2020–21 Fortuna Sittard season

Fortuna Sittard
2020–21 season
Chairman	Özgür Işıtan Gün
Manager	Kevin Hofland
Stadium	Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Eredivisie	12th
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 53rd season in existence of Fortuna Sittard and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Sittard participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 January 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	Yanick van Osch
2	DF	SUI	Martin Angha
4	DF	SVK	Branislav Niňaj
5	DF	NED	Roel Janssen
6	MF	NED	Jorrit Smeets (captain)
7	MF	CPV	Lisandro Semedo
8	FW	NED	Zian Flemming
9	FW	GER	Sebastian Polter
10	MF	NED	Mats Seuntjens
11	FW	SWE	Emil Hansson
12	DF	NED	Clint Essers
14	MF	SWE	Tesfaldet Tekie
17	FW	MLI	Djibril Dianessy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	NED	Mike van Beijnen
20	FW	NED	Arian Kastrati
21	DF	FRA	Grégoire Amiot
22	MF	BEL	Adnan Ugur
23	MF	NED	Ben Rienstra
24	MF	MAR	Nassim El Ablak
27	MF	COD	Samuel Moutoussamy (on loan from Nantes)
35	DF	ENG	George Cox
40	GK	GER	Joshua Wehking
41	GK	NED	Tom Hendriks
44	DF	GRE	Lazaros Rota
77	GK	MDA	Alexei Koșelev
—	DF	BEL	Mickaël Tirpan (on loan from Kasımpaşa)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Dimitrios Ioannidis (at Sportfreunde Lotte until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	FIN	Rasmus Karjalainen (at Örebro until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	NED	Ozgür Aktas (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	BEL	Jacky Donkor (at FC Eindhoven until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Richie Musaba (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	ENG	Veron Parkes (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	POR	André Vidigal (at G.D. Estoril Praia until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	GER	Bassala Sambou (at Randers FC 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

25 July 2020 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	FC Dordrecht	Sittard, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sambou 30' Niňaj 59'	Report	Agrafiotis 70'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

10 August 2020 Friendly	FC 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

20 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	Cancelled	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

26 August 2020 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Sittard, Netherlands
14:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Polter 32' Rota 38'	Report	Van Crooij 36'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

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		20	7	4	9	31	39	−8	035.00
KNVB Cup	28 October 2020	21 January 2021	First round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Total					22	8	4	10	35	42	−7	036.36

Last updated: 30 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

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
20	7	4	9	31	39	−8	25	3	2	5	17	22	−5	4	2	4	14	17	−3

Last updated: 30 January 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
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W
Position	16	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	14	14	13	12	13	11	13	12

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[1]

12 September 2020 1	FC Twente	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Menig 10', 67' Pereira 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

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	Fortuna Sittard	3–3	AZ	Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Flemming 9', 90+6' Hansson 79' Rota 87' Smeets 90+5'	Report	De Wit 23' Chatzidiakos 37' Koopmeiners 52' Boadu 69'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

4 October 2020 4	PSV	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Eindhoven
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Malen 5' Madueke 85'	Report	Seuntjens 42'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

18 October 2020 5	FC Emmen	2–2	Fortuna Sittard	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk

25 October 2020 6	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	FC Groningen	Sittard
12:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

31 October 2020 7	Ajax	5–2	Fortuna Sittard	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Klaassen 32', 45' Brobbey 74' Tadić 86' (pen.) Promes 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Cox 7', 90+6' Angha 85'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

6 November 2020 8	Fortuna Sittard	2–2	PEC Zwolle	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hansson 6' Cox 46'	Report	Jach 33' Lam 54'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

22 November 2020 9	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	Feyenoord	Sittard
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Flemming 1'	Report	Senesi 34' Berghuis 45+1' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

29 November 2020 10	Vitesse	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Darfalou 72' Broja 83'	Report	Janssen 67' Jach 82' Rienstra 90+2'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

5 December 2020 11	Fortuna Sittard	3–2	Willem II	Sittard
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Semedo 9' Polter 29' (pen.) Rota 33' Flemming 44'	Report	Köhn 50' Pavlidis 61', 66' Heerkens 63' Llonch 75' 88' Van der Heijden 87'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

11 December 2020 12	Heracles Almelo	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Almelo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Erve Asito

19 December 2020 13	FC Utrecht	1–1	Fortuna Sittard	Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mahi 52' Kerk 82'	Report	Polter 63', 90+1' Angha 86'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

22 December 2020 14	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	RKC Waalwijk	Sittard
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0

10 January 2021 15	SC Heerenveen	1–3	Fortuna Sittard	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

13 January 2021 16	Fortuna Sittard	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

16 January 2021 17	PEC Zwolle	0–2	Fortuna Sittard	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Flemming 57' Seuntjens 89'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

24 January 2021 18	Fortuna Sittard	1–2	Ajax	Sittard
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tirpan 48' Polter 90+3'	Report	Polter 19' (o.g.) Tagliafico 45+2' Haller 64' Neres 90+6'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

27 January 2021 19	RKC Waalwijk	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Waalwijk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

30 January 2021 20	Fortuna Sittard	3–2	VVV-Venlo	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Angha 25' Flemming 33' Seuntjens 58' (pen.) Janssen 67' Rienstra 90'	Report	Kirschbaum 33' Giakoumakis 45+1', 63' Da Graca 56' Hunte 90+2'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

5 February 2021 21	Fortuna Sittard	v	Heracles Almelo	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0

KNVB Cup

28 October 2020 First round	Roda JC Kerkrade	0–2	Fortuna Sittard	Kerkrade
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Polter 8' (pen.) Flemming 11'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

21 January 2021 Round of 16	NEC Nijmegen	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Sittard	Nijmegen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Janga 64' Bruijn 97' (pen.) Beekman 102'	Report	Flemming 60', 103'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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External links

Official website

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