# 2021–22 FC Twente season

The 2021–22 season was the 57th season in the existence of FC Twente and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Twente participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 17 February 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 | GER | Lars Unnerstall |
| 2 | DF | NED | Giovanni Troupée |
| 3 | DF | NED | Robin Pröpper (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Julio Pleguezuelo |
| 5 | DF | NED | Gijs Smal |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama (captain) |
| 7 | FW | CZE | Václav Černý |
| 10 | FW | NED | Virgil Misidjan |
| 13 | FW | NED | Ricky van Wolfswinkel |
| 14 | MF | NED | Michel Vlap (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 15 | DF | NED | Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax) |
| 18 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Limnios (on loan from Köln) |
| 19 | MF | ALG | Ramiz Zerrouki |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | NED | Joshua Brenet |
| 22 | GK | NED | Jeffrey de Lange |
| 23 | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek (on loan from PSV) |
| 26 | FW | NED | Denilho Cleonise |
| 27 | FW | CRC | Manfred Ugalde (on loan from Lommel) |
| 30 | GK | NED | Ennio van der Gouw |
| 32 | MF | NED | Jesse Bosch |
| 35 | DF | NED | Mees Hilgers |
| 36 | DF | NED | Luca Everink |
| 38 | MF | NED | Max Bruns |
| 39 | FW | NED | Daan Rots |
| 40 | MF | NED | Casper Staring |

### Out 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 | NED | Jayden Oosterwolde (on loan at Parma) |
| — | MF | NED | Thijs van Leeuwen (on loan at Almere City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Godfried Roemeratoe (on loan at Willem II) |

## 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 | 4th | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 058.82 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 October 2021 | 19 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 059.46 |
Last updated: 15 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | +44 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | AZ (O) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 51 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, PSV, qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Europa League play-off berth awarded to the KNVB Cup winners was transferred to the third-placed team Feyenoord, the highest-placed team not qualified for the Champions League. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage as their opponent in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final, Roma, qualified to the Europa League group stage through domestic performance by finishing sixth in the Serie A.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.