# 2022–23 Willem II season

The 2022–23 season was the 110th season in the history of Willem II. The club participated in the Eerste Divisie, following relegating from the Eredivisie in 2021–22, and the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players

    As of 24 August 2022
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 | GRE | Kostas Lamprou |
| 3 | DF | NED | Freek Heerkens (2nd captain) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Erik Schouten |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Thibaut Lesquoy |
| 6 | DF | NED | Wessel Dammers |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Elton Kabangu |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Pol Llonch (captain) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Jizz Hornkamp |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Matthias Verreth |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Max Svensson |
| 13 | DF | NED | Leeroy Owusu |
| 14 | FW | NED | Joeri Schroyen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | NED | Ringo Meerveld |
| 18 | FW | COD | Jeremy Bokila |
| 19 | MF | IRL | Daniel Crowley |
| 21 | GK | NED | Joshua Smits |
| 22 | MF | NED | Wesley Spieringhs |
| 23 | FW | NED | Michael de Leeuw |
| 24 | GK | NED | Connor van den Berg |
| 25 | DF | NED | Lucas Woudenberg |
| 27 | MF | NED | Dani Mathieu |
| 29 | MF | NED | Thijs Oosting |
| 32 | MF | NED | Jesse Bosch |
| 37 | FW | NED | Nick Doodeman |

## 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 % |
| Eerste Divisie | 5 August 2022 | 19 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 18 October 2022 | 18 October 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 048.72 |
Last updated: 19 May 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Eerste Divisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle (P) | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 99 | 43 | +56 | 85 | Promotion to the Eredivisie |
| 3 | Almere City (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 70 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Willem II | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 68 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 59 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 59 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
* ↑ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 11–19)
* ↑ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 20–28)

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2023. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.