# 2023–24 FC Twente season

The 2023–24 season was FC Twente's 59th season in existence, and fifth consecutive in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference 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 | GER | Lars Unnerstall |
| 2 | DF | NED | Mees Hilgers |
| 3 | DF | NED | Robin Pröpper (captain) |
| 4 | MF | NOR | Mathias Kjølø |
| 5 | DF | NED | Gijs Smal |
| 6 | MF | NED | Carel Eiting |
| 7 | FW | NED | Mitchell van Bergen |
| 8 | MF | NED | Youri Regeer |
| 9 | FW | NED | Ricky van Wolfswinkel |
| 10 | FW | TUR | Naci Ünüvar (on loan from Ajax) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Daan Rots |
| 12 | DF | ISL | Alfons Sampsted |
| 14 | MF | NED | Sem Steijn |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | MAR | Issam El Maach |
| 17 | DF | BEL | Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (on loan from Mechelen) |
| 18 | MF | NED | Michel Vlap |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Younes Taha |
| 20 | DF | NED | Joshua Brenet |
| 21 | FW | NED | Myron Boadu (on loan from Monaco) |
| 22 | GK | POL | Przemysław Tytoń |
| 23 | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek |
| 24 | DF | NED | Juliën Mesbahi |
| 30 | GK | NED | Sam Karssies |
| 34 | DF | NED | Anass Salah-Eddine |
| 38 | DF | NED | Max Bruns |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Naci Ünüvar | Ajax | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Youri Regeer | Ajax | €900,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Younes Taha | PEC Zwolle | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Manfred Ugalde | Lommel | €4,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Alec Van Hoorenbeeck | Mechelen | Loan | 15 August 2023 |
| FW | Mitchell van Bergen | Reims | Undisclosed | 31 August 2023 |
| MF | Carel Eiting | FC Volendam | €1,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Myron Boadu | AS Monaco | Loan | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Václav Černý | VfL Wolfsburg | €8,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Julio Pleguezuelo | Plymouth Argyle | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ramiz Zerrouki | Feyenoord | €7,200,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Manfred Ugalde | Spartak Moscow | €13,000,000 | 29 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 | 3rd | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 061.76 |
| KNVB Cup | 17 January 2024 | 17 January 2024 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 31 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 058.54 |
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 |
Last updated: 9 March 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 21 June 2023.