2019–20 PEC Zwolle season

The 2019–20 season was PEC Zwolle's 109th season of play, it marked its 18th season in the Eredivisie and its 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. They ended the season fifteenth in the league. PEC Zwolle entered the KNVB Cup in the second round. The lost in the second round against Fortuna Sittard (0–2).

PEC Zwolle
2019–20 season
ChairmanAdriaan Visser
ManagerNetherlands John Stegeman
StadiumMAC³PARK Stadion
Eredivisie15th
KNVB CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Iran Reza Ghoochannejhad (7)

All:
Iran Reza Ghoochannejhad
Germany Lennart Thy
(7 each)
Highest home attendance14,000
(vs. Ajax, 6 December 2019)
Lowest home attendance12,532
(vs. Sparta Rotterdam, 25 August 2019)
Average home league attendance13,357 1920

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 21 April, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that events that require a permit are forbidden until 1 September. This meant that football matches were also not allowed, resulting in the end of the 2019–20 Eredivisie season.[1] As a result, the KNVB decided on 24 April to maintain the current league positions, but not to appoint a champion. Since PEC Zwolle was in fifteenth place on 8 March (after the last completed round). It was awarded that place.

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

29 June 2019 Friendly FC Dalfsen 0 – 11 PEC Zwolle Wijthmen
Report   10', 45' Lennart Thy
  12' Stanley Elbers
  28' Pelle Clement
  45+2' Clint Leemans
  52', 78' Mike van Duinen
  62' Stefan de Bert
  68', 90', 90+1' Jarno Westerman
Stadium: Sportpark De Elshof
Attendance: 740
2 July 2019 Friendly VV Hattem 0 – 8 PEC Zwolle Hattem
Report   2' Clint Leemans
  17' Eliano Reijnders
  39' Mike van Duinen
  69', 75', 84', 88', 89' Zian Flemming
Stadium: Sportpark Het Achterveen
Attendance: 1,400
5 July 2019 Friendly FC Emmen 1 – 1 PEC Zwolle Coevorden
Stanley Elbers   47' Report   52' Marko Kolar Stadium: Sportpark De Pampert
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joey Kooij
9 July 2019 Friendly PEC Zwolle 2 – 2   PAOK FC Nieuwleusen
Dennis Johnsen   36'
Lennart Thy   82'
Report   1', 31' Karol Swiderski Stadium: Sportpark Hulsterlanden
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
16 July 2019 Friendly ZAC 1 – 7 PEC Zwolle Zwolle
Okke Scholten   84' (p) Report   26', 32', 45' Zian Flemming
  33', 72' Eliano Reijnders
  60' Jan Quispel
  74' Lennart Thy
Stadium: Sportpark Jo van Marle
5 September 2019 Friendly Arminia Bielefeld   2 – 0 PEC Zwolle Bielefeld
Jonathan Clauss   38'
Fabian Klos   43'
Fabian Kunze  
Report Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Referee: Stegemann
10 January 2020 Friendly PEC Zwolle 0 – 2   Standard Liège Coín
Report   12', 17' Maxime Lestienne

Eredivisie edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 VVV-Venlo 26 8 4 14 24 51 −27 28
14 FC Twente 26 7 6 13 34 46 −12 27
15 PEC Zwolle 26 7 5 14 37 55 −18 26
16 Fortuna Sittard 26 6 8 12 29 52 −23 26
17 ADO Den Haag 26 4 7 15 25 54 −29 19
Source: eredivisie.nl
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)[2]

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
24 6 4 14 28 53  −25 22 4 2 5 24 29  −5 2 2 9 4 24  −20

