# 2020–21 Eredivisie (women)

The 2020–21 Eredivisie Vrouwen is the eleventh season of the Netherlands women's top professional football league. FC Twente, the reigning champions from the 2018-19 season, repeated as champions.

## Format

The league had a split-season format. The regular season had a double round robin schedule, with each team playing the other seven teams twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 14 matches each. After that, the top four teams qualified for a championship playoff, and the bottom four teams played a placement playoff. Each group also played a double round robin format, with each team playing the three other teams in its cohort twice, for a total of 6 matches each. Points accumulated in the regular season were halved and added to the points of the playoff stage rounds for the final standings. There was neither relegation nor promotion, and the top two teams qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.

## Teams

All eight teams from the previous season returned. Excelsior ended its initial three-year partnership with Barendrecht, dropping the latter club's name.
| Team | City / Town | Venue(s) | Capacity |
| ADO Den Haag | Den Haag | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 |
| AFC Ajax | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 05,000 |
| VV Alkmaar | Alkmaar | Sportpark AFC '34 [nl] | 02,500 |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 04,500 |
| SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Sportpark Skoatterwâld [nl] | 03,000 |
| SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Sportcomplex Nieuwehorne (Nieuwehorne) | 01,000 |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | MAC³PARK Stadion | 14,000 |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | Sportpark Be Quick '28 [nl] | 03,000 |
| PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Phillips Stadion | 035,119 |
| PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Sportcomplex De Herdgang | 02,500 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | Sportpark Het Diekman [nl] | 04,000 |
Source: Soccerway, Football Reference

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Twente | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 32 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 2 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 31 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 3 | Ajax | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 31 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 5 | PEC Zwolle | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 16 | Qualification to Placement play-off |
| 6 | Heerenveen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 12 | Qualification to Placement play-off |
| 7 | Alkmaar | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 41 | −26 | 9 | Qualification to Placement play-off |
| 8 | Excelsior | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 39 | −31 | 6 | Qualification to Placement play-off |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | ALK | EXC | HEE | PEC | PSV | TWE |
| ADO Den Haag | | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Ajax | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Alkmaar | 1–4 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Excelsior | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 0–3 |
| Heerenveen | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–6 |
| PEC Zwolle | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| PSV | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | | 1–2 |
| Twente | 0–2 | 2–1 | 9–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |

## Playoffs
### Championship playoffs
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | SP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Twente (C) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 16 | 29 | UEFA Champions League first round |
| 2 | PSV | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 16 | 28 | UEFA Champions League first round |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 16 | 25 | |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 10 | 11 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | PSV | TWE |
| ADO Den Haag | | 3–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Ajax | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| PSV | 6–2 | 3–1 | | 2–1 |
| Twente | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |

### Placement playoffs
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | SP | Pts |
| 1 | Heerenveen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Alkmaar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 5 | 8 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALK | EXC | HEE | PEC |
| Alkmaar | | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 |
| Excelsior | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Heerenveen | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| PEC Zwolle | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Games | | | avg. |
| 01. | Joëlle Smits | PSV | 18 | 23 | 04 | 1.28 |
| 02. | Renate Jansen | Twente | 20 | 12 | 00 | 0.6 |
| 03. | Fenna Kalma | Twente | 20 | 11 | 01 | 0.55 |
| 04. | Anna-Lena Stolze | Twente | 18 | 10 | 00 | 0.56 |
| 05. | Nikita Tromp | Ajax | 19 | 09 | 02 | 0.47 |
| 06. | Nikée van Dijk [nl] | sc Heerenveen | 15 | 07 | 00 | 0.47 |
| 06. | Jaimy Ravensbergen | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 07 | 00 | 0.41 |
| 08. | Vanity Lewerissa | Ajax | 12 | 06 | 00 | 0.5 |
| 08. | Marjolijn van den Bighelaar | Ajax | 14 | 06 | 02 | 0.43 |
| 08. | Chimera Ripa [nl] | VV Alkmaar | 19 | 06 | 00 | 0.32 |
| 08. | Kirsten van de Westeringh | sc Heerenveen | 19 | 06 | 00 | 0.32 |
| 08. | Sanne Koopman [nl] | VV Alkmaar | 19 | 06 | 00 | 0.32 |
| 08. | Dominique Bruinenberg | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 06 | 03 | 0.32 |
Source: Soccerway

### Hat-tricks(+)

| Rnd | Player | Club | Goals | Date | Home | Score | Away |
| 5 | Joëlle Smits | PSV | 31', 40', 43' | 1 Nov 2020 | Excelsior | 0 – 6 | PSV |
| 5 | Kayleigh van Dooren | PSV | 68', 78', 90' | 1 Nov 2020 | Excelsior | 0 – 6 | PSV |
| 12 | Fenna Kalma | Twente | 55', 65', 69' | 12 Mar 2021 | Heerenveen | 2 – 6 | Twente |
| 13 | Anna-Lena Stolze | Twente | 1', 26', 38', 47', 51' | 21 Mar 2021 | Twente | 9 – 0 | Alkmaar |
| 4 PO | Joëlle Smits | PSV | 32', 45+3', 78' | 14 May 2021 | PSV | 6 – 2 | ADO Den Haag |