# 2020–21 ADO Den Haag season

The 2020–21 ADO Den Haag season was the club's 116th season in existence and the 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, ADO Den Haag 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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Luuk Koopmans |
| 2 | DF | NED | Milan van Ewijk |
| 3 | DF | NED | Peet Bijen |
| 4 | DF | NED | Boy Kemper |
| 5 | DF | NED | Juan Familia-Castillo (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 8 | MF | NED | John Goossens |
| 9 | FW | GER | Jonas Arweiler (on loan from FC Utrecht) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Nasser El Khayati |
| 14 | MF | NED | Kees de Boer |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Dario Del Fabro (on loan from Juventus) |
| 17 | MF | ISR | Ilay Elmkies (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 18 | FW | GER | David Philipp (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 19 | DF | NED | Shaquille Pinas |
| 20 | FW | NED | Vicente Besuijen |
| 21 | FW | NED | Bilal Ould-Chikh |
| 22 | GK | NED | Robert Zwinkels |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Pascu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | NED | Bobby Adekanye (on loan from Lazio) |
| 25 | DF | NED | Jamal Amofa |
| 26 | MF | NED | Sem Steijn |
| 27 | FW | NED | Yahya Boussakou |
| 28 | MF | NED | Maarten Rieder |
| 29 | FW | NED | Michiel Kramer |
| 30 | MF | MAR | Youness Mokhtar |
| 31 | FW | NED | Ricardo Kishna |
| 33 | FW | BEL | Amine Essabri |
| 34 | FW | BIH | Amar Ćatić |
| 35 | GK | NED | Youri Schoonderwaldt |
| 43 | DF | NED | Lassana Faye (on loan from Sparta Rotterdam) |
| 51 | DF | NED | Gianni Zuiverloon |
| 53 | DF | NED | Daryl Janmaat (captain) |
| 88 | MF | NED | Marko Vejinović |
| 90 | GK | AUT | Martin Fraisl |
| 95 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Gomelt |

### 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 |
| — | MF | NED | Danny Bakker (to Roda JC until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | NED | Hugo Botermans (to FC Eindhoven until 30 June 2021) |
| — | GK | NED | Mike Havekotte (to MVV Maastricht until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | NED | Lorenzo van Kleef (to FC Eindhoven until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NED | Aaron Meijers (to Sparta Rotterdam until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | NED | Dehninio Muringen (to FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GHA | Robin Polley (to FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | NED | Evan Rottier (to TOP Oss until 30 June 2021) |

## 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 | 18th | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 76 | −47 | 011.76 |
| KNVB Cup | 28 October 2020 | 19 January 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 79 | −48 | 011.11 |
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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.