title: 2021–22 Go Ahead Eagles season
text: # 2021–22 Go Ahead Eagles season
  
  The 2021–22 season is the 119th season in the existence of Go Ahead Eagles and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Go Ahead Eagles will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
      As of 2 June 2021
  
  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 | Mitchel Michaelis |
  | 2 | DF | NED | Wout Droste |
  | 4 | DF | NED | Jeroen Veldmate (captain) |
  | 5 | DF | NED | Bas Kuipers |
  | 6 | MF | NED | Jay Idzes |
  | 7 | FW | NED | Martijn Berden |
  | 8 | MF | NED | Luuk Brouwers |
  | 9 | FW | FRA | Antoine Rabillard |
  | 10 | MF | TUR | Erkan Eyibil |
  | 11 | FW | NED | Kevin van Kippersluis |
  | 14 | MF | NED | Zakaria Eddahchouri |
  | 15 | DF | GER | Nicolas Abdat |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 16 | GK | NED | Alessio Budel |
  | 17 | MF | SCO | Frank Ross |
  | 18 | FW | NED | Sam Crowther |
  | 19 | FW | NED | Sam Hendriks |
  | 20 | GK | NED | Jay Gorter |
  | 22 | DF | NED | Julliani Eersteling |
  | 23 | FW | NED | Quiermo Dumay |
  | 25 | DF | NED | Boyd Lucassen |
  | 26 | DF | NED | Justin Bakker |
  | 27 | DF | ZAM | Jacob Mulenga |
  | 30 | MF | GRE | Giannis Fivos Botos (on loan from AEK Athens) |
  | — | DF | NED | Joris Kramer (on loan from AZ Alkmaar) |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall record
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Eredivisie | 14–15 August 2021 | 15 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 040.00 |
  | KNVB Cup | 27 October 2021 | | First round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 043.75 |
  
  Last updated: 5 December 2021 Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Eredivisie
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 38 |
  | 12 | Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 36 |
  | 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 36 |
  | 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 35 |
  | 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 35 |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 5 December 2021. Source: Eredivisie
  
  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ground | H | A |
  | Result | L | L |
  | Position | 14 | 16 |
  
  **Matches**
  
  The league fixtures were announced on 11 June 2021.
  
  