2021–22 Go Ahead Eagles season

Go Ahead Eagles
2021–22 season
Chairman	Jan Willem van Dop
Head coach	Kees van Wonderen
Stadium	De Adelaarshorst
Eredivisie	12th
KNVB Cup	First round
Highest home attendance	6,650 (vs. SC Heerenveen, 13 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance	6,650 (vs. SC Heerenveen, 13 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	6,650
Biggest defeat	0–2 (vs. Feyenoord, 22 August 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is the 119th season in the existence of Go Ahead Eagles and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Go Ahead Eagles will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 June 2021^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Mitchel Michaelis
2	DF	NED	Wout Droste
4	DF	NED	Jeroen Veldmate (captain)
5	DF	NED	Bas Kuipers
6	MF	NED	Jay Idzes
7	FW	NED	Martijn Berden
8	MF	NED	Luuk Brouwers
9	FW	FRA	Antoine Rabillard
10	MF	TUR	Erkan Eyibil
11	FW	NED	Kevin van Kippersluis
14	MF	NED	Zakaria Eddahchouri
15	DF	GER	Nicolas Abdat


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	NED	Alessio Budel
17	MF	SCO	Frank Ross
18	FW	NED	Sam Crowther
19	FW	NED	Sam Hendriks
20	GK	NED	Jay Gorter
22	DF	NED	Julliani Eersteling
23	FW	NED	Quiermo Dumay
25	DF	NED	Boyd Lucassen
26	DF	NED	Justin Bakker
27	DF	ZAM	Jacob Mulenga
30	MF	GRE	Giannis Fivos Botos (on loan from AEK Athens)
—	DF	NED	Joris Kramer (on loan from AZ Alkmaar)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: three halves of 30 minutes.

10 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	Cancelled	Go Ahead Eagles	Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

23 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	Vitesse	Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

24 July 2021 Friendly	Jong FC Utrecht	Cancelled	Go Ahead Eagles	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

31 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Nijkerk	Cancelled	Go Ahead Eagles	Netherlands
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)

31 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	Cancelled	Willem II	Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

31 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	FC Emmen	Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

7 August 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	Cancelled	SV Rödinghausen	Deventer, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	14–15 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	15	6	2	7	19	25	−6	040.00
KNVB Cup	27 October 2021		First round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				16	7	2	7	21	25	−4	043.75

Last updated: 5 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	NEC	34	10	8	16	38	52	−14	38
12	Groningen	34	9	9	16	41	55	−14	36
13	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	6	18	37	51	−14	36
14	Sparta Rotterdam	34	8	11	15	30	48	−18	35
15	Fortuna Sittard	34	10	5	19	36	67	−31	35

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
2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	0	1	0	2	−2

Last updated: 5 December 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result	L	L
Position	14	16

Updated to match(es) played on 5 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]

13 August 2021 1	Go Ahead Eagles	0–1	SC Heerenveen	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Halilović 6'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 6,650 Referee: Kevin Blom

22 August 2021 2	Feyenoord	2–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST(UTC+2)	Linssen 60', 87' Burger 84'	Report	Kuipers 78'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 34,384 Referee: Rob Dieperink

28 August 2021 3	Go Ahead Eagles	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Jannick van der Laan

22 September 2021 6	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	PSV	Deventer
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Córdoba 55'	Report	Gakpo 15' Max 23' Obispo 81' Van Ginkel 86'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Bas Nijhuis

7 November 2021 12	Ajax	0–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez 42' Álvarez 49'	Report	Lucassen 90'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof open) Attendance: 53,497 Referee: Rob Dieperink

5 December 2021 15	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	FC Twente	Deventer
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

11 December 2021 16	FC Utrecht	v	Go Ahead Eagles	Utrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

27 February 2022 24	Go Ahead Eagles	v	Ajax	Deventer
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

6 March 2022 25	Go Ahead Eagles	v	FC Utrecht	Deventer
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

KNVB Cup

27 October 2021 First round	Almere City	0–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Almere
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Yanmar Stadion

15 December 2021 Second round	Go Ahead Eagles	v	Roda JC	Deventer
20:00 CET(UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

References

^ "Selectie". www.ga-eagles.nl. Go Ahead Eagles. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "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.

[1] "Selectie". www.ga-eagles.nl. Go Ahead Eagles. 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.

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