# 2020–21 Willem II season

The 2020–21 Willem II season was the club's 125th season in existence and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Willem II participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 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 | Robbin Ruiter |
| 3 | DF | NED | Freek Heerkens (2nd captain) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Jordens Peters (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Ian Smeulers (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 6 | DF | NED | Jan-Arie van der Heijden |
| 7 | FW | NED | Ché Nunnely |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Pol Llonch |
| 10 | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis |
| 11 | FW | GER | Mats Köhlert |
| 13 | DF | NED | Leeroy Owusu |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Elton Kabangu |
| 15 | FW | NED | Ole Romeny (on loan from NEC) |
| 16 | MF | NED | Rick Zuijderwijk |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Dries Saddiki |
| 18 | DF | SUR | Miquel Nelom |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | GHA | Kwasi Okyere Wriedt |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Mike Trésor |
| 22 | DF | NED | Victor van den Bogert |
| 23 | MF | GER | Görkem Sağlam |
| 24 | GK | NED | Connor van den Berg |
| 25 | DF | SWE | Sebastian Holmén |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Jorn Brondeel |
| 27 | DF | GER | Derrick Köhn |
| 30 | MF | ALB | Lindon Selahi (on loan from Twente) |
| 32 | DF | NED | Sven van Beek (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 43 | MF | NED | Wesley Spieringhs |
| 46 | DF | NED | Jop van den Avert |
| 48 | DF | NED | Vincent Schippers |
| 49 | GK | KOS | Arijanet Murić (on loan from Manchester City) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Dylan Ryan (at Melbourne Victory until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GER | John Yeboah (at Almere City until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 14th | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 023.53 |
| KNVB Cup | 2 December 2020 | 17 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 September 2020 | 24 September 2020 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 45 | 74 | −29 | 024.32 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Heerenveen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 39 | |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 38 | |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 18 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.