# 2021–22 K.R.C. Genk season

The 2021–22 season was the 34th season in the existence of K.R.C. Genk and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genk participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the Belgian Super Cup where it finished as runners-up, the UEFA Champions League where it got eliminated in the third qualifying round and in the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 28 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | USA | Mark McKenzie |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mujaid Sadick |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Aziz Ouattara Mohammed |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Gerardo Arteaga |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simen Juklerød |
| 7 | FW | JPN | Junya Itō |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Bryan Heynen (captain) |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Théo Bongonda |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Mike Trésor |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Jay-Dee Geusens |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Paul Onuachu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | COL | Daniel Muñoz |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Luca Oyen |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Tuur Rommens |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Joseph Paintsil |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Vic Chambaere |
| 33 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí |
| 35 | MF | HUN | András Németh |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Tobe Leysen |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Kristian Thorstvedt |
| 46 | DF | COL | Carlos Cuesta |
| 77 | DF | ECU | Ángelo Preciado |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TAN | Kelvin John |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Neto Borges (at Tondela until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BEL | Sébastien Dewaest (at OH Leuven until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | CIV | Eboue Kouassi (at Arouca until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | SUI | Bastien Toma (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CAN | Iké Ugbo (at Troyes until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | NGA | Cyriel Dessers (at Feyenoord until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | NGA | Stephen Odey (at Randers 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 % |
| First Division A | 23 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 045.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 1 December 2021 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Belgian Super Cup | 17 July 2021 | 17 July 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 3 August 2021 | 10 August 2021 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 September 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 93 | 75 | +18 | 039.22 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 51 | |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 February 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.

#### Play-Off II

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | GNK | CHA | MEC |
| 1 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 37 | | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Charleroi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 34 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 30 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### 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 | WHU | DZA | RWI | GNK |
| 1 | West Ham United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Genk | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 21 May 2022.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | GK | BEL | Maarten Vandevoordt | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Vic Chambaere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | BEL | Tobe Leysen | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | USA | Mark McKenzie | 28 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mujaid Sadick | 33 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Gerardo Arteaga | 42 | 2 | 28+4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Simen Juklerød | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | COL | Daniel Muñoz | 36 | 3 | 25+4 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Tuur Rommens | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | COL | Jhon Lucumí | 37 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | COL | Carlos Cuesta | 26 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ECU | Angelo Preciado | 31 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CIV | Aziz Ouattara Mohammed | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Bryan Heynen | 47 | 5 | 36+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Mike Trésor | 37 | 0 | 12+18 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Bastien Toma | 10 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Jay-Dee Geusens | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský | 40 | 5 | 26+6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Bilal El Khannous | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Luca Oyen | 31 | 2 | 8+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | NOR | Kristian Thorstvedt | 45 | 4 | 27+8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | JPN | Junya Itō | 49 | 8 | 37+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Theo Bongonda | 43 | 13 | 23+11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Paul Onuachu | 43 | 23 | 30+5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | CAN | Iké Ugbo | 25 | 6 | 6+12 | 3 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Joseph Paintsil | 36 | 7 | 13+15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | HUN | András Németh | 5 | 2 | 0+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | TAN | Kelvin John | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | MF | NED | Carel Eiting | 18 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Jere Uronen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | CIV | Eboue Kouassi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | BEL | Pierre Dwomoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Cyriel Dessers | 6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Bryan Limbombe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | BRA | Neto Borges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NGA | Stephen Odey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 3 August 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Théo Bongonda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Paul Onuachu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 21 | DF | | Jere Uronen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 28 | MF | | Bryan Heynen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |