2020–21 Eredivisie (women)

Eredivisie Vrouwen
Season	2020–21
Dates	6 September 2020 – 30 May 2021
Champions	Twente
UEFA Women's Champions League	Twente; PSV
Matches played	80
Goals scored	270 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joëlle Smits; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Twente 9–0 Alkmaar; (21 March 2021)
Biggest away win	Excelsior 0–6 PSV(1 November 2020)
Highest scoring	Twente 9–0 Alkmaar; (21 March 2021)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Ajax
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Twente
Longest winless run	10 matches; Alkmaar
Longest losing run	5 matches; ADO Den Haag; Alkmaar
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Eredivisie Vrouwen is the eleventh season of the Netherlands women's top professional football league. FC Twente, the reigning champions from the 2018-19 season, repeated as champions.

Format

The league had a split-season format. The regular season had a double round robin schedule, with each team playing the other seven teams twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 14 matches each. After that, the top four teams qualified for a championship playoff, and the bottom four teams played a placement playoff. Each group also played a double round robin format, with each team playing the three other teams in its cohort twice, for a total of 6 matches each. Points accumulated in the regular season were halved and added to the points of the playoff stage rounds for the final standings. There was neither relegation nor promotion, and the top two teams qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Location of teams in the Eredivisie Vrouwen 2020–21

All eight teams from the previous season returned. Excelsior ended its initial three-year partnership with Barendrecht, dropping the latter club's name.^[3]

Team	City / Town	Venue(s)	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	Den Haag	Cars Jeans Stadion	15,000
AFC Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	05,000
VV Alkmaar	Alkmaar	Sportpark AFC '34 [nl]	02,500
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	04,500
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Sportpark Skoatterwâld [nl]	03,000
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Sportcomplex Nieuwehorne (Nieuwehorne)	01,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	14,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	Sportpark Be Quick '28 [nl]	03,000
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Phillips Stadion	035,119
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Sportcomplex De Herdgang	02,500
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
FC Twente	Enschede	Sportpark Het Diekman [nl]	04,000

Source: Soccerway,^[4] Football Reference^[5]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Twente	14	10	2	2	46	14	+32	32	Qualification to Championship play-off
2	PSV	14	10	1	3	33	14	+19	31
3	Ajax	14	10	1	3	28	10	+18	31
4	ADO Den Haag	14	5	5	4	21	16	+5	20
5	PEC Zwolle	14	4	4	6	16	24	−8	16	Qualification to Placement play-off
6	Heerenveen	14	3	3	8	21	30	−9	12
7	Alkmaar	14	2	3	9	15	41	−26	9
8	Excelsior	14	1	3	10	8	39	−31	6

Source: Soccerway^[6]
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)^[7]

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	ALK	EXC	HEE	PEC	PSV	TWE
ADO Den Haag		0–3	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0
Ajax	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1
Alkmaar	1–4	0–4		1–1	4–3	0–3	1–2	0–4
Excelsior	2–2	1–4	0–3		0–2	2–1	0–6	0–3
Heerenveen	3–3	1–2	3–2	3–0		0–1	1–2	2–6
PEC Zwolle	1–0	1–4	0–0	2–2	1–1		0–1	1–4
PSV	1–0	2–1	5–1	3–0	2–0	5–2		1–2
Twente	0–2	2–1	9–0	7–0	3–0	2–2	3–2

Source: Soccerway^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Championship playoffs

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	SP	Pts	Qualification
1	Twente (C)	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	16	29	UEFA Champions League first round
2	PSV	6	4	0	2	16	9	+7	16	28	UEFA Champions League first round
3	Ajax	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	16	25
4	ADO Den Haag	6	0	1	5	6	17	−11	10	11

Source: Soccerway^[9]
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)^[7]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	PSV	TWE
ADO Den Haag		3–5	0–2	1–1
Ajax	2–0		3–2	1–2
PSV	6–2	3–1		2–1
Twente	1–0	1–0	2–1

Source: Soccerway^[10]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Placement playoffs

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	SP	Pts
1	Heerenveen	6	3	3	0	11	8	+3	6	18
2	PEC Zwolle	6	2	3	1	12	7	+5	8	17
3	Excelsior	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	3	9
4	Alkmaar	6	0	3	3	10	16	−6	5	8

Source: Soccerway^[11]
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)^[7]

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	EXC	HEE	PEC
Alkmaar		0–0	3–3	3–3
Excelsior	3–2		2–3	1–1
Heerenveen	2–1	1–1		1–0
PEC Zwolle	5–1	2–0	1–1

Source: Soccerway^[12]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Games			avg.
01.	Joëlle Smits	PSV	18	23	04	1.28
02.	Renate Jansen	Twente	20	12	00	0.6
03.	Fenna Kalma	Twente	20	11	01	0.55
04.	Anna-Lena Stolze	Twente	18	10	00	0.56
05.	Nikita Tromp	Ajax	19	09	02	0.47
06.	Nikée van Dijk [nl]	sc Heerenveen	15	07	00	0.47
06.	Jaimy Ravensbergen	ADO Den Haag	17	07	00	0.41
08.	Vanity Lewerissa	Ajax	12	06	00	0.5
	Marjolijn van den Bighelaar	Ajax	14		02	0.43
	Chimera Ripa [nl]	VV Alkmaar	19		00	0.32
	Kirsten van de Westeringh	sc Heerenveen	19		00	0.32
	Sanne Koopman [nl]	VV Alkmaar	19		00	0.32
	Dominique Bruinenberg	PEC Zwolle	19		03	0.32

Source: Soccerway^[13]^[14]^[15]

Hat-tricks(+)

Rnd	Player	Club	Goals	Date	Home	Score	Away
5	Joëlle Smits	PSV	31', 40', 43'	1 Nov 2020	Excelsior	0 – 6	PSV
5	Kayleigh van Dooren	PSV	68', 78', 90'	1 Nov 2020	Excelsior	0 – 6	PSV
12	Fenna Kalma	Twente	55', 65', 69'	12 Mar 2021	Heerenveen	2 – 6	Twente
13	Anna-Lena Stolze	Twente	1', 26', 38', 47', 51'	21 Mar 2021	Twente	9 – 0	Alkmaar
4 PO	Joëlle Smits	PSV	32', 45+3', 78'	14 May 2021	PSV	6 – 2	ADO Den Haag

References

^ "Eredivisie vrouwen trapt af met topper Ajax - FC Twente" [Eredivisie women kicks off with top match Ajax - FC Twente] (in Dutch). KNVB. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "Programma eredivisie vrouwen seizoen 2020/'21" [Program eredivisie women season 2020/'21]. knvb.nl (in Dutch). KNVB. 6 August 2020.
^ "Excelsior zet serieuze opleiding voor meidenvoetbal op" [Excelsior sets up serious training for girls' football]. Vrouwenvoetbal Nieuws (in Dutch). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Venues". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "2020-2021 Eredivisie Vrouwen Scores & Fixtures". Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Regular season - Tables". soccerway.com. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Reglementen betaald voetbal" [Regulations professional football] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Regular season - Matches". soccerway.com. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Championship round - Tables". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Championship round - Matches". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Placement round - Tables". soccerway.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Placement round - Matches". soccerway.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Regular season - Players". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Championship round - Players". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Placement round - Players". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

External links

Official website
Season on soccerway.com

[1] "Eredivisie vrouwen trapt af met topper Ajax - FC Twente" [Eredivisie women kicks off with top match Ajax - FC Twente] (in Dutch). KNVB. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[2] "Programma eredivisie vrouwen seizoen 2020/'21" [Program eredivisie women season 2020/'21]. knvb.nl (in Dutch). KNVB. 6 August 2020.

[3] "Excelsior zet serieuze opleiding voor meidenvoetbal op" [Excelsior sets up serious training for girls' football]. Vrouwenvoetbal Nieuws (in Dutch). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

[4] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Venues". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[5] "2020-2021 Eredivisie Vrouwen Scores & Fixtures". Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[6] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Regular season - Tables". soccerway.com. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[Rules-7] "Reglementen betaald voetbal" [Regulations professional football] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[8] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Regular season - Matches". soccerway.com. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[9] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Championship round - Tables". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[10] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Championship round - Matches". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[11] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Placement round - Tables". soccerway.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[12] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Placement round - Matches". soccerway.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[players1-13] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Regular season - Players". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[players2-14] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Championship round - Players". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

[players3-15] "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Placement round - Players". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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