2024–25 SC Heerenveen season

SC Heerenveen
2024–25 season
Manager	Robin van Persie
Stadium	Abe Lenstra Stadion
Eredivisie	10th
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 SC Heerenveen season is the 105th season in the history of the SC Heerenveen, and it also the 32nd consecutive season in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the KNVB Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
MF	Luuk Brouwers	FC Utrecht	€750,000	1 July 2024
MF	Amara Condé	1. FC Magdeburg	€500,000	11 July 2024
DF	Mateja Milovanovic	AFC Ajax	Free transfer	11 July 2024
FW	Jacob Trenskow	Kalmar FF	€1,200,000	9 August 2024
FW	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Unattached^{[note 1]}	Free	6 Nov 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Loizos Loizou		End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Thom Haye		End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Anas Tahiri		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[2]
DF	Syb van Ottele		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[3]
DF	Nathan Tjoe-A-On		End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Pelle van Amersfoort	Al-Shahania SC	€380,000	11 July 2024
DF	Sven van Beek	Al-Shahania SC	€120,000	16 July 2024
FW	Osame Sahraoui	Lille OSC	€8,000,000	1 August 2024	^[4]

Loans In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ilias Sebaoui	Feyenoord		23 July 2024
DF	Nikolai Hopland	Aalesund FK		9 August 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

9 July 2024	Heerenveen	4–1	FC Dordrecht
18:45	Olsson 12' Braude 26' Karlsbakk 41' (pen.) Rallis 79'	Report	Receveur 60'

12 July 2024	Heerenveen	1–0	Almere City
20:00	Karlsbakk 57'	Report

19 July 2024	Heerenveen	5–2	Zwolle
13:00	Sahraoui 45+27' Nunnely 73' Karlsbakk 75' Al-Saed 81'	Report	Van den Berg 45+17' Gijselhart 83'

26 July 2024	Heerenveen	5–0	Rayo Vallecano
20:00	Sahraoui 17' Karlsbakk 47', 58', 83' (pen.) Olsson 66'	Report

3 August 2024	Middlesbrough	1–0	Heerenveen
17:00	Burgzorg 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	11 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	17	6	3	8	17	31	−14	035.29
KNVB Cup	29 October 2024		First Round	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Total				19	8	3	8	21	33	−12	042.11

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Willem II	17	6	4	7	21	19	+2	22
10	NAC Breda	17	7	1	9	19	27	−8	22
11	Heerenveen	17	6	3	8	17	31	−14	21
12	NEC	17	5	2	10	23	24	−1	17
13	PEC Zwolle	17	4	5	8	16	26	−10	17

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: Eredivisie
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)

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L
Position	13	12	15	10	13	11	15	15	16	12	14	12	12	14	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2024. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 21 June 2024.

1st half

11 August 2024 1	Ajax	1–0	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Hlynsson 45'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena (roof open) Attendance: 54,346 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

17 August 2024 2	Heerenveen	1–1	FC Utrecht	Heerenveen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Trenskow 82'	Report	Romeny 3'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

31 August 2024 3	Heerenveen	4–0	NAC Breda	Heerenveen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Olsson 47' Brouwers 50' Nicolaescu 70', 84'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,809 Referee: Robin Hensgense

14 September 2024 4	AZ	9–1	Heerenveen	Alkmaar
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mijnans 4' Parrott 23', 48', 50', 56' Sadiq 72' Meerdink 75' Belik 82' Buurmeester 85'	Report	Brouwers 19'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,608 Referee: Sander Van Der Eijk

17 September 2024 5	FC Twente	2–0	Heerenveen	Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Steijn 22' (pen.), 39'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

22 September 2024 6	Heerenveen	2–1	FC Groningen	Heerenveen
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Trenskow 12' Nicolaescu 69'	Report	Valente 9'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,729 Referee: Dennis Higler

27 September 2024 7	Heracles	2–1	Heerenveen	Almelo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mirani 25' Engels 87'	Report	Rallis 59'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 11,243 Referee: Erwin Blank

6 October 2024 8	Heerenveen	1–1	PEC Zwolle	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rallis 10'	Report	Van den Berg 3'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24,141 Referee: Joey Kooij

19 October 2024 9	NEC Nijmegen	3–0	Heerenveen	Nijmegen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Crooij 3', 65' Nuytinck 53'	Report		Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,540 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

26 October 2024 10	Heerenveen	2–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Heerenveen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hopland 4' Trenskow 58'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,556 Referee: Jannick Van Der Laan

2 November 2024 11	Fortuna Sittard	3–0	Heerenveen	Sittard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rosier 10', 73' Peterson 67'	Report		Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 9,469 Referee: Danny Makkelie

