# 2022–23 FC Utrecht season

The 2022–23 season is the 53rd season in the existence of FC Utrecht and the club's 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. In the regular season, they have qualified for the play-offs, for this they played for a place in the second round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 28 May 2023
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 | Vasilis Barkas (on loan from Celtic) |
| 2 | DF | NED | Mark van der Maarel |
| 3 | DF | NED | Tommy St. Jago |
| 5 | DF | NED | Hidde ter Avest |
| 6 | MF | GER | Can Bozdogan (on loan from FC Schalke 04) |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Victor Jensen |
| 7 | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Luuk Brouwers |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Douvikas |
| 10 | MF | USA | Taylor Booth |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Mimoun Mahi |
| 11 | FW | GER | Amin Younes (on loan from Ettifaq FC) |
| 14 | DF | NED | Ramon Hendriks (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 15 | DF | NED | Djevencio van der Kust |
| 16 | GK | NED | Fabian de Keijzer |
| 17 | DF | SUR | Sean Klaiber |
| 18 | MF | NED | Jens Toornstra |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Anthony Descotte (on loan from RSC Charleroi) |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Albert Lottin |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Zakaria Labyad |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Arthur Zagre (on loan from AS Monaco) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | NED | Django Warmerdam |
| 22 | MF | NED | Sander van de Streek |
| 23 | MF | NED | Bart Ramselaar |
| 24 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever (captain) |
| 25 | DF | NED | Ruben Kluivert |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Othmane Boussaid |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Modibo Sagnan (on loan from Real Sociedad) |
| 28 | FW | NED | Bas Dost |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Moussa Sylla |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Naoki Maeda (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 31 | GK | NED | Thijmen Nijhuis |
| 32 | GK | NED | Calvin Raatsie |
| 33 | DF | NED | Mike van der Hoorn |
| 34 | DF | NED | Christopher Mamengi |
| 37 | FW | NED | Derensili Sanches Fernandes |
| 38 | MF | EST | Rocco Robert Shein |
| 39 | MF | NED | Lynden Edhart |
| 39 | FW | NED | Jesse van de Haar |
| 46 | DF | NED | Rick Meissen |
| 51 | GK | NED | Sep van der Heijden |
| 61 | GK | NED | Kevin Gadellaa |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Left during the season.

## Transfers
### Summer
#### Transfers in

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Particularities |
| NED | MF | Luuk Brouwers | Go Ahead Eagles | Purchased |
| NED | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | Arminia Bielefeld | Purchase obligation |
| EST | MF | Rocco Robert Shein | FC Flora | Buy option lifted |
| USA | MF | Taylor Booth | Bayern München II | Transfer free |
| NED | FW | Bas Dost | Club Brugge | Transfer free |
| SUR | DF | Sean Klaiber | Ajax | Transfer free |
| NED | GK | Calvin Raatsie | Jong Ajax | Transfer free |
| NED | MF | Jens Toornstra | Feyenoord | Transfer free |
| NED | DF | Nick Viergever | Greuther Fürth | Transfer free |
| GRE | GK | Vasilis Barkas | Celtic | On loan |
| GER | MF | Can Bozdogan | FC Schalke 04 | On loan (+option to buy) |
| NED | DF | Ramon Hendriks | Feyenoord | On loan (+option to buy with repurchase option) |
| JPN | FW | Naoki Maeda | Nagoya Grampus | On loan (+option to buy) |
| NED | FW | Daishawn Redan | Hertha BSC | On loan (+option to buy) |
| FRA | DF | Modibo Sagnan | Real Sociedad | On loan (+option to buy, if lifted contract till 2026) |
| GER | FW | Amin Younes | Ettifaq FC | On loan |
| NED | DF | Ruben Kluivert | Jong FC Utrecht | Internal transfer |
| NED | DF | Djevencio van der Kust | Jong FC Utrecht | Internal transfer |
| NED | MF | Davy van den Berg | Roda JC Kerkrade | Back from loan |
| SWE | DF | Emil Bergström | Willem II | Back from loan |
| MAR | DF | Benaissa Benamar | FC Volendam | Back from loan (with promotion final transfer) |
| NED | GK | Maarten Paes | FC Dallas | Back from loan (+option to buy) |

#### Transfers out

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Particularities |
| NED | MF | Urby Emanuelson | End of career | |
| NED | DF | Willem Janssen | End of career | |
| NED | MF | Adam Maher | Damac FC | Sold |
| NED | DF | Sylian Mokono | Heracles Almelo | Sold |
| NED | MF | Quinten Timber | Feyenoord | Sold |
| NED | FW | Henk Veerman | FC Volendam | Sold |
| SWE | FW | Pontus Almqvist | FK Rostov | Was a transfer due to special Russia/Ukraine rule |
| MAR | DF | Benaissa Benamar | FC Volendam | Final transfer through promotion |
| NED | GK | Maarten Paes | FC Dallas | Buy option lifted |
| SWE | DF | Emil Bergström | Without club | Transfer free |
| SWE | MF | Simon Gustafson | BK Häcken | Transfer free |
| GER | GK | Eric Oelschlägel | FC Emmen | Transfer free |
| NED | MF | Joris van Overeem | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Transfer free |
| NED | FW | Remco Balk | SC Cambuur | On loan |
| NED | MF | Davy van den Berg | Jong FC Utrecht | Internal transfer |
| NED | DF | Christopher Mamengi | Jong FC Utrecht | Internal transfer |
| JPN | FW | Naoki Maeda | Nagoya Grampus | Back from loan |
| NED | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | Arminia Bielefeld | Back from loan (+purchase obligation) |

### Winter
#### Transfers in

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Particularities |
| DEN | MF | Victor Jensen | Ajax | Purchased |
| MAR | MF | Zakaria Labyad | Without club | Transfer free |
| BEL | FW | Anthony Descotte | RSC Charleroi | On loan (+option extra season rent and option to buy) |

#### Transfers out

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Particularities |
| FRA | FW | Moussa Sylla | SM Caen | Sold |
| NED | FW | Daishawn Redan | Hertha BSC | Terminated the loan earlier |
| FRA | FW | Arthur Zagre | AS Monaco | Terminated the loan earlier |
| MAR | FW | Mimoun Mahi | SC Cambuur | On loan |
| NED | DF | Djevencio van der Kust | Houston Dynamo FC | On loan (+option to buy) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
* ↑ According to VI 30, page 78.

## 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 | 6 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 044.12 |
| KNVB Cup | 20 October 2022 | 28 February 2023 | First round | Quarter-final | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Play-offs | 1 June 2023 | 4 June 2023 | Semi-final | Semi-final | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 045.00 |
Last updated: 5 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Twente (O) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 64 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 59 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 46 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 41 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2023. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | U | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### Play-offs

Semi-final

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

Friendlies
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Daishawn Redan | 6 |
| 2. | Othmane Boussaid | 2 |
| 2. | Anastasios Douvikas | 2 |
| 2. | Henk Veerman | 2 |
| 5. | Rayan El Azrak | 1 |
| 5. | Can Bozdogan | 1 |
| 5. | Luuk Brouwers | 1 |
| 5. | Bas Dost | 1 |
| 5. | Mike van der Hoorn | 1 |
| 5. | Sean Klaiber | 1 |
| 5. | Mimoun Mahi | 1 |
| 5. | Rick Meissen | 1 |
| 5. | Sander van de Streek | 1 |
| 5. | Moussa Sylla | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 23 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Anastasios Douvikas | 19 |
| 2. | Bas Dost | 9 |
| 2. | Sander van de Streek | 9 |
| 4. | Othmane Boussaid | 3 |
| 5. | Taylor Booth | 2 |
| 5. | Nick Viergever | 2 |
| 7. | Can Bozdogan | 1 |
| 7. | Anthony Descotte | 1 |
| 7. | Mike van der Hoorn | 1 |
| 7. | Victor Jensen | 1 |
| 7. | Sean Klaiber | 1 |
| 7. | Zakaria Labyad | 1 |
| 7. | Daishawn Redan | 1 |
| 7. | Modibo Sagnan | 1 |
| 7. | Moussa Sylla | 1 |
| 7. | Jens Toornstra | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 55 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Sander van de Streek | 3 |
| 2. | Anastasios Douvikas | 2 |
| 3. | Sean Klaiber | 1 |
| 3. | Naoki Maeda | 1 |
| 3. | Jens Toornstra | 1 |
| 3. | Nick Viergever | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | - |
| Totals | Totals | 9 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Anastasios Douvikas | 1 |
| 1. | Nick Viergever | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | – |
| Totals | Totals | 2 |

### Assists

| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Othmane Boussaid | 5 |
| 1. | Can Bozdogan | 5 |
| 1. | Jens Toornstra | 5 |
| 4. | Taylor Booth | 4 |
| 4. | Anastasios Douvikas | 4 |
| 4. | Sean Klaiber | 4 |
| 7. | Bas Dost | 2 |
| 7. | Sander van de Streek | 2 |
| 7. | Amin Younes | 2 |
| 10. | Luuk Brouwers | 1 |
| 10. | Mike van der Hoorn | 1 |
| 10. | Victor Jensen | 1 |
| 10. | Moussa Sylla | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 37 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Othmane Boussaid | 2 |
| 2. | Sean Klaiber | 1 |
| 2. | Sander van de Streek | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 4 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Sander van de Streek | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 1 |

## Monthly Awards

| Month | Type of award | Player | Ref. |
| November | Player of the Month | Taylor Booth | 1 |
| November | Team of the Month | Taylor Booth | 2 |
| January | Team of the Month | Anastasios Douvikas | 3 |
| May | Team of the Month | Anastasios Douvikas | 4 |

## Attendance
### Home games

| Round | Opponent | Attendance | Total attendance | Average |
| Friendlies |||||
| N/A | Queen's Park FC | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| N/A | OFI Crete | 1,000 | 2,200 | 1,100 |
| N/A | De Graafschap | 0 | 0 | 1,100 |
| N/A | AEK Athens | 0 | 0 | 1,100 |
| N/A | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8,511 | 10,711 | 3,570 |
| N/A | Servette FC | Unknown | 10,711 | 3,570 |
| N/A | FC Groningen | Unknown | 10,711 | 3,570 |
| Eredivisie |||||
| 2 | SC Cambuur | 21,019 | 21,019 | 21,019 |
| 4 | Ajax | 21,471 | 42,490 | 21,245 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 15,807 | 58,297 | 19,432 |
| 7 | N.E.C. Nijmegen | 17,547 | 75,844 | 18,961 |
| 9 | AZ | 20,873 | 96,717 | 19,343 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20,048 | 116,765 | 19,461 |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 19,904 | 136,669 | 19,524 |
| 15 | Feyenoord | 20,857 | 157,526 | 19,691 |
| 18 | Excelsior Rotterdam | 17,058 | 174,584 | 19,398 |
| 20 | sc Heerenveen | 19,444 | 194,028 | 19,403 |
| 22 | PSV | 22,043 | 216,071 | 19,643 |
| 24 | Fortuna Sittard | 18,634 | 234,705 | 19,559 |
| 26 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20,006 | 254,711 | 19,593 |
| 27 | FC Volendam | 22,050 | 276,761 | 19,769 |
| 29 | FC Twente | 18,324 | 295,085 | 19,672 |
| 32 | RKC Waalwijk | 18,926 | 314,011 | 19,626 |
| 34 | FC Emmen | 22,065 | 336,076 | 19,769 |
| KNVB Cup |||||
| Quarter-final | SV Spakenburg | 21,733 | 21,733 | 21,733 |
| Play-offs |||||
| Semi-final | Sparta Rotterdam | 16,841 | 16,841 | 16,841 |
* 1 2 3 4 Match played at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch.
* ↑ According to VI 30, page 78.
* ↑ Match played at the sports park of VV Alkmaarsche Boys.
* ↑ Match played in Stadion Galgenwaard.
* ↑ Match played in Campoamor, Spain.

### Away supporters

| Round | Opponent | Attendance | Total attendance | Average |
| Eredivisie |||||
| 1 | RKC Waalwijk | 542 | 542 | 542 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 375 | 917 | 459 |
| 5 | Fortuna Sittard | 389 | 1,306 | 435 |
| 8 | Excelsior Rotterdam | 400 | 1,706 | 427 |
| 10 | PSV | 621 | 2,327 | 465 |
| 12 | sc Heerenveen | 321 | 2,648 | 441 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 400 | 3,048 | 435 |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 400 | 3,448 | 431 |
| 17 | FC Twente | 0 | 3,448 | 431 |
| 19 | AZ | 584 | 4,032 | 448 |
| 21 | Vitesse | 0 | 4,032 | 448 |
| 23 | Sparta Rotterdam | 650 | 4,682 | 468 |
| 25 | N.E.C. Nijmegen | 500 | 5,182 | 471 |
| 28 | FC Groningen | 510 | 5,692 | 474 |
| 30 | Feyenoord | 788 | 6,480 | 498 |
| 31 | SC Cambuur | 0 | 6,480 | 498 |
| 33 | Ajax | 775 | 7,255 | 518 |
| KNVB Cup |||||
| First round | Sportlust '46 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Second round | Blauw Geel '38 | 297 | 297 | 297 |
| Round of 16 | AZ | 750 | 1,047 | 524 |
| Play-offs |||||
| Semi-final | Sparta Rotterdam | 650 | 650 | 650 |