2020–21 SC Heerenveen season

The 2020–21 season was SC Heerenveen's 56th season in existence and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Heerenveen participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

SC Heerenveen

2020–21 season
Chairman	Cees Roozemond
Manager	Johnny Jansen
Stadium	Abe Lenstra Stadion
Eredivisie	12th
KNVB Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Henk Veerman (11) All: Henk Veerman (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 February 2021^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NED Erwin Mulder 2 DF  NED Sherel Floranus 3 DF  NED Jan Paul van Hecke (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 4 DF  URU Joaquín Fernández 5 DF  NED Lucas Woudenberg 6 MF  NED Siem de Jong 7 FW  USA Ulysses Llanez (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 8 FW  SWE Benjamin Nygren (on loan from Genk) 9 FW  NED Henk Veerman (captain) 10 MF  GER Oliver Batista Meier (on loan from Bayern Munich) 11 FW  NED Mitchell van Bergen 13 MF  BUL Stanislav Shopov 14 DF  KOS Ibrahim Drešević 15 MF  BEL Sieben Dewaele (on loan from Anderlecht) 16 FW  NED Arjen van der Heide

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SWE Rami Hajal 18 MF  NED Hamdi Akujobi 19 MF  NED Jan Ras 20 MF  NED Joey Veerman 21 MF  NED Rodney Kongolo 22 GK  ISR Ariel Harush 23 GK  NED Jan Bekkema 24 GK  NED Jaimy Kroesen 25 DF  POL Paweł Bochniewicz 26 FW  NED Rein Smit 37 FW  NED Couhaib Driouech 41 DF  SWE Rami Kaib 42 MF  NED Syb van Ottele 43 MF  DEN Lasse Schöne 44 MF  CRO Tibor Halilović

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NOR Runar Espejord (at Tromsø IL until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

NAC Breda v SC Heerenveen

1 August 2020 Friendly	NAC Breda	1–0	SC Heerenveen	Breda, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stokkers 89'	Report		Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

SC Heerenveen v Vitesse

7 August 2020 Friendly	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Vitesse	Heerenveen, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ejuke 43'	Report	Bero 5' Buitink 15'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Referee: Siemen Mulder

De Graafschap v SC Heerenveen

15 August 2020 Friendly	De Graafschap	5–1	SC Heerenveen	Doetinchem, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hamdaoui 31' Van de Pavert 48' Konings 50', 90' Van Mieghem 67'	Report	Smit 79'	Stadium: De Vijverberg

Utrecht v SC Heerenveen

20 August 2020 Friendly	Utrecht	4–1	SC Heerenveen	Utrecht, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Warmerdam 7' Gustafson 23' Dalmau 36' Kerk 84'	Report	Hajal 45'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 2,805 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

VfL Osnabrück v SC Heerenveen

29 August 2020 Friendly	VfL Osnabrück	2–0	SC Heerenveen	Osnabrück, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

SC Heerenveen v PEC Zwolle

5 September 2020 Friendly	SC Heerenveen	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Heerenveen, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Akujobi 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	12 September 2020	16 May 2021	Matchday 1	12th	34	9	12	13	43	49	−6	026.47
KNVB Cup	27 October 2020	3 March 2021	First round	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	9	8	+1	075.00
Total					38	12	12	14	52	57	−5	031.58

Last updated: 16 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2020–21 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: Eredivisie,^[2] Soccerway^[3]
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)^[4]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	9	12	13	43	49	−6	39	6	5	6	22	18	+4	3	7	7	21	31	−10

Last updated: 16 May 2021.
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	A	A	H	A	H	A	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
Result	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
Position	4	1	1	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[5]

SC Heerenveen v Willem II

12 September 2020 1	SC Heerenveen	2–0	Willem II	Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Batista Meier  17' Woudenberg 22' Van der Heide  68' Bochniewicz 75'	Report	Llonch  19' Nelom  32' Sağlam  44'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Richard Martens

Fortuna Sittard v SC Heerenveen

19 September 2020 2	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	SC Heerenveen	Sittard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Janssen  62' Niňaj  69' Rota  72' Polter 73' Flemming  87'	Report	Batista Meier 15' J. Veerman 29' (pen.) H. Veerman 34'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 2,825 Referee: Martín Pérez

SC Heerenveen v VVV-Venlo

26 September 2020 3	SC Heerenveen	1–0	VVV-Venlo	Heerenveen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	J. Veerman 32' (pen.) Floranus  57'	Report	Van Crooij  62' Pachonik  63' Janssen  79'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

FC Utrecht v SC Heerenveen

2 October 2020 4	FC Utrecht	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Utrecht
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kerk 44' Van de Streek  48'	Report	H. Veerman 4' Smit  77',  83'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Ajax v SC Heerenveen

18 October 2020 5	Ajax	5–1	SC Heerenveen	Amsterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tadić 4', 28' Kudus 35' Klaassen 72' Martínez  84' Antony 87'	Report	H. Veerman 66' Kongolo  71' Van Hecke  74'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

SC Heerenveen v FC Emmen

24 October 2020 6	SC Heerenveen	4–0	FC Emmen	Heerenveen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Hecke  3' H. Veerman 26', 74' Nygren 29' Kongolo 71' Dewaele  84'	Report	Tibbling  47'  52' De Leeuw  52' Laursen  77'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

Sparta Rotterdam v SC Heerenveen

1 November 2020 7	Sparta Rotterdam	1–4	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte  50' Thy 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Nygren 7' Van Hecke 25' H. Veerman 42', 57'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

SC Heerenveen v AZ

8 November 2020 8	SC Heerenveen	0–3	AZ	Heerenveen
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Van Hecke  28'	Report	Koopmeiners 29' Woudenberg 41' Karlsson 47'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

RKC Waalwijk v SC Heerenveen

22 November 2020 9	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Waalwijk
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Anita  50' Damașcan 82'	Report	H. Veerman 19',  44' Dewaele  43' Woudenberg  84' Floranus  90+1' Kongolo  90+5' Mulder  90+6'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

ADO Den Haag v SC Heerenveen

28 November 2020 10	ADO Den Haag	1–1	SC Heerenveen	The Hague
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Philipp 13'	Report	J. Veerman 16' H. Veerman  28'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

SC Heerenveen v PSV

6 December 2020 11	SC Heerenveen	2–2	PSV	Heerenveen
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	H. Veerman 69' Van Bergen 78'	Report	Rosario  13' Götze 28' Piroe 90+2' Dumfries  90+3'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Vitesse v SC Heerenveen

13 December 2020 12	Vitesse	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Darfalou 39' Wittek  68' Bazoer  87'	Report	Floranus 54',  90+1' Woudenberg  58'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

SC Heerenveen v Heracles Almelo

20 December 2020 13	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Heracles Almelo	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	J. Veerman 57' Bochniewicz  88'	Report	Burgzorg 6' Knoester 48'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Pérez

Feyenoord v SC Heerenveen

23 December 2020 14	Feyenoord	3–0	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Linssen 48', 58', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

SC Heerenveen v Fortuna Sittard

10 January 2021 15	SC Heerenveen	1–3	Fortuna Sittard	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	H. Veerman 72'	Report	Rienstra 20' Cox 24' Flemming 37'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

SC Heerenveen v RKC Waalwijk

14 January 2021 16	SC Heerenveen	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Heerenveen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	H. Veerman 7'	Report	Van der Venne 56'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

VVV-Venlo v SC Heerenveen

17 January 2021 17	VVV-Venlo	1–1	SC Heerenveen	Venlo
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Post  46' John 78' Da Graca  90+3'	Report	J. Veerman  17' Nygren 89'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

Heracles Almelo v SC Heerenveen

23 January 2021 18	Heracles Almelo	1–0	SC Heerenveen	Almelo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Quagliata  71' Burgzorg 89'	Report	Kaib  85'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

SC Heerenveen v Feyenoord

27 January 2021 19	SC Heerenveen	3–0	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	J. Veerman 28' Bochniewicz 30' H. Veerman  31' Van Bergen 50'	Report	Toornstra  49'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

FC Twente v SC Heerenveen

31 January 2021 20	FC Twente	0–0	SC Heerenveen	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Roemeratoe  33' Menig  88'	Report	Kongolo  90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

SC Heerenveen v Vitesse

6 February 2021 21	SC Heerenveen	1–0	Vitesse	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	J. Veerman 30' H. Veerman 83'	Report	Tronstad  73'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

AZ v SC Heerenveen

14 February 2021 22	AZ	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Alkmaar
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Stengs 20' Koopmeiners 47' (pen.) Chatzidiakos  60' Guðmundsson 81'	Report	Van Hecke  46' Schöne 54' Kongolo  87'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

SC Heerenveen v FC Groningen

21 February 2021 23	SC Heerenveen	1–1	FC Groningen	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Jong 43'	Report	Suslov 82'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

PEC Zwolle v SC Heerenveen

26 February 2021 24	PEC Zwolle	4–1	SC Heerenveen	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Misidjan 52' Buitink 70' Huiberts  77' Van Polen 89' Reijnders 90+2'	Report	Van Bergen 27' J. Veerman  83' De Jong  83'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

SC Heerenveen v ADO Den Haag

6 March 2021 25	SC Heerenveen	3–0	ADO Den Haag	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Jong 8' Bochniewicz  44' Van Bergen  67' H. Veerman 78' J. Veerman 89'	Report	Arweiler  90+2'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

Willem II v SC Heerenveen

13 March 2021 26	Willem II	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Tilburg
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Holmén 28' Wriedt 55' Nunnely 58'	Report	J. Veerman  59', 73'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

SC Heerenveen v FC Twente

19 March 2021 27	SC Heerenveen	0–0	FC Twente	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bochniewicz  71'	Report	Markelo  90'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

4 April 2021 28	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Ajax	Heerenveen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Bergen 27'	Report	Tadić 36' (pen.) Haller 61' Tagliafico  86'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

FC Groningen v SC Heerenveen

11 April 2021 29	FC Groningen	0–2	SC Heerenveen	Groningen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Te Wierik  42'	Report	H. Veerman 71' (pen.) Halilović 86'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

SC Heerenveen v PEC Zwolle

24 April 2021 30	SC Heerenveen	0–2	PEC Zwolle	Heerenveen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Jong  79'	Report	Van Polen  18', 68' Clement 28' Paal  56'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rob Dieperink

PSV v SC Heerenveen

2 May 2021 31	PSV	2–2	SC Heerenveen	Eindhoven
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Viergever  38' Vertessen 57' Gakpo 58',  87'	Report	Kongolo  22' Halilović 34' De Jong 59' Smit  90+4' Floranus  90+6'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

SC Heerenveen v FC Utrecht

8 May 2021 32	SC Heerenveen	0–0	FC Utrecht	Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Nygren  84'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

FC Emmen v SC Heerenveen

13 May 2021 33	FC Emmen	3–1	SC Heerenveen	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Peña 21' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Laursen 82'	Report	Schöne  27' Van Hecke  52' De Jong  76' Nygren 88' Van Ottele  90+2'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

SC Heerenveen v Sparta Rotterdam

16 May 2021 34	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Jong 67' Akujobi  84'	Report	Thy 7' Burger 16' Smeets  30'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2020–21 KNVB Cup

SC Heerenveen v TOP Oss

27 October 2020 First round	SC Heerenveen	3–1	TOP Oss	Heerenveen
19:45 CET	Veerman 11' Nygren 33' Kongolo 40'	Report	Sanches 29'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edgar Bijl

FC Emmen v SC Heerenveen

20 January 2021 Round of 16	FC Emmen	1–2	SC Heerenveen	Emmen
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Peña 44'	Report	Nygren 72' J. Veerman 90' (pen.)	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

SC Heerenveen v Feyenoord

17 February 2021 Quarter-finals	SC Heerenveen	4–3	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kaib 15' J. Veerman 53',  60' Nygren 81' Marsman 86' (o.g.) De Jong 88'	Report	Berghuis  27'  66', 57' Linssen 47',  65' Geertruida 61' Haps  82' Fer  84'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be held on 11 February 2021, 20:00 CET, but was postponed due to the pitch being frozen.

SC Heerenveen v Ajax

3 March 2021 Semi-finals	SC Heerenveen	0–3	Ajax	Heerenveen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Klaassen 19' Tadić 63' (pen.) Neres 77'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Statistics

Goalscorers