2020–21 FC Twente season

FC Twente
2020–21 season
Chairman	René Takens
Head coach	Ron Jans
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	7th
KNVB Cup	First round
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 January 2021.

The 2020–21 FC Twente season is 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 covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 25 October 2020

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	NED	Xandro Schenk
4	DF	ESP	Julio Pleguezuelo
5	DF	NED	Gijs Smal
6	MF	NED	Wout Brama (captain)
7	FW	CZE	Václav Černý (on loan from FC Utrecht)
8	MF	SRB	Luka Ilić (on loan from Manchester City)
9	FW	BRA	Danilo (on loan from Ajax)
10	MF	GRE	Lazaros Lamprou (on loan from PAOK)
11	FW	NED	Queensy Menig
14	FW	SWE	Alexander Jeremejeff (on loan from Dynamo Dresden)
15	DF	NED	Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax)
16	GK	NED	Joël Drommel
17	DF	NED	Jayden Oosterwolde


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ALB	Lindon Selahi
19	DF	NED	Ramiz Zerrouki
20	MF	NED	Godfried Roemeratoe
21	FW	TUR	Halil Dervişoğlu (on loan from Brentford)
22	GK	NED	Jeffrey de Lange
23	DF	NGA	Tyronne Ebuehi (on loan from Benfica)
24	DF	NED	Nathangelo Markelo
30	GK	NED	Ennio van der Gouw
32	MF	NED	Jesse Bosch
35	DF	NED	Mees Hilgers
37	MF	NED	Thijs van Leeuwen
40	DF	NED	Casper Staring
43	DF	BIH	Dario Đumić

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 Fixtures

7 August 2020 Friendly	FC 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	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

16 August 2020 Friendly	Feyenoord	0–0	FC Twente	Rotterdam, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Siemen Mulder

22 August 2020 Friendly	FC 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	FC 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		20	8	6	6	33	25	+8	040.00
KNVB Cup	27 October 2020		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					21	8	6	7	34	28	+6	038.10

Last updated: 31 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	8	6	6	33	25	+8	30	3	3	5	14	15	−1	5	3	1	19	10	+9

Last updated: 31 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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D
Position	3	6	4	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[13]

12 September 2020 1	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	FC 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	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	FC 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	FC Twente	Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

14 January 2021 16	FC 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	FC Twente	Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

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

28 January 2021 19	Sparta Rotterdam	0–0	FC 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	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	PSV	v	FC Twente	Eindhoven
16:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Philips Stadion

KNVB Cup

27 October 2020 First round	FC 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

Statistics

Goalscorers

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. 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. 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. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Halil Dervisoglu naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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External links

Official website

[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. 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. 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. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

[12] "Halil Dervisoglu naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

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