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
Eredivisie16th
KNVB CupPre-season
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mats Seuntjens (7)
All:
Mats Seuntjens (7)
Highest home attendance6,300 (vs. FC Twente, 14 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance6,300 (vs. FC Twente, 14 August 2021)
Average home league attendance6,300
Biggest win2–1 (vs. FC Twente (h), 14 August 2021)

Players

First-team squad[1]
As of 2 September 2021

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]

Loan 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]

Loan 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)
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 Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 14 August 2021 15 May 2021 Matchday 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
KNVB Cup 14–16 December 2021 Second round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00

Last updated: 14 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie
Main article: 2021–22 Eredivisie

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 RKC Waalwijk 16 3 6 7 17 25 −8 15
15 Heracles Almelo 16 4 2 10 16 23 −7 14
16 Fortuna Sittard 16 3 3 10 17 39 −22 12 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 Sparta Rotterdam 16 2 5 9 12 24 −12 11 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18 PEC Zwolle 16 1 3 12 8 28 −20 6
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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 19 Mar 23 Dec 0–0 3–0 11 May 6 Feb 5–0 30 Apr 5–0 5 Mar 9 Apr 12 Feb 0–1 5–0 5–0
AZ 7 May 22 Jan 26 Feb 2–1 5–0 21 Dec 23 Apr 19 Feb 1–1 3–2 0–3 15 May 3–1 12 Mar 5–1 2 Apr 18 Dec
SC Cambuur 12 Mar 1–3 2–3 26 Feb 5–2 1–2 19 Dec 2–1 2 Apr 12 Feb 23 Apr 7 May 16 Jan 2–0 2–1 1–6 11 May
Feyenoord 19 Dec 1–0 19 Feb 5–0 2–0 5 Mar 3–1 2–1 5–3 4–0 7 May 2–2 6 Feb 15 May 23 Apr 15 Jan 2 Apr
Fortuna Sittard 0–5 16 Jan 1–0 30 Apr 23 Apr 1–4 5 Feb 2 Apr 1–3 5 Mar 1–4 2–2 19 Feb 2–1 17 Dec 11 May 12 Mar
Go Ahead Eagles 26 Feb 12 Feb 19 Mar 11 May 4–3 0–1 0–1 4–2 19 Dec 1–0 1–2 15 Jan 2–0 1–2 5 Mar 30 Apr 9 Apr
FC Groningen 2 Apr 2–0 15 May 1–1 12 Feb 6 Feb 1–1 23 Apr 12 Mar 1–1 15 Jan 1–1 7 May 1–1 0–0 0–1 26 Feb
SC Heerenveen 0–2 1–3 30 Apr 22 Dec 1–0 15 May 9 Apr 19 Mar 12 Feb 22 Jan 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–3 26 Feb 1–2 2–1
Heracles Almelo 0–0 3–2 22 Dec 9 Apr 3–1 23 Jan 18 Dec 0–1 0–1 26 Feb 0–2 1–0 15 May 30 Apr 12 Feb 12 Mar 3–2
N.E.C. 23 Apr 5 Mar 2–3 23 Jan 15 May 7 May 3–0 1–1 15 Jan 2–0 1–2 19 Feb 19 Mar 9 Apr 0–3 0–1 0–0
PEC Zwolle 0–2 9 Apr 1–2 12 Mar 0–1 2 Apr 19 Feb 0–1 1–0 5 Feb 15 May 0–0 1–1 18 Dec 7 May 0–1 14 Jan
PSV 23 Jan 5 Feb 4–1 0–4 19 Mar 23 Dec 5–2 19 Feb 5 Mar 11 May 3–1 9 Apr 2–1 5–2 4–1 2–0 30 Apr
RKC Waalwijk 0–5 1–0 0–1 12 Feb 21 Jan 1–1 30 Apr 12 Mar 11 May 2–1 23 Apr 19 Dec 1–0 26 Feb 2 Apr 1–2 1–2
Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 30 Apr 0–4 0–1 3–1 12 Mar 1–1 2 Apr 1–1 1–1 11 May 26 Feb 22 Dec 0–1 23 Jan 18 Dec 12 Feb
FC Twente 1–1 3–1 5 Mar 0–0 7 May 19 Feb 11 May 16 Jan 1–0 1–2 19 Mar 2 Apr 2–1 23 Apr 1–0 5 Feb 1–1
FC Utrecht 16 Jan 11 May 5 Feb 3–1 9 Apr 0–0 19 Mar 2–1 1–0 30 Apr 5–1 12 Mar 2–2 4–0 22 Dec 19 Feb 5–1
Vitesse 15 May 0–0 9 Apr 2–1 1–1 1–2 22 Jan 7 May 2–1 26 Feb 21 Dec 12 Feb 19 Mar 5 Mar 1–4 2–1 0–3
Willem II 19 Feb 19 Mar 1–3 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–1 5 Mar 7 May 22 Dec 1–0 2–1 6 Feb 0–3 22 Jan 15 May 23 Apr
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. 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
1 1 0 0 2 1  +1 3 1 0 0 2 1  +1 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: August 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 v RKC Waalwijk Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

KNVB Cup
Main article: 2021–22 KNVB Cup

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