# 2021–22 NEC Nijmegen season

The 2021–22 season was the 55th season in the existence of NEC Nijmegen and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, NEC Nijmegen participated in the season's editions of the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 28 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 | Mattijs Branderhorst |
| 2 | DF | NED | Ilias Bronkhorst |
| 3 | DF | NED | Rens van Eijden (captain) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Iván Márquez |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Guth (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Jordy Bruijn |
| 7 | MF | NED | Elayis Tavşan |
| 8 | MF | PAR | Édgar Barreto (3rd captain) |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Ali Akman (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 10 | FW | COD | Jonathan Okita |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Magnus Mattsson |
| 12 | FW | CIV | Wilfried Bony |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Duelund (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NED | Javier Vet |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Souffian El Karouani |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Mathias De Wolf |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Pedro Ruiz (on loan from Marseille) |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Lasse Schöne (vice-captain) |
| 22 | FW | NED | Joep van der Sluijs |
| 24 | DF | NED | Calvin Verdonk (on loan from Famalicão) |
| 26 | DF | NED | Cas Odenthal |
| 27 | GK | AUS | Danny Vukovic |
| 28 | DF | NED | Bart van Rooij |
| 31 | GK | NED | Robin Roefs |
| 71 | MF | NED | Dirk Proper |

### Youth/reserves squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | NED | Ruben van Kouwen |
| — | GK | NED | Mark van der Heijden |
| — | DF | NED | Guus Gertsen |
| — | DF | NED | Thijme Deckers |
| — | DF | NED | Thomas Cox |
| — | MF | NED | Jordy Ruizendaal |
| — | MF | NED | Bart Ebbers |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Kas de Wit |
| — | MF | NED | Michaël Dangi |
| — | FW | NED | Aimé Ogba |
| — | FW | NED | Sergio Hughes |
| — | FW | NED | Venitchio Sint |
| — | FW | NED | Giovanni Zwikstra |
| — | FW | NED | Dennis Haazer |

### 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 | ANG | Kevin Bukusu (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | NED | Thomas Beekman (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BEL | Thibo Baeten (to Torino Primavera 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 2022 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 029.41 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 October 2021 | 10 February 2022 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 034.21 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 36 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.