2021–22 Heracles Almelo season

Heracles Almelo

2021–22 season
Chairman	René Neelissen
Head coach	Frank Wormuth (until 16 May) René Kolmschot (interim, from 16 May)
Stadium	Erve Asito
Eredivisie	16th
Relegation play-offs	Relegation play-offs (relegated)
KNVB Cup	Second round
←  2020–21 2022–23  →

The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 March 2022 ^[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 (captain) 3 DF   ITA Giacomo Quagliata 4 DF   GER Sven Sonnenberg 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 11 FW   DEN Nikolai Laursen 12 DF   NED Ruben Roosken 13 DF   NED Mats Knoester (vice-captain) 14 MF   USA Luca de la Torre 15 MF   BEL Lucas Schoofs 16 FW   NED Kaj Sierhuis (on loan from Reims ) 17 MF   HUN Adrián Szőke 18 MF   BEL Ismail Azzaoui

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   NED Navajo Bakboord 20 MF   DEN Kasper Lunding 21 DF   NED Justin Hoogma 22 DF   CRO Mateo Leš 23 DF   BEL Noah Fadiga 24 DF   GER Elias Oubella 25 DF   GHA Robin Polley 26 GK   NED Koen Bucker 27 MF   TUR Melih İbrahimoğlu 28 GK   NED Robin Jalving 29 FW   SWE Emil Hansson 30 MF   MAR Anas Ouahim 31 MF   NED Rohat Agca 32 MF   NED Sem Scheperman 33 FW   SWE Samuel Armenteros 34 DF   NED Chiel Olde Keizer

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) — GK   NED Alessandro Damen (on loan to ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   CUW Jeremy Cijntje (on loan to FC Den Bosch until 30 June 2022) — FW   NED Delano Burgzorg (on loan to Mainz 05 until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Heracles Almelo v Sparta Rotterdam

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

Heracles Almelo v Go Ahead Eagles

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

Heracles Almelo v SV Rödinghausen

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

Telstar v Heracles Almelo

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

Heracles Almelo v PAOK

21 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	1–2	PAOK	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vloet 17'		Oliveira 14', 33'

Heracles Almelo v N.E.C.

24 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	0–1	N.E.C.	Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Bruijn 27'

FC Emmen v Heracles Almelo

25 July 2021 Friendly	FC Emmen	4–1	Heracles Almelo	Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Ooijen 28', 83' Mendes 61', 70'		Azzaoui 72'

Heracles Almelo v RKC Waalwijk

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

Heracles Almelo v De Graafschap

31 July 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	2–2	De Graafschap	Almelo, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amissi 25' Bakış 34'		Verbeek 33' Konings 36'	Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v HSC '21

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

Heracles Almelo v PEC Zwolle

7 August 2021 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	3–1	PEC Zwolle	Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgzorg 20' Laursen 66' Amissi 75'		Tedic 28'

Werder Bremen v Heracles Almelo

1 September 2021 Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–0	Heracles Almelo	Bremen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schönfelder 22' Nankishi 56'			Stadium: Weser-Stadion

SC Cambuur v Heracles Almelo

27 January 2022 Friendly	SC Cambuur	0–1	Heracles Almelo	Netherlands
13:00 CET (UTC+1)			Laursen 59'

VfL Bochum v Heracles Almelo

25 March 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2–0	Heracles Almelo	Bochum, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Löwen 47' Bonga 65'			Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	14 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	16th	34	9	7	18	33	49	−16	026.47
Eredivisie relegation play-offs	18 May 2022	21 May 2022	Semi-finals	Semi-finals	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	000.00
KNVB Cup	26 October 2021	15 December 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00
Total					38	10	7	21	38	60	−22	026.32

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2021–22 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 to 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

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
34	9	7	18	33	49	−16	34	7	5	5	22	21	+1	2	2	13	11	28	−17

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	D	L	L	W	W
Position

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021. ^[3]

Heracles Almelo v PSV

14 August 20211	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

Sparta Rotterdam v Heracles Almelo

21 August 20212	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

Heracles Almelo v N.E.C.

29 August 20213	Heracles Almelo	0–1	N.E.C.	Almelo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakış  27'  41' De la Torre  76' Fadiga  77' Blaswich  77' Knoester  86'	Report	Márquez  41' Akman 50' Okita  90+2'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 8,053 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Feyenoord v Heracles Almelo

12 September 20214	Feyenoord	2–1	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Kuip

Heracles Almelo v Alkmaar

19 September 20215	Heracles Almelo	3–2	Alkmaar	Almelo
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Heracles Almelo v RKC Waalwijk

26 September 20217	Heracles Almelo	1–0	RKC Waalwijk	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Willem II

2 October 20218	Heracles Almelo	3–2	Willem II	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Ajax

30 October 202111	Heracles Almelo	0–0	Ajax	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Fortuna Sittard

20 November 202113	Heracles Almelo	3–1	Fortuna Sittard	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Heerenveen

4 December 202115	Heracles Almelo	0–1	Heerenveen	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Groningen

18 December 202117	Heracles Almelo	4–2	Groningen	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Cambuur

22 December 202118	Heracles Almelo	1–1	Cambuur	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Go Ahead Eagles

23 January 202220	Heracles Almelo	1–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Utrecht

11 February 202222	Heracles Almelo	1–0	Utrecht	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v PEC Zwolle

26 February 202224	Heracles Almelo	2–0	PEC Zwolle	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Vitesse

13 March 202226	Heracles Almelo	0–0	Vitesse	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Feyenoord

10 April 202229	Heracles Almelo	1–4	Feyenoord	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Twente

30 April 202231	Heracles Almelo	1–1	Twente	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

Heracles Almelo v Sparta Rotterdam

15 May 202234	Heracles Almelo	1–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Almelo
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Erve Asito

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2021–22 KNVB Cup

References

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. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.