2021–22 Go Ahead Eagles season

Go Ahead Eagles

2021–22 season
Chairman	Jan Willem van Dop
Head coach	Kees van Wonderen
Stadium	De Adelaarshorst
Eredivisie	12th
KNVB Cup	First round
Highest home attendance	6,650 (vs. SC Heerenveen, 13 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance	6,650 (vs. SC Heerenveen, 13 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	6,650
Biggest defeat	0–2 (vs. Feyenoord, 22 August 2021)

The 2021–22 season is the 119th season in the existence of Go Ahead Eagles and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Go Ahead Eagles will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 June 2021[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Mitchel Michaelis 2 DF  NED Wout Droste 4 DF  NED Jeroen Veldmate (captain) 5 DF  NED Bas Kuipers 6 MF  NED Jay Idzes 7 FW  NED Martijn Berden 8 MF  NED Luuk Brouwers 9 FW  FRA Antoine Rabillard 10 MF  TUR Erkan Eyibil 11 FW  NED Kevin van Kippersluis 14 MF  NED Zakaria Eddahchouri 15 DF  GER Nicolas Abdat

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  NED Alessio Budel 17 MF  SCO Frank Ross 18 FW  NED Sam Crowther 19 FW  NED Sam Hendriks 20 GK  NED Jay Gorter 22 DF  NED Julliani Eersteling 23 FW  NED Quiermo Dumay 25 DF  NED Boyd Lucassen 26 DF  NED Justin Bakker 27 DF  ZAM Jacob Mulenga 30 MF  GRE Giannis Fivos Botos (on loan from AEK Athens) — DF  NED Joris Kramer (on loan from AZ Alkmaar)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Go Ahead Eagles v RKC Waalwijk

3 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: three halves of 30 minutes.

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

Go Ahead Eagles v Vitesse

23 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	Vitesse	Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Jong FC Utrecht v Go Ahead Eagles

24 July 2021 Friendly	Jong FC Utrecht	Cancelled	Go Ahead Eagles	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Sparta Nijkerk v Go Ahead Eagles

31 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Nijkerk	Cancelled	Go Ahead Eagles	Netherlands
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Go Ahead Eagles v Willem II

31 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	Cancelled	Willem II	Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Go Ahead Eagles v FC Emmen

31 July 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	FC Emmen	Netherlands
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Go Ahead Eagles v SV Rödinghausen

7 August 2021 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	Cancelled	SV Rödinghausen	Deventer, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	14–15 August 2021	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	15	6	2	7	19	25	−6	040.00
KNVB Cup	27 October 2021		First round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				16	7	2	7	21	25	−4	043.75

Last updated: 5 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2021–22 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	NEC	34	10	8	16	38	52	−14	38
12	Groningen	34	9	9	16	41	55	−14	36
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

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]

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

Last updated: 5 December 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A
Result	L	L
Position	14	16

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Go Ahead Eagles v SC Heerenveen

13 August 2021 1	Go Ahead Eagles	0–1	SC Heerenveen	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Halilović 6'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 6,650 Referee: Kevin Blom

Feyenoord v Go Ahead Eagles

22 August 2021 2	Feyenoord	2–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST(UTC+2)	Linssen 60', 87' Burger  84'	Report	Kuipers  78'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 34,384 Referee: Rob Dieperink

Go Ahead Eagles v Sparta Rotterdam

28 August 2021 3	Go Ahead Eagles	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Jannick van der Laan

Go Ahead Eagles v PSV

22 September 2021 6	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	PSV	Deventer
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Córdoba 55'	Report	Gakpo 15' Max  23' Obispo  81' Van Ginkel 86'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Ajax v Go Ahead Eagles

7 November 2021 12	Ajax	0–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martínez  42' Álvarez  49'	Report	Lucassen  90'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof open) Attendance: 53,497 Referee: Rob Dieperink

Go Ahead Eagles v FC Twente

5 December 2021 15	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	FC Twente	Deventer
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

FC Utrecht v Go Ahead Eagles

11 December 2021 16	FC Utrecht	v	Go Ahead Eagles	Utrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

Go Ahead Eagles v Ajax

27 February 2022 24	Go Ahead Eagles	v	Ajax	Deventer
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

Go Ahead Eagles v FC Utrecht

6 March 2022 25	Go Ahead Eagles	v	FC Utrecht	Deventer
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2021–22 KNVB Cup

Almere City v Go Ahead Eagles

27 October 2021 First round	Almere City	0–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Almere
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Yanmar Stadion

Go Ahead Eagles v Roda JC

15 December 2021 Second round	Go Ahead Eagles	v	Roda JC	Deventer
20:00 CET(UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

References

1. "Selectie". www.ga-eagles.nl. Go Ahead Eagles. 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.