2021–22 Fortuna Sittard season

Fortuna Sittard 2021–22 football season

Fortuna Sittard

2021–22 season

Chairman

Özgür Işıtan Gün

Manager

Sjors Ultee

Stadium

Fortuna Sittard Stadion

Eredivisie

15th

KNVB Cup

Second round

Top goalscorer

League:
Mats Seuntjens (8)
All:
Mats Seuntjens (8)

Highest home attendance

8,333 (vs. AFC Ajax, 21 September 2021)

Lowest home attendance

6,300 (vs. FC Twente, 14 August 2021)

Average home league attendance

6,997

Biggest win

2–1 (vs. FC Twente (h), 14 August 2021)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 February 2022

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	NED	Roel Janssen
6	MF	CPV	Deroy Duarte
7	MF	CPV	Lisandro Semedo
8	FW	NED	Zian Flemming
9	FW	CUW	Charlison Benschop
10	MF	NED	Mats Seuntjens (vice-captain)
11	FW	NED	Paul Gladon
12	DF	POR	Ivo Pinto (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb)
14	MF	SWE	Tesfaldet Tekie
17	FW	COD	Jordan Botaka (on loan from Gent)
18	DF	NED	Nigel Lonwijk (on loan from Wolverhampton)
19	MF	GER	Arianit Ferati


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	GRE	Andreas Samaris
23	MF	NED	Ben Rienstra (captain)
24	FW	FRA	Samy Baghdadi
25	MF	BEL	Mickaël Tirpan
27	DF	NED	Ronan Pluijmen
28	MF	IRL	Ryan Johansson (on loan from Sevilla Atlético)
29	MF	NED	Richie Musaba
32	GK	GER	Felix Dornebusch
33	DF	GRE	Dimitrios Siovas
34	GK	NED	Michael Verrips (on loan from Sheffield United)
35	DF	ENG	George Cox
41	GK	NED	Tom Hendriks
77	FW	NED	Tijjani Noslin

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	Ruben van Kouwen (at MVV Maastricht)
—	GK	GER	Joshua Wehking (at MVV Maastricht)
—	DF	NED	Mike van Beijnen (at Den Bosch)
—	MF	TUR	Yiğit Emre Çeltik (at Podbeskidzie)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BEL	Adnan Ugur (at Fatih Karagümrük)
—	FW	KOS	Arian Kastrati (at MVV Maastricht)
—	FW	NED	Toshio Lake (at MVV Maastricht)

Transfers

In


Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	GK	Felix Dornebusch	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free	^[1]
27 July 2021	MF	Yigit Emre Celtik	Altinordu	Free	^[2]
29 July 2021	MF	Arianit Ferati	Waldhof Mannheim	Free	^[3]
3 August 2021	FW	Samy Baghdadi	RC Grasse	Free	^[4]
11 August 2021	FW	Tijjani Noslin	TOP Oss	Free	^[5]
12 August 2021	MF	Deroy Duarte	Sparta Rotterdam	Free	^[6]
26 August 2021	GK	Ruben van Kouwen	NEC Nijmegen	Free	^[7]
27 August 2021	DF	Mickaël Tirpan	Kasimpasa	Undisclosed	^[8]
19 November 2021	MF	Andreas Samaris	N/A	Free	^[9]

Loans in


Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From	Ref.
13 August 2021	End of season	MF	Ryan Johansson	Sevilla Atlético	^[10]
16 August 2021	End of season	DF	Ivo Pinto	Dinamo Zagreb	^[11]
31 August 2021	End of season	DF	Nigel Lonwijk	Wolves U23	^[12]

Out


Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2021	FW	André Vidigal	Marítimo	Undisclosed	^[13]
16 June 2021	FW	Djibril Dianessy	Pau FC	Free	^[14]
1 July 2021	DF	Grégoire Amiot	Released	N/A	^[15]
1 July 2021	MF	Nassim el Ablak	Released	N/A	^[16]
1 July 2021	GK	Piet Velthuizen	Released	N/A	^[17]
17 July 2021	FW	Rasmus Karjalainen	Helsingborg	Undisclosed	^[18]
27 July 2021	MF	Dimitrios Ioannidis	Rot Weiss Ahlen	Free	^[19]
5 August 2021	DF	Özgür Aktas	Telstar	Free	^[20]
13 August 2021	FW	Sebastian Polter	VfL Bochum	Free	^{[citation needed]}
24 August 2021	FW	Jacky Donkor	FC Dordrecht	Free	^[21]
27 August 2021	FW	Leroy George	De Treffers	Free	^[22]
31 August 2021	DF	Clint Essers	MVV Maastricht	Free	^[23]
2 September 2021	DF	Lazaros Rota	AEK Athens	Free	^[24]
3 September 2021	FW	Thibaud Verlinden	Dunajska Streda	Free	^[25]

Loans out


Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
5 August 2021	End of season	DF	Mike van Beijnen	FC Den Bosch	^[26]
18 August 2021	2022	GK	Joshua Wehking	MVV Maastricht	^[27]
31 August 2021	End of season	FW	Arian Kastrati	NK Dekani	^[28]
6 September 2021	End of season	MF	Adnan Ugur	Karagümrük	^[29]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Fortuna Sittard

