# 2021–22 PSV Eindhoven season

The 2021–22 season was the 109th season in the existence of PSV Eindhoven and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, PSV Eindhoven participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruyff Shield, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 13 February 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 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze |
| 4 | DF | CUW | Armando Obispo |
| 5 | DF | BRA | André Ramalho (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Sangaré |
| 7 | FW | ISR | Eran Zahavi |
| 8 | MF | NED | Marco van Ginkel (captain) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Carlos Vinícius (on loan from Benfica) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Noni Madueke |
| 11 | FW | NED | Cody Gakpo |
| 13 | GK | GER | Vincent Müller |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Érick Gutiérrez |
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Mauro Júnior |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Olivier Boscagli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | POR | Bruma |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Romero |
| 21 | GK | BEL | Maxime Delanghe |
| 23 | MF | NED | Joey Veerman |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan |
| 27 | MF | GER | Mario Götze |
| 29 | DF | AUT | Phillipp Mwene |
| 30 | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas |
| 31 | DF | GER | Philipp Max |
| 32 | FW | BEL | Yorbe Vertessen |
| 37 | MF | USA | Richard Ledezma |
| 38 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 54 | FW | BEL | Johan Bakayoko |

#### Players 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 | GER | Timo Baumgartl (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek (at FC Twente until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | NED | Derrick Luckassen (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | André Ramalho | Red Bull Salzburg | Undisclosed | 26 May 2021 |
| 29 | DF | Phillipp Mwene | Mainz 05 | Free | 1 June 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Marco van Ginkel | Chelsea | Free | 18 June 2021 |
| 16 | GK | Joël Drommel | FC Twente | €3,500,000 | 30 June 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Carlos Vinícius | Benfica | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 23 | MF | Joey Veerman | sc Heerenveen | €6,000,000 | 4 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Donyell Malen | Borussia Dortmund | €30,000,000 | 27 July 2021 |
| 18 | MF | Pablo Rosario | Nice | €6,000,000 | 27 July 2021 |
| 22 | DF | Denzel Dumfries | Inter Milan | €12,500,000 | 14 August 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Mohamed Ihattaren | Juventus | €6,000,000 | 31 August 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Nick Viergever | Greuther Fürth | €300,000 | 31 August 2021 |
| 14 | MF | Davy Pröpper | Retired | | 4 January 2022 |
| 34 | MF | Dante Rigo | Beerschot | Undisclosed | 4 January 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 | 14 August 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | +44 | 076.47 |
| KNVB Cup | 15 December 2021 | 17 April 2022 | Second round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 100.00 |
| Johan Cruyff Shield | 7 August 2021 | 7 August 2021 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 21 July 2021 | 24 August 2021 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 September 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 17 February 2022 | 14 April 2022 | Knockout round play-offs | Quarter-finals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 40 | 9 | 9 | 134 | 64 | +70 | 068.97 |
Last updated: 15 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 |
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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

### UEFA Europa League
#### 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 |
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout round play-offs |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Transfer to Europa Conference League |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | |

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The Knockout round play-offs draw was held on 13 December 2021.

##### Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was held on 25 February 2022.

##### Quarter-finals

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

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Johan Cruyff Shield | Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Conference League | Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | GK | GER | Vincent Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel | 47 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BEL | Maxime Delanghe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze | 48 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CUW | Armando Obispo | 28 | 1 | 10+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | André Ramalho | 37 | 3 | 19+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Mauro Júnior | 40 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Olivier Boscagli | 46 | 4 | 26+2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | AUT | Phillipp Mwene | 35 | 3 | 16+3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Philipp Max | 48 | 2 | 21+4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Oppegård | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | NED | Jenson Seelt | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Sangaré | 49 | 4 | 26+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Marco van Ginkel | 38 | 2 | 13+10 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Davy Pröpper | 16 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Érick Gutiérrez | 39 | 2 | 20+5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Joey Veerman | 24 | 6 | 12+3 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan | 39 | 11 | 17+7 | 8 | 1+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Mario Götze | 52 | 12 | 26+3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | USA | Richard Ledezma | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | NED | Fodé Fofana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | NED | Dennis Vos | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | CUW | Jeremy Antonisse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ISR | Eran Zahavi | 46 | 20 | 21+4 | 11 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Carlos Vinícius | 36 | 7 | 10+13 | 6 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Noni Madueke | 35 | 9 | 11+7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Cody Gakpo | 46 | 21 | 22+5 | 12 | 2+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | POR | Bruma | 46 | 10 | 12+16 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Romero | 13 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | BEL | Yorbe Vertessen | 43 | 9 | 5+19 | 6 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 54 | FW | BEL | Johan Bakayoko | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Pablo Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 1 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League | Europa League | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Cody Gakpo | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Eran Zahavi | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Mario Götze | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | 25 | MF | | Ritsu Dōan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | 32 | FW | | Yorbe Vertessen | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Noni Madueke | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | | Bruma | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Carlos Vinícius | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | 23 | MF | | Joey Veerman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | MF | | Ibrahim Sangaré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 18 | DF | | Olivier Boscagli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | DF | | André Ramalho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 29 | DF | | Phillipp Mwene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | 31 | DF | | Philipp Max | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | MF | | Marco van Ginkel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 17 | DF | | Mauro Júnior | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 14 | MF | | Davy Pröpper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 26 | MF | | Ryan Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 4 | DF | | Armando Obispo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 3 | DF | | Jordan Teze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 15 | MF | | Érick Gutiérrez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 79 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 130 |