2021–22 K.V. Oostende season

K.V. Oostende
2021–22 season
Chairman	Franck Dierckens
Manager	Yves Vanderhaeghe
Stadium	Diaz Arena
Belgian First Division A	12th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Makhtar Gueye (12); All: ; Makhtar Gueye (12)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 10 April 2022.

The 2021–22 season was the 118th season in the existence of K.V. Oostende and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, K.V. Oostende also participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2022^[1]

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	Kjell Scherpen (on loan from Brighton)
3	DF	ENG	Zech Medley
4	DF	USA	Kyle Duncan
5	DF	NED	Osaze Urhoghide (on loan from Celtic)
6	MF	FRA	Maxime D'Arpino
7	DF	FRA	Théo Ndicka
8	MF	NIR	Cameron McGeehan
9	FW	SEN	Makhtar Gueye
10	MF	CPV	Kenny Rocha Santos
11	MF	BEL	Indy Boonen
15	DF	GER	Frederik Jäkel (on loan from RB Leipzig)
17	DF	CPV	Steven Fortès (on loan from Lens)
18	MF	JPN	Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
19	DF	BEL	Manuel Osifo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	AUT	Marko Kvasina
22	GK	BEL	Jordi Schelfhout
23	DF	GER	Alfons Amade
24	MF	BEL	Evangelos Patoulidis
26	MF	FRA	Vincent Koziello
27	DF	BEL	Brecht Capon
28	GK	BEL	Guillaume Hubert
29	MF	BEL	Robbie D'Haese
33	DF	BEL	Anton Tanghe
36	DF	BEL	Siebe Wylin
68	FW	GLP	Thierry Ambrose
77	FW	GHA	David Atanga
99	MF	BEL	Alessandro Albanese

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	FRA	Thomas Basila (at Nancy)
—	DF	BEL	Arthur Theate (at Bologna)
—	MF	BEL	Sieben Dewaele (at Nancy)
—	FW	BEL	Mohamed Berte (at Den Bosch)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MTQ	Mickaël Biron (at Nancy)
—	FW	FRA	Andrew Jung (at Nancy)
—	FW	BEL	Preben Stiers (at Den Bosch)
—	FW	SEN	Mamadou Thiam (at Nancy)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

26 June 2021 Friendly	Voorwaarts Zwevezele	3–9	Oostende	Wingene, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportcomplex Zwevezele

10 July 2021 Friendly	Amiens	2–1	Oostende	Amiens, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

17 July 2021 Friendly	Oostende	0–0	Excel Mouscron	Ostend, Belgium
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena

7 October 2021 Friendly	Oostende	5–2	Zulte Waregem	Ostend, Belgium
11:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena

11 November 2021 Friendly	Oostende	4–4	Deinze	Ostend, Belgium
12:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena

7 January 2022 Friendly	Oostende	4–0	Sint-Eloois-Winkel	Ostend, Belgium
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena

16 April 2022 Friendly	Oostende	1–3	Club Brugge	Ostend, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ambrose 9'	Report	De Ketelaere 1' Adamyan 47' Ricca 68'	Stadium: Diaz Arena

28 April 2022 Friendly	Oostende	5–3	Zulte Waregem	Ostend, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	24 July 2021	10 April 2022	Matchday 1	12th	34	10	7	17	34	61	−27	029.41
Belgian Cup	26 October 2021	1 December 2021	Sixth round	Seventh round	2	1	0	1	8	2	+6	050.00
Total					36	11	7	18	42	63	−21	030.56

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
14	Standard Liège	34	9	9	16	32	51	−19	36

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	3	0	0	1	0	3	−3	1	0	0	4	3	+1

Last updated: 30 July 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result	L	W
Position	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[3]

24 July 2021 1	Oostende	0–3	Charleroi	Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bedia 7' Zaroury 50' Kayembe 85'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

30 July 2021 2	Genk	3–4	Oostende	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Heynen 20' Bongonda 30', 60'	Report	Hendry 30' Kvasina 32' Gueye 49' Ambrose 62' Jäkel 79'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 5,069 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

8 August 2021 3	Oostende	1–0	Gent	Ostend
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 2,443 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

14 August 2021 4	Seraing	2–3	Oostende	Seraing
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pairay Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Bert Put

20 August 2021 5	Standard Liège	1–0	Oostende	Liège
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Siquet 73' Amallah 78' Bastien 88' Peeters 90' Klauss 90'	Report	Theate 77' 90+4' Ndicka Matam 85' Kvasina 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 16.261 Referee: Lawrence Visser

29 August 2021 6	Oostende	0–2	Zulte Waregem	Ostend
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

10 September 2021 7	Club Brugge	3–0	Oostende	Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lang 23' 80' Vanaken 56'		Steven Fortès 42' 45' Bätzner 48' Gueye 56' Kenny Rocha Santos 70'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

18 September 2021 8	Oostende	3–1	Beerschot	Ostend
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

26 September 2021 9	Oostende	2–2	Anderlecht	Oostende
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gueye 7' 29' Ndicka 36' Tanghe 90+2'		Amuzu 35' Kouamé 47' Zirkzee 64' Raman 82'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 5,008 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

2 October 2021 10	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Oostende	Sint-Truiden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jan Boterberg

16 October 2021 11	Oostende	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Ostend
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Wim Smet

23 October 2021 12	Kortrijk	1–0	Oostende	Kortrijk
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 3,357 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

29 October 2021 13	Oostende	2–4	Mechelen	Ostend
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

5 November 2021 14	OH Leuven	1–0	Oostende	Leuven
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 5,540 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

21 November 2021 15	Oostende	1–7	Union Saint-Gilloise	Oostende
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ambrose 23' Capon 54'	Report	Undav 5', 16', 59', 80' Nielsen 30' Burgess 45+3', 69'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Referee: Kevin Van Damme

28 November 2021 16	Antwerp	3–0	Oostende	Antwerp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fischer 48' Dwomoh 53' Frey 62' Benson 80'	Report	Koziello 38' Ndicka 84'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christof Dierick

4 December 2021 17	Oostende	2–1	Eupen	Ostend
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Diaz Arena

10 December 2021 18	Charleroi	1–0	Oostende	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Bert Put

14 December 2021 19	Oostende	0–2	Kortrijk	Ostend
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 1,756 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

18 December 2021 20	Beerschot	0–2	Oostende	Antwerp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

26 December 2021 21	Oostende	0–4	Genk	Ostend
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ugbo 6' Ito 12' Muñoz 53' Hrošovský 78' Thorstvedt 83'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

21 January 2022 23	Oostende	1–2	Antwerp	Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Medley 48' Koziello 88'	Report	Nainggolan 23' Frey 61' Balikwisha 70' B. Verstraete 90'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

25 January 2022 24	Gent	1–1	Oostende	Ghent
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hjulsager 74'	Report	Ambrose 8'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Brent Staessens

29 January 2022 25	Cercle Brugge	0–1	Oostende	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	D'Arpino 76'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Arthur Denil

5 February 2022 26	Oostende	1–3	OH Leuven	Ostend
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	D'Arpino 56'	Report	Shengelia 34' Kaba 48' Al-Taamari 85'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Wim Smet

9 February 2022 22	Zulte Waregem	0–0	Oostende	Waregem
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Regenboogstadion

12 February 2022 27	Mechelen	3–0	Oostende	Mechelen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Nicolas Laforge

19 February 2022 28	Oostende	1–0	Standard Liège	Ostend
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Santos 28' Capon 62'	Report	Emond 26' Cafaro 34' Raskin 53' Bokadi 81' Nkounkou 86'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 3,267 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

26 February 2022 29	Oostende	0–0	Sint-Truiden	Ostend
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

6 March 2022 30	Anderlecht	3–0	Oostende	Anderlecht
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov 50' Verschaeren 78' Raman 82'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

12 March 2022 31	Oostende	1–3	Club Brugge	Ostend
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Jäkel 22'	Report	Adamyan 17', 32' Skov Olsen 63'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 6,402 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

18 March 2022 32	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–1	Oostende	Brussels
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Undav 83'	Report	D'Arpino 9'	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: 7,850 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

2 April 2022 33	Oostende	2–2	Seraing	Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 4,086 Referee: Jan Boterberg

9 April 2022 34	Eupen	0–2	Oostende	Eupen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Brent Staessens

Belgian Cup

26 October 2021 Sixth round	Oostende	8–1	Onhaye	Oostende
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kvasina 5', 26', 41' Fortès 37' Atanga 50', 60' Ambrose 75' (pen.) Ndicka 80'		Delplank 3'	Stadium: Diaz Arena

1 December 2021 Seventh round	Kortrijk	1–0	Oostende	Kortrijk
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guèye 53'			Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

References

^ "Spelers A-Kern" (in Dutch). K.V. Oostende.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

[1] "Spelers A-Kern" (in Dutch). K.V. Oostende.

[2] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[3] "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

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League competitions	First Division A First Division B National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2021 Winter 2021–22 Summer 2022
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group E) Roberto Martínez
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Antwerp Beerschot Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Genk Gent Kortrijk Mechelen OH Leuven Oostende Seraing Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Union SG Zulte Waregem
First Division B	Deinze Excel Mouscron Lierse Lommel RWD Molenbeek Virton Waasland-Beveren Westerlo