2023–24 SC Cambuur season

SC Cambuur

2023–24 season
Chairman	Cees Heijboer
Head coach	Sjors Ultee (until 9 October 2023)[1] Henk de Jong (from 10 October 2023)[2]
Stadium	Cambuur Stadion
Eerste Divisie	13th
KNVB Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Milan Smit (19) All: Milan Smit (24)
Average home league attendance	9,700[3]
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 22 September 2023.

The 2023–24 season was the 59th season in the history of SC Cambuur and their first season back in the Eerste Divisie after a two-year absence.^[4] The club also participated in the KNVB Cup, where they reached the semi-finals.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023

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 Yanick van Osch 2 DF  NED Gabi Caschili 3 DF  NED Floris Smand 4 DF  NED Léon Bergsma 6 DF  NED Jeremy van Mullem 7 FW  NED Remco Balk 8 MF  NED Daniël van Kaam 9 FW  LVA Roberts Uldriķis (captain) 10 MF  NED Fedde de Jong 11 FW  NED Silvester van der Water 12 FW  ITA Youns El Hilali 14 MF  NED Michael Breij 15 DF  NED Marco Tol

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  NED Daan Reiziger 19 FW  NED Milan Smit 20 MF  NED Vincent Pichel 21 DF  NED Milan de Koe 22 DF  HAI Jhondly van der Meer 23 GK  NED Brett Minnema 27 DF  GUI Sekou Sylla 31 GK  NED Thijmen Renkel 35 DF  NED Myles Veldman 39 MF  NED Tom van der Werff 49 FW  NED Wiebe Kooistra — DF  NED Thomas Poll (on loan from Almere City)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Remco Balk	Utrecht	Undisclosed	1 July 2023	[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Mees Hoedemakers	NEC	Free	1 July 2023	[6]

New contracts

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
FW	Roberts Uldriķis	June 2024	[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Cambuur v Jeddeloh

8 July 2023 Friendly	Cambuur	3–0	Jeddeloh	Koarnjum, Netherlands
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Kaam 6' Breij 59' Balk 74'	Report		Stadium: Martenawei

Cambuur v Harkemase Boys

15 July 2023 Rienk Waaksma Memorial	Cambuur	4–0	Harkemase Boys	Kootstertille, Netherlands
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Smit 31' (pen.) Balk 47' Kooistra 49' Uldriķis 80'			Stadium: Sportpark de Tille

Cambuur v Heracles Almelo

22 July 2023 Friendly	Cambuur	4–1	Heracles Almelo	Leeuwarden
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Uldriķis 14' Smit 77', 102' (pen.) Balk 109'	Report	Sonnenberg 12'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion

Cambuur v Jong Utrecht

28 July 2023 Friendly	Cambuur	1–0	Jong Utrecht	Scharendijke
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Uldriķis 7'

Cambuur v Zulte Waregem

28 July 2023 Friendly	Cambuur	2–1	Zulte Waregem	Scharendijke
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van der Water 46' Smit 51'	Report	Derijck 57'

Cambuur v Francs Borains

4 August 2023 Friendly	Cambuur	0–2	Francs Borains	Leeuwarden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cambuur Stadion

Cambuur v Francs Borains

4 August 2023 Friendly	Cambuur	3–4	Francs Borains	Leeuwarden
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cambuur Stadion

Cambuur v SC Preußen Münster

6 January 2024 Friendly	Cambuur	1–0	SC Preußen Münster
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Jong 11'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eerste Divisie	11 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1	20	9	4	7	44	38	+6	045.00
KNVB Cup	2 November 2023		First round	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total				22	11	4	7	51	39	+12	050.00

Last updated: 22 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Eerste Divisie

Main article: 2023–24 Eerste Divisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
11	Helmond Sport	38	14	9	15	52	55	−3	51
12	VVV-Venlo	38	13	9	16	53	58	−5	48
13	Cambuur	38	13	8	17	71	74	−3	47
14	Eindhoven	38	9	16	13	45	57	−12	43
15	Jong Ajax	38	10	10	18	54	69	−15	40	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie

Source: Flashscore, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
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)^[8]

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
20	9	4	7	46	39	+7	31	4	3	3	21	18	+3	5	1	4	25	21	+4

Last updated: 22 December 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Position	10	3	2	6	4	3	4	9	11	13	13	12	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[9]

Cambuur v Emmen

11 August 2023 1	Cambuur	2–2	Emmen	Leeuwarden
20:00 CET	van der Meer  45+3' Alex Bangura  53' de Jong  63' van der Water  63' Breij 66'  83' Wiebe Kooistra 90+8'	report	Scholte 38' Hardeveld 44' Burnet  53' Hoekstra  63' El Messaoudi  90+4'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alex Bos

Telstar v Cambuur

18 August 2023 2	Telstar	2–3	Cambuur	Velsen-Zuid
20:00 CET	El Kachati  4' Apau  18' Augustijns  19' Koeman  26' Soares  33' Quinten van den Heerik 46' Eddahchouri 79' Turfkruier  85'	report	Smit 19' (pen.)  20' 34' (pen.) van Kaam  33' Breij 71' El Hilali  90+2'	Stadium: 711 Stadion Attendance: 1,073 Referee: Stan Teuben

Cambuur v Jong Ajax

25 August 2023 3	Cambuur	4–2	Jong Ajax	Leeuwarden
20:00 CET	van der Water 10' Breij 17' Balk 25' Caschili  45+2' Smit 58' (pen.)	report	Misehouy 8' Rida Chahid 31' Gooijer  57'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Martin Pérez

Helmond Sport v Cambuur

1 September 2023 4	Helmond Sport	2–1	Cambuur	Helmond
20:00 CET	Joseph Amuzu  32' Kaars 48' 90'  90+1' Van den Eynden  71'	report	Smit 70' Balk  90+11'	Stadium: GS Staalwerken Stadion Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Kevin Puts

Cambuur v FC Den Bosch

9 September 2023 5	Cambuur	3–1	FC Den Bosch	Leeuwarden
18:45 CET	Balk 9' 16'  42' El Hilali  23' Smit 63' (pen.)  83' Caschili  68'	report	Gyamfi  3' Mulders 37' Ojrzyński  61' Nick de Groot  61' Yuya Ikeshita  73'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,411 Referee: Nick Smit

Cambuur v Willem II

17 September 2023 6	Cambuur	1–0	Willem II	Leeuwarden
16:45 CET	van Mullem  43' Breij  49' Caschili  72' El Hilali 77' Poll  90' van der Meer  90+1'	report	Verreth  45+1' Sigurgeirsson  56' Bokila  57' Doodeman  71'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,852 Referee: Dennis Higler

Jong FC Utrecht v Cambuur

22 September 2023 7	Jong FC Utrecht	3–2	Cambuur	Utrecht
20:00 CET	Rijks 4' Nazjir Held  25' van Hees  29' Tobias Augustinus-Jensen 45+1' Leliendal  66' Rafik El Arguioui 88'  88'	report	Smit 16' (pen.) Balk  50' El Hilali 59'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 468 Referee: Wouter Wiersma

Cambuur v Jong PSV

29 September 2023 8	Cambuur	3–4	Jong PSV	Leeuwarden
20:00 CET	Sylla  33' Uldriķis  42' Breij 51' van der Water 63' Smit 89'	report	van Duiven 21' 88' Land 28' 67'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,542 Referee: Clay Ruperti

Dordrecht v Cambuur

6 October 2023 9	Dordrecht	5–2	Cambuur	Dordrecht
20:00 CET	Rene Kriwak 6' 30' Sebaoui 22' 85' Tsoungui  76' Suray 90+1'	report	van der Water 38' de Jong 88'	Stadium: Matchoholic Stadion Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Rob Dieperink

Cambuur v NAC Breda

15 October 2023 10	Cambuur	2–3	NAC Breda	Leeuwarden
16:45 CET	Breij 56' 79' Marcel Schaapman  90+3'	report	Boere 29'  64' Kemper 37' Van den Bergh 45+2'  68' Aimé Omgba  90+2'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

MVV v Cambuur

20 October 2023 11	MVV	1–1	Cambuur	Maastricht
20:00 CET	Smeets  13' Kostons 19' Kleinen  63' Taşçı  78' Aktaş  79'	report	Balk  28' Smit 34' Breij  39'	Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Erwin Blank

Cambuur v Groningen

29 October 2023 12	Cambuur	2–1	Groningen	Leeuwarden
12:15 CET	Tol 8' Balk  58' 83' Breij  59'	report	Wouter Prins  43' Valente 55'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joey Kooij

TOP Oss v Cambuur

6 November 2023 13	TOP Oss	1–8	Cambuur	Oss
20:00 CET	van Eijma 18' (pen.) Amine Rehmi  30' Hernández  69'	report	Uldriķis 3' Smit 33' Caschili 41' van Kaam 46' Wiebe Kooistra 59' de Jong 64' Smand 75' van Mullem 89'	Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion Attendance: 1,342 Referee: Martin Pérez

ADO Den Haag v Cambuur

12 November 2023 14	ADO Den Haag	1–2	Cambuur	The Hague
14:30 CET	van Hintum  12' Klas  52' Ideho  60' Esajas  63' Veerman 85' (pen.)	Report	Balk  26' de Jong 37' Uldriķis 46' van Mullem  85'	Stadium: Bingoal Stadion Attendance: 9,211 Referee: Erwin Blank

Cambuur v Roda JC

19 November 2023 15	Cambuur	1–1	Roda JC	Leeuwarden
14:30 CET	Smit 4' Poll  10' van Kaam  31' Balk  31'	Report	Ould-Chikh 13' (pen.) Bucker  43' Peña Zauner  43' Matisse Didden  58'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Martijn Vos

VVV v Cambuur

24 November 2023 16	VVV	1–2	Cambuur	Venlo
20:00 CET	Timber  66' Sedláček 78'  90+4'	Report	de Jong 5' Smit 18'  90' Bergsma  46' van Kaam  90+3' Brett Minnema  90+5'	Stadium: Covebo Stadion Attendance: 5,551 Referee: Alex Bos

Cambuur v FC Eindhoven

1 December 2023 17	Cambuur	2–2	FC Eindhoven	Leeuwarden
20:00 CET	Smit 35' (pen.) Breij 69' Balk  86'	Report	Evan Rottier 30' Sleegers 83'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,625 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

De Graafschap v Cambuur

8 December 2023 18	De Graafschap	2–3	Cambuur	Doetinchem
20:00 CET	Önal 16' Brittijn  39' Warmerdam 90+4'	Report	Breij 11' Bergsma  35' Tol 49' van Mullem  69' Uldriķis 79'	Stadium: Stadion De Vijverberg Attendance: 10,776 Referee: Rob Dieperink

Cambuur v Jong AZ

15 December 2023 19	Cambuur	1–2	Jong AZ	Leeuwarden
20:00 CET	Breij  18' Smand  43' Stam 47' (o.g.) van Kaam  52' Tol  84'	Report	Kewal 10' 88' Maxim Dekker  18' Daal  41' Postma  90+6'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,482 Referee: Wouter Wiersma

Den Bosch v Cambuur

22 December 2023 20	Den Bosch	3–1	Cambuur	's-Hertogenbosch
20:00 CET	Kostorz 12' Nick de Groot  46' Maas 68' Mulders  69' Sebastiaan van Bakel 90+2'	Report	Smand  36'  62' Smit 81'  86'	Stadium: De Vliert Attendance: 4,117 Referee: Richard Martens

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2023–24 KNVB Cup

Cambuur v MVV Maastricht

2 November 2023 First round	Cambuur	4–1	MVV Maastricht	Leeuwarden
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sylla 25' Smit 28' (pen.) Breij 40' Uldriķis 45' Caschili  50'	Report	Buifrahi 18' Bryant Nieling  47' Labylle  65' Taşçı  88'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Dordrecht v Cambuur

19 December 2023 Second round	Dordrecht	0–3	Cambuur	Dordrecht
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Shiloh 't Zand  67'	Report	Sylla  8' Balk 24' Uldriķis 58' van Mullem  71' van Kaam 79'	Stadium: Matchoholic Stadion Referee: Jannick van der Laan

References

1. "Hoofdtrainer Sjors Ultee op non-actief gesteld". SC Cambuur (in Dutch). 9 October 2023. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
2. "Henk de Jong keert na succesvolle operatie terug als hoofdtrainer Cambuur". NOS (in Dutch). 10 October 2023. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
3. https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/ned-eerste-divisie-2023-2024/1/
4. "Cambuur relegated from the Eredivisie following 3-0 defeat to Utrecht". OneFootball. 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
5. "TRANSFER: Remco Balk blijft bij SC Cambuur".
6. "NEC Nijmegen sign Sontje Hansen from Ajax and Mees Hoedemakers from Cambuur". OneFootball. May 9, 2023.
7. "Confirmed Transfer: Cambuur signs Roberts Uldriķis". OneFootball. June 7, 2023.
8. "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.
9. "Competitieprogramma Keuken Kampioen Divisie definitief | Keuken Kampioen Divisie".

External links

• Official website