2021–22 S.V. Zulte Waregem season

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.

S.V. Zulte Waregem

2021–22 season
Chairman	Willy Naessens
Manager	Francky Dury
Stadium	Regenboogstadion
Belgian First Division A	16th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: Jelle Vossen (7) All: Jelle Vossen (7)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 9 February 2022.

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   BEL Sammy Bossut 4 DF   GHA Daniel Opare 5 MF   FRA Damien Marcq 6 MF   FRA Abdoulaye Sissako 9 FW   BEL Jelle Vossen 10 MF   MEX Omar Govea 11 MF   TUN Bassem Srarfi 13 DF   BEL Alessandro Ciranni 15 FW   CZE Tomáš Chorý (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň) 17 MF   FRA Jean-Luc Dompé 21 MF   SEN Ibrahima Seck 22 MF   NOR Bent Sørmo

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   AUS Panagiotis Armenakas 24 DF   BEL Ewoud Pletinckx 25 GK   BEL Louis Bostyn 27 DF   BEL Laurens De Bock (on loan from Leeds United) 29 MF   BEL Mathieu De Smet 31 DF   COM Abdallah Ali Mohamed (on loan from Marseille) 33 DF   ENG Cameron Humphreys 43 DF   GRE Nikos Kenourgios 44 GK   GER Eike Bansen 80 FW   BEL Youssuf Sylla 93 FW   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   BDI Saido Berahino (at RSC Charleroi until 30 June 2021) — FW   NED Robert Mühren (at SC Cambuur until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Oudenaarde   v   Zulte Waregem

23 June 2021 Friendly	Oudenaarde	2–4	Zulte Waregem	Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Zulte Waregem   v   Union SG

26 June 2021 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	0–4	Union SG	Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Zulte Waregem   v   Cercle Brugge

2 July 2021 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	1–2	Cercle Brugge	Waregem, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Regenboogstadion

Club Brugge   v   Zulte Waregem

7 July 2021 Friendly	Club Brugge	2–1	Zulte Waregem	Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Zulte Waregem   v   Charleroi

10 July 2021 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	3–2	Charleroi	Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Deinze   v   Zulte Waregem

14 July 2021 Friendly	Deinze	1–3	Zulte Waregem	Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Zulte Waregem   v   FC Utrecht

17 July 2021 Friendly	Zulte Waregem	0–0	FC Utrecht	Waregem, Belgium
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Warmerdam	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 3,000

Oostende   v   Zulte Waregem

7 October 2021 Friendly	Oostende	5–2	Zulte Waregem	Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena

Anderlecht   v   Zulte Waregem

9 January 2022 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–0	Zulte Waregem	Brussels, Belgium
13:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede

Oostende   v   Zulte Waregem

28 April 2022 Friendly	Oostende	5–3	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

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
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

Round	1	2
Ground	A	H
Result	D
Position	12

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	Lang   42' Vormer   65' Vanaken   69' De Ketelaere   75'	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)	Gano   59',   73' Kutesa   66' Fadera   90+4'	Report	Benson   19' Yusuf   29' Miyoshi   90+2'	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)	Nuhu   40'		Vossen   35' (pen.)	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

Main article: 2021–22 Belgian Cup

References

1. [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.