2022–23 Excelsior Rotterdam season

The 2022–23 season is the 121st season in the existence of Excelsior Rotterdam and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Excelsior Rotterdam are participating in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

Excelsior Rotterdam

2022–23 season
Chairman	Bob de Lange
Manager	Marinus Dijkhuizen
Stadium	Stadion Woudestein
Eredivisie	14th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Marouan Azarkan (3) All: Reda Kharchouch (5)
Biggest win	Excelsior Rotterdam 5–1 MVV Maastricht
Biggest defeat	Ajax 7–1 Excelsior
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 29 January 2023.

Players

As of 31 January 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NED Stijn van Gassel 2 DF   BEL Siebe Horemans 3 DF   NED Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax) 4 DF   NED Redouan El Yaakoubi (captain) 5 MF   GER Adrian Fein 6 MF   NED Joshua Eijgenraam 7 FW   SRB Nikolas Agrafiotis 8 MF   NED Kenzo Goudmijn (on loan from AZ) 9 FW   NED Reda Kharchouch 10 FW   NED Marouan Azarkan (on loan from Feyenoord) 11 MF   BEL Jacky Donkor 14 FW   NED Couhaib Driouech 16 DF   NED Sven Nieuwpoort

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   GER Maxime Awoudja 18 GK   NED Norbert Alblas 19 FW   NED Raphaël Eyongo 21 MF   MAR Yassin Ayoub 22 MF   GRE Lazaros Lamprou 23 MF   NED Peer Koopmeiners (on loan from AZ) 24 DF   CUW Nathangelo Markelo 28 DF   NED Nathan Tjoe-A-On 29 FW   NED Mike van Duinen 33 MF   NED Julian Baas 34 DF   NED Serano Seymor 38 GK   NED Pascal Kuiper — MF   NED Noah Naujoks — DF   FRA Arthur Zagré (on loan from AS Monaco)

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 — DF   NED Michael Chacón (at Helmond Sport until 30 June 2023, obligation to buy)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   NED Luuk Admiraal (at Spakenburg until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

NAC Breda   v   Excelsior

9 July 2022 Friendly	NAC Breda	1–1	Excelsior	Zundert, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ismail-Mahamed   89'	Report	El Yaakoubi   52'	Stadium: Sportpark de Wildert
Note: Match was played in three 30-minute periods

Almere City   v   Excelsior

12 July 2022 Friendly	Almere City	2–0	Excelsior	Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pouwels   67' Huijsman   85'	Report		Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute periods

Excelsior   v   Dordrecht

16 July 2022 Friendly	Excelsior	3–2	Dordrecht	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kharchouch   43' Driouech   45', 73'	Report	Doesburg   68' (pen.) Savastano   81'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Sven Spaan

Heracles Almelo   v   Excelsior

22 July 2022 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	2–1	Excelsior	Almelo, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakış   54' Armenteros   81'	Report	Goudmijn   85'	Stadium: Erve Asito

Heerenveen   v   Excelsior

30 July 2022 Friendly	Heerenveen	3–1	Excelsior	Heerenveen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Aken   45', 85' Sarr   47'	Report	Admiraal   73'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Referee: Jeroen Mans

Jong FC Utrecht   v   Excelsior

8 November 2022 Friendly	Jong FC Utrecht	1–1	Excelsior	Utrecht, Netherlands
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van Eldik   90'		Agrafiotis   17'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch

Kortrijk   v   Excelsior

4 December 2022 Friendly	Kortrijk	1–0	Excelsior	Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mehssatou   72'

Club Brugge   v   Excelsior

10 December 2022 Friendly	Club Brugge	0–2	Excelsior	Knokke-Heist, Netherlands
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Markelo   45' Agrafiotis   82'	Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

Portimonense   v   Excelsior

15 December 2022 Friendly	Portimonense	1–1	Excelsior	Albufeira, Portugal
11:00 CET (UTC+1)	Anderson   85'	Report	Goudmijn   23'

Excelsior   v   Heerenveen

22 December 2022 Friendly	Excelsior	0–1	Heerenveen	Netherlands
13:00 CET (UTC+1)			Ali   44'
Note: 45+30 minutes

Excelsior   v   Heerenveen

22 December 2022 Friendly	Excelsior	1–1	Heerenveen	Netherlands
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Markelo   60'		Van Amersfoort   24'
Note: Match was played in two 30-minute periods

Willem II   v   Excelsior

30 December 2022 Friendly	Willem II	3–1	Excelsior	Netherlands
11:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	7 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1		19	6	1	12	20	43	−23	031.58
KNVB Cup	19 October 2022	11 January 2023	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Total					21	7	1	13	26	48	−22	033.33

Last updated: 29 January 2023
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2022–23 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Vitesse	27	5	9	13	30	47	−17	24
15	Emmen	27	5	9	13	25	46	−21	24
16	Excelsior	27	7	3	17	25	61	−36	24	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
17	Groningen	27	4	5	18	26	55	−29	17	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	Cambuur	27	4	4	19	21	51	−30	16

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2023. 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 summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: August 2022.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[1]

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2022–23 KNVB Cup

References

1. "Competitieprogramma 2022/'23 definitief vastgesteld". www.knvb.nl.