# 2022–23 Almere City FC season

The 2022–23 season was Almere City FC's 22nd season in the existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the Eerste Divisie, the second division of Dutch football. The club participated also in the KNVB Cup. The season spans a period between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023.

## First-team squad

    As of 11 February 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 | Nordin Bakker |
| 3 | DF | NED | Joey Jacobs |
| 4 | DF | NED | Damian van Bruggen (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Thomas Poll |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Anthony Limbombe |
| 8 | MF | NED | Danny Post |
| 9 | FW | SUR | Jeredy Hilterman |
| 10 | MF | NED | Lance Duijvestijn |
| 11 | FW | NED | Ilias Alhaft |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Pascu |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Kornelius Normann Hansen |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Peña |
| 19 | FW | NED | Maarten Pouwels |
| 20 | DF | NED | Hamdi Akujobi |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Théo Barbet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Manel Royo |
| 24 | MF | COM | Faiz Mattoir |
| 25 | MF | NED | Jorrit Smeets |
| 26 | GK | SUI | Stijn Keller |
| 28 | MF | NED | Stije Resink |
| 32 | FW | NED | Jeffry Puriel |
| 34 | FW | NED | Tijmen Wildeboer |
| 35 | DF | NED | Jordy Rullens |
| 36 | MF | NED | Marcelencio Esajas |
| 37 | FW | NED | Layee Kromah |
| 38 | DF | NED | Jaden Pinas |
| 39 | MF | NED | Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp |
| 40 | GK | IRN | Agil Etemadi |
| 46 | DF | NED | Niciano Grootfaam |
| — | MF | BEL | Milan Corryn |

### Out 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 | Tim Receveur (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Bradly van Hoeven (at TOP Oss until 30 June 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 % |
| Eerste Divisie | 5 August 2022 | 12 February 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 055.26 |
| Eerste Divisie play-offs | 22 May 2023 | 11 June 2023 | First round | Winners | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 050.00 |
| KNVB Cup | 18 October 2022 | 11 January 2023 | Fifth round | Sixth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 054.35 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.