2021–22 S.V. Zulte Waregem season

S.V. Zulte Waregem 2021–22 football season
S.V. Zulte Waregem
2021–22 season
ChairmanWilly Naessens
ManagerFrancky Dury
StadiumRegenboogstadion
Belgian First Division A16th
Belgian CupPre-season
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jelle Vossen (7)
All:
Jelle Vossen (7)
All statistics correct as of 9 February 2022.

The 2021–22 season is the 21st season in the existence of S.V. Zulte Waregem and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, S.V. Zulte Waregem will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 July 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 Belgium BEL Sammy Bossut
4 DF Ghana GHA Daniel Opare
5 MF France FRA Damien Marcq
6 MF France FRA Abdoulaye Sissako
9 FW Belgium BEL Jelle Vossen
10 MF Mexico MEX Omar Govea
11 MF Tunisia TUN Bassem Srarfi
13 DF Belgium BEL Alessandro Ciranni
15 FW Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Chorý (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)
17 MF France FRA Jean-Luc Dompé
21 MF Senegal SEN Ibrahima Seck
22 MF Norway NOR Bent Sørmo
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Australia AUS Panagiotis Armenakas
24 DF Belgium BEL Ewoud Pletinckx
25 GK Belgium BEL Louis Bostyn
27 DF Belgium BEL Laurens De Bock (on loan from Leeds United)
29 MF Belgium BEL Mathieu De Smet
31 DF Comoros COM Abdallah Ali Mohamed (on loan from Marseille)
33 DF England ENG Cameron Humphreys
43 DF Greece GRE Nikos Kenourgios
44 GK Germany GER Eike Bansen
80 FW Belgium BEL Youssuf Sylla
93 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Zinho Gano

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
— FW Burundi BDI Saido Berahino (at RSC Charleroi until 30 June 2021)
— FW Netherlands NED Robert Mühren (at SC Cambuur until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Oudenaarde Belgium v Belgium Zulte Waregem
23 June 2021 Friendly Oudenaarde Belgium 2–4 Belgium Zulte Waregem Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Zulte Waregem Belgium v Belgium Union SG
26 June 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem Belgium 0–4 Belgium Union SG Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Zulte Waregem Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
2 July 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem Belgium 1–2 Belgium Cercle Brugge Waregem, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Club Brugge Belgium v Belgium Zulte Waregem
7 July 2021 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 2–1 Belgium Zulte Waregem Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Zulte Waregem Belgium v Belgium Charleroi
10 July 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem Belgium 3–2 Belgium Charleroi Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Deinze Belgium v Belgium Zulte Waregem
14 July 2021 Friendly Deinze Belgium 1–3 Belgium Zulte Waregem Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Zulte Waregem Belgium v Netherlands FC Utrecht
17 July 2021 Friendly Zulte Waregem Belgium 0–0 Netherlands FC Utrecht Waregem, Belgium
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Zulte Waregem
7 October 2021 Friendly Oostende Belgium 5–2 Belgium Zulte Waregem Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Diaz Arena
Anderlecht Belgium v Belgium Zulte Waregem
9 January 2022 Friendly Anderlecht Belgium 3–0 Belgium Zulte Waregem Brussels, Belgium
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Zulte Waregem
28 April 2022 Friendly Oostende Belgium 5–3 Belgium Zulte Waregem Ostend, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Diaz Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
First Division A 24 July 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 26 6 8 12 36 54 −18 023.08
Belgian Cup 26 October 2021 1 December 2021 Sixth round Seventh round 2 1 0 1 4 4 +0 050.00
Total 28 7 8 13 40 58 −18 025.00

Last updated: 9 February 2022
Source: Soccerway

First Division A

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Standard Liège 34 9 9 16 32 51 −19 36
15 Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 −24 32
16 Zulte Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 −27 32
17 Seraing (O) 34 8 4 22 30 68 −38 28 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
18 Beerschot (R) 34 4 4 26 33 76 −43 16 Relegation to First Division B
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.[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (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
1 0 1 0 1 1  0 1 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 1 0 1 1  0

Last updated: 24 July 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 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.[2]

Zulte Waregem v Standard Liège
1 August 2021 2 Zulte Waregem 1–2 Standard Liège Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Zulte Waregem v Club Brugge
15 August 2021 4 Zulte Waregem 0–4 Club Brugge Waregem
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 4,580
Referee: Lawrence Visser
Zulte Waregem v Charleroi
22 August 2021 5 Zulte Waregem 2–2 Charleroi Waregem
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Zulte Waregem v Cercle Brugge
11 September 2021 7 Zulte Waregem 2–4 Cercle Brugge Waregem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Zulte Waregem v Antwerp
16 October 2021 11 Zulte Waregem 2–1 Antwerp Waregem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 7,182
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Zulte Waregem v Genk
31 October 2021 13 Zulte Waregem 2–6 Genk Waregem
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Eupen v Zulte Waregem
6 November 2021 14 Eupen 1–1 Zulte Waregem Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Zulte Waregem v Gent
20 November 2021 15 Zulte Waregem 1–2 Gent Waregem
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Zulte Waregem v Beerschot
28 November 2021 16 Zulte Waregem 2–0 Beerschot Waregem
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Club Brugge v Zulte Waregem
12 December 2021 18 Club Brugge 3–0 Zulte Waregem Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Cercle Brugge v Zulte Waregem
23 January 2022 23 Cercle Brugge 3–1 Zulte Waregem Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Beerschot v Zulte Waregem
29 January 2022 25 Beerschot 3–3 Zulte Waregem Antwerp
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Genk v Zulte Waregem
6 February 2022 26 Genk 2–0 Zulte Waregem Genk
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Luminus Arena
Gent v Zulte Waregem
6 March 2022 30 Gent v Zulte Waregem Ghent
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Zulte Waregem v Eupen
12 March 2022 31 Zulte Waregem v Eupen Waregem
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Charleroi v Zulte Waregem
9 April 2022 34 Charleroi v Zulte Waregem Charleroi
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Belgian Cup

References

  1. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.