# 2017–18 FC Twente season

During the 2017–18 FC Twente season, the club will participate in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. It will be 53rd season in the history of the club and the 34th consecutive season in the top flight of the Dutch football.

## Season review
### June

On 1 June, the club confirmed the signing of Alexander Laukart.
On 12 June, Twente and Nick Hengelman negotiated a two-year contract extension lasting until 30 June 2019.

## Squad

    As of 30 January 2017
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 13 | Nick Hengelman | GK | (1989-11-15) 15 November 1989 (age 34) | Oss | 30 June 2019 |
| 16 | Joël Drommel | GK | (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2019 |
| 26 | Jorn Brondeel | GK | (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31) | Lierse | 30 June 2021 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Hidde ter Avest | RB | (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2018 |
| 3 | Thomas Lam | CB/CM | (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 30) | Nottingham Forest | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 | Jos Hooiveld | CB | (1983-04-22) 22 April 1983 (age 41) | AIK | 30 June 2018 |
| 5 | Stefan Thesker (c) | CB | (1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 33) | Greuther Fürth | 30 June 2019 |
| 14 | Richard Jensen | CB | (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 28) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2019 |
| 15 | Cristián Cuevas | LB | (1995-04-02) 2 April 1995 (age 29) | Huachipato | 30 June 2018 |
| 25 | Peet Bijen | CB | (1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 29) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 | Jeroen van der Lely | RB/LB | (1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 28) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2020 |
| 36 | David Sambissa | RB/LB | (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28) | Bordeaux | 30 June 2018 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Michaël Maria | AM/LB | (1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29) | Erzgebirge Aue | 30 June 2018 |
| 10 | Haris Vučkić | AM | (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 (age 32) | Newcastle United | 30 June 2020 |
| 11 | Alexander Laukart | AM | (1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 (age 26) | Borussia Dortmund | 30 June 2020 |
| 18 | Michael Liendl | CM | (1985-10-25) 25 October 1985 (age 39) | 1860 Munich | 30 June 2019 |
| 20 | Adam Maher | CM | (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993 (age 31) | PSV | 30 June 2018 |
| 21 | Danny Holla | CM | (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 36) | PEC Zwolle | 30 June 2020 |
| 23 | Jelle van der Heyden | DM | (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2020 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 8 | Oussama Assaidi | RW/LW | (1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 36) | Al-Ahli | 30 June 2019 |
| 9 | Tom Boere | CF | (1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 31) | Oss | 30 June 2020 |
| 17 | Marko Kvasina | CF | (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 (age 27) | Austria Wien | 30 June 2021 |
| 19 | Fredrik Jensen | RW/LW/AM | (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 27) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 | Jari Oosterwijk | CF | (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2020 |
| 27 | Luciano Slagveer | RW | (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993 (age 31) | Lokeren | 30 June 2018 |
| 29 | Mounir El Hamdaoui | CF | (1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 (age 40) | Al-Taawoun | 30 June 2018 |
| 30 | Dylan George | RW | (1998-06-27) 27 June 1998 (age 26) | Youth Academy | 30 June 2019 |
| 34 | Adnane Tighadouini | LW | (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31) | Málaga | 30 June 2018 |

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |
| 13 | GK | Nick Hengelman | 2 years | 2019 | 12 June 2017 | |
Last updated: 11 September 2017

