2019–20 Fortuna Sittard season
# 2019–20 Fortuna Sittard season

During the 2019–20 season, Fortuna Sittard participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Squad

### Squad information

    As of 20 February 2020

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Martin Angha |
| 3 | DF | NED | Wessel Dammers (captain) |
| 4 | DF | SVK | Branislav Niňaj |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Grégoire Amiot |
| 6 | MF | NED | Jorrit Smeets |
| 7 | FW | FIN | Rasmus Karjalainen |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Álex Carbonell (on loan from Valencia) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Bassala Sambou |
| 10 | MF | NED | Mark Diemers |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Djibril Dianessy |
| 12 | DF | NED | Clint Essers |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Tesfaldet Tekie |
| 15 | DF | GER | Felix Passlack (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 17 | MF | VEN | Carlos Faya (on loan from Academia Puerto Cabello) |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Amadou Ciss |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Adnan Ugur |
| 24 | MF | NED | Nassim El Ablak |
| 25 | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Ioannidis |
| 26 | MF | NED | Bo Breukers |
| 27 | GK | NED | Rowen Koot |
| 28 | GK | SVN | Ažbe Jug |
| 29 | DF | FIN | Patrik Raitanen |
| 34 | MF | NED | Leandro Fernandes (on loan from Juventus) |
| 35 | DF | ENG | George Cox (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Lazaros Rota |
| 52 | FW | DEN | Nikolai Frederiksen (on loan from Juventus) |
| 70 | FW | BEL | Jacky Donkor |
| 77 | GK | MDA | Alexei Koșelev |
| 99 | FW | MDA | Vitalie Damașcan (on loan from Torino) |

### Out on loan

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | FW | CPV | Lisandro Semedo (at OFI until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | NED | Luc Tinnemans (at EVV Echt until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | SRB | Lazar Kojić (at Radnik Surdulica until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | NED | Job van de Walle (at RKSV Groene Ster until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | POR | André Vidigal (at APOEL FC until 31 May 2020) |
| — | FW | HUN | Áron Dobos (at ETO FC Győr until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Rasmus Karjalainen | Kuopion Palloseura | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Adnan Ugur | Club Brugge | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Patrik Raitanen | Liverpool FC | Transfer | Free |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Felix Passlack | Borussia Dortmund | Loan | Season Loan |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | Álex Carbonell | Valencia CF | Loan | Season Loan |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | Grégoire Amiot | Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas | Transfer | Free |
| 16 July 2019 | FW | Vitalie Damașcan | Torino | Loan | Season Loan |
| 18 July 2019 | FW | Jacky Donkor | Lokeren | Transfer | Free |
| 23 July 2019 | FW | Bassala Sambou | Everton | Transfer | Free |
| 26 August 2019 | DF | Martin Angha | FC Sion | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2019 | DF | Cian Harries | Swansea City A.F.C. | Loan | Season Loan |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | Leandro Fernandes | Juventus F.C. | Loan | Season Loan |
| 2 September 2019 | DF | George Cox | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan | Season Loan |
| 9 September 2019 | MF | Tesfaldet Tekie | Free Agent | Transfer | Free |
| 30 January 2020 | MF | Carlos Faya | Academia Puerto Cabello | Loan | Season Loan |
| 31 January 2020 | FW | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen | Juventus | Loan | Season Loan |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | Lazaros Rota | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | Transfer | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Aykut Özer | Fatih Karagümrük | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Kai Heerings | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Marco Ospitalieri | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Gavin Vlijter | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Anthony Syhre | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Lars Hutten | TOP Oss | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Lisandro Semedo | OFI Crete | Loan | Season Loan |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Finn Stokkers | NAC Breda | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | George Mells | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Calvin Mac-Intosch | SC Cambuur | Transfer | Free |
| 9 July 2019 | DF | Alessandro Ciranni | Royal Excel Mouscron | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2019 | MF | Mickaël Malsa | CD Mirandés | Transfer | Free |
| 20 December 2019 | MF | Agim Zeka | Lille OSC | Transfer | End of Loan |
| 30 December 2019 | DF | Mica Pinto | Sparta Rotterdam | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | Cian Harries | Bristol Rovers | Loan Return | Free |
| 14 February 2020 | FW | Áron Dobos | Győri ETO FC | Loan | Season Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 3 August 2019 | 10 May 2020 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 023.08 |
| KNVB Cup | 31 October 2019 | 21 January 2020 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 027.59 |

Last updated: 6 March 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs cancelled |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 19 | Relegation to the 2020-21 Eerste Divisie cancelled |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 15 | Relegation to the 2020-21 Eerste Divisie cancelled |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 6 March 2020. 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | 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 |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 17 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

**Matches**

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.