Source: League matches

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA
ResultLLLDWWLLLWLLLWLLWLDDWDLLWDCCCCCCCC
Position15161817151214151413131516141516151515161515161615151515151515151515
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2020. Source: KNVB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 August 2019 1 PEC Zwolle 1 – 3 Willem II Zwolle
Lennart Thy   39'
Jarno Westerman   89'
Report
Matchreport
  41', 72'   90+1' Vangelis Pavlidis
  46' (o.g.) Clint Leemans
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,342
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
11 August 2019 2 FC Utrecht 3 – 1 PEC Zwolle Utrecht
Sean Klaiber   15'
Simon Gustafson   44'   49' (p)
Sander van der Streek   47'
Willem Janssen   73'
Report
Matchreport
  10' Dean Huiberts
  16' Gustavo Hamer
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 18,736
Referee: Siemen Mulder
16 August 2019 3 SBV Vitesse 3 – 0 PEC Zwolle Arnhem
Bryan Linssen   51'   80'
Tim Matavž   52' (p)
Vyacheslav Karavayev   64'
Report
Matchreport
  19' Zian Flemming
  42' Thomas Bruns
  45+3' Gustavo Hamer
Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 12,273
Referee: Rob Dieperink
30 August 2019 5 FC Emmen 1 – 3 PEC Zwolle Emmen
Nick Bakker   6'   77'
Filip Ugrinic   24'
Sergio Peña   36'
Keziah Veendorp   65'
Wouter Marinus   90+2'
Report
Matchreport
  17' Dennis Johnsen
  27' Thomas Bruns
  38' Iliass Bel Hassani
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Attendance: 8,293
Referee: Dennis Higler
15 September 2019 6 PEC Zwolle 6 – 2 RKC Waalwijk Zwolle
Iliass Bel Hassani   26'
Gustavo Hamer   38'   90+3'
Reza Ghoochannejhad   60', 81', 83', 88'
Report
Matchreport
  28' Melle Meulensteen
  31' Stanley Elbers
  34' Clint Leemans
  68' Juriën Gaari
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,028
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
29 September 2019 8 PEC Zwolle 0 – 4 PSV Eindhoven Zwolle
Gustavo Hamer   27' Report
Matchreport
  30' Nick Viergever
  39' Pablo Rosario
  67' Jeroen Zoet
  68' Donyell Malen
  72' Ritsu Doan
  86' Cody Gakpo
  90+4' Érick Gutiérrez
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,482
Referee: Dennis Higler
1 November 2019 12 PEC Zwolle 2 – 4 Ajax Zwolle
Gustavo Hamer   7'   36'
Mustafa Saymak   57'   62'
Pelle Clement   63'
Report
Matchreport
  6', 11' Quincy Promes
  20', 88' David Neres
  66' Donny van der Beek
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Björn Kuipers
10 November 2019 13 FC Twente 2 – 1 PEC Zwolle Enschede
Haris Vučkić   16'
Joel Latibeaudiere   25'
Report
Matchreport
  61' Reza Ghoochannejhad
  81' Rick Dekker
  85' Thomas Lam
  90+2' Iliass Bel Hassani
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 26,900
Referee: Kevin Blom
1 December 2019 15 Feyenoord 1 – 0 PEC Zwolle Rotterdam
Steven Berghuis   23' Report
Matchreport
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 44,513
Referee: Allard Lindhout
7 December 2019 16 PEC Zwolle 0 – 3 AZ Alkmaar Zwolle
Report
Matchreport
  15' Myron Boadu
  43', 65' Oussama Idrissi
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,708
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
14 December 2019 17 VVV-Venlo 1 – 2 PEC Zwolle Venlo
Aaron Bastiaans   77' Report
Matchreport
  11'   34' Kenneth Paal
  24' Pelle Clement
  90+2' Gustavo Hamer
Stadium: De Koel
Attendance: 6,861
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
26 January 2020 20 Willem II 0 – 0 PEC Zwolle Tilburg
Pol Llonch   28'
Freek Heerkens   38'
Sebastian Holmén   90+5'
Report
Matchreport
  43' Kenneth Paal
  79' Thomas Lam
  85' Pelle Clement
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 13,337
Referee: Erwin Blank
1 February 2020 21 PEC Zwolle 1 – 0 FC Groningen Zwolle
Yuta Nakayama   43'
Sai van Wermeskerken   77'
Bram van Polen   90+5'
Report
Matchreport
  29' Mike te Wierik
  30' Sam Schreck
  90+5' Bart van Hintum
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 12,844
Referee: Pol van Boekel
8 February 2020 22 RKC Waalwijk 0 – 0 PEC Zwolle Waalwijk
Juriën Gaari   28'
Paul Quasten   85'
Tijjani Reijnders   88'
Report
Matchreport
  33' Rico Strieder
  62' Thomas Lam
  90+3' Gustavo Hamer
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 5,257
Referee: Siemen Mulder
16 February 2020 23 PEC Zwolle 3 – 4 Feyenoord Zwolle
Lennart Thy   5' (p), 59'
Mike van Duinen   11'
Bram van Polen   52'
Gustavo Hamer   87'
Report
Matchreport
  30' Jens Toornstra
  38' Leroy Fer
  51', 65' Steven Berghuis
  88'   88' Róbert Boženík
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,822
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
22 February 2020 24 AZ Alkmaar 2 – 0 PEC Zwolle Alkmaar
Teun Koopmeiners     54' (p), 60' (p) Report
Matchreport
  42' Michael Zetterer
  59' Kenneth Paal
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 15,306
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
29 February 2020 25 PEC Zwolle 4 – 3 SBV Vitesse Zwolle
Gustavo Hamer   6'
Kenneth Paal   74'
Reza Ghoochannejhad   90' (p)
Pelle Clement   90+4'
Report
Matchreport
  6' Tim Matavž
  18' Matúš Bero
  33', 90+2'   81' Oussama Tannane
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,088
Referee: Allard Lindhout
14 March 2020 27 PEC Zwolle Cancelled Heracles Almelo Zwolle
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 14 March 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
21 March 2020 28 PEC Zwolle Cancelled VVV-Venlo Zwolle
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 21 March 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
5 April 2020 29 Ajax Cancelled PEC Zwolle Amsterdam
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 5 April 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
12 April 2020 30 PEC Zwolle Cancelled FC Twente Zwolle
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 12 April 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
21 April 2020 31 Sparta Rotterdam Cancelled PEC Zwolle Rotterdam
Report Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 21 April 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
25 April 2020 32 PEC Zwolle Cancelled SC Heerenveen Zwolle
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 25 April 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
3 May 2020 33 PEC Zwolle Cancelled FC Emmen Zwolle
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 3 May 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
10 May 2020 34 ADO Den Haag Cancelled PEC Zwolle The Hague
Report Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 10 May 2020, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

