# 2021–22 K.A.A. Gent season

The 2021–22 season was the 119th season in the existence of K.A.A. Gent and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 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 | TUR | Sinan Bolat |
| 2 | DF | KEN | Joseph Okumu |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Christopher Opéri |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Elisha Owusu |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (captain) |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Roman Bezus |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Darko Lemajić |
| 13 | MF | BEL | Julien De Sart |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Alessio Castro-Montes |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Adewale Oladoye |
| 16 | FW | NGA | Chinonso Emeka |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Andrew Hjulsager |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Matisse Samoise |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Gianni Bruno |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Andreas Hanche-Olsen |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Sulayman Marreh |
| 23 | FW | ISR | Yonas Malede |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums (vice-captain) |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Núrio Fortuna |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Louis Fortin |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Wouter George |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre |
| 31 | DF | BEL | Bruno Godeau |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Tarik Tissoudali |
| 35 | DF | BEL | Cederic Van Daele |
| 43 | DF | MLI | Ibrahima Cissé |
| 44 | GK | BEL | René Vanden Borre |

#### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

#### 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 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chakvetadze (on loan at Hamburg until 30 June 2022) |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Anderson Niangbo (on loan at Sturm Graz until 30 June 2022) |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Osman Bukari (on loan at Nantes until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CIV | Vakoun Issouf Bayo (on loan at Charleroi until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | COD | Jordan Botaka (on loan at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers

| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | Louis Fortin | Standard Liège | KAA Gent | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | Julien De Sart | KV Kortrijk | KAA Gent | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | Andrew Hjulsager | KV Oostende | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | Christopher Operi | LB Châteauroux | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | Colin Coosemans | KAA Gent | RSC Anderlecht | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | Joseph Okumu | IF Elfsborg | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2021 | Dino Arslanagić | KAA Gent | Göztepe S.K. | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2021 | Franko Andrijašević | KAA Gent | Zhejiang Professional F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2021 | Niklas Dorsch | KAA Gent | FC Augsburg | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2021 | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | Celtic FC | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2021 | Yari Stevens | Club Brugge | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2021 | Roman Yaremchuk | KAA Gent | S.L. Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2021 | Dylan Mbayo | K.A.A. Gent | K.V. Kortrijk | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2021 | Anderson Niangbo | KAA Gent | SK Sturm Graz | Loan |
| 12 August 2021 | Osman Bukari | KAA Gent | FC Nantes | Loan |
| 24 August 2021 | Darko Lemajić | FK RFS | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2021 | Ilombe Mboyo | Sint-Truidense V.V. | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 055.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 18 April 2022 | Sixth round | Winners | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 060.00 |
| Europa Conference League | 22 July 2021 | 17 March 2022 | Second qualifying round | Round of 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 053.85 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 91 | 44 | +47 | 055.17 |
Last updated: 21 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 6 | Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.

#### Play-Off II

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | GNK | CHA | MEC |
| 1 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 37 | | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Charleroi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 34 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 30 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNT | PAR | ANO | FLO |
| 1 | Gent | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Partizan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Flora | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 10 April 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUR | Sinan Bolat | 39 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Louis Fortin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Célestin De Schrevel | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KEN | Joseph Okumu | 47 | 3 | 26+5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Christopher Operi | 17 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Bram Lagae | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 49 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Alessio Castro-Montes | 53 | 4 | 29+6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Cissé | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 15 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NOR | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | 55 | 1 | 35+2 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ANG | Núrio Fortuna | 46 | 2 | 24+8 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BEL | Bruno Godeau | 31 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Cederic Van Daele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GHA | Elisha Owusu | 35 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 48 | 6 | 21+8 | 2 | 5+1 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Roman Bezus | 36 | 3 | 9+17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BEL | Alexandre De Bruyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BEL | Julien De Sart | 52 | 8 | 33+2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6+6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Adewale Oladoye | 9 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Andrew Hjulsager | 37 | 3 | 13+11 | 3 | 1+4 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Matisse Samoise | 45 | 2 | 28+4 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GAM | Sulayman Marreh | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums | 54 | 3 | 29+9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9+2 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Wouter George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BEL | Dylan Mbayo | 13 | 2 | 2+6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Darko Lemajić | 27 | 5 | 9+13 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | NGA | Chinonso Emeka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Gianni Bruno | 16 | 3 | 4+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | ISR | Yonas Malede | 30 | 1 | 6+18 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | CIV | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre | 42 | 12 | 22+3 | 10 | 3+1 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Tarik Tissoudali | 52 | 27 | 28+6 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 8+5 | 4 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chakvetadze | 15 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 30 April 2022
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 34 | Tarik Tissoudali | 19 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | FW | 29 | Laurent Depoitre | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 13 | Julien De Sart | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 25 | Darko Lemajić | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 14 | Alessio Castro-Montes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 17 | Andrew Hjulsager | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 9 | Roman Bezus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 25 | Núrio Fortuna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 18 | Matisse Samoise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 5 | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 21 | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 9 | 17 | 85 |