2021–22 K.R.C. Genk season

Genk
2021–22 season
Chairman	Peter Croonen
Manager	John van den Brom; (until 6 December); Bernd Storck; (from 7 December)
Stadium	Luminus Arena
First Division A	8th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Belgian Super Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paul Onuachu (13); All: ; Paul Onuachu (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 6 February 2022.

The 2021–22 season is the 34th season in the existence of K.R.C. Genk and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genk are participating in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup, the Belgian Super Cup where it finished as runners-up, the UEFA Champions League where it got eliminated in the third qualifying round and in the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 January 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
2	DF	USA	Mark McKenzie
3	DF	ESP	Mujaid Sadick
4	MF	CIV	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed
5	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga
6	DF	NOR	Simen Juklerød
7	FW	JPN	Junya Ito
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen (captain)
10	FW	BEL	Théo Bongonda
11	MF	BEL	Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye
15	MF	BEL	Jay-Dee Geusens
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský
18	FW	NGA	Paul Onuachu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	COL	Daniel Muñoz
24	MF	BEL	Luca Oyen
25	DF	BEL	Tuur Rommens
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt
28	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil
30	GK	BEL	Vic Chambaere
33	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí
35	MF	HUN	András Németh
40	GK	BEL	Tobe Leysen
42	MF	NOR	Kristian Thorstvedt
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta
77	DF	ECU	Ángelo Preciado

Other players under contract

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	TAN	Kelvin John

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BRA	Neto Borges (at Tondela until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	BEL	Sébastien Dewaest (at OH Leuven until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	CIV	Eboue Kouassi (at Arouca until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CAN	Iké Ugbo (at Troyes until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	NGA	Cyriel Dessers (at Feyenoord until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	NGA	Stephen Odey (at Randers until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly	Eendracht Termien	1–8	Genk	Genk, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Piras 28'	Report	Diawara 20', 42' Németh 35' Dessers 52', 56' John 65' Abid 73' Paintsil 83'	Stadium: Terrain 't Heke

7 July 2021 Friendly	Genk	2–0	Eupen	Genk, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Németh 49' Heynen 58'	Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena

10 July 2021 Friendly	Genk	1–1	FC Groningen	Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paintsil 65'	Report	De Leeuw 26'	Stadium: Jos Vaessen Talent Academy

14 July 2021 Friendly	Genk	1–1	AZ	Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 78'	Report	Oosting 90'	Stadium: B-Veld Racing Genk

19 July 2021 Friendly	Genk	5–2	MVV	Genk, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 31' (pen.), 47' Oyen 51' John 63' Diawara 72'	Report	Bösing 26' Blummel 45+2'	Stadium: B-Veld Racing Genk

27 July 2021 Friendly	Genk	1–3	RWDM	Genk, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: B-Veld Racing Genk

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
First Division A	23 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		25	10	5	10	48	38	+10	040.00
Belgian Cup	27 October 2021	1 December 2021	Sixth round	Seventh round	2	1	1	0	9	3	+6	050.00
Belgian Super Cup	17 July 2021		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
UEFA Champions League	3 August 2021	10 August 2021	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021	9 December 2021	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	016.67
Total					36	12	8	16	65	58	+7	033.33

Last updated: 9 February 2022
Source: Soccerway

First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Charleroi	34	15	9	10	55	46	+9	54	Qualification for the Play-offs II
7	Mechelen	34	15	7	12	57	61	−4	52
8	Genk	34	15	6	13	66	47	+19	51
9	Sint-Truiden	34	15	6	13	42	40	+2	51
10	Cercle Brugge	34	12	9	13	49	46	+3	45

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.[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
25	10	5	10	48	38	+10	35	6	3	3	26	16	+10	4	2	7	22	22	0

Last updated: 9 February 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	P	L	W
Position	9	13	10	5	6	4	5	3	4	5	6	10	7	6	8	10	8	11	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	8

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.[3]

23 July 2021 1	Standard Liège	1–1	Genk	Liège
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissako 32' Laifis 69'	Report	Heynen 55' Paintsil 88' Bongonda 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

30 July 2021 2	Genk	3–4	Oostende	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Heynen 20' Bongonda 30', 60'	Report	Hendry 30' Kvasina 32' Gueye 49' Ambrose 62' Jäkel 79'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 5,069 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

