2021–22 Royal Antwerp F.C. season

Antwerp

2021–22 season
Owner	Paul Gheysens [nl]
Chairman	Paul Gheysens
Manager	Brian Priske
Stadium	Bosuilstadion
First Division A	4th
Belgian Cup	Sixth round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Frey (24) All: Michael Frey (24)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 23 January 2022.

The 2021–22 season was the 118th season in the existence of Royal Antwerp F.C. and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Antwerp participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2021

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  FRA Jean Butez 2 DF  BEL Ritchie De Laet 3 DF  BEL Björn Engels 4 MF  BEL Radja Nainggolan 5 DF  POR Aurélio Buta 6 MF  BEL Birger Verstraete 7 FW  DEN Viktor Fischer 8 MF  NGA Alhassan Yusuf 9 FW  GER Johannes Eggestein 10 MF  BEL Michel-Ange Balikwisha 11 MF  COD Nill De Pauw 12 DF  COD Luete Ava Dongo 14 MF  BEL Manuel Benson 16 MF  BEL Pieter Gerkens 18 DF  FRA Yassine Ben Hamed 19 MF  JPN Koji Miyoshi 21 DF  USA Sam Vines

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  ANG Bruny Nsimba 24 DF  BEL Dorian Dessoleil 23 MF  GHA Opoku Ampomah (on loan from Fortuna Düsseldorf) 26 GK  BEL Ortwin De Wolf 30 DF  SEN Abdoulaye Seck 34 MF  BEL Jelle Bataille 38 MF  BEL Faris Haroun (Captain) 43 MF  BEL Sander Coopman 44 FW  NED Emanuel Emegha 51 DF  ECU Willian Pacho 61 DF  POR Dinis Almeida 70 MF  TAN Mbwana Samatta (on loan from Fenerbahçe) 71 GK  CRO Davor Matijaš 80 MF  BEL Pierre Dwomoh 90 FW  CAN Jules-Anthony Vilsaint 99 FW  SUI Michael Frey

Out on loan

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  IRN Alireza Beiranvand (at Boavista) 7 FW  CMR Didier Lamkel Zé (at DAC Dunajská Streda) 9 FW  CGO Guy Mbenza (at Wydad AC) 15 MF  CMR Frank Boya (at Zulte Waregem)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  CMR Martin Hongla (at Hellas Verona) 25 MF  BEL Alexis De Sart (at Oud-Heverlee Leuven) 40 DF  NGA Junior Pius (at Sint-Truidense)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Source
17 June 2021	FW	Michael Frey	Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed	[1]
18 June 2021	DF	Björn Engels	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[2]
7 July 2021	DF	Yassine Ben Hamed	Lille	Undisclosed	[3]
15 July 2021	DF	Sam Vines	Colorado Rapids	Undisclosed	[4]
16 July 2021	MF	Alhassan Yusuf	Göteborg	Undisclosed	[5]
30 July 2021	FW	Viktor Fischer	Copenhagen	Undisclosed	[6]
5 August 2021	FW	Johannes Eggestein	Werder Bremen	Undisclosed	[7]
14 August 2021	MF	Radja Nainggolan	Inter Milan[a]	Free transfer	[8][9]
27 August 2021	MF	Pierre Dwomoh	K.R.C. Genk	Undisclosed
27 August 2021	DF	Dorian Dessoleil	R. Charleroi S.C.	Undisclosed
31 August 2021	FW	Mbwana Samatta	Fenerbahçe	On loan
28 January 2022	DF	Willian Pacho	Independiente del Valle	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	FW	Emanuel Emegha	Sparta Rotterdam	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
1 July 2021	DF	Simen Juklerød	K.R.C. Genk	Free transfer
1 July 2021	MF	Lior Refaelov	Anderlecht	Free transfer	[10]
12 July 2021	FW	Dieumerci Mbokani	Kuwait SC	Free transfer	[11]
23 July 2021	DF	Dylan Batubinsika	F.C. Famalicão	Undisclosed
31 August 2021	MF	Louis Verstraete	Waasland-Beveren	Undisclosed
2 December 2021	FW	Jonathan Bolingi	Buriram United F.C.	Undisclosed
27 January 2022	DF	Robbe Quirynen	K.M.S.K. Deinze	Undisclosed

Notes

1. Contract with Inter Milan terminated by mutual consent. On 14 August 2021, Nainggolan joined Royal Antwerp as a free agent.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Antwerp v FC Utrecht

3 July 2021 Friendly	Antwerp	2–2	FC Utrecht	Antwerp, Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet 48' Mbenza 65' (pen.)		Gustafson Van der Maarel Dalmau Kerk 80' Boussaid 107'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Note: The match was played in two halves of 60 minutes each.

Antwerp v Monaco

17 July 2021 Friendly	Antwerp	0–0	Monaco	Antwerp, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	25 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		34	19	6	9	55	38	+17	055.88
Belgian Cup	28 October 2021		Sixth round	Sixth round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa League	19 August 2021	9 December 2021	Play-off round	Group stage	8	1	3	4	10	14	−4	012.50
Total					43	20	9	14	66	54	+12	046.51

Last updated: 9 April 2022
Source: Soccerway

First Division A

Main article: 2021–22 Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Club Brugge (C)	34	21	9	4	72	37	+35	72	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Anderlecht	34	18	10	6	72	36	+36	64
4	Antwerp	34	19	6	9	55	38	+17	63
5	Gent	34	18	8	8	56	30	+26	62	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Charleroi	34	15	9	10	55	46	+9	54

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.[12]
(C) Champions

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	19	6	9	55	38	+17	63	9	4	4	30	19	+11	10	2	5	25	19	+6

Last updated: 9 April 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D
Position	14	18	13	11	4	15	12	10	4	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.[13]

KV Mechelen v Antwerp

25 July 2021 1	KV Mechelen	3–2	Antwerp	Mechelen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet 60' (o.g.) Walsh  66' Druijf 73', 74' Schoofs  76'	Report	Frey 18' Benson 56' B. Verstraete  79' Bataille  90+3'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Antwerp v Kortrijk

1 August 2021 2	Antwerp	0–1	Kortrijk	Antwerp
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Verstraete  25' Soussi  90+2'	Report	Palaversa  13' D'haene  19' Rougeaux  32' Selemani  60', 87' Guèye  76'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Standard Liège v Antwerp

8 August 2021 3	Standard Liège	2–5	Antwerp	Liège
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissako  39' Bastien  49' Muleka 55' Drăguș 77' Pavlovic  80'	Report	Frey 6', 37', 59', 61', 68' Seck  8' Benson  44' De Laet  79' B. Verstraete  80' Gerkens  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 8,038 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Charleroi v Antwerp

13 August 2021 4	Charleroi	1–1	Antwerp	Charleroi
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zaroury 57' Gholizadeh  71'	Report	Fischer 38' Gerkens  42' L. Verstraete  90+2'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 6,921 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Antwerp v OH Leuven

29 August 2021 6	Antwerp	2–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maertens 38' (o.g.) Frey 45+2' (pen.) Vines  54' Balikwisha  67' Buta  71' B. Verstraete  90+3'	Report	Maertens  48' Özkacar 55' Ngawa  67' Shengelia 76' Schrijvers  83' Dewaest  90+2'  90+2'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 10,223 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Eupen v Antwerp

11 September 2021 7	Eupen	0–1	Antwerp	Eupen
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Prevljak  87'	Report	De Laet  38' Nainggolan  41' Miyoshi  42' Frey 55' B. Verstraete  68' Gerkens  80'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 2,016 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Antwerp v Seraing

19 September 2021 8	Antwerp	2–1	Seraing	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frey 75' Almeida  77' Gerkens 88'	Report	Mikautadze 56' Maziz  77'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 10,177 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Antwerp v Genk

22 September 2021 5	Antwerp	4–2	Genk	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Laet 27',  45'  84' B. Verstraete 37' Miyoshi 41' Frey  44', 69' Almeida  79' Haroun  89'	Report	Onuachu 13', 80' (pen.),  56' Muñoz  45+1' Thorstvedt  72'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Union SG v Antwerp

26 September 2021 9	Union SG	1–2	Antwerp	Forest
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lapoussin  38' Undav 43' Kandouss  45+1' Nieuwkoop  58'	Report	Frey  34', 70' Fischer  71' Benson 79',  87'	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Antwerp v Gent

3 October 2021 10	Antwerp	1–0	Gent	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bataille  20' Frey 78'	Report	Chakvetadze  33' Samoise  54' De Sart  90+2'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 14,706 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Zulte Waregem v Antwerp

16 October 2021 11	Zulte Waregem	2–1	Antwerp	Waregem
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gano 59',  73' Kutesa 66' Fadera  90+4'	Report	Benson 19' Yusuf  29' Miyoshi  90+2'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 7,182 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Antwerp v Club Brugge

24 October 2021 12	Antwerp	1–1	Club Brugge	Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Engels  21', 35',  82' De Laet  39'	Report	Mata  2' Balanta  39' Vanaken 45+2' N'Soki  59'  90'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,734 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Cercle Brugge v Antwerp

31 October 2021 13	Cercle Brugge	0–1	Antwerp	Bruges
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hotić  45+2' Sousa  52' Daland  70' Vanhoutte  90+2'	Report	Vines  39' Frey 57' (pen.) Yusuf  60' B. Verstraete  63' Samatta  70' De Laet  90'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 3,273 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Antwerp v Anderlecht

7 November 2021 14	Antwerp	2–0	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Yusuf 63' Frey 82', 82'	Report	Cullen  31' Hoedt  81' Harwood-Bellis  82'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Sint-Truiden v Antwerp

21 November 2021 15	Sint-Truiden	2–1	Antwerp	Sint-Truiden
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hayashi 31' Koita 37' Konaté  39' Leistner  84'	Report	Samatta 82'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 5,370 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Antwerp v Oostende

28 November 2021 16	Antwerp	3–0	Oostende	Antwerp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fischer 48' Dwomoh  53' Frey 62' Benson 80'	Report	Koziello  38' Ndicka  84'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christof Dierick

Beerschot v Antwerp

5 December 2021 17	Beerschot	0–1	Antwerp	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bourdin  26' Dom  56' Van den Bergh  90+3' Pietermaat  90+6' Holzhauser  90+6'	Report	Samatta  26' Nainggolan 59'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Antwerp v Standard Liège

12 December 2021 18	Antwerp	2–3	Standard Liège	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Seck  45+3' Yusuf  49' Nainggolan  64' Engels 66',  90+12' Balikwisha 77' Bataille  90+2' Butez  90+6'	Report	Fai  27' Amallah  45+3' Dussenne  55' Laifis 57' Raskin  55' Bokadi  64' Carcela 87' Muleka 90' Pavlović  90+2' Nkounkou  90+12'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 10,980 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Antwerp v Eupen

16 December 2021 19	Antwerp	4–2	Eupen	Antwerp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Samatta 27' Benson 40' Nainggolan 48' B. Verstraete 90+5'	Report	Keita 44' Prevljak 77' Magnée  90+1'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 8,664 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Genk v Antwerp

19 December 2021 20	Genk	1–1	Antwerp	Genk
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Onuachu 32'	Report	Almeida  36' Fischer 82' De Laet  90+2'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 14,253 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Antwerp v Charleroi

16 January 2022 22	Antwerp	3–0	Charleroi	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frey 11', 14' B. Verstraete  39' Bataille  71' Samatta 77'	Report	Tchatchoua  37' Van Cleemput  40'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Oostende v Antwerp

21 January 2022 23	Oostende	1–2	Antwerp	Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Medley 48' Koziello  88'	Report	Nainggolan  23' Frey 61' Balikwisha 70' B. Verstraete  90'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

Antwerp v Sint-Truiden

25 January 2022 24	Antwerp	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Antwerp
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Balikwisha 32'	Report	Hara  47', 54' Cacace  50'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Gent v Antwerp

30 January 2022 25	Gent	0–1	Antwerp	Ghent
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Samoise  66' Okumu  90+3' Bolat  90+3'	Report	Frey 14' Yusuf 16' Balikwisha  45+2' B. Verstraete  89' Haroun  90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 15,954 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Kortrijk v Antwerp

2 February 2022 21	Kortrijk	0–2	Antwerp	Kortrijk
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Torp  57' Kadri  68' D'haene  70'	Report	B. Verstraete  10' Samatta 18' Dessoleil  59' Gerkens 90+1'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 4,411 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Antwerp v Union SG

5 February 2022 26	Antwerp	0–2	Union SG	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Laet  4' Butez  77' Frey  90+3'	Report	Van der Heyden  20' Undav 50', 77',  78' Moris  90+5'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Seraing v Antwerp

11 February 2022 27	Seraing	0–1	Antwerp	Seraing
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mouandilmadji  75'	Report	Haroun  54' Samatta  63' Dietsch 90+2' (o.g.) Balikwisha  90+7'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Arthur Denil

Antwerp v KV Mechelen

20 February 2022 28	Antwerp	1–2	KV Mechelen	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haroun  67' Frey 83'		Cuypers 24' Storm 26' Vinícius  67' Vanlerberghe  85'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 11,354 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Club Brugge v Antwerp

27 February 2022 29	Club Brugge	4–1	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Odoi 31' Vanaken 37' (pen.),  87' Rits  43' Adamyan  54', 59' Skov Olsen 64'		Frey 29' B. Verstraete  36' Haroun  90+2'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 23,157 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Antwerp v Beerschot

