# 2020–21 VVV-Venlo season

The 2020–21 season was the 116th season in existence of VVV-Venlo and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, VVV-Venlo participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 19 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 | GER | Thorsten Kirschbaum |
| 2 | DF | GER | Tobias Pachonik |
| 3 | DF | NED | Arjan Swinkels |
| 4 | MF | SUI | Roy Gelmi |
| 5 | DF | GER | Steffen Schäfer |
| 6 | MF | NED | Danny Post (captain) |
| 7 | FW | NED | Guus Hupperts |
| 8 | FW | FRA | Zinédine Machach (on loan from Napoli) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Vito van Crooij |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Giorgos Giakoumakis |
| 12 | FW | ARU | Joshua John |
| 14 | DF | NED | Christian Kum |
| 15 | MF | NED | Simon Janssen |
| 16 | GK | NED | Delano van Crooij |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | NED | Tristan Dekker |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Christos Donis (on loan from Ascoli) |
| 19 | FW | NED | Yahcuroo Roemer |
| 21 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Donis (on loan from Stade Reims) |
| 22 | GK | NED | Bram Verbong |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Nezar S'rifi |
| 24 | MF | NED | Wassim Essanoussi |
| 25 | FW | CUW | Jafar Arias |
| 26 | DF | GER | Lukas Schmitz |
| 27 | FW | NED | Torino Hunte |
| 30 | GK | NED | Jens Craenmehr |
| 37 | MF | GER | Meritan Shabani (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 38 | DF | GER | Leon Guwara (on loan from FC Utrecht) |
| 44 | DF | SWE | Kristopher Da Graca |

### 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 |
| 18 | DF | NED | Stan van Dijck (to Roda JC until 30 June 2021) |
| 20 | MF | NED | Aaron Bastiaans (to Helmond Sport until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 15 | | | TBD | | 1 July 2020 | |

## 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 | 17th | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 91 | −48 | 017.65 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 October 2020 | 2 March 2021 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 54 | 97 | −43 | 025.64 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Willem II | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 31 | |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 30 | |
| 16 | Emmen (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | VVV-Venlo (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 91 | −48 | 23 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 76 | −47 | 22 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Seven teams, one from the Eredivisie and six from the Eerste Divisie, play for one spot in the 2021–22 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams play in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.