7 August 2021 3	Kortrijk	1–2	Genk	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Chevalier 18'	Report	Onuachu 52' Muñoz 90+2'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

14 August 2021 4	Genk	4–0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bongonda 3' Lucumí 49' Onuachu 59' Ito 77' Thorstvedt 90+2'	Report	Özkacar 16' Schrijvers 53' Keita 63' Dewaest 70' Henry 71'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 10,147 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

29 August 2021 6	Genk	1–0	Anderlecht	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Muñoz 66' Ugbo 87'	Report	Raman 42' Harwood-Bellis 66' Olsson 68' Amuzu 84' Sergio Gómez 90'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Nicolas Laforge

12 September 2021 7	Genk	1–1	Union SG	Genk
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucumí 43' Onuachu 74'	Report	Burgess 28' Bager 72' Undav 90+5'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

19 September 2021 8	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Genk	Sint-Truiden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stayen

22 September 2021 5	Antwerp	4–2	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet 27', 45' 84' B. Verstraete 37' Miyoshi 41' Frey 44', 69' Almeida 79' Haroun 89'	Report	Onuachu 13', 80' (p), 56' Muñoz 45+1' Thorstvedt 72'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

26 September 2021 9	Genk	3–0	RFC Seraing	Genk
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

3 October 2021 10	Eupen	3–2	Genk	Eupen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

17 October 2021 11	Charleroi	2–0	Genk	Charleroi
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

24 October 2021 12	Genk	0–3	Gent	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

31 October 2021 13	Zulte Waregem	2–6	Genk	Waregem
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Regenboogstadion

7 November 2021 14	Genk	1–1	Cercle Brugge	Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

21 November 2021 15	Beerschot	2–0	Genk	Antwerp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

28 November 2021 16	Genk	2–3	Club Brugge	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

5 December 2021 17	Mechelen	1–1	Genk	Mechelen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

12 December 2021 18	Gent	1–0	Genk	Ghent
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Sart 29'			Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

16 December 2021 19	Genk	4–2	Charleroi	Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

19 December 2021 20	Genk	1–1	Antwerp	Genk
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

26 December 2021 21	Oostende	0–4	Genk	Ostend
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Versluys Arena

16 January 2022 22	Genk	4–1	Beerschot	Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

23 January 2022 23	Union SG	2–1	Genk	Brussels
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nielsen 27' Burgess 76' Vanzier 84' 90+10' (pen.) Lazare 90+9'		Onuachu 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Referee: Nathan Verboomen

6 February 2022 26	Genk	2–0	Zulte Waregem	Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

9 February 2022 25	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	2–1	Genk	Leuven
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Den Dreef

13 February 2022 27	Genk	v	Standard Liège	Genk
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

16 February 2022 24	Genk	v	Mechelen	Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

20 February 2022 28	Anderlecht	v	Genk	Anderlecht
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

27 February 2022 29	Genk	v	Kortrijk	Genk
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

5 March 2022 30	Cercle Brugge	v	Genk	Bruges
16:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

12 March 2022 31	Genk	v	Sint-Truiden	Genk
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

19 March 2022 32	Club Brugge	v	Genk	Bruges
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

2 April 2022 33	Genk	v	Eupen	Genk
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

9 April 2022 34	RFC Seraing	v	Genk	Seraing
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade du Pairay

Play-Off II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNT	GNK	MEC	CHA
1	Gent (Q)	2	1	1	3	2	+1	34	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]	—	0–1	7 May	21 May
2	Genk	2	2	0	5	2	+3	32	Qualification for the European competition play-offs	15 May	—	4–2	10 May
3	Mechelen	2	1	1	3	4	−1	29		10 May	21 May	—	1–0
4	Charleroi	2	0	2	1	4	−3	27		1–3	6 May	14 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[4]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: April 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on April 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Belgian Cup

Belgian Super Cup

17 July 2021 Final	Club Brugge	3–2	Genk	Brugge
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mitrović 45+3' Lang 48' (pen.), 49' Mata 50' De Ketelaere 65'	Report	Bongonda 44' Uronen 90+3'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

3 August 2021 First leg	Genk	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Genk, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 39' Muñoz 62' Thorstvedt 69'	Report	Pedrinho 50' Tetê 63' (pen.) Marlon 66' Maycon 68' Alan Patrick 81'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 5,096[5] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