6 March 2022 30	Antwerp	2–1	Beerschot	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Buta  45' Seck  58' Frey 62', 83'		Shankland  24' Dom 42' Sanusi  68' De Smet  30'  73' Holzhauser  79' Van den Bergh  88'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

Anderlecht v Antwerp

13 March 2022 31	Anderlecht	2–1	Antwerp	Anderlecht
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zirkzee 24' Gómez  34' Refaelov 59' (pen.) Sardella  75' Kouamé  90+5'		Nainggolan  14' Buta  34' Yusuf 42',  72' Vines  44'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Antwerp v Zulte Waregem

19 March 2022 32	Antwerp	1–0	Zulte Waregem	Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mbwana Samatta 83' Buta  90+3'		Vossen  21' Doumbia  41'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

OH Leuven v Antwerp

2 April 2022 33	OH Leuven	0–1	Antwerp	Leuven
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dewaest  65'		B. Verstraete  8' Seck  14', 40' Buta  30'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 6,491 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Antwerp v Cercle Brugge

9 April 2022 34	Antwerp	1–1	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Balikwisha 48'		Vitinho  40' Denkey 76'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,336 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Play-Off I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CLU	USG	AND	ANT
1	Club Brugge (C)	6	4	2	0	8	2	+6	50	Qualification for the Champions League group stage		—	1–0	1–1	1–0
2	Union SG	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	46	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		0–2	—	3–1	0–1
3	Anderlecht	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	40	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round		0–0	0–2	—	2–1
4	Antwerp	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		1–3	0–0	0–4	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.[14]
(C) Champions

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
6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1	0	2	2	3	−1

Last updated: 22 May 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Club Brugge v Antwerp

24 April 2022 1	Club Brugge	1–0	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Buchanan 37' N'Soki  59'		Nainggolan  29' Dessoleil  41' Seck  71'  90' De Laet  78'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Antwerp v Union SG

1 May 2022 2	Antwerp	0–0	Union SG	Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haroun  39' De Laet  45+2' Bataille  58' Almeida  78'		Nieuwkoop  42' Bager  57' Burgess  69'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 11,781 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Antwerp v Anderlecht

8 May 2022 3	Antwerp	0–4	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Benson  58' Gerkens  82'		Arnstad  9' Amuzu 10', 53', 55' Kouamé  28' Zirkzee 48'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 13,876 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Anderlecht v Antwerp

12 May 2022 4	Anderlecht	2–1	Antwerp	Anderlecht
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 14' (pen.) Amuzu 44' Mykhaylichenko  66' Verschaeren  90+2'		Dwomoh  72' Seck 84'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Antwerp v Club Brugge

15 May 2022 5	Antwerp	1–3	Club Brugge	Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Frey 19' Dwomoh  40' De Laet  41' Seck  48' Haroun  77'		Balanta  17' Lang  45+1' Vanaken 49' (pen.) Hendry 64' Adamyan 66' Odoi  68'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,126 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Union SG v Antwerp

22 May 2022 6	Union SG	0–1	Antwerp	Forest
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van der Heyden  14' Undav  74' Mitoma  82'		Frey 71' Dwomoh  83'	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Belgian Cup

Westerlo v Antwerp

28 October 2021 Sixth round	Westerlo	2–1	Antwerp	Westerlo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van den Keybus 32' Foster 44' Van Eenoo  77'		Dwomoh  62' Samatta 75'	Stadium: Het Kuipje Referee: Jasper Vergoote

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.[15]

Omonia v Antwerp

19 August 2021 First leg	Omonia	4–2	Antwerp	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Loizou 43', 56' Kakoullis 49' Atiemwen 84' (pen.)	Report	Benson 26' Gerkens  42' Miyoshi 62',  68' Seck  83'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 7,585 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Antwerp v Omonia

26 August 2021 Second leg	Antwerp	2–0 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.) (3–2 p)	Omonia	Antwerp, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Miyoshi 28' Nainggolan  30' Bataille  70' Seck  79' Gerkens 84' Engels  86' Balikwisha  112'	Report	Diskerud  70' Lecjaks  72' Zachariou  96' Gómez  113'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 10,470 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
	Penalties
	Verstraete Gerkens Eggestein Miyoshi		Gómez Atiemwen Lecjaks Yuste Zachariou

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group D

The group stage draw was held on 27 August 2021.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FRA	OLY	FEN	ANT
1	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	1–1	2–2
2	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Fenerbahçe	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–1	0–3	—	2–2
4	Antwerp	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5			0–1	1–0	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Olympiacos v Antwerp

16 September 2021 1	Olympiacos	2–1	Antwerp	Piraeus, Greece
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cissé  49' El-Arabi 52' A. Camara  67' Reabciuk 87'	Report	Verstraete  4' Bataille  53'  90' Samatta 75' Gerkens  90+1'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 15,615 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Antwerp v Eintracht Frankfurt

30 September 2021 2	Antwerp	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Antwerp, Belgium
18:45 CEST (UTC+1)	Nainggolan  29' Frey  90+7' Verstraete  90+7'	Report	Paciência 90+1' (pen.),  90+5'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 13,193 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Fenerbahçe v Antwerp

21 October 2021 3	Fenerbahçe	2–2	Antwerp	Istanbul, Turkey
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Valencia 21', 45' (pen.), 37' Kadıoğlu  40' Szalai  59' Zajc  75'	Report	Samatta 2' Fischer  44' Priske  48' De Laet  54' Gerkens 62',  81'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 16,629 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

Antwerp v Fenerbahçe

4 November 2021 4	Antwerp	0–3	Fenerbahçe	Antwerp, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Yandaş 8' Meyer 16' Kahveci  26' Berisha 29'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Antwerp

25 November 2021 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Antwerp	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kamada 13' Paciência 90+4'	Report	Nainggolan 33' Dessoleil  59' Frey  83' Samatta 88'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Paul Tierney (England)

Antwerp v Olympiacos

9 December 2021 6	Antwerp	1–0	Olympiacos	Antwerp, Belgium
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Balikwisha 7'	Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 7,992 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 3 October 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA	Jean Butez	14	0	10	0	0	0	4	0
26	GK	BEL	Ortwin De Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	GK	CRO	Davor Matijaš	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet	13	1	9	1	0	0	4	0
3	DF	BEL	Björn Engels	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	POR	Aurélio Buta	14	0	7+3	0	0	0	3+1	0
12	DF	COD	Luete Ava Dongo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	BEL	Robbe Quirynen	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	FRA	Yassine Ben Hamed	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	USA	Sam Vines	3	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	DF	BEL	Dorian Dessoleil	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Seck	9	0	4+3	0	0	0	0+2	0
61	DF	POR	Dinis Almeida	8	0	4+2	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
4	MF	BEL	Radja Nainggolan	10	0	6	0	0	0	3+1	0
6	MF	BEL	Birger Verstraete	14	1	9+1	1	0	0	4	0
8	MF	NGA	Alhassan Yusuf	5	0	3	0	0	0	1+1	0
10	MF	BEL	Michel-Ange Balikwisha	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	2	0
11	MF	COD	Nill De Pauw	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	BEL	Manuel Benson	12	4	5+4	2	0	0	2+1	2
16	MF	BEL	Pieter Gerkens	14	2	8+2	1	0	0	1+3	1
19	MF	JPN	Koji Miyoshi	11	3	6+1	1	0	0	2+2	2
23	MF	GHA	Opoku Ampomah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	BEL	Abderahmane Soussi	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	BEL	Jelle Bataille	13	0	7+3	0	0	0	3	0
38	MF	BEL	Faris Haroun	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
70	MF	TAN	Mbwana Samatta	7	1	2+3	0	0	0	2	1
80	MF	BEL	Pierre Dwomoh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	DEN	Viktor Fischer	11	1	8+1	1	0	0	2	0
9	FW	GER	Johannes Eggestein	10	0	0+6	0	0	0	3+1	0
14	FW	BEL	Manuel Benson	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	ANG	Bruny Nsimba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	CAN	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	SUI	Michael Frey	12	12	10	12	0	0	1+1	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Goalscorers

As of 22 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	First Division A	Belgian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	99	FW		Michael Frey	24	0	0	24
2	70	FW		Mbwana Samatta	5	1	3	9
3	14	FW		Manuel Benson	5	0	1	6
4	10	FW		Michel-Ange Balikwisha	4	0	1	5
5	16	MF		Pieter Gerkens	2	0	2	4
6	4	MF		Radja Nainggolan	2	0	1	3
	7	FW		Viktor Fischer	3	0	0
	8	MF		Alhassan Yusuf	3	0	0
	19	FW		Koji Miyoshi	1	0	2
10	3	DF		Björn Engels	2	0	0	2
	6	MF		Birger Verstraete	2	0	0
	30	DF		Abdoulaye Seck	2	0	0
13	2	DF		Ritchie De Laet	1	0	0	1
Totals					56	1	10	67

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