# 2022–23 PEC Zwolle season

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the history of PEC Zwolle and their first season back in the second division of Dutch football. The club participated in the Eerste Divisie and the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players

    As of 8 March 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 | Jasper Schendelaar |
| 2 | DF | NED | Bram van Polen (captain) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Luis Görlich |
| 4 | MF | BIH | Haris Medunjanin |
| 5 | DF | NED | Bart van Hintum |
| 6 | MF | NED | Thomas van den Belt |
| 7 | FW | CUW | Gervane Kastaneer |
| 8 | MF | NED | Dean Huiberts |
| 9 | FW | GER | Lennart Thy |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Tomislav Mrkonjić |
| 11 | MF | NED | Davy van den Berg |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Apostolos Vellios |
| 15 | DF | NED | Sam Kersten |
| 17 | MF | NED | Dean Guezen |
| 18 | DF | NED | Jordy Tutuarima |
| 19 | MF | NED | Gabi Caschili |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Younes Taha |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | NED | Samir Lagsir |
| 22 | DF | NED | Daijiro Chirino |
| 23 | FW | NED | Hicham Acheffay |
| 24 | DF | NED | Melayro Bogarde (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 25 | MF | NED | Jimmy Kaparos |
| 27 | DF | NED | Jesse Vermaning |
| 30 | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas |
| 31 | MF | NED | Sven Zitman |
| 33 | DF | NED | Rav van den Berg |
| 34 | FW | NED | Joshua Sion |
| 36 | MF | NED | Thomas Beelen |
| 37 | FW | NED | Tristan van Gilst |
| 40 | GK | NED | Mike Hauptmeijer |
| 41 | GK | NED | Duke Verduin |
| 45 | FW | NED | Chardi Landu |
| 47 | DF | NOR | Håkon Gangstad |
| — | MF | USA | Anthony Fontana |

### 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 |
| — | FW | NED | Stijn Meijer (at SC Verl until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Eliano Reijnders (at Jong Utrecht 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 | 2nd | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 99 | 43 | +56 | 071.05 |
| KNVB Cup | 20 October 2022 | 12 January 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 101 | 46 | +55 | 070.00 |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.