2020–21 FC Emmen season

FC Emmen
2020–21 season
Chairman	Ronald Lubbers
Manager	Dick Lukkien
Stadium	De Oude Meerdijk
Eredivisie	16th (relegated)
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Michael de Leeuw (13); All: ; Michael de Leeuw (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was FC Emmen's 96th season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Emmen participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

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	Felix Wiedwald
3	DF	NED	Keziah Veendorp
4	DF	NED	Nick Bakker
5	DF	PER	Miguel Araujo
7	MF	SWE	Simon Tibbling
8	MF	NED	Michael de Leeuw (captain)
9	FW	CRO	Marko Kolar
10	MF	PER	Sergio Peña
11	FW	DEN	Nikolai Laursen
14	DF	NED	Ferhat Görgülü
15	MF	PER	Didier La Torre
16	GK	NED	Robin Jalving
17	FW	NED	Paul Gladon
18	DF	CZE	Denis Granečný (on loan from Baník Ostrava)
20	MF	NED	Jari Vlak
21	MF	NED	Hilal Ben Moussa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	NED	Caner Cavlan
23	DF	NED	Glenn Bijl
24	MF	FRA	Lucas Bernadou
25	FW	BEL	Sekou Sidibe
26	GK	NED	Dennis Telgenkamp
28	GK	NED	Michael Verrips (on loan from Sheffield United)
29	DF	SUI	Elias Frei
30	DF	USA	Desevio Payne
31	MF	TUR	Kerim Frei
32	MF	NED	Robbert de Vos
34	DF	NED	Ricardo van Rhijn
35	DF	PER	Jean-Pierre Rhyner (on loan from Cádiz)
77	MF	SRB	Luka Adžić (on loan from Anderlecht)
93	GK	NED	Stefan van der Lei
—	MF	NED	Luciano Carty

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

7 August 2020 Friendly	FC Emmen	2–5	Cambuur	Emmen, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Laursen 53', 81'	Report	Mühren 5', 32' Korte 69', 79' Dijkstra 75'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk

11 August 2020 Friendly	FC Emmen	1–4	FC Groningen	Emmen, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bijl 43'	Report	Hrustic 38' El Karbachi 60', 83' Šabani 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk

15 August 2020 Friendly	FC Emmen	1–0	Telstar	Emmen, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Leeuw 4'	Report		Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk

19 August 2020 Friendly	FC Emmen	0–2	Heracles Almelo	Emmen, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Knoester 30' Burgzorg 32'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

24 August 2020 Friendly	FC Emmen	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Emmen, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ghoochannejhad 76'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rob Dieperink

29 August 2020 Friendly	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–0	FC Emmen	Herzlake, Germany
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Endres 51'	Report		Stadium: Hasetal Stadion

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	13 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	16th	34	7	9	18	40	68	−28	020.59
Eredivisie Play-offs	20 May 2021		Semi-finals	Semi-finals	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
KNVB Cup	28 October 2020	20 January 2021	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
Total					38	9	10	19	46	72	−26	023.68

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Willem II	34	8	7	19	40	68	−28	31
15	RKC Waalwijk	34	7	9	18	33	55	−22	30
16	Emmen (R)	34	7	9	18	40	68	−28	30	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs^[a]
17	VVV-Venlo (R)	34	6	5	23	43	91	−48	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	ADO Den Haag (R)	34	4	10	20	29	76	−47	22	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: Eredivisie,^[1] Soccerway^[2]
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)^[3]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Seven teams, one from the Eredivisie and six from the Eerste Divisie, play for one spot in the 2021–22 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams play in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie.

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
34	7	9	18	40	68	−28	30	4	4	9	26	41	−15	3	5	9	14	27	−13

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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W
Position	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[4]

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

19 September 2020 2	PSV	2–1	FC Emmen	Eindhoven
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Madueke 21' Romero 90+4'	Report	Cavlan 42' Mvogo 83' (o.g.) Laursen 84' Jansen 87'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

27 September 2020 3	FC Emmen	1–1	Willem II	Emmen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Leeuw 5' Bijl 19', 57'	Report	Ndayishimiye 13' Holmén 90+2'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 2,312 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

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

18 October 2020 5	FC Emmen	2–2	Fortuna Sittard	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Laursen 51' De Leeuw 60' Tibbling 73' Peña 85'	Report	Polter 18' Semedo 23' Seuntjens 79'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

24 October 2020 6	SC Heerenveen	4–0	FC Emmen	Heerenveen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Hecke 3' H. Veerman 26', 74' Nygren 29' Kongolo 71' Dewaele 84'	Report	Tibbling 47' 52' De Leeuw 52' Laursen 77'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

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

8 November 2020 8	Vitesse	3–1	FC Emmen	Arnhem
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tannane 9', 26' Bazoer 29' Openda 44'	Report	Wiedwald 8' Tibbling 20' Veendorp 43' De Leeuw 58' Carty 79' Van Rhijn 88'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

21 November 2020 9	AZ	1–0	FC Emmen	Alkmaar
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Martins Indi 11' Koopmeiners 86' Svensson 88'	Report	Bernadou 60' Cavlan 62'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

28 November 2020 10	FC Emmen	0–5	Ajax	Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Klaassen 20' Labyad 29' Traoré 38' Ekkelenkamp 69' Klaiber 79' Promes 82'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

4 December 2020 11	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1	FC Emmen	Rotterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte 22' Harroui 58' Gravenberch 80'	Report	Peña 5' Jansen 6' Araujo 52' Ben Moussa 79'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

12 December 2020 12	FC Emmen	1–1	ADO Den Haag	Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Leeuw 55' Araujo 72'	Report	Besuijen 6' De Boer 42'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

18 December 2020 13	PEC Zwolle	0–0	FC Emmen	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

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

9 January 2021 15	FC Emmen	1–4	FC Twente	Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Araujo 59'	Report	Černý 16', 63' Menig 33' Bosch 42', 66'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

12 January 2021 16	Heracles Almelo	4–0	FC Emmen	Almelo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakış 26', 44', 64' Vloet 87'	Report	Araujo 28' Bernadou 45+1'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

16 January 2021 17	FC Emmen	1–4	Vitesse	Emmen
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Leeuw 58' Veendorp 79' Bakker 85' Vlak 87'	Report	Buitink 2' Tannane 9' Broja 49' Bazoer 57' Bruns 64' Wittek 72' Vroegh 90+3'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

23 January 2021 18	ADO Den Haag	0–0	FC Emmen	The Hague
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kishna 86' Kramer 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

26 January 2021 19	FC Emmen	0–2	PSV	Emmen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Mauro Júnior 81' Zahavi 88'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

31 January 2021 20	Willem II	2–0	FC Emmen	Tilburg
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nunnely 38' Wriedt 47'	Report	Bijl 90'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

6 February 2021 21	FC Emmen	0–1	AZ	Emmen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Chatzidiakos 42' Sugawara 71'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

12 February 2021 22	RKC Waalwijk	1–0	FC Emmen	Waalwijk
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Touba 90'	Report		Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

20 February 2021 23	FC Emmen	3–2	PEC Zwolle	Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bijl 26' Adžić 36' De Leeuw 45' Vlak 70' Cavlan 87'	Report	Lam 23' Van Polen 40' Nakayama 88'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

27 February 2021 24	FC Utrecht	0–1	FC Emmen	Utrecht
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boussaid 18' Maher 36' Van de Streek 54' Van der Maarel 83' Kerk 90+2'	Report	Peña 14' Frei 64' De Leeuw 86' Araujo 89' Veendorp 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

5 March 2021 25	FC Emmen	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Emmen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verrips 78' Laursen 90+4' De Leeuw 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Duarte 43' Kharchouch 90+3'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

13 March 2021 26	FC Groningen	1–1	FC Emmen	Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Padt 7' Da Cruz 60'	Report	Peña 33' Bijl 38'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

20 March 2021 27	Feyenoord	1–1	FC Emmen	Rotterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sinisterra 24' Kökçü 37'	Report	Bakker 38' De Leeuw 79' (pen.)	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

4 April 2021 28	FC Emmen	3–1	RKC Waalwijk	Emmen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakker 10' Adžić 17' Peña 32', 32' Ben Moussa 43'	Report	Anita 30' Van der Venne 42' Ngonge 90+2'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

10 April 2021 29	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	FC Emmen	Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Janssen 50' Angha 54' Van den Buijs 73' Emmanouilidis 85'	Report	Peña 53' (pen.) Bijl 89' (pen.) Gladon 90+7'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Joey Kooij

25 April 2021 30	FC Emmen	3–1	Heracles Almelo	Emmen
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	De Leeuw 58' (pen.), 89', 90+1' Verrips 82'	Report	De la Torre 36' Vloet 82' (pen.)	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 987 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

2 May 2021 31	Ajax	4–0	FC Emmen	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Timber 10' Álvarez 57' Haller 61' Tagliafico 65' Rensch 66' Klaassen 74'	Report	Cavlan 14' Vlak 61'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

9 May 2021 32	FC Emmen	0–4	FC Groningen	Emmen
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Bijl 27' Vlak 53'	Report	Van Hintum 28', 55' Da Cruz 52', 62' Lundqvist 55' Abraham 81'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

13 May 2021 33	FC Emmen	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Peña 21' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Laursen 82'	Report	Schöne 27' Van Hecke 52' De Jong 76' Nygren 88' Van Ottele 90+2'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

16 May 2021 34	VVV-Venlo	0–4	FC Emmen	Venlo
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pachonik 39' Post 84'	Report	Bijl 24' Adžić 36' Peña 53' (pen.) Bernadou 61' De Leeuw 64' Gladon 81'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Promotion/relegation play-offs

20 May 2021 Semi-finals	FC Emmen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	NAC Breda	Emmen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Peña 72' Hendriks 80' (o.g.)	Report	Immers 16' Azarkan 34' Hendriks 58'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Allard Lindhout
	Penalties
	De Leeuw Araujo Veendorp Bijl Peña		Van Hooijdonk Fiorini Jansen Malone El Allouchi

KNVB Cup

28 October 2020 First round	FC Emmen	2–0	FC Eindhoven	Emmen
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Leeuw 78', 94'	Report		Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

15 December 2020 Second round	FC Emmen	2–1	FC Groningen	Emmen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bijl 60' Jansen 67'	Report	Lundqvist 27'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

20 January 2021 Round of 16	FC Emmen	1–2	SC Heerenveen	Emmen
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peña 44'	Report	Nygren 72' J. Veerman 90' (pen.)	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

References

^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_RPO0.66899532436812-1] Seven teams, one from the Eredivisie and six from the Eerste Divisie, play for one spot in the 2021–22 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams play in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie.

[2] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[3] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[rules2020-21-4] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

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

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