# 2016–17 Helmond Sport season

The 2016–17 season was Helmond Sport's 50th season in existence and 47th (33rd consecutive) in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport finished Eerste Divisie as 13th.
The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. Helmond Sport lost 3–0 against Kozakken Boys in the 1st round of KNVB Cup and they are eliminated from the cup.
Jordy Thomassen was the top scorer of the club in this season with 15 goals in Eerste Divisie.
Jordy Thomassen was also the most appeared player in the season with a total of 42 appearances; 41 appearances in the Eerste Divisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2017
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 | BEL | Ferhat Kaya |
| 2 | DF | NED | Robert van Koesveld |
| 3 | DF | NED | Ron Janzen |
| 4 | DF | NED | Stephen Warmolts |
| 5 | MF | CUW | Gillian Justiana |
| 6 | MF | NED | Steven Edwards |
| 7 | FW | NED | Giovanni Hiwat |
| 8 | DF | BEL | Jason Bourdouxhe |
| 9 | FW | NED | Robert Braber |
| 10 | FW | NED | Marc Höcher |
| 11 | FW | NED | Furhgill Zeldenrust |
| 12 | FW | NED | Jordy Thomassen |
| 14 | MF | NED | Max de Boom |
| 15 | FW | SUR | Gyrano Kerk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | GER | Shpend Hasani |
| 16 | DF | NED | Maikel Verkoelen |
| 17 | MF | NED | Colin van Gool |
| 18 | MF | NED | Sam Strijbosch |
| 19 | FW | CUW | Maiky Fecunda |
| 20 | FW | NED | Teije ten Den |
| 25 | FW | NED | Marijn van Heugten |
| 26 | DF | NED | Jeroen Verkennis |
| 27 | MF | NED | Wietse van Lankveld |
| 28 | MF | NED | Nick De Louw |
| 29 | DF | NED | Tim Rerimassie |
| 30 | GK | NED | Stijn van Gassel |
| 37 | MF | NED | Yaël Eisden |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Ferhat Kaya | Fortuna Sittard | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| MF | Furhgill Zeldenrust | FC Den Bosch | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Giovanni Hiwat | Sparta Rotterdam | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| DF | Jason Bourdouxhe | VVV-Venlo | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Jordy Thomassen | FC Den Bosch | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| DF | Maikel Verkoelen | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Marc Höcher | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| MF | Nick De Louw | VVV-Venlo U19 | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Robert Braber | Willem II Tilburg | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| DF | Robert van Koesveld | SC Heerenveen | On loan | 13 July 2016 |
| DF | Ron Janzen | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Shpend Hasani | Alemannia Aachen | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Teije ten Den | Go Ahead Eagles | On loan | 31 August 2016 |
| MF | Yaël Eisden | No club | Free | 1 January 2017 |
| MF | Max de Boom | PEC Zwolle U21 | Free | 31 January 2017 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Carlo de Reuver | Excelsior Rotterdam | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| DF | Gévero Markiet | FC Utrecht | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| DF | Kai Heerings | SC Cambuur Leeuwarden | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| MF | Mounir El Allouchi | NAC Breda | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| DF | Yannick Cortie | FC Utrecht | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| DF | Jeffrey van Nuland | Kozakken Boys | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Joost van Heck | VV SBC | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| MF | Kevin Visser | FC Volendam | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Marc Koot | UDI '19 | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| MF | Roel van de Sande | RKC Waalwijk | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| DF | Sven van de Kerkhof | FC Esperanza Pelt | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Thomas Schilders | JVC Cuijk | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| FW | Wouter van der Steen | SC Heerenveen | Free | 1 July 2016 |

## 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 2016 | 28 April 2017 | Week 1 | 13th | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 036.84 |
| Promotion/relegation play-offs | 8 May 2017 | 21 May 2017 | 1st round | 2nd round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 20 September 2016 | 20 September 2016 | 1st round | 1st round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 74 | −15 | 037.21 |
Source: ESPN

### Eerste Divisie
#### Results summary

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

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |

### Matches
#### Promotion/relegation play-offs Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie

Helmond Sport won 6–2 on aggregate.
Roda JC Kerkrade won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Scorers

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie |
| 1 | Jordy Thomassen | 15 |
| 2 | Teije ten Den | 12 |
| 3 | Furhgill Zeldenrust | 7 |
| 4 | Steven Edwards | 5 |
| 5 | Giovanni Hiwat | 4 |
| 5 | Robert Braber | 4 |
| 7 | Gillian Justiana | 3 |
| 7 | Marc Höcher | 3 |
| 9 | Jason Bourdouxhe | 2 |
| 10 | Maikel Verkoelen | 1 |
| 10 | Robert van Koesveld | 1 |

### Appearances

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Jordy Thomassen | 41 | 1 | 42 |
| 2 | Steven Edwards | 40 | 1 | 41 |
| 3 | Furhgill Zeldenrust | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 3 | Stephen Warmolts | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 5 | Teije ten Den | 37 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Gillian Justiana | 36 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Robert Braber | 36 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | Giovanni Hiwat | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Jeroen Verkennis | 32 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Ferhat Kaya | 31 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Robert van Koesveld | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Jason Bourdouxhe | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 13 | Maikel Verkoelen | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Ron Janzen | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Marc Höcher | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| 16 | Yaël Eisden | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | Stijn van Gassel | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | Sam Strijbosch | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Shpend Hasani | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Joey Godee | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 21 | Max de Boom | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Maiky Fecunda | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Marijn van Heugten | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Seppe Brulmans | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Nick de Louw | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Wietse van Lankveld | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie |
| 1 | Ferhat Kaya | 6 |
| 2 | Stijn van Gassel | 2 |
| Total | Total | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total |
| 1 | Stephen Warmolts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Gillian Justiana | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Steven Edwards | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Jordy Thomassen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Maikel Verkoelen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert Braber | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Ron Janzen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Giovanni Hiwat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Jeroen Verkennis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Robert van Koesveld | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Teije ten Den | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Ferhat Kaya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Jason Bourdouxhe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Maiky Fecunda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Marc Höcher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Max de Boom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Seppe Brulmans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |