2021–22 Heracles Almelo season

Heracles Almelo
2021–22 season
Chairman	René Neelissen
Head coach	Frank Wormuth
Stadium	Erve Asito
Eredivisie	13th
KNVB Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: ; Delano Burgzorg (1); All: ; Delano Burgzorg (1)
Highest home attendance	8,053 (vs. PSV, 14 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance	8,053 (vs. PSV, 14 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	8,053
Biggest win	–
Biggest defeat	0–2 (vs. PSV, 14 August 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season is the 55th season in the existence of Heracles Almelo and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Heracles Almelo will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

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	GER	Janis Blaswich
3	DF	ITA	Giacomo Quagliata
5	DF	GER	Marco Rente
6	MF	GER	Orestis Kiomourtzoglou
7	FW	TUR	Bilal Başaçıkoğlu
8	MF	BEL	Elias Sierra
9	FW	TUR	Sinan Bakış
10	MF	NED	Rai Vloet
11	FW	DEN	Nikolai Laursen
12	DF	NED	Ruben Roosken
13	DF	NED	Mats Knoester
14	MF	USA	Luca de la Torre
15	MF	BEL	Lucas Schoofs
17	MF	HUN	Adrián Szőke


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	BEL	Ismail Azzaoui
19	DF	NED	Navajo Bakboord
20	MF	DEN	Kasper Lunding
21	GK	CUW	Jeremy Cijntje
22	DF	CRO	Mateo Leš
23	DF	BEL	Noah Fadiga
24	DF	GER	Elias Oubella
26	GK	NED	Koen Bucker
27	MF	TUR	Melih İbrahimoğlu
28	GK	NED	Robin Jalving
30	MF	BDI	Mohamed Amissi
31	MF	NED	Rohat Agca
37	FW	NED	Delano Burgzorg

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
—	GK	NED	Michael Brouwer (on loan to FC Emmen until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Almelo, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

10 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	Cancelled	Go Ahead Eagles	Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

15 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	2–1	SV Rödinghausen	Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

20 July 2021 Friendly	Telstar	Cancelled	Heracles Almelo	Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

21 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	1–2	PAOK	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

24 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	0–1	N.E.C.	Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)

25 July 2021 Friendly	FC Emmen	4–1	Heracles Almelo	Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

30 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	4–1	RKC Waalwijk	Almelo, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Başaçıkoğlu 34' Vloet 59' Kiomourtzoglou 73' Quagliata 90' Fadiga 90+3'		Bakari 83' Gaari 90'	Stadium: Erve Asito

31 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	2–2	De Graafschap	Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

4 August 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	7–0	HSC '21	Almelo, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

7 August 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	3–1	PEC Zwolle	Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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 %
Eredivisie	14 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
KNVB Cup	14–16 December 2021		Second round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00

Last updated: August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Sparta Rotterdam	34	8	11	15	30	48	−18	35
15	Fortuna Sittard	34	10	5	19	36	67	−31	35
16	Heracles Almelo (R)	34	9	7	18	33	49	−16	34	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Willem II (R)	34	9	6	19	32	57	−25	33	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	PEC Zwolle (R)	34	7	6	21	26	52	−26	27	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

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]
(R) Relegated

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
2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	1	0	1	1	0

Last updated: August 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result	L	D
Position	15	13

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.^[3]

14 August 2021 1	Heracles Almelo	0–2	PSV	Almelo
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fadiga 26' Quagliata 66'	Report	Mauro Júnior 30' Bruma 40' Madueke 64' Ramalho 76'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 8,053 Referee: Danny Makkelie

21 August 2021 2	Sparta Rotterdam	1-1	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vriends 40'	Report	Burgzorg 77'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

References

^ "Selectie 2017–2018". www.heracles.nl. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Definitief: alle Eredivisie wedstrijden voor seizoen 2021-22". eredivisie.nl. 11 June 2021.

[1] "Selectie 2017–2018". www.heracles.nl. 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.

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