# 2023–24 FC Volendam season

The 2023–24 season is FC Volendam's 47th season in existence and second consecutive in the Eredivisie. They also competed in the KNVB Cup, being eliminated from the first round.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 July 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 | GER | Mio Backhaus (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Oskar Buur |
| 3 | DF | NED | Brian Plat |
| 4 | DF | NED | Damon Mirani |
| 6 | DF | MAR | Benaissa Benamar |
| 7 | MF | USA | Zach Booth (on loan from Leicester City) |
| 11 | MF | NED | Bilal Ould-Chikh |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Garang Kuol (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| 16 | MF | NED | Imran Nazih |
| 17 | MF | NED | Calvin Twigt |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Diego Gustavo |
| 19 | FW | NED | Koen Blommestijn |
| 20 | GK | NED | Kayne van Oevelen |
| 21 | FW | NED | Robert Mühren |
| 22 | GK | NED | Barry Lauwers |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | NED | Billy van Duijl |
| 24 | DF | NED | Achraf Douiri |
| 25 | FW | NED | Lequincio Zeefuik |
| 26 | DF | NED | Déron Payne |
| 27 | FW | BOE | Quincy Hoeve |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Josh Flint |
| 30 | MF | NED | Flip Klomp |
| 31 | DF | NED | Xavier Mbuyamba |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Ibrahim El Kadiri |
| 35 | DF | DOM | Francisco Reyes Marizán |
| 37 | MF | NED | Joey Antonioli |
| 38 | FW | GRN | Darius Johnson |
| — | MF | RSA | Luke Le Roux |
| — | DF | ENG | George Cox |

### 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 | Walid Ould-Chikh (at Roda JC until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Henk Veerman (at ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Mio Backhaus | Werder Bremen | Loan | 5 July 2023 |
| MF | Garang Kuol | Newcastle United | Loan | 8 August 2023 |
| DF | George Cox | Unattached | Free | 18 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Walid Ould-Chikh | Roda JC Kerkrade | Loan | 7 July 2023 |
| DF | Dean James | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| FW | Henk Veerman | ADO Den Haag | Loan | 29 July 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 % |
| Eredivisie | 11 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 79 | −48 | 012.50 |
| KNVB Cup | 16 November 2023 | 16 November 2023 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 80 | −49 | 012.12 |
Last updated: 5 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 33 | |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 29 | |
| 16 | Excelsior (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 73 | −23 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Volendam (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 88 | −54 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | Vitesse (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 74 | −44 | 6 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
* ↑ Vitesse were deducted eighteen points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2024. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | | |
| Position | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.