2021–22 Oud-Heverlee Leuven season

Oud-Heverlee Leuven
2021–22 season
Owner	King Power International Group
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Marc Brys
Stadium	Den Dreef
Belgian First Division A	17th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: ; Thomas Henry (3); All: ; Thomas Henry (4)

The 2021–22 season will be the 20th season in the existence of Oud-Heverlee Leuven and its second season back in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oud-Heverlee Leuven will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

Players

This section lists players who were in Oud-Heveree Leuven's first team squad at any point during the 2021–22 season and appeared at least once on the match sheet (possibly as unused substitute)
The symbol ℒ indicates a player who is on loan from another club
The symbol ¥ indicates a youngster

No.	Nationality	Name	Position	Joined First Team	Previous Club	Left First Team
Goalkeepers
13		Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson^ℒ	GK	31 August 2021	Arsenal	(30 June 2022)
38		Oregan Ravet^¥	GK	Summer 2019	Youth Squad	–
90	/	Rafael Romo	GK	19 August 2020	Silkeborg	–
Defenders
3		Sofian Chakla	CB	27 August 2021	Villarreal	–
5	/	Pierre-Yves Ngawa	RB	11 August 2019	Perugia	–
6		Sébastien Dewaest^ℒ	CB	20 July 2021	Genk	(30 June 2022)
15	/	Dylan Ouédraogo	CB	28 August 2019	Apollon Limassol	–
18		Barnabás Bese	RB	20 August 2020	Le Havre	3 January 2022
24		Casper de Norre	LB/RB	5 October 2020	Genk	–
25		Louis Patris^¥	CB	Summer 2019	Youth Squad	–
28		Toon Raemaekers^¥	CB	Summer 2019	Youth Squad	–
29		Scotty Sadzoute	LB	7 July 2021	Lille	31 January 2022
35		Cenk Özkacar^ℒ	LB	6 July 2021	Lyon	(30 June 2022)
46		Milan Taildeman^¥	LB	Summer 2021	Youth Squad	–
Midfielders
4		Kristiyan Malinov	DM / CM	20 August 2020	CSKA Sofia	–
10		Xavier Mercier	CM	16 June 2019	Cercle Brugge	–
11		Musa Al-Taamari	RW	5 October 2020	APOEL	–
14		Thibault Vlietinck^ℒ	RW	12 August 2020	Club Brugge	(30 June 2022)
20	/	Isaac Asante^¥	AM	Winter 2019–20	Youth Squad	–
21		Alexis De Sart^ℒ	CM	22 August 2021	Antwerp	(30 June 2022)
27		Mandela Keita^¥	CM	Winter 2020–21	Youth Squad	–
33		Mathieu Maertens	CM / AM	12 July 2017	Cercle Brugge	–
42		Jo Gilis^¥	AM	Summer 2018	Youth Squad	–
Forwards
7	/	Yannick Aguemon	CF / LW / RW	28 June 2017	Union SG	–
8		Siebe Schrijvers	CF / AM / RW	15 January 2021	Club Brugge	–
9		Thomas Henry	CF	17 January 2019	Tubize	24 August 2021
9		Sory Kaba^ℒ	CF	31 August 2021	Midtjylland	(30 June 2022)
17		Mykola Kukharevych^ℒ	CF	1 September 2021	Troyes	(30 June 2022)
19		Levan Shengelia	RW	11 August 2021	Konyaspor	–
32		Daan Vekemans^¥	CF	Summer 2018	Youth Squad	–
39		Arthur Allemeersch^¥	CF	Summer 2019	Youth Squad	–
77		Jesse Sekidika^ℒ	RW	27 August 2021	Galatasaray	31 January 2022
99		Kaveh Rezaei	CF	4 January 2021	Club Brugge	–

Did not appear on match sheet

The following players were listed as part of Oud-Heveree Leuven's first team squad during the 2021–22 season, but never appeared on the match sheet

No.	Name	Position	Joined First Team	Previous Club	Left First Team	Note
1	Kawin Thamsatchanan	GK	10 January 2018	Muangthong United	4 January 2022	Not on match sheet in first half of season, then loaned to Port until 30 June 2022
20	Cedrik Gbo	DM	11 March 2022	ES Tunis	(30 June 2022)
24	Tristan Borges	CM / LW / RW	22 January 2020	Forge FC	–	Was on loan to Forge FC until 30 November 2021, then placed at reserves. Again loaned out to Forge FC from 31 January 2022 until the end of the season.
99	Aboubakar Keita	CM	31 January 2019	Copenhagen	12 June 2021	On loan to Charleroi until 30 June 2022

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 June 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	7–1	OHR Huldenberg	Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
	Ngawa Henry Mercier Aguemon Allemeersch Maertens	Report	Wouters

19 June 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	5–1	Olympia Wijgmaal	Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
	Nsingi Allemeersch Henry	Report	Robin

23 June 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	4–1	Rupel Boom	Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
	Schrijvers Allemeersch Vekemans	Report	Abaz

29 June 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	3–2	Maccabi Haifa	Mierlo, Netherlands
	Maertens 20' Vekemans 68' Henry 86'	Report	Haziza 60' Ifrach 87'	Stadium: Sportpark De Ark

2 July 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	1–3	Waasland-Beveren	Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands
	Aguemon (pen.)	Report	Montes Albanese Verreth	Stadium: Sportpark Zegenwerp

10 July 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	1–0	Valenciennes	Belgium
	Vekemans	Report

14 July 2021 Friendly

OH Leuven

Cancelled

Fortuna Sittard

Belgium

17 July 2021 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	OH Leuven	Düsseldorf, Germany
	Patris (o.g.) Hennings (pen.) Zimmermann	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena

10 August 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	5–2	Visé	Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
	Allemeersch Vekemans Al-Taamari Vlietinck Taildeman	Report	Thuys

16 August 2021 Friendly	OH Leuven	2–1	Mechelen	Oud-Heverlee, Belgium
	Shengelia Rezaei	Report	Van Damme

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	25 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Belgian Cup	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00

Last updated: 1 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
12	Oostende	34	10	7	17	34	61	−27	37
13	Kortrijk	34	9	10	15	43	48	−5	37

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.[1]

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
1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0

Last updated: July 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result		D
Position		12

Updated to match(es) played on 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.[2]

31 July 2021 2	Cercle Brugge	1–1	OH Leuven	Brugge
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Belgian Cup

References

"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.

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[1] "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.

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

2021–22 in Belgian football
« 2020–21 2022–23 »
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 RWDM47 Virton Waasland-Beveren Westerlo