# 2021–22 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise season

The 2021–22 season was the 124th season in the existence of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise and the club's first season back in the top flight of Belgian football since the 1973. In addition to the domestic league, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise also participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup, where they reached the sixth round, being knocked out by KV Mechelen.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 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 | NED | Bart Nieuwkoop |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jonas Bager |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Casper Nielsen |
| 7 | DF | ENG | Matthew Sorinola |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Jean Thierry Lazare (on loan from Charleroi) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Deniz Undav (on loan from Brighton) |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Álex Millán (on loan from Villarreal) |
| 13 | FW | BEL | Dante Vanzeir |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Christian Burgess |
| 17 | MF | MLT | Teddy Teuma |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Kaoru Mitoma (on loan from Brighton) |
| 19 | DF | BEL | Guillaume François |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Senne Lynen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | BEL | Lucas Pirard |
| 22 | MF | ANG | Pedro Lubamba |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Cameron Puertas |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Ilyes Ziani |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Damien Marcq |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Koki Machida (on loan from Kashima Antlers) |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Tibo Herbots |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Siebe Van der Heyden |
| 49 | GK | LUX | Anthony Moris |
| 59 | DF | MAR | Ismaël Kandouss |
| 64 | MF | POL | Kacper Kozłowski (on loan from Brighton) |
| 94 | FW | MAD | Loïc Lapoussin |
| — | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Paolucci |

### 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 |
| — | GK | BEL | Kerian Atheba (at Diegem Sport) |
| — | DF | BEL | Anas Hamzaoui (at Virton) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Lucas Defise (at Helmond Sport) |
| — | MF | ENG | Marcel Lewis (at Accrington Stanley) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Bart Nieuwkoop | Feyenoord | Free transfer | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Matthew Sorinola | MK Dons | Free transfer | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Marcel Lewis | Chelsea F.C. Under-23s | Free transfer | 1 July 2021 |
| GK | Lucas Pirard | Waasland-Beveren | Undisclosed fee | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Lorenzo Paolucci | Reggina | Undisclosed fee | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Jean Thierry Lazare | RSC Charleroi | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| FW | Roman Ferber | Francs Borains | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| FW | Felipe Avenatti | Standard Liège | Loan | 2 July 2021 |
| MF | Damien Marcq | Zulte Waregem | Free transfer | 7 July 2021 |
| FW | Kaoru Mitoma | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan | 11 August 2021 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Mathias Fixelles | Kortrijk | Free transfer | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Marcel Mehlem | SC Paderborn | Free transfer | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Sébastien Pocognoli | Retired | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Edisson Jordanov | Westerlo | Free transfer | 7 July 2021 |
| FW | Roman Ferber | RFC Mandel United | Free transfer | 22 July 2021 |
| MF | Nik Lorbek | Mura | Undisclosed fee | 23 July 2021 |
| DF | Abdelmounaim Boutouil | SCC Mohammédia | Undisclosed fee | 1 August 2021 |
| FW | Brighton Labeau | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | Free transfer | 3 August 2021 |
| DF | Anas Hamzaoui | Royal Excel Mouscron | Loan | 5 August 2021 |
| FW | Aron Sigurðarson | AC Horsens | Undisclosed fee | 9 August 2021 |
| FW | Ibrahima Bah | Racing Santander | Free transfer | 28 August 2021 |
| GK | Kerian Atheba | Diegem Sport | Loan | 30 September 2021 |

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 40 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 83 | 32 | +51 | 065.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 29 August 2021 | 26 October 2021 | Fifth round | Sixth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 91 | 34 | +57 | 064.29 |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### First Division A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Union SG (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I |
| 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 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
* ↑ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 April 2022. 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.

#### Play-Off I

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Belgian Cup
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 22 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 21 | GK | BEL | Lucas Pirard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Tibo Herbots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | GK | LUX | Anthony Moris | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Bart Nieuwkoop | 39 | 4 | 31+7 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Jonas Bager | 33 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ENG | Matthew Sorinola | 16 | 1 | 0+14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Noa David Wyns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Christian Burgess | 36 | 5 | 33+1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | BEL | Guillaume François | 25 | 0 | 9+15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Koki Machida | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Siebe Van der Heyden | 30 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | DF | MAR | Ismaël Kandouss | 37 | 1 | 30+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | BEL | Zacarias Antonio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | DEN | Casper Nielsen | 41 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Jean Thierry Lazare | 36 | 3 | 19+15 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | MLT | Teddy Teuma | 40 | 7 | 37+1 | 6 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Kaoru Mitoma | 29 | 8 | 16+11 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Senne Lynen | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ANG | Pedro Lubamba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Cameron Puertas | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Ilyes Ziani | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Damien Marcq | 34 | 0 | 13+19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | POL | Kacper Kozłowski | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Deniz Undav | 41 | 27 | 39 | 26 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Álex Millán | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | BEL | Dante Vanzeir | 36 | 15 | 34+1 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 94 | FW | MAD | Loïc Lapoussin | 38 | 2 | 33+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ENG | Marcel Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Paolucci | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | URU | Felipe Avenatti | 16 | 1 | 0+14 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 4 November 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Belgian First Division | Belgian Cup | Total |
| 1 | 13 | FW | | Dante Vanzeir | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Deniz Undav | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 18 | FW | | Kaoru Mitoma | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | | Teddy Teuma | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 94 | MF | | Loïc Lapoussin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Casper Nielsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Jean Thierry Lazare | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | | Senne Lynen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | DF | | Matthew Sorinola | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 90 | FW | | Felipe Avenatti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | DF | | Christian Burgess | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 8 | 37 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 4 November 2021
| No. | Player | Belgian First Division | Belgian Cup | Total |
| 49 | Anthony Moris | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Lucas Pirard | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 6 |