MVV Maastricht

10 July 2021 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	Cancelled	MVV Maastricht	Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)

OH Leuven

Fortuna Sittard

14 July 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	Cancelled	Fortuna Sittard	Belgium
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

Beerschot

Fortuna Sittard

17 July 2021 Friendly	Beerschot	1–1	Fortuna Sittard	Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Fortuna Sittard

OFI

21 July 2021 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	1–1	OFI	Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

FC Utrecht

Fortuna Sittard

7 August 2021 Friendly	FC Utrecht	2–3	Fortuna Sittard	Utrecht, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Douvikas 15' Ramselaar 55'	Report	Janssen Douvikas 3' (o.g.) Sambou 44' Seuntjens 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 200

FC Utrecht

Fortuna Sittard

7 August 2021 Friendly	FC Utrecht	7–0	Fortuna Sittard	Utrecht, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balk 20', 26' Dalmau 32', 44' (pen.), 51' Sylla 53', 58'	Report		Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 200

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 %
Eredivisie	14 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	15th	34	10	5	19	36	67	−31	029.41
KNVB Cup	27 October 2021	15 December 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					36	11	5	20	39	69	−30	030.56

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	6	18	37	51	−14	36
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

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)^[30]
(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
34	10	5	19	36	67	−31	35	6	2	9	20	31	−11	4	3	10	16	36	−20

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.^[31]

Fortuna Sittard v FC Twente

14 August 2021 1	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	FC Twente	Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seuntjens 33', 60' Duarte 72' Lake 80'	Report	v. Wolfswinkel 32', 35' Menig 80'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

AZ v Fortuna Sittard

1 December 2021 2	AZ	2-1	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavlidis 41' Karlsson 51' Chatzidiakos 57'	Report	Flemming 9' Musaba 13' Cox 90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 6,645 Referee: Dennis Higler

Fortuna Sittard v RKC Waalwijk

27 August 2021 3	Fortuna Sittard	2-2	RKC Waalwijk	Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baghdadi 23' Seuntjens 68' Angha 71'	Report	Odgaard 12' Kramer 38', 55'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 6470 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Sparta Rotterdam v Fortuna Sittard

12 September 2021 4	Sparta Rotterdam	3-1	Fortuna Sittard	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Smeets 21' Thy 29' Beugelsdijk 42' Pinto 44' Emegha 73'	Report	Seuntjens 49' Flemming 63'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 6623 Referee: Erwin Blank

SC Heerenveen v Fortuna Sittard

18 September 2021 5	SC Heerenveen	1-0	Fortuna Sittard	Heerenveen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Veerman 5' Drešević 64'	Report	Sambou 59' Baghdadi 76' Noslin 90+6' Duarte 90+6'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 16400 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

Fortuna Sittard v Ajax

21 September 2021 6	Fortuna Sittard	0-5	Ajax	Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Janssen 49'	Report	Berghuis 11' Mazraoui 27' Tadić 38' Kudus 72' Tagliafico 77'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 8333 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Vitesse v Fortuna Sittard

25 September 2021 7	Vitesse	1-1	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Huisman 30' Frederiksen 49' Bazoer 76'	Report	Seuntjens 2' Janssen 34' Duarte 36' Sambou 69'	Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 11631 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

Fortuna Sittard v N.E.C. Nijmegen

2 October 2021 8	Fortuna Sittard	1-3	N.E.C. Nijmegen	Sittard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seuntjens 34' (pen) Tekie 36' Johansson 85'	Report	Okita 21' Tavşan 26' Odenthal 41' Bruijn 45+1', 52'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 7011 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Fortuna Sittard v SC Cambuur

16 October 2021 9	Fortuna Sittard	1-0	SC Cambuur	Sittard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tirpan 53' Cox 64' 86' Flemming 68'	Report	Jacobs 32'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 6873 Referee: Dennis Higler

Willem II v Fortuna Sittard

22 October 2021 10	Willem II	1-1	Fortuna Sittard	Tilburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wellenreuther 55' Köhlert 59'	Report	Angha 45' Noslin 54' Seuntjens 75'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14057 Referee: Annick Van Der Laan

KNVB Cup

Fortuna Sittard v TOP Oss

27 October 2021 First round	Fortuna Sittard	3–0	TOP Oss	Sittard
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Seuntjens 29' Cox 39' 51'	Report	Doğan 56'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 3,053 Referee: Kevin Blom

PSV v Fortuna Sittard

15 December 2021 Second round	PSV	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Eindhoven
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dōan 28', 62' Gutiérrez 77'	Report	Pinto 38'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie Derde Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Women's Eredivisie
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup Final Johan Cruyff Schaal KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League Women's Champions League
National team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group C) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group G)

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax AZ SC Cambuur Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles FC Groningen SC Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NEC PEC Zwolle PSV RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam FC Twente FC Utrecht Vitesse Willem II
Eerste Divisie	ADO Den Haag Almere City FC FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht FC Eindhoven FC Emmen Excelsior De Graafschap Helmond Sport Jong Ajax Jong AZ Jong PSV Jong FC Utrecht MVV Maastricht NAC Breda Roda JC Kerkrade Telstar TOP Oss FC Volendam VVV-Venlo
Women's Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag Ajax VV Alkmaar Excelsior sc Heerenveen PEC Zwolle PSV FC Twente