10 August 2021 Second leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Genk	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Traoré 27' Sudakov 42' Trubin 71' Marcos Antônio 76' Vitão 90+2'	Report	Lucumí 45+2' Dessers 90' Muñoz 90+5'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 20,594[6] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WHU	DZA	RWI	GNK
1	West Ham United	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13	Advance to round of 16	—	0–1	2–0	3–0
2	Dinamo Zagreb	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–2	—	3–1	1–1
3	Rapid Wien	6	2	0	4	4	9	−5	6	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–2	2–1	—	0–1
4	Genk	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5		2–2	0–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Rapid Wien	0–1	Genk	Vienna, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Onuachu 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 18,400 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

30 September 2021 2	Genk	0–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Genk, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Heynen 14' Thorstvedt 30' Muñoz 65'	Report	Ivanušec 10' Petković 45+3' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 11,262 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

21 October 2021 3	West Ham United	3–0	Genk	Stratford, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dawson 45+1' Diop 57' Bowen 59'	Report		Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 45,980 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

4 November 2021 4	Genk	2–2	West Ham United	Genk, Belgium
17:45 CET (UTC+1)	Paintsil 5', 69' Thorstvedt 55' Muñoz 69' Arteaga 71' Souček 88' (o.g.)	Report	Rice 15' Benrahma 59', 82' Dawson 67'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 12,239 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

25 November 2021 5	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Genk	Zagreb, Croatia
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Menalo 35'	Report	Ugbo 45+1'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 6,892 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

9 December 2021 6	Genk	0–1	Rapid Wien	Genk, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ljubičić 29'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 10,018 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 23 January 2022.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		Super Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
26	GK	BEL	Maarten Vandevoordt	32	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
30	GK	BEL	Vic Chambaere	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	BEL	Tobe Leysen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Mark McKenzie	18	0	11+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
3	DF	ESP	Mujaid Sadick	21	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	3+1	0
4	DF	CIV	Aziz Ouattara Mohammed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	MEX	Gerardo Arteaga	28	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
6	DF	NOR	Simen Juklerød	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	DF	COL	Daniel Muñoz	25	2	16+4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
25	DF	BEL	Tuur Rommens	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	COL	Jhon Lucumí	23	1	13+3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4+1	0
46	DF	COL	Carlos Cuesta	17	0	8+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3+1	0
77	DF	ECU	Angelo Preciado	18	0	6+6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3+2	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BEL	Bryan Heynen	30	3	20+2	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
11	MF	BEL	Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye	26	0	8+12	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	0+3	0
14	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma	11	0	5+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	MF	BEL	Jay-Dee Geusens	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský	24	5	15+2	5	0	0	0+1	0	2	0	4	0
20	MF	NED	Carel Eiting	18	0	10+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	2+1	0
24	MF	BEL	Luca Oyen	14	1	2+9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
35	MF	HUN	András Németh	1	1	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	NOR	Kristian Thorstvedt	27	3	16+3	3	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	5+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	JPN	Junya Ito	32	5	22+1	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
10	FW	BEL	Theo Bongonda	28	8	16+4	7	0	0	1	1	2	0	4+1	0
18	FW	NGA	Paul Onuachu	27	15	15+4	13	0	0	1	0	2	1	4+1	1
21	FW	CAN	Ike Ugbo	23	4	6+12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+3	1
28	FW	GHA	Joseph Paintsil	18	2	6+6	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
34	FW	TAN	Kelvin John	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
21	DF	FIN	Jere Uronen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
38	MF	CIV	Eboue Kouassi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF	BEL	Pierre Dwomoh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	NGA	Cyriel Dessers	6	1	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	1	0	0
22	FW	BEL	Bryan Limbombe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	BRA	Neto Borges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	NGA	Stephen Odey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 3 August 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Pro League	Belgian Super Cup	Champions League	Total
1	10	FW	Théo Bongonda	3	1	0	4
2	18	FW	Paul Onuachu	0	0	1	1
	21	DF	Jere Uronen	0	1	0	1
	28	MF	Bryan Heynen	1	0	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0	0
Totals				4	2	1	7

References

"1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.
"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.
"Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.
"BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
"Genk vs. Shakhtar Donetsk". Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
"Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Genk". Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
"UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

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[1] "1ste ploeg" (in Dutch). K.R.C. Genk.

[2] "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.

[3] "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

[5] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[6] "Genk vs. Shakhtar Donetsk". Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[7] "Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Genk". Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[8] "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.