# 2023–24 NEC Nijmegen season

The 2023–24 season was NEC Nijmegen's 84th season in existence and third consecutive in the Dutch top division Eredivisie. They also competed in the KNVB Cup.

## 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 | NED | Jasper Cillessen |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Brayann Pereira (on loan from Auxerre) |
| 3 | DF | NED | Philippe Sandler |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Mathias Ross (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Youri Baas (on loan from Ajax) |
| 6 | MF | NED | Mees Hoedemakers |
| 9 | MF | SUR | Tjaronn Chery (on loan from Maccabi Haifa) |
| 10 | FW | NED | Sontje Hansen |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Rober (on loan from Betis) |
| 12 | FW | NED | Bas Dost |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Lars Olden Larsen |
| 17 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Koki Ogawa (on loan from Yokohama FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | NED | Sylla Sow |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Lasse Schöne (captain) |
| 22 | GK | NED | Robin Roefs |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Kodai Sano |
| 24 | DF | IDN | Calvin Verdonk |
| 27 | MF | LUX | Yvandro Borges Sanches (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 28 | DF | NED | Bart van Rooij |
| 29 | MF | NED | Kas de Wit |
| 30 | DF | NED | Daan Maas |
| 31 | GK | NED | Rijk Janse |
| 32 | MF | NED | Nils Rossen |
| 71 | MF | NED | Dirk Proper |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Rober González | Real Betis | Loan | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | Mathias Ross | Galatasaray | Loan + €250,000 | 21 July 2023 |
| MF | Alexis Tibidi | Troyes | Loan | 1 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Souffian El Karouani | FC Utrecht | | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ibrahim Cissoko | Toulouse | | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Thibo Baeten | Go Ahead Eagles | | 6 July 2023 |
| MF | Elayis Tavşan | Hellas Verona | €500,000 | 23 January 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 | 13 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 041.18 |
| KNVB Cup | 2 November 2023 | 21 April 2024 | First round | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 86 | 58 | +28 | 047.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | NEC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 49 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ 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 |
Last updated: 14 January 2024. Source: soccerway

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |