2020–21 Feyenoord season

The 2020–21 season is Feyenoord's 113th season of play, the club's 65th season in the Eredivisie and its 99th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. Feyenoord entered the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League in the group stage.

Feyenoord

2020–21 season
Chairman	Toon van Bodegom
Manager	Dick Advocaat
Stadium	De Kuip
Eredivisie	4th
KNVB Cup	Quarter-finals
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Steven Berghuis (11) All: Steven Berghuis (12)
Home colours Away colours

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixtures

9 August 2020	Feyenoord	3–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
14:30	Boženík  12', 15' Summerville  22'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

16 August 2020	Feyenoord	0–0	FC Twente	Rotterdam
14:30		Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Siemen Mulder

22 August 2020	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	Feyenoord	Duisburg, Germany
16:45	Witsel  53'		17', 34' Jørgensen  24' Botteghin	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 0
Note: Match was only 1 hour long.

22 August 2020	MSV Duisburg	1–2	Feyenoord	Duisburg, Germany
18:00	Karweina  56'		14' Toornstra  45' Narsingh	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 0
Note: Match was only 1 hour long.

25 August 2020	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0	Feyenoord	Kufstein, Austria
16:00

28 August 2020	Hamburger SV	1–0	Feyenoord	Kufstein, Austria
16:00	Wintzheimer  52'

3 September 2020	Club Brugge	2–1	Feyenoord	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
15:00	Kossounou  55' Vormer  62'		57' Diemers	Attendance: 0
Note: Secret friendly behind closed doors.

10 October 2020	KRC Genk	1–1	Feyenoord	Genk, Belgium
15:00	Bongonda  3' (pen.)		40' (pen.) Fer	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0
Note: Secret friendly behind closed doors.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	12 September 2020	TBA	Matchday 1	20	11	5	4	37	20	+17	055.00
KNVB Cup	20 January 2021	TBA	Round of 16	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Europa League	22 October 2020	10 December 2020	Group stage	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	016.67
Total				27	13	7	7	44	30	+14	048.15

Last updated: 31 January 2021

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	PSV Eindhoven	20	13	4	3	46	22	+24	43	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Vitesse	20	13	3	4	34	18	+16	42	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4	Feyenoord	20	11	5	4	37	20	+17	38	Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	AZ Alkmaar	20	10	7	3	44	31	+13	37
6	FC Groningen	20	10	4	6	28	23	+5	34

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Eredivisie Soccerway
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)[1]
Notes:

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

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W
Position	4	7	3	1	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	4	5	5	4

Source: https://nl.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/feyenoord-rotterdam-nv/1518/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 September 2020 1	PEC Zwolle	0–2	Feyenoord	Zwolle
20:00 CEST		Report	Berghuis  5', 68' (pen.)	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 2,993 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

20 September 2020 2	Feyenoord	1–1	FC Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Berghuis  29' (pen.)	Report	2' Černý	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

27 September 2020 3	Feyenoord	4–2	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam
12:15 CEST	Geertruida  27' Senesi  57' Narsingh  71' Berguis  84' (pen.)	Report	11' Arweiler  69' (pen.) Pinas	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Dennis Higler

4 October 2020 4	Willem II	1–4	Feyenoord	Tilburg
14:30 CEST	Pavlidis  13'	Report	23' Haps  48' Linssen  56', 77' Berghuis	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

18 October 2020 5	Feyenoord	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
12:15 CEST	Haps  44'	Report	52' Thy	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

25 October 2020 6	RKC Waalwijk	2–2	Feyenoord	Waalwijk
16:45 CEST	Ngonge  50' John  80'	Report	62' Jørgensen  84' Haps	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

1 November 2020 7	FC Emmen	2–3	Feyenoord	Emmen
14:30 CEST	Jansen  5' (pen.) De Leeuw  43'	Report	40' (pen.) Diemers  45' Jens Toornstra  90+4' Bannis	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

8 November 2020 8	Feyenoord	2–0	FC Groningen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Geertruida  50' Berghuis  82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

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

29 November 2020 10	Feyenoord	1–1	FC Utrecht	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Geertruida  65'	Report	50' Van der Maarel	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

6 December 2020 11	Feyenoord	0–0	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
12:15		Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

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

20 December 2020 13	Vitesse	1–0	Feyenoord	Arnhem
12:15	Darfalou  40'	Report		Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

23 December 2020 14	Feyenoord	3–0	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
21:00	Linssen  48', 58', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

10 January 2021 15	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
12:15		Report	27' Geertruida  90+4' Jørgensen	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

13 January 2021 16	Feyenoord	1–0	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
21:00	Sinisterra  64'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

17 January 2021 17	Ajax	1–0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
16:45	Gravenberch  22'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

24 January 2021 18	Feyenoord	2–3	AZ	Rotterdam
16:45	Jørgensen  32' Diemers  58'	Report	10' Karlsson  47', 70' Boadu	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

27 January 2021 19	sc Heerenveen	3–0	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
21:00	J. Veerman  28' Bochniewicz  30' Van Bergen  50'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

31 January 2021 20	Feyenoord	3–1	PSV	Rotterdam
14:30	Diemers  7' Berghuis  25' Linssen]  41'	Report	56' Sangaré	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

7 February 2021 21	FC Groningen	v	Feyenoord	Groningen
14:30				Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion

14 February 2021 22	Feyenoord	v	Willem II	Rotterdam
14:30				Stadium: De Kuip

21 February 2021 23	FC Twente	v	Feyenoord	Enschede
12:15				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

28 February 2021 24	AZ	v	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
16:45				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

6 March 2021 25	Feyenoord	v	VVV-Venlo	Rotterdam
16:30				Stadium: De Kuip

14 March 2021 26	PSV	v	Feyenoord	Eindhoven
14:30				Stadium: Philips Stadion

20 March 2021 27	Feyenoord	v	FC Emmen	Rotterdam
20:00				Stadium: De Kuip

4 April 2021 28	Feyenoord	v	Fortuna Sittard	Rotterdam
16:45				Stadium: De Kuip

11 April 2021 29	FC Utrecht	v	Feyenoord	Utrecht
12:15				Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

25 April 2021 30	Feyenoord	v	Vitesse	Rotterdam
16:45				Stadium: De Kuip

2 May 2021 31	ADO Den Haag	v	Feyenoord	The Hague
12:15				Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion

9 May 2021 32	Feyenoord	v	Ajax	Rotterdam
14:30				Stadium: De Kuip

13 May 2021 33	Heracles Almelo	v	Feyenoord	Almelo
14:30				Stadium: Erve Asito

16 May 2021 34	Feyenoord	v	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
14:30				Stadium: De Kuip

KNVB Cup

20 January 2021 Round of 16	Feyenoord	3–2	Heracles Almelo	Rotterdam
18:45 CEST	Sinisterra  45+2' Linssen  53' Geertruida  84'	Report	33' Burgzorg  90+2' Szőke	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

11 February 2021 Quarter-finals	SC Heerenveen	v	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DZG	WAC	FEY	CSM
1	Dinamo Zagreb	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	0–0	3–1
2	Wolfsberger AC	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			0–3	—	1–0	1–1
3	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5			0–2	1–4	—	3–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3			0–0	0–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Dinamo Zagreb	0–0	Feyenoord	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
21:00		Report		Referee: Mattias Gestranius

29 October 2020 2	Feyenoord	1–4	Wolfsberger	De Kuip, Rotterdam
18:55	Berghuis  54'	Report	4' (pen.), 13' (pen.), 60' Liendl  66' (pen.) Joveljić	Referee: Srđan Jovanović

5 November 2020 3	Feyenoord	3–1	CSKA Moscow	De Kuip, Rotterdam
21:00	Haps  63' Kökçü  71' Geertruida  72'	Report	79' (o.g.) Senesi	Attendance: 0 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber

26 November 2020 4	CSKA Moscow	0–0	Feyenoord	VEB Arena, Moscow
18:55		Report		Referee: Kristo Tohver

3 December 2020 5	Feyenoord	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	De Kuip, Rotterdam
18:55		Report	45+5' (pen.) Petković  53' Majer	Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

10 December 2020 6	Wolfsberger	1–0	Feyenoord	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
21:00	Joveljić  31'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

Statistics

Player details

As of 1 February 2021

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
^‡= Preseason squad or youth player, not a member of first team.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Eredivisie				KNVB Cup				Europe League				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Justin Bijlow	GK	6								3		1		9		1
2		Bart Nieuwkoop	DF	11		1		1				3		3		15		4
4		Marcos Senesi	DF	20	2	1		1				5		4	1	26	2	5	1
5		Ridgeciano Haps	DF	12	3	1		1				3	1	1		16	4	2
6		Mark Diemers	MF	19	3			1				6				27	3
8		Leroy Fer	MF	14		1		1								15		1
9		Nicolai Jørgensen	FW	15	3							3		2	1	18	3	2	1
10		Steven Berghuis - (C)	FW	19	11	2		1				6	1	3		26	12	5
11		Bryan Linssen	FW	17	5	1		1	1			6				24	6	1
15		Tyrell Malacia	DF	12		1		1				3		2		16		3
17		Luis Sinisterra	FW	7	1	1		1	1			1				9	2	1
19		Róbert Boženík	FW	4												4
20		João Carlos Teixeira	MF	10								4		1		14		1
21		Nick Marsman	GK	14		1		1				3				18		1
22		Lutsharel Geertruida	DF	17	4			1	1			5	1	1		23	6	1
23		Orkun Kökçü	MF	10		1	1	1				6	1			17	1	1	1
24		Lucas Pratto	FW	5				1		1						6		1
25		Uroš Spajić	DF	14		3		1				6		2		21		5
27		Christian Conteh	FW	1												1
28		Jens Toornstra	MF	18	3	3		1				6		1		25	3	4
30		Ramon ten Hove	GK
33		Eric Botteghin	DF	10								4		1		14		1
49		Tein Troost^‡	GK
xx		Aliou Balde	FW
xx		Jordy Wehrmann^‡ (Moved to FC Luzern on loan during the season)	MF	7		1		1				1				9		1
xx		Ian Smeulers^‡ (Moved to Willem II on loan during the season)	DF
xx		Sven van Beek (Moved to Willem II on loan during the season)	DF
xx		Marouan Azarkan^‡ (Moved to NAC Breda on loan during the season)	FW	1												1
xx		Dylan Vente^‡ (Moved to Roda JC on loan during the season)	FW	1												1
xx		Naoufal Bannis^‡ (Moved to FC Dordrecht on loan during the season)	FW	6	1	1						3				9	1	1
xx		George Johnston (Moved to Wigan Athletic on loan during the season)	DF	4												4
xx		Luciano Narsingh (Moved to FC Twente on loan during the season)	FW	9	1							2				12	1
xx		Ramon Hendriks^‡ (Moved to NAC Breda on loan during the season)	DF
xx		Wouter Burger (Moved to Sparta Rotterdam on loan during the season)	MF	1												1
xx		Crysencio Summerville (Moved to Leeds United during the season)	FW
Own goals				N/A	0	N/A			0	N/A			0	N/A			0	N/A
Totals					37	19	1	N/A	3	1	0	N/A	4	22	2	N/A	44	42	3

Hat-tricks

Round	Player	Opponent	Goals	Date	Home/Away	Score
14	Bryan Linssen	SC Heerenveen	48'  58'  90+1'	23 December 2020	Home	3–0

Clean sheets

As of 20 January 2021

Goalkeeper	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Europa League	Total
Justin Bijlow	1	N/A	1	2
Nick Marsman	6	0	1	7

Transfers

Summer windows

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  NED Mark Diemers (from Fortuna Sittard)[2] 2 DF  NED Bart Nieuwkoop (from Willem II) (return from loan) 18 FW  NED Crysencio Summerville (from ADO Den Haag) (return from loan) 35 MF  NED Wouter Burger (from Excelsior) (return from loan) 27 FW  GER Christian Conteh (from FC St. Pauli)[3] 11 FW  NED Bryan Linssen (from Vitesse)[4] — MF  BEL Francesco Antonucci (from AS Monaco FC)[5] 20 MF  POR João Carlos Teixeira (from Vitória S.C.)[6] 25 DF  SRB Uroš Spajić (from FC Krasnodar) (on loan)[7]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  NED Jan-Arie van der Heijden (to Willem II)[8] 20 MF  PER Renato Tapia (to RC Celta de Vigo) 27 DF  NED Rick Karsdorp (to AS Roma) (return from loan)[8] 31 GK  NED Elber Evora (to AZ)[8] — DF  NED Calvin Verdonk (to F.C. Famalicão) 18 MF  TUR Oğuzhan Özyakup (to Beşiktaş) (return from loan) 32 DF  POR Edgar Ié (to Trabzonspor) (return from loan) — MF  BEL Francesco Antonucci (to FC Volendam) (on loan)[5] 18 FW  NED Crysencio Summerville (to Leeds United)[9] 35 FW  NED Wouter Burger (to Sparta Rotterdam) (on loan)[10]

Winter window

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW  ARG Lucas Pratto (from River Plate) (on loan)[11] — FW  SEN Aliou Balde (from Diambars FC de Saly)[12]

Out: 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 Sven van Beek (to Willem II) (on loan)[13] 7 FW  NED Luciano Narsingh (to FC Twente) (on loan)[14] 14 DF  SCO George Johnston (to Wigan Athletic) (on loan)[15] 40 FW  NED Marouan Azarkan (to NAC Breda) (on loan)[16] 41 FW  NED Naoufal Bannis (to FC Dordrecht) (on loan)[17] 55 DF  NED Ian Smeulers (to Willem II) (on loan)[13] 58 FW  NED Dylan Vente (to Roda JC) (on loan)[18] 59 MF  NED Jordy Wehrmann (to FC Luzern) (on loan)[19]

References

1. "Season regulations" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
2. "Feyenoord versterkt zich met Mark Diemers". Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). June 19, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
3. "Feyenoord haalt talentvolle aanvaller Christian Conteh". Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). July 2, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
4. "Bryan Linssen tekent tot 2023 bij Feyenoord". Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). July 6, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
5. "FC Volendam herenigd met Francesco Antonucci na huurdeal met Feyenoord". fcvolendam.nl (in Dutch). August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
6. "Feyenoord contracteert middenvelder João Carlos Teixeira". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
7. "Feyenoord huurt verdediger Uros Spajic". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
8. "Feyenoord neemt afscheid van viertal bij afsluiting seizoen". Feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
9. "Crysencio Summerville naar Leeds United". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
10. "Burger verhuurd aan Sparta Rotterdam". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
11. "Feyenoord huurt spits Lucas Pratto van River Plate". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
12. "Feyenoord contracteert Senegalees talent Aliou Balde". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
13. "Sven van Beek verhuurd aan Willem II". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
14. "Luciano Narsingh op huurbasis naar FC Twente". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
15. "George Johnston verhuurd aan Wigan Athletic". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
16. "Azarkan maakt seizoen af bij NAC Breda". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
17. "Feyenoord verhuurt O21-trio aan FC Dordrecht". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
18. "Vente op huurbasis naar Roda JC". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
19. "Feyenoord verhuurt Wehrmann aan FC Luzern". feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

External links

• Official website