# 2019–20 RKC Waalwijk season

The 2019–20 season was RKC Waalwijk's 80th season in existence and the club's first season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, RKC Waalwijk participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Etienne Vaessen |
| 2 | DF | CUW | Juriën Gaari |
| 3 | DF | NED | Melle Meulensteen |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Paul Quasten |
| 6 | MF | NED | Daan Rienstra (captain) |
| 7 | MF | NED | Tijjani Reijnders (on loan from AZ) |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Anas Tahiri |
| 9 | FW | NED | Mario Bilate |
| 10 | MF | NED | Richard van der Venne |
| 11 | FW | NED | Darren Maatsen |
| 12 | MF | NED | Hans Mulder |
| 13 | GK | NED | Kees Heemskerk |
| 14 | DF | NED | Henrico Drost |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | NED | Lars Nieuwpoort |
| 16 | DF | NED | Ingo van Weert |
| 17 | FW | NED | Stanley Elbers (on loan from PEC Zwolle) |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Nando Nöstlinger |
| 19 | FW | NED | Sylla Sow |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Lennerd Daneels |
| 22 | GK | NED | Mike Grim |
| 23 | MF | NED | Clint Leemans (on loan from PEC Zwolle) |
| 24 | FW | NED | Dylan Vente (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 25 | DF | BUL | Stefan Velkov (on loan from Den Bosch) |
| 26 | MF | NED | Nikki Baggerman |
| 27 | FW | SWE | Emil Hansson (on loan from Hannover 96) |
| 28 | FW | COM | Saïd Bakari |
| 29 | DF | NED | Fabian Sporkslede |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 3 August 2019 | 8 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 015.38 |
| KNVB Cup | 30 October 2019 | 30 October 2019 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 30 | 64 | −34 | 014.81 |
Last updated: 8 March 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | FC Twente | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 27 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 26 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 19 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 15 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 March 2020. Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

The Eredivisie schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The 2019–20 season was abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands.