# 2022–23 De Graafschap season

The 2022–23 De Graafschap season was the club's 69th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the second-tier of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, De Graafschap participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 30 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 | Hidde Jurjus |
| 3 | DF | NED | Jan Lammers |
| 4 | DF | NED | Xandro Schenk |
| 6 | MF | NED | Lion Kaak |
| 10 | MF | NED | Siem de Jong |
| 11 | FW | NED | Giovanni Korte |
| 12 | DF | NED | Jim van der Logt |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Camiel Neghli |
| 16 | GK | NED | Ties Wieggers |
| 20 | DF | NED | Rio Hillen |
| 21 | FW | ECU | Joel Valencia (on loan from Brentford) |
| 22 | MF | CPV | Jeffry Fortes |
| 23 | MF | NED | Philip Brittijn |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | NED | Mees Kaandorp |
| 25 | FW | NED | Levi Schoppema |
| 26 | MF | NED | Sisqo Lever |
| 27 | DF | NED | Robin Schouten (on loan from SønderjyskE) |
| 28 | DF | NED | Alexander Büttner |
| 29 | DF | NED | Joran Hardeman |
| 30 | FW | NED | Pim Lukassen |
| 32 | GK | NED | Mees Bakker (on loan from AZ) |
| 33 | FW | TUR | Başar Önal |
| 34 | MF | NED | Anis Yadir |
| 35 | FW | CUW | Charlison Benschop |
| 44 | MF | NED | Maas Willemsen |
| 45 | MF | NED | Ezra van der Heiden |

#### 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 |
| — | DF | NED | Milan Hilderink (at TOP Oss until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Jesse Schuurman (at Roda JC Kerkrade 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 | 7 August 2022 | 19 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 039.47 |
| KNVB Cup | 18 October 2022 | 2 March 2023 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 042.86 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eerste Divisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 8 | Eindhoven | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 9 | Telstar | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 53 | |
| 10 | De Graafschap | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 52 | |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 51 | Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie |
| 12 | ADO Den Haag | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 51 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.