2021–22 K.A.A. Gent season

Gent
2021–22 season
Chairman	Ivan De Witte
Managing director	Michel Louwagie
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck
Stadium	Ghelamco Arena
First Division A	5th
Belgian Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa Conference League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tarik Tissoudali (20); All: ; Tarik Tissoudali (26)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 22 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	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Fee
1 July 2021	Louis Fortin	Standard Liège	KAA Gent	Free^[2]
1 July 2021	Julien De Sart	KV Kortrijk	KAA Gent	Free^[3]
1 July 2021	Andrew Hjulsager	KV Oostende	KAA Gent	Undisclosed^[4]
1 July 2021	Christopher Operi	LB Châteauroux	KAA Gent	Undisclosed^[5]
1 July 2021	Colin Coosemans	KAA Gent	RSC Anderlecht	Free^[6]
1 July 2021	Joseph Okumu	IF Elfsborg	KAA Gent	Undisclosed^[7]
5 July 2021	Dino Arslanagić	KAA Gent	Göztepe S.K.	Undisclosed^[8]
6 July 2021	Franko Andrijašević	KAA Gent	Zhejiang Professional F.C.	Undisclosed^[9]
8 July 2021	Niklas Dorsch	KAA Gent	FC Augsburg	Undisclosed^[10]
9 July 2021	Vakoun Issouf Bayo	Celtic FC	KAA Gent	Undisclosed^[11]
15 July 2021	Yari Stevens	Club Brugge	KAA Gent	Undisclosed^[12]
31 July 2021	Roman Yaremchuk	KAA Gent	S.L. Benfica	Undisclosed^[13]
3 August 2021	Dylan Mbayo	K.A.A. Gent	K.V. Kortrijk	Undisclosed^[14]
9 August 2021	Anderson Niangbo	KAA Gent	SK Sturm Graz	Loan^[15]
12 August 2021	Osman Bukari	KAA Gent	FC Nantes	Loan^[16]
24 August 2021	Darko Lemajić	FK RFS	KAA Gent	Undisclosed^[17]
31 August 2021	Ilombe Mboyo	Sint-Truidense V.V.	KAA Gent	Undisclosed^[18]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 June 2021 Friendly	Dikkelvenne	2–3	Gent	Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Attendance: 600

9 July 2021 Friendly	FC Utrecht	3–0	Gent	Scharendijke, Netherlands
14:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Douvikas 38' Van de Streek 61' Ramselaar 73'

10 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	3–3	Gent	Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

14 July 2021 Friendly	Lille	0–1	Gent	Camphin-en-Pévèle, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Agouzoul 59'		Bruno 2'	Stadium: Domaine de Luchin

14 July 2021 Friendly	Sporting CP	Cancelled	Gent	Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)

16 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	Cancelled	Gent	Lisbon, Portugal
--:-- WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

7 January 2022 Friendly	Gent	0–1	AZ Alkmaar	Oliva, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

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 %
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					58	32	11	15	91	44	+47	055.17

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

First Division A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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
7	Mechelen	34	15	7	12	57	61	−4	52

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.^[19]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	8	8	56	30	+26	62	11	3	3	37	16	+21	7	5	5	19	14	+5

Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[edit]

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

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[20]

25 July 2021 1	Sint-Truiden	2–1	Gent	Sint-Truiden
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mboyo 12' Van Dessel 60' Brüls 67' Janssens 80'	Report	Hanche-Olsen 2', 66'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jan Boterberg

1 August 2021 2	Gent	2–2	Beerschot	Ghent
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 19' Tissoudali 47'	Report	Sanyang 73' Noubissi 77'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 5,250 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

8 August 2021 3	Oostende	1–0	Gent	Ostend
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gueye 73'	Report		Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 2,443 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

15 August 2021 4	Gent	2–0	KV Mechelen	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 28' Fortuna 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 14,604 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

29 August 2021 6	Gent	6–1	Club Brugge	Ghent
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 9' De Sart 15' (pen.) Fortuna 38' Bezus 61' Depoitre 66' Mignolet 79' (o.g.)	Report	Vanaken 65'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

12 September 2021 7	Gent	2–3	Charleroi	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Castro-Montes 35' Depoitre 57'	Report	Gholizadeh 5' Fall 12' Hanche-Olsen 90+5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,379 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

19 September 2021 8	Kortrijk	1–0	Gent	Kortrijk
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Selemani 9' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 5,053 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

23 September 2021 5	Anderlecht	1–1	Gent	Anderlecht
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Refaelov 59'	Report	Castro-Montes 39'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

26 September 2021 9	Gent	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Sart 63' Lemajić 73'	Report	Millán 38'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,391 Referee: Christof Dierick

3 October 2021 10	Antwerp	1–0	Gent	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bataille 20' Frey 78'	Report	Chakvetadze 33' Samoise 54' De Sart 90+2'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 14,706 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

17 October 2021 11	Gent	2–0	Eupen	Ghent
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 42' Depoitre 71'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,125 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

24 October 2021 12	Genk	0–3	Gent	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Samoise 43' Bezus 60' Tissoudali 79'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 15,296 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

31 October 2021 13	Gent	0–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Gent
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kums 43' Bolat 44'	Report	Vanzeir 7' Van der Heyden 36' Undav 41' Teuma 45' Mitoma 47' Nielsen 88'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 17,541 Referee: Lawrence Visser

7 November 2021 14	RFC Seraing	0–0	Gent	Seraing
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pairay Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

20 November 2021 15	Zulte Waregem	1–2	Gent	Waregem
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gano 82'	Report	Odjidja-Ofoe 55' Depoitre 75'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 7,476 Referee: Bert Put

28 November 2021 16	Gent	3–1	Standard Liège	Ghent
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 22', 67' Siquet 57' (o.g.)	Report	Dønnum 68'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 18,120 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

4 December 2021 17	OH Leuven	0–1	Gent	Leuven
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Tissoudali 10'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 4,047 Referee: Jan Boterberg

12 December 2021 18	Gent	1–0	Genk	Ghent
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Sart 29' Bezus 79'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,448 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

15 December 2021 19	KV Mechelen	4–3	Gent	Mechelen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mrabti 36', 60' Storm 54', 70'	Report	Tissoudali 33', 68' Depoitre 50'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 12,385 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

18 December 2021 20	Gent	2–1	Sint-Truiden	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Depoitre 27' Tissoudali 64'	Report	Hara 85'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,485 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

26 December 2021 21	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Gent	Brussels
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hjulsager 21' De Sart 23' Bezus 86'	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Referee: Lawrence Visser

14 January 2022 22	Gent	2–2	Kortrijk	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Castro-Montes 44' Mboyo 52'	Report	Mbayo 8', 90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

22 January 2022 23	Charleroi	0–0	Gent	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Referee: Jasper Vergoote

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

30 January 2022 25	Gent	0–1	Antwerp	Ghent
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Samoise 66' Okumu 90+3' Bolat 90+3'	Report	Frey 14' Yusuf 16' Balikwisha 45+2' B. Verstraete 89' Haroun 90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Lothar D'hondt

6 February 2022 26	Club Brugge	1–2	Gent	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Ketelaere 76'	Report	Hjulsager 36' Tissoudali 67'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Nicolas Laforge

12 February 2022 27	Eupen	0–1	Gent	Eupen
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Depoitre 15' Hjulsager 33' Samoise 51' De Sart 84'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

18 February 2022 28	Gent	4–0	RFC Seraing	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Samoise 13', 46' Depoitre 16' Tissoudali 20', 23'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 16,469 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

27 February 2022 29	Standard Liège	0–1	Gent	Liège
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Tissoudali 88'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Jonathan Lardot

6 March 2022 30	Gent	2–1	Zulte Waregem	Ghent
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depoitre 12' Bezus 90+4'	Report	Vossen 70'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

13 March 2022 31	Beerschot	0–2	Gent	Antwerp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	De Sart 36', 44' Lemajić 65', 68'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Kevin Van Damme

20 March 2022 32	Gent	1–0	Anderlecht	Ghent
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 81'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,990 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

3 April 2022 33	Cercle Brugge	2–2	Gent	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Somers 4', 81'	Report	Tissoudali 3' Depoitre 22', 30' Hjulsager 86'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 6,572 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

10 April 2022 34	Gent	5–0	OH Leuven	Ghent
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Sart 42' Tissoudali 48', 89', 90' Hjulsager 86'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,524 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Play-Off II[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]	—	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	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[21]
Notes:

^ Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3	0	0	7	2	+5

Last updated: 21 May 2022.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[edit]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

24 April 2022 1	Gent	0–1	Genk	Ghent
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Odjidja-Ofoe 34' 35' Lemajić 41' Samoise 44'	Report	Bongonda 46' Heynen 73' Paintsil 86' Németh 90+1'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 18,474 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

30 April 2022 2	Charleroi	1–3	Gent	Charleroi
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zorgane 45' Nkuba 53' Knezevic 90+1'	Report	Lemajić 53', 61', 43' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 67'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

7 May 2022 3	Gent	1–0	KV Mechelen	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Sart 70' Okumu 82'	Report	Van Hoorenbeeck 62' Van Hecke 88' Hairemans 90' Peyre 90+3'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 8,363 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

10 May 2022 4	KV Mechelen	1–2	Gent	Mechelen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mrabti 45+4' Hairemans 89'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 36' Bezus 85' Godeau 87' Owusu 90' Tissoudali 90+4'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 8,213 Referee: Jan Boterberg

