# 2021–22 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season

The 2021–22 season was the 20th season in the existence of Oud-Heverlee Leuven and its second consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oud-Heverlee Leuven participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

## Players

* This section lists players who were in Oud-Heveree Leuven's first team squad at any point during the 2021–22 season and appeared at least once on the match sheet (possibly as unused substitute)
* The symbol ℒ indicates a player who is on loan from another club
* The symbol ¥ indicates a youngster
| No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Joined First Team | Previous Club | Left First Team |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 13 | | Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson$^ℒ$ | GK | 31 August 2021 | Arsenal | (30 June 2022) |
| 38 | | Oregan Ravet$^¥$ | GK | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 90 | / | Rafael Romo | GK | 19 August 2020 | Silkeborg | – |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | | Sofian Chakla | CB | 27 August 2021 | Villarreal | – |
| 5 | / | Pierre-Yves Ngawa | RB | 11 August 2019 | Perugia | – |
| 6 | | Sébastien Dewaest$^ℒ$ | CB | 20 July 2021 | Genk | (30 June 2022) |
| 15 | / | Dylan Ouédraogo | CB | 28 August 2019 | Apollon Limassol | – |
| 18 | | Barnabás Bese | RB | 20 August 2020 | Le Havre | 3 January 2022 |
| 24 | | Casper de Norre | LB/RB | 5 October 2020 | Genk | – |
| 25 | | Louis Patris$^¥$ | CB | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 28 | | Toon Raemaekers$^¥$ | CB | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 29 | | Scotty Sadzoute | LB | 7 July 2021 | Lille | 31 January 2022 |
| 35 | | Cenk Özkacar$^ℒ$ | LB | 6 July 2021 | Lyon | (30 June 2022) |
| 46 | | Milan Taildeman$^¥$ | LB | Summer 2021 | Youth Squad | – |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | | Kristiyan Malinov | DM / CM | 20 August 2020 | CSKA Sofia | – |
| 10 | | Xavier Mercier | CM | 16 June 2019 | Cercle Brugge | – |
| 11 | | Musa Al-Taamari | RW | 5 October 2020 | APOEL | – |
| 14 | | Thibault Vlietinck$^ℒ$ | RW | 12 August 2020 | Club Brugge | (30 June 2022) |
| 20 | / | Isaac Asante$^¥$ | AM | Winter 2019–20 | Youth Squad | – |
| 21 | | Alexis De Sart$^ℒ$ | CM | 22 August 2021 | Antwerp | (30 June 2022) |
| 27 | | Mandela Keita$^¥$ | CM | Winter 2020–21 | Youth Squad | – |
| 33 | | Mathieu Maertens | CM / AM | 12 July 2017 | Cercle Brugge | – |
| 42 | | Jo Gilis$^¥$ | AM | Summer 2018 | Youth Squad | – |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | / | Yannick Aguemon | CF / LW / RW | 28 June 2017 | Union SG | – |
| 8 | | Siebe Schrijvers | CF / AM / RW | 15 January 2021 | Club Brugge | – |
| 9 | | Thomas Henry | CF | 17 January 2019 | Tubize | 24 August 2021 |
| 9 | | Sory Kaba$^ℒ$ | CF | 31 August 2021 | Midtjylland | (30 June 2022) |
| 17 | | Mykola Kukharevych$^ℒ$ | CF | 1 September 2021 | Troyes | (30 June 2022) |
| 19 | | Levan Shengelia | RW | 11 August 2021 | Konyaspor | – |
| 32 | | Daan Vekemans$^¥$ | CF | Summer 2018 | Youth Squad | – |
| 39 | | Arthur Allemeersch$^¥$ | CF | Summer 2019 | Youth Squad | – |
| 77 | | Jesse Sekidika$^ℒ$ | RW | 27 August 2021 | Galatasaray | 31 January 2022 |
| 99 | | Kaveh Rezaei | CF | 4 January 2021 | Club Brugge | – |

### Did not appear on match sheet

The following players were listed as part of Oud-Heveree Leuven's first team squad during the 2021–22 season, but never appeared on the match sheet
| No. | Name | Position | Joined First Team | Previous Club | Left First Team | Note |
| 1 | Kawin Thamsatchanan | GK | 10 January 2018 | Muangthong United | 4 January 2022 | Not on match sheet in first half of season, then loaned to Port until 30 June 2022 |
| 20 | Cedrik Gbo | DM | 11 March 2022 | ES Tunis | (30 June 2022) | |
| 24 | Tristan Borges | CM / LW / RW | 22 January 2020 | Forge FC | – | Was on loan to Forge FC until 30 November 2021, then placed at reserves. Again loaned out to Forge FC from 31 January 2022 until the end of the season. |

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 10 April 2022 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 029.41 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 23 December 2021 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 032.43 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 51 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 45 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 41 |
| 12 | Oostende | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 37 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 37 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.