# 2022–23 RKC Waalwijk season

The 2022–23 season was the 83rd season in the existence of RKC Waalwijk and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, RKC Waalwijk participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

## Players

    As of 1 January 2023
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 | NED | Etienne Vaessen |
| 2 | DF | NED | Julian Lelieveld |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Shawn Adewoye |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Thierry Lutonda |
| 6 | MF | CUW | Vurnon Anita |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Julen Lobete (on loan from Celta) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Patrick Vroegh |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Mika Biereth (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 10 | MF | SUR | Florian Jozefzoon |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Iliass Bel Hassani |
| 12 | MF | NED | Hans Mulder |
| 13 | GK | NED | Mark Spenkelink |
| 14 | MF | NED | Pelle Clement |
| 15 | DF | NED | Lars Nieuwpoort |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | NED | Roy Kuijpers |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Zakaria Bakkali |
| 20 | FW | NED | Mats Seuntjens |
| 21 | GK | POR | Joel Castro Pereira |
| 22 | FW | COM | Saïd Bakari |
| 23 | DF | CUW | Juriën Gaari |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Dario Van den Buijs |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Sebbe Augustijns |
| 29 | FW | NED | Michiel Kramer (captain) |
| 31 | GK | NED | Joey Kesting |
| 33 | MF | NED | Yassin Oukili |
| 34 | DF | NED | Luuk Wouters |
| 35 | MF | CUW | Kevin Felida |
| 37 | MF | BEL | Chris Lokesa |

### 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 |
| — | FW | NED | David Min (at SC Telstar) |

## 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 | 6 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 032.35 |
| KNVB Cup | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 031.43 |
Source: Competitions

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 40 | |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 40 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.