2020–21 VVV-Venlo season

VVV-Venlo
2020–21 season
Chairman	Ineke Gutterswijk-Luiten
Head coach	Hans de Koning
Stadium	De Koel
Eredivisie	13th
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Giorgos Giakoumakis (21); All: ; Giorgos Giakoumakis (23)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 30 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 116th season in existence of VVV-Venlo and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, VVV-Venlo are participating in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 17 October 2020^[1]

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	GER	Thorsten Kirschbaum
2	DF	GER	Tobias Pachonik
3	DF	NED	Arjan Swinkels
4	MF	SUI	Roy Gelmi
5	DF	GER	Steffen Schäfer
6	MF	NED	Danny Post (captain)
7	FW	NED	Guus Hupperts
8	FW	FRA	Zinédine Machach (on loan from Napoli)
9	MF	CRO	Ante Ćorić (on loan from Roma)
10	MF	NED	Vito van Crooij
11	FW	GRE	Giorgos Giakoumakis
12	FW	ARU	Joshua John
14	DF	NED	Christian Kum
15	MF	NED	Simon Janssen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	NED	Delano van Crooij
17	DF	NED	Tristan Dekker
18	DF	NED	Stan van Dijck
19	FW	NED	Yahcuroo Roemer
20	MF	NED	Aaron Bastiaans
21	MF	NED	Evert Linthorst
22	GK	NED	Bram Verbong
23	MF	BEL	Nezar S'rifi
24	MF	NED	Wassim Essanoussi
25	FW	CUW	Jafar Arias
26	DF	GER	Lukas Schmitz
27	FW	NED	Torino Hunte
30	GK	NED	Jens Craenmehr

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	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

26 July 2020 Friendly	EVV	0–2	VVV-Venlo	Echt-Susteren, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hendrikx 38', 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark In de Bandert

14 August 2020 Friendly	Willem II	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Tilburg, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Wriedt 55' Ndayishimiye 65' (pen.)	Report	Linthorst 10'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 2,800

21 August 2020 Friendly	Jong PSV	Cancelled	VVV-Venlo	Eindhoven, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Herdgang

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

4 September 2020 Friendly	VVV-Venlo	0–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Venlo, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Stindl 8' Bensebaini 37' (pen.) Müsel 47' Herrmann 56'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Erwin Blank

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	13 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	20	6	4	10	34	49	−15	030.00
KNVB Cup	27 October 2020		First round	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	100.00
Total				23	9	4	10	43	52	−9	039.13

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	6	4	10	34	49	−15	22	3	3	4	15	28	−13	3	1	6	19	21	−2

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L
Position	1	5	10	11	10	14	14	11	14	13	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	13

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.^[2]

13 September 2020 1	FC Emmen	3–5	VVV-Venlo	Emmen
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	De Vos 4' Kolar 49', 86' Chacón 64' Laursen 76'	Report	Hupperts 20' Post 39' Giakoumakis 50', 65' (pen.), 72' Kum 67' Cavlan 90' (o.g.) Arias 90+4'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Siemen Mulder

18 September 2020 2	VVV-Venlo	1–1	FC Utrecht	Venlo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hupperts 8' Post 38' Van Crooij 77'	Report	Klaiber 58' Elia 90+4'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Rob Dieperink

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

3 October 2020 4	VVV-Venlo	1–2	ADO Den Haag	Venlo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

17 October 2020 5	AZ	2–2	VVV-Venlo	Alkmaar
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson 2' Stengs 24'	Report	Linthorst 86' Giakoumakis 88'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

24 October 2020 6	VVV-Venlo	0–13	Ajax	Venlo
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Post 18' Kum 52'	Report	Ekkelenkamp 12', 57' Traoré 17', 32', 54', 65', 87' Tadić 45' Antony 55' Blind 59' Huntelaar 74' (pen.), 76' Martínez 79'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

31 October 2020 7	FC Groningen	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Joosten 26' Strand Larsen 48' Gudmundsson 88'	Report	Giakoumakis 90+5'	Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

7 November 2020 8	VVV-Venlo	3–2	Heracles Almelo	Venlo
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Post 31' Van Crooij 37', 67' Arias 51' Giakoumakis 88'	Report	Van der Water 38' Szőke 47' Vloet 78'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

21 November 2020 9	Willem II	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Tilburg
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlidis 7' Sağlam 18' Llonch 62' Ndayishimiye 86'	Report	Giakoumakis 34' Hunte 73'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

28 November 2020 10	VVV-Venlo	2–2	PEC Zwolle	Venlo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arias 21' Giakoumakis 78'	Report	Nakayama 9' Pherai 36' Van Duinen 69' Lam 90+3'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

5 December 2020 11	RKC Waalwijk	3–2	VVV-Venlo	Waalwijk
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stokkers 30' Bakari 52' Anita 59' Touba 69', 75' Daneels 87'	Report	Gelmi 26' 55' Post 28' Giakoumakis 35' (pen.) Van Crooij 51' Machach 90+5'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

13 December 2020 12	VVV-Venlo	0–3	Feyenoord	Venlo
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Toornstra 69', 77' Berghuis 73'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

19 December 2020 13	VVV-Venlo	1–2	FC Twente	Venlo
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Linthorst 70'	Report	Danilo 27' Ilić 63'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

22 December 2020 14	PSV	4–1	VVV-Venlo	Eindhoven
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Max 35' (pen.) Boscagli 49' Gakpo 58' Fein 90+2'	Report	Arias 22'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

10 January 2021 15	VVV-Venlo	2–1	Willem II	Venlo
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Giakoumakis 79' (pen.), 90+3', 87'	Report	Van der Heijden 15', 52' Holmén 66'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

13 January 2021 16	ADO Den Haag	1–4	VVV-Venlo	The Hague
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pinas 5' Kemper 44' Bourard 65' Castillo 67'	Report	Giakoumakis 6' (pen.), 58', 68', 86' (pen.) John 35' Van Crooij 42' Dekker 66'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

17 January 2021 17	VVV-Venlo	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Venlo
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

24 January 2021 18	FC Twente	0–1	VVV-Venlo	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

27 January 2021 19	VVV-Venlo	4–1	Vitesse	Venlo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Giakoumakis 16', 28', 43', 79'	Report	Broja 60', 62'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

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

7 February 2021 21	VVV-Venlo	v	Sparta Rotterdam	Venlo
16:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Koel

KNVB Cup

27 October 2020 First round	VVV-Venlo	4–2	Den Bosch	Venlo
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Giakoumakis 57', 73' (pen.) Arias 60' Pachonik 90'	Report	Postema 42', 81'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

16 December 2020 Second round	Almere City	1–4	VVV-Venlo	Almere
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gelmi 10' (o.g.) Koolwijk 72'	Report	Van Crooij 33' Arias 45+1', 70' Linthorst 52'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

21 January 2021 Round of 16	VVV-Venlo	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Venlo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bastiaans 35' Post 62'	Report	Ross 10' Mulenga 57' Lucassen 85' Botos 90+3'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

10 February 2021 Quarter-finals	NEC Nijmegen	v	VVV-Venlo	Nijmegen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion de Goffert

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "Selectie". vvv-venlo.nl. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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External links

Official website

[1] "Selectie". vvv-venlo.nl. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

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