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

Out

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 9 August 2025 17 May 2026 Week 1 15 5 1 9 14 26 −12 033.33
KNVB Cup 29 October 2025 29 October 2025 1st round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 16 5 1 10 14 27 −13 031.25

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
15 5 1 9 14 26  −12 16 3 0 5 6 9  −3 2 1 4 8 17  −9

Last updated: 5 December 2025.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHAHH
ResultLLLWLWLLWLDLWWL
Position1817171616171717131616
Source: ESPN
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1st half

9 August 2025 1st week[11] 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[12] 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[13] 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[14] 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[15] 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[16] 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[17] 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[18] 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[19] 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[20] 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[21] 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[22] 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[23] 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[24] 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[25] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-2 FC Groningen Rotterdam
20:00 Report Thom van Bergen 61'
Stije Resink 90+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Referee: Martijn Vos

2nd half

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2025–26 KNVB Cup
29 October 2025 1st round[26] 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

[27]

# Player Eredivisie
1 Noah Naujoks 4
2 Gyan de Regt 2
Szymon Włodarczyk 2
4 Arthur Zagré 1
Irakli Yegoian 1
Lewis Schouten 1
Mike van Duinen 1
Sanches Fernandes 1
Yoon Do-young 1

Assists

[27]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Adam Carlén 1 0 1
Gyan De Regt 1 0 1
Nolan Martens 1 0 1
Rick Meijssen 1 0 1

Appearances

[27]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Casper Widell 15 1 16
Gyan de Regt 15 1 16
Ilias Bronkhorst 15 1 16
Sanches Fernandes 15 1 16
5 Adam Carlén 14 1 15
Rick Meijssen 15 0 15
7 Mike van Duinen 13 1 14
Stijn van Gassel 13 1 14
9 Arthur Zagre 12 1 13
Irakli Yegoian 12 1 13
11 Noah Naujoks 12 0 12
12 Szymon Włodarczyk 11 0 11
13 Jerolldino Armantrading 9 1 10
Stefan Mitrović 9 1 10
15 Lewis Schouten 7 1 8
Nolan Martens 7 1 8
17 Stan Hendrikx 6 1 7
Yoon Do-young 6 1 7
19 Stjin Middendorp 6 0 6
20 Chris-Kévin Nadje 5 0 5
21 Simon Janssen 4 0 4
22 Calvin Raatsie 2 1 3
Lennard Hartjes 3 0 3
Mathijs Tielemans 2 1 3
Zach Booth 3 0 3
26 Nesto Groen 1 0 1
Noa El Hamdaoui 1 0 1
Tijmen Holla 1 0 1

Clean sheets

[27]

# Player Eredivisie Total
1 Stijn van Gassel 3 3

Disciplinary record

[27]

# Player Eredivisie KNVB Total
1 Arthur Zagre 2 1 0 0 2 1
2 Stan Hendrikx 0 1 0 0 0 1
Stjin Middendorp 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Ilias Bronkhorst 4 0 0 0 4 0
5 Rick Meijssen 3 0 0 0 3 0
6 Adam Carlén 2 0 0 0 2 0
Casper Widell 2 0 0 0 2 0
Gyan de Regt 2 0 0 0 2 0
Mike van Duinen 2 0 0 0 2 0
10 Calvin Raatsie 0 0 1 0 1 0
Chris-Kevin Nadje 1 0 0 0 1 0
Irakli Yegoian 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jerolldino Armantrading 1 0 0 0 1 0
Noah Naujoks 1 0 0 0 1 0
Yoon Do-Yong 1 0 0 0 1 0

Notes


References

  1. ^ "2025-26 Excelsior Rotterdam Team Roster". Fox Sports. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Excelsior Versterkt Middenveld Met Zweed Adam Carlén" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Excelsior Versterkt Zich Met Talentvolle Vleugelaanvaller Gyan de Regt" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Lewis Schouten Komende Periode Uitgeschakeld" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Excelsior Neemt Mathijs Tielemans Definitief Over Van Vitesse" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Stijn van Gassel Keert Terug Naar Excelsior Rotterdam" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Excelsior Haalt Energieke Middenvelder Yegoian Binnen" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Stan Henderikx Maakt De Stap Naar Excelsior Rotterdam" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam Versterkt Defensie Met Komst Van Rick Meissen" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Excelsior Heeft Gewenste Nummer 9 Binnen Met Spits Szymon Włodarczyk" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
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  12. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Feyenoord". ESPN. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  13. ^ "FC Utrecht vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Twente". ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Sparta Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  16. ^ "FC Volendam vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. PSV Eindhoven". ESPN. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  18. ^ "SC Heerenveen vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
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  20. ^ "Go Ahead Eagles vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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  22. ^ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Heracles Almelo". ESPN. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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