# 2021–22 Sint-Truidense V.V. season

The 2021–22 season was the 98th season in the existence of Sint-Truidense V.V. and the club's seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Sint-Truidense V.V. participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team 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 |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Kenny Steppe |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Ko Matsubara |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Ameen Al-Dakhil |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Daiki Hashioka |
| 6 | MF | GUI | Mory Konaté |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rocco Reitz (on loan from Mönchengladbach) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | João Klauss (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shinji Kagawa |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Aboubakary Koita |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Daichi Hayashi |
| 16 | FW | BEL | Steve De Ridder (captain) |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Taichi Hara (on loan from Alavés) |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Stan Van Dessel |
| 20 | MF | GER | Robert Bauer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Daniel Schmidt |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Wolke Janssens |
| 26 | DF | POR | Jorge Teixeira |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Dimitri Lavalée (on loan from Mainz) |
| 30 | FW | COD | Nelson Balongo |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Russo (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 35 | GK | BEL | Wim Vanmarsenille |
| 37 | DF | GER | Toni Leistner |
| 40 | DF | NGA | Junior Pius (on loan from Antwerp) |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Christian Brüls |
| 61 | MF | BEL | Jarne Steuckers |
| 66 | MF | BEL | Mathias Delorge |
| 85 | DF | BEL | Arnaud Dony |

### 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 | Jonathan Buatu (on loan at Eyüpspor until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | NZL | Liberato Cacace (on loan at Empoli until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | BRA | Jhonny Lucas (on loan at Londrina until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Filippov (on loan at Riga until 31 December 2022) |
| — | FW | JPN | Tatsuya Ito (on loan at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2022) |

## 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 % |
| Belgian First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 10 April 2022 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 044.12 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 27 October 2021 | Sixth round | Sixth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 042.86 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 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 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.