# 2023–24 Heracles Almelo season

The 2023–24 season is Heracles Almelo's 121st season in existence and first one back in the Dutch top division Eredivisie. They are also competing in the KNVB Cup.

## Players

    As of 17 September 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 | Michael Brouwer |
| 2 | DF | NED | Sylian Mokono |
| 3 | DF | GER | Jannes Wieckhoff |
| 4 | DF | GER | Sven Sonnenberg |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Sava-Arangel Čestić |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Bryan Limbombe |
| 8 | FW | GER | Mario Engels |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Antonio Satriano |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Anas Ouahim |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Nikolai Laursen |
| 12 | DF | NED | Ruben Roosken |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Brian De Keersmaecker |
| 15 | DF | NED | Jetro Willems |
| 16 | GK | NED | Fabian de Keijzer |
| 17 | MF | NED | Thomas Bruns |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | NED | Marko Vejinović |
| 19 | DF | SUR | Navajo Bakboord |
| 21 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (captain) |
| 23 | FW | NED | Jizz Hornkamp |
| 24 | FW | GER | Abdenego Nankishi (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 27 | MF | TUR | Melih İbrahimoğlu |
| 28 | GK | NED | Robin Jalving |
| 29 | FW | SWE | Emil Hansson |
| 30 | FW | NED | Diego van Oorschot |
| 32 | MF | NED | Sem Scheperman |
| 34 | DF | NED | Chiel Olde Keizer |
| 35 | DF | NED | Stijn Bultman |
| 36 | GK | NED | Timo Jansink |
| 39 | FW | GER | Lasse Wehmeyer |
| 44 | FW | NED | Mohamed Sankoh (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Jetro Willems | FC Groningen | Free | 1 July 2023 | |
| FW | Mohamed Sankoh | VfB Stuttgart | Loan | 1 September 2023 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Marco Rente | FC Groningen | €630,000 | 1 July 2023 | |

## 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 | | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 027.27 |
| KNVB Cup | 1 November 2023 | | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 026.09 |
Last updated: 16 February 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 36 | |
| 13 | Almere City | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 34 | |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 February 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | | |
| Position | 15 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.