# 2023–24 Excelsior Rotterdam season

The 2023–24 season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 122nd season in existence and second consecutive in the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. They also competed in the KNVB Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 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 | NED | Stijn van Gassel (captain) |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Siebe Horemans |
| 3 | DF | NED | Kik Pierie |
| 4 | DF | NED | Redouan El Yaakoubi |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Casper Widell |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Lazaros Lamprou |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Cisse Sandra (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Troy Parrott (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Kenzo Goudmijn (on loan from AZ Alkmaar) |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Oscar Uddenäs |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Arthur Zagré |
| 14 | FW | MAR | Couhaib Driouech |
| 15 | MF | NED | Noah Naujoks |
| 16 | DF | NED | Sven Nieuwpoort |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | SWE | Richie Omorowa |
| 18 | GK | NED | Norbert Alblas |
| 20 | MF | NED | Lennard Hartjes (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 21 | FW | BEL | Jacky Donkor |
| 22 | DF | NED | Mimeirhel Benita (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 27 | FW | NED | Raphaël Eyongo |
| 28 | DF | NED | Ian Smeulers |
| 29 | FW | NED | Mike van Duinen |
| 30 | FW | NED | Derensili Sanches Fernandes |
| 33 | MF | NED | Julian Baas |
| 34 | DF | NED | Serano Seymor |
| 38 | GK | NED | Pascal Kuiper |
| — | MF | NED | Yassin Ayoub |
| — | MF | NED | Lance Duijvestijn |

### 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 |
| — | MF | NED | Joshua Eijgenraam (at TOP Oss until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Source |
| 24 August 2023 | CF | Troy Parrott | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## 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 | 13 August 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 018.18 |
| KNVB Cup | 1 November 2023 | 16 January 2024 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 024.00 |
Last updated: 17 February 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 18 | Vitesse (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 6 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Vitesse were deducted eighteen points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 January 2024. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | | |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.