2020–21 FC Twente season

The 2020–21 FC Twente season was the club's 56th season in existence and second consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Twente participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

FC Twente
2020–21 season
ChairmanRené Takens
Head coachRon Jans
StadiumDe Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie10th
KNVB CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Danilo (17)

All:
Danilo (17)

Players

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First-team squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF   ESP Julio Pleguezuelo
5 DF   NED Gijs Smal
6 MF   NED Wout Brama (captain)
7 FW   CZE Václav Černý (on loan from Utrecht)
8 MF   SRB Luka Ilić (on loan from Manchester City)
9 FW   BRA Danilo (on loan from Ajax)
10 FW   GHA Abass Issah (on loan from Mainz 05)
11 FW   NED Queensy Menig
15 DF   NED Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax)
16 GK   NED Joël Drommel
17 DF   NED Jayden Oosterwolde
19 MF   NED Ramiz Zerrouki
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   NED Godfried Roemeratoe
22 GK   NED Jeffrey de Lange
23 DF   NGA Tyronne Ebuehi (on loan from Benfica)
24 DF   NED Nathangelo Markelo (on loan from Everton)
25 FW   NED Luciano Narsingh (on loan from Feyenoord)
30 GK   NED Ennio van der Gouw
32 MF   NED Jesse Bosch
35 DF   NED Mees Hilgers
37 MF   NED Thijs van Leeuwen
40 MF   NED Casper Staring
43 DF   BIH Dario Đumić
MF   NED Max Bruns
FW   NED Daan Rots

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   ALB Lindon Selahi (at Willem II until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Pos. Name Transferred from Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 DF   Gijs Smal   FC Volendam Free transfer [1]
13 July 2020 FW   Václav Černý   FC Utrecht Loan [2]
16 July 2020 DF   Kik Pierie   Ajax Loan [3]
20 July 2020 DF   Jayden Oosterwolde   FC Twente / Heracles Academie Free transfer [4]
27 July 2020 DF   Nathangelo Markelo   Everton Loan [5]
31 July 2020 FW   Lazaros Lamprou   PAOK Loan [6]
3 August 2020 FW   Alexander Jeremejeff   Dynamo Dresden Loan [7]
20 August 2020 FW   Danilo   Ajax Loan [8]
21 August 2020 DF   Tyronne Ebuehi   Benfica Loan [9]
4 September 2020 DF   Dario Đumić   FC Utrecht Undisclosed [10]
5 October 2020 MF   Luka Ilić   Manchester City Loan [11]
6 October 2020 FW   Halil Dervişoğlu   Brentford Loan [12]
No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
15   TBD 1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

7 August 2020 Friendly Twente   3–1   Excelsior '31 Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
10 August 2020 Friendly Twente   2–1   Fortuna Sittard Enschede, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 3,025
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
16 August 2020 Friendly Feyenoord   0–0   Twente Rotterdam, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Kuip
Referee: Siemen Mulder
22 August 2020 Friendly Twente   2–0   Go Ahead Eagles Enschede, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 3,650
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
5 September 2020 Friendly Twente   1–1   FC Emmen Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 12 September 2020 16 May 2021 Matchday 1 10th 34 10 11 13 48 50 −2 029.41
KNVB Cup 27 October 2020 First round First round 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 35 10 11 14 49 53 −4 028.57

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 +1 47 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
9 Heracles Almelo 34 12 8 14 42 53 −11 44
10 Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 −2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 −8 41
12 Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 −6 39
Source: Eredivisie,[13] Soccerway[14]
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[15]
Notes:
  1. ^ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 10 11 13 48 50  −2 41 4 6 7 23 25  −2 6 5 6 25 25  0

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWDWLWWDLWLWLWLDLDDLWDDDLDLLLLDLW
Position36465665555777677777778788899912121210
Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.[16]

12 September 2020 1 Twente 2–0 Fortuna Sittard Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Allard Lindhout
20 September 2020 2 Feyenoord 1–1 Twente Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Pol van Boekel
25 September 2020 3 Twente 3–1 FC Groningen Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
3 October 2020 4 Twente 1–1 FC Emmen Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Siemen Mulder
17 October 2020 5 Willem II 0–3 Twente Tilburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
24 October 2020 6 FC Utrecht 2–1 Twente Utrecht
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Blom
31 October 2020 7 Twente 5–1 PEC Zwolle Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
7 November 2020 8 ADO Den Haag 2–4 Twente The Hague
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rob Dieperink
22 November 2020 9 Twente 1–1 PSV Enschede
16:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
27 November 2020 10 Twente 0–2 RKC Waalwijk Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Richard Martens
5 December 2020 11 Ajax 1–2 Twente Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
13 December 2020 12 Twente 1–3 AZ Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
19 December 2020 13 VVV-Venlo 1–2 Twente Venlo
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Koel
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
22 December 2020 14 Twente 0–2 Sparta Rotterdam Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Van Den Kerkhof
9 January 2021 15 FC Emmen 1–4 Twente Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
14 January 2021 16 Twente 1–3 Ajax Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
17 January 2021 17 FC Groningen 2–2 Twente Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Blom
24 January 2021 18 Twente 0–1 VVV-Venlo Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
28 January 2021 19 Sparta Rotterdam 0–0 Twente Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 0
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
31 January 2021 20 Twente 0–0 SC Heerenveen Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
6 February 2021 21 PSV 3–0 Twente Eindhoven
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Siemen Mulder
14 February 2021 22 Vitesse 0–2 Twente Arnhem
16:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
21 February 2021 23 Twente 2–2 Feyenoord Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Danny Makkelie
27 February 2021 24 Heracles Almelo 2–2 Twente Almelo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Erve Asito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler
6 March 2021 25 Twente 1–1 Willem II Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
13 March 2021 26 AZ 4–1 Twente Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Blom
19 March 2021 27 SC Heerenveen 0–0 Twente Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
3 April 2021 28 Twente 1–2 Vitesse Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pol van Boekel
10 April 2021 29 PEC Zwolle 1–0 Twente Zwolle
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Richard Martens
25 April 2021 30 Twente 1–2 FC Utrecht Enschede
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kevin Blom
1 May 2021 31 Fortuna Sittard 3–0 Twente Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Laurens Gerrets
8 May 2021 32 Twente 1–1 Heracles Almelo Enschede
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Allard Lindhout
13 May 2021 33 RKC Waalwijk 2–1 Twente Waalwijk
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
16 May 2021 34 Twente 3–2 ADO Den Haag Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dennis Higler

KNVB Cup

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27 October 2020 First round Twente 1–3 De Graafschap Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jeroen Manschot

References

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  1. ^ "Gijs Smal naar FC Twente: "Het voelt fantastisch"". FC Twente. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ "FC Twente huurt vleugelspits Cerny voor een seizoen van FC Utrecht". NU.nl. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Kik Pierie op huurbasis naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Jayden Oosterwolde tekent contract bij FC Twente". FC Twente. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  5. ^ "FC Twente huurt Nathangelo Markelo van Everton FC". FC Twente. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "FC Twente huurt Lazaros Lamprou van PAOK Saloniki". FC Twente. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Alexander Jeremejeff naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Danilo, welkom!". FC Twente. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Tyronne Ebuehi naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Dario Dumic naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Luka Ilich naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Halil Dervisoglu naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.
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