# 2020–21 PSV Eindhoven season

The 2020–21 season was PSV Eindhoven's 108th season in existence and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, PSV participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup and also participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covers 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 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever |
| 5 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Sangaré |
| 7 | FW | ISR | Eran Zahavi |
| 9 | FW | NED | Donyell Malen (vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Mohamed Ihattaren |
| 11 | MF | GER | Adrian Fein (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 13 | GK | GER | Lars Unnerstall |
| 14 | MF | NED | Marco van Ginkel (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Érick Gutiérrez |
| 16 | GK | GER | Vincent Müller |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Mauro Júnior |
| 18 | MF | NED | Pablo Rosario |
| 19 | FW | NED | Cody Gakpo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Romero |
| 21 | GK | BEL | Maxime Delanghe |
| 22 | DF | NED | Denzel Dumfries (captain) |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Noni Madueke |
| 24 | DF | NED | Armando Obispo |
| 27 | MF | GER | Mario Götze |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Olivier Boscagli |
| 29 | FW | NED | Joël Piroe |
| 30 | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas |
| 31 | DF | GER | Philipp Max |
| 33 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze |
| 38 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 53 | FW | BEL | Yorbe Vertessen |

#### Players 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 |
| — | DF | NED | Derrick Luckassen (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek (at Slovan Liberec until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | POR | Bruma (at Olympiacos until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | JPN | Ritsu Doan (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 38 | GK | Yvon Mvogo | RB Leipzig | Loan | 25 August 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Philipp Max | FC Augsburg | € 8,000,000 | 2 September 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Eran Zahavi | Guangzhou R&F | Free | 20 September 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Vincent Müller | Würzburger Kickers | € 500,000 | 23 September 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Ibrahim Sangaré | Toulouse | € 9,000,000 | 28 September 2020 |
| 11 | MF | Adrian Fein | Bayern Munich | Loan | 6 October 2020 |
| 14 | MF | Marco van Ginkel | Chelsea | Loan | 6 October 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Mario Götze | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 6 October 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 11 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | Marseille | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Jeroen Zoet | Spezia | € 1,500,000 | 8 September 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Sam Lammers | Atalanta | € 9,000,000 | 23 September 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Jorrit Hendrix | Spartak | € 700,000 | 16 January 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  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 | 13 September 2020 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 061.76 |
| KNVB Cup | 16 December 2020 | 10 February 2021 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 25 February 2021 | Third qualifying round | Round of 32 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 102 | 53 | +49 | 063.83 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 102 | 23 | +79 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds and play-off round
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSV | GRA | PAOK | OMO |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Granada | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | PAOK | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Omonia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 16 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 13 | GK | GER | Lars Unnerstall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | GER | Vincent Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BEL | Maxime Delanghe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever | 22 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl | 14 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Denzel Dumfries | 41 | 4 | 27+3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | NED | Armando Obispo | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Olivier Boscagli | 42 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Philipp Max | 44 | 6 | 29+2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze | 45 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Oppegård | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BRA | Luis Felipe | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | NED | Shurandy Sambo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Sangaré | 39 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Mohamed Ihattaren | 29 | 3 | 13+9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Adrian Fein | 18 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Marco van Ginkel | 12 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Érick Gutiérrez | 10 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Mauro Júnior | 28 | 3 | 12+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Pablo Rosario | 40 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Mario Götze | 25 | 6 | 17+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas | 24 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | USA | Richard Ledezma | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | NOR | Mathias Kjølø | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | MAR | Ismael Saibari | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ISR | Eran Zahavi | 33 | 17 | 24+1 | 11 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Donyell Malen | 45 | 27 | 26+6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Cody Gakpo | 29 | 11 | 22+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 4 |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Romero | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Noni Madueke | 32 | 9 | 7+17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | NED | Joel Piroe | 14 | 3 | 0+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 53 | FW | BEL | Yorbe Vertessen | 18 | 2 | 6+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | CUW | Jeremy Antonisse | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NED | Jorrit Hendrix | 16 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Sam Lammers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | POR | Bruma | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 25 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Donyell Malen | 14 | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Eran Zahavi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 19 | FW | | Cody Gakpo | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | | Noni Madueke | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 31 | DF | | Philipp Max | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 27 | MF | | Mario Götze | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Mauro Júnior | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 22 | DF | | Denzel Dumfries | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 29 | FW | | Joël Piroe | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Mohamed Ihattaren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 28 | DF | | Olivier Boscagli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | | Ibrahim Sangaré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 11 | MF | | Adrian Fein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | MF | | Pablo Rosario | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 20 | FW | | Maximiliano Romero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 30 | MF | | Ryan Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 5 | 23 | 83 |