# 2019–20 FC Utrecht season

The 2019–20 FC Utrecht season was the club's 50th season in existence and the 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 2 August 2019 to 10 May 2020. Due to COVID-19, the last day of play was on 8 March 2020.

## 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 | Jeroen Zoet (on loan from PSV) |
| 2 | DF | NED | Mark van der Maarel |
| 3 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Leon Guwara |
| 6 | MF | NED | Adam Maher |
| 7 | FW | NED | Gyrano Kerk |
| 8 | MF | NED | Joris van Overeem |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Simon Gustafson |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Adrián Dalmau |
| 14 | DF | NED | Willem Janssen (captain) |
| 16 | GK | NED | Maarten Paes |
| 17 | DF | NED | Sean Klaiber |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | NED | Justin Lonwijk |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Kristoffer Peterson (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 20 | DF | SEN | Lamine Sané |
| 21 | FW | GHA | Abass Issah (on loan from Mainz) |
| 22 | MF | NED | Sander van de Streek |
| 25 | MF | NED | Bart Ramselaar |
| 28 | MF | NED | Urby Emanuelson |
| 30 | DF | NED | Christopher Mamengi |
| 31 | GK | NED | Thijmen Nijhuis |
| 32 | FW | CZE | Václav Černý |
| 33 | DF | NED | Tommy St. Jago |
| 36 | MF | NED | Mitchell van Rooijen |
| 41 | GK | NED | Fabian de Keijzer |

### 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 |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Emil Bergström (at FC Basel until 30 June 2020) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Rico Strieder (at PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2020) |
| 19 | FW | NED | Patrick Joosten ( at Sparta Rotterdam until 30 June 2020) |
| 20 | DF | NED | Giovanni Troupée ( at FC Twente until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Othman Boussaid ( at NAC Breda until 30 June 2020) |
| 29 | FW | NED | Nick Venema ( at Almere City FC until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | BIH | Dario Đumić ( at SV Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 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 | 4 August 2019 | 8 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 048.00 |
| TOTO KNVB Cup | 31 October 2019 | 4 March 2020 | First round | Final | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 056.67 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Willem II | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 41 | |
| 7 | Vitesse | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 41 | |
| 8 | Heracles Almelo | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 36 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | C | D | W | L | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.