# 2022–23 Heracles Almelo season

The 2022–23 season is the 120th season in the history of Heracles Almelo and their first season back in the second division of Dutch football. The club are participating in the Eerste Divisie and the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players

    As of 5 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 | Michael Brouwer |
| 2 | DF | NED | Sylian Mokono |
| 4 | DF | GER | Sven Sonnenberg |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marco Rente |
| 7 | FW | TUR | Bilal Başaçıkoğlu |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Elias Sierra |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Antonio Satriano |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Anas Ouahim |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Nikolai Laursen |
| 12 | DF | NED | Ruben Roosken |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Héritier Deyonge |
| 15 | MF | BEL | Lucas Schoofs |
| 17 | MF | NED | Thomas Bruns |
| 18 | MF | NED | Marko Vejinović |
| 19 | DF | SUR | Navajo Bakboord |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Kasper Lunding |
| 21 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mateo Leš |
| 23 | FW | CUW | Rigino Cicilia |
| 24 | FW | GER | Abdenego Nankishi (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Robin Polley |
| 26 | GK | NED | Koen Bucker |
| 27 | MF | TUR | Melih İbrahimoğlu |
| 28 | GK | NED | Robin Jalving |
| 29 | FW | SWE | Emil Hansson |
| 32 | MF | NED | Sem Scheperman |
| 33 | FW | SWE | Samuel Armenteros |
| 34 | DF | NED | Chiel Olde Keizer |
| 36 | GK | NED | Timo Jansink |
| — | FW | BEL | Ismail Azzaoui |

## 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 % |
| Eerste Divisie | August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 103 | 42 | +61 | 071.05 |
| KNVB Cup | 18 October 2022 | 12 January 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 105 | 45 | +60 | 067.50 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eerste Divisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo (C, P) | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 103 | 42 | +61 | 85 | Promotion to the Eredivisie |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle (P) | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 99 | 43 | +56 | 85 | Promotion to the Eredivisie |
| 3 | Almere City (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 70 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Willem II | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 68 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 5 | MVV Maastricht | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 59 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
* ↑ Winner of the First and Fourth Period (Rounds 1–10 and 29–38)
* ↑ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 11–19)
* ↑ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 20–28)

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.