The 2020–21 season marked the 118th year of VVV-Venlo's existence. It was also the club's 24th season in the Eredivisie and their fourth consecutive season in the top division of Dutch football.
VVV-Venlo also took part in the KNVB Cup, enjoying a run to the semi-finals before being knocked out by SBV Vitesse following a 2–0 defeat.
Giorgos Giakoumakis was the club's top goalscorer during the season, scoring 29 goals in all competitions. He scored 26 times in the Eredivisie and added 3 goals in the KNVB Cup.
Danny Post and Vito van Crooij shared the record for the most appearances for VVV-Venlo during the campaign, with both players featuring 35 times in all competitions. Danny Post made 31 appearances in the Eredivisie and 4 in the KNVB Cup, while Vito van Crooij played 30 league matches and 5 cup matches.
Players First-team squad
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateFW Guus Hupperts KSC Lokeren Oost-VlaanderenFree1 July 2020FW Jafar Arias FC EmmenFree1 July 2020FW Arjan Swinkels KV MechelenFree13 July 2020DF Lukas Schmitz Wolfsberger ACFree1 August 2020FW Georgios Giakoumakis AEK Athens F.C.€450,00011 August 2020FW Vito van Crooij PEC Zwolle25 August 2020FW Joshua JohnNo club4 September 2020MF Zinédine Machach SSC NapoliOn loan1 October 2020MF Ante Ćorić AS RomaOn loan2 October 2020FW Torino HunteNo club15 October 2020DF Kristopher da Graça IFK Göteborg€160,0006 January 2021DF Leon Guwara FC UtrechtOn loan7 January 2021MF Christos Donis Ascoli Calcio 1898 FCOn loan21 January 2021FW Anastasios Donis Stade de ReimsOn loan1 February 2021MF Meritan Shabani Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. U23On loan1 February 2021
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateFW Jerome Sinclair Watford F.C.On loan30 June 2020FW John Yeboah VfL WolfsburgEnd of loan30 June 2020FW Oussama Darfalou SBV VitesseEnd of loan30 June 2020MF Thomas Bruns SBV VitesseEnd of loan30 June 2020DF Nils Röseler SV SandhausenFree1 July 2020DF Roel Janssen Fortuna SittardFree1 July 2020FW Peter van Ooijen KFC Uerdingen 05Free1 August 2020FW Haji Wright Sønderjyske FodboldFree2 August 2020MF Johnatan Opoku De GraafschapFree12 August 2020MF Lee CattermoleEnd of career14 August 2020MF Richard Neudecker TSV 1860 Munich3 September 2020MF Evert Linthorst Kalba FC€600,0001 February 2021MF Ante Ćorić AS RomaEnd of loan14 February 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. 1st half
2nd half
KNVB Cup
Statistics Scorers
#PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal1 Giorgos Giakoumakis263292 Jafar Arias4373 Vito van Crooij3144 Evert Linthorst2135 Joshua John202 Torino Hunte2027 Christos Donis101 Guus Hupperts101 Roy Gelmi101 Aaron Bastiaans011 Meritan Shabani011 Tobias Pachonik011
Assists
Appearances
#PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal1 Vito van Crooij31435 Danny Post305353 Giorgos Giakoumakis30333 Jafar Arias294335 Tobias Pachonik293326 Thorsten Kirschbaum292317 Roy Gelmi24529 Zinédine Machach245299 Christian Kum2432710 Joshua John2512611 Torino Hunte2142512 Arjan Swinkels20323 Simon Janssen1942314 Kristopher da Graça2022215 Evert Linthorst1631916 Steffen Schäfer1351817 Leon Guwara16117 Tristan Dekker15217 Yahcuroo Roemer1521720 Lukas Schmitz1211321 Guus Hupperts1111222 Christos Donis921123 Delano van Crooij63924 Stan van Dijck707 Meritan Shabani52726 Anastasios Donis516 Wassim Essanoussi51628 Ante Ćorić12329 Aaron Bastiaans022
Clean sheets
#PlayerEredivisie1 Thorsten Kirschbaum1
Disciplinary record
#PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal 1 Christian Kum1200122 Roy Gelmi2110313 Simon Janssen010001 Tobias Pachonik0100015 Danny Post8010906 Vito van Crooij8000807 Giorgos Giakoumakis5010608 Zinédine Machach3000309 Kristopher da Graça200020 Torino Hunte20002011 Anastasios Donis100010 Arjan Swinkels001010 Evert Linthorst100010 Guus Hupperts100010 Jafar Arias100010 Joshua John100010 Lukas Schmitz100010 Thorsten Kirschbaum100010 Tristan Dekker100010
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