2021–22 S.V. Zulte Waregem season

The 2021–22 season is the 21st season in the existence of S.V. Zulte Waregem and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, S.V. Zulte Waregem will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

S.V. Zulte Waregem
2021–22 season
ChairmanWilly Naessens
ManagerFrancky Dury
StadiumRegenboogstadion
Belgian First Division A16th
Belgian CupPre-season
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jelle Vossen (7)

All:
Jelle Vossen (7)
All statistics correct as of 9 February 2022.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 7 July 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   BEL Sammy Bossut
4 DF   GHA Daniel Opare
5 MF   FRA Damien Marcq
6 MF   FRA Abdoulaye Sissako
9 FW   BEL Jelle Vossen
10 MF   MEX Omar Govea
11 MF   TUN Bassem Srarfi
13 DF   BEL Alessandro Ciranni
15 FW   CZE Tomáš Chorý (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)
17 MF   FRA Jean-Luc Dompé
21 MF   SEN Ibrahima Seck
22 MF   NOR Bent Sørmo
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   AUS Panagiotis Armenakas
24 DF   BEL Ewoud Pletinckx
25 GK   BEL Louis Bostyn
27 DF   BEL Laurens De Bock (on loan from Leeds United)
29 MF   BEL Mathieu De Smet
31 DF   COM Abdallah Ali Mohamed (on loan from Marseille)
33 DF   ENG Cameron Humphreys
43 DF   GRE Nikos Kenourgios
44 GK   GER Eike Bansen
80 FW   BEL Youssuf Sylla
93 FW   GNB Zinho Gano

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
FW   BDI Saido Berahino (at RSC Charleroi until 30 June 2021)
FW   NED Robert Mühren (at SC Cambuur until 30 June 2021)

Transfers edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23 June 2021 Friendly Oudenaarde   2–4   Zulte Waregem Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
26 June 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem   0–4   Union SG Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
2 July 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem   1–2   Cercle Brugge Waregem, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
7 July 2021 Friendly Club Brugge   2–1   Zulte Waregem Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
10 July 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem   3–2   Charleroi Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
14 July 2021 Friendly Deinze   1–3   Zulte Waregem Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
17 July 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem   0–0   FC Utrecht Waregem, Belgium
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 3,000
7 October 2021 Friendly Oostende   5–2   Zulte Waregem Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Diaz Arena
9 January 2022 Friendly Anderlecht   3–0   Zulte Waregem Brussels, Belgium
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede
28 April 2022 Friendly Oostende   5–3   Zulte Waregem Ostend, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Diaz Arena

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First Division A 24 July 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 26 6 8 12 36 54 −18 023.08
Belgian Cup 26 October 2021 1 December 2021 Sixth round Seventh round 2 1 0 1 4 4 +0 050.00
Total 28 7 8 13 40 58 −18 025.00

Last updated: 9 February 2022
Source: Soccerway

First Division A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Standard Liège 34 9 9 16 32 51 −19 36
15 Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 −24 32
16 Zulte Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 −27 32
17 Seraing (O) 34 8 4 22 30 68 −38 28 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
18 Beerschot (R) 34 4 4 26 33 76 −43 16 Relegation to First Division B
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
1 0 1 0 1 1  0 1 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 1 0 1 1  0

Last updated: 24 July 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round edit

Round12
GroundAH
ResultD
Position12
Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.[2]

1 August 2021 2 Zulte Waregem 1–2 Standard Liège Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
15 August 2021 4 Zulte Waregem 0–4 Club Brugge Waregem
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 4,580
Referee: Lawrence Visser
22 August 2021 5 Zulte Waregem 2–2 Charleroi Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
11 September 2021 7 Zulte Waregem 2–4 Cercle Brugge Waregem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
16 October 2021 11 Zulte Waregem 2–1 Antwerp Waregem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 7,182
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
31 October 2021 13 Zulte Waregem 2–6 Genk Waregem
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
6 November 2021 14 Eupen 1–1 Zulte Waregem Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
20 November 2021 15 Zulte Waregem 1–2 Gent Waregem
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
28 November 2021 16 Zulte Waregem 2–0 Beerschot Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
12 December 2021 18 Club Brugge 3–0 Zulte Waregem Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
23 January 2022 23 Cercle Brugge 3–1 Zulte Waregem Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
29 January 2022 25 Beerschot 3–3 Zulte Waregem Antwerp
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
6 February 2022 26 Genk 2–0 Zulte Waregem Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Luminus Arena
6 March 2022 30 Gent v Zulte Waregem Ghent
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
12 March 2022 31 Zulte Waregem v Eupen Waregem
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
9 April 2022 34 Charleroi v Zulte Waregem Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Belgian Cup edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.