2020–21 Willem II season

Willem II
2020–21 season
Chairman	Jack Buckens
Manager	Adrie Koster
Stadium	Koning Willem II Stadion
Eredivisie	16th
KNVB Cup	Second round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Vangelis Pavlidis (2)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 December 2020.

The 2020–21 Willem II season is the club's 125th season in existence and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Willem II participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Robbin Ruiter
3	DF	NED	Freek Heerkens (2nd captain)
4	DF	NED	Jordens Peters (captain)
5	DF	NED	Ian Smeulers (on loan from Feyenoord)
6	DF	NED	Jan-Arie van der Heijden
7	FW	NED	Ché Nunnely
8	MF	ESP	Pol Llonch
10	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis
11	FW	GER	Mats Köhlert
13	DF	NED	Leeroy Owusu
14	FW	BEL	Elton Kabangu
15	FW	NED	Ole Romeny (on loan from NEC)
16	MF	NED	Rick Zuijderwijk
17	MF	MAR	Dries Saddiki
18	DF	SUR	Miquel Nelom


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	GHA	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt
21	MF	BEL	Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye
22	DF	NED	Victor van den Bogert
23	MF	GER	Görkem Sağlam
24	GK	NED	Connor van den Berg
25	DF	SWE	Sebastian Holmén
26	GK	BEL	Jorn Brondeel
27	DF	GER	Derrick Köhn
30	MF	ALB	Lindon Selahi (on loan from Twente)
32	DF	NED	Sven van Beek (on loan from Feyenoord)
43	MF	NED	Wesley Spieringhs
46	DF	NED	Jop van den Avert
48	DF	NED	Vincent Schippers
49	GK	KOS	Arijanet Murić (on loan from Manchester City)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	AUS	Dylan Ryan (at Melbourne Victory until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	GER	John Yeboah (at Almere City until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

14 August 2020 Friendly	Willem II	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Tilburg, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Wriedt 55' Ndayishimiye 65' (pen.)	Report	Linthorst 10'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 2,800

21 August 2020 Friendly	Willem II	1–1	PSV	Tilburg, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Llonch 30' Pavlidis 76'	Report	Malen 16' Rosario 40'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

4 September 2020 Friendly	Genk	Cancelled	Willem II	Belgium
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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		24	4	5	15	27	54	−27	016.67
KNVB Cup	2 December 2020	17 December 2020	First round	Second round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2020	24 September 2020	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	050.00
Total					27	5	5	17	32	60	−28	018.52

Last updated: 28 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

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
24	4	5	15	27	54	−27	17	3	2	7	16	28	−12	1	3	8	11	26	−15

Last updated: 28 February 2021.
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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W
Position	18	8	8	11	12	11	12	14	12	14	15	16	16	15	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2021. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 July 2020.^[1]

12 September 2020 1	SC Heerenveen	2–0	Willem II	Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Batista Meier 17' Woudenberg 22' Van der Heide 68' Bochniewicz 75'	Report	Llonch 19' Nelom 32' Sağlam 44'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Richard Martens

20 September 2020 2	Willem II	4–0	Heracles Almelo	Tilburg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Köhlert 43' Pavlidis 46', 84' Sağlam 50' Yeboah 52'	Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 3,908 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

27 September 2020 3	FC Emmen	1–1	Willem II	Emmen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	De Leeuw 5' Bijl 19', 57'	Report	Ndayishimiye 13' Holmén 90+2'	Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 2,312 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

4 October 2020 4	Willem II	1–4	Feyenoord	Tilburg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Peters 8' Pavlidis 13'	Report	Haps 23' Linssen 48' Berghuis 56', 77' Spajić 88'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

17 October 2020 5	Willem II	0–3	FC Twente	Tilburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Holmén 45+2' Sağlam 64' Nelom 70'	Report	Danilo 2', 62' Oosterwolde 48' Lamprou 83'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

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 Referee: Martín Pérez

31 October 2020 7	Willem II	1–3	Vitesse	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nunnely 25'	Report	Openda 57' Broja 63' Vroegh 85'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

