# 2019–20 FC Twente season

The 2019–20 season was FC Twente's 55th season in existence and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. It covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. They participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 20 September 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NED | Paul Verhaegh |
| 3 | DF | NED | Xandro Schenk |
| 4 | DF | NED | Calvin Verdonk (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Julio Pleguezuelo |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama (captain) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Aitor |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Javi Espinosa |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Haris Vučkić |
| 11 | FW | NED | Queensy Menig |
| 12 | DF | ESP | José Matos (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Keito Nakamura (on loan from Gamba Osaka) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Rafik Zekhnini (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | DEN | Emil Berggreen |
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel |
| 17 | MF | GER | Tim Hölscher |
| 18 | MF | ALB | Lindon Selahi |
| 19 | DF | JAM | Joel Latibeaudiere (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Oriol Busquets (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 21 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Aburjania (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 22 | GK | NED | Jeffrey de Lange |
| 25 | DF | NED | Peet Bijen |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Jorn Brondeel |
| 29 | MF | NED | Godfried Roemeratoe |

## 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 | 3 August 2019 | 10 May 2020 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 026.92 |
| KNVB Cup | 30 October 2019 | 17 December 2019 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 028.57 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 32 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 28 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 26 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.

### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NED | Jeffrey de Lange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Jorn Brondeel | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Paul Verhaegh | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Xandro Schenk | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Calvin Verdonk | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Julio Pleguezuelo | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | José Matos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Joel Latibeaudiere | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NED | Peet Bijen | 21 | 2 | 18+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | NED | Giovanni Troupée | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama | 11 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Javier Espinosa | 20 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Haris Vučkić | 26 | 11 | 23+2 | 11 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Rafik Zekhnini | 22 | 1 | 5+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Tim Hölscher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ALB | Lindon Selahi | 26 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Oriol Busquets | 23 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Aburjania | 19 | 2 | 5+12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NED | Noa Lang | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | NED | Godfried Roemeratoe | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | NED | Ramiz Larbi Zerrouki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | NED | Jesse Bosch | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Aitor | 22 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Queensy Menig | 13 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Keito Nakamura | 18 | 6 | 13+4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | DEN | Emil Berggreen | 15 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
Last updated: 7 March 2020 Source: