# 2021–22 SC Heerenveen season

The 2021–22 season was the 102nd season in the existence of SC Heerenveen and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Heerenveen participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | NED | Erwin Mulder (captain) |
| 2 | DF | NED | Syb van Ottele |
| 3 | DF | NED | Joost van Aken |
| 4 | DF | NED | Sven van Beek |
| 5 | DF | NED | Lucas Woudenberg |
| 6 | MF | NED | Siem de Jong |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Filip Stevanović (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Amin Sarr |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Tibor Halilović (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Anthony Musaba (on loan from Monaco) |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Rami Kaib |
| 14 | DF | KOS | Ibrahim Drešević |
| 15 | DF | NED | Nick Bakker |
| 16 | FW | NED | Arjen van der Heide |
| 17 | MF | SWE | Rami Al Hajj |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | NGA | Hamdi Akujobi |
| 19 | MF | NED | Jan Ras |
| 20 | FW | NED | Sydney van Hooijdonk (on loan from Bologna) |
| 22 | GK | NED | Xavier Mous |
| 23 | GK | NED | Jan Bekkema |
| 24 | GK | NED | Jaimy Kroesen |
| 25 | DF | POL | Paweł Bochniewicz |
| 26 | MF | MAR | Anas Tahiri |
| 27 | DF | NED | Milan van Ewijk |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Nicolas Madsen (on loan from Midtjylland) |
| 30 | MF | BUL | Stanislav Shopov |
| 33 | MF | NED | Thom Haye |
| 35 | MF | NED | Djenahro Nunumete |
| 37 | FW | NED | Trustin van 't Loo |
| — | DF | URU | Joaquín Fernández |

### 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 |
| — | DF | URU | Joaquín Fernández (at Montevideo City Torque until 31 December 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 % |
| Eredivisie | 13 August 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 032.35 |
| Eredivisie Play-offs | 19 May 2022 | 22 May 2022 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 October 2021 | 18 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 035.90 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 51 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 47 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 41 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 39 | |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 38 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Eredivisie

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.