KNVB Cup edit

29 October 2019 1st round HSV Hoek 0 – 3 PEC Zwolle Hoek
19:45 CET Ruben de Jager   39'
Jonathan Constancia   87'
Report
Matchreport
  17' Yuta Nakayama
  58', 90+2' Lennart Thy
  90+1' Dennis Johnsen
Stadium: Sportpark Denoek
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Laurens Gerrets
17 December 2019 2nd round Fortuna Sittard 3 – 0 PEC Zwolle Sittard
20:45 CET Bassala Sambou   17'
Rasmus Karjalainen   43'
George Cox   55'
Jorrit Smeets   65'
Darryl Lachman   71' (og)
Àlex Carbonell   85'
Report
Matchreport
  36' Rick Dekker
  59' Gustavo Hamer
  67' Vito van Crooy
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 2,322
Referee: Christiaan Bax

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Eredivisie KNVB Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NED Xavier Mous 14 0 13 0 1 0
2 DF   NED Bram van Polen 8 0 7+1 0 0 0
3 DF   NED Thomas Lam 17 0 15 0 2 0
4 DF   JPN Yuta Nakayama 15 2 13+1 2 1 0
5 DF   NED Kenneth Paal 19 3 17 3 2 0
6 MF   NED Mustafa Saymak 15 3 12+3 3 0 0
7 FW   NED Vito van Crooy 18 0 11+5 0 2 0
8 MF   IRN Reza Ghoochannejhad 14 7 7+6 7 0+1 0
9 FW   NED Mike van Duinen 13 2 9+3 2 1 0
10 FW   GER Lennart Thy 26 7 20+4 5 2 2
13 MF   GER Rico Strieder 6 0 6 0 0 0
15 DF   NED Sam Kersten 15 0 12+3 0 0 0
16 GK   GER Michael Zetterer 14 0 13 0 1 0
17 FW   NOR Dennis Johnsen 25 2 10+13 1 1+1 1
19 MF   NED Rick Dekker 17 0 13+3 0 1 0
22 MF   NED Pelle Clement 26 3 24 3 2 0
23 DF   NED Etiënne Reijnen 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
30 MF   NED Dean Huiberts 13 0 7+4 0 2 0
31 DF   JPN Sai van Wermeskerken 20 0 14+4 0 1+1 0
32 MF   NED Jarni Koorman 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
33 DF   FRA Anthony Dekono 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW   NED Jarno Westerman 5 0 1+3 0 0+1 0
36 DF   FRA Marc Olivier Doue 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
38 MF   NED Gustavo Hamer 26 4 25 4 1 0
39 FW   NED Quinten van den Heerik 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK   NED Mike Hauptmeijer 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 DF   NED Destan Bajselmani 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
48 MF   NED Gabi Caschili 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF   NED Thomas van den Belt 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
8 MF   NED Clint Leemans 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
11 MF   NED Iliass Bel Hassani 14 5 11+2 5 0+1 0
14 MF   NED Zian Flemming 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
20 MF   NED Thomas Bruns 8 1 5+3 1 0 0
25 FW   NED Stanley Elbers 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
29 DF   CUW Darryl Lachman 15 0 12+1 0 2 0

Last updated: 6 October 2019
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

No. Pos Nat Name Eredivisie KNVB Cup Total
8 FW   Reza Ghoochannejhad 7 0 7
10 FW   Lennart Thy 5 2 7
11 MF   Iliass Bel Hassani 5 0 5
38 MF   Gustavo Hamer 4 0 4
6 MF   Mustafa Saymak 3 0 3
5 MF   Kenneth Paal 3 0 3
22 MF   Pelle Clement 3 0 3
4 MF   Yuta Nakayama 2 0 2
9 MF   Mike van Duinen 2 0 2
17 FW   Dennis Johnsen 1 1 2
20 MF   Thomas Bruns 1 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 39

Last updated: 1 March 2020

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos Nat Name Eredivisie KNVB Cup Total
                       
38 MF   Gustavo Hamer 7 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
5 DF   Kenneth Paal 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
22 MF   Pelle Clement 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
7 MF   Vito van Crooy 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
19 MF   Rick Dekker 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
3 DF   Thomas Lam 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
2 DF   Bram van Polen 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
30 MF   Dean Huiberts 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 MF   Mustafa Saymak 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 MF   Iliass Bel Hassani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 MF   Zian Flemming 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 FW   Dennis Johnsen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 MF   Thomas Bruns 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 FW   Jarno Westerman 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 MF   Rico Strieder 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 GK   Michael Zetterer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 FW   Reza Ghoochannejhad 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 DF   Yuta Nakayama 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 42 0 2 4 0 0 46 0 2

Last updated: 1 March 2020

References edit

  1. ^ "Measures to stop the spread of coronavirus extended". Government of the Netherlands. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Eredivisie 2019/2020 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tot en met 31 maart geen voetbal in Nederland". knvb.nl (in Dutch). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.