# 2020–21 SC Cambuur season

The 2020–21 season was the 56th season in the existence of SC Cambuur and the club's fifth consecutive season in the second division of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Cambuur participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 August 2020
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 | Sonny Stevens |
| 2 | DF | NED | Jasper ter Heide |
| 3 | DF | NED | Calvin Mac-Intosch |
| 4 | DF | NED | Erik Schouten (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Doke Schmidt |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mees Hoedemakers |
| 7 | FW | NED | Issa Kallon |
| 8 | MF | NED | Jamie Jacobs |
| 9 | FW | NED | Maarten Pouwels |
| 10 | MF | NED | Mitchel Paulissen |
| 11 | FW | NED | Giovanni Korte |
| 12 | GK | NED | Pieter Bos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NED | Michael Breij |
| 16 | DF | NED | Alex Bangura |
| 18 | MF | NED | Stanley Akoy |
| 19 | DF | NED | Sven Nieuwpoort |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Robin Maulun |
| 21 | FW | NED | Robert Mühren (on loan from Zulte Waregem) |
| 22 | FW | NED | Delano Ladan |
| 24 | DF | FRA | David Sambissa |
| 25 | GK | MKD | Besir Nuhiu |
| 26 | FW | NED | Ragnar Oratmangoen |
| 27 | FW | CUW | Jarchinio Antonia |
| 33 | GK | NED | Brett Minnema |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Eerste Divisie | 28 August 2020 | 12 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 109 | 36 | +73 | 076.32 |
| KNVB Cup | 28 October 2020 | 17 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 112 | 40 | +72 | 072.50 |
Last updated: 12 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Eerste Divisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | SC Cambuur (C, P) | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 109 | 36 | +73 | 92 | Champion and promotion to the Eredivisie |
| 2 | Go Ahead Eagles (P) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 25 | +37 | 77 | Promotion to the Eredivisie |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 77 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Almere City FC | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 48 | +27 | 75 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 73 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
* ↑ Winner of the First, Second and Fourth Period (rounds 1–9, 10–19 and 29–38).
* ↑ Winner of the Third Period (rounds 20–28).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: August 2020. Source: Divisie.nl/nl-nl/Stand Eerste Divisie

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 28 July 2020.