# 2020–21 FC Emmen season

The 2020–21 season was FC Emmen's 96th season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Emmen 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

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 | Felix Wiedwald |
| 3 | DF | NED | Keziah Veendorp |
| 4 | DF | NED | Nick Bakker |
| 5 | DF | PER | Miguel Araujo |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Simon Tibbling |
| 8 | MF | NED | Michael de Leeuw (captain) |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Marko Kolar |
| 10 | MF | PER | Sergio Peña |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Nikolai Laursen |
| 14 | DF | NED | Ferhat Görgülü |
| 15 | MF | PER | Didier La Torre |
| 16 | GK | NED | Robin Jalving |
| 17 | FW | NED | Paul Gladon |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Denis Granečný (on loan from Baník Ostrava) |
| 20 | MF | NED | Jari Vlak |
| 21 | MF | NED | Hilal Ben Moussa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | NED | Caner Cavlan |
| 23 | DF | NED | Glenn Bijl |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Lucas Bernadou |
| 25 | FW | BEL | Sekou Sidibe |
| 26 | GK | NED | Dennis Telgenkamp |
| 28 | GK | NED | Michael Verrips (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 29 | DF | SUI | Elias Frei |
| 30 | DF | USA | Desevio Payne |
| 31 | MF | TUR | Kerim Frei |
| 32 | MF | NED | Robbert de Vos |
| 34 | DF | NED | Ricardo van Rhijn |
| 35 | DF | PER | Jean-Pierre Rhyner (on loan from Cádiz) |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Luka Adžić (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 93 | GK | NED | Stefan van der Lei |
| — | MF | NED | Luciano Carty |

## 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 | 16th | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 020.59 |
| Eredivisie Play-offs | 20 May 2021 | 20 May 2021 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 28 October 2020 | 20 January 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 023.68 |
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 |
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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.