15 May 2022 5	Genk	0–2	Gent	Genk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tissoudali 29' Odjidja-Ofoe 72'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Nicolas Laforge

21 May 2022 6	Gent	1–2	Charleroi	Ghent
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 40'	Report	Gholizadeh 15' Heymans 90+2'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Wesli De Cremer

Belgian Cup[edit]

27 October 2021 Sixth round	Gent	4–0	Belisia Bilzen	Ghent
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Odjidja-Ofoe 6' Okumu 24' Mboyo 43' Chakvetadze 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Quentin Pirard

1 December 2021 Seventh round	Lommel	0–2	Gent	Lommel
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	De Sart 18', 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Soevereinstadion Referee: Christof Dierick

22 December 2021 Quarter-finals	Gent	3–1	Standard Liège	Ghent
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kums 8' Tissoudali 53', 90+2'	Report	Dønnum 46'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

2 February 2022 Semi-finals First leg	Gent	0–1	Club Brugge	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	De Ketelaere 56'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Nathan Verboomen

2 March 2022 Semi-finals Second leg	Club Brugge	0–3 (1–3 agg.)	Gent	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Odjidja-Ofoe 3' Castro-Montes 36' Depoitre 55'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

18 April 2022 Final	Gent	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Anderlecht	Brussels
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Lawrence Visser
	Penalties
	De Sart Hanche-Olsen Castro-Montes Lemajić Ngadeu-Ngadjui		Gómez Raman Castro-Montes Kana Murillo

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.^[22]

22 July 2021 First leg	Gent	4–0	Vålerenga	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruno 11', 72' Tissoudali 39' Odjidja-Ofoe 56' Malede 88' De Sart 90+4'	Report	Bjørdal 58' Sahraoui 70' Borchgrevink 78'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 3,823^[23] Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

29 July 2021 Second leg	Vålerenga	2–0 (2–4 agg.)	Gent	Oslo, Norway
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Okumu 11' (o.g.) Näsberg 81'	Report		Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Third qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[24]

5 August 2021 First leg	Gent	2–2	RFS	Ghent, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oladoye 52' Tissoudali 77'	Report	Lemajić 11' Šimkovič 28'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 3,887 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

12 August 2021 Second leg	RFS	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Gent	Jūrmala, Latvia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Okumu 73'	Stadium: Slokas Stadium Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
Note: RFS played their home matches at Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala, instead of their regular stadium Stadions Arkādija, Riga, which did not meet UEFA requirements

Play-off round[edit]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[25]

19 August 2021 First leg	Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Gent	Bielsko-Biała, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niewulis 64'	Report		Stadium: BBOSiR Stadium Attendance: 7,411 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)
Note: Raków Częstochowa played their home matches at BBOSiR stadium in Bielsko Biała, instead of their regular stadium Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków", Częstochowa, which did not meet UEFA requirements

26 August 2021 Second leg	Gent	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Raków Częstochowa	Ghent, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tissoudali 45+1' Odjidja-Ofoe 70' De Sart 72'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,096 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[26]

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Flora	0–1	Gent	Tallinn, Estonia
18:45 (19:45 EEST)		Report	Lemajić 54'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 2,666 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

30 September 2021 2	Gent	2–0	Anorthosis Famagusta	Ghent, Belgium
18:45	Correa 28' (o.g.) Kums 81'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,209 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

21 October 2021 3	Partizan	0–1	Gent	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00		Report	Kums 59'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 8,943 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

4 November 2021 4	Gent	1–1	Partizan	Ghent, Belgium
18:45	Tissoudali 80'	Report	Urošević 66'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 10,595 Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

25 November 2021 5	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–0	Gent	Nicosia, Cyprus
21:00 (22:00 EET)	Christodoulopoulos 27'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 2,573 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

9 December 2021 6	Gent	1–0	Flora	Ghent, Belgium
18:45	Bruno 51'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 7,421 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.^[27]

10 March 2022 First Leg	PAOK	1–0	Gent	Thessaloniki, Greece
18:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kurtić 58'	Report		Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 9,098 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

17 March 2022 Second Leg	Gent	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	PAOK	Ghent, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Depoitre 40'	Report	Crespo 20' Douglas Augusto 77'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 10 April 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		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[edit]

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
	MF	18	Matisse Samoise	2	0	0	2
	MF	5	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	2	0	0	2
10	DF	21	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	1	0	0	1
Total				59	9	17	85

References[edit]

^ "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.
^ "KAA Gent komt talentvolle Fortin (19) ophalen bij Standard'" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 1 June 2021.
^ "Officieel: Julien De Sart verlaat KV Kortrijk en tekent bij AA Gent" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 15 June 2021.
^ "AA Gent wint de strijd om Andrew Hjulsager, ook Anderlecht wilde de middenvelder binnenhalen" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 11 June 2021.
^ "AA Gent heeft nieuwe linkerflank te pakken: Christopher Operi komt over van Ligue 2-ploeg Châteauroux" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2 June 2021.
^ "Colin Coosemans (28) tekent voor 2 seizoenen bij Anderlecht: "Een mooie uitdaging"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 26 May 2021.
^ "Welcome Joseph" (in Dutch). kw.be. 21 June 2021.
^ "Officieel: Dino Arslanagic zet carrière verder in Turkije" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 5 July 2021.
^ "Officieel: Gent is héél dure flop (eindelijk) kwijt" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 6 July 2021.
^ "Officieel: AA Gent bevestigt vertrek van Niklas Dorsch naar Bundesliga" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 8 July 2021.
^ "Welcome Vakoun Bayo!" (in Dutch). kaagent.Be. 9 July 2021.
^ "Officieel: KAA Gent plukt 17-jarig talent bij Club (NXT) Brugge weg" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 15 July 2021.
^ "Officieel: Roman Yaremchuk trekt naar Benfica, AA Gent vangt 17 miljoen euro en nog eens 25% bij eventuele doorverkoop" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 31 July 2021.
^ "Officieel: KV Kortrijk gaat Mbayo (19) ophalen bij KAA Gent" [Official: KV Kortrijk is going to pick up Mbayo (19) at KAA Gent] (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 3 August 2021.
^ "Officieel: KAA Gent laat miljoenenaankoop op huurbasis vertrekken" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 9 August 2021.
^ "AA Gent leent Bukari tot eind van seizoen uit aan Nantes" (in Dutch). knack.be. 12 August 2021.
^ "Officieel: KAA Gent heeft beet en haalt FK RFS-aanvaller Lemajic in huis" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 24 August 2021.
^ "Officieel: Ilombe Mboyo realiseert op zijn 34ste toptransfer" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 31 August 2021.
^ "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.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021.
^ "Gent vs. Vålerenga" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.99499001167481-21] Gent qualified for the Europa League play-off round as the 2021–22 Belgian Cup winners.

[1] "KAA Gent (team)". K.A.A. Gent. 2017.

[2] "KAA Gent komt talentvolle Fortin (19) ophalen bij Standard'" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 1 June 2021.

[3] "Officieel: Julien De Sart verlaat KV Kortrijk en tekent bij AA Gent" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 15 June 2021.

[4] "AA Gent wint de strijd om Andrew Hjulsager, ook Anderlecht wilde de middenvelder binnenhalen" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 11 June 2021.

[5] "AA Gent heeft nieuwe linkerflank te pakken: Christopher Operi komt over van Ligue 2-ploeg Châteauroux" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2 June 2021.

[6] "Colin Coosemans (28) tekent voor 2 seizoenen bij Anderlecht: "Een mooie uitdaging"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 26 May 2021.

[7] "Welcome Joseph" (in Dutch). kw.be. 21 June 2021.

[8] "Officieel: Dino Arslanagic zet carrière verder in Turkije" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 5 July 2021.

[9] "Officieel: Gent is héél dure flop (eindelijk) kwijt" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 6 July 2021.

[10] "Officieel: AA Gent bevestigt vertrek van Niklas Dorsch naar Bundesliga" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 8 July 2021.

[11] "Welcome Vakoun Bayo!" (in Dutch). kaagent.Be. 9 July 2021.

[12] "Officieel: KAA Gent plukt 17-jarig talent bij Club (NXT) Brugge weg" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 15 July 2021.

[13] "Officieel: Roman Yaremchuk trekt naar Benfica, AA Gent vangt 17 miljoen euro en nog eens 25% bij eventuele doorverkoop" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 31 July 2021.

[14] "Officieel: KV Kortrijk gaat Mbayo (19) ophalen bij KAA Gent" [Official: KV Kortrijk is going to pick up Mbayo (19) at KAA Gent] (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 3 August 2021.

[15] "Officieel: KAA Gent laat miljoenenaankoop op huurbasis vertrekken" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 9 August 2021.

[16] "AA Gent leent Bukari tot eind van seizoen uit aan Nantes" (in Dutch). knack.be. 12 August 2021.

[17] "Officieel: KAA Gent heeft beet en haalt FK RFS-aanvaller Lemajic in huis" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 24 August 2021.

[18] "Officieel: Ilombe Mboyo realiseert op zijn 34ste toptransfer" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 31 August 2021.

[19] "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.

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

[22] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[23] "UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021.

[24] "Gent vs. Vålerenga" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[25] "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[26] "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[27] "UEFA Europa Conference League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

[28] "UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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