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2025–26 Excelsior Rotterdam season

Excelsior Rotterdam
2025–26 season
ManagerRuben den Uil
StadiumStadion Woudestein
Eredivisie15th
KNVB CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Szymon Włodarczyk
Gyan de Regt (2 each)
All:
Szymon Włodarczyk
Gyan de Regt (2 each)
Highest home attendance4,400 (5th, 7th, 9th, 12th weeks)
Lowest home attendance3,608 4th week (FC Twente )
Average home league attendance4,131 (as per 9th week)
Biggest win1–0 (FC Twente (h) 4th week & Fortuna Sittard (h) 9th week)
2–1 FC Volendam (a) 6th week
Biggest defeat5–0 NEC Nijmegen (a) 1st week
All statistics correct as of 26 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season is Excelsior Rotterdam's 25th season in the Eredivisie (1st consecutive).

The club will also competed in the KNVB Cup this season.

Players

First-team squad

Source:[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NED Calvin Raatsie
2 DF  NED Ilias Bronkhorst
3 DF  NED Kik Pierie
4 DF  NED Django Warmerdam
5 DF  SWE Casper Widell
6 MF  BEL Xander Blomme
7 FW  ITA Seydou Fini
8 MF  NED Mathijs Tielemans
9 FW  SWE Richie Omorowa
10 MF  NED Lance Duijvestijn
11 MF  USA Zach Booth
12 DF  FRA Arthur Zagre
14 FW  CUW Rayvien Rosario
15 MF  NED Noah Naujoks
16 DF  NED Jurgen Mattheij
17 DF  BEL Nolan Martens
19 FW  NED Nesto Groen
20 MF  NED Lennard Hartjes
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  BEL Jacky Donkor
22 DF  NED Jose De Almeida Reis
23 MF  NED Cedric Hatenboer
24 MF  NED Joshua Eijgenraam
26 DF  ARU Kymani Nedd
28 MF  NED Stjin Middendorp
29 FW  NED Mike van Duinen
30 FW  NED Sanches Fernandes
31 MF  NED Guilliano Cairo
32 DF  NED Siem De Moes
33 FW  NED Jerolldino Armantrading
35 MF  NED Liam Oetoehganal
38 GK  NED Pascal Kuiper
40 GK  NED Tijmen Holla
— DF  SMA Ronan Olivacce
— MF  NED Mika Luijendijk
— MF  NED Valentijn Zandbergen

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
FW Sweden Oscar Uddenäs Sweden AIK Fotboll End of loan 30 June 2025
DF Netherlands Seb Loeffen Netherlands SV Spakenburg End of loan 30 June 2025
DF Netherlands Serano Seymor Netherlands VVV-Venlo End of loan 30 June 2025
MF Sweden Adam Carlén Sweden IFK Göteborg[2] 1 July 2025
FW Netherlands Gyan de Regt Netherlands SBV Vitesse[3] Free 1 July 2025
DF Netherlands Lewis Schouten Netherlands AZ Alkmaar[4] On loan 1 July 2025
MF Netherlands Mathijs Tielemans Netherlands SBV Vitesse[5] 1 July 2025
GK Netherlands Stijn van Gassel Netherlands NEC Nijmegen[6] 1 July 2025
MF Georgia (country) Irakli Yegoian Netherlands SBV Vitesse[7] Free 19 August 2025
DF Netherlands Stan Henderikx Netherlands FC Den Bosch[8] €500,000 9 July 2025
FW South Korea Yoon Do-young England Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. On loan 16 July 2025
DF Netherlands Rick Meissen Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam[9] 4 August 2025
FW Poland Szymon Wlodarczyk Austria SK Sturm Graz[10] On loan 22 August 2025

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
MF Netherlands Cedric Hatenboer Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht End of loan 30 June 2025
FW Italy Seydou Fini Italy Genoa CFC End of loan 30 June 2025
MF Belgium Xander Blomme Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles End of loan 30 June 2025
MF Netherlands Joshua Eijgenraam Netherlands VVV-Venlo[11] Free 1 July 2025
DF Netherlands Jurgen Mattheij No club 1 July 2025
MF Netherlands Lance Duijvestijn Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam[12] €600,000 1 July 2025
GK Netherlands Pascal Kuiper Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam[13] 3 July 2025
FW Belgium Jacky Donkor Poland Wieczysta Kraków[14] Free 7 July 2025
FW Sweden Oscar Uddenäs Sweden Östers IF 8 July 2025
DF Netherlands Seb Loeffen Italy Varesina Sport CV SSD 19 July 2025
DF Netherlands Serano Seymor United Arab Emirates Khor Fakkan Club 21 July 2025
FW Sweden Richie Omorowa Turkey Samsunspor 24 July 2025
DF Netherlands Siem de Moes Netherlands FC Eindhoven Free 28 August 2025
DF Netherlands Django Warmerdam Denmark Lyngby Boldklub[15] Free 29 August 2025
DF Netherlands Kik Pierie End of career 3 September 2025
FW Netherlands Valentijn Zandbergen Netherlands VV Katwijk Free 3 September 2025
FW Curaçao Rayvien Rosario Greece PAS Giannina F.C.[16] Free 12 September 2025
MF Netherlands Stijn Middendorp Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta FC Free 31 January 2026

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 9 August 2025 17 May 2026 Week 1 22 7 5 10 24 37 −13 031.82
KNVB Cup 29 October 2025 29 October 2025 1st round 1st round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 23 7 5 11 24 38 −14 030.43

Source: ESPN

Eredivisie

Main article: 2025–26 Eredivisie

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
22 7 5 10 24 37  −13 26 4 2 5 12 14  −2 3 3 5 12 23  −11

Last updated: 6 February 2026.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHHAHAAHA
ResultLLLWLWLLWLDLWWLWLDDDDW
Position181717161617171713161614141313
Source: ESPN
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1st half

9 August 2025 1st week[17] NEC Nijmegen 5-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Nijmegen
16:30 Dirk Proper 14'
Koki Ogawa 52' 59'
Bryan Linssen 67'
Tjaronn Chery 82' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Goffertstadion
Attendance: 12,650
Referee: Danny Makkelie
16 August 2025 2nd week[18] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-2 Feyenoord Rotterdam
18:45 Derensili Sanches Fernandes 9' Report Ayase Ueda 22'
Sem Steijn 34'		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Dennis Higler
24 August 2025 3rd week[19] FC Utrecht 4-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Utrecht
14:30 Miguel Rodríguez 27'
David Min 45+1'
Victor Jensen 58' 67'		 Report Yoon Do-young 83' Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,547
Referee: Joey Kooij
30 August 2025 4th week[20] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-0 FC Twente Rotterdam
21:00 Mike van Duinen 83' Report Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 3,608
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
14 September 2025 5th week[21] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-1 Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam
12:15 Report Ayoub Oufkir 90+3' Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
20 September 2025 6th week[22] FC Volendam 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Volendam
16:30 Robin van Cruijsen 45' Report Szymon Wlodarczyk 10'
Lewis Schouten 90+4'		 Stadium: Kras Stadion
Attendance: 6,471
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
28 September 2025 7th week[23] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-2 PSV Eindhoven Rotterdam
20:00 Szymon Wlodarczyk 13' Report Joey Veerman 19'
Ismael Saibari 72'		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Dennis Higler
4 October 2025 8th week[24] SC Heerenveen 2-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Heerenveen
21:00 Dylan Vente 89' (pen.)
Sam Kersten 90+4'		 Report Irakli Yegoian 11' Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 22,298
Referee: Richard Martens
19 October 2025 9th week[25] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-0 Fortuna Sittard Rotterdam
14:30 Gyan de Regt 9' Report Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Alex Bos
26 October 2025 10th week[26] Go Ahead Eagles 2-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Deventer
20:00 Mathis Suray 58' 66' Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
1 November 2025 11th week[27] SC Telstar 2-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Velsen-Zuid
21:00 Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp 2'
Tyrone Owusu 28'		 Report Arthur Zagré 44' (pen.)
Gyan de Regt 77'		 Stadium: BUKO Stadion
Attendance: 5,270
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
8 November 2025 12th week[28] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-2 Heracles Almelo Rotterdam
16:30 Noah Naujoks 8' Report Walid Ould-Chikh 60'
Luka Kulenovic 79'		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,400
22 November 2025 13th week[29] AFC Ajax 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Amsterdam
18:45 Kasper Dolberg 59' Report Noah Naujoks 37' 46' Stadium: Johan Cruijff Arena
Attendance: 54,484
Referee: Joey Kooij
29 November 2025 14th week[30] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-0 Heracles Almelo Rotterdam
16:30 Noah Naujoks 23' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
5 December 2025 15th week[31] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-2 FC Groningen Rotterdam
20:00 Report Thom van Bergen 61'
Stije Resink 90+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Martijn Vos
20 December 2025 16th week[32] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-1 PEC Zwolle Rotterdam
18:45 Noah Naujoks 20'
Irakli Yegoian 78'		 Report Ryan Thomas 48' Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Sander van der Eijk

2nd half

10 January 2026 17th week[33] PSV Eindhoven 5-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
20:00 Paul Wanner 8'
Ricardo Pepi 23'
Yarek Gasiorowski 33'
Ryan Flamingo 39'
Dennis Man 69'		 Report Ilias Bronkhorst 45+1' Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Joey Kooij
17 January 2026 18th week[34] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-2 SC Telstar Rotterdam
20:00 Irakli Yegoian 75'
Noah Naujoks 81'		 Report Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp 52'
Nils Rossen 57'		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,600
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
21 January 2026 19th week[35] AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Alkmaar
18:45 Troy Parrott 65' Report Miliano Jonathans 81' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,997
Referee: Alex Bos
24 January 2026 20th week[36] FC Twente 0-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Enschede
21:00 Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Allard Lindhout
1 February 2026 21st week[37] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-2 AFC Ajax Rotterdam
12:15 Miliano Jonathans 74'
Arthur Zagre 79'		 Report Mika Godts 21' 40' Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
6 February 2026 22nd week[38] NAC Breda 0-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Breda
20:00 Report Emil Hansson 18'
Irakli Yegoian 31'		 Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 19,922
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2025–26 KNVB Cup
29 October 2025 1st round[39] Excelsior Maassluis 1-0 (a.e.t.) Excelsior Rotterdam Maassluis
21:00 Nick Nagtegaal 120+1' Report Stadium: Sportpark Dijkpolder
Referee: Martijn Vos

Statistics

Scorers

[40]

# Player Eredivisie
1 Netherlands Noah Naujoks 6
2 Georgia (country) Irakli Yegoian 4
3 France Arthur Zagré 2
Netherlands Gyan de Regt 2
Indonesia Miliano Jonathans 2
Poland Szymon Włodarczyk 2
7 Sweden Emil Hansson 1
Netherlands Ilias Bronkhorst 1
Netherlands Lewis Schouten 1
Netherlands Mike van Duinen 1
Netherlands Sanches Fernandes 1
South Korea Yoon Do-young 1

Assists

[40]

# Player Eredivisie
1 Netherlands Gyan de Regt 4
2 Georgia (country) Irakli Yegoian 2
Netherlands Rick Meijssen 2
Netherlands Sanches Fernandes 2
5 Sweden Adam Carlén 1
Netherlands Ilias Bronkhorst 1
Netherlands Mike van Duinen 1
Netherlands Noah Naujoks 1
Belgium Nolan Martens 1
Poland Szymon Włodarczyk 1

Appearances

[40]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Sweden Casper Widell 22 1 23
Netherlands Gyan de Regt 22 1 23
Netherlands Ilias Bronkhorst 22 1 23
4 Netherlands Sanches Fernandes 21 1 22
5 Netherlands Rick Meijssen 21 0 21
Netherlands Stijn van Gassel 20 1 21
7 France Arthur Zagre 19 1 20
Georgia (country) Irakli Yegoian 19 1 20
Netherlands Mike van Duinen 19 1 20
10 Netherlands Noah Naujoks 19 0 19
11 Sweden Adam Carlén 17 1 18
12 Netherlands Jerolldino Armantrading 16 1 17
13 Netherlands Lewis Schouten 12 1 13
14 Poland Szymon Włodarczyk 12 0 12
15 Belgium Nolan Martens 9 1 10
Serbia Stefan Mitrović 9 1 10
17 Netherlands Lennard Hartjes 9 0 9
Netherlands Stan Hendrikx 8 1 9
19 Netherlands Simon Janssen 8 0 8
20 Ivory Coast Chris-Kévin Nadje 7 0 7
South Korea Yoon Do-young 6 1 7
22 Netherlands Stjin Middendorp 6 0 6
23 Sweden Emil Hansson 5 0 5
Indonesia Miliano Jonathans 5 0 5
25 Netherlands Calvin Raatsie 2 1 3
Netherlands Mathijs Tielemans 2 1 3
United States Zach Booth 3 0 3
28 Netherlands Nesto Groen 1 0 1
Netherlands Noa El Hamdaoui 1 0 1
Netherlands Tijmen Holla 1 0 1

Clean sheets

[40]

# Player Eredivisie
1 Netherlands Stijn van Gassel 5

Disciplinary record

[40]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 France Arthur Zagre 4 1 0 0 4 1
2 Netherlands Stan Hendrikx 0 1 0 0 0 1
Netherlands Stjin Middendorp 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Netherlands Ilias Bronkhorst 4 0 0 0 4 0
5 France Adam Carlén 3 0 0 0 3 0
Netherlands Gyan de Regt 3 0 0 0 3 0
Netherlands Rick Meijssen 3 0 0 0 3 0
8 Sweden Casper Widell 2 0 0 0 2 0
France Chris-Kevin Nadje 2 0 0 0 2 0
Netherlands Mike van Duinen 2 0 0 0 2 0
Netherlands Noah Naujoks 2 0 0 0 2 0
12 Netherlands Calvin Raatsie 0 0 1 0 1 0
Sweden Emil Hansson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Georgia (country) Irakli Yegoian 1 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Jerolldino Armantrading 1 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Lennard Hartjes 1 0 0 0 1 0
Netherlands Lewis Schouten 1 0 0 0 1 0
Indonesia Miliano Jonathans 1 0 0 0 1 0
South Korea Yoon Do-Yong 1 0 0 0 1 0

Notes


References

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