# 2021–22 Feyenoord season

The 2021–22 season was the 114th season in the existence of Feyenoord and the club's 100th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Feyenoord participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup and the Europa Conference League.

## Transfers
### Summer window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (from Molde FK) |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Alireza Jahanbakhsh (from Brighton) |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Reiss Nelson (from Arsenal) (on loan) |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Francesco Antonucci (from FC Volendam) (return from loan) |
| 17 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes (from Molde FK) |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Gernot Trauner (from LASK) |
| 21 | GK | ISR | Ofir Marciano (from Hibernian) |
| 24 | FW | NED | Naoufal Bannis (from FC Dordrecht) (return from loan) |
| 25 | DF | NED | Ramon Hendriks (from NAC Breda) (return from loan) |
| 26 | MF | NED | Guus Til (from FC Spartak Moscow) (on loan) |
| 29 | FW | NED | Marouan Azarkan (from NAC Breda) (return from loan) |
| 33 | FW | NGA | Cyriel Dessers (from Genk) (on loan) |
| 34 | FW | NED | Dylan Vente (from Roda JC) (return from loan) |
| 35 | MF | NED | Wouter Burger (from Sparta Rotterdam) (return from loan) |
| — | MF | NED | Jordy Wehrmann (from FC Luzern) |
| — | DF | SCO | George Johnston (from Wigan Athletic) (return from loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NED | Bart Nieuwkoop (to Union SG) |
| 5 | DF | SUR | Ridgeciano Haps (to Venezia F.C.) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Leroy Fer (to Alanyaspor) |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Nicolai Jørgensen (to Kasımpaşa S.K.) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Steven Berghuis (to Ajax) |
| 14 | MF | NED | Jordy Wehrmann (to FC Luzern) |
| 19 | FW | SVK | Róbert Boženík (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) (on loan) |
| 21 | GK | NED | Nick Marsman (to Inter Miami CF) |
| 22 | MF | NED | Achraf El Bouchataoui (to RKC Waalwijk) (on loan) |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Lucas Pratto (to River Plate) (return from loan) |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Uroš Spajić (to FC Krasnodar) (return from loan) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Christian Conteh (to SV Sandhausen) (on loan) |
| 29 | MF | NED | Marouan Azarkan (to Excelsior) (on loan) |
| 30 | GK | NED | Ramón ten Hove (to Esbjerg fB) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Eric Botteghin (to Ascoli) |
| 34 | FW | NED | Dylan Vente (to Roda JC) |
| 35 | MF | NED | Wouter Burger (to FC Basel) |
| — | DF | SCO | George Johnston (to Bolton Wanderers) |
| — | DF | NED | Sven van Beek (to SC Heerenveen) |
| — | DF | NED | Ian Smeulers (to Sandefjord) |
| — | FW | NED | Luciano Narsingh (Free Agent) |

### Winter window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | FW | NED | Jorrit Hendrix (from Spartak Moscow) (on loan) |
| 13 | DF | NED | Philippe Sandler (from Manchester City) |
| 16 | GK | ROU | Valentin Cojocaru (from Dnipro-1) (on loan) |
| 19 | MF | USA | Cole Bassett (from Colorado Rapids) (on loan) |
| 23 | FW | SWE | Patrik Wålemark (from BK Häcken) |
| — | FW | GER | Christian Conteh (from SV Sandhausen) (return from loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mark Diemers (to Hannover 96) (on loan) |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Francesco Antonucci (to FC Volendam) (on loan) |
| 20 | MF | POR | João Carlos Teixeira (to F.C. Famalicão) |
| 23 | FW | SEN | Aliou Baldé (to Waasland-Beveren) (on loan) |
| 24 | FW | NED | Naoufal Bannis (to NAC Breda) (on loan) |
| — | FW | GER | Christian Conteh (to FC Dordrecht) (on loan) |

## 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 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 064.71 |
| KNVB Cup | 15 December 2021 | 15 December 2021 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 25 May 2022 | Second qualifying round | Runners-up | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 063.16 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 120 | 57 | +63 | 062.96 |
Last updated: 25 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | +79 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | +44 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AZ (O) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, PSV, qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Europa League play-off berth awarded to the KNVB Cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team Feyenoord, the highest-placed team not qualified for the Champions League. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage as their opponent in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final, Roma, qualified to the Europa League group stage through domestic performance by finishing sixth in the Serie A.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 May 2022. 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 | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Qualifying phase
##### Play-off round
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEY | SLA | UNI | MHA |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round 16 was held on 25 February 2022.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

