# 2022–23 NEC Nijmegen season

The 2022–23 NEC Nijmegen season was the club's 123rd season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, NEC participated in the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Mattijs Branderhorst |
| 2 | DF | NED | Ilias Bronkhorst |
| 3 | DF | NED | Philippe Sandler |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Iván Márquez |
| 5 | DF | NED | Joris Kramer |
| 6 | MF | NED | Jordy Bruijn |
| 7 | MF | NED | Elayis Tavşan |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Andri Baldursson (on loan from Bologna) |
| 9 | FW | POR | Pedro Marques |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Magnus Mattsson |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Oussama Tannane |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Souffian El Karouani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BEL | Mathias De Wolf |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata (on loan from Espanyol) |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Lasse Schöne (captain) |
| 21 | FW | NED | Ibrahim Cissoko |
| 22 | GK | NED | Jasper Cillessen |
| 24 | DF | NED | Calvin Verdonk |
| 28 | DF | NED | Bart van Rooij |
| 31 | GK | NED | Robin Roefs |
| 34 | DF | NED | Terry Lartey Sanniez |
| 71 | MF | NED | Dirk Proper |
| 77 | FW | NED | Anthony Musaba (on loan from Monaco) |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Daan Maas (to TOP Oss until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | BEL | Thibo Baeten (to K Beerschot VA until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Joep van der Sluijs (to TOP Oss until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 7 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 023.53 |
| KNVB Cup | 19 October 2022 | 8 February 2023 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 027.03 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 36 |
| 14 | Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 36 |

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.