2018–19 Excelsior Rotterdam season

Excelsior Rotterdam
2018–19 season
StadiumVan Donge & De Roo Stadion
Eredivisie16th[a]
KNVB Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Elías Már Ómarsson (8 goals)
All: Elías Már Ómarsson, Luigi Bruins (8 goals)
Highest home attendance4,400 (12th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 24th 28th weeks & Play-off 2nd game)
Lowest home attendance1,902 (KNVB Cup 1st round)
Average home league attendance4,118
Biggest win2-0 (NAC Breda (a) 3rd week)
SBV Vitesse (h) 9th weekDe Graafschap (h) 19th week)
Biggest defeat7-1 (AFC Ajax (h) 12th week)
6-0 (PSV Eindhoven (a) 15th week)
All statistics correct as of 29 June 2025.

The 2018–19 season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 22nd season in the Eredivisie (5th consecutive). The club concluded the season in 16th place and was subsequently relegated to the Eerste Divisie following a play-off defeat to RKC Waalwijk, with an aggregate score of 3–2.

The club also competed in the KNVB Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round following a 3–2 extra-time defeat to NEC Nijmegen.

Elías Már Ómarsson (8 Eredivisie) and Luigi Bruins (7 Eredivisie, 1 KNVB Cup) were the top scorers of the club in this season with 8 goals.

Jeffry Fortes and Jurgen Mattheij were the most appeared players in this season with 35 appearances; 34 appearances in the Eredivisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup.

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 Alessandro Damen
2 DF  BEL Siebe Horemans
3 DF  BEL Hervé Matthys
4 DF  NED Thomas Oude Kotte
5 DF  NED Robin van der Meer
6 MF  NED Jerdy Schouten
7 FW  NED Anouar Hadouir
8 MF  SUR Ryan Koolwijk
9 FW  ISL Elías Már Ómarsson
10 MF  NED Luigi Bruins
11 FW  GER Dennis Eckert
11 MF  BEL Jinty Caenepeel
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  MAR Ali Messaoud
15 DF  NED Jurgen Mattheij
17 MF  TUR Dogucan Haspolat
18 FW  ENG Marcus Edwards
19 MF  ISL Mikkel Anderson
20 GK  NED Sonny Stevens
22 DF  CPV Jeffry Fortes
24 FW  MKD Denis Mahmudov
28 DF  NED Lorenzo Burnet
32 FW  CUW Carlito Fermina
34 FW  MAR Mounir El Hamdaoui
35 FW  MAR Redouan El Hankouri

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
FW Denis Mahmudov FC Dordrecht[2] Free` 1 July 2018
MF Jerdy Schouten SC Telstar[3] €300,000 1 July 2018
DF Robin van der Meer FC Utrecht[4] Free 1 July 2018
GK Sonny Stevens Go Ahead Eagles[5] Free 1 July 2018
DF Thomas Oude Kotte SBV Vitesse U21[6] Free 1 July 2018
DF Hervé Matthys FC Eindhoven[7] 14 July 2018
FW Elías Már Ómarsson IFK Göteborg[8] €300,000 10 August 2018
DF Siebe Horemans KAA Gent[9] On loan 13 August 2018
FW Marcus Edwards Tottenham Hotspur F.C. U23[10] On loan 30 August 2018
FW Mounir El Hamdaoui Without Club[11] 20 September 2018
FW Dennis Eckert Celta de Vigo[12] On loan 31 January 2019

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
DF Jordy de Wijs PSV Eindhoven[13] End of loan 30 June 2018
FW Levi García AZ Alkmaar[13] End of loan 30 June 2018
DF Wout Faes R.S.C. Anderlecht[13][14] End of loan 30 June 2018
FW Zakaria El Azzouzi Jong Ajax[13] End of loan 30 June 2018
MF Hicham Faik Zulte Waregem[15] Free 1 July 2018
MF Kevin Vermeulen RKC Waalwijk[13] Free 1 July 2018
MF Khalid Karami SBV Vitesse[13] Free 1 July 2018
FW Mike van Duinen PEC Zwolle[16] €750,000 1 July 2018
DF Milan Massop S.K. Beveren[17] Free 1 July 2018
DF Shane O'Neill Orlando City SC[13][18] Free 10 July 2018
GK Ögmundur Kristinsson Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.[13] Free 2 August 2018
FW Stanley Elbers PEC Zwolle[13] Free 14 August 2018
GK Theo Zwarthoed NAC Breda[13][19] Free 27 August 2018
DF Desevio Payne FC Emmen[20] Free 7 January 2019

