# 2020–21 Feyenoord season

The 2020–21 season was 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.

## Disney+ series

In February 2021, Feyenoord and The Walt Disney Company announced the production of a Disney+ docuseries about Feyenoord during the 2020–21 season. The series consisted of 8 episodes. In May 2021 Feyenoord announced that the series would be titled Dat ene woord - Feyenoord and would be available from August 27, 2021. It was later announced that the series would be getting a ninth episode, with the release of the first episode being pushed back to September 1.

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixtures

## 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 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 20 January 2021 | 17 February 2021 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Group stage | 3rd (group stage) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 045.45 |
Source: Competitions
* ↑ Including matches in the European competition play-offs.

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Vitesse | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Feyenoord (O) | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 64 | 36 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Groningen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | 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 | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### European competition play-offs

Four teams play for a spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

### Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout phase | 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 | — |

## Statistics
### Player details

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 | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europe League | Europe League | Europe League | Europe League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Justin Bijlow | GK | 16 | | | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | 19 | | 1 | |
| 2 | | Bart Nieuwkoop | DF | 15 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 3 | | 19 | | 4 | |
| 4 | | Marcos Senesi | DF | 34 | 3 | 5 | | 2 | | | | 5 | | 4 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | | Ridgeciano Haps | DF | 23 | 3 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 28 | 4 | 3 | |
| 6 | | Mark Diemers | MF | 30 | 3 | 2 | | 2 | | | | 6 | | | | 38 | 3 | 2 | |
| 8 | | Leroy Fer | MF | 27 | | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 29 | | 5 | |
| 9 | | Nicolai Jørgensen | FW | 25 | 5 | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | 2 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | | Steven Berghuis - (C) | FW | 33 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | | 41 | 21 | 8 | 2 |
| 11 | | Bryan Linssen | FW | 30 | 9 | 2 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 6 | | | | 38 | 11 | 3 | |
| 15 | | Tyrell Malacia | DF | 27 | | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | 3 | | 2 | | 32 | | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | | Luis Sinisterra | FW | 22 | 4 | 3 | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 25 | 5 | 3 | |
| 18 | | Aliou Baldé | FW | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 19 | | Róbert Boženík | FW | 16 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | | João Carlos Teixeira | MF | 18 | | | | | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 22 | | 1 | |
| 21 | | Nick Marsman | GK | 21 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 26 | | 1 | |
| 22 | | Lutsharel Geertruida | DF | 30 | 5 | | | 2 | 2 | | | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 37 | 8 | 1 | |
| 23 | | Orkun Kökçü | MF | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | 6 | 1 | | | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | | Lucas Pratto | FW | 7 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | 8 | | 2 | |
| 25 | | Uroš Spajić | DF | 20 | | 5 | | 1 | | | | 6 | | 2 | | 27 | | 7 | |
| 27 | | Christian Conteh | FW | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 28 | | Jens Toornstra | MF | 33 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | 6 | | 1 | | 41 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | | Ramon ten Hove | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | | Eric Botteghin | DF | 25 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 30 | 1 | 3 | |
| 43 | | Achraf El Bouchataoui$^‡$ | MF | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 49 | | Tein Troost$^‡$ | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | | Sem Valk$^‡$ | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | N/A | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2 | N/A | N/A |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 68 | 47 | 4 | N/A | 6 | 6 | 1 | N/A | 4 | 22 | 2 | N/A | 78 | 75 | 7 |
* ↑ Including play-offs

### 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

| Goalkeeper | Eredivisie | Play-offs | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Total |
| Justin Bijlow | 4 | 2 | N/A | 1 | 7 |
| Nick Marsman | 9 | N/A | 0 | 1 | 10 |

## Transfers
### Summer windows

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mark Diemers (from Fortuna Sittard) |
| 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) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Bryan Linssen (from Vitesse) |
| — | MF | BEL | Francesco Antonucci (from AS Monaco FC) |
| 20 | MF | POR | João Carlos Teixeira (from Vitória S.C.) |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Uroš Spajić (from FC Krasnodar) (on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | NED | Jan-Arie van der Heijden (to Willem II) |
| 20 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia (to RC Celta de Vigo) |
| 27 | DF | NED | Rick Karsdorp (to AS Roma) (return from loan) |
| 31 | GK | NED | Elber Evora (to AZ) |
| — | 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) |
| 18 | FW | NED | Crysencio Summerville (to Leeds United) |
| 35 | FW | NED | Wouter Burger (to Sparta Rotterdam) (on loan) |

### Winter window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | ARG | Lucas Pratto (from River Plate) (on loan) |
| — | FW | SEN | Aliou Baldé (from Diambars FC de Saly) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NED | Sven van Beek (to Willem II) (on loan) |
| 7 | FW | NED | Luciano Narsingh (to FC Twente) (on loan) |
| 14 | DF | SCO | George Johnston (to Wigan Athletic) (on loan) |
| 40 | FW | NED | Marouan Azarkan (to NAC Breda) (on loan) |
| 41 | FW | NED | Naoufal Bannis (to FC Dordrecht) (on loan) |
| 55 | DF | NED | Ian Smeulers (to Willem II) (on loan) |
| 58 | FW | NED | Dylan Vente (to Roda JC) (on loan) |
| 59 | MF | NED | Jordy Wehrmann (to FC Luzern) (on loan) |