# 2023–24 PSV Eindhoven season

The 2023–24 season was PSV Eindhoven's 111th season in existence and 68th consecutive in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, they also competed in the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruyff Shield, and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 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 | ARG | Walter Benítez |
| 2 | DF | NED | Shurandy Sambo |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze |
| 4 | DF | NED | Armando Obispo |
| 5 | DF | BRA | André Ramalho |
| 6 | DF | GER | Armel Bella-Kotchap (on loan from Southampton) |
| 7 | FW | NED | Noa Lang |
| 8 | DF | USA | Sergiño Dest (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Luuk de Jong (captain) |
| 10 | MF | USA | Malik Tillman (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Johan Bakayoko |
| 14 | FW | USA | Ricardo Pepi |
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Mauro Júnior |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Olivier Boscagli |
| 20 | MF | NED | Guus Til |
| 22 | MF | NED | Jerdy Schouten |
| 23 | MF | NED | Joey Veerman |
| 24 | GK | NED | Boy Waterman |
| 26 | MF | NED | Isaac Babadi |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano |
| 30 | DF | NED | Patrick van Aanholt (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 31 | MF | NED | Tygo Land |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Ismael Saibari |
| 41 | GK | BEL | Kjell Peersman |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player} |
| — | DF | NOR | Fredrik Oppegård (at Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | NED | Jason van Duiven (at Almere City until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Fodé Fofana (at Vitesse until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Ricardo Pepi | FC Augsburg | €9,000,000 | 7 July 2023 |
| FW | Noa Lang | Club Brugge | €12,500,000 | 8 July 2023 |
| MF | Malik Tillman | Bayern Munich | Loan | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Jerdy Schouten | Bologna | €13,000,000 | 16 August 2023 |
| DF | Sergiño Dest | Barcelona | Loan | 21 August 2023 |
| FW | Hirving Lozano | Napoli | €15,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Armel Bella-Kotchap | Southampton | Loan | 1 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Philipp Max | Eintracht Frankfurt | €1,900,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Erick Gutiérrez | Guadalajara | €5,500,000 | 2 July 2023 |
| MF | Xavi Simons | Paris Saint-Germain | €6,000,000 | 19 July 2023 |
| DF | Phillipp Mwene | Mainz 05 | €1,000,000 | 23 August 2023 |
| MF | Ibrahim Sangaré | Nottingham Forest | €30,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Anwar El Ghazi | Released | Released | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Maximiliano Romero | Racing Club | €2,500,000 | 1 January 2024 |
| FW | Yorbe Vertessen | Union Berlin | €4,750,000 | 1 February 2024 |

## 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 | 12 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 111 | 21 | +90 | 085.29 |
| KNVB Cup | 17 January 2024 | 24 January 2024 | Second round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Johan Cruyff Shield | 4 August 2023 | 4 August 2023 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 8 August 2023 | 13 March 2024 | Third qualifying round | Round of 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 138 | 41 | +97 | 073.47 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven (C) | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 111 | 21 | +90 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 92 | 26 | +66 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage |
| 3 | Twente | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League league stage |
| 5 | Ajax | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ The 2023–24 KNVB Cup winners qualified for the Europa League league stage. Since the cup winners (Feyenoord) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 91 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | PSV | LEN | SEV |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Lens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sevilla | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 2 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 5 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Johan Cruyff Shield | Johan Cruyff Shield | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Walter Benítez | 45 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | NED | Boy Waterman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | BEL | Kjell Peersman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NED | Shurandy Sambo | 13 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze | 44 | 3 | 28+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Armando Obispo | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | André Ramalho | 44 | 3 | 27+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Armel Bella-Kotchap | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | USA | Sergiño Dest | 37 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Mauro Júnior | 19 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Olivier Boscagli | 45 | 3 | 30+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NED | Patrick van Aanholt | 29 | 1 | 9+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | USA | Malik Tillman | 37 | 9 | 15+11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Guus Til | 38 | 10 | 21+7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NED | Jerdy Schouten | 38 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Joey Veerman | 39 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | NED | Isaac Babadi | 22 | 2 | 3+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | NED | Tygo Land | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Ismael Saibari | 29 | 8 | 9+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+5 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NED | Noa Lang | 19 | 5 | 8+3 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Luuk de Jong | 46 | 36 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Johan Bakayoko | 46 | 14 | 28+3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | USA | Ricardo Pepi | 37 | 9 | 1+23 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+9 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano | 31 | 6 | 16+6 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | NED | Jesper Uneken | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Sangaré | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | NED | Anwar El Ghazi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | BEL | Yorbe Vertessen | 29 | 5 | 3+14 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+7 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Fredrik Oppegård | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |