# 2023–24 FC Utrecht season

The 2023–24 season was the 54th season in the existence of FC Utrecht and the club's 54th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the KNVB Cup. In the regular season, they qualified for the play-offs; for this they played for a place in the second round of the UEFA Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 April 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 | GRE | Vasilis Barkas |
| 2 | DF | NED | Mark van der Maarel |
| 3 | DF | NED | Mike van der Hoorn |
| 5 | DF | NED | Hidde ter Avest |
| 6 | MF | GER | Can Bozdoğan |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Victor Jensen |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Oscar Fraulo (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Tasos Douvikas |
| 9 | FW | NED | Sam Lammers (on loan from Rangers FC) |
| 10 | FW | USA | Taylor Booth |
| 11 | FW | NED | Marouan Azarkan |
| 14 | MF | IRQ | Zidane Iqbal |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Adrian Blake |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Souffian El Karouani |
| 17 | DF | SUR | Sean Klaiber |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Jeppe Okkels |
| 18 | MF | NED | Jens Toornstra |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Anthony Descotte (on loan from RSC Charleroi) |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Labyad |
| 21 | FW | NED | Mats Seuntjens |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Hugo Novoa (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 23 | FW | NED | Bart Ramselaar |
| 23 | DF | DEN | Niklas Vesterlund |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever (captain) |
| 26 | FW | BEL | Othmane Boussaid |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Modibo Sagnan |
| 29 | DF | GER | Tim Handwerker (on loan from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 31 | GK | NED | Mattijs Branderhorst |
| 32 | GK | NED | Calvin Raatsie |
| 32 | GK | NED | Thijmen Nijhuis |
| 33 | DF | NED | Tommy St. Jago |
| 33 | DF | NED | Wessel Kooy |
| 34 | DF | NED | Ryan Flamingo (on loan from US Sassuolo) |
| 35 | DF | USA | Rickson van Hees |
| 36 | DF | NED | Yannick Leliendal |
| 37 | FW | SWE | Isac Lidberg |
| 38 | MF | IDN | Ivar Jenner |
| 41 | GK | NED | Devin Remie |
| 44 | DF | NED | Joshua Mukeh |
| 45 | DF | CUW | Nazjir Held |
| 46 | MF | DEN | Silas Andersen |
| 47 | MF | NED | Lynden Edhart |
| 49 | FW | NED | Jesse van de Haar |
| 51 | GK | DEN | Andreas Dithmer (on loan from FC Copenhagen) |
| 61 | GK | NED | Kevin Gadellaa |
| 77 | FW | NED | Ole Romeny |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Left during the season.

## Transfers
### Summer
#### Transfers in

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Particularities |
| NED | FW | Marouan Azarkan | Feyenoord | Purchased |
| IRQ | MF | Zidane Iqbal | Manchester United | Purchased |
| SWE | FW | Isac Lidberg | Go Ahead Eagles | Purchased |
| GER | MF | Can Bozdoğan | FC Schalke 04 | Buy option lifted |
| FRA | DF | Modibo Sagnan | Real Sociedad | Buy option lifted |
| NED | DF | Ryan Flamingo | US Sassuolo | On loan (+option to buy) |
| DEN | MF | Oscar Fraulo | Borussia Mönchengladbach | On loan (+option to buy) |
| ESP | DF | Hugo Novoa | RB Leipzig | On loan |
| GRE | GK | Vasilis Barkas | Celtic | Transfer free |
| ENG | FW | Adrian Blake | Watford FC | Transfer free |
| NED | GK | Mattijs Branderhorst | N.E.C. | Transfer free |
| MAR | DF | Souffian El Karouani | N.E.C. | Transfer free |
| NED | FW | Ole Romeny | FC Emmen | Transfer free |
| NED | FW | Mats Seuntjens | RKC Waalwijk | Transfer free |
| SUR | DF | Djevencio van der Kust | Houston Dynamo | Terminated the loan earlier |
| NED | FW | Remco Balk | SC Cambuur | Back from loan |
| MAR | FW | Mimoun Mahi | SC Cambuur | Back from loan |

