2021–22 Go Ahead Eagles season

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.

Go Ahead Eagles
2021–22 season
ChairmanJan Willem van Dop
Head coachKees van Wonderen
StadiumDe Adelaarshorst
Eredivisie12th
KNVB CupFirst round
Highest home attendance6,650 (vs. SC Heerenveen, 13 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance6,650 (vs. SC Heerenveen, 13 August 2021)
Average home league attendance6,650
Biggest defeat0–2 (vs. Feyenoord, 22 August 2021)

Players

First-team squad
As of 2 June 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 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

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
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
Main article: 2021–22 Eredivisie

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Utrecht 31 12 9 10 48 40 +8 45 Qualification to European competition play-offs
8 Groningen 31 9 9 13 38 47 −9 36
9 Go Ahead Eagles 31 10 6 15 36 46 −10 36
10 Heerenveen 31 9 8 14 32 43 −11 35
11 NEC 31 9 8 14 35 48 −13 35
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)[2]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round123
GroundHA
ResultLL
Position1416
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
7 November 2021 12 Ajax 0–0 Go Ahead Eagles Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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
Main article: 2021–22 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
  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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