# 2023–24 Helmond Sport season

The 2023–24 season was Helmond Sport's 57th season in existence and 40th consecutive in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport finished Eerste Divisie as 11th.
The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. Helmond Sport lost 3-1 against SV Spakenburg in the 1st round of KNVB Cup and they eliminated from the cup.
Martijn Kaars was the top scorer of the club in this season with 21 goals in Eerste Divisie.
Giannis Fivos Botos and Martijn Kaars were the most appeared players in the season with 39 appearances in the season; 38 appearances in the Eerste Divisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 June 2024
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 | Wouter van der Steen |
| 2 | DF | NED | Bram van Vlerken |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Flor Van den Eynden |
| 4 | DF | GER | Pius Krätschmer |
| 6 | MF | GER | Michel Ludwig |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Joseph Amuzu (on loan from Mechelen) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Håkon Lorentzen |
| 9 | FW | NED | Martijn Kaars |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Arno Van Keilegom |
| 11 | FW | NED | Peter van Ooijen |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Noé Rottiers (on loan from Mechelen) |
| 14 | FW | NED | Mohamed Mallahi |
| 15 | DF | NED | Doke Schmidt |
| 17 | DF | BEL | Bryan Van Hove |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Marín (on loan from Athletic Bilbao B) |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Giannis Fivos Botos |
| 20 | MF | SVN | Enrik Ostrc |
| 21 | GK | BEL | Robin Mantel |
| 22 | MF | NED | Elmo Lieftink |
| 23 | GK | NED | Ramón ten Hove |
| 24 | FW | NED | Joeri Schroyen |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Lucas Vankerkhoven |
| 28 | DF | NED | Mees Kreekels |
| 29 | DF | NED | Michael Chacón |
| 30 | DF | NED | Gabriël Çulhacı |
| 39 | FW | CUW | Anthony van den Hurk |
| 47 | MF | BEL | Amin Doudah (on loan from Mechelen) |
| — | FW | NED | Tarik Essakkati |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Álvaro Marín | Athletic Bilbao B (on loan) | €50,000 | 5 August 2023 |
| MF | Amin Doudah | K.V. Mechelen | €350,000 | 27 July 2023 |
| FW | Anthony van den Hurk | Çaykur Rizespor | €400,000 | 31 August 2023 |
| DF | Doke Schmidt | SC Cambuur | €275,000 | 8 August 2023 |
| MF | Enrik Ostrc | ES Troyes AC | €150,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Giannis Fivos Botos | AEK Athens F.C. | €300,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| DF | Joeri Schroyen | Willem II | €200,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Joseph Amuzu | Jong KV Mechelen (on loan) | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Michael Chacón | Excelsior Rotterdam | €400,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Michel Ludwig | Borussia Dortmund U19 | | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Mohamed Mallahi | Jong Utrecht | €225,000 | 16 August 2023 |
| DF | Noé Rottiers | Jong KV Mechelen | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Pius Krätschmer | 1. FC Saarbrücken | €200,000 | 22 July 2023 |
| GK | Ramón ten Hove | Esbjerg fB | | 31 August 2023 |
| GK | Wouter van der Steen | FC Den Bosch | €425,000 | 1 July 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Ahmed Azmi | | | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | David Mistrafovic | NK Varaždin | €175,000 | 22 August 2023 |
| FW | Dylan van Diepen | VV Gemert | €25,000 | 18 July 2023 |
| DF | Emir Terzi | Menemen F.K. | €100,000 | 8 July 2023 |
| FW | Eros Maddy | AJ Auxerre | €250,000 | 25 July 2023 |
| DF | Gabriël Çulhacı | HB Køge | €200,000 | 1 January 2024 |
| MF | Gaétan Bosiers | K.V. Mechelen | €200,000 | 30 June 2023 |
| FW | Jafar Arias | | | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Jarno Lion | Jong KV Mechelen | €250,000 | 30 June 2023 |
| FW | Jelle Goselink | Borneo FC | €225,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Marcus Scholten | Quick Boys | €100,000 | 1 August 2023 |
| MF | Michael Chacón | Excelsior Rotterdam | €400,000 | 30 June 2023 |
| GK | Mike Havekotte | TOP Oss | €300,000 | 3 July 2023 |
| DF | Noé Rottiers | Jong KV Mechelen | | 5 January 2024 |
| DF | Tom Beugelsdijk | | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Wassim Essanoussi | | | 14 September 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Eerste Divisie | 11 August 2023 | 10 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 036.84 |
| KNVB Cup | 31 October 2023 | 31 October 2023 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 035.90 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eerste Divisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 9 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 56 | |
| 10 | Jong AZ | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 56 | Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 19 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

#### 2nd half
### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Scorers

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Martijn Kaars | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Giannis Fivos Botos | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Álvaro Marín | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Anthony van den Hurk | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Håkon Lorentzen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Joseph Amuzu | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Arno Van Keilegom | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Joeri Schroyen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Michael Chacón | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mohamed Mallahi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Peter van Ooijen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Pius Krätschmer | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Assists

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Giannis Fivos Botos | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Bram van Vlerken | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Håkon Lorentzen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Michel Ludwig | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Joeri Schroyen | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Joseph Amuzu | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Mohamed Mallahi | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Pius Krätschmer | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Anthony van den Hurk | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Martijn Kaars | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Mees Kreekels | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Arno Van Keilegom | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Elmo Lieftink | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Enrik Ostrc | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lucas Vankerkhoven | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Giannis Fivos Botos | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 1 | Martijn Kaars | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 3 | Wouter van der Steen | 37 | 1 | 38 |
| 4 | Joseph Amuzu | 34 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Bram van Vlerken | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| 6 | Joeri Schroyen | 31 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Pius Krätschmer | 30 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Mees Kreekels | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Mohamed Mallahi | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Enrik Ostrc | 27 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Flor Van den Eynden | 27 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Håkon Lorentzen | 27 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Michel Ludwig | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Álvaro Marín | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 14 | Arno Van Keilegom | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 16 | Anthony van den Hurk | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 17 | Doke Schmidt | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 18 | Lucas Vankerkhoven | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 19 | Elmo Lieftink | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 20 | Bryan van Hove | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 21 | Peter van Ooijen | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 22 | Michael Chacón | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | Tarik Essakkati | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 24 | Gabriël Çulhacı | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Mohammed Amin Doudah | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Robin Mantel | 2 | 0 | 2 |

### Clean sheets

| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Wouter van der Steen | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | Eerste Divisie | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | Mees Kreekels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Mohamed Mallahi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Enrik Ostrc | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bram van Vlerken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Flor Van den Eynden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Joeri Schroyen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Giannis Fivos Botos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Martijn Kaars | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Joseph Amuzu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Doke Schmidt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Lucas Vankerkhoven | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Michel Ludwig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Pius Krätschmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Álvaro Marín | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Anthony van den Hurk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Bryan Van Hove | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Håkon Lorentzen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Elmo Lieftink | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Gabriël Çulhacı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Peter van Ooijen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |