2020–21 Fortuna Sittard season

Fortuna Sittard
2020–21 season
Chairman	Özgür Işıtan Gün
Manager	Kevin Hofland
Stadium	Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Eredivisie	11th
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Zian Flemming (12); All: ; Zian Flemming (15)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 53rd season in existence of Fortuna Sittard and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Fortuna Sittard 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
1	GK	NED	Yanick van Osch
2	DF	SUI	Martin Angha
4	DF	BEL	Dario Van den Buijs (on loan from Beerschot)
5	DF	NED	Roel Janssen
7	MF	CPV	Lisandro Semedo
8	FW	NED	Zian Flemming
9	FW	GER	Sebastian Polter
10	MF	NED	Mats Seuntjens
11	FW	SWE	Emil Hansson
12	DF	NED	Clint Essers
14	MF	SWE	Tesfaldet Tekie
17	FW	GRE	Dimitris Emmanouilidis (on loan from Panathinaikos)
18	DF	NED	Mike van Beijnen
20	FW	NED	Arian Kastrati


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FRA	Grégoire Amiot
23	MF	NED	Ben Rienstra (captain)
24	MF	MAR	Nassim El Ablak
25	DF	BEL	Mickaël Tirpan (on loan from Kasımpaşa)
27	MF	COD	Samuel Moutoussamy (on loan from Nantes)
28	MF	IRL	Ryan Johansson (on loan from Sevilla FC)
33	FW	NED	Leroy George
35	DF	ENG	George Cox
40	GK	GER	Joshua Wehking
41	GK	NED	Tom Hendriks
44	DF	GRE	Lazaros Rota
55	MF	BEL	Thibaud Verlinden
77	GK	MDA	Alexei Koșelev
—	FW	ENG	Veron Parkes

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	GER	Dimitrios Ioannidis (at Sportfreunde Lotte until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	FIN	Rasmus Karjalainen (at Örebro until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	NED	Özgür Aktaş (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	BEL	Jacky Donkor (at FC Eindhoven until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	FRA	Djibril Dianessy (at MVV Maastricht until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BEL	Adnan Ugur (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	NED	Richie Musaba (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	POR	André Vidigal (at G.D. Estoril Praia until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	GER	Bassala Sambou (at Randers FC until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

25 July 2020 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	FC Dordrecht	Sittard, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sambou 30' Niňaj 59'	Report	Agrafiotis 70'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

10 August 2020 Friendly	FC Twente	2–1	Fortuna Sittard	Enschede, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Aburjania 49' Rots 57'	Report	Angha 76'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 3,025 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

20 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	Cancelled	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AFAS Stadion

26 August 2020 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Sittard, Netherlands
14:10 CEST (UTC+2)	Polter 32' Rota 38'	Report	Van Crooij 36'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	11th	34	12	5	17	50	58	−8	035.29
KNVB Cup	28 October 2020	21 January 2021	First round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
Total					36	13	5	18	54	61	−7	036.11

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

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

Source: Eredivisie,^[1] Soccerway^[2]
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)^[3]

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	12	5	17	50	58	−8	41	5	3	9	27	33	−6	7	2	8	23	25	−2

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	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
Position	16	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	14	14	13	12	13	11	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	11

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[4]

12 September 2020 1	FC Twente	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Menig 10', 67' Pereira 51' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

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

26 September 2020 3	Fortuna Sittard	3–3	AZ	Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Flemming 9', 90+6' Hansson 79' Rota 87' Smeets 90+5'	Report	De Wit 23' Chatzidiakos 37' Koopmeiners 52' Boadu 69'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers

4 October 2020 4	PSV	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Eindhoven
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Malen 5' Madueke 85'	Report	Seuntjens 42'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

18 October 2020 5	FC Emmen	2–2	Fortuna Sittard	Emmen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Laursen 51' De Leeuw 60' Tibbling 73' Peña 85'	Report	Polter 18' Semedo 23' Seuntjens 79'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

25 October 2020 6	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	FC Groningen	Sittard
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tekie 25' Seuntjens 54' (pen.)	Report	Larsen 6', 28' Dammers 52' Van Hintum 79'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

31 October 2020 7	Ajax	5–2	Fortuna Sittard	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Klaassen 32', 45' Brobbey 74' Tadić 86' (pen.) Promes 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Cox 7', 90+6' Angha 85'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

6 November 2020 8	Fortuna Sittard	2–2	PEC Zwolle	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hansson 6' Cox 46'	Report	Jach 33' Lam 54'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

22 November 2020 9	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	Feyenoord	Sittard
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Flemming 1'	Report	Senesi 34' Berghuis 45+1' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

29 November 2020 10	Vitesse	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Arnhem
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Darfalou 72' Broja 83'	Report	Janssen 67' Jach 82' Rienstra 90+2'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

5 December 2020 11	Fortuna Sittard	3–2	Willem II	Sittard
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Semedo 9' Polter 29' (pen.) Rota 33' Flemming 44'	Report	Köhn 50' Pavlidis 61', 66' Heerkens 63' Llonch 75' 88' Van der Heijden 87'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

11 December 2020 12	Heracles Almelo	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Almelo
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Burgzorg 57', 90+3'	Report	Rente 31' (o.g.) Cox 34' Seuntjens 45+3' Rota 52' Polter 60' Van Osch 76'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

19 December 2020 13	FC Utrecht	1–1	Fortuna Sittard	Utrecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mahi 52' Kerk 82'	Report	Polter 63', 90+1' Angha 86'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

22 December 2020 14	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	RKC Waalwijk	Sittard
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Seuntjens 9' Polter 45' Janssen 56' Semedo 90+2', 90+2'	Report	Stokkers 15' Lamprou 45+3'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

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

13 January 2021 16	Fortuna Sittard	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Thy 57'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

16 January 2021 17	PEC Zwolle	0–2	Fortuna Sittard	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Flemming 57' Seuntjens 89'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christiaan Bax

24 January 2021 18	Fortuna Sittard	1–2	Ajax	Sittard
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tirpan 48' Polter 90+3'	Report	Polter 19' (o.g.) Tagliafico 45+2' Haller 64' Neres 90+6'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

27 January 2021 19	RKC Waalwijk	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Waalwijk
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Min 84' Meulensteen 89'	Report	Seuntjens 54' Semedo 63' Rienstra 66'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

30 January 2021 20	Fortuna Sittard	3–2	VVV-Venlo	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Angha 25' Flemming 33' Seuntjens 58' (pen.) Janssen 67' Rienstra 90'	Report	Kirschbaum 33' Giakoumakis 45+1', 63' Da Graca 56' Hunte 90+2'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

5 February 2021 21	Fortuna Sittard	0–1	Heracles Almelo	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Vloet 38'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Pérez

13 February 2021 22	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	Fortuna Sittard	Rotterdam
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gravenberch 2', 31' Beugelsdijk 80'	Report	Semedo 23', 90' Polter 50' Flemming 88'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

20 February 2021 23	Fortuna Sittard	2–0	ADO Den Haag	Sittard
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Semedo 26' Polter 79'	Report	Van Ewijk 65'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

28 February 2021 24	FC Groningen	1–0	Fortuna Sittard	Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	El Hankouri 29' Schreck 34' Abraham 50' Dammers 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

7 March 2021 25	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	PSV	Sittard
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cox 69'	Report	Zahavi 10', 27' Viergever 35' Sangaré 43' Madueke 87'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

14 March 2021 26	VVV-Venlo	1–3	Fortuna Sittard	Venlo
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Giakoumakis 46', 54' Post 78' Arias 90+2'	Report	Semedo 10' Seuntjens 59', 90' Flemming 66'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

20 March 2021 27	Fortuna Sittard	0–1	FC Utrecht	Sittard
16:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Dalmau 81'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

4 April 2021 28	Feyenoord	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Rotterdam
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Linssen 50' Berghuis 83'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

10 April 2021 29	Fortuna Sittard	1–3	FC Emmen	Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Janssen 50' Angha 54' Van den Buijs 73' Emmanouilidis 85'	Report	Peña 53' (pen.) Bijl 89' (pen.) Gladon 90+7'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Joey Kooij

25 April 2021 30	ADO Den Haag	0–3	Fortuna Sittard	The Hague
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vejinović 61'	Report	Cox 30' Flemming 39' Polter 48' Tekie 77'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 939 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

1 May 2021 31	Fortuna Sittard	3–0	FC Twente	Sittard
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Semedo 25', 74' Seuntjens 63' (pen.)	Report	Brama 62' Markelo 90'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

8 May 2021 32	AZ	1–0	Fortuna Sittard	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guðmundsson 29' (pen.) Aboukhlal 31' Leeuwin 49' Bizot 90+3' Midtsjø 90+5'	Report	Van Osch 27'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

13 May 2021 33	Fortuna Sittard	3–3	Vitesse	Sittard
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rienstra 1' Flemming 41', 54' Rota 67'	Report	Tronstad 25' Bazoer 30', 64' Openda 90+4'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

16 May 2021 34	Willem II	2–1	Fortuna Sittard	Tilburg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Llonch 39' Pavlidis 45', 57' Holmén 67'	Report	Flemming 45+2', 48'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

KNVB Cup

28 October 2020 First round	Roda JC Kerkrade	0–2	Fortuna Sittard	Kerkrade
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Polter 8' (pen.) Flemming 11'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

21 January 2021 Round of 16	NEC Nijmegen	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Sittard	Nijmegen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Janga 64' Bruijn 97' (pen.) Beekman 102'	Report	Flemming 60', 103'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

References

^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Standings". eredivisie.nl. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[2] "Eredivisie 2020/2021 - Tables". soccerway.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[rules2020-21-3] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[4] "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

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