2021–22 Fortuna Sittard season

The 2021–22 season will be the 54th season in the existence of Fortuna Sittard and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Sittard will participate in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

Fortuna Sittard
2021–22 season
ChairmanÖzgür Işıtan Gün
ManagerSjors Ultee
StadiumFortuna Sittard Stadion
Eredivisie15th
KNVB Cup2nd Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mats Seuntjens (8)
All:
Mats Seuntjens (8)
Highest home attendance8,333 (vs. AFC Ajax, 21 September 2021)
Lowest home attendance6,300 (vs. FC Twente, 14 August 2021)
Average home league attendance6,997
Biggest win2–1 (vs. FC Twente (h), 14 August 2021)

Players

First-team squad
As of 2 September 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  NED Yanick van Osch
2 DF   SUI Martin Angha
4 DF  BEL Dario Van den Buijs (on loan from Beerschot)
5 DF  NED Roel Janssen
7 MF  CPV Lisandro Semedo
8 FW  NED Zian Flemming
9 FW  GER Sebastian Polter
10 MF  NED Mats Seuntjens
11 FW  SWE Emil Hansson
12 DF  NED Clint Essers
14 MF  SWE Tesfaldet Tekie
17 FW  GRE Dimitris Emmanouilidis (on loan from Panathinaikos)
18 DF  NED Mike van Beijnen
19 FW  ENG Veron Parkes
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  KVX Arian Kastrati
21 DF  FRA Grégoire Amiot
22 GK  NED Piet Velthuizen
23 MF  NED Ben Rienstra (captain)
24 MF  MAR Nassim El Ablak
25 DF  BEL Mickaël Tirpan (on loan from Kasımpaşa)
27 MF  COD Samuel Moutoussamy (on loan from Nantes)
33 FW  NED Leroy George
35 DF  ENG George Cox
40 GK  GER Joshua Wehking
41 GK  NED Tom Hendriks
55 MF  BEL Thibaud Verlinden

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 GK Felix Dornebusch Eintracht Braunschweig Free [2]
27 July 2021 MF Yigit Emre Celtik Altinordu Free [3]
29 July 2021 MF Arianit Ferati Waldhof Mannheim Free [4]
3 August 2021 FW Samy Baghdadi RC Grasse Free [5]
11 August 2021 FW Tijjani Noslin TOP Oss Free [6]
12 August 2021 MF Deroy Duarte Sparta Rotterdam Free [7]
26 August 2021 GK Ruben van Kouwen NEC Nijmegen Free [8]
27 August 2021 DF Mickaël Tirpan Kasimpasa Undisclosed [9]
19 November 2021 MF Andreas Samaris N/A Free [10]

Loans in
Date from Date to Pos. Name From Ref.
13 August 2021 End of season MF Ryan Johansson Sevilla Atlético [11]
16 August 2021 End of season DF Ivo Pinto Dinamo Zagreb [12]
31 August 2021 End of season DF Nigel Lonwijk Wolves U23 [13]

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
10 June 2021 FW André Vidigal Marítimo Undisclosed [14]
16 June 2021 FW Djibril Dianessy Pau FC Free [15]
1 July 2021 DF Grégoire Amiot Released N/A [16]
1 July 2021 MF Nassim el Ablak Released N/A [17]
1 July 2021 GK Piet Velthuizen Released N/A [18]
17 July 2021 FW Rasmus Karjalainen Helsingborg Undisclosed [19]
27 July 2021 MF Dimitrios Ioannidis Rot Weiss Ahlen Free [20]
5 August 2021 DF Özgür Aktas Telstar Free [21]
13 August 2021 FW Sebastian Polter VfL Bochum Free
24 August 2021 FW Jacky Donkor FC Dordrecht Free [22]
27 August 2021 FW Leroy George De Treffers Free [23]
31 August 2021 DF Clint Essers MVV Maastricht Free [24]
2 September 2021 DF Lazaros Rota AEK Athens Free [25]
3 September 2021 FW Thibaud Verlinden Dunajska Streda Free [26]

