2021–22 NEC Nijmegen season

The 2021–22 season is the 55th season in the existence of NEC Nijmegen and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, NEC Nijmegen will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

NEC Nijmegen
2021–22 season
ChairmanRon van Oijen
ManagerRogier Meijer
StadiumGoffertstadion
Eredivisie11th
KNVB CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ali Akman
Jonathan Okita
(1 each)

All:
Ali Akman
Jonathan Okita
(1 each)
Highest home attendance8,333
(vs. PEC Zwolle, 20 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance
Average home league attendance
Biggest win2-0
(vs. PEC Zwolle (h), 20 August 2021)
Biggest defeat0-5
(vs. Ajax (a), 14 August 2021)

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 July 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 Mattijs Branderhorst
3 DF  NED Rens van Eijden (captain)
4 DF  GER Kevin Bukusu
6 MF  NED Jordy Bruijn
7 MF  NED Elayis Tavşan
8 MF  PAR Édgar Barreto
9 FW  BEL Thibo Baeten
10 FW  COD Jonathan Okita
12 MF  NED Thomas Beekman
15 MF  NED Javier Vet
16 DF  MAR Souffian El Karouani
18 MF  BEL Mathias De Wolf
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  DEN Lasse Schöne
20 FW  NED Joep van der Sluijs
26 DF  NED Cas Odenthal
28 DF  NED Bart van Rooij
71 MF  NED Dirk Proper
GK  AUS Danny Vukovic
MF  DEN Mikkel Duelund (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
FW  NED Ole Romeny
MF  DEN Magnus Mattsson
DF  ESP Iván Márquez
DF  NED Ilias Bronkhorst
DF  BRA Rodrigo Guth (on loan from Atalanta)
GK  NED Robin Roefs

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly AZ 4–1 N.E.C. Dirkshorn, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Boadu 27'
  • Aboukhlal 60'
  • Beukema 76', 87'
Stadium: Sportpark vv Dirkshorn
14 July 2021 Friendly TOP Oss Cancelled N.E.C. Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
17 July 2021 Friendly N.E.C. 3–0 RKC Waalwijk Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: three halves of 30 minutes.
24 July 2021 Friendly Heracles Almelo 0–1 N.E.C. Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
30 July 2021 Friendly N.E.C. 2–0 OFI Nijmegen, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Goffertstadion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 14 August 2021 15 May 2021 Matchday 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 050.00
KNVB Cup 14–16 December 2021 Second round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 050.00

Last updated: 14 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Go Ahead Eagles 31 10 6 15 36 46 10 36
10 SC Heerenveen 31 9 8 14 32 43 11 35
11 NEC 31 9 8 14 35 48 13 35
12 Heracles Almelo 31 9 7 15 32 42 10 34
13 Cambuur 31 10 4 17 48 66 18 34
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
3 2 0 1 3 5  −2 6 1 0 0 2 0  +2 1 0 1 1 5  −4

Last updated: 29 August 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round123
GroundAHA
ResultLWW
Position18117
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

14 August 2021 1 Ajax 5–0 N.E.C. Amsterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 32,275
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
20 August 2021 2 N.E.C. 2–0 PEC Zwolle Nijmegen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Goffert
Attendance: 8,333
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
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 N.E.C. v Willem II Nijmegen
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) 0 0 Stadium: De Goffert

KNVB Cup

27 October 2021 First round VV Capelle 0–3 N.E.C. Capelle aan den IJssel
20:00 CEST Stadium: Sportpark 't Slot

References

  1. "Selectie N.E.C. Nijmegen". www.nec-nijmegen.nl. Retrieved 12 June 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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