# 2021–22 Fortuna Sittard season

The 2021–22 season was the 54th season in the existence of Fortuna Sittard and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Sittard participated in the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 13 February 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 |
| 1 | GK | NED | Yanick van Osch |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Martin Angha |
| 4 | DF | NED | Roel Janssen |
| 6 | MF | CPV | Deroy Duarte |
| 7 | MF | CPV | Lisandro Semedo |
| 8 | FW | NED | Zian Flemming |
| 9 | FW | CUW | Charlison Benschop |
| 10 | MF | NED | Mats Seuntjens (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Paul Gladon |
| 12 | DF | POR | Ivo Pinto (on loan from Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Tesfaldet Tekie |
| 17 | FW | COD | Jordan Botaka (on loan from Gent) |
| 18 | DF | NED | Nigel Lonwijk (on loan from Wolverhampton) |
| 19 | MF | GER | Arianit Ferati |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Andreas Samaris |
| 23 | MF | NED | Ben Rienstra (captain) |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Samy Baghdadi |
| 25 | MF | BEL | Mickaël Tirpan |
| 27 | DF | NED | Ronan Pluijmen |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Ryan Johansson (on loan from Sevilla Atlético) |
| 29 | MF | NED | Richie Musaba |
| 32 | GK | GER | Felix Dornebusch |
| 33 | DF | GRE | Dimitrios Siovas |
| 34 | GK | NED | Michael Verrips (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 35 | DF | ENG | George Cox |
| 41 | GK | NED | Tom Hendriks |
| 77 | FW | NED | Tijjani Noslin |

### 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 |
| — | GK | NED | Ruben van Kouwen (at MVV Maastricht) |
| — | GK | GER | Joshua Wehking (at MVV Maastricht) |
| — | DF | NED | Mike van Beijnen (at Den Bosch) |
| — | MF | TUR | Yiğit Emre Çeltik (at Podbeskidzie) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Adnan Ugur (at Fatih Karagümrük) |
| — | FW | KOS | Arian Kastrati (at MVV Maastricht) |
| — | FW | NED | Toshio Lake (at MVV Maastricht) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Felix Dornebusch | Eintracht Braunschweig | Free |
| 27 July 2021 | MF | Yigit Emre Celtik | Altinordu | Free |
| 29 July 2021 | MF | Arianit Ferati | Waldhof Mannheim | Free |
| 3 August 2021 | FW | Samy Baghdadi | RC Grasse | Free |
| 11 August 2021 | FW | Tijjani Noslin | TOP Oss | Free |
| 12 August 2021 | MF | Deroy Duarte | Sparta Rotterdam | Free |
| 26 August 2021 | GK | Ruben van Kouwen | NEC Nijmegen | Free |
| 27 August 2021 | DF | Mickaël Tirpan | Kasimpasa | Undisclosed |
| 19 November 2021 | MF | Andreas Samaris | N/A | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 13 August 2021 | End of season | MF | Ryan Johansson | Sevilla Atlético |
| 16 August 2021 | End of season | DF | Ivo Pinto | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 31 August 2021 | End of season | DF | Nigel Lonwijk | Wolves U23 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 10 June 2021 | FW | André Vidigal | Marítimo | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2021 | FW | Djibril Dianessy | Pau FC | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Grégoire Amiot | Released | N/A |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Nassim el Ablak | Released | N/A |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Piet Velthuizen | Released | N/A |
| 17 July 2021 | FW | Rasmus Karjalainen | Helsingborg | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2021 | MF | Dimitrios Ioannidis | Rot Weiss Ahlen | Free |
| 5 August 2021 | DF | Özgür Aktas | Telstar | Free |
| 13 August 2021 | FW | Sebastian Polter | VfL Bochum | Free |
| 24 August 2021 | FW | Jacky Donkor | FC Dordrecht | Free |
| 27 August 2021 | FW | Leroy George | De Treffers | Free |
| 31 August 2021 | DF | Clint Essers | MVV Maastricht | Free |
| 2 September 2021 | DF | Lazaros Rota | AEK Athens | Free |
| 3 September 2021 | FW | Thibaud Verlinden | Dunajska Streda | Free |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 5 August 2021 | End of season | DF | Mike van Beijnen | FC Den Bosch |
| 18 August 2021 | 2022 | GK | Joshua Wehking | MVV Maastricht |
| 31 August 2021 | End of season | FW | Arian Kastrati | NK Dekani |
| 6 September 2021 | End of season | MF | Adnan Ugur | Karagümrük |

## 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 2021 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 029.41 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 October 2021 | 15 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 030.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 36 | |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 35 | |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 35 | |
| 16 | Heracles Almelo (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Willem II (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.