2025–26 Go Ahead Eagles season

Go Ahead Eagles
2025–26 season
ChairmanJan Willem van Dop
Head coachMelvin Boel
StadiumDe Adelaarshorst
Eredivisie10th
KNVB CupSecond round
UEFA Europa LeagueLeague phase
Johan Cruyff ShieldRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Milan Smit (4)
All:
Milan Smit (6)
Highest home attendance10,116
Lowest home attendance9,578
Average home league attendance9,951
Biggest winGA Eagles 3–0 FC Volendam
Biggest defeatGA Eagles 0–3 Sparta Rotterdam
All statistics correct as of 18 October 2025.

The 2025–26 season is the 123rd season in the history of Go Ahead Eagles, and the club's fifth consecutive season in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the KNVB Cup, and thanks to winning the Cup in the previous season, the Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First team

As of 4 July 2025[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  GER Luca Plogmann
2 DF  NED Mats Deijl
3 DF  GER Gerrit Nauber
4 DF  NED Joris Kramer
5 DF  IDN Dean James
6 MF  NED Calvin Twigt
7 FW  DEN Jakob Breum
8 MF  NED Evert Linthorst
9 FW  NED Milan Smit
10 FW  DEN Søren Tengstedt
11 FW  NOR Oskar Sivertsen
14 FW  SWE Oscar Pettersson
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  NED Robbin Weijenberg
16 FW  SWE Victor Edvardsen
17 MF  BEL Mathis Suray
18 FW  SUR Richonell Margaret
22 GK  BEL Jari De Busser
24 DF  NED Luca Everink
26 DF  NED Julius Dirksen
27 FW  NED Finn Stokkers
28 DF  NED Pim Saathof
29 DF  DEN Aske Adelgaard
30 GK  NED Sven Jansen
33 GK  NED Nando Verdoni

Out on loan

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
— MF  BEL Xander Blomme (at Excelsior until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  BEL Thibo Baeten (at Roda JC until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

In

Summer

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 FW Ofosu Boakye Jong Go Ahead Eagles –
7 July 2025 FW Richonell Margaret RKC Waalwijk €1,000,000 [2]
1 September 2025 DF Giovanni van Zwam Vitesse Undisclosed
4 September 2025 MF Kenzo Goudmijn Derby County Loan [3]

Out

Summer

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 MF Enric Llansana Anderlecht €1,000,000 [4]
4 August 2025 MF Oliver Antman Rangers £3,500,000 [5]

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 Helmond Sport Zutphen, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Weijenberg 51'
 Report
  • Geerts 86'
 Stadium: Sportpark AZC Zutphen
11 July 2025 Friendly Mechelen 5–2 Go Ahead Eagles Mechelen, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
15 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles 3–1 Patro Eisden Deventer, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
19 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles 3–3 PAOK Deventer, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
26 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles 4–2 Al-Duhail Zutphen, Netherlands
14:00 Deijl 31' (pen.)
Surray 50'
V. Edvardsen 75'
Breum 87'		 Bourigeaud 57'
Tahsin Jamshid 83'		 Stadium: Sportpark AZC Zutphen

Competition

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 8 August 2025 17 May 2026 Matchday 1 11 4 4 3 19 18 +1 036.36
KNVB Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa League 24–25 September 2025 League phase 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 050.00
Johan Cruyff Shield 3 August 2025 Runners-up 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 16 6 4 6 24 25 −1 037.50

Last updated: 9 November 2025
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2025–26 Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Sparta Rotterdam 17 7 2 8 18 31 −13 23
11 Fortuna Sittard 17 6 3 8 25 29 −4 21
12 Go Ahead Eagles 17 4 7 6 26 29 −3 19
13 Excelsior 16 6 1 9 16 27 −11 19
14 PEC Zwolle 17 5 4 8 21 38 −17 19
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less loss points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 9) 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
12 4 4 4 19 18  +1 16 3 2 1 10 7  +3 1 2 3 9 11  −2

Last updated: 9 November 2025.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultDDLDWWLDLWLW
Position811131010910101210119
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2025. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2025.[6]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 August 2025 1 Fortuna Sittard 2–2 Go Ahead Eagles Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Brittijn 45+1'
Dahlhaus  79'
Tunjić 85'
Michut  90'		 Report Adewoye 29' (o.g.)
Twigt  54'
Edvardsen  75'
Nauber  79', 90+4'		 Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 8,872
Referee: Rob Dieperink
17 August 2025 2 Go Ahead Eagles 2–2 Ajax Deventer
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) Meulensteen 20'
Edvardsen  22'
Linthorst 44'		 Report Klaasen 3'
Weghorst  33'
Baas 45+3'
Kenneth Taylor  76'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,997
Referee: Danny Makkelie
23 August 2025 3 Go Ahead Eagles 0–3 Sparta Rotterdam Deventer
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Toornstra  26'
Clement 36'
Lauritsen 62'
Ofkir  81'
Quintero 86'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,997
Referee: Robin Hensgens
30 August 2025 4 SC Heerenveen 2–2 Go Ahead Eagles Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Hopland 45+2'
Trenskow 48',  61'
Zagaritis  52'
Linday  77'		 Report Meulensteen 1',  37'
Stokkers 90+3'		 Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 22,771
Referee: Allard Lindhout
13 September 2025 5 Go Ahead Eagles 3–0 FC Volendam Deventer
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Breum 5'
Edvardsen 10'
Deijl  20'
Suray 45'		 Report Mbuyamba  34' Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
21 September 2025 6 PEC Zwolle 0–2 Go Ahead Eagles Zwolle
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) Monteiro  2'
MacNulty  75'		 Report Linthorst  28'
Suray  34'
Smit 80', 90+6'		 Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
28 September 2025 7 Telstar 4–2 Go Ahead Eagles Velsen-Zuid
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Schoonenberg
Attendance: 5,250
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
5 October 2025 8 Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 NEC Deventer
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Suray  29'
Nauber 90+4'		 Report De Busser 32' (o.g.)
Ouaissa  43'
Nejašmić  69'
Crettaz  75'
Sandler  85'  85'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: Martijn Vos
18 October 2025 9 PSV 2–1 Go Ahead Eagles Eindhoven
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Til 22', 50'
Veerman  78'		 Report Smit 62'
Rahmouni  69'		 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 35,100
Referee: Sander van der Eijk
26 October 2025 10 Go Ahead Eagles 2–0 Excelsior Deventer
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Twigt  43'
Suray 58', 66'		 Report Meissen  12'
Bronkhorst  52'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,927
Referee: Jannick van der Laan
1 November 2025 11 NAC Breda 1–0 Go Ahead Eagles Breda
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Kemper  36'
Hillen  40'
Talvitie 48'
valerius
Bielica  90+6'		 Report Smit  36'
Adelgaard  44'		 Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 20,146
Referee: Dennis Higler
9 November 2025 12 Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 Feyenoord Deventer
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Deijl 13' (pen.),  50'
Margaret  45+1'
James 86'		 Report valente  10'
Watanabe 89'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 10,116
Referee: Joey Kooij
22 November 2025 13 Heracles Almelo 4–2 Go Ahead Eagles Almelo
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Mirani 10', 51'
Zamburek  32'
Hornkamp 54'
Kulenović 90+3'		 Report James   23'
Suray 34'
Smit 38',  90+2'		 Stadium: Asito Stadion
Attendance: 11,824
Referee: Danny Makkelie
30 November 2025 14 Go Ahead Eagles 2–2 Utrecht Deventer
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Deijl  63'
Suray 74'
Margaret 82'
Smit  84'		 Report Cathline 12',  44'
Zechiël 50'
Engwanda  78'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,943
Referee: Jannick Van Der Laan
7 December 2025 15 AZ 2–2 Go Ahead Eagles Alkmaar
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Parrott 31'
Deijl 40' (o.g.)
Chávez  42'
Goes  64'		 Report Meulensteen 10', 80'
James  61'		 Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Erwin Blank
21 December 2025 16 Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 Groningen Deventer
Suray 41',  76'
James  65'		 Report Vaessen  41'
de Jonge 61'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
10 May 2026 33 Go Ahead Eagles v PSV Deventer
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
17 May 2026 34 NEC v Go Ahead Eagles Nijmegen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Goffertstadion

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2025–26 KNVB Cup
17 December 2025 Second round Roda v Go Ahead Eagles Kerkrade
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion

Johan Cruyff Shield

Main article: 2025 Johan Cruyff Shield
3 August 2025 Final PSV 2–1 Go Ahead Eagles Eindhoven
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Nauber 78' (o.g.)
Dest 84'		 Report Suray 35'
Kramer  64'		 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 34,200
Referee: Joey Kooij

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

League phase

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league phase

The league phase draw would be held on 29 August 2025.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
26 Basel (Y) 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 6
27 FCSB (Y) 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6
28 Go Ahead Eagles (Y) 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 6
29 Sturm Graz (Y) 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
30 Feyenoord (Z) 6 1 0 5 7 13 −6 3
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2025. Source: UEFA[7]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded); (Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 September 2025 1 Go Ahead Eagles 0–1 FCSB Deventer, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Nauber  40'
Edvardsen  90+6'		 Report Miculescu 13',  80'
Tănase  62'
Olaru  68'
Cisotti  81'
Alhassan  84'		 Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,578
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
2 October 2025 2 Panathinaikos 1–2 Go Ahead Eagles Athens, Greece
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Świderski 55'
Siopis  77'		 Report Smit 75', 82'
De Busser  87'		 Stadium: Panathenaic Stadium
Attendance: 18,808
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
23 October 2025 3 Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 Aston Villa Deventer, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,598
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
6 November 2025 4 Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Go Ahead Eagles Salzburg, Austria
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Rahmouni  29'
  • Suray  35'
 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 10,852
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
27 November 2025 5 Go Ahead Eagles v VfB Stuttgart Deventer, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
11 December 2025 6 Lyon v Go Ahead Eagles Lyon, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
22 January 2026 7 OGC Nice v Go Ahead Eagles Nice, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Allianz Riviera
29 January 2026 8 Go Ahead Eagles v Braga Deventer, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

References

  1. ^ "Selectie". www.ga-eagles.nl. Go Ahead Eagles. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Go Ahead wint strijd om Margaret: "Kan niet wachten om mezelf te laten zien"" (in Dutch). OOST. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Derby loan Goudmijn to Go Ahead Eagles". BBC. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Enric Llansana joins RSCA". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ Deal helemaal rond: Oliver Antman verlaat Go Ahead Eagles • Meulensteen op weg naar Deventer, destentor.nl, 4 August 2025
  6. ^ "Preliminary Fixture Schedule Eredivisie 2025/26". eredivisie.eu. 18 June 2025.
  7. ^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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