# 2021–22 RKC Waalwijk season

The 2021–22 season was the 82nd season in the existence of RKC Waalwijk and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, RKC Waalwijk participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 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 |
| 1 | GK | NED | Etienne Vaessen |
| 2 | DF | CUW | Juriën Gaari |
| 3 | DF | NED | Melle Meulensteen (captain) |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Shawn Adewoye |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Thierry Lutonda |
| 6 | MF | CUW | Vurnon Anita |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Jens Odgaard (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Ayman Azhil (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Finn Stokkers |
| 10 | MF | NED | Richard van der Venne |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Iliass Bel Hassani |
| 12 | MF | NED | Hans Mulder |
| 13 | GK | NED | Mark Spenkelink |
| 14 | MF | NED | Achraf El Bouchataoui (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | NED | Lars Nieuwpoort |
| 17 | FW | NED | Roy Kuijpers |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Lennerd Daneels |
| 21 | GK | POR | Joel Castro Pereira |
| 22 | FW | COM | Saïd Bakari |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Dario Van den Buijs |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Sebbe Augustijns |
| 27 | FW | NED | David Min |
| 28 | DF | NED | Alexander Büttner |
| 29 | FW | NED | Michiel Kramer |
| 31 | GK | MAR | Issam El Maach |
| 33 | MF | NED | Yassin Oukili |
| 34 | DF | NED | Luuk Wouters |
| 59 | DF | ALG | Ahmed Touba |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | Matchday 34 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 026.47 |
| KNVB Cup | 15 December 2021 | 9 February 2022 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 029.73 |
Last updated: 11 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 41 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 39 | |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 38 | |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 38 | |
| 12 | Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 36 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.