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 11 August 2018 15 May 2019 Week 1 16th 34 9 6 19 46 79 −33 026.47
Promotion/Relegation playoffs 19 May 2019 22 May 2019 2nd round 2nd round 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.00
KNVB Cup 25 September 2018 25 September 2018 1st round 1st round 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Total 37 9 7 21 50 85 −35 024.32

Source: ESPN

Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Emmen 34 10 8 16 41 72 −31 38
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 9 7 18 50 80 −30 34
16 Excelsior (R) 34 9 6 19 46 79 −33 33 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs[b]
17 De Graafschap (R) 34 8 5 21 38 75 −37 29
18 NAC Breda (R) 34 5 8 21 29 74 −45 23 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: eredivisie.nl
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)[21]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Relegated to Eerste Divisie via play-offs.
  2. ^ Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie. The remaining eight teams play in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

 
First roundSecond roundThird round
 
                
 
 
 
 
NEC 2 0 2
 
 
 
RKC Waalwijk 0 3 3
 
RKC Waalwijk 2 1 3
 
 
Excelsior 1 1 2
 
 
 
 
 
RKC Waalwijk* 0 5 5
 
 
Go Ahead Eagles 0 4 4
 
 
 
 
 
Go Ahead Eagles 2 1 3
 
 
FC Den Bosch 2 0 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOP Oss 0 0 0
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam 2 3 5
 
 
 
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam* 1 2 3
 
 
 
De Graafschap 2 0 2
 
SC Cambuur 2 2 4
 
 
 
Almere City 2 1 3
 
SC Cambuur 1 0 1
 
 
De Graafschap 1 2 3
 
 
 
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

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
34 9 6 19 41 79  −38 33 6 4 7 25 36  −11 3 2 12 16 43  −27

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAAH
ResultDLWLDDWLWLLLWDLLLLWWLWDLLLLLLLDLWW
Position16
Source: ESPN
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1st half

11 August 2018 1st week[22] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-1 Fortuna Sittard Rotterdam
20:45 Jurgen Mattheij 32' Report Jorrit Smeets 53' Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,250
19 August 2018 2nd week[23] Feyenoord 3-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Rotterdam
14:30 Robin van Persie 17'
Jerry St. Juste 77'
Jan-Arie van der Heijden 89'
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 45,000
25 August 2018 3rd week[24] NAC Breda 0-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Breda
20:45 Report Ali Messaoud 15'
Jeffry Fortes 54'
Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 18,227
1 September 2018 4th week[25] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-4 ADO Den Haag Rotterdam
19:45 Mikkel Anderson 70'
Denis Mahmudov 72'
Report Abdenasser El Khayati 21' (pen.) 45+1' 65' 69' Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 3,940
15 September 2018 5th week[26] Willem II Tilburg 2-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Tilburg
20:45 Fran Sol 86'
Kristofer Kristinsson 88'
Report Mikkel Anderson 70'
Denis Mahmudov 72'
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 11,894
22 September 2018 6th week[27] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-3 SC Heerenveen Rotterdam
19:45 Ali Messaoud 12' 51'
Luigi Bruins 42'
Report Davy Bulthuis 49'
Morten Thorsby 59'
Jizz Hornkamp 90+2'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,008
29 September 2018 7th week[28] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-0 VVV-Venlo Rotterdam
20:45 Elías Már Ómarsson 20' Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,106
6 October 2018 8th week[29] PEC Zwolle 2-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Zwolle
19:45 Mike van Duinen 23'
Thomas Lam 55'
Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 13,562
20 October 2018 9th week[30] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-0 SBV Vitesse Rotterdam
18:30 Max Clark 40' (o.g.)
Jurgen Mattheij 70'
Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,397
27 October 2018 10th week[31] De Graafschap 4-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Doetinchem
19:45 Daryl van Mieghem 25'
Furdjel Narsingh 50'
Youssef El Jebli 55'
Fabian Serrarens 70'
Report Elías Már Ómarsson 38' Stadium: De Vijverberg
Attendance: 12,108
2 November 2018 11th week[32] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-4 FC Groningen Rotterdam
20:00 Ryan Koolwijk 36'
Luigi Bruins 59' (pen.)
Report Mimoun Mahi 26'
Ritsu Doan 29'
Mateo Casierra 51'
Jannik Pohl 75'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,257
11 November 2018 12th week[33] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-7 AFC Ajax Rotterdam
14:30 Ali Messaoud 52' Report Donny van de Beek 31' 48'
Lasse Schöne 44'
Kasper Dolberg 58'
Jerdy Schouten 71' (o.g.)
Hakim Ziyech 79'
David Neres 87'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,400
25 November 2018 13th week[34] FC Emmen 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Emmen
12:15 Anco Jansen 47' Report Ali Messaoud 60'
Ryan Koolwijk 89'
Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
Attendance: 8,021
30 November 2018 14th week[35] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-3 FC Utrecht Rotterdam
20:00 Elías Már Ómarsson 6'
Ryan Koolwijk 8'
Luigi Bruins 26' (pen.)
Report Gyrano Kerk 55'
Nick Venema 61'
Simon Gustafson 65' (pen.)
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,400
7 December 2018 15th week[36] PSV Eindhoven 6-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
20:45 Luuk de Jong 17' 90+2'
Robin van der Meer 34' (o.g.)
Jurgen Mattheij 52' (o.g.)
Donyell Malen 80'
Steven Bergwijn 89'
Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 33,100
15 December 2018 16th week[37] AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Alkmaar
19:45 Guus Til 39'
Bjorn Johnsen 90+4'
Report Denis Mahmudov 30' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,427
22 December 2018 17th week[38] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-3 Heracles Almelo Rotterdam
20:45 Report Kristoffer Peterson 35'
Brandley Kuwas 43'
Mohammed Osman 66'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,032

2nd half

18 January 2019 18th week[39] SBV Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Arnhem
20:00 Navarone Foor 6'
Bryan Linssen 36'
Maikel van der Werff 67'
Report Marcus Edwards 51'
Jerdy Schouten 69'
Stadium: Gelredome
Attendance: 13,231
26 January 2019 19th week[40] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-0 De Graafschap Rotterdam
19:45 Luigi Bruins 76'
Mounir El Hamdaoui 90+1'
Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,400
3 February 2019 20th week[41] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-1 Feyenoord Rotterdam
12:15 Ali Messaoud 63'
Robin van der Meer 90'
Report Robin van Persie 54' Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,400
10 February 2019 21st week[42] Fortuna Sittard 4-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Sittard
12:15 Lazaros Lamprou 13' 33'
Mark Diemers 64'
Andrija Novakovich 90'
Report Ali Messaoud 55' Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 8,479
17 February 2019 22nd week[43] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-1 FC Emmen Rotterdam
14:30 Marcus Edwards 62'
Dennis Eckert 65'
Report Michael de Leeuw 59' Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,200
23 February 2019 23rd week[44] FC Utrecht 0-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Utrecht
18:30 Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 18,676
2 March 2019 24th week[45] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-2 PSV Eindhoven Rotterdam
19:45 Report Steven Bergwijn 8' 54' Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,400
9 March 2019 25th week[46] VVV-Venlo 1-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Venlo
18:30 Johnatan Opoku 45+2' Report Stadium: De Koel
Attendance: 6,382
17 March 2019 26th week[47] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-2 PEC Zwolle Rotterdam
16:45 Report Kingsley Ehizibue 82'
Younes Namli 84'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,093
30 March 2019 27th week[48] SC Heerenveen 1-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Heerenveen
20:45 Pelle van Amersfoort 90+1' Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 18,021
3 April 2019 28th week[49] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-2 NAC Breda Rotterdam
19:45 Mounir El Hamdaoui 30' Report Giovanni Korte 67'
Menno Koch 90+3'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,400
6 April 2019 29th week[50] FC Groningen 1-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Groningen
19:45 Paul Gladon 70' Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 17,456
13 April 2019 30th week[51] AFC Ajax 6-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Amsterdam
18:30 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 10' 40' 65'
Dusan Tadic 37' 60' (pen.)
Dusan Tadic 75'
Report Mounir El Hamdaoui 42'
Jeffry Fortes 89'
Stadium: Johan Cruijff Arena
Attendance: 52,664
21 April 2019 31st week[52] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-1 Willem II Tilburg Rotterdam
12:15 Mounir El Hamdaoui 90+3' Report Renato Tapia 16' Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,140
25 April 2019 32nd week[53] ADO Den Haag 3-1 Excelsior Rotterdam The Hague
18:30 Abdenasser El Khayati 2'
Danny Bakker 29'
Sheraldo Becker 72'
Report Jeffry Fortes 11' Stadium: Bingoal Stadion
Attendance: 13,392
12 May 2019 33rd week[54] Heracles Almelo 4-5 Excelsior Rotterdam Almelo
14:30 Adrián Dalmau 23' 51' 59'
Lerin Duarte 62'
Report Elías Már Ómarsson 4' 45' 90+1'
Jurgen Mattheij 71'
Dennis Eckert 89'
Stadium: Asito Stadion
Attendance: 11,485
15 May 2019 34th week[55] Excelsior Rotterdam 4-2 AZ Alkmaar Rotterdam
19:30 Jeffry Fortes 21'
Ricardo van Rhijn 51' (o.g.)
Luigi Bruins 60' (pen.)
Elías Már Ómarsson 66'
Report Teun Koopmeiners 30'
Bjorn Johnsen 70'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 3,811

Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

19 May 2019 2nd round 1st match[56] RKC Waalwijk 2-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Waalwijk
14:30 Mario Bilate 53'
Juriën Gaari 81'
Report Jeffry Fortes 71' Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Attendance: 4,319
22 May 2019 2nd round 2nd match[57] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-1 RKC Waalwijk Rotterdam
18:30 Elías Már Ómarsson 49' Report Stijn Spierings 38' Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 4,400

RKC Waalwijk won 3–2 on aggregate.

KNVB Cup

25 September 2018 1st round[58] NEC Nijmegen 2-3 (a.e.t.) Excelsior Rotterdam Rotterdam
20:45 Luigi Bruins 20' (pen.)
Robin Buwalda 24' (o.g.)
Report Anass Achahbar 34' (pen.)
Sven Braken 80' (pen.)
Guus Joppen 107'
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Attendance: 1,902

Statistics

Scorers

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Elías Már Ómarsson 8 0 8
Luigi Bruins 7 1 8
3 Ali Messaoud 7 0 7
4 Jeffry Fortes 5 0 5
5 Mounir El Hamdaoui 4 0 4
6 Denis Mahmudov 3 0 3
Ryan Koolwijk 3 0 3
8 Dennis Eckert 2 0 2
Jurgen Mattheij 2 0 2
Marcus Edwards 2 0 2
11 Jerdy Schouten 1 0 1
Mikkel Anderson 1 0 1
Robin van der Meer 1 0 1

Appearances

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Jeffry Fortes 34 1 35
Jurgen Mattheij 34 1 35
3 Jerdy Schouten 33 1 34
Ryan Koolwijk 33 1 34
5 Luigi Bruins 31 1 32
6 Ali Messaoud 30 1 31
7 Lorenzo Burnet 29 1 30
8 Marcus Edwards 27 1 28
Mounir El Hamdaoui 27 1 28
10 Alessandro Damen 25 1 26
Elías Már Ómarsson 25 1 26
12 Hervé Matthys 24 1 25
13 Thomas Oude Kotte 23 0 23
14 Denis Mahmudov 19 1 20
15 Mikkel Anderson 18 0 18
Robin van der Meer 17 1 18
17 Dogucan Haspolat 16 0 16
18 Sonny Stevens 14 0 14
19 Dennis Eckert 13 0 13
20 Anouar Hadouir 11 1 12
21 Siebe Horemans 11 0 11
22 Carlito Fermina 2 0 2
23 Jinty Caenepeel 1 0 1
Redouan El Hankouri 1 0 1

Clean sheets

# Player Eredivisie Total
1 Alessandro Damen 2 2
2 Sonny Stevens 1 1
Total 3 3

Disciplinary record

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Jurgen Mattheij 8 1 0 0 8 1
2 Luigi Bruins 4 1 0 0 4 1
3 Ali Messaoud 3 1 0 0 3 1
4 Marcus Edwards 0 1 0 0 0 1
Sonny Stevens 0 1 0 0 0 1
6 Jeffry Fortes 8 0 0 0 8 0
7 Ryan Koolwijk 6 0 0 0 6 0
8 Hervé Matthys 3 0 0 0 3 0
Jerdy Schouten 3 0 0 0 3 0
10 Stanley Elbers 2 0 0 0 2 0
Lorenzo Burnet 2 0 0 0 2 0
Mounir El Hamdaoui 2 0 0 0 2 0
Robin van der Meer 2 0 0 0 2 0
14 Dogucan Haspolat 1 0 0 0 1 0
Elías Már Ómarsson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mikkel Anderson 1 0 0 0 1 0
Thomas Oude Kotte 1 0 0 0 1 0

Notes


References

  1. ^ "2018-19 Excelsior Rotterdam Squad". Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam Legt Aanvaller Denis Mahmudov Vast" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam Legt Jerdy Schouten Vast" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Robin Van Der Meer Tekent Contract Voor Drie Jaar" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam Legt Doelman Sonny Stevens Vast" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Thomas Oude Kotte Komende Drie Jaar In Het Rood-zwart" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Excelsior Neemt Hervé Matthys Cver Van FC Eindhoven" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Elías Már Ómarsson Tekent Contract Bij Excelsior" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Excelsior Huurt Verdediger Siebe Horemans Van KAA Gent" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Excelsior Huurt Marcus Edwards Van Tottenham Hotspur" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Mounir El Hamdaoui Traint Mee Met Excelsior Rotterdam" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam Huurt Dennis Eckert Van Celta De Vigo" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Laatste Training Excelsior Van Het Seizoen Zit Erop" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Joueurs Prêtés : Fin De Daison Pour Faes Et Vancamp" (in French). RSCA. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  15. ^ "Hicham Faik Vertrekt Na Dit Seizoen Naar SV Zulte Waregem" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  16. ^ "PEC Zwolle Haalt Mike Van Duinen Binnen" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Geel-blauw Haalt Tweede Versterking Binnen!" (in Dutch). SK Beveren. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Orlando City SC Signs Defender Shane O'Neill". Orlando City SC. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Theo Zwarthoed Voor Minimaal Een Jaar Naar NAC" (in Dutch). NAC Breda. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  20. ^ "Welkom, Desevio Payne!" (in Dutch). FC Emmen. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  21. ^ "Eredivisie 2018/2019 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  22. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Fortuna Sittard". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  23. ^ "Feyenoord vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  24. ^ "NAC Breda vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  25. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. ADO Den Haag". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  26. ^ "Willem II Tilburg vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  27. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. SC Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  28. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. VVV-Venlo". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  29. ^ "PEC Zwolle vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  30. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. SBV Vitesse". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  31. ^ "De Graafschap vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  32. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  33. ^ "AFC Ajax vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  34. ^ "FC Emmen vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  35. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Utrecht". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  36. ^ "PSV Eindhoven vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  37. ^ "AZ Alkmaar vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  38. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Heracles Almelo". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  39. ^ "SBV Vitesse vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  40. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. De Graafschap". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  41. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Feyenoord". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  42. ^ "Fortuna Sittard vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  43. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Emmen". ESPN. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  44. ^ "FC Utrecht vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  45. ^ "PSV Eindhoven vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  46. ^ "VVV-Venlo vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  47. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. PEC Zwolle". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  48. ^ "SC Heerenveen vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  49. ^ "NAC Breda vs. Excelsior". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  50. ^ "FC Groningen vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  51. ^ "AFC Ajax vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  52. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Willem II Tilburg". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  53. ^ "ADO Den Haag vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  54. ^ "Heracles Almelo vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  55. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. AZ Alkmaar". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  56. ^ "RKC Waalwijk vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  57. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. RKC Waalwijk". ESPN. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  58. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. NEC Nijmegen". ESPN. Retrieved 25 September 2025.