# 2017–18 Helmond Sport season

The 2017–18 season was Helmond Sport's 51st season in existence and 48th (34th consecutive) in the Eerste Divisie. Helmond Sport finished Eerste Divisie as 19th.
The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. Helmond Sport lost 5–1 against SC Cambuur in the 1st round of KNVB Cup and they are eliminated from the cup.
Jordy Thomassen was the top scorer of the club in this season with 12 goals in Eerste Divisie. (His 2nd consecutive)
Jason Bourdouxhe, Jordy Thomassen and Stijn van Gassel were the most appeared players in this season with a total of 39 appearances; 38 appearances in the Eerste Divisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup. (2nd consecutive of Jordy Thomassen)

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Stijn van Gassel |
| 2 | DF | NED | Robert van Koesveld |
| 3 | DF | NED | Ron Janzen |
| 4 | DF | NED | Stephen Warmolts |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill |
| 6 | MF | NED | Steven Edwards |
| 7 | FW | NED | Giovanni Hiwat |
| 8 | DF | BEL | Jason Bourdouxhe |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Arne Naudts |
| 10 | FW | NED | Robert Braber |
| 11 | FW | NED | Furhgill Zeldenrust |
| 12 | FW | NED | Jordy Thomassen |
| 14 | MF | NED | Grad Damen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | NED | Dylan de Braal |
| 16 | DF | NED | Maikel Verkoelen |
| 17 | FW | NED | Daan Ibrahim |
| 19 | FW | CUW | Maiky Fecunda |
| 20 | DF | NED | Gévero Markiet |
| 23 | FW | NED | Joey Godee |
| 25 | FW | NED | Marijn van Heugten |
| 26 | DF | NED | Jeroen Verkennis |
| 27 | MF | NED | Wietse van Lankveld |
| 28 | MF | NED | Nick de Louw |
| 32 | MF | NED | Bram Zwanen |
| 36 | FW | NED | Charlton Vicento |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Dylan de Braal | TOP Oss | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| FW | Arne Naudts | Cercle Brugge | Free | 12 July 2017 |
| MF | Grad Damen | NAC Breda | On loan | 24 July 2017 |
| DF | Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill | Swindon Town F.C. | Free | 28 July 2017 |
| DF | Gévero Markiet | FC 08 Homburg | Free | 24 August 2017 |
| FW | Joey Godee | FC Dordrecht | Free | 31 August 2017 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Teije ten Den | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | 30 June 2017 |
| FW | Marc Höcher | De Treffers | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| FW | Max de Boom | VV Pelikaan-S | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| FW | Shpend Hasani | FC Wegberg-Beeck | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| MF | Yaël Eisden | Jong RKC | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| GK | Ferhat Kaya | Sakaryaspor | | 10 July 2017 |
| DF | Gillian Justiana | IJsselmeervogels | Free | 31 August 2017 |

## 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 % |
| Eerste Divisie | 18 August 2017 | 28 April 2018 | Week 1 | 19th | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 023.68 |
| KNVB Cup | 19 September 2017 | 19 September 2017 | 1st round | 1st round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 023.08 |
Source: ESPN

### Eerste Divisie
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: ESPN

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 |

### KNVB Cup
## Statistics
### Scorers

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | KNVB |
| 1 | Jordy Thomassen | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Arne Naudts | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | Furhgill Zeldenrust | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Robert Braber | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Giovanni Hiwat | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Ron Janzen | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Steven Edwards | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Charlton Vicento | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Gévero Markiet | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Grad Damen | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Jason Bourdouxhe | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Marijn van Heugten | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Robert van Koesveld | 1 | 0 |

### Appearances

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | Total |
| 1 | Jason Bourdouxhe | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 1 | Jordy Thomassen | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 1 | Stijn van Gassel | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 | Robert Braber | 34 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | Stephen Warmolts | 34 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Giovanni Hiwat | 32 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Arne Naudts | 27 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Furhgill Zeldenrust | 27 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Robert van Koesveld | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Steven Edwards | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Bram Zwanen | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Charlton Vicento | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Dylan de Braal | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Grad Damen | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Ron Janzen | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| 16 | Jeroen Verkennis | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Maiky Fecunda | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 18 | Maikel Verkoelen | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | Gévero Markiet | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 19 | Joey Godee | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 21 | Marijn van Heugten | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Daan Ibrahim | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Nick de Louw | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Wietse van Lankveld | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie |
| 1 | Stijn van Gassel | 7 |
| Total | Total | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

Source
| # | Player | Eerste Divisie | Eerste Divisie | KNVB | KNVB | Total | Total |
| 1 | Stephen Warmolts | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Dylan de Braal | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Ron Janzen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Steven Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Maiky Fecunda | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Robert van Koesveld | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Marijn van Heugten | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Robert Braber | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Bram Zwanen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Jordy Thomassen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Giovanni Hiwat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Jason Bourdouxhe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Jeroen Verkennis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Charlton Vicento | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Furhgill Zeldenrust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Grad Damen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Joey Godee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Maikel Verkoelen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |