The 2020–21 season was the 65th season in existence of FC Groningen and the club's 54th (21st consecutive) season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Groningen participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
FC Groningen finished 2020–21 Eredivisie season as 7th.
In the KNVB Cup, FC Groningen lost 2–1 against FC Emmen in the 2nd round and are eliminated from the cup.
Jørgen Strand Larsen was the top scorer of the club in this season with 9 goals in Eredivisie.
Ko Itakura and Sergio Padt were the most appeared players in this season with 36 appearances; 35 appearances in Eredivisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup.
Players First-team squad
Out on loan
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateMF Tom van de Looi NEC NijmegenEnd of loan30 Jun 2020DF Amir Absalem Almere City FCEnd of loan30 Jun 2020FW Arjen Robben1 Jul 2020DF Wessel Dammers Fortuna SittardFree1 Jul 2020DF Damil Dankerlui Willem II€375,00027 Jul 2020DF Ko Itakura Manchester City F.C.On loan27 Jul 2020FW Patrick Joosten FC Utrecht€600,0006 Aug 2020GK Nigel Bertrams MVV MaastrichtFree18 Aug 2020FW Jørgen Strand Larsen Sarpsborg 08 FF€1,100,0009 Sep 2020DF Migue Leal Villarreal CF BOn loan19 Sep 2020MF Alessio da Cruz Parma Calcio 1913On loan3 Oct 2020GK Per Kristian Bråtveit Djurgårdens IF FotbollOn loan4 Jan 2021DF Mike te Wierik Derby County F.C.Undisclosed19 Jan 2021FW Paulos Abraham AIKOn loan1 Feb 2021
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateFW Daishawn Redan Hertha BSCEnd of loan30 Jun 2020FW Joel Asoro Swansea City A.F.C.End of loan30 Jun 2020DF Ko Itakura Manchester City F.C.End of loan30 Jun 2020DF Django Warmerdam FC UtrechtFree1 Jul 2020DF Deyovaisio Zeefuik Hertha BSC€4,000,0006 Aug 2020MF Ajdin Hrustic Eintracht Frankfurt€1,000,00028 Sep 2020DF Nicklas Strunck Esbjerg fBOn loan5 Oct 2020DF Görkem Can DenizlisporFree26 Jan 2021
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
Eredivisie
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.
European competition play-offs
KNVB Cup
Statistics
Scorers
#PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal1 Jørgen Strand Larsen9092 Ahmed El Messaoudi8083 Alessio da Cruz4044 Mohamed El Hankouri303 Patrick Joosten303 Paulos Abraham303 Ramon Pascal Lundqvist2138 Bart van Hintum202 Tomáš Suslov20210 Daniël van Kaam101 Ko Itakura101 Remco Balk101 Wessel Dammers101
Appearances
#PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal1 Ko Itakura35136 Sergio Padt351363 Daniël van Kaam33134 Mohamed El Hankouri340345 Bart van Hintum321336 Jørgen Strand Larsen311327 Ahmed El Messaoudi29130 Damil Dankerlui29130 Tomáš Suslov2913010 Wessel Dammers2712811 Patrick Joosten26127 Ramon Pascal Lundqvist2612713 Azor Matusiwa2312414 Alessio da Cruz23023 Gabriel Gudmundsson2302316 Mike te Wierik1601617 Paulos Abraham14014 Sam Schreck1311419 Remco Balk1111220 Migue Leal1001021 Arjen Robben707 Thijs Dallinga61723 Joël van Kaam606 Kian Slor51625 Thomas Poll40426 Romano Postema30327 Ajdin Hrustic101 Bjorn Meijer101 Leonel Miguel101
Clean sheets #PlayerEredivisieTotal1 Sergio Padt1313Total1313
Disciplinary record
#PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal 1 Mohamed El Hankouri3100312 Azor Matusiwa210021 Damil Dankerlui2100214 Wessel Dammers8010905 Alessio da Cruz500050 Bart van Hintum500050 Mike te Wierik5000508 Ko Itakura4000409 Ramon Pascal Lundqvist30003010 Ahmed El Messaoudi200020 Remco Balk200020 Sam Schreck200020 Sergio Padt20002014 Gabriel Gudmundsson100010 Joël van Kaam100010 Jørgen Strand Larsen100010 Patrick Joosten100010 Tomáš Suslov100010
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