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Ends |
| 26 | GK | Jorn Brondeel | Lierse | Undisclosed | 30 June 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Danny Holla | PEC Zwolle | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| 11 | MF | Alexander Laukart | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| - | FW | Alessio Da Cruz | Dordrecht | Back from loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 24 | FW | Jari Oosterwijk | NAC Breda | Back from loan | 30 June 2020 |
| - | MF | Shadrach Eghan | Vendsyssel | Back from loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Tom Boere | Oss | Undisclosed | 30 June 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Haris Vučkić | Newcastle United | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| 36 | DF | David Sambissa | Bordeaux | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Nikola Gjorgjev | Grasshopper | Loan | 30 June 2019 |
| 17 | FW | Marko Kvasina | Austria Wien | Free | 30 June 2021 |
| 22 | FW | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | Manchester City | Loan | 30 June 2018 |
| 18 | MF | Michael Liendl | 1860 Munich | Free | 30 June 2019 |
| 34 | FW | Adnane Tighadouini | Málaga | Loan | 30 June 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Thomas Lam | Nottingham Forest | Loan | 30 June 2018 |
| 27 | FW | Luciano Slagveer | Lokeren | Loan | 30 June 2018 |
| 15 | DF | Cristián Cuevas | Huachipato | Loan | 30 June 2018 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Ends |
| 20 | CM | Adam Maher | PSV | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 29 | FW | Mounir El Hamdaoui | Al-Taawoun | Free | 30 June 2018 |
| 6 | MF/DF | Michaël Maria | Erzgebirge Aue | Free | 30 June 2018 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Moving To | Fee | Date |
| 11 | FW | Dylan Seys | Club Brugge | End of loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 14 | FW | Yaw Yeboah | Manchester City | End of loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Bersant Celina | Manchester City | End of loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 17 | FW | Enes Ünal | Manchester City | End of loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 27 | FW | Enis Bunjaki | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of loan | 30 June 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Nick Marsman | Utrecht | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 20 | GK | Sonny Stevens | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | 22 May 2017 |
| 7 | MF | Chinedu Ede | Bangkok United | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| - | FW | Alessio Da Cruz | Novara | Free | 31 May 2017 |
| - | MF | Shadrach Eghan | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| 12 | FW | Tim Hölscher | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | 19 May 2017 |
| 43 | MF | Mateusz Klich | Leeds United | Undisclosed | 30 June 2017 |
| 22 | MF | Kamohelo Mokotjo | Brentford | Undisclosed | 6 July 2017 |
| - | FW | Zeki Erkilinc | Heracles | Loan | 17 August 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Joachim Andersen | Sampdoria | Undisclosed | 26 August 2017 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Moving To | Fee | Date |
| 22 | FW | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | Manchester City | End of loan | 12 January 2018 |
| 6 | DF | Dejan Trajkovski | Puskás Akadémia | Undisclosed | 19 January 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Nikola Gjorgjev | Grasshoppers FC | End of loan | 15 February 2018 |
Last updated: 18 February 2018

## Non-competitive
### Friendlies

Last updated: 21 March 2018

## Competitions
### KNVB Cup

Last updated: 28 February 2018

## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 2 | DF | Hidde ter Avest | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Thomas Lam | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jos Hooiveld | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Thesker | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF/MF | Michaël Maria | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Oussama Assaidi | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Tom Boere | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Haris Vučkić | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Alexander Laukart | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jonathan Frimann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Nick Hengelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Richard Jensen | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Cristián Cuevas | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | Joël Drommel | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Marko Kvasina | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Michael Liendl | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Fredrik Jensen | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Adam Maher | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Danny Holla | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jelle van der Heyden | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Jari Oosterwijk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Peet Bijen | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Jorn Brondeel | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Luciano Slagveer | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Jeroen van der Lely | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Dylan George | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | David Sambissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Godfried Roemeratoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Adnane Tighadouini | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Rashaan Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Ryan Trotman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Joachim Andersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Dejan Trajkovski | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Nikola Gjorgjev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 29 April 2018

### Goalscorers

As of 6 May 2018
| Rank | Player | Position | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total |
| 1 | Oussama Assaidi | FW | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Tom Boere | FW | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Fredrik Jensen | FW | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Haris Vučkić | MF | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Adnane Tighadouini | FW | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Stefan Thesker | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Thomas Lam | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Adam Maher | MF | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Danny Holla | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Peet Bijen | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Luciano Slagveer | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jeroen van der Lely | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Michaël Maria | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dylan George | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Michael Liendl | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 37 | 10 | 47 |