# 2020–21 PEC Zwolle season

The 2020–21 PEC Zwolle season was the club's 111th season in existence and the 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, PEC Zwolle 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 | NED | Xavier Mous |
| 2 | DF | NED | Bram van Polen (captain) |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Thomas Lam |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Yuta Nakayama |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kenneth Paal |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mustafa Saymak |
| 7 | FW | NED | Virgil Misidjan |
| 8 | FW | IRN | Reza Ghoochannejhad |
| 9 | FW | NED | Mike van Duinen |
| 11 | MF | NED | Jesper Drost |
| 13 | MF | GER | Rico Strieder |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Manuel Benson (on loan from Antwerp) |
| 15 | DF | NED | Sam Kersten |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | NED | Nigel Bertrams (on loan from FC Groningen) |
| 17 | DF | KOS | Destan Bajselmani |
| 20 | MF | NED | Thomas van den Belt |
| 21 | MF | NED | Samir Lagsir |
| 22 | MF | NED | Pelle Clement |
| 23 | FW | NED | Eliano Reijnders |
| 25 | MF | NED | Immanuel Pherai (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 27 | FW | SRB | Slobodan Tedić (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 29 | FW | NED | Thomas Buitink (on loan from Vitesse) |
| 30 | MF | NED | Dean Huiberts |
| 31 | DF | JPN | Sai van Wermeskerken |
| 32 | FW | NED | Jarno Westerman |
| 40 | GK | NED | Mike Hauptmeijer |

### 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 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Clint Leemans (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Destan Bajselmani | Academy | Academy |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Zian Flemming | NEC Nijmegen | Loan return |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Clint Leemans | RKC Waalwijk | Loan return |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Stanley Elbers | RKC Waalwijk | Loan return |
| 2 July 2020 | MF | Rico Strieder | FC Utrecht | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2020 | MF | Jesper Drost | FC Groningen | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | 19 | MF | Rick Dekker | De Graafschap | End of contract | End of contract |
| 1 July 2020 | 32 | MF | Jarni Koorman | TBD | End of contract | End of contract |
| 1 July 2020 | 25 | FW | Stanley Elbers | TBD | End of contract | End of contract |
| 1 July 2020 | 23 | DF | Etiënne Reijnen | End of career | End of career | End of career |
| 1 July 2020 | 17 | FW | Dennis Johnsen | AFC Ajax | End of loan | End of loan |
| 1 July 2020 | 13 | MF | Rico Strieder | FC Utrecht | End of loan | End of loan |
| 3 July 2020 | 38 | MF | Gustavo Hamer | Coventry City F.C. | Transfer | €1,500,000 |
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise due to undisclosed bonuses.

## 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 | 12 September 2020 | 16 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 026.47 |
| KNVB Cup | 1 December 2020 | 15 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 025.71 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 41 |
| 12 | Heerenveen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 39 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 38 |
| 14 | Willem II | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 31 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 30 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 17 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.