# 2020–21 FC Twente season

The 2020–21 FC Twente season was the club's 56th season in existence and second consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Twente 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 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Julio Pleguezuelo |
| 5 | DF | NED | Gijs Smal |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama (captain) |
| 7 | FW | CZE | Václav Černý (on loan from Utrecht) |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Luka Ilić (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo (on loan from Ajax) |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Abass Issah (on loan from Mainz 05) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Queensy Menig |
| 15 | DF | NED | Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax) |
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel |
| 17 | DF | NED | Jayden Oosterwolde |
| 19 | MF | NED | Ramiz Zerrouki |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | NED | Godfried Roemeratoe |
| 22 | GK | NED | Jeffrey de Lange |
| 23 | DF | NGA | Tyronne Ebuehi (on loan from Benfica) |
| 24 | DF | NED | Nathangelo Markelo (on loan from Everton) |
| 25 | FW | NED | Luciano Narsingh (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 30 | GK | NED | Ennio van der Gouw |
| 32 | MF | NED | Jesse Bosch |
| 35 | DF | NED | Mees Hilgers |
| 37 | MF | NED | Thijs van Leeuwen |
| 40 | MF | NED | Casper Staring |
| 43 | DF | BIH | Dario Đumić |
| — | MF | NED | Max Bruns |
| — | FW | NED | Daan Rots |

### 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 |
| 18 | MF | ALB | Lindon Selahi (at Willem II until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Transferred from | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Gijs Smal | FC Volendam | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2020 | FW | Václav Černý | FC Utrecht | Loan |
| 16 July 2020 | DF | Kik Pierie | Ajax | Loan |
| 20 July 2020 | DF | Jayden Oosterwolde | FC Twente / Heracles Academie | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2020 | DF | Nathangelo Markelo | Everton | Loan |
| 31 July 2020 | FW | Lazaros Lamprou | PAOK | Loan |
| 3 August 2020 | FW | Alexander Jeremejeff | Dynamo Dresden | Loan |
| 20 August 2020 | FW | Danilo | Ajax | Loan |
| 21 August 2020 | DF | Tyronne Ebuehi | Benfica | Loan |
| 4 September 2020 | DF | Dario Đumić | FC Utrecht | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Luka Ilić | Manchester City | Loan |
| 6 October 2020 | FW | Halil Dervişoğlu | Brentford | Loan |

### Out

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

## 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 | 10th | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 029.41 |
| KNVB Cup | 27 October 2020 | 27 October 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 028.57 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 44 | |
| 10 | Twente | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 41 | |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 41 | |
| 12 | Heerenveen | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 39 | |
* ↑ 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 |
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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.