| Competition: | Eredivisie |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Dates: | 12 September 2020 – 16 May 2021 |
| Winners: | Ajax (35th title)[1] |
| Relegated: | FC Emmen VVV-Venlo ADO Den Haag |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Ajax PSV Eindhoven |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | AZ |
| Continentalcup3: | Europa Conference League |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Vitesse Feyenoord |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 920 |
| Longest Wins: | 7 matches Ajax |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 23 matches Ajax |
| Longest Winless: | 22 matches Emmen |
| Longest Losses: | 12 matches VVV-Venlo |
| League Topscorer: | Giorgos Giakoumakis |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 Eredivisie was the 65th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 16 May 2021.[2]
On 2 February 2021, the KNVB announced that effective immediately clubs would be allowed to make an extra substitution for suspected concussions as part of an IFAB sanctioned trial. This trial will allow teams to make up to six substitutions across four breaks in the match instead of five substitutions across three breaks in the match.[3]
Ajax, having won the title in 2018–19, were the title holders, since the 2019–20 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands after 25 matchdays and the title was not awarded.
A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league. There were no changes in the league's makeup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | data-sort-value="Brood, Ruud" | Ruud Brood | data-sort-value="Janmaat, Daryl" | Daryl Janmaat | Erreà | Cars Jeans |
| Ajax | data-sort-value="Hag, Erik" | Erik ten Hag | data-sort-value="Tadic, Dusan" |  Dušan Tadić | Adidas | Ziggo |
| AZ | data-sort-value="Jansen, Pascal" | data-sort-value="Til, Guus" | Teun Koopmeiners | Nike | AFAS Software | |
| FC Emmen | data-sort-value="Lukkien, Dick" | Dick Lukkien | data-sort-value="de Leeuw, Michael" | Michael de Leeuw | Hummel | EasyToys |
| Feyenoord | data-sort-value="Advocaat, Dick" | Dick Advocaat | data-sort-value="Berghuis, Steven" | Steven Berghuis | Adidas | Droomparken |
| Fortuna Sittard | data-sort-value="Ultee, Sjors" | Sjors Ultee | data-sort-value="Rienstra, Ben" | Ben Rienstra | Masita | Hurkmans Groep |
| FC Groningen | data-sort-value="Buijs, Danny" | Danny Buijs | data-sort-value="Robben, Arjen" | Arjen Robben | Puma | Office Centre |
| sc Heerenveen | data-sort-value="Jansen, Johnny" | Johnny Jansen | data-sort-value="Veerman, Henk" | Henk Veerman | Jako | Ausnutria |
| Heracles Almelo | data-sort-value="Wormuth, Frank" | Frank Wormuth | data-sort-value="Propper, Robin" | Robin Pröpper | Acerbis | Asito |
| PEC Zwolle | data-sort-value="Konterman, Bert" | data-sort-value="Polen, Bram" | Bram van Polen | Craft | Molecaten | |
| PSV | data-sort-value="Schmidt, Roger" | Roger Schmidt | data-sort-value="Dumfries, Denzel" | Denzel Dumfries | Puma | Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven |
| RKC Waalwijk | data-sort-value="Grim, Fred" | Fred Grim | data-sort-value="Tahiri, Anas" |  Anas Tahiri | Stanno | Willy Naessens |
| Sparta Rotterdam | data-sort-value="Fraser, Henk" | Henk Fraser | data-sort-value="Auassar, Adil" | Adil Auassar | Robey | D&S Groep |
| FC Twente | data-sort-value="Jans, Ron" | Ron Jans | data-sort-value="Brama, Wout" | Wout Brama | Meyba | Pure Energie |
| FC Utrecht | data-sort-value="Hake, René" | René Hake | data-sort-value="Janssen, Willem" | Willem Janssen | Nike | T-Mobile |
| Vitesse | data-sort-value="Letsch, Thomas" | Thomas Letsch | data-sort-value="Pasveer, Remko" | Remko Pasveer | Nike | Waterontharder.com |
| VVV-Venlo | data-sort-value="Luhukay, Jos" | Jos Luhukay | data-sort-value="Post, Danny" | Danny Post | Masita | Seacon Logistics |
| Willem II | data-sort-value="Petrović, Željko" |  Željko Petrović | data-sort-value="Peters, Jordens" | Jordens Peters | Robey | DESTIL |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of contract | align=center rowspan="5" | 30 June 2020 | align=center rowspan="5" | Preseason | align=center rowspan="5" | 1 July 2020 | [4] | |||
| Different role | [5] | |||||||||
| End of interim spell | [6] | |||||||||
| End of contract | [7] | |||||||||
| End of interim spell | [8] | |||||||||
| 7 November 2020 | 8th | 7 November 2020 | [9] | |||||||
| Sacked | 8 November 2020 | 16th | 10 November 2020 | [10] [11] | ||||||
| 11 November 2020 | 18th | 2 December 2020 | [12] [13] | |||||||
| 4 December 2020 | 7th | 4 December 2020 | [14] | |||||||
| 26 January 2021 | 17th | 29 January 2021 | [15] [16] | |||||||
| 20 February 2021 | 13th | 24 February 2021 | [17] [18] | |||||||
| End of interim spell | 27 February 2021 | 12th | 27 February 2021 | |||||||
| Sacked | 16 March 2021 | 15th | 17 March 2021 | [19] [20] |
For both play-offs, who plays who, is not decided based on draws, but the brackets are fully preset based on seeds. The seeds are assigned based on the final ranking after the regular season. The best ranked team will get the highest seed (lowest number). Eredivisie teams are considered to be better ranked than eerste divisie teams.
