2020–21 PEC Zwolle season

PEC Zwolle
2020–21 season
Chairman	Adriaan Visser
Manager	John Stegeman
Stadium	MAC³PARK Stadion
Eredivisie	13th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Reza Ghoochannejhad (7); All: ; Reza Ghoochannejhad (7)
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The 2020–21 PEC Zwolle season was the club's 111th season in existence and the 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, PEC Zwolle participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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	Xavier Mous
2	DF	NED	Bram van Polen (captain)
3	DF	FIN	Thomas Lam
4	DF	JPN	Yuta Nakayama
5	DF	NED	Kenneth Paal
6	MF	NED	Mustafa Saymak
7	FW	NED	Virgil Misidjan
8	FW	IRN	Reza Ghoochannejhad
9	FW	NED	Mike van Duinen
11	MF	NED	Jesper Drost
13	MF	GER	Rico Strieder
14	FW	BEL	Manuel Benson (on loan from Antwerp)
15	DF	NED	Sam Kersten


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	NED	Nigel Bertrams (on loan from FC Groningen)
17	DF	KOS	Destan Bajselmani
20	MF	NED	Thomas van den Belt
21	MF	NED	Samir Lagsir
22	MF	NED	Pelle Clement
23	FW	NED	Eliano Reijnders
25	MF	NED	Immanuel Pherai (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
27	FW	SRB	Slobodan Tedić (on loan from Manchester City)
29	FW	NED	Thomas Buitink (on loan from Vitesse)
30	MF	NED	Dean Huiberts
31	DF	JPN	Sai van Wermeskerken
32	FW	NED	Jarno Westerman
40	GK	NED	Mike Hauptmeijer

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	NED	Clint Leemans (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
1 July 2020	DF	Destan Bajselmani	Academy
1 July 2020	FW	Zian Flemming	NEC Nijmegen	Loan return	^[1]
1 July 2020	MF	Clint Leemans	RKC Waalwijk	Loan return
1 July 2020	FW	Stanley Elbers	RKC Waalwijk	Loan return
2 July 2020	MF	Rico Strieder	FC Utrecht	Undisclosed	^[2]
3 July 2020	MF	Jesper Drost	FC Groningen	Free transfer	^[3]

Out[edit]

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Type	Fee	Source
1 July 2020	19	MF	Rick Dekker	De Graafschap^[4]	End of contract		^[5]
1 July 2020	32	MF	Jarni Koorman	TBD	End of contract		^[5]
1 July 2020	25	FW	Stanley Elbers	TBD	End of contract		^[5]
1 July 2020	23	DF	Etiënne Reijnen	End of career			^[6]
1 July 2020	17	FW	Dennis Johnsen	AFC Ajax	End of loan		^[5]
1 July 2020	13	MF	Rico Strieder	FC Utrecht	End of loan
3 July 2020	38	MF	Gustavo Hamer	Coventry City F.C.	Transfer	€1,500,000^[a]	^[7]

^ Fee may eventually rise due to undisclosed bonuses.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

1 August 2020 Friendly	SC Cambuur	2–0	PEC Zwolle	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mühren 22' Korte 57'	Report		Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Siemen Mulder

5 August 2020 Friendly	AZ	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Wissel, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Flemming 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Ericaweg Attendance: 0

9 August 2020 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Almelo, Netherlands
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kersten 38'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

14 August 2020 Friendly	FC Groningen	0–2	PEC Zwolle	Groningen, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ghoochannejhad 48', 92'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Jeroen Manschot
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

21 August 2020 Friendly	Team VVCS	1–0	PEC Zwolle	Wissel, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brusselers 25'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ericaweg
Note: Match was played in two 35-minute halves.

24 August 2020 Friendly	FC Emmen	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Emmen, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ghoochannejhad 76'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rob Dieperink

29 August 2020 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	0–2	FC Utrecht	Zwolle, Netherlands
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kersten Huiberts		Ramselaar 17' Bergström 73'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0

5 September 2020 Friendly	SC Heerenveen	0–1	PEC Zwolle	Heerenveen, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Akujobi 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Björn Kuipers

8 October 2020 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	3–3	FC Utrecht	Zwolle, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Wermeskerken 29' Doue 54' Van Duinen 76' (pen.)	Report	Velanas 2' Van de Streek 12', 40'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurice Paarhuis

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	13th	34	9	11	14	44	53	−9	026.47
KNVB Cup	1 December 2020	15 December 2020	First round	Second round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					35	9	11	15	44	55	−11	025.71

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
15	RKC Waalwijk	34	7	9	18	33	55	−22	30

Source: Eredivisie,^[8] 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)^[10]

Results summary[edit]


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	11	14	44	53	−9	38	6	6	5	19	18	+1	3	5	9	25	35	−10

Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[edit]

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W
Position	17	13	7	11	10	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[11]

12 September 2020 1	PEC Zwolle	0–2	Feyenoord	Zwolle
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Huiberts 16' Kersten 50' Van Polen 78'	Report	Berghuis 5', 68' (pen.) Toornstra 90'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 2,993 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

19 September 2020 2	AZ	1–1	PEC Zwolle	Alkmaar
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stengs 17' Boadu 68' Guðmundsson 72' Svensson 90+2'	Report	Van Duinen 9' Leemans 38' Huiberts 40' Van Polen 71' Lam 74', 83' Nakayama 90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

26 September 2020 3	PEC Zwolle	4–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Zwolle
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nakayama 33', 71' Ghoochannejhad 45+5' (pen.), 47' Leemans 54'	Report	Auassar 45+2' Pinto 45+4'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 2,933 Referee: Allard Lindhout

18 October 2020 5	PEC Zwolle	0–3	PSV	Zwolle
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Huiberts 43' Van Polen 57'	Report	Götze 9' Gakpo 18' Malen 39' Rosario 61' Sangaré 86'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

21 October 2020 4	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	PEC Zwolle	Waalwijk
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stokkers 86'	Report	Reijnders 65'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Referee: Rob Dieperink

24 October 2020 6	PEC Zwolle	0–0	Willem II	Zwolle
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leemans 47' Saymak 84' 85'	Report	Trésor 48'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martín Pérez

31 October 2020 7	FC Twente	5–1	PEC Zwolle	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Menig 5' Danilo 29' Brama 33' Černý 51' Ilić 84'	Report	Reijnders 74'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

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

21 November 2020 9	PEC Zwolle	1–1	FC Utrecht	Zwolle
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paal 22' Warmerdam 32' (o.g.) Huiberts 54' Lam 84'	Report	St. Jago 17' Mahi 59' Gustafson 85' Elia 87'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie

28 November 2020 10	VVV-Venlo	2–2	PEC Zwolle	Venlo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arias 21' Giakoumakis 78'	Report	Nakayama 9' Pherai 36' Van Duinen 69' Lam 90+3'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

5 December 2020 11	PEC Zwolle	2–1	Vitesse	Zwolle
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Drost 65', 77' Van Duinen 76' (pen.) Reijnders 90'	Report	Darfalou 7' Touré 65' Bero 74' Bazoer 90+3'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

12 December 2020 12	Ajax	4–0	PEC Zwolle	Amsterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Huntelaar 7' Promes 11' Antony 35' Gravenberch 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

18 December 2020 13	PEC Zwolle	0–0	FC Emmen	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

23 December 2020 14	ADO Den Haag	0–2	PEC Zwolle	The Hague
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ould-Chikh 87'	Report	Van Duinen 51' Kersten 75' Leemans 84'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

9 January 2021 15	PEC Zwolle	1–1	AZ	Zwolle
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Clement 9' Kersten 80'	Report	Midtsjø 67'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

13 January 2021 16	Feyenoord	1–0	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sinisterra 64'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

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

22 January 2021 18	Willem II	1–3	PEC Zwolle	Tilburg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wriedt 10', 45+1' Selahi 41'	Report	Kersten 45' Ghoochannejhad 58', 62', 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

26 January 2021 19	PEC Zwolle	2–2	Heracles Almelo	Zwolle
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Misidjan 15', 50' Ghoochannejhad 73'	Report	Schoofs 1' Pröpper 16' Quagliata 24' Burgzorg 45+2'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

30 January 2021 20	FC Utrecht	3–3	PEC Zwolle	Utrecht
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Van de Streek 2' Maher 54' (pen.) Balk 90+3' Ter Avest 90+6'	Report	Misidjan 4' Lam 39' (pen.) Buitink 67' Benson 72' Van Polen 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 0 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

6 February 2021 21	PEC Zwolle	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Zwolle
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saymak 72'	Report	Touba 4'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

13 February 2021 22	FC Groningen	1–0	PEC Zwolle	Groningen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Larsen 16' Te Wierik 48'	Report	Pherai 51' Clement 59'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

20 February 2021 23	FC Emmen	3–2	PEC Zwolle	Emmen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bijl 26' Adžić 36' De Leeuw 45' Vlak 70' Cavlan 87'	Report	Lam 23' Van Polen 40' Nakayama 88'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

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

7 March 2021 25	Heracles Almelo	2–1	PEC Zwolle	Almelo
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vloet 61' De la Torre 90+2'	Report	Saymak 63'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 0 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

14 March 2021 26	PEC Zwolle	0–2	Ajax	Zwolle
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Huiberts 62'	Report	Neres 28' Tagliafico 38' Haller 90+1'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Pol van Boekel

21 March 2021 27	PEC Zwolle	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Zwolle
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Lam 51', 79' (pen.) Tedić 66'	Report	Gelmi 69' Giakoumakis 90+3'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

3 April 2021 28	Sparta Rotterdam	3–2	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pinto 7' Beugelsdijk 26' Thy 75' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	Van Polen 52' Reijnders 57' Tedić 63'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

10 April 2021 29	PEC Zwolle	1–0	FC Twente	Zwolle
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Misidjan 35'	Report		Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

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

1 May 2021 31	Vitesse	2–1	PEC Zwolle	Arnhem
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Broja 27' Manhoef 42' Bero 62' Doekhi 69' Touré 90+2'	Report	Drost 54'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 0 Referee: Joey Kooij

9 May 2021 32	PEC Zwolle	0–1	ADO Den Haag	Zwolle
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bajselmani 19' Paal 76'	Report	Adekanye 12' El Khayati 84' Ćatić 90+1'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

13 May 2021 33	PSV	4–2	PEC Zwolle	Eindhoven
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mous 22' (o.g.) Malen 29' Vertessen 34' Zahavi 54'	Report	Bajselmani 42' Doue 52' Lam 66' Pherai 69' Lagsir 90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

16 May 2021 34	PEC Zwolle	1–0	FC Groningen	Zwolle
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Itakura 80' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Richard Martens

KNVB Cup[edit]

1 December 2020 First round	VV Staphorst	Bye	PEC Zwolle	Staphorst
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sportpark Het Noorderslag

15 December 2020 Second round	Excelsior	2–0	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Oude Kotte 63' Mendes Moreira 86'	Report		Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

References[edit]

^ Destan Bajselmani beloond met contract, PEC Zwolle, 15 juni 2020
^ PEC Zwolle neemt Strieder over van FC Utrecht, PEC Zwolle, 2 juli 2020
^ Jesper Drost keert terug bij PEC Zwolle, PEC Zwolle, 3 juli 2020
^ De Graafschap legt Rick Dekker vast, De Graafschap, 30 juli 2020
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d PEC Zwolle neemt afscheid van vier spelers, PEC Zwolle, 30 maart 2020
^ Etiënne Reijnen stopt met voetballen, PEC Zwolle, 20 mei 2020
^ Gustavo Hamer vertrekt naar Engeland, PEC Zwolle, 3 juli 2020
^ "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 profesional 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. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links[edit]

Official website

[7] Fee may eventually rise due to undisclosed bonuses.

[1] Destan Bajselmani beloond met contract, PEC Zwolle, 15 juni 2020

[2] PEC Zwolle neemt Strieder over van FC Utrecht, PEC Zwolle, 2 juli 2020

[3] Jesper Drost keert terug bij PEC Zwolle, PEC Zwolle, 3 juli 2020

[4] De Graafschap legt Rick Dekker vast, De Graafschap, 30 juli 2020

[VierSpelers-5] PEC Zwolle neemt afscheid van vier spelers, PEC Zwolle, 30 maart 2020

[6] Etiënne Reijnen stopt met voetballen, PEC Zwolle, 20 mei 2020

[8] Gustavo Hamer vertrekt naar Engeland, PEC Zwolle, 3 juli 2020

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

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

[rules2020-21-11] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations profesional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[12] "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

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