2020–21 Eredivisie

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2020–21 Eredivisie (women).

The 2020–21 Eredivisie was the 65th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 16 May 2021.^[2]

Eredivisie

Season	2020–21
Dates	12 September 2020 – 16 May 2021
Champions	Ajax (35th title)[1]
Relegated	Emmen VVV-Venlo ADO Den Haag
Champions League	Ajax PSV Eindhoven
Europa League	AZ
Europa Conference League	Vitesse Feyenoord
Matches played	306
Goals scored	920 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgos Giakoumakis (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Sparta Rotterdam 6–0 ADO Den Haag (22 November 2020) Feyenoord 6–0 VVV-Venlo (6 March 2021)
Biggest away win	VVV-Venlo 0–13 Ajax (24 October 2020)
Highest scoring	VVV-Venlo 0–13 Ajax (24 October 2020)
Longest winning run	7 matches Ajax
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches Ajax
Longest winless run	22 matches Emmen
Longest losing run	12 matches VVV-Venlo
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

On 2 February 2021, the KNVB announced that effective immediately clubs would be allowed to make an extra substitution for suspected concussions as part of an IFAB sanctioned trial. This trial will allow teams to make up to six substitutions across four breaks in the match instead of five substitutions across three breaks in the match.^[3]

Ajax, having won the title in 2018–19, were the title holders, since the 2019–20 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands after 25 matchdays and the title was not awarded.

Teams

A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league. There were no changes in the league's makeup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ADO

Ajax

AZ

Emmen

Rotterdam

Fortuna

Groningen

Heerenveen

Heracles

PEC

PSV

RKC

Twente

Utrecht

Vitesse

VVV

Willem II

Rotterdam teams

Feyenoord
Sparta

Locations of the 2020–21 Eredivisie teams

Feyenoord

Sparta

Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Cars Jeans Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Johan Cruijff ArenA	55,500
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,023
FC Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	08,600
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	52,000
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Fortuna Sittard Stadion	10,300
FC Groningen	Groningen	Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion	22,550
sc Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	27,224
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Erve Asito	12,080
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK stadion	14,000
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,500
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	07,500
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Spartastadion Het Kasteel	11,000
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	21,248
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion – De Koel	08,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Ruud Brood	Daryl Janmaat	Erreà	Cars Jeans
Ajax	Erik ten Hag	Dušan Tadić	Adidas	Ziggo
AZ	Pascal Jansen (ad int.)	Teun Koopmeiners	Nike	AFAS Software
FC Emmen	Dick Lukkien	Michael de Leeuw	Hummel	EasyToys
Feyenoord	Dick Advocaat	Steven Berghuis	Adidas	Droomparken
Fortuna Sittard	Sjors Ultee	Ben Rienstra	Masita	Hurkmans Groep
FC Groningen	Danny Buijs	Arjen Robben	Puma	Office Centre
sc Heerenveen	Johnny Jansen	Henk Veerman	Jako	Ausnutria
Heracles Almelo	Frank Wormuth	Robin Pröpper	Acerbis	Asito
PEC Zwolle	Bert Konterman (ad int.)	Bram van Polen	Craft	Molecaten
PSV	Roger Schmidt	Denzel Dumfries	Puma	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
RKC Waalwijk	Fred Grim	Anas Tahiri	Stanno	Willy Naessens
Sparta Rotterdam	Henk Fraser	Adil Auassar	Robey	D&S Groep
FC Twente	Ron Jans	Wout Brama	Meyba	Pure Energie
FC Utrecht	René Hake	Willem Janssen	Nike	T-Mobile
Vitesse	Thomas Letsch	Remko Pasveer	Nike	Waterontharder.com
VVV-Venlo	Jos Luhukay	Danny Post	Masita	Seacon Logistics
Willem II	Željko Petrović	Jordens Peters	Robey	DESTIL

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Ref.
ADO Den Haag	Alan Pardew	End of contract	30 June 2020	Preseason	Aleksandar Ranković	1 July 2020	[4]
Fortuna Sittard	Sjors Ultee	Different role			Kevin Hofland		[5]
PSV	Ernest Faber (ad int.)	End of interim spell			Roger Schmidt		[6]
FC Twente	Gonzalo García García	End of contract			Ron Jans		[7]
Vitesse	Edward Sturing (ad int.)	End of interim spell			Thomas Letsch		[8]
FC Utrecht	John van den Brom	Signed by Genk	7 November 2020	8th	René Hake	7 November 2020	[9]
ADO Den Haag	Aleksandar Ranković	Sacked	8 November 2020	16th	Ruud Brood	10 November 2020	[10][11]
Fortuna Sittard	Kevin Hofland		11 November 2020	18th	Sjors Ultee	2 December 2020	[12][13]
AZ	Arne Slot		4 December 2020	7th	Pascal Jansen (ad int.)	4 December 2020	[14]
Willem II	Adrie Koster		26 January 2021	17th	Željko Petrović	29 January 2021	[15][16]
PEC Zwolle	John Stegeman		20 February 2021	13th	Lee-Roy Echteld (ad int.)	24 February 2021	[17][18]
	Lee-Roy Echteld (ad int.)	End of interim spell	27 February 2021	12th	Bert Konterman (ad int.)	27 February 2021
VVV-Venlo	Hans de Koning	Sacked	16 March 2021	15th	Jos Luhukay	17 March 2021	[19][20]

Regular competition

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	28	4	2	102	23	+79	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	PSV Eindhoven	34	21	9	4	74	35	+39	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	AZ	34	21	8	5	75	41	+34	71	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Vitesse	34	18	7	9	52	38	+14	61	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Feyenoord (O)	34	16	11	7	64	36	+28	59	Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
6	Utrecht	34	13	14	7	52	41	+11	53
7	Groningen	34	14	8	12	40	37	+3	50
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	13	8	13	49	48	+1	47
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
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
16	Emmen (R)	34	7	9	18	40	68	−28	30	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs[b]
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

Source: Eredivisie,^[21] Soccerway^[22]
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[23]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Winner of play-off will qualify to Europa Conference League second qualifying round.
2. 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

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	AZ	EMM	FEY	FOR	GRO	HEE	HER	PEC	PSV	RKC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VVV	WIL
ADO Den Haag		2–4	2–2	0–0	3–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–4	0–2	1–4	1–4
Ajax	5–0		2–0	4–0	1–0	5–2	3–1	5–1	5–0	4–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1
AZ	2–1	0–3		1–0	4–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	5–3
Emmen	1–1	0–5	0–1		2–3	2–2	0–4	3–1	3–1	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	2–3	1–4	3–5	1–1
Feyenoord	4–2	0–3	2–3	1–1		2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	6–0	5–0
Fortuna Sittard	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–3		1–3	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	3–2	3–2
Groningen	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Heerenveen	3–0	1–2	0–3	4–0	3–0	1–3	1–1		1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Heracles Almelo	2–0	0–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	4–0	4–0
PEC Zwolle	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–2		0–3	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0
PSV Eindhoven	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–2		2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	3–0
RKC Waalwijk	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–4		0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	6–0	0–1	4–4	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–4	1–1	3–2	3–5	2–0		0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–2
Twente	3–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	0–2		1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1
Utrecht	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1		1–3	3–1	3–2
Vitesse	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0		4–1	0–0
VVV-Venlo	1–2	0–13	1–4	0–4	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–2	3–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–1		2–1
Willem II	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–4	2–1	2–3	3–1	4–0	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–3	0–6	1–3	2–1

Source: Eredivisie,^[24] Soccerway^[25]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ 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
ADO Den Haag	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
Ajax	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
AZ	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W
Emmen	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W
Feyenoord	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W
Fortuna Sittard	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L
Groningen	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L
Heerenveen	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L
Heracles Almelo	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L
PEC Zwolle	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
PSV Eindhoven	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D
RKC Waalwijk	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L
Sparta Rotterdam	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W
Twente	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
Utrecht	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D
Vitesse	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L
VVV-Venlo	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L
Willem II	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W

Source: worldfootball.net

Play-offs

For both play-offs, who plays who, is not decided based on draws, but the brackets are fully preset based on seeds. The seeds are assigned based on the final ranking after the regular season. The best ranked team will get the highest seed (lowest number). Eredivisie teams are considered to be better ranked than eerste divisie teams.

Contrary to previous years, all rounds are no longer two legs (home and away) but a single leg. The team with the best seed will get the home advantage.

If a match is leveled at the end of the normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

European competition play-offs

The four best ranked teams without a European tournament ticket will play for one spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round. The highest seeded team will always play at home.

Teams

Team	Rank	seed
Feyenoord	5	1
Utrecht	6	2
Groningen	7	3
Sparta Rotterdam	8	4

Bracket

	Semifinals (19 May)[26]					Final (23 May)[26]
	1	Feyenoord	2
	4	Sparta Rotterdam	0
						1	Feyenoord	2
						2	Utrecht	0
	2	Utrecht	1
	3	Groningen	0

Semifinals

Utrecht v Groningen

19 May 2021	Utrecht	1–0	Groningen	Utrecht
18:45 CEST	Gustafson 77'	Report		Stadium: Galgenwaard Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

Feyenoord v Sparta Rotterdam

19 May 2021	Feyenoord	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
21:00 CEST	Berghuis 31' (pen.) Beugelsdijk 33' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Final

Feyenoord v Utrecht

23 May 2021	Feyenoord	2–0	Utrecht	Rotterdam
12:15 CEST	Sinisterra 25' Linssen 90'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Seven teams, six from the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie and one from the Eredivisie, will play for a spot in the 2021–22 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams will play in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie. The highest seeded team or the team from the Eredivisie will always play at home.

Teams

Team	Rank	seed
Emmen	16	1
De Graafschap	3	2
Almere City	4	3
NAC Breda	5	4
Volendam	6	5
N.E.C.	7	6
Roda JC	8	7

Bracket

	First round (15 May)[27]					Semifinals (20 May)[28]					Final (23 May)[29]
						1	Emmen	1 (3)
						4	NAC Breda (p)	1 (4)
	4	NAC Breda	4
	5	Volendam	1
											4	NAC Breda	1
											6	N.E.C.	2
	3	Almere City	0
	6	N.E.C.	4
						6	N.E.C.	3
						7	Roda JC	0
	2	De Graafschap	2
	7	Roda JC	3

First round

NAC Breda v Volendam

15 May 2021	NAC Breda	4–1	Volendam	Breda
16:30 CEST	De Rooij 33' Adilehou 52' Fiorini 65' Maria 86'	Report	78' Mulattieri	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

De Graafschap v Roda JC

15 May 2021	De Graafschap	2–3	Roda JC	Doetinchem
18:45 CEST	Van Mieghem 13' Van de Pavert 37'	Report	11' Vente 72', 75' Goppel	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

Almere City v N.E.C.

15 May 2021	Almere City	0–4	N.E.C.	Almere
21:00 CEST		Report	36', 75' Okita 40' (pen.) Bruijn 70' Vet	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

Semifinals

N.E.C. v Roda JC

20 May 2021	N.E.C.	3–0	Roda JC	Nijmegen
18:45 CEST	Van Rooij 5' Janga 45'+2' Okita 60'	Report		Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Emmen v NAC Breda

20 May 2021	Emmen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	NAC Breda	Emmen
21:00 CEST	Hendriks 80' (o.g.)	Report	16' Immers	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Allard Lindhout
	Penalties
	De Leeuw Araujo Veendorp Bijl Peña		Van Hooijdonk Fiorini Jansen Malone El Allouchi

Final

NAC Breda v N.E.C.

23 May 2021	NAC Breda	1–2	N.E.C.	Breda
18:00 CEST	Van Hooijdonk 70'	Report	26' Odenthal 89' Okita	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Goals	Penalties	Avg.
1	Giorgos Giakoumakis	VVV-Venlo	30	26	8	0.87
2	Donyell Malen	PSV Eindhoven	32	19	0	0.59
3	Steven Berghuis	Feyenoord	31	18	8	0.58
4	Danilo	Twente	33	17	5	0.52
5	Rai Vloet	Heracles Almelo	33	16	3	0.48
6	Myron Boadu	AZ	31	15	0	0.48
	Teun Koopmeiners	AZ	31		7	0.48
8	Henk Veerman	Heerenveen	31	14	1	0.45
	Lennart Thy	Sparta Rotterdam	34		4	0.41
	Dušan Tadić	Ajax	34		7	0.41

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021.
Source: nos.nl^[30]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Eredivisie hat-tricks

Rnd	Player	Club	Goals	Date	Home	Score	Away
1	Giorgos Giakoumakis	VVV-Venlo	50', 65' (p), 72'	13 September 2020	Emmen	3–5	VVV-Venlo
6	Lassina Traoré	Ajax	17', 32', 54', 65', 87'	24 October 2020	VVV-Venlo	0–13	Ajax
7	Rai Vloet	Heracles Almelo	2', 63', 71'	1 November 2020	Heracles Almelo	4–1	Utrecht
14	Bryan Linssen	Feyenoord	48', 58', 90+1'	23 December 2020	Feyenoord	3–0	Heerenveen
16	Giorgos Giakoumakis	VVV-Venlo	6' (p), 58', 68', 86' (p)	13 January 2021	ADO Den Haag	1–4	VVV-Venlo
16	Sinan Bakış	Heracles Almelo	26', 44', 64'	12 January 2021	Heracles Almelo	4–0	Emmen
18	Reza Ghoochannejhad	PEC Zwolle	58', 62', 70' (p)	22 January 2021	Willem II	1–3	PEC Zwolle
19	Giorgos Giakoumakis	VVV-Venlo	16', 28', 43', 79'	27 January 2021	VVV-Venlo	4–1	Vitesse
24	Myron Boadu	AZ	22', 41', 64'	28 February 2021	AZ	4–2	Feyenoord
30	Michael de Leeuw	Emmen	58' (p), 89', 90+1'	25 April 2021	Emmen	3–1	Heracles Almelo
31	Sinan Bakış	Heracles Almelo	35', 55', 83' (p)	1 May 2021	Heracles Almelo	4–0	VVV-Venlo

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021.

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Assists	Avg.
1	Dušan Tadić	Ajax	34	17	0.5
2	Steven Berghuis	Feyenoord	31	13	0.42
3	Mike Trésor	Willem II	34	11	0.32
4	Joey Veerman	Heerenveen	31	10	0.32
5	Oussama Tannane	Vitesse	29	09	0.31
	Jesper Karlsson	AZ	32		0.28
7	Vito van Crooij	VVV-Venlo	31	08	0.26
	Philipp Max	PSV Eindhoven	31		0.26
	Antony	Ajax	32		0.25
	Donyell Malen	PSV Eindhoven	32		0.25

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021.
Source: nos.nl^[31]

Clean sheets

As of matches played 16 May 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Remko Pasveer	Vitesse	12
	Sergio Padt	FC Groningen
3	Yvon Mvogo	PSV	11
4	Maduka Okoye	Sparta Rotterdam	10
	Erwin Mulder	sc Heerenveen
	Marco Bizot	AZ
7	André Onana	Ajax	9
	Janis Blaswich	Heracles Almelo
	Nick Marsman	Feyenoord
10	Eric Oelschlägel	FC Utrecht	7

Source: nos.nl^[31]

Discipline

As of matches played 9 May 2021

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9
  • Vito van Crooij (VVV-Venlo)
  • Vurnon Anita (RKC Waalwijk)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Riechedly Bazoer (Vitesse)
  • Edson Álvarez (Ajax)
  • Thomas Lam (PEC Zwolle)
  • Christian Kum (VVV-Venlo)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 54
  • Vitesse
  • ADO Den Haag
• Most red cards: 7
  • AZ

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Talent of the Month		Ref.	Team of the Month
	Player	Club	Player	Club
September	Clint Leemans	PEC Zwolle	Lutsharel Geertruida	Feyenoord	[32]	Mulder (SC Heerenveen); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Bazoer (Vitesse), Bochniewicz (SC Heerenveen), Max (PSV); Sağlam (Willem II), Kudus (Ajax), Leemans (PEC Zwolle); Antony (Ajax), Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo), Gakpo (PSV).
October	Lassina Traoré	Ajax	Danilo	FC Twente	[33]	Lamprou (RKC Waalwijk); Ebuehi (FC Twente), Bazoer (Vitesse), Van Hecke (SC Heerenveen), Haps (Feyenoord); Vloet (Heracles Almelo), Klaassen (Ajax); Openda (Vitesse), Veerman (SC Heerenveen), Danilo (FC Twente), Traoré (Ajax).
November	Davy Klaassen		Owen Wijndal	AZ	[34]	Lamprou (RKC Waalwijk); Abels (Sparta Rotterdam), Teze (PSV), Senesi (Feyenoord), Wijndal (AZ); Harroui (Sparta Rotterdam), Labyad (Ajax), Klaassen (Ajax); Danilo (FC Twente), Thy (Sparta Rotterdam), Malen (PSV).
December	Antony				[35]	Marsman (Feyenoord); Klaiber (Ajax), Araujo (FC Emmen), Janssen (Fortuna Sittard), Wijndal (AZ); Ihattaren (PSV), Koopmeiners (AZ), Gravenberch (Ajax); Antony (Ajax), Huntelaar (Ajax), Thy (Sparta Rotterdam).
January	Giorgos Giakoumakis	VVV-Venlo	Lutsharel Geertruida	Feyenoord	[36]	Drommel (FC Twente); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Bazoer (Vitesse), Kemper (ADO Den Haag), Max (PSV); Van de Streek (FC Utrecht), Koopmeiners (AZ), Flemming (Fortuna Sittard); Antony (Ajax), Giakoumakis (VVV-Venlo), Tadić (Ajax)
February	Donyell Malen	PSV	Myron Boadu	AZ	[37]	Lamprou (RKC Waalwijk); Sugawara (AZ), Meulensteen (RKC Waalwijk), Touba (RKC Waalwijk), Wijndal (AZ); Toornstra (Feyenoord), Klaassen (Ajax), Kökçü (Feyenoord); Malen (PSV), Haller (Ajax), Boadu (AZ)
March	Ryan Gravenberch	Ajax	Orkun Kökçü	Feyenoord	[38]	Marsman (Feyenoord); Beugelsdijk (Sparta Rotterdam), Botteghin (Feyenoord), Bijl (FC Emmen); Gravenberch (Ajax), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Duarte (Sparta Rotterdam), De la Torre (Heracles Almelo); Karlsson (AZ), Zahavi (PSV), Neres (Ajax)
April	Justin Bijlow	Feyenoord	Jurriën Timber	Ajax	[39]	Bijlow (Feyenoord); Max (PSV), Martinez (Ajax), Bazoer (Vitesse); Timber (Ajax), Peña (FC Emmen), Klaassen (Ajax), Álvarez (Ajax); Kerk (FC Utrecht), De Leeuw (FC Emmen), Berghuis (Feyenoord)
May	Owen Wijndal	AZ	Mohammed Kudus		[40]	Stekelenburg (Ajax); Wijndal (AZ), Martinez (Ajax), Timber (Ajax), Svensson (AZ); Kökçü (Feyenoord), Kudus (Ajax), Peña (FC Emmen), Flemming (Fortuna Sittard); Pavlidis (Willem II), Bakış (Heracles Almelo)

Annual awards

Award	Player	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Dušan Tadić	Ajax	[41]
Talent of the Season	Ryan Gravenberch
Goal of the Season	Marcos Senesi	Feyenoord