##### Final
## Statistics
### Player details

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal. $^‡$= Has been part of the matchday squad for an official match, but is not an official member of the first team.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Justin Bijlow | GK | 22 | | | | 1 | | | | 12 | | | 1 | 35 | | | 1 |
| 2 | | Marcus Holmgren Pedersen | DF | 30 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 16 | | 2 | | 47 | | 3 | |
| 3 | | Lutsharel Geertruida | DF | 28 | 3 | 3 | | 1 | | | | 12 | 1 | 2 | | 41 | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | | Marcos Senesi | DF | 32 | 2 | 4 | | 1 | | | | 17 | 1 | 2 | | 50 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | | Tyrell Malacia | DF | 32 | 1 | 5 | | 1 | | | | 17 | | 4 | | 50 | 1 | 9 | |
| 6 | | Jorrit Hendrix | MF | 9 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 5 | | 1 | | 14 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | | Luis Sinisterra | FW | 30 | 12 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 18 | 11 | 2 | | 49 | 23 | 3 | |
| 9 | | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | FW | 27 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 14 | 4 | 1 | | 42 | 8 | 3 | |
| 10 | | Orkun Kökçü | MF | 32 | 7 | 5 | | 1 | | | | 18 | 2 | 5 | | 51 | 9 | 10 | |
| 11 | | Bryan Linssen | FW | 34 | 13 | 3 | | 1 | | | | 18 | 4 | | | 53 | 17 | 3 | |
| 13 | | Philippe Sandler | DF | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 14 | | Reiss Nelson | FW | 21 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 10 | 2 | | | 32 | 4 | 2 | |
| 16 | | Valentin Cojocaru | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | | Fredrik Aursnes | MF | 33 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | | | | 13 | | 2 | | 47 | 1 | 8 | |
| 18 | | Gernot Trauner | DF | 30 | | | | 1 | | | | 15 | | 3 | | 46 | | 3 | |
| 19 | | Cole Bassett | MF | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | |
| 21 | | Ofir Marciano | GK | 12 | | | | | | | | 8 | | 1 | | 20 | | 1 | |
| 23 | | Patrik Wålemark | FW | 12 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 15 | 1 | | |
| 25 | | Ramon Hendriks | DF | 8 | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 11 | | 1 | |
| 26 | | Guus Til | MF | 32 | 15 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | | Jens Toornstra - (C) | MF | 31 | 3 | 4 | | 1 | | | | 17 | 2 | 2 | | 48 | 5 | 6 | |
| 30 | | Thijs Jansen | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | | Denzel Hall | DF | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 33 | | Cyriel Dessers | FW | 27 | 9 | | | 1 | 1 | | | 13 | 10 | 1 | | 41 | 20 | 1 | |
| 43 | | Mimeirhel Benita‡ | DF | | | | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | 3 | | 1 | |
| 45 | | Lennard Hartjes | MF | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 47 | | Karim Dermane‡ | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 48 | | Antoni Milambo | MF | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 49 | | Tein Troost‡ | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 52 | | Delano Ladan‡ | FW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | | Noah Naujoks‡ | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | | Sem Valk‡ | DF | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 60 | | Twan van der Zeeuw‡ | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 67 | | Mike Kleijn‡ | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| xx | | Leroy Fer (Moved to Antalyaspor during the season) | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | 5 | | | |
| xx | | Róbert Boženík (Moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan during the season) | FW | 1 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | 6 | | | |
| xx | | Wouter Burger (Moved to FC Basel during the season) | MF | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | |
| xx | | Ridgeciano Haps (Moved to Venezia F.C. during the season) | DF | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 5 | | 1 | |
| xx | | Mark Diemers (Moved to Hannover 96 on loan during the season) | MF | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 4 | | 1 | |
| xx | | Francesco Antonucci (Moved to FC Volendam on loan during the season) | MF | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| xx | | Aliou Baldé (Moved to Waasland-Beveren on loan during the season) | FW | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | |
| xx | | Naoufal Bannis (Moved to NAC Breda on loan during the season) | FW | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | | 7 | 1 | | |
| xx | | João Carlos Teixeira (Moved to F.C. Famalicão during the season) | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 76 | 41 | 0 | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 43 | 35 | 2 | N/A | 120 | 76 | 2 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Round | Opponent | Goals | Date | Home/Away | Score |
| Guus Til | ECL 2nd Qualifying Round | FC Drita | 7' 67' 90' | 29 July 2021 | Home | 3–2 |
| Luis Sinisterra | ECL Play-off round | IF Elfsborg | 25' 37' 48' | 19 August 2021 | Home | 5–0 |

### Clean sheets

A player must have played at least 60 minutes, excluding stoppage time, for a clean sheet to be awarded.
| Goalkeeper | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa Conference League | Total |
| Justin Bijlow | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| Ofir Marciano | 4 | N/A | 1 | 5 |