8 November 2020 8	PSV	3–0	Willem II	Eindhoven
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Max 14' Götze 21' Rosario 40' Malen 82'	Report	Köhn 63'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

21 November 2020 9	Willem II	2–1	VVV-Venlo	Tilburg
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pavlidis 7' Sağlam 18' Llonch 62' Ndayishimiye 86'	Report	Giakoumakis 34' Hunte 73'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erwin Blank

29 November 2020 10	FC Groningen	1–0	Willem II	Groningen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	El Messaoudi 63'	Report	Sağlam 45+1'	Stadium: Hitachi Capital Mobility Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

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

13 December 2020 12	Willem II	1–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Tilburg
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0

20 December 2020 13	AZ	5–3	Willem II	Alkmaar
16:45 CET (UTC+1)	Koopmeiners 38', 43' Stengs 53' Midtsjø 65' Karlsson 69' (pen.)	Report	Aboukhlal 22' (o.g.) Ndayishimiye 36' (pen.) Köhn 68' Nunnely 90'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dennis Higler

23 December 2020 14	Willem II	1–1	Ajax	Tilburg
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Wriedt 54'	Report	Antony 4', 66'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

10 January 2021 15	VVV-Venlo	2–1	Willem II	Venlo
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Giakoumakis 79' (pen.), 90+3', 87'	Report	Van der Heijden 15', 52' Holmén 66'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

14 January 2021 16	Willem II	2–3	FC Groningen	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nunnely 60' Dammers 79' (o.g.)	Report	El Hankouri 50', 90+3' Itakura 84', 90+2'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

17 January 2021 17	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	Willem II	Waalwijk
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tahiri 47'	Report	Wriedt 59'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Allard Lindhout

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

28 January 2021 19	Ajax	3–1	Willem II	Amsterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Klaassen 51' Brobbey 83' Tadić 87' Schuurs 89' Blind 90+2'	Report	Pavlidis 62'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

31 January 2021 20	Willem II	2–0	FC Emmen	Tilburg
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nunnely 38' Wriedt 47'	Report	Bijl 90'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Björn Kuipers

14 February 2021 22	Feyenoord	5–0	Willem II	Rotterdam
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diemers 6' Toornstra 45+2' Linssen 49' Sinisterra 52' Berghuis 63' (pen.) Kökçü 83'	Report	Ndayishimiye 90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

19 February 2021 23	Willem II	0–6	FC Utrecht	Tilburg
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Selahi 77'	Report	Ter Avest 3' Van de Streek 11', 19' Ramselaar 47' Kerk 69' Van der Maarel 86'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Rob Dieperink

24 February 2021 21	Willem II	1–1	ADO Den Haag	Tilburg
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Heerkens 37' Ndayishimiye 48' (pen.) Peters 60' 75' Owusu 90+6'	Report	Gomelt 42' Pinas 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Siemen Mulder

28 February 2021 24	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	Willem II	Rotterdam
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte 43' Fortes 78'	Report	Nunnely 67' Ndayishimiye 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Blom

6 March 2021 25	FC Twente	v	Willem II	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

KNVB Cup

2 December 2020 First round	DVS '33	Bye	Willem II	Ermelo
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Sportpark Zuid

17 December 2020 Second round	Willem II	0–2	Vitesse	Tilburg
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Holmén 41' Schippers 84'	Report	Manhoef 20' Buitink 63'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

UEFA Europa League

16 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Progrès Niederkorn	0–5	Willem II	Differdange, Luxembourg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jänisch 10' Ferino 68'	Report	Pavlidis 20', 34' Sağlam 28' Nunnely 46' Ndayishimiye 65'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	Willem II	0–4	Rangers	Tilburg, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nelom 27' Pavlidis 81' Llonch 82'	Report	Barišić 6' Tavernier 22' (pen.) Kent 25' Helander 55', 71' Morelos 66'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "Programma Eredivisie 2020/21 definitief vastgesteld | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl. 24 July 2020.

External links

Official website

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

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