# 2022–23 Feyenoord season

The 2022–23 season marked the 115th season in Feyenoord's history and the club's 101st consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to competing in the domestic league, Feyenoord also participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

## Transfers
### Summer window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Fredrik André Bjørkan (from Hertha BSC) (on loan) |
| 6 | DF | DEN | Jacob Rasmussen (from Fiorentina) (on loan) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo Pereira da Silva (from Ajax) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Javairô Dilrosun (from Hertha BSC) |
| 14 | FW | BRA | Igor Paixão (from Coritiba) |
| 15 | DF | PER | Marcos López (from San Jose Earthquakes) |
| 17 | MF | POL | Sebastian Szymański (from Dynamo Moscow) (on loan) |
| 20 | MF | NED | Mats Wieffer (from Excelsior) |
| 22 | GK | GER | Timon Wellenreuther (from Anderlecht) (on loan) |
| 24 | FW | NED | Naoufal Bannis (from NAC Breda) (return from loan) |
| 25 | MF | NED | Mohamed Taabouni (from AZ) |
| 26 | FW | MAR | Oussama Idrissi (from Sevilla FC) (on loan) |
| 27 | MF | NED | Quinten Timber (from FC Utrecht) |
| 29 | FW | MEX | Santiago Giménez (from Cruz Azul) |
| 30 | MF | ARG | Ezequiel Bullaude (from Godoy Cruz) |
| 31 | FW | SVK | Róbert Boženík (from Fortuna Düsseldorf) (return from loan) |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Dávid Hancko (from AC Sparta Prague) |
| — | FW | SEN | Aliou Baldé (from Waasland-Beveren) (return from loan) |
| — | FW | GER | Christian Conteh (from FC Dordrecht) (return from loan) |
| — | MF | NED | Mark Diemers (from Hannover 96) (return from loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Marcos Senesi (to AFC Bournemouth) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Tyrell Malacia (to Manchester United) |
| 7 | FW | COL | Luis Sinisterra (to Leeds United) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Aursnes (to Benfica) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Bryan Linssen (to Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 13 | DF | NED | Philippe Sandler (to NEC) |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Reiss Nelson (to Arsenal) (return from loan) |
| 16 | GK | ROU | Valentin Cojocaru (to Dnipro-1) (return from loan) |
| 16 | MF | NED | Jorrit Hendrix (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 19 | MF | USA | Cole Bassett (to Colorado Rapids) (return from loan) |
| 22 | FW | NED | Mark Diemers (to FC Emmen) (on loan) |
| 24 | FW | NED | Naoufal Bannis (to FC Eindhoven) (on loan) |
| 25 | DF | NED | Ramon Hendriks (to FC Utrecht) (on loan) |
| 26 | MF | NED | Guus Til (to Spartak Moscow) (return from loan) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Christian Conteh (to Dynamo Dresden) (on loan) |
| 28 | MF | NED | Jens Toornstra (to FC Utrecht) |
| 30 | GK | NED | Thijs Jansen (to TOP Oss) (on loan) |
| 31 | FW | SVK | Róbert Boženík (to Boavista) (on loan) |
| 32 | DF | NED | Denzel Hall (to ADO Den Haag) (on loan) |
| 33 | FW | NGA | Cyriel Dessers (to Genk) (return from loan) |
| 45 | MF | NED | Lennard Hartjes (to Roda JC Kerkrade) (on loan) |
| — | MF | NED | Achraf El Bouchataoui (to KMSK Deinze) |
| — | FW | SEN | Aliou Baldé (to FC Dordrecht) (on loan) |

### Winter window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | NED | Neraysho Kasanwirjo (from FC Groningen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Fredrik André Bjørkan (to Hertha BSC) (return from loan) |
| 27 | MF | NED | Noah Naujoks (to Excelsior) |
| — | FW | SEN | Aliou Baldé (to FC Lausanne-Sport) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 7 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | +51 | 073.53 |
| KNVB Cup | 12 January 2023 | 5 April 2023 | Second round | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 20 April 2023 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 113 | 52 | +61 | 064.58 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Feyenoord (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | +51 | 82 | Qualification to Champions league group stage |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | +48 | 69 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 67 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Twente (O) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 64 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The preliminary league fixtures were announced on June 15, 2022, with the final league schedule being announced on June 17, 2022.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEY | MID | LAZ | STU |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 8 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker. Between Feyenoord and Midtjylland, overall goals scored is used as the tiebreaker.

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Player details

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal. $^‡$= Has been part of the matchday squad for an official match, but is not an official member of the first team.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Justin Bijlow | GK | 25 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 8 | | | | 34 | | 1 | |
| 2 | | Marcus Holmgren Pedersen | DF | 29 | 1 | 3 | | 4 | | 1 | | 7 | | 1 | | 40 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | | Lutsharel Geertruida | DF | 30 | 3 | 1 | | 3 | | | | 8 | | 1 | | 41 | 3 | 2 | |
| 5 | | Quilindschy Hartman | DF | 23 | 2 | 5 | | 4 | | | | 6 | | 1 | | 33 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | | Jacob Rasmussen | DF | 10 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 12 | 1 | | |
| 7 | | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | FW | 28 | 5 | 2 | | 4 | | | | 9 | 3 | 1 | | 41 | 8 | 3 | |
| 8 | | Quinten Timber | MF | 24 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 6 | 1 | 2 | | 31 | 3 | 4 | |
| 9 | | Danilo Pereira da Silva | FW | 34 | 10 | | | 4 | 2 | | | 10 | 2 | | | 48 | 14 | | |
| 10 | | Orkun Kökçü - (C) | MF | 32 | 8 | 6 | | 4 | 1 | 2 | | 10 | 3 | 1 | | 46 | 12 | 9 | |
| 11 | | Javairô Dilrosun | FW | 31 | 5 | 1 | | 4 | 1 | | | 8 | | 1 | | 43 | 6 | 2 | |
| 14 | | Igor Paixão | FW | 28 | 7 | 2 | | 3 | 1 | | | 6 | 1 | | | 37 | 9 | 2 | |
| 15 | | Marcos López | DF | 19 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 8 | | 1 | | 28 | | 3 | |
| 17 | | Sebastian Szymański | MF | 29 | 9 | 3 | | 2 | | | | 9 | 1 | 1 | | 40 | 10 | 4 | |
| 18 | | Gernot Trauner | DF | 19 | | 4 | | 2 | | | | 10 | | | | 31 | | 4 | |
| 20 | | Mats Wieffer | MF | 25 | 1 | 5 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 8 | 1 | 3 | | 37 | 3 | 9 | |
| 21 | | Ofir Marciano | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | | Timon Wellenreuther | GK | 9 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 14 | | 1 | |
| 23 | | Patrik Wålemark | FW | 15 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 6 | | 2 | | 21 | 2 | 3 | |
| 24 | | Mimeirhel Benita | DF | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 25 | | Mohamed Taabouni | MF | 5 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | | |
| 26 | | Oussama Idrissi | FW | 27 | 4 | 5 | | 4 | | 1 | | 7 | 3 | 1 | | 38 | 7 | 7 | |
| 28 | | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | DF | 5 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | |
| 29 | | Santiago Giménez | FW | 32 | 15 | 3 | | 4 | 3 | | | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | | Ezequiel Bullaude | MF | 9 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 14 | 1 | | |
| 33 | | Dávid Hancko | DF | 31 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | | | | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 45 | 4 | 3 | |
| 48 | | Antoni Milambo‡ | MF | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 49 | | Tein Troost | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | | Devin Remie‡ | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 59 | | Jaimy Kroesen‡ | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| xx | | Noah Naujoks - (Moved to Excelsior during the season) | FW | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| xx | | Fredrik André Bjørkan (Recalled by Hertha BSC during the season) | DF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| xx | | Cole Bassett - (Recalled by Colorado Rapids during the season) | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| xx | | Jens Toornstra - (Moved to FC Utrecht during the season) | MF | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| xx | | Fredrik Aursnes - (Moved to Benfica during the season) | MF | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | N/A | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | N/A | N/A |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 81 | 47 | 0 | N/A | 9 | 6 | 0 | N/A | 23 | 19 | 1 | N/A | 113 | 72 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

A player must have played at least 60 minutes, excluding stoppage time, for a clean sheet to be awarded.
| Goalkeeper | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Europa League | Total |
| Justin Bijlow | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Timon Wellenreuther | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Club awards
### Player of the Month

The Legioen Speler van de Maand award was awarded to the best performing Feyenoord player in a month based on online votes by members of Het Legioen.
| Month | Player |
| August | Sebastian Szymański |
| September | Gernot Trauner |
| October | Gernot Trauner |
| November | Orkun Kökçü |
| January | Mats Wieffer |
| February | Mats Wieffer |
| March | Santiago Giménez |
| April | Orkun Kökçü |
| May | Orkun Kökçü |

### Goal of the Month

The Doelpunt van de Maand award was awarded to the scorer of the best Feyenoord goal in a month based on polls on Instagram.
| Month | Player | Competition | Opponent |
| August | Javairô Dilrosun | Eredivisie | Vitesse |
| September | Sebastian Szymański | Eredivisie | Go Ahead Eagles |
| October | Danilo | Eredivisie | AZ |
| November | Sebastian Szymański | Eredivisie | Excelsior |
| January | Igor Paixão | Eredivisie | Ajax |
| February | Mats Wieffer | Eredivisie | Fortuna Sittard |
| March | Lutsharel Geertruida | Eredivisie | Ajax |
| April | Mats Wieffer | UEFA Europa League | Roma |
| May | Igor Paixão | Eredivisie | Go Ahead Eagles |