o.g.) Brenet 89' van Wolfswinkel 90'	Report	Brouwers 38' Lidberg 45+1' Córdoba 48' Kuipers 81' Oratmangoen 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 13,620 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

25 February 2022 24	RKC Waalwijk	1–2	Twente	Waalwijk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	van der Venne 34' Odgaard 74' Bel Hassani 86'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 23' Brenet 44' Bruns 87' Limnios 90'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 5,364 Referee: Martin Perez

6 March 2022 25	Twente	1–0	Cambuur	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pröpper 63' Brenet 70' van Wolfswinkel 78'	Report	ter Heide 16' Mac-Intosch 25' Schouten 57' Paulissen 88' Tol 90+4'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,800 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

13 March 2022 26	AZ	0–1	Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmeiners 8' Chatzidiakos 75'	Report	Sadílek 38' Brenet 62' Pröpper 78'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 15,349 Referee: Pol van Boekel

19 March 2022 27	Twente	1–0	PEC Zwolle	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rots 19'	Report	van den Belt 46' Paal 53'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

2 April 2022 28	Twente	3–3	PSV	Enschede
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	van Wolfswinkel 13', 19', 59' Vlap 25' Sadílek 42' Zerrouki 78'	Report	Veerman 35' Gakpo 53' Ramalho 59' Sangaré 71' Carlos Vinícius 80' Boscagli 90+3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

9 April 2022 29	NEC	0–2	Twente	Nijmegen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Márquez 57' Akman 58'	Report	Misidjan 65' Limnios 75'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,390 Referee: Dennis Higler

22 April 2022 30	Twente	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Wolfswinkel 23' Vlap 57'	Report	Vriends 51' Verschueren 59' Masouras 79'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,100 Referee: Danny Makkelie

30 April 2022 31	Heracles Almelo	1–1	Twente	Almelo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ouahim 16' Fadiga 36', 45+2' Laursen 41'	Report	Pleguezuelo 40' Smal 45+3' Brenet 74' Van Wolfswinkel 90+5'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 7,845 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

7 May 2022 32	Twente	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Enschede
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Wolfswinkel 37' Brenet 40' Černý 78' Pröpper 86'	Report	Flemming 5', 25', 42' Cox 22' Gladon 44' Duarte 73' Samaris 78' Seuntjens 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

11 May 2022 33	Twente	3–0	FC Groningen	Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Černý 29' Limnios 68', 81'	Report	Te Wierik 90+4'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,100 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

15 May 2022 34	Feyenoord	1–2	Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 68' Toornstra 74' Geertruida 90+2' Pedersen 90+6'	Report	Limnios 27' Smal 37' Zerrouki 66' Pleguezuelo 71'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

KNVB Cup[edit]

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

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	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[edit]

^ "Selectie FC Twente - FC Twente". Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "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.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.77547017241617-2] Since the winners of the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, PSV, qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Europa League play-off berth awarded to the KNVB Cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team Feyenoord, the highest-placed team not qualified for the Champions League. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage as their opponent in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League Final, Roma, qualified to the Europa League group stage through domestic performance by finishing sixth in the Serie A.

[1] "Selectie FC Twente - FC Twente". Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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

[4] "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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