2020–21 SC Heerenveen season

SC Heerenveen
2020–21 season
Chairman	Cees Roozemond
Manager	Johnny Jansen
Stadium	Abe Lenstra Stadion
Eredivisie	12th
KNVB Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Henk Veerman (11); All: ; Henk Veerman (11)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was SC Heerenveen's 56th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Heerenveen participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 February 2021^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Erwin Mulder
2	DF	NED	Sherel Floranus
3	DF	NED	Jan Paul van Hecke (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
4	DF	URU	Joaquín Fernández
5	DF	NED	Lucas Woudenberg
6	MF	NED	Siem de Jong
7	FW	USA	Ulysses Llanez (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
8	FW	SWE	Benjamin Nygren (on loan from Genk)
9	FW	NED	Henk Veerman (captain)
10	MF	GER	Oliver Batista Meier (on loan from Bayern Munich)
11	FW	NED	Mitchell van Bergen
13	MF	BUL	Stanislav Shopov
14	DF	KOS	Ibrahim Drešević
15	MF	BEL	Sieben Dewaele (on loan from Anderlecht)
16	FW	NED	Arjen van der Heide


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	SWE	Rami Hajal
18	MF	NED	Hamdi Akujobi
19	MF	NED	Jan Ras
20	MF	NED	Joey Veerman
21	MF	NED	Rodney Kongolo
22	GK	ISR	Ariel Harush
23	GK	NED	Jan Bekkema
24	GK	NED	Jaimy Kroesen
25	DF	POL	Paweł Bochniewicz
26	FW	NED	Rein Smit
37	FW	NED	Couhaib Driouech
41	DF	SWE	Rami Kaib
42	MF	NED	Syb van Ottele
43	MF	DEN	Lasse Schöne
44	MF	CRO	Tibor Halilović

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NOR	Runar Espejord (at Tromsø IL until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 August 2020 Friendly	NAC Breda	1–0	SC Heerenveen	Breda, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stokkers 89'	Report		Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

7 August 2020 Friendly	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Vitesse	Heerenveen, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ejuke 43'	Report	Bero 5' Buitink 15'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Referee: Siemen Mulder

15 August 2020 Friendly	De Graafschap	5–1	SC Heerenveen	Doetinchem, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamdaoui 31' Van de Pavert 48' Konings 50', 90' Van Mieghem 67'	Report	Smit 79'	Stadium: De Vijverberg

20 August 2020 Friendly	Utrecht	4–1	SC Heerenveen	Utrecht, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Warmerdam 7' Gustafson 23' Dalmau 36' Kerk 84'	Report	Hajal 45'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 2,805 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

29 August 2020 Friendly	VfL Osnabrück	2–0	SC Heerenveen	Osnabrück, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

5 September 2020 Friendly	SC Heerenveen	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Heerenveen, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Akujobi 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Competitions

Overview

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 %
Eredivisie	12 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	12th	34	9	12	13	43	49	−6	026.47
KNVB Cup	27 October 2020	3 March 2021	First round	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	9	8	+1	075.00
Total					38	12	12	14	52	57	−5	031.58

Last updated: 16 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
13	PEC Zwolle	34	9	11	14	44	53	−9	38
14	Willem II	34	8	7	19	40	68	−28	31

Source: Eredivisie,^[2] Soccerway^[3]
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)^[4]

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
34	9	12	13	43	49	−6	39	6	5	6	22	18	+4	3	7	7	21	31	−10

Last updated: 16 May 2021.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L
Position	4	1	1	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[5]

12 September 2020 1	SC Heerenveen	2–0	Willem II	Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Batista Meier 17' Woudenberg 22' Van der Heide 68' Bochniewicz 75'	Report	Llonch 19' Nelom 32' Sağlam 44'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Richard Martens

19 September 2020 2	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	SC Heerenveen	Sittard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Janssen 62' Niňaj 69' Rota 72' Polter 73' Flemming 87'	Report	Batista Meier 15' J. Veerman 29' (pen.) H. Veerman 34'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 2,825 Referee: Martín Pérez

26 September 2020 3	SC Heerenveen	1–0	VVV-Venlo	Heerenveen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	J. Veerman 32' (pen.) Floranus 57'	Report	Van Crooij 62' Pachonik 63' Janssen 79'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

2 October 2020 4	FC Utrecht	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Utrecht
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kerk 44' Van de Streek 48'	Report	H. Veerman 4' Smit 77', 83'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

18 October 2020 5	Ajax	5–1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tadić 4', 28' Kudus 35' Klaassen 72' Martínez 84' Antony 87'	Report	H. Veerman 66' Kongolo 71' Van Hecke 74'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

24 October 2020 6	SC Heerenveen	4–0	FC Emmen	Heerenveen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Hecke 3' H. Veerman 26', 74' Nygren 29' Kongolo 71' Dewaele 84'	Report	Tibbling 47' 52' De Leeuw 52' Laursen 77'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

1 November 2020 7	Sparta Rotterdam	1–4	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte 50' Thy 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Nygren 7' Van Hecke 25' H. Veerman 42', 57'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

8 November 2020 8	SC Heerenveen	0–3	AZ	Heerenveen
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Van Hecke 28'	Report	Koopmeiners 29' Woudenberg 41' Karlsson 47'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

22 November 2020 9	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Waalwijk
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Anita 50' Damașcan 82'	Report	H. Veerman 19', 44' Dewaele 43' Woudenberg 84' Floranus 90+1' Kongolo 90+5' Mulder 90+6'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

28 November 2020 10	ADO Den Haag	1–1	SC Heerenveen	The Hague
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Philipp 13'	Report	J. Veerman 16' H. Veerman 28'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

6 December 2020 11	SC Heerenveen	2–2	PSV	Heerenveen
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	H. Veerman 69' Van Bergen 78'	Report	Rosario 13' Götze 28' Piroe 90+2' Dumfries 90+3'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

13 December 2020 12	Vitesse	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Darfalou 39' Wittek 68' Bazoer 87'	Report	Floranus 54', 90+1' Woudenberg 58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

20 December 2020 13	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Heracles Almelo	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	J. Veerman 57' Bochniewicz 88'	Report	Burgzorg 6' Knoester 48'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Pérez

23 December 2020 14	Feyenoord	3–0	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen 48', 58', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

10 January 2021 15	SC Heerenveen	1–3	Fortuna Sittard	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	H. Veerman 72'	Report	Rienstra 20' Cox 24' Flemming 37'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

14 January 2021 16	SC Heerenveen	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Heerenveen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	H. Veerman 7'	Report	Van der Venne 56'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

17 January 2021 17	VVV-Venlo	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Venlo
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Post 46' John 78' Da Graca 90+3'	Report	J. Veerman 17' Nygren 89'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

23 January 2021 18	Heracles Almelo	1–0	SC Heerenveen	Almelo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Quagliata 71' Burgzorg 89'	Report	Kaib 85'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

27 January 2021 19	SC Heerenveen	3–0	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	J. Veerman 28' Bochniewicz 30' H. Veerman 31' Van Bergen 50'	Report	Toornstra 49'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

31 January 2021 20	FC Twente	0–0	SC Heerenveen	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Roemeratoe 33' Menig 88'	Report	Kongolo 90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

6 February 2021 21	SC Heerenveen	1–0	Vitesse	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	J. Veerman 30' H. Veerman 83'	Report	Tronstad 73'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

14 February 2021 22	AZ	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Alkmaar
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs 20' Koopmeiners 47' (pen.) Chatzidiakos 60' Guðmundsson 81'	Report	Van Hecke 46' Schöne 54' Kongolo 87'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

21 February 2021 23	SC Heerenveen	1–1	FC Groningen	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Jong 43'	Report	Suslov 82'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

26 February 2021 24	PEC Zwolle	4–1	SC Heerenveen	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Misidjan 52' Buitink 70' Huiberts 77' Van Polen 89' Reijnders 90+2'	Report	Van Bergen 27' J. Veerman 83' De Jong 83'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

6 March 2021 25	SC Heerenveen	3–0	ADO Den Haag	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Jong 8' Bochniewicz 44' Van Bergen 67' H. Veerman 78' J. Veerman 89'	Report	Arweiler 90+2'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

13 March 2021 26	Willem II	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Tilburg
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Holmén 28' Wriedt 55' Nunnely 58'	Report	J. Veerman 59', 73'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

19 March 2021 27	SC Heerenveen	0–0	FC Twente	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bochniewicz 71'	Report	Markelo 90'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

4 April 2021 28	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Ajax	Heerenveen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Bergen 27'	Report	Tadić 36' (pen.) Haller 61' Tagliafico 86'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

11 April 2021 29	FC Groningen	0–2	SC Heerenveen	Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Te Wierik 42'	Report	H. Veerman 71' (pen.) Halilović 86'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

24 April 2021 30	SC Heerenveen	0–2	PEC Zwolle	Heerenveen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Jong 79'	Report	Van Polen 18', 68' Clement 28' Paal 56'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rob Dieperink

2 May 2021 31	PSV	2–2	SC Heerenveen	Eindhoven
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Viergever 38' Vertessen 57' Gakpo 58', 87'	Report	Kongolo 22' Halilović 34' De Jong 59' Smit 90+4' Floranus 90+6'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

8 May 2021 32	SC Heerenveen	0–0	FC Utrecht	Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Nygren 84'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

13 May 2021 33	FC Emmen	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Peña 21' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Laursen 82'	Report	Schöne 27' Van Hecke 52' De Jong 76' Nygren 88' Van Ottele 90+2'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

16 May 2021 34	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Jong 67' Akujobi 84'	Report	Thy 7' Burger 16' Smeets 30'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

KNVB Cup

27 October 2020 First round	SC Heerenveen	3–1	TOP Oss	Heerenveen
19:45 CET	Veerman 11' Nygren 33' Kongolo 40'	Report	Sanches 29'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edgar Bijl

20 January 2021 Round of 16	FC Emmen	1–2	SC Heerenveen	Emmen
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peña 44'	Report	Nygren 72' J. Veerman 90' (pen.)	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

17 February 2021 Quarter-finals	SC Heerenveen	4–3	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kaib 15' J. Veerman 53', 60' Nygren 81' Marsman 86' (o.g.) De Jong 88'	Report	Berghuis 27' 66', 57' Linssen 47', 65' Geertruida 61' Haps 82' Fer 84'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be held on 11 February 2021, 20:00 CET, but was postponed due to the pitch being frozen.

3 March 2021 Semi-finals	SC Heerenveen	0–3	Ajax	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Klaassen 19' Tadić 63' (pen.) Neres 77'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "Selectie".
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Selectie".

[2] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[3] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[rules2020-21-4] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[5] "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

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