Loans out
Date from Date to Pos. Name To Ref.
5 August 2021 End of season DF Mike van Beijnen FC Den Bosch [27]
18 August 2021 2022 GK Joshua Wehking MVV Maastricht [28]
31 August 2021 End of season FW Arian Kastrati NK Dekani [29]
6 September 2021 End of season MF Adnan Ugur Karagümrük [30]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 July 2021 Friendly Fortuna Sittard Cancelled MVV Maastricht Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)
14 July 2021 Friendly OH Leuven Cancelled Fortuna Sittard Belgium
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
17 July 2021 Friendly Beerschot 1–1 Fortuna Sittard Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
21 July 2021 Friendly Fortuna Sittard 1–1 OFI Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
7 August 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht 2–3 Fortuna Sittard Utrecht, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Douvikas 15'
  • Ramselaar 55'
 Report
Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 200
7 August 2021 Friendly FC Utrecht 7–0 Fortuna Sittard Utrecht, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Attendance: 200

Competitions

Overall record
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 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 016.67
KNVB Cup 27 October 2021 15 December 2021 1st Round 2nd Round 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00
Total 8 2 1 5 9 16 −7 025.00

Last updated: 21 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie
Main article: 2021–22 Eredivisie

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Cambuur 31 10 4 17 48 66 −18 34
14 RKC Waalwijk 31 7 10 14 34 49 −15 31
15 Fortuna Sittard 31 8 5 18 32 64 −32 29
16 PEC Zwolle 31 7 5 19 24 47 −23 26 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 Sparta Rotterdam 31 5 11 15 23 46 −23 26 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. 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)[31]
Home \ Away AJA AZ CAM FEY FOR GAE GRO HEE HER NEC PEC PSV RKC SPA TWE UTR VIT WIL
Ajax 1–2 9–0 3–2 5–0 0–0 3–0 11 May 3–0 5–0 3–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 5–0 0–1 5–0 5–0
AZ 8 May 0–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 15 May 3–1 0–1 5–1 3–1 4–1
SC Cambuur 2–3 1–3 2–3 2–1 5–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–4 1–2 7 May 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–6 11 May
Feyenoord 0–2 1–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 5–3 4–0 7 May 2–2 4–0 15 May 2–1 0–1 2–0
Fortuna Sittard 0–5 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–4 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–4 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 11 May 1–0
Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 1–4 3–0 11 May 4–3 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–0
FC Groningen 1–3 2–0 15 May 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 7 May 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
SC Heerenveen 0–2 1–3 3–3 0–3 1–0 15 May 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–2 2–1
Heracles Almelo 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–4 3–1 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 15 May 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2
N.E.C. 0–1 1–3 2–3 1–4 15 May 7 May 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–0
PEC Zwolle 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 15 May 0–0 1–1 1–3 7 May 0–1 2–0
PSV 1–2 1–2 4–1 0–4 5–0 2–0 5–2 3–1 3–1 11 May 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 4–1 2–0 4–2
RKC Waalwijk 0–5 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 11 May 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2
Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 11 May 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–0
FC Twente 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 7 May 2–2 11 May 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1
FC Utrecht 0–3 11 May 3–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–1
Vitesse 15 May 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 7 May 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–5 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 0–3
Willem II 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 7 May 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 15 May 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Eredivisie,[32] Flashscore[33]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
6 1 1 4 6 14  −8 4 1 1 1 4 8  −4 0 0 3 2 6  −4

Last updated: September 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round
Round1234
GroundHAH
ResultWP
Position57
Updated to match(es) played on August 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.[34]

14 August 2021 1 Fortuna Sittard 2–1 FC Twente Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
1 December 2021 2 AZ 2-1 Fortuna Sittard Alkmaar
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 6,645
Referee: Dennis Higler
27 August 2021 3 Fortuna Sittard 2-2 RKC Waalwijk Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 6470
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
12 September 2021 4 Sparta Rotterdam 3-1 Fortuna Sittard Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Attendance: 6623
Referee: Erwin Blank
18 September 2021 5 SC Heerenveen 1-0 Fortuna Sittard Heerenveen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 16400
Referee: Laurens Gerrets
21 September 2021 6 Fortuna Sittard 0-5 Ajax Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 8333
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
25 September 2021 7 Vitesse 1-1 Fortuna Sittard Arnhem
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gelredome
Attendance: 11631
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
2 October 2021 8 Fortuna Sittard 1-3 N.E.C. Nijmegen Sittard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 7011
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
16 October 2021 9 Fortuna Sittard 1-0 SC Cambuur Sittard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 6873
Referee: Dennis Higler
22 October 2021 10 Willem II 1-1 Fortuna Sittard Tilburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 14057
Referee: Annick Van Der Laan

KNVB Cup
Main article: 2021–22 KNVB Cup

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