2021–22 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season
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Oud-Heverlee Leuven 2021–22 football season
| 2021–22 season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | King Power International Group |
| Chairman | Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha |
| Manager | Marc Brys |
| Stadium | Den Dreef |
| Belgian First Division A | 11th |
| Belgian Cup | Quarter-finals |
| Top goalscorer | League: Sory Kaba (10) All: Sory Kaba (12) |
The 2021–22 season was the 20th season in the existence of Oud-Heverlee Leuven and its second consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oud-Heverlee Leuven participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.
Players
[edit ]- This section lists players who were in Oud-Heveree Leuven's first team squad at any point during the 2021–22 season and appeared at least once on the match sheet (possibly as unused substitute)
- The symbol L indicates a player who is on loan from another club
- The symbol \ indicates a youngster
| No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Joined First Team | Previous club | Left First Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| 13 | Iceland | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson L | GK | 31 August 2021 | England Arsenal | (30 June 2022) |
| 38 | Belgium | Oregan Ravet \ | GK | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 90 | Venezuela / Spain | Rafael Romo | GK | 19 August 2020 | Denmark Silkeborg | – |
| Defenders | ||||||
| 3 | Morocco | Sofian Chakla | CB | 27 August 2021 | Spain Villarreal | – |
| 5 | Belgium / Democratic Republic of the Congo | Pierre-Yves Ngawa | RB | 11 August 2019 | Italy Perugia | – |
| 6 | Belgium | Sébastien Dewaest L | CB | 20 July 2021 | Belgium Genk | (30 June 2022) |
| 15 | Burkina Faso / France | Dylan Ouédraogo | CB | 28 August 2019 | Cyprus Apollon Limassol | – |
| 18 | Hungary | Barnabás Bese | RB | 20 August 2020 | France Le Havre | 3 January 2022 |
| 24 | Belgium | Casper de Norre | LB/RB | 5 October 2020 | Belgium Genk | – |
| 25 | Belgium | Louis Patris \ | CB | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 28 | Belgium | Toon Raemaekers \ | CB | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 29 | France | Scotty Sadzoute | LB | 7 July 2021 | France Lille | 31 January 2022 |
| 35 | Turkey | Cenk Özkacar L | LB | 6 July 2021 | France Lyon | (30 June 2022) |
| 46 | Belgium | Milan Taildeman \ | LB | Summer 2021 | Youth Squad | – |
| Midfielders | ||||||
| 4 | Bulgaria | Kristiyan Malinov | DM / CM | 20 August 2020 | Bulgaria CSKA Sofia | – |
| 10 | France | Xavier Mercier | CM | 16 June 2019 | Belgium Cercle Brugge | – |
| 11 | Jordan | Musa Al-Taamari | RW | 5 October 2020 | Cyprus APOEL | – |
| 14 | Belgium | Thibault Vlietinck L | RW | 12 August 2020 | Belgium Club Brugge | (30 June 2022) |
| 20 | Belgium / Ghana | Isaac Asante \ | AM | Winter 2019–20 | Youth Squad | – |
| 21 | Belgium | Alexis De Sart L | CM | 22 August 2021 | Belgium Antwerp | (30 June 2022) |
| 27 | Belgium | Mandela Keita \ | CM | Winter 2020–21 | Youth Squad | – |
| 33 | Belgium | Mathieu Maertens | CM / AM | 12 July 2017 | Belgium Cercle Brugge | – |
| 42 | Belgium | Jo Gilis \ | AM | Summer 2018 | Youth Squad | – |
| Forwards | ||||||
| 7 | Benin / France | Yannick Aguemon | CF / LW / RW | 28 June 2017 | Belgium Union SG | – |
| 8 | Belgium | Siebe Schrijvers | CF / AM / RW | 15 January 2021 | Belgium Club Brugge | – |
| 9 | France | Thomas Henry | CF | 17 January 2019 | Belgium Tubize | 24 August 2021 |
| 9 | Guinea | Sory Kaba L | CF | 31 August 2021 | Denmark Midtjylland | (30 June 2022) |
| 17 | Ukraine | Mykola Kukharevych L | CF | 1 September 2021 | France Troyes | (30 June 2022) |
| 19 | Georgia (country) | Levan Shengelia | RW | 11 August 2021 | Turkey Konyaspor | – |
| 32 | Belgium | Daan Vekemans \ | CF | Summer 2018 | Youth Squad | – |
| 39 | Belgium | Arthur Allemeersch \ | CF | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 77 | Nigeria | Jesse Sekidika L | RW | 27 August 2021 | Turkey Galatasaray | 31 January 2022 |
| 99 | Iran | Kaveh Rezaei | CF | 4 January 2021 | Belgium Club Brugge | – |
Did not appear on match sheet
[edit ]The following players were listed as part of Oud-Heveree Leuven's first team squad during the 2021–22 season, but never appeared on the match sheet
| No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Joined First Team | Previous club | Left First Team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | Kawin Thamsatchanan | GK | 10 January 2018 | Thailand Muangthong United | 4 January 2022 | Not on match sheet in first half of season, then loaned to Thailand Port until 30 June 2022 |
| 20 | Ivory Coast | Cedrik Gbo | DM | 11 March 2022 | Tunisia ES Tunis | (30 June 2022) | |
| 24 | Canada | Tristan Borges | CM / LW / RW | 22 January 2020 | Canada Forge FC | – | Was on loan to Canada Forge FC until 30 November 2021, then placed at reserves. Again loaned out to Forge FC from 31 January 2022 until the end of the season. |
Transfers
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Pre-season and friendlies
[edit ]Win Draw Loss
OH Leuven Belgium v Belgium Olympia Wijgmaal
OH Leuven Belgium v Belgium Rupel Boom
OH Leuven Belgium v Israel Maccabi Haifa
OH Leuven Belgium v Belgium Waasland-Beveren
2 July 2021 Friendly OH Leuven Belgium 1–3 Belgium Waasland-Beveren Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands
OH Leuven Belgium v France Valenciennes
OH Leuven Belgium v Netherlands Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany v Belgium OH Leuven
1. FC Heidenheim Germany v Belgium OH Leuven
Competitions
[edit ]Overall record
[edit ]| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 10 April 2022 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 029.41 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 23 December 2021 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 066.67 |
| Total | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 032.43 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
First Division A
[edit ]Main article: 2021–22 Belgian First Division A
League table
[edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 51 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 45 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 41 |
| 12 | Oostende | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 37 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 37 |
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]
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]
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 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 33 | −11 |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Matches
[edit ]The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.[2]
OH Leuven v Zulte Waregem
Cercle Brugge v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Charleroi
Genk v OH Leuven
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 10,147
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
- Bongonda 3'
- Lucumí Yellow card 49'
- Onuachu 59'
- Ito 77'
- Thorstvedt 90+2'
- Özkacar Yellow card 16'
- Schrijvers Yellow card 53'
- Keita Yellow card 63'
- Dewaest Yellow card 70'
- Henry Yellow card 71'
Attendance: 10,147
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
OH Leuven v Eupen
Antwerp v OH Leuven
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 10,223
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
- Maertens red-colored football 38' (o.g.)
- Frey 45+2' (pen.)
- Vines Yellow card 54'
- Balikwisha Yellow card 67'
- Buta Yellow card 71'
- B. Verstraete Yellow card 90+3'
Attendance: 10,223
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
OH Leuven v Kortrijk
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Wim Smet
- De Sart 50'
- Schrijvers 78'
- Selemani 62'
- Radovanović Red card 90+2'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Wim Smet
Mechelen v OH Leuven
Club Brugge v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Beerschot
Standard Liège v OH Leuven
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 18,645
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
Attendance: 18,645
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
OH Leuven v Sint-Truiden
Anderlecht v OH Leuven
CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
OH Leuven v Oostende
OH Leuven v Seraing
Union Saint-Gilloise v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Gent
Kortrijk v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Club Brugge
OH Leuven v Standard Liège
Charleroi v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Mechelen
Note: The result was awarded as 5–0 forfeit win due to Mechelen opting to not send their team after multiple COVID-19 cases. Their initial request to postpone the match was declined.
Beerschot v OH Leuven
Zulte Waregem v OH Leuven
Oostende v OH Leuven
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Wim Smet
- D'Arpino 56'
- Shengelia 34'
- Kaba 48'
- Al-Taamari 85'
Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Wim Smet
OH Leuven v Genk
OH Leuven v Cercle Brugge
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 3,898
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
- Maertens 40'
- Kaba 63'
- Al-Taamari 67'
Attendance: 3,898
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
Sint-Truiden v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Anderlecht
Eupen v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Union Saint-Gilloise
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: King Power at Den Dreef
Attendance: 7,123
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
- Schrijvers 11' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,123
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Seraing v OH Leuven
OH Leuven v Antwerp
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 6,491
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
- Dewaest Yellow card 65'
- B. Verstraete Yellow card 8'
- Seck Yellow card 14', 40'
- Buta Yellow card 30'
Attendance: 6,491
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Gent v OH Leuven
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,524
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
- De Sart 42'
- Tissoudali 48', 89', 90'
- Hjulsager 86'
Attendance: 19,524
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Belgian Cup
[edit ]Main article: 2021–22 Belgian Cup
Lierse Kempenzonen v OH Leuven
Westerlo v OH Leuven
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Het Kuipje
Referee: Will Smet
- De Norre 55'
- Schrijvers 89'
- Maertens 90+3'
Referee: Will Smet
Club Brugge v OH Leuven
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Bram van Driessche
- De Ketelaere 41'
- Balanta 45+6'
- Lang 65'
- Vanaken 90+2'
- Mercier 59'
Referee: Bram van Driessche
References
[edit ]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.