# 2021–22 Willem II season

The 2021–22 season was the 125th season in the existence of Willem II and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Willem II participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 12 March 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Kilian Ludewig (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 3 | DF | NED | Freek Heerkens (2nd captain) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Ulrik Yttergård Jenssen |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström (3rd captain, on loan from FC Utrecht) |
| 6 | DF | NED | Wessel Dammers (on loan from FC Groningen) |
| 7 | FW | NED | Ché Nunnely |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Pol Llonch (captain) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Jizz Hornkamp |
| 10 | FW | GRE | Argyris Kampetsis (on loan from Panathinaikos) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Mats Köhlert |
| 12 | MF | NED | Rick Zuijderwijk |
| 13 | DF | NED | Leeroy Owusu |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Elton Kabangu |
| 15 | FW | SWE | Max Svensson |
| 16 | MF | NED | Ringo Meerveld |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | NED | Dries Saddiki |
| 18 | DF | NED | Miquel Nelom |
| 19 | MF | IRL | Daniel Crowley |
| 20 | MF | NED | Godfried Roemeratoe (on loan from FC Twente) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Timon Wellenreuther (4th captain, on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 22 | MF | NED | Wesley Spieringhs |
| 23 | MF | GER | Görkem Sağlam |
| 24 | GK | NED | Connor van den Berg |
| 25 | DF | GRE | Nikos Michelis (on loan from Milan) |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Jorn Brondeel |
| 27 | DF | GER | Derrick Köhn |
| 28 | DF | NED | Vincent Schippers |
| 29 | MF | NED | Thijs Oosting |
| 32 | MF | NED | Abdenasser El Khayati |
| 36 | FW | NED | Jelte Pal |

### Out 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 | GER | John Yeboah (at MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2022) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 15 August 2021 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 024.24 |
| KNVB Cup | 28 October 2021 | 28 October 2021 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 023.53 |
Last updated: 11 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 35 | |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 35 | |
| 16 | Heracles Almelo (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Willem II (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 27 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: August 2021. Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 |
| Ground | H | A |
| Result | L | W |
| Position | 17 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.