#### Transfers out

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Particularities |
| NED | FW | Remco Balk | SC Cambuur | Sold |
| GRE | FW | Tasos Douvikas | Celta de Vigo | Sold |
| NED | GK | Fabian de Keijzer | Heracles Almelo | Sold |
| SUR | DF | Sean Klaiber | Brøndby IF | Sold |
| NED | DF | Ruben Kluivert | FC Dordrecht | Sold |
| SUR | DF | Djevencio van der Kust | Sparta Rotterdam | Sold |
| EST | MF | Rocco Robert Shein | FC Dordrecht | Sold |
| NED | DF | Tommy St. Jago | Willem II | Sold |
| NED | FW | Bas Dost | N.E.C. | Transfer free |
| MAR | FW | Mimoun Mahi | De Graafschap | Transfer free |
| NED | GK | Thijmen Nijhuis | Without club | Transfer free |
| NED | MF | Sander van de Streek | Antalyaspor | Transfer free |
| NED | DF | Django Warmerdam | Sparta Rotterdam | Transfer free |
| NED | MF | Luuk Brouwers | sc Heerenveen | On loan (+obligation to buy) |
| GRE | GK | Vasilis Barkas | Celtic | Back from loan |
| GER | MF | Can Bozdoğan | FC Schalke 04 | Back from loan (+option to buy) |
| NED | DF | Ramon Hendriks | Feyenoord | Back from loan (+option to buy with repurchase option) |
| JPN | FW | Naoki Maeda | Nagoya Grampus | Back from loan (+option to buy) |
| FRA | DF | Modibo Sagnan | Real Sociedad | Back from loan (+option to buy, if lifted contract till 2026) |
| GER | FW | Amin Younes | Ettifaq FC | Back from loan |

### Winter
#### Transfers in

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Particularities |
| DEN | FW | Jeppe Okkels | IF Elfsborg | Purchased |
| DEN | DF | Niklas Vesterlund | Tromsø IL | Purchased |
| NED | GK | Thijmen Nijhuis | Without club | Transfer free |
| GER | DF | Tim Handwerker | 1. FC Nürnberg | On loan (+option to buy) |
| NED | FW | Sam Lammers | Rangers FC | On loan |

#### Transfers out

| Nat. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Particularities |
| NED | FW | Bart Ramselaar | Lion City Sailors FC | Sold |
| FRA | DF | Modibo Sagnan | Montpellier HSC | Sold |
| MAR | FW | Zakaria Labyad | Yunnan Yukun FC | Transfer free |
| NED | FW | Mats Seuntjens | RKC Waalwijk | Contract terminated |
| ESP | DF | Hugo Novoa | RB Leipzig | Terminated the loan earlier |
| NED | GK | Calvin Raatsie | Roda JC Kerkrade | On loan |

## 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 | 7th | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 038.24 |
| KNVB Cup | 31 October 2023 | 20 December 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Play-offs | 23 May 2024 | 26 May 2024 | Semi-final | Final | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 039.47 |
Last updated: 27 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Ajax | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | NEC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 49 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles (O) | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 46 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2024. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2023.

### Play-offs
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

Friendlies
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Can Bozdoğan | 3 |
| 1. | Tasos Douvikas | 3 |
| 1. | Victor Jensen | 3 |
| 4. | Anthony Descotte | 2 |
| 4. | Zakaria Labyad | 2 |
| 4. | Mats Seuntjens | 2 |
| 7. | Silas Andersen | 1 |
| 7. | Marouan Azarkan | 1 |
| 7. | Adrian Blake | 1 |
| 7. | Taylor Booth | 1 |
| 7. | Othmane Boussaid | 1 |
| 7. | Luuk Brouwers | 1 |
| 7. | Tommy St. Jago | 1 |
| 7. | Souffian El Karouani | 1 |
| 7. | Sean Klaiber | 1 |
| 7. | Isac Lidberg | 1 |
| 7. | Bart Ramselaar | 1 |
| 7. | Ole Romeny | 1 |
| 7. | Jens Toornstra | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 29 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Sam Lammers | 10 |
| 2. | Victor Jensen | 7 |
| 3. | Taylor Booth | 5 |
| 4. | Othmane Boussaid | 4 |
| 4. | Isac Lidberg | 4 |
| 4. | Jens Toornstra | 4 |
| 7. | Can Bozdoğan | 3 |
| 8. | Ryan Flamingo | 2 |
| 8. | Oscar Fraulo | 2 |
| 10. | Adrian Blake | 1 |
| 10. | Mike van der Hoorn | 1 |
| 10. | Bart Ramselaar | 1 |
| 10. | Ole Romeny | 1 |
| 10. | Modibo Sagnan | 1 |
| 10. | Mats Seuntjens | 1 |
| 10. | Nick Viergever | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 49 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Taylor Booth | 1 |
| 1. | Oscar Fraulo | 1 |
| 1. | Mike van der Hoorn | 1 |
| 1. | Isac Lidberg | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | - |
| Totals | Totals | 4 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Ryan Flamingo | 1 |
| 1. | Victor Jensen | 1 |
| 1. | Sam Lammers | 1 |
| 1. | Nick Viergever | 1 |
| Own goals opponent | Own goals opponent | – |
| Totals | Totals | 4 |

### Assists

| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Jens Toornstra | 5 |
| 2. | Oscar Fraulo | 4 |
| 3. | Othmane Boussaid | 3 |
| 3. | Souffian El Karouani | 3 |
| 3. | Victor Jensen | 3 |
| 3. | Sam Lammers | 3 |
| 3. | Isac Lidberg | 3 |
| 8. | Hidde ter Avest | 1 |
| 8. | Marouan Azarkan | 1 |
| 8. | Adrian Blake | 1 |
| 8. | Can Bozdoğan | 1 |
| 8. | Ryan Flamingo | 1 |
| 8. | Zakaria Labyad | 1 |
| 8. | Jeppe Okkels | 1 |
| 8. | Bart Ramselaar | 1 |
| 8. | Mats Seuntjens | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 33 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Jens Toornstra | 2 |
| 2. | Souffian El Karouani | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 3 |
| No. | Name | |
| 1. | Hidde ter Avest | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | 1 |

## Monthly Awards

| Month | Type of award | Player | Ref. |
| December | Team of the Month | Vasilis Barkas | 1 |
| December | VI Player of the Month | Vasilis Barkas | 2 |
| January | Team of the Month | Othmane Boussaid | 3 |
| April | Player of the Month | Sam Lammers | 4 5 |
| April | Team of the Month | Sam Lammers | 6 |

## Attendance
### Home games

| Round | Opponent | Attendance | Total attendance | Average |
| Friendlies |||||
| N/A | KAA Gent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N/A | Sporting Charleroi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N/A | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N/A | AE Kifisia | 125 | 125 | 125 |
| N/A | OFI Crete | 1,100 | 1,225 | 613 |
| N/A | Bologna FC | 1,100 | 2,325 | 775 |
| N/A | RCD Espanyol | 7,224 | 9,549 | 2,387 |
| N/A | PEC Zwolle | 0 | 9,549 | 2,387 |
| N/A | SK Beveren | Unknown | 9,549 | 2,387 |
| N/A | FC Groningen | 0 | 9,549 | 2,387 |
| N/A | Helmond Sport | 275 | 9,824 | 1,965 |
| N/A | Heracles Almelo | 0 | 9,824 | 1,965 |
| Eredivisie |||||
| 2 | sc Heerenveen | 19,878 | 19,878 | 19,878 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 20,366 | 40,244 | 20,122 |
| 7 | Almere City FC | 22,177 | 62,421 | 20,807 |
| 9 | Ajax | 22,198 | 84,619 | 21,155 |
| 11 | FC Twente | 17,491 | 102,110 | 20,429 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 20,235 | 122,345 | 20,391 |
| 14 | AZ | 18,267 | 140,612 | 20,087 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 22,033 | 162,645 | 20,331 |
| 18 | PSV | 21,727 | 184,372 | 20,486 |
| 20 | FC Volendam | 20,161 | 204,533 | 20,453 |
| 21 | Fortuna Sittard | 18,463 | 222,996 | 20,272 |
| 23 | Heracles Almelo | 20,012 | 243,008 | 20,251 |
| 26 | N.E.C. | 21,147 | 264,155 | 20,320 |
| 28 | PEC Zwolle | 19,606 | 283,761 | 20,269 |
| 30 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22,676 | 306,437 | 20,429 |
| 32 | Vitesse | 20,314 | 326,751 | 20,422 |
| 33 | Sparta Rotterdam | 22,270 | 349,021 | 20,531 |
| KNVB Cup |||||
| First round | RKC Waalwijk | 10,291 | 10,291 | 10,291 |
| Play-offs |||||
| Semi-final | Sparta Rotterdam | 20,092 | 20,092 | 20,092 |
| Final | Go Ahead Eagles | 22,574 | 42,666 | 21,333 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Behind closed doors.
* ↑ Match played at VV Alkmaarsche Boys.
* 1 2 Match played at FC De Westhoek.
* ↑ Match played at SV CWO.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Match played at Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch.
* ↑ Match played in Stadion Galgenwaard.
* ↑ Match played in Campoamor, Spain.
* ↑ Match played at FC Utrecht Topsportcentrum.

### Away supporters

| Round | Opponent | Attendance | Total attendance | Average |
| Eredivisie |||||
| 1 | PSV | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| 3 | PEC Zwolle | 500 | 1,000 | 500 |
| 5 | Heracles Almelo | 500 | 1,500 | 500 |
| 6 | N.E.C. | 500 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 8 | FC Volendam | 0 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 576 | 2,576 | 515 |
| 13 | Sparta Rotterdam | 325 | 2,901 | 484 |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 400 | 3,301 | 472 |
| 17 | Vitesse | 500 | 3,801 | 475 |
| 19 | Excelsior | 400 | 4,201 | 467 |
| 22 | FC Twente | 500 | 4,701 | 470 |
| 24 | Ajax | 1,000 | 5,701 | 518 |
| 25 | Almere City FC | 400 | 6,101 | 508 |
| 27 | Feyenoord | 400 | 6,501 | 500 |
| 29 | sc Heerenveen | 573 | 7,074 | 505 |
| 31 | RKC Waalwijk | 600 | 7,674 | 512 |
| 34 | AZ | 750 | 8,424 | 527 |
| KNVB Cup |||||
| Second round | Feyenoord | +1,000 | +1,000 | +1,000 |