Contrary to previous years, all rounds are no longer two legs (home and away) but a single leg. The team with the best seed will get the home advantage.
If a match is leveled at the end of the normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
The four best ranked teams without a European tournament ticket will play for one spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round. The highest seeded team will always play at home.
| Team | Rank | seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 |
Seven teams, six from the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie and one from the Eredivisie, will play for a spot in the 2021–22 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams will play in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie. The highest seeded team or the team from the Eredivisie will always play at home.
| Team | Rank | seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 7 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | VVV-Venlo | 30 | 26 | 8 | |
| 2 | Donyell Malen | PSV Eindhoven | 32 | 19 | 0 | |
| 3 | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | 31 | 18 | 8 | |
| 4 |  Danilo | Twente | 33 | 17 | 5 | |
| 5 | Rai Vloet | Heracles Almelo | 33 | 16 | 3 | |
| 6 | Myron Boadu | AZ | 31 | 15 | 0 | |
| Teun Koopmeiners | AZ | 31 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Henk Veerman | Heerenveen | 31 | 14 | 1 | |
| Lennart Thy | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 4 | |||
| Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 34 | 7 |
| Rnd | Player | Club | Goals | Date | Home | Score | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | VVV-Venlo | 50', 65' (p), 72' | 13 September 2020 | Emmen | 3–5 | VVV-Venlo | |
| 6 |  Lassina Traoré | Ajax | 17', 32', 54', 65', 87' | 24 October 2020 | VVV-Venlo | 0–13 | Ajax | |
| 7 | Rai Vloet | Heracles Almelo | 2', 63', 71' | 1 November 2020 | Heracles Almelo | 4–1 | Utrecht | |
| 14 | Bryan Linssen | Feyenoord | 48', 58', 90+1' | 23 December 2020 | Feyenoord | 3–0 | Heerenveen | |
| 16 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | VVV-Venlo | 6' (p), 58', 68', 86' (p) | ADO Den Haag | 1–4 | VVV-Venlo | ||
| 16 |  Sinan Bakış | Heracles Almelo | 26', 44', 64' | 12 January 2021 | Heracles Almelo | 4–0 | Emmen | |
| 18 |  Reza Ghoochannejhad | PEC Zwolle | 58', 62', 70' (p) | 22 January 2021 | Willem II | 1–3 | PEC Zwolle | |
| 19 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | VVV-Venlo | 16', 28', 43', 79' | 27 January 2021 | VVV-Venlo | 4–1 | Vitesse | |
| 24 | Myron Boadu | AZ | 22', 41', 64' | 28 February 2021 | AZ | 4–2 | Feyenoord | |
| 30 | Michael de Leeuw | Emmen | 58' (p), 89', 90+1' | 25 April 2021 | Emmen | 3–1 | Heracles Almelo | |
| 31 | Sinan Bakış | Heracles Almelo | 35', 55', 83' (p) | 1 May 2021 | Heracles Almelo | 4–0 | VVV-Venlo |
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Assists | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 34 | 17 | |
| 2 | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | 31 | 13 | |
| 3 |  Mike Trésor | Willem II | 34 | 11 | |
| 4 | Joey Veerman | Heerenveen | 31 | 10 | |
| 5 | Oussama Tannane | Vitesse | 29 | 9 | |
 Jesper Karlsson | AZ | 32 | |||
| 7 | Vito van Crooij | VVV-Venlo | 31 | 8 | |
| Philipp Max | PSV Eindhoven | 31 | |||
| Antony | Ajax | 32 | |||
| Donyell Malen | PSV Eindhoven | 32 |
| Award[30] | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season | Dušan Tadić | Ajax | |
| Talent of the Season |  Ryan Gravenberch | Ajax |
