2020–21 FC Utrecht season

FC Utrecht
2020–21 season
Owner	Frans van Seumeren Holding B.V. (99%); Stichting Beheer Aandelen FC Utrecht (1%)
Chairman	Pieter Leyssius
Head coach	René Hake; (from 06-11-2020); John van den Brom; (until 06-11-2020)
Stadium	Stadion Galgenwaard
Eredivisie	10th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sander van de Streek (5); Cup:; Mimoun Mahi; Bart Ramselaar; Sander van de Streek; (2 each); Friendles:; Adrián Dalmau (5); All: ; Sander van de Streek (9)
Highest home attendance	4,944 (RKC Waalwijk)
Lowest home attendance	0 (All others)
Average home league attendance	4,944
Biggest win	League: 3–1; (RKC Waalwijk home); Cup: 2–4; (FC Dordrecht away); Friendles: 5–1; (Excelsior home)
Biggest defeat	League: 4–1 ; (Heracles Almelo away); Cup: 5–4 ; (AFC Ajax away); Friendles: 5–1; (AFC Ajax away)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 FC Utrecht season is the club's 51st season in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht will participate in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 12 September 2020 to 16 May 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 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	Maarten Paes
2	DF	NED	Mark van der Maarel
3	DF	NED	Justin Hoogma (on loan from Hoffenheim)
5	DF	NED	Hidde ter Avest
5	DF	GER	Leon Guwara^[a]
6	MF	NED	Adam Maher
7	FW	NED	Gyrano Kerk
8	MF	NED	Joris van Overeem
9	FW	ESP	Adrián Dalmau
10	MF	SWE	Simon Gustafson
11	FW	NED	Eljero Elia
13	DF	SWE	Emil Bergström
14	DF	NED	Willem Janssen (captain)
15	FW	AUS	Daniel Arzani^[a] (on loan from Manchester City)
16	GK	NED	Thijmen Nijhuis
17	DF	MAR	Benaissa Benamar
17	DF	NED	Sean Klaiber^[a]
18	MF	NED	Justin Lonwijk^[a]
19	FW	MAR	Mimoun Mahi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	NED	Giovanni Troupée
21	DF	NED	Django Warmerdam
22	MF	NED	Sander van de Streek
23	MF	NED	Bart Ramselaar
24	MF	NED	Odysseus Velanas
25	MF	NED	Tommy St. Jago
26	FW	BEL	Othmane Boussaid
28	MF	NED	Urby Emanuelson
29	FW	FRA	Moussa Sylla
30	FW	NED	Remco Balk
31	GK	NED	Fabian de Keijzer
32	GK	GER	Eric Oelschlägel
34	DF	NED	Christopher Mamengi
37	FW	NED	Mohamed Mallahi
38	MF	NED	Davy van den Berg
39	FW	NED	Jeredy Hilterman
40	DF	NED	Sylian Mokono
50	GK	NED	Joey Houweling

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sold or loaned out during the season.

Transfers

Summer

Transfers in 2020/21

Nat.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Particularities
NED	DF	Django Warmerdam	FC Groningen	Transfer free
NED	FW	Eljero Elia	İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.	Transfer free
MAR	FW	Mimoun Mahi	FC Zürich	Transfer free
FRA	FW	Moussa Sylla	AS Monaco FC	Transfer free
GER	GK	Eric Oelschlägel	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer free
NED	DF	Justin Hoogma	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	On loan
AUS	FW	Daniel Arzani	Manchester City	On loan
BIH	DF	Dario Đumić	SV Darmstadt 98	Back from loan
SWE	DF	Emil Bergström	FC Basel	Back from loan
NED	FW	Nick Venema	Almere City FC	Back from loan
GER	MF	Rico Strieder	PEC Zwolle	Back from loan
BEL	FW	Othmane Boussaid	NAC Breda	Back from loan
NED	FW	Patrick Joosten	Sparta Rotterdam	Back from loan

Transfers out 2020/21

Nat.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Particularities
NED	DF	Sean Klaiber	AFC Ajax	€ 5,000,000
NED	FW	Patrick Joosten	FC Groningen	€ 400,000
GER	MF	Rico Strieder	PEC Zwolle
BIH	DF	Dario Đumić	FC Twente
CZE	FW	Václav Černý	FC Twente	On loan
NED	MF	Mitchell van Rooijen	SBV Excelsior	On loan
GER	FW	Jonas Arweiler	ADO Den Haag	On loan
NED	FW	Nick Venema	NAC Breda	On loan
GHA	FW	Abass Issah	1. FSV Mainz 05	Back from loan
SWE	FW	Kristoffer Peterson	Swansea City A.F.C.	Back from loan
NED	GK	Jeroen Zoet	PSV Eindhoven	Back from loan
NED	DF	Justin Hoogma	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Back from loan
NED	FW	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	FK Partizan Belgrado	End of contract
SEN	DF	Lamine Sané	Unknown	End of contract

Winter

Transfers in 2020/21

Nat.	Pos	Player	Transferred from
MAR	DF	Benaissa Benamar	Telstar
NED	DF	Hidde ter Avest	Udinese Calcio
NED	FW	Remco Balk	FC Groningen

Transfers out 2020/21

Nat.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Particularities
GER	DF	Leon Guwara	VVV-Venlo	On loan
NED	MF	Justin Lonwijk	Viborg FF	On loan (+option to buy)
AUS	FW	Daniel Arzani	Manchester City	Terminated the loan early

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 July 2020 Friendly	Royal Antwerp F.C.	0–0	FC Utrecht	Antwerp, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0

22 July 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	3–3	KRC Genk	Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kerk 36' Adewoye 68' (o.g.) Gustafson 88' (pen.)	Report	Dessers 41' Onuachu 67' (pen.) Oyen 79'	Stadium: Sportpark Van Zuijen Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	1–0	AZ Alkmaar	Utrecht, Netherlands
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gustafson 9'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

8 August 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	0–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Utrecht, Netherlands
14.00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Beukema 2'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 0
Note: Match played in two games from 60-minutes.

8 August 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Utrecht, Netherlands
14.00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dalmau 7'	Report		Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 0
Note: Match played in two games from 60-minutes.

13 August 2020 Friendly	AFC Ajax	5–1	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mazraoui Labyad 4', 38', 45' Lang 21' Tagliafico 32'	Report	Klaiber St. Jago Boussaid 70'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

15 August 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	5–1	Excelsior	Utrecht, Netherlands
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mallahi 50' Klaiber 54' Velanas 63' Dalmau 69', 90'	Report	Matthys Sanches Fernandes 85'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 0

20 August 2020 Friendly	FC 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	PEC Zwolle	0–2	FC Utrecht	Zwolle, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kersten Huiberts	Report	Ramselaar 17' Bergström 73'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0

14 September 2020 Friendly	FC Utrecht	1–2	Vitesse	Utrecht, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Keijzer Nasser 90'	Report	Manhoef 67' Broja 78'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Attendance: 0

28 September 2020 Friendly	ADO Den Haag	1–0	FC Utrecht	The Hague, Netherlands
	Rațiu 51'	Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0

8 October 2020 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	3–3	FC Utrecht	Zwolle, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Wermeskerken 29' Doué 54' Van Duinen 76' (pen.)	Report	Velanas 2' Van de Streek 12', 40'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurice Paarhuis

12 November 2020 Friendly	RKC Waalwijk	4–3	FC Utrecht	Waalwijk, Netherlands
	Daneels 56' Van der Venne 58', 62', 68'		Sylla 2' Mallahi 43' Janssen 70'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0

2 February 2021 Friendly	NAC Breda	2–2	FC Utrecht	Breda, Netherlands
	Venema 11', 59'	Report	Dalmau 2' (pen.) Velanas 16'	Stadium: Sportpark Heksenwiel Attendance: 0

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	18 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 2		20	6	10	4	27	27	+0	030.00
KNVB Cup	27 October 2020	16 December 2020	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	8	7	+1	050.00
Total					22	7	10	5	35	34	+1	031.82

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	10	4	27	27	0	28	4	6	1	18	15	+3	2	4	3	9	12	−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	22
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D
Position	10	11	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8

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]

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

27 September 2020 3	FC Utrecht	3–1	RKC Waalwijk	Utrecht
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mahi 40' Kerk 74' Van de Streek 85'	Report	Damașcan 59'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 4,944 Referee: Siemen Mulder

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	FC Groningen	0–0	FC Utrecht	Groningen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dammers 11' Strand Larsen 59' El Messaoudi 64' Van Hintum 70' Matusiwa 85'	Report		Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

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

1 November 2020 7	Heracles Almelo	4–1	FC Utrecht	Almelo
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Vloet 2', 63', 71' Szőke 26' Van der Water 45+1' Rente 61'	Report	Gustafson 62' (pen.) Ramselaar 65'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

8 November 2020 8	FC Utrecht	0–3	AFC Ajax	Utrecht
12:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Klaassen 62' Tadić 65', 71' (pen.) Promes 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

21 November 2020 9	PEC Zwolle	1–1	FC Utrecht	Zwolle
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paal 21' Warmerdam 32' (o.g.) Huiberts 54' Lam 84'	Report	St. Jago 17' Mahi 59' Gustafson 85' Elia 87'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

29 November 2020 10	Feyenoord	1–1	FC Utrecht	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Geertruida 65' Wehrmann 67'	Report	Van der Maarel 50', 64'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

6 December 2020 11	FC Utrecht	1–1	ADO Den Haag	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hoogma 48' Dalmau 56' 66' Gustafson 71'	Report	Faye 14' Elmkies 34' Kramer 85' Bourard 90' Besuijen 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

13 December 2020 12	PSV	2–1	FC Utrecht	Eindhoven
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Malen 30' Ihattaren 37' Dumfries 76'	Report	Hoogma 54' Mahi 71'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

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	FC Emmen	2–3	FC Utrecht	Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Araujo 27' Bernadou 43'	Report	Elia 22' Van Overeem 60' Dalmau 75'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

27 December 2020 1	FC Utrecht	2–2	AZ	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hoogma 16' Elia 30' Van Overeem 45+4' Gustafson 63' Dalmau 90+3'	Report	Koopmeiners 64' (pen.) Stengs 83'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

9 January 2021 15	FC Utrecht	2–2	FC Groningen	Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ramselaar 39' Kerk 42', 90+4' Janssen 69'	Report	Joosten 16' Larsen 21' Suslov 55'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

12 January 2021 16	Vitesse	1–0	FC Utrecht	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Doekhi 26' Bruns 83'	Report	Van der Maarel 15'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

16 January 2021 17	FC Utrecht	2–0	Heracles Almelo	Utrecht
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van de Streek 31' Van Overeem 34' Dalmau 72' St. Jago 89'	Report	Breukers 40'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

24 January 2021 18	FC Utrecht	1–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maher 56' Boussaid 88'	Report	Auassar 76'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

27 January 2021 19	AZ	0–1	FC Utrecht	Alkmaar
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wijndal 70'	Report	Ramselaar 51' Van de Streek 69' Janssen 81'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

30 January 2021 20	FC Utrecht	3–3	PEC Zwolle	Utrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Van de Streek 2' Maher 54' (pen.) Balk 90+3' Ter Avest 90+6'	Report	Misidjan 4' Lam 39' (pen.) Buitink 67' Benson 72' Van Polen 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

7 February 2021 21	AFC Ajax	v	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0

14 February 2021 22	FC Utrecht	v	VVV-Venlo	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0

KNVB Cup

27 October 2020 First round	FC Dordrecht	2–4	FC Utrecht	Dordrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Agrafiotis 16', 57', 81' Musaba 83'	Report	Ramselaar 5', 40' Kerk 42' Van de Streek 79'	Stadium: Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

16 December 2020 Second round	AFC Ajax	5–4	FC Utrecht	Amsterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tadić 8', 89', 26' Labyad 45+1', 81' St. Jago 54' (o.g.) Tagliafico 60' Schuurs 82' Gravenberch 90+1'	Report	Mahi 1', 47' Van Overeem 53' Van de Streek 55' Sylla 70' Boussaid 77'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

Statistics

Goalscorers

Friendlies

No.	Name
1.	Adrián Dalmau	5
4.	Simon Gustafson	3
4.	Odysseus Velanas	3
4.	Gyrano Kerk	2
	Mohamed Mallahi	2
	Sander van de Streek	2
7.	Emil Bergström	1
	Othmane Boussaid	1
	Willem Janssen	1
	Sean Klaiber^[a]	1
	Yassin Nasser	1
	Bart Ramselaar	1
	Moussa Sylla	1
	Django Warmerdam	1
Own goals opponent		1
Totals		26

^ Sold or loaned out during the season.

Eredivisie

No.	Name
1.	Sander van de Streek	5
2.	Mimoun Mahi	4
3.	Adrián Dalmau	3
3.	Gyrano Kerk	3
5.	Eljero Elia	2
5.	Bart Ramselaar	2
7.	Hidde ter Avest	1
	Othmane Boussaid	1
	Simon Gustafson	1
	Justin Hoogma	1
	Sean Klaiber^[a]	1
	Mark van der Maarel	1
	Adam Maher	1
	Joris van Overeem	1
Own goals opponent		–
Totals		27

KNVB Cup

No.	Name
1.	Mimoun Mahi	2
	Bart Ramselaar	2
	Sander van de Streek	2
4.	Gyrano Kerk	1
4.	Moussa Sylla	1
Own goals opponent		–
Totals		8

^ Sold or loaned out during the season.

Assists

Eredivisie

No.	Name
1.	Gyrano Kerk	3
	Mark van der Maarel	3
	Sander van de Streek	3
4.	Adam Maher	2
4.	Bart Ramselaar	2
6.	Daniel Arzani^[a]	1
	Othmane Boussaid	1
	Justin Hoogma	1
	Mimoun Mahi	1
	Django Warmerdam	1
Totals		18

KNVB Cup

No.	Name
1.	Daniel Arzani^[a]	1
	Eljero Elia	1
	Mark van der Maarel	1
	Gyrano Kerk	1
	Giovanni Troupée	1
	Django Warmerdam	1
Totals		6

^ ^a ^b Sold or loaned out during the season.

Attendance

Round	Opponent	Attendance	Total attendance	Average^[a]
Eredivisie
3	RKC Waalwijk	4,944	4,944	4,944
4	sc Heerenveen	0	4,944	4,944
6	FC Twente	0	4,944	4,944
8	AFC Ajax	0	4,944	4,944
11	ADO Den Haag	0	4,944	4,944
13	Fortuna Sittard	0	4,944	4,944
1	AZ	0	4,944	4,944
15	FC Groningen	0	4,944	4,944
17	Heracles Almelo	0	4,944	4,944
18	Sparta Rotterdam	0	4,944	4,944
20	PEC Zwolle	0	4,944	4,944
22	VVV-Venlo	–	–	–
24	FC Emmen	–	–	–
26	Vitesse	–	–	–
29	Feyenoord	–	–	–
31	Willem II	–	–	–
34	PSV	–	–	–

^ Only the matches with an audience are included in this.

References

^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[Sold-1] Sold or loaned out during the season.

[Sold-3] Sold or loaned out during the season.

[Sold-4] Sold or loaned out during the season.

[Sold-5] Sold or loaned out during the season.

[Attendannce-6] Only the matches with an audience are included in this.

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

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