# 2019–20 Excelsior Rotterdam season

During the 2019–20 season, Excelsior Rotterdam participated in the Eerste Divisie and the KNVB Cup. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eredivisie season was abandoned with SBV Excelsior in 7th place. They were knocked out in the second round of the KNVB Cup, losing at home to FC Eindhoven.

## Competitions
### Eerste Divisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 50 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 48 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 47 |
| 8 | NEC Nijmegen | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 45 |
| 9 | Almere City FC | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 44 |
* ↑ Winner of the First Period (games 1-9).

### KNVB Cup
## Player Transfers
### Players In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Kyle Ebecilio | ADO Den Haag | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Joël Zwarts | Feyenoord | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Sander Fischer | Vendsyssel FF | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Thomas Verhaar | Ajax Cape Town | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Tobias Kleijweg | Excelsior Maassluis | Transfer | Free |
| 2 July 2019 | DF | Siebe Horemans | KAA Gent | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2019 | MF | Ahmad Mendes Moreira | FC Groningen | Transfer | Free |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | Rai Vloet | Sint-Truidense V.V. | Transfer | Free |

### Players Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Anouar Hadouir | N/A | Retired | N/A |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Desevio Payne | FC Emmen | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Lorenzo Burnet | FC Emmen | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Ryan Koolwijk | Trencin | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Jurgen Mattheij | Sparta Rotterdam | Transfer | Free |
| 1 July | MF | Mounir El Hamdaoui | Released | Transfer | Free |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | Jerdy Schouten | Bologna | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2019 | MF | Ali Messaoud | Vendsyssel FF | Transfer | Free |
| 23 July 2019 | GK | Sonny Stevens | SC Cambuur | Transfer | Undisclosed |

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 31 May 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eerste Divisie | Eerste Divisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Alessandro Damen | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Siebe Horemans | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Hervé Matthys | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Thomas Oude Kotte | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Robin van der Meer | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Doğucan Haspolat | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NED | Abdallah Aberkane | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NED | Stijn Meijer | 22 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kyle Ebecilio | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Elías Már Ómarsson | 30 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Luigi Bruins | 27 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Joël Zwarts | 30 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Cameron Humphreys | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NED | Sander Fischer | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NED | Thomas Verhaar | 26 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | NED | Ahmad Mendes Moreira | 29 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Arsenio Valpoort | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Rai Vloet | 31 | 14 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NED | Jeffry Fortes | 22 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | NED | Maarten de Fockert | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | NED | Wouter Burger | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: