2021–22 K Beerschot VA season

K Beerschot VA
2021–22 season
Owner	Fabien Debecq
Managing director	Mehdi Bayat
Head coach	Karim Belhocine
Stadium	Stade du Pays de Beerschot
Belgian First Division A	Pre-season
Belgian Cup	Round of 16
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season will be the 118th season in the existence of K Beerschot VA and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, K Beerschot VA will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 June 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	Nicolas Penneteau
2	DF	BUL	Ivan Goranov
3	DF	SRB	Ognjen Vranješ (on loan from Anderlecht)
4	DF	BEL	Jules Van Cleemput
6	DF	MKD	Gjoko Zajkov
7	FW	COD	Jordan Botaka (on loan from Gent)
8	MF	IRN	Ali Gholizadeh
10	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei (on loan from Brugge)
12	MF	BEL	Joris Kayembe
13	MF	SEN	Christophe Diandy
14	GK	SWE	Joachim Imbrechts
16	FW	JAM	Shamar Nicholson
18	DF	BEL	Levi Malungu
20	DF	ENG	Jon Flanagan
21	DF	CYP	Stelios Andreou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	FRA	Steeven Willems
24	DF	BEL	Dorian Dessoleil
26	MF	MAD	Marco Ilaimaharitra
27	MF	SEN	Mamadou Fall
28	MF	BEL	Ken Nkuba
29	MF	PER	Cristian Benavente (on loan from Pyramids)
30	DF	BEL	Guillaume Gillet
33	DF	CIV	Cédric Kipré (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
34	MF	BEL	Amine Benchaib
38	FW	BDI	Saido Berahino (on loan from Zulte Waregem)
40	GK	FRA	Rémy Descamps
42	DF	BEL	Yunus Bahadir
44	MF	JPN	Ryota Morioka
77	MF	BEL	Massimo Bruno
91	FW	POL	Łukasz Teodorczyk (on loan from Udinese)
—	DF	SUI	Stefan Knežević

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 June 2021 Friendly	Kontich FC	0–5	Beerschot	Kontich, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion FC Kontich

23 June 2021 Friendly	Dessel Sport	2–5	Beerschot	Dessel, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Armand Melis Stadion

30 June 2021 Friendly	Beerschot	2–1	SC Verl	Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

3 July 2021 Friendly	Beerschot	0–1	MSV Duisburg	Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

7 July 2021 Friendly	Beerschot	2–0	Waasland-Beveren	Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

10 July 2021 Friendly	Beerschot	2–1	Lommel United	Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

14 July 2021 Friendly	Beerschot	1–2	FC Utrecht	Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

17 July 2021 Friendly	Beerschot	1–1	Fortuna Sittard	Belgium
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	25 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Belgian Cup	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00

Last updated: August 2021
Source: Soccerway

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

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.^[2]
(C) Champions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	GNT	GNK	CHA	MEC
1	Gent	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	43	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]	—	0–1	1–2	1–0
2	Genk	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	37		0–2	—	3–2	4–2
3	Charleroi	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	34		1–3	2–2	—	3–2
4	Mechelen	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	30		1–2	0–0	1–0	—

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.^[3]
Notes:

^ Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

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
17	2	3	12	15	31	−16	9	2	0	7	5	11	−6	0	3	5	10	20	−10

Last updated: 5 December 2021.
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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 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.^[4]

27 July 2021 1	Beerschot	0 – 1	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Smet 49' Van den Bergh 90+5'	Report	Deman 40' 52'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

1 August 2021 2	Gent	2 – 2	Beerschot	Ghent
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 19' Tissoudali 47' Castro-Montes 80'	Report	Sanyang 73' Noubissi 77'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

7 August 2021 3	Beerschot	0 – 3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Antwerp
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Noubissi 49' Van den Bergh 90+4'	Report	Undav 14' 50' Teuma 43' Lapoussin 54' Kandouss 84' Marcq 88'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Jan Boterberg

15 August 2021 4	Beerschot	0 – 1	Standard Liège	Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Smet 46' Radić 89'	Report	Klauss 64' Bodart 82'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

22 August 2021 5	Club Brugge	3 – 2	Beerschot	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta 4' Ricca 27' De Ketelaere 30' Nsoki 41' 75' Persyn 55'	Report	Frans 28' 45+1' Dom 37' Coulibaly 43' Soumaré 45+1' De Smet 54' Van den Bergh 76' Holzhauser 90'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Belgian Cup

27 October 2021 Round of 32	Francs Borains	0 - 4	Beerschot	Boussu
20:30 CET	Paul Niankou 26' Lavenant 77'	Report	Noubissi 2' Konstantopoulos 28' Van den Bergh 42' Caicedo 47' 60' Holzhauser 78' Halaïmia 84' Vaca 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Robert Urbain Referee: Jordy Vermeire

2 December 2021 Round of 16	Standard Liège	2 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Beerschot	Liège
20:45 CET	Sissako 21' Drăguș 25' Dussenne 84' Tapsoba 91' Muleka 96' Bokadi 119'	Report	Lemos 25' Holzhauser 34'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Kevin Van Damme

References

^ "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.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.22741448703567-3] Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

[1] "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.

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

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

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

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League competitions	First Division A First Division B National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2021 Winter 2021–22 Summer 2022
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group E) Roberto Martínez
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Antwerp Beerschot Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Genk Gent Kortrijk Mechelen OH Leuven Oostende Seraing Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Union SG Zulte Waregem
First Division B	Deinze Excel Mouscron Lierse Lommel RWD Molenbeek Virton Waasland-Beveren Westerlo