2020–21 FC Twente season

FC Twente
2020–21 season
Chairman	René Takens
Head coach	Ron Jans
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	10th
KNVB Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Danilo (17); All: ; Danilo (17)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

Players

First-team squad

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
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

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
18	MF	ALB	Lindon Selahi (at Willem II until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

Transfers in

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]

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

7 August 2020 Friendly	Twente	3–1	Excelsior '31	Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pleguezuelo 36' Aburjania 60' Lamprou 75'	Report	Ezafzafi 55'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0

10 August 2020 Friendly	Twente	2–1	Fortuna Sittard	Enschede, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aburjania 49' Rots 57'	Report	Angha 76'	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)	Bosch 32' Seppenwoolde 86'	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)	Černý 57'	Report	Kolar 26'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

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	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

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	10	11	13	48	50	−2	41	4	6	7	23	25	−2	6	5	6	25	25	0

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W
Position	3	6	4	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	12	10

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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)	Menig 10', 67' Danilo 51' (pen.)	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)	Linssen 26' Berghuis 29' (pen.) Senesi 48'	Report	Černý 2' Zerrouki 18' Oosterwolde 28'	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)	Černý 22' Danilo 37' Jeremejeff 88'	Report	Van Hintum 42' El Messaoudi 52'	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)	Černý 45+1' 48'	Report	Bakker 20' De Leeuw 65'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

17 October 2020 5	Willem II	0–3	Twente	Tilburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holmén 45+2' Sağlam 64' Nelom 70'	Report	Danilo 2', 62' Oosterwolde 48' Lamprou 83'	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)	Van der Maarel 27' Ramselaar 43' Van de Streek 47'	Report	Danilo 1' Oosterwolde 18' Ebuehi 32' Bosch 55' Pleguezuelo 57'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

31 October 2020 7	Twente	5–1	PEC Zwolle	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Menig 5' Danilo 29' Brama 33' Pierie 47' Černý 51' Ilić 84'	Report	Reijnders 74'	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)	Pleguezuelo 76' (o.g.) Bourard 86'	Report	Menig 41' Danilo 59', 88' Oosterwolde 80' Van Leeuwen 90+4'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

22 November 2020 9	Twente	1–1	PSV	Enschede
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Danilo 63' (pen.) Pleguezuelo 68'	Report	Malen 8' Zahavi 44' Madueke 57' Gakpo 62'	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)	Pleguezuelo 63' Zerrouki 67' Pierie 76' Černý 90+4'	Report	Ngonge 22' Stokkers 30'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

5 December 2020 11	Ajax	1–2	Twente	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tadić 59' (pen.) Gravenberch 83'	Report	Menig 22', 84'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

13 December 2020 12	Twente	1–3	AZ	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Drommel 33' Danilo 73' (pen.), 90+2' Oosterwolde 88'	Report	Koopmeiners 34' (pen.), 90' Sugawara 43'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

19 December 2020 13	VVV-Venlo	1–2	Twente	Venlo
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linthorst 70' Schmitz 75' Van Crooij 78'	Report	Danilo 27', 85' Ilić 40', 63'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

22 December 2020 14	Twente	0–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pierie 82'	Report	Engels 45+1' Duarte 63'	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)	Araujo 59'	Report	Černý 16', 63' Menig 33' Bosch 42', 66'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

14 January 2021 16	Twente	1–3	Ajax	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rots 81' Pleguezuelo 84'	Report	Haller 7' Huntelaar 90', 90+1'	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)	El Messaoudi 47' Schreck 64' Larsen 66'	Report	Đumić 12' Van Leeuwen 22', 53' Abass 78'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

24 January 2021 18	Twente	0–1	VVV-Venlo	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zerrouki 43' Danilo 77'	Report	Van Crooij 69' Hunte 78'	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)	Abels 90+3'	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)	Roemeratoe 33' Menig 88'	Report	Kongolo 90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

6 February 2021 21	PSV	3–0	Twente	Eindhoven
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Malen 30', 53' Zahavi 36'	Report	Ilić 75'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

14 February 2021 22	Vitesse	0–2	Twente	Arnhem
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Tronstad 40'	Report	Menig 16' Bosch 56' Van Leeuwen 90+4'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

21 February 2021 23	Twente	2–2	Feyenoord	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Oosterwolde 10' Danilo 13' (pen.) Ebuehi 14'	Report	Toornstra 24' Spajić 56' Berghuis 67' (pen.) Senesi 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

27 February 2021 24	Heracles Almelo	2–2	Twente	Almelo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Azzaoui 6' Vloet 47'	Report	Menig 13' Danilo 50'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

6 March 2021 25	Twente	1–1	Willem II	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Roemeratoe 40' Bosch 64', 89'	Report	Pavlidis 81'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

13 March 2021 26	AZ	4–1	Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boadu 4' Đumić 22' (o.g.) Drommel 34' (o.g.) Martins Indi 43' Koopmeiners 78'	Report	Đumić 36' Guðmundsson 40' (o.g.) Zerrouki 57'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

19 March 2021 27	SC Heerenveen	0–0	Twente	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bochniewicz 71'	Report	Markelo 90'	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)	Đumić 4' Danilo 20' (pen.) Roemeratoe 88'	Report	Tannane 44' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.) Broja 88'	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)	Misidjan 35'	Report		Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

25 April 2021 30	Twente	1–2	FC Utrecht	Enschede
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Danilo 28' Drommel 59' Pierie 61' Oosterwolde 61'	Report	Elia 21' Van de Streek 49', 60' Kerk 55' Janssen 62' Van der Maarel 80'	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)	Semedo 25', 74' Seuntjens 63' (pen.)	Report	Brama 62' Markelo 90'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

8 May 2021 32	Twente	1–1	Heracles Almelo	Enschede
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Smal 52' Bosch 73' Danilo 85'	Report	Knoester 70' Burgzorg 79'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

13 May 2021 33	RKC Waalwijk	2–1	Twente	Waalwijk
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sow 48', 54' Oosting 69' Touba 90+4'	Report	Danilo 47', 88' Drommel 88'	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)	Rots 40' Narsingh 45+1' (pen.) Menig 51' Bosch 71' Đumić 84'	Report	Goossens 30', 38' Vejinović 88'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

KNVB Cup

27 October 2020 First round	Twente	1–3	De Graafschap	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Zerrouki 53' Staring 62'	Report	Hamdaoui 18' Van Heertum 21' Konings 34' Lieftink 77' Lelieveld 90+4'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

References

^ "Gijs Smal naar FC Twente: "Het voelt fantastisch"". FC Twente. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "FC Twente huurt vleugelspits Cerny voor een seizoen van FC Utrecht". NU.nl. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Kik Pierie op huurbasis naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Jayden Oosterwolde tekent contract bij FC Twente". FC Twente. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "FC Twente huurt Nathangelo Markelo van Everton FC". FC Twente. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "FC Twente huurt Lazaros Lamprou van PAOK Saloniki". FC Twente. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Alexander Jeremejeff naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Danilo, welkom!". FC Twente. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Tyronne Ebuehi naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Dario Dumic naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "Luka Ilich naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Halil Dervisoglu naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
^ "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.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EUPO0.76662479050766-13] Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

[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.

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

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

[rules2020-21-16] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[17] "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

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