# 2023–24 RKC Waalwijk season

The 2023–24 season was RKC Waalwijk's 84th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Dutch top division Eredivisie. They are also competing in the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 19 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUR | Etienne Vaessen |
| 2 | DF | NED | Julian Lelieveld |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Dario Van den Buijs |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Shawn Adewoye |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Thierry Lutonda |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Yassin Oukili |
| 7 | FW | NED | Denilho Cleonise |
| 8 | MF | NED | Patrick Vroegh |
| 9 | FW | NED | David Min |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Filip Stevanović (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Zakaria Bakkali |
| 13 | GK | NED | Mark Spenkelink |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Chris Lokesa |
| 15 | MF | NED | Nouri El Harmazi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NED | Richonell Margaret |
| 20 | FW | BEL | Ilias Takidine |
| 21 | GK | NED | Jeroen Houwen |
| 23 | DF | CUW | Juriën Gaari |
| 24 | MF | CUW | Godfried Roemeratoe |
| 25 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma |
| 27 | FW | NED | Reuven Niemeijer |
| 28 | DF | NED | Aaron Meijers |
| 29 | FW | NED | Michiel Kramer (captain) |
| 30 | MF | FRA | Daouda Weidmann (on loan from Torino) |
| 31 | GK | NED | Joey Kesting |
| 35 | MF | CUW | Kevin Felida |
| — | FW | NED | Mats Seuntjens |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NED | Luuk Wouters (at FC Eindhoven until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Denilho Cleonise | FC Twente | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Jeffrey Bruma | SC Heerenveen | Free | 17 July 2023 |
| MF | Filip Stevanović | Manchester City | Loan | 8 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| FW | Mats Seuntjens | FC Utrecht | Free | 1 July 2023 | |
| MF | Iliass Bel Hassani | Al-Jabalain | Free | 8 July 2023 | |

## 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 | | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 022.73 |
| KNVB Cup | 31 October 2023 | 31 October 2023 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 021.74 |
Last updated: 18 February 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Almere City | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 34 | |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 33 | |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 29 | |
| 16 | Excelsior (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 73 | −23 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Volendam (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 88 | −54 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 January 2025. Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.