2019–20 Excelsior Rotterdam season

Excelsior Rotterdam

2019–20 season
Manager	Ricardo Moniz (until 28 January 2020)[1] Marinus Dijkhuizen (from 29 January 2020)[2]
Stadium	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Eredivisie	7th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Average home league attendance	3,134[3]
All statistics correct as of 12:55, 27 May 2020 (UTC).

During the 2019–20 season, Excelsior Rotterdam participated in the Eerste Divisie and the KNVB Cup. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eredivisie season was abandoned with SBV Excelsior in 7th place.^[4] They were knocked out in the second round of the KNVB Cup, losing at home to FC Eindhoven.

Competitions

Eerste Divisie

Main article: 2019–20 Eerste Divisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	NAC Breda[a]	29	14	8	7	48	30	+18	50
6	Go Ahead Eagles	29	12	12	5	49	41	+8	48
7	Excelsior	29	13	8	8	65	55	+10	47
8	NEC Nijmegen	29	12	9	8	51	37	+14	45
9	Almere City FC	29	13	5	11	44	42	+2	44

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Fewest 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)^[5]
Notes:

1. Winner of the First Period (games 1-9).

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2019–20 KNVB Cup

Excelsior v NEC Nijmegen

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) First round	Excelsior	4–2 (a.e.t.)	NEC Nijmegen	Rotterdam
19:45 CET	Oude Kotte 51', 105' Verhaar 88', 106'	Report	Musaba 3', 66'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 1,902 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

Excelsior v FC Eindhoven

17 December 2019 (2019-12-17) Second round	Excelsior	0–2	FC Eindhoven	Rotterdam
19:45 CET		Report	Van der Sande 64' Bourard 88'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 1,902 Referee: Edgar Bijl

Player Transfers

Players In

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	MF	Kyle Ebecilio	ADO Den Haag	Transfer	Free	[6]
1 July 2019	FW	Joël Zwarts	Feyenoord	Transfer	Free	[7]
1 July 2019	DF	Sander Fischer	Vendsyssel FF	Transfer	Free	[8]
1 July 2019	MF	Thomas Verhaar	Ajax Cape Town	Transfer	Free	[9]
1 July 2019	DF	Tobias Kleijweg	Excelsior Maassluis	Transfer	Free	[10]
2 July 2019	DF	Siebe Horemans	KAA Gent	Transfer	Undisclosed	[11]
8 July 2019	MF	Ahmad Mendes Moreira	FC Groningen	Transfer	Free	[12]
13 July 2019	MF	Rai Vloet	Sint-Truidense V.V.	Transfer	Free	[13]

Players Out

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	MF	Anouar Hadouir	N/A	Retired	N/A	[14]
1 July 2019	DF	Desevio Payne	FC Emmen	Transfer	Free	[15]
1 July 2019	DF	Lorenzo Burnet	FC Emmen	Transfer	Free	[16]
1 July 2019	MF	Ryan Koolwijk	Trencin	Transfer	Free	[17]
1 July 2019	DF	Jurgen Mattheij	Sparta Rotterdam	Transfer	Free	[18]
1 July	MF	Mounir El Hamdaoui	Released	Transfer	Free	[19]
4 July 2019	MF	Jerdy Schouten	Bologna	Transfer	Undisclosed	[20]
20 July 2019	MF	Ali Messaoud	Vendsyssel FF	Transfer	Free	[21]
23 July 2019	GK	Sonny Stevens	SC Cambuur	Transfer	Undisclosed	[22]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 May 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eerste Divisie		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Alessandro Damen	28	0	26	0	2	0
2	DF	BEL	Siebe Horemans	26	0	25	0	1	0
3	DF	BEL	Hervé Matthys	26	0	24	0	2	0
4	DF	NED	Thomas Oude Kotte	23	2	21	0	2	2
5	DF	NED	Robin van der Meer	16	0	14	0	2	0
6	MF	NED	Doğucan Haspolat	21	1	19	1	2	0
6	DF	NED	Abdallah Aberkane	7	0	7	0	0	0
7	FW	NED	Stijn Meijer	22	6	20	6	2	0
8	MF	NED	Kyle Ebecilio	6	0	6	0	0	0
9	FW	ISL	Elías Már Ómarsson	30	12	28	12	2	0
10	MF	NED	Luigi Bruins	27	4	25	4	2	0
11	FW	NED	Joël Zwarts	30	9	28	9	2	0
15	DF	ENG	Cameron Humphreys	3	0	3	0	0	0
16	DF	NED	Sander Fischer	29	2	27	2	2	0
17	FW	NED	Thomas Verhaar	26	5	24	3	2	2
18	FW	NED	Ahmad Mendes Moreira	29	6	28	6	1	0
19	FW	NED	Arsenio Valpoort	6	0	5	0	1	0
20	MF	NED	Rai Vloet	31	14	29	14	2	0
22	MF	NED	Jeffry Fortes	22	6	20	6	2	0
23	GK	NED	Maarten de Fockert	4	0	4	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill	5	0	5	0	0	0
35	MF	NED	Wouter Burger	7	0	7	0	0	0

• Source: ^[23]

References

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2. "Marinus Dijkhuizen nieuwe hoofdtrainer van Excelsior" (in Dutch). SBV Excelsior. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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8. "Sander Fischer keert terug bij Excelsior Rotterdam". SBV Excelsior Officiële website. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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14. "Anouar Hadouir gaat met zijn broers bij derdeklasser CHC in Den Bosch voetballen: 'Volgens mij is dat uniek'".
15. "Desevio Payne tekent bij FC Emmen". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
16. "FC Emmen haalt transfervrije Lorenzo Burnet". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
17. "Ryan Koolwijk terug naar AS Trencin". www.foxsports.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
18. "Sparta haalt verdediger Mattheij na negen jaar terug naar Het Kasteel". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
19. "Transferblog: Mahmudov vertrekt naar Armenië". SV Pro Excelsior (in Dutch). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
20. "Jerdy Schouten is a Bologna player". BolognaFC. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
21. "Vendsyssel FF henter hollandsk profil til offensiven". Vendsyssel FF (in Danish). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
22. "TWEE KEER RAAK: Sonny Stevens en Doke Schmidt naar SC Cambuur". SC Cambuur (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
23. "SBV Excelsior - Appearances Eerste Divisie 2019/2020". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 31 May 2020.