2021–22 Heracles Almelo season

The 2021–22 season was the 55th season in the existence of Heracles Almelo and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Heracles Almelo participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

Heracles Almelo
2021–22 season
ChairmanRené Neelissen
Head coachFrank Wormuth
(until 16 May)
René Kolmschot
(interim, from 16 May)
StadiumErve Asito
Eredivisie16th
Relegation play-offsRelegation play-offs (relegated)
KNVB CupSecond round

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 26 March 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 Janis Blaswich (captain)
3 DF   ITA Giacomo Quagliata
4 DF   GER Sven Sonnenberg
5 DF   GER Marco Rente
6 MF   GER Orestis Kiomourtzoglou
7 FW   TUR Bilal Başaçıkoğlu
8 MF   BEL Elias Sierra
9 FW   TUR Sinan Bakış
11 FW   DEN Nikolai Laursen
12 DF   NED Ruben Roosken
13 DF   NED Mats Knoester (vice-captain)
14 MF   USA Luca de la Torre
15 MF   BEL Lucas Schoofs
16 FW   NED Kaj Sierhuis (on loan from Reims)
17 MF   HUN Adrián Szőke
18 MF   BEL Ismail Azzaoui
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   NED Navajo Bakboord
20 MF   DEN Kasper Lunding
21 DF   NED Justin Hoogma
22 DF   CRO Mateo Leš
23 DF   BEL Noah Fadiga
24 DF   GER Elias Oubella
25 DF   GHA Robin Polley
26 GK   NED Koen Bucker
27 MF   TUR Melih İbrahimoğlu
28 GK   NED Robin Jalving
29 FW   SWE Emil Hansson
30 MF   MAR Anas Ouahim
31 MF   NED Rohat Agca
32 MF   NED Sem Scheperman
33 FW   SWE Samuel Armenteros
34 DF   NED Chiel Olde Keizer

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   NED Michael Brouwer (on loan to FC Emmen until 30 June 2022)
GK   NED Alessandro Damen (on loan to ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   CUW Jeremy Cijntje (on loan to FC Den Bosch until 30 June 2022)
FW   NED Delano Burgzorg (on loan to Mainz 05 until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   1–2   Sparta Rotterdam Almelo, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
10 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   Cancelled   Go Ahead Eagles Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
15 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   2–1   SV Rödinghausen Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
20 July 2021 Friendly Telstar   Cancelled   Heracles Almelo Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
21 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   1–2   PAOK Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Vloet   17'
24 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   0–1   N.E.C. Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
25 July 2021 Friendly FC Emmen   4–1   Heracles Almelo Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
30 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   4–1   RKC Waalwijk Almelo, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Erve Asito
31 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   2–2   De Graafschap Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Erve Asito
4 August 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   7–0   HSC '21 Almelo, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
7 August 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo   3–1   PEC Zwolle Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
1 September 2021 Friendly Werder Bremen   2–0   Heracles Almelo Bremen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
27 January 2022 Friendly SC Cambuur   0–1   Heracles Almelo Netherlands
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
25 March 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum   2–0   Heracles Almelo Bochum, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 14 August 2021 15 May 2021 Matchday 1 16th 34 9 7 18 33 49 −16 026.47
Eredivisie relegation play-offs 18 May 2022 21 May 2022 Semi-finals Semi-finals 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 000.00
KNVB Cup 26 October 2021 15 December 2021 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 050.00
Total 38 10 7 21 38 60 −22 026.32

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 −18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 −31 35
16 Heracles Almelo (R) 34 9 7 18 33 49 −16 34 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17 Willem II (R) 34 9 6 19 32 57 −25 33 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18 PEC Zwolle (R) 34 7 6 21 26 52 −26 27
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]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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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
34 9 7 18 33 49  −16 34 7 5 5 22 21  +1 2 2 13 11 28  −17

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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Round123456
GroundHAHAHH
ResultLDLLWW
Position
Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

14 August 2021 1 Heracles Almelo 0–2 PSV Almelo
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 8,053
Referee: Danny Makkelie
21 August 2021 2 Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 Heracles Almelo Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
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 Feyenoord 2–1 Heracles Almelo Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: De Kuip
19 September 2021 5 Heracles Almelo 3–2 Alkmaar Almelo
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
26 September 2021 7 Heracles Almelo 1–0 RKC Waalwijk Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
2 October 2021 8 Heracles Almelo 3–2 Willem II Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
30 October 2021 11 Heracles Almelo 0–0 Ajax Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
20 November 2021 13 Heracles Almelo 3–1 Fortuna Sittard Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
4 December 2021 15 Heracles Almelo 0–1 Heerenveen Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
18 December 2021 17 Heracles Almelo 4–2 Groningen Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
22 December 2021 18 Heracles Almelo 1–1 Cambuur Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
23 January 2022 20 Heracles Almelo 1–1 Go Ahead Eagles Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
11 February 2022 22 Heracles Almelo 1–0 Utrecht Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
26 February 2022 24 Heracles Almelo 2–0 PEC Zwolle Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
13 March 2022 26 Heracles Almelo 0–0 Vitesse Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
10 April 2022 29 Heracles Almelo 1–4 Feyenoord Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
30 April 2022 31 Heracles Almelo 1–1 Twente Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito
15 May 2022 34 Heracles Almelo 1–3 Sparta Rotterdam Almelo
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Erve Asito

KNVB Cup

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References

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  1. ^ "Selectie 2017–2018". www.heracles.nl. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "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.