# 2022–23 FC Twente season

The 2022–23 season was the 58th season in the history of FC Twente, and their fourth consecutive season in the Dutch top flight. The club participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 26 July 2022
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 | GER | Lars Unnerstall |
| 2 | DF | NED | Mees Hilgers |
| 3 | DF | NED | Robin Pröpper (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Julio Pleguezuelo |
| 5 | DF | NED | Gijs Smal |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama (captain) |
| 7 | FW | CZE | Václav Černý |
| 8 | MF | ALG | Ramiz Zerrouki |
| 9 | FW | NED | Ricky van Wolfswinkel |
| 10 | FW | NED | Virgil Misidjan |
| 11 | FW | NED | Daan Rots |
| 14 | MF | NED | Sem Steijn |
| 16 | GK | MAR | Issam El Maach |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | NED | Michel Vlap |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Christos Tzolis (on loan from Norwich City) |
| 20 | DF | NED | Joshua Brenet |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Mathias Kjølø |
| 22 | GK | POL | Przemysław Tytoń |
| 23 | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek |
| 24 | DF | NED | Luca Everink |
| 26 | FW | NED | Denilho Cleonise |
| 27 | FW | CRC | Manfred Ugalde (on loan from Lommel) |
| 30 | GK | NED | Sam Karssies |
| 32 | MF | NED | Casper Staring |
| 37 | MF | NED | Thijs van Leeuwen |
| 38 | MF | NED | Max Bruns |

## 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 | 7 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 052.94 |
| Eredivisie Play-offs | 1 June 2023 | 11 June 2023 | Semi-finals | Winners | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 075.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 10 January 2023 | 9 February 2023 | Second round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 August 2022 | 25 August 2022 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 85 | 33 | +52 | 054.55 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | +48 | 69 | Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 67 | Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Twente (O) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 64 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 59 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 54 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

#### European competition play-offs
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.