# 2020–21 FC Utrecht season

The 2020–21 FC Utrecht season was the club's 51st season in existence and the 51st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. In the regular season, they have qualified for the play-offs, for this they played for a place in the second round of the Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 17 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 | Maarten Paes |
| 2 | DF | NED | Mark van der Maarel |
| 3 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Hidde ter Avest |
| 5 | DF | GER | Leon Guwara |
| 6 | MF | NED | Adam Maher |
| 7 | FW | NED | Gyrano Kerk |
| 8 | MF | NED | Joris van Overeem |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Adrián Dalmau |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Simon Gustafson |
| 11 | FW | NED | Eljero Elia |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström |
| 14 | DF | NED | Willem Janssen (captain) |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Daniel Arzani (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 16 | GK | NED | Thijmen Nijhuis |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Benaissa Benamar |
| 17 | DF | NED | Sean Klaiber |
| 18 | MF | NED | Justin Lonwijk |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Mimoun Mahi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | NED | Giovanni Troupée |
| 21 | DF | NED | Django Warmerdam |
| 22 | MF | NED | Sander van de Streek |
| 23 | MF | NED | Bart Ramselaar |
| 24 | MF | NED | Odysseus Velanas |
| 25 | MF | NED | Tommy St. Jago |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Othmane Boussaid |
| 28 | MF | NED | Urby Emanuelson |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Moussa Sylla |
| 30 | FW | NED | Remco Balk |
| 31 | GK | NED | Fabian de Keijzer |
| 32 | GK | GER | Eric Oelschlägel |
| 33 | DF | NED | Ruben Kluivert |
| 34 | DF | NED | Christopher Mamengi |
| 37 | FW | NED | Mohamed Mallahi |
| 38 | MF | NED | Davy van den Berg |
| 39 | FW | NED | Jeredy Hilterman |
| 40 | DF | NED | Sylian Mokono |
| 50 | GK | NED | Joey Houweling |
* 1 2 3 4 Sold or loaned out during the season.

## Transfers
### Summer
#### Transfers in

| Nat. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Particularities |
| NED | DF | Django Warmerdam | FC Groningen | Transfer free |
| NED | FW | Eljero Elia | İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. | Transfer free |
| MAR | FW | Mimoun Mahi | FC Zürich | Transfer free |
| FRA | FW | Moussa Sylla | AS Monaco FC | Transfer free |
| GER | GK | Eric Oelschlägel | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer free |
| NED | DF | Justin Hoogma | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | On loan |
| AUS | FW | Daniel Arzani | Manchester City | On loan |
| BIH | DF | Dario Đumić | SV Darmstadt 98 | Back from loan |
| SWE | DF | Emil Bergström | FC Basel | Back from loan |
| NED | FW | Nick Venema | Almere City FC | Back from loan |
| GER | MF | Rico Strieder | PEC Zwolle | Back from loan |
| BEL | FW | Othmane Boussaid | NAC Breda | Back from loan |
| NED | FW | Patrick Joosten | Sparta Rotterdam | Back from loan |

#### Transfers out

| Nat. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Particularities |
| NED | DF | Sean Klaiber | AFC Ajax | € 5,000,000 |
| NED | FW | Patrick Joosten | FC Groningen | € 400,000 |
| GER | MF | Rico Strieder | PEC Zwolle | |
| BIH | DF | Dario Đumić | FC Twente | |
| CZE | FW | Václav Černý | FC Twente | On loan |
| NED | MF | Mitchell van Rooijen | SBV Excelsior | On loan |
| GER | FW | Jonas Arweiler | ADO Den Haag | On loan |
| NED | FW | Nick Venema | NAC Breda | On loan |
| GHA | FW | Abass Issah | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Back from loan |
| SWE | FW | Kristoffer Peterson | Swansea City A.F.C. | Back from loan |
| NED | GK | Jeroen Zoet | PSV Eindhoven | Back from loan |
| NED | DF | Justin Hoogma | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Back from loan |
| NED | FW | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | FK Partizan Belgrado | End of contract |
| SEN | DF | Lamine Sané | Unknown | End of contract |

### Winter
#### Transfers in

| Nat. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Particularities |
| NED | DF | Hidde ter Avest | Udinese Calcio | Transfer free |
| MAR | DF | Benaissa Benamar | Telstar | |
| NED | FW | Remco Balk | FC Groningen | |

#### Transfers out

| Nat. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Particularities |
| GER | DF | Leon Guwara | VVV-Venlo | On loan |
| NED | MF | Justin Lonwijk | Viborg FF | On loan (+option to buy) |
| AUS | FW | Daniel Arzani | Manchester City | Terminated the loan early |

## 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 | 18 September 2020 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 2 | 6th | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 038.24 |
| Play-offs Conference League | 19 May 2021 | 23 May 2021 | Semifinals | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 October 2020 | 16 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 039.47 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ 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 |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.

#### Play-offs Conference League
### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Sander van de Streek | 11 |
| 2. | Gyrano Kerk | 8 |
| 3. | Mimoun Mahi | 7 |
| 4. | Adrián Dalmau | 4 |
| 4. | Bart Ramselaar | 4 |
| 6. | Hidde ter Avest | 2 |
| 6. | Othmane Boussaid | 2 |
| 6. | Eljero Elia | 2 |
| 6. | Simon Gustafson | 2 |
| 6. | Mark van der Maarel | 2 |
| 6. | Adam Maher | 2 |
| 6. | Joris van Overeem | 2 |
| 13. | Justin Hoogma | 1 |
| 13. | Sean Klaiber | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | 52 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Mimoun Mahi | 2 |
| 1. | Bart Ramselaar | 2 |
| 1. | Sander van de Streek | 2 |
| 4. | Gyrano Kerk | 1 |
| 4. | Moussa Sylla | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | – |
| Totals | Totals | 8 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Simon Gustafson | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | – |
| Totals | Totals | 1 |
* ↑ Sold or loaned out during the season.

### Assists

| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Sander van de Streek | 5 |
| 2. | Gyrano Kerk | 4 |
| 2. | Adam Maher | 4 |
| 2. | Bart Ramselaar | 4 |
| 5. | Hidde ter Avest | 3 |
| 5. | Mark van der Maarel | 3 |
| 7. | Othmane Boussaid | 2 |
| 7. | Mimoun Mahi | 2 |
| 7. | Django Warmerdam | 2 |
| 10. | Daniel Arzani | 1 |
| 10. | Benaissa Benamar | 1 |
| 10. | Simon Gustafson | 1 |
| 10. | Justin Hoogma | 1 |
| 10. | Moussa Sylla | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 34 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Daniel Arzani | 1 |
| 1. | Eljero Elia | 1 |
| 1. | Mark van der Maarel | 1 |
| 1. | Gyrano Kerk | 1 |
| 1. | Giovanni Troupée | 1 |
| 1. | Django Warmerdam | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 6 |
* 1 2 Sold or loaned out during the season.

## Attendance

| Round | Opponent | Attendance | Total attendance | Average |
| Eredivisie |||||
| 3 | RKC Waalwijk | 4,944 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 4 | sc Heerenveen | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 8 | AFC Ajax | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 1 | AZ | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 17 | Heracles Almelo | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 18 | Sparta Rotterdam | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 20 | PEC Zwolle | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 22 | VVV-Venlo | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 24 | FC Emmen | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 26 | Vitesse | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 29 | Feyenoord | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 31 | Willem II | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| 34 | PSV | 0 | 4,944 | 4,944 |
| KNVB Cup |||||
| There have been no home games this season. |||||
| Play-offs Conference League |||||
| Semifinals | FC Groningen | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
* ↑ Only the matches with an audience are included in this.