# 2022–23 Excelsior Rotterdam season

The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the existence of Excelsior Rotterdam and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, Excelsior Rotterdam participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup.

## Players

    As of 31 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 | Stijn van Gassel |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Siebe Horemans |
| 3 | DF | NED | Kik Pierie (on loan from Ajax) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Redouan El Yaakoubi (captain) |
| 5 | MF | GER | Adrian Fein |
| 6 | MF | NED | Joshua Eijgenraam |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Nikolas Agrafiotis |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kenzo Goudmijn (on loan from AZ) |
| 9 | FW | NED | Reda Kharchouch |
| 10 | FW | NED | Marouan Azarkan (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Jacky Donkor |
| 14 | FW | NED | Couhaib Driouech |
| 16 | DF | NED | Sven Nieuwpoort |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maxime Awoudja |
| 18 | GK | NED | Norbert Alblas |
| 19 | FW | NED | Raphaël Eyongo |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Yassin Ayoub |
| 22 | MF | GRE | Lazaros Lamprou |
| 23 | MF | NED | Peer Koopmeiners (on loan from AZ) |
| 24 | DF | CUW | Nathangelo Markelo |
| 28 | DF | IDN | Nathan Tjoe-A-On |
| 29 | FW | NED | Mike van Duinen |
| 33 | MF | NED | Julian Baas |
| 34 | DF | NED | Serano Seymor |
| 38 | GK | NED | Pascal Kuiper |
| — | MF | NED | Noah Naujoks |
| — | DF | FRA | Arthur Zagré (on loan from AS Monaco) |

### 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 | Michael Chacón (at Helmond Sport until 30 June 2023, obligation to buy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Luuk Admiraal (at Spakenburg 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 % |
| Eredivisie | 7 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 026.47 |
| KNVB Cup | 19 October 2022 | 11 January 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 027.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 36 | |
| 14 | Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 36 | |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 32 | |
| 16 | Emmen (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 28 | Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Cambuur (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | −43 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2023. Source: Eredivisie

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.