# 2021–22 Heracles Almelo season

The 2021–22 season was the 55th season in the existence of Heracles Almelo and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Heracles Almelo participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 26 March 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 | GER | Janis Blaswich (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Quagliata |
| 4 | DF | GER | Sven Sonnenberg |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marco Rente |
| 6 | MF | GER | Orestis Kiomourtzoglou |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Bilal Başaçıkoğlu |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Elias Sierra |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Sinan Bakış |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Nikolai Laursen |
| 12 | DF | NED | Ruben Roosken |
| 13 | DF | NED | Mats Knoester (vice-captain) |
| 14 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Lucas Schoofs |
| 16 | FW | NED | Kaj Sierhuis (on loan from Reims) |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Adrián Szőke |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Ismail Azzaoui |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | NED | Navajo Bakboord |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Kasper Lunding |
| 21 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mateo Leš |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Noah Fadiga |
| 24 | DF | GER | Elias Oubella |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Robin Polley |
| 26 | GK | NED | Koen Bucker |
| 27 | MF | TUR | Melih İbrahimoğlu |
| 28 | GK | NED | Robin Jalving |
| 29 | FW | SWE | Emil Hansson |
| 30 | MF | MAR | Anas Ouahim |
| 31 | MF | NED | Rohat Agca |
| 32 | MF | NED | Sem Scheperman |
| 33 | FW | SWE | Samuel Armenteros |
| 34 | DF | NED | Chiel Olde Keizer |

### 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 | Michael Brouwer (on loan to FC Emmen until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | NED | Alessandro Damen (on loan to ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CUW | Jeremy Cijntje (on loan to FC Den Bosch until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | NED | Delano Burgzorg (on loan to Mainz 05 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 % |
| Eredivisie | 14 August 2021 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 026.47 |
| Eredivisie relegation play-offs | 18 May 2022 | 21 May 2022 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 26 October 2021 | 15 December 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 026.32 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 27 | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.