10 November 2024 12	Heerenveen	1–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Trenskow 36'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24,497 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

23 November 2024 13	Feyenoord	3–0	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Carranza 24' Hadj Moussa 34' Paixão 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

29 November 2024 14	Heerenveen	1–1	RKC Waalwijk	Heerenveen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Smans 27'	Report	Ihattaren 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 22,196 Referee: Edwin Van de Graaf

8 December 2024 15	Willem II	1–2	Heerenveen	Tilburg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van der Hart 89' (o.g.)	Report	Nicolaescu 85' (pen.) Brouwers 90+3'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 12,775 Referee: Robin Hensgens

14 December 2024 16	Heerenveen	1–0	PSV	Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Nicolaescu 73'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24,680 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

21 December 2024 17	Almere City	3–0	Heerenveen	Almere
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Nalic 52' Jacobs 56' Balboa 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Referee: Martijn Vos

2nd half

12 January 2025 18	NAC Breda	v	Heerenveen	Breda
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion

19 January 2025 19	Heerenveen	v	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

25 January 2025 20	FC Groningen	v	Heerenveen	Groningen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Euroborg

1 February 2025 21	Heerenveen	v	Fortuna Sittard	Heerenveen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

9 February 2025 22	Heerenveen	v	FC Twente	Heerenveen
		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

16 February 2025 23	PEC Zwolle	v	Heerenveen	Zwolle
		Report		Stadium: MAC3PARK stadion

2 March 2025 24	Heerenveen	v	Alkmaar	Heerenveen
		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

9 March 2025 25	PSV	v	Heerenveen	Eindhoven
		Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion

16 March 2025 26	Heerenveen	v	Heracles	Heerenveen
		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

30 March 2025 27	FC Utrecht	v	Heerenveen	Utrecht
		Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

6 April 2025 28	Heerenveen	v	Willem II	Heerenveen
		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

13 April 2025 29	Sparta Rotterdam	v	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
		Report		Stadium: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel

27 April 2025 30	Heerenveen	v	NEC Nijmegen	Heerenveen
		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

4 May 2025 31	Heerenveen	v	Almere City	Heerenveen
		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

11 May 2025 32	RKC Waalwijk	v	Heerenveen	Waalwijk
		Report		Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion

14 May 2025 33	Go Ahead Eagles	v	Heerenveen	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

18 May 2025 34	Heerenveen	v	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

KNVB Cup

29 October 2024 First round	IJsselmeervogels	2–3	Heerenveen	Bunschoten
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	van Gorkom 52' Beekman 56'	Report	47' Trenskow 76' Nicolaescu 78' Smans	Stadium: Sportpark De Westmaat Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robin Hensgens

18 December 2024 Second round	ASWH	0–1	Heerenveen	Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Nicolaescu 40'	Stadium: Sportpark Schildman Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

14/15/16 January 2025 Round of 16	Quick Boys	v	Heerenveen	Katwijk
				Stadium: Sportpark Nieuw Zuid

Statistics

Scorers

#	Player	Eredivisie	KNVB	Total
1	Ion Nicolaescu	5	2	7
2	Jacob Trenskow	4	1	5
3	Luuk Brouwers	3	0	3
4	Dimitris Rallis	2	0	2
4	Levi Smans	1	1	2
5	Simon Olsson	1	0	1
5	Nikolai Hopland	1	0	1

Notes

^ Most recently played for Feyenoord

References

^ "Van Persie signs two-year contract as coach of Heerenveen | Reuters".
^ "Anas Tahiri neemt met basisplaats afscheid voor thuispubliek SC Heerenveen". Leeuwarder Courant. May 10, 2024.
^ "Syb van Ottele tegen wil en dank klaar voor nieuwe uitdaging: 'Afscheid SC Heerenveen geeft apart gevoel'". Leeuwarder Courant. May 18, 2024.
^ "SC Heerenveen maakt weer klapper met transfer Osame Sahraoui naar LOSC Lille". Telegraaf. 1 August 2024.

[2] Most recently played for Feyenoord

[1] "Van Persie signs two-year contract as coach of Heerenveen | Reuters".

[3] "Anas Tahiri neemt met basisplaats afscheid voor thuispubliek SC Heerenveen". Leeuwarder Courant. May 10, 2024.

[4] "Syb van Ottele tegen wil en dank klaar voor nieuwe uitdaging: 'Afscheid SC Heerenveen geeft apart gevoel'". Leeuwarder Courant. May 18, 2024.

[5] "SC Heerenveen maakt weer klapper met transfer Osame Sahraoui naar LOSC Lille". Telegraaf. 1 August 2024.

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