2019–20 PEC Zwolle season

PEC Zwolle
2019–20 season
Chairman	Adriaan Visser
Manager	John Stegeman
Stadium	MAC³PARK Stadion
Eredivisie	15th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Reza Ghoochannejhad (7); All: ; Reza Ghoochannejhad; Lennart Thy; (7 each)
Highest home attendance	14,000; (vs. Ajax, 6 December 2019)
Lowest home attendance	12,532; (vs. Sparta Rotterdam, 25 August 2019)
Average home league attendance	13,357 1920
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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).

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

Friendlies

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

19 July 2019 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	4 – 1	SC Cambuur	Zwolle
	Iliass Bel Hassani 38', 39' Stanley Elbers 68' Dennis Johnsen 74'	Report	18' Robert Mühren	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

27 July 2019 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	1 – 0	Asteras Tripoli F.C.	Zwolle
	Gustavo Hamer 67'	Report		Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Referee: Richard Martens

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

14 November 2019 Friendly	1. FC Köln	0 – 0	PEC Zwolle	Cologne
	Birger Verstraete	Report	Dean Huiberts Sam Kersten	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

10 January 2020 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	1 – 3	S.V. Zulte Waregem	Mijas
	Reza Ghoochannejhad 61'	Report	13', 17' Mathieu De Smet 86' Nikolaos Kenourgios

10 January 2020 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	0 – 2	Standard Liège	Coín
		Report	12', 17' Maxime Lestienne

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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


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

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	15	16	18	17	15	12	14	15	14	13	13	15	16	14	15	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Matches

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

25 August 2019 4	PEC Zwolle	2 – 2	Sparta Rotterdam	Zwolle
	Iliass Bel Hassani 9' Pelle Clement 45+3' Rick Dekker 51' Lennart Thy 56'	Report Matchreport	8' Ragnar Ache 23' Bart Vriends 44' Adil Auassar 81' Lars Veldwijk	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 12,532 Referee: Richard Martens

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

21 September 2019 7	FC Groningen	2 – 0	PEC Zwolle	Groningen
	Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 19' Ajdin Hrustić 59' Azor Matusiwa 64'	Report Matchreport		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 16,471 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

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

5 October 2019 9	SC Heerenveen	1 – 0	PEC Zwolle	Heerenveen
	Mitchell van Bergen 45'	Report Matchreport	90+5' Vito van Crooy	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 16,632 Referee: Danny Makkelie

20 October 2019 10	PEC Zwolle	3 – 1	ADO Den Haag	Zwolle
	Kenneth Paal 12' Iliass Bel Hassani 38' Reza Ghoochannejhad 74' Pelle Clement 89' 90+4' Dennis Johnsen 90+6'	Report Matchreport	Michiel Kramer 8' Tom Beugelsdijk 31' Bilal Ould-Chikh 89'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion

26 October 2019 11	Heracles Almelo	4 – 0	PEC Zwolle	Almelo
	Lennart Czyborra 17' Silvester van der Water 65' Mauro Júnior 80' Joey Konings 90+1'	Report Matchreport	13' Pelle Clement	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 10,157 Referee: Martin Pérez

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

23 November 2019 14	PEC Zwolle	3 – 1	Fortuna Sittard	Zwolle
	Mustafa Saymak 4' Rick Dekker 45+4' Reza Ghoochannejhad 57' Vito van Crooy 59' Iliass Bel Hassani 65' Lennart Thy 90+4'	Report Matchreport	42' Amadou Ciss 64' Cian Harries 89' Vitalie Damașcan	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,912 Referee: Joey Kooij

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

21 December 2019 18	PSV Eindhoven	4 – 1	PEC Zwolle	Eindhoven
	Jorrit Hendrix 18' Mohammed Ihattaren 26' Bruma 50' Nick Viergever 60' Cody Gakpo 72'	Report Matchreport	8' Rick Dekker 12' Mustafa Saymak 43' Vito van Crooy 68' Kenneth Paal 85' Lennart Thy	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

17 January 2020 19	PEC Zwolle	3 – 3	FC Utrecht	Zwolle
	Dean Huiberts 25' Mike van Duinen 27' Kenneth Paal 53' 67' Yuta Nakayama 89'	Report Matchreport	24' (p) Simon Gustafson 42' Mitchell van Rooijen 45+1' Joris van Overeem 70' Mark van der Maarel 71' Gyrano Kerk 77' Sean Klaiber 86' Abass Issah	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

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

6 March 2020 26	Fortuna Sittard	1 – 1	PEC Zwolle	Sittard
	Nikolai Baden Frederiksen 13' George Cox 71' Tesfaldet Tekie 89'	Report Matchreport	37' Jarni Koorman 86' Gustavo Hamer 90' (p) Lennart Thy	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

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

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

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

No.	Pos	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

No.	Pos	Nat	Name
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