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)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	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 edit

First-team squad edit

As of 31 August 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	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	William 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 edit

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	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 edit

In edit

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	William Pacho	Independiente del Valle	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	FW	Emanuel Emegha	Sparta Rotterdam	Undisclosed

Out edit

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

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

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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.

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

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

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 %
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 edit

League table edit

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	Qualification for the Play-offs II

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 edit


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 edit

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 edit

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

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

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

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

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

29 August 2021 6	Antwerp	2–2	OH Leuven	Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maertens 38' (o.g.) Frey 45+2' (p) 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

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

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

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' (p), 56' Muñoz 45+1' Thorstvedt 72'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

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

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

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

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

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' (p) Yusuf 60' B. Verstraete 63' Samatta 70' De Laet 90'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 3,273 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 February 2022 29	Club Brugge	4–1	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Odoi 31' Vanaken 37' (p), 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

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

13 March 2022 31	Anderlecht	2–1	Antwerp	Anderlecht
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zirkzee 24' Gómez 34' Refaelov 59' (p) 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

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

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

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 edit

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 edit


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 edit

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 edit

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

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

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

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

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' (p) Hendry 64' Adamyan 66' Odoi 68'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,126 Referee: Lawrence Visser

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 edit

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 edit

Play-off round edit

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

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)

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 edit

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 edit

Squad appearances and goals edit

Last updated on 3 October 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	CMR	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 edit

As of 22 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	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

References edit

^ "Welkom op De Bosuil, Michael Frey!" (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp F.C. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Villa reach agreement for Engels transfer". Aston Villa Football Club. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
^ "Officiel : Yassine Ben Hamed signe à Antwerp". 7 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
^ "Colorado Rapids defender Sam Vines finalizing transfer to Royal Antwerp". Major League Soccer. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
^ "Done Deal: Alhassan Yusuf Joins Belgian Club Royal Antwerp On Four-Year Contract". Complete Sports. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "FCK sell Viktor Fischer to Royal Antwerp FC". FCK.dk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
^ "Perfekt: Johannes Eggestein verlässt Werder Bremen". kicker (in German). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Radja Nainggolan contract terminated by mutual consent" (Press release). Inter Milan. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "WELKOM OP DE BOSUIL, RADJA NAINGGOLAN!" (Press release). Royal Antwerp. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Anderlecht sign REFAELOV from Antwerp". Ghana Soccernet. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "Dieumerci Mbokani joins Obi Mikel in Kuwait SC". King Fut. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "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.
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^ "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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

[1] "Welkom op De Bosuil, Michael Frey!" (in Dutch). Royal Antwerp F.C. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[2] "Villa reach agreement for Engels transfer". Aston Villa Football Club. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

[3] "Officiel : Yassine Ben Hamed signe à Antwerp". 7 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

[4] "Colorado Rapids defender Sam Vines finalizing transfer to Royal Antwerp". Major League Soccer. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-08-16.

[5] "Done Deal: Alhassan Yusuf Joins Belgian Club Royal Antwerp On Four-Year Contract". Complete Sports. 16 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[6] "FCK sell Viktor Fischer to Royal Antwerp FC". FCK.dk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

[7] "Perfekt: Johannes Eggestein verlässt Werder Bremen". kicker (in German). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[9] "Radja Nainggolan contract terminated by mutual consent" (Press release). Inter Milan. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[10] "WELKOM OP DE BOSUIL, RADJA NAINGGOLAN!" (Press release). Royal Antwerp. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[11] "Anderlecht sign REFAELOV from Antwerp". Ghana Soccernet. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[12] "Dieumerci Mbokani joins Obi Mikel in Kuwait SC". King Fut. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[13] "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.

[14] "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

[15] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[16] "UEFA Europa League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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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

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

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