# 2020–21 Heracles Almelo season

The 2020–21 season was the 118th season in existence of Heracles Almelo and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Heracles Almelo 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

    As of 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Janis Blaswich |
| 2 | DF | NED | Tim Breukers |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giacomo Quagliata |
| 4 | DF | NED | Robin Pröpper (captain) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marco Rente |
| 6 | MF | GER | Orestis Kiomourtzoglou |
| 8 | MF | NED | Teun Bijleveld |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Sinan Bakış |
| 10 | MF | NED | Rai Vloet |
| 11 | FW | NED | Silvester van der Water |
| 13 | DF | NED | Mats Knoester |
| 14 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Lucas Schoofs |
| 16 | GK | NED | Michael Brouwer |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Adrián Szőke |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Ismail Azzaoui |
| 19 | DF | NED | Navajo Bakboord |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Kasper Lunding |
| 21 | GK | GER | Daniel Mesenhöler |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mateo Les |
| 23 | DF | BEL | Noah Fadiga |
| 24 | DF | GER | Elias Oubella |
| 25 | FW | TUR | Ahmed Kutucu (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 26 | GK | NED | Koen Bucker |
| 27 | MF | TUR | Melih Ibrahimoglu |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Elias Sierra |
| 30 | MF | BDI | Mohamed Amissi |
| 31 | MF | NED | Rohat Agca |
| 34 | DF | NED | Jeff Hardeveld |
| 37 | FW | NED | Delano Burgzorg |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CUW | Jeremy Cijntje (on loan to Waasland-Beveren) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## 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 | 13 September 2020 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 035.29 |
| KNVB Cup | 28 October 2020 | 20 January 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 036.11 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Groningen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 44 | |
| 10 | Twente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 41 | |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 41 | |
* ↑ Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.