2021–22 K.A.A. Gent season

Gent
2021–22 season
Chairman	Ivan De Witte
Managing director	Michel Louwagie
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
Belgian First Division A	6th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Round of 16
	All statistics correct as of 9 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 119th season in the existence of K.A.A. Gent and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent are participating in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 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	TUR	Sinan Bolat
2	DF	KEN	Joseph Okumu
3	DF	FRA	Christopher Operi
5	DF	CMR	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
6	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu
7	FW	BEL	Ilombe Mboyo
8	MF	BEL	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (captain)
9	MF	UKR	Roman Bezus
10	MF	GEO	Giorgi Chakvetadze
11	FW	SRB	Darko Lemajić
12	MF	BEL	Alexandre De Bruyn
13	MF	BEL	Julien De Sart
14	DF	BEL	Alessio Castro-Montes
15	MF	NGA	Adewale Oladoye
16	FW	NGA	Chinonso Emeka
17	MF	DEN	Andrew Hjulsager
18	MF	BEL	Matisse Samoise


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	BEL	Gianni Bruno
21	DF	NOR	Andreas Hanche-Olsen
22	MF	GAM	Sulayman Marreh
23	FW	ISR	Yonas Malede
24	MF	BEL	Sven Kums (vice-captain)
25	DF	ANG	Núrio Fortuna
26	GK	BEL	Louis Fortin
27	FW	CIV	Vakoun Issouf Bayo
28	MF	BEL	Wouter George
29	FW	BEL	Laurent Depoitre
31	DF	BEL	Bruno Godeau
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef
34	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali
35	DF	BEL	Cederic Van Daele
43	DF	MLI	Ibrahima Cissé
44	GK	BEL	René Vanden Borre
—	GK	BEL	Owen Jochmans

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	COD	Jordan Botaka

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
11	FW	CIV	Anderson Niangbo (on loan at Sturm Graz until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	GHA	Osman Bukari (on loan at FC Nantes until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 June 2021 Friendly	Dikkelvenne	2–3	Gent	Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Attendance: 600

9 July 2021 Friendly	FC Utrecht	3–0	Gent	Scharendijke, Netherlands
14:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Douvikas 38' Van de Streek 61' Ramselaar 73'

10 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	3–3	Gent	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

14 July 2021 Friendly	Lille	0–1	Gent	Camphin-en-Pévèle, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Agouzoul 59'		Bruno 2'	Stadium: Domaine de Luchin

14 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	Cancelled	Gent	Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)

16 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	Cancelled	Gent	Lisbon, Portugal
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	25 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	17	8	3	6	27	17	+10	047.06
Belgian Cup	27 October 2021		Sixth round	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	22 July 2021		Second qualifying round	12	7	2	3	16	7	+9	058.33
Total				31	17	5	9	49	24	+25	054.84

Last updated: 9 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Antwerp	18	10	3	5	32	21	+11	33	Qualification for the Play-offs I
5	Charleroi	18	9	5	4	32	22	+10	32	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Gent	18	9	3	6	28	17	+11	30
7	Kortrijk	19	7	7	5	22	22	0	28
8	Mechelen	18	8	3	7	29	31	−2	27

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2021. 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
17	8	3	6	27	17	+10	27	5	1	2	19	10	+9	3	2	4	8	7	+1

Last updated: 4 December 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L
Position	14	14	17

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. 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]

25 July 2021 1	Sint-Truiden	2–1	Gent	Sint-Truiden
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mboyo 12' Van Dessel 60' Brüls 67' Janssens 80'	Report	Hanche-Olsen 2', 66'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jan Boterberg

1 August 2021 2	Gent	2–2	Beerschot	Ghent
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

8 August 2021 3	Oostende	1–0	Gent	Ostend
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.[4]

22 July 2021 First leg	Gent	4–0	Vålerenga	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 11', 72' Tissoudali 39' Odjidja-Ofoe 56' Malede 88' De Sart 90+4'	Report	Bjørdal 58' Sahraoui 70' Borchgrevink 78'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 3,823[5] Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

29 July 2021 Second leg	Vålerenga	2–0 (2–4 agg.)	Gent	Oslo, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okumu 11' (o.g.) Näsberg 81'	Report		Stadium: Intility Arena Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.[6]

5 August 2021 First leg	Gent	2–2	Rīgas	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oladoye 52' Tissoudali 77'	Report	Lemajić 11' Šimkovič 28'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

12 August 2021 Second leg	Rīgas	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Gent	Jūrmala, Latvia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Okumu 73'	Stadium: Slokas Stadium Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.[7]

19 August 2021 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Gent	Bielsko-Biała, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niewulis 64'	Report		Stadium: BBOSiR Stadium Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

26 August 2021 Second leg	Gent	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Ghent, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 45+1' Odjidja-Ofoe 70' De Sart 72'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GNT	PAR	ANO	FLO
1	Gent	6	4	1	1	6	2	+4	13	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Partizan	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	1–1	2–0
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	6		1–0	0–2	—	2–2
4	Flora	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	5		0–1	1–0	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 1	Flora	0–1	Gent	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
18:45 (19:45 EEST)		Report	Lemajić 54'	Attendance: 2,666 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) 2	Gent	2–0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
18:45	Correa 28' (o.g.) Kums 81'	Report		Attendance: 10,209 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

21 October 2021 (2021-10-21) 3	Partizan	0–1	Gent	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
21:00		Report	Kums 59'	Attendance: 8,943 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) 4	Gent	1–1	Partizan	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
18:45	Tissoudali 80'	Report	Urošević 66'	Attendance: 10,595 Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 5	Anorthosis Famagusta	v	Gent	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:00 (22:00 EET)		Report		Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

9 December 2021 (2021-12-09) 6	Gent	v	Flora	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
18:45		Report

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 12 September 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	TUR	Sinan Bolat	11	0	6	0	0	0	5	0
26	GK	BEL	Louis Fortin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	KEN	Joseph Okumu	11	1	4+2	0	0	0	5	1
3	DF	FRA	Christopher Operi	5	0	1+1	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	CMR	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	11	1	6	1	0	0	5	0
14	DF	BEL	Alessio Castro-Montes	12	1	5+1	1	0	0	6	0
21	DF	NOR	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ANG	Núrio Fortuna	9	2	4	2	0	0	3+2	0
31	DF	BEL	Bruno Godeau	6	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
32	DF	BEL	Cederic Van Daele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Elisha Owusu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	BEL	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe	11	2	5	0	0	0	5+1	2
9	MF	UKR	Roman Bezus	4	1	1+1	1	0	0	0+2	0
10	MF	GEO	Giorgi Chakvetadze	5	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+3	0
12	MF	BEL	Alexandre De Bruyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	BEL	Julien De Sart	11	2	6	1	0	0	3+2	1
15	MF	NGA	Adewale Oladoye	5	1	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	1
17	MF	DEN	Andrew Hjulsager	10	0	3+1	0	0	0	5+1	0
18	MF	BEL	Matisse Samoise	5	0	2+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
22	MF	GAM	Sulayman Marreh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	BEL	Sven Kums	11	0	3+3	0	0	0	3+2	0
28	MF	BEL	Wouter George	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BEL	Dylan Mbayo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	SRB	Darko Lemajić	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	NGA	Chinonso Emeka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	BEL	Gianni Bruno	6	2	2+1	1	0	0	3	1
23	FW	ISR	Yonas Malede	9	1	3+3	0	0	0	0+3	1
27	FW	CIV	Vakoun Issouf Bayo	5	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+3	0
29	FW	BEL	Laurent Depoitre	9	2	2+2	2	0	0	3+2	0
34	FW	MAR	Tarik Tissoudali	12	5	5+1	2	0	0	6	3

Goalscorers

As of 22 July 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Conference League	Total
1	8	MF	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe	1	1
	19	FW	Gianni Bruno	1	1
	23	FW	Yonas Malede	1	1
	34	FW	Tarik Tissoudali	1	1
Totals				4	4

References

"KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.
"Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. 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.
"UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021.
"Gent vs. Vålerenga". Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
"UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
"UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
"UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

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[1] "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.

[2] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. 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.

[4] "UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021.

[5] "Gent vs. Vålerenga". Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[6] "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[7] "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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

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