# 2023–24 Almere City FC season

The 2023–24 season was Almere City FC's 23rd season in existence and first ever in the Eredivisie. They competed in the KNVB Cup, reaching the round of 16.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 |
| 2 | DF | CUW | Sherel Floranus |
| 3 | DF | NED | Joey Jacobs |
| 4 | DF | NED | Damian van Bruggen (captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Loïc Mbe Soh (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Peña |
| 7 | FW | NED | Jason van Duiven (on loan from PSV Eindhoven) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Danny Post |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Thomas Robinet |
| 11 | FW | COD | Yann Kitala (on loan from Le Havre) |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Pascu |
| 15 | MF | NED | Peer Koopmeiners (on loan from AZ) |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Adi Nalić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Kornelius Normann Hansen |
| 18 | GK | AUT | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger (on loan from Austria Wien) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Yoann Cathline (on loan from Lorient) |
| 20 | DF | NED | Hamdi Akujobi |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Milan Corryn |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Théo Barbet |
| 24 | FW | COM | Faiz Mattoir |
| 25 | DF | NED | Christopher Mamengi |
| 26 | GK | SUI | Stijn Keller |
| 27 | FW | NED | Rajiv van La Parra |
| 28 | MF | NED | Stije Resink |
| 36 | MF | NED | Marcelencio Esajas |
| 39 | MF | NED | Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp |

### 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 | Thomas Poll (at Cambuur until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SUR | Jeredy Hilterman (at Willem II until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Bradly van Hoeven (at Emmen until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Yoann Cathline | FC Lorient | Loan | |
| DF | Sherel Floranus | Antalyaspor | | |
| FW | Bradly van Hoeven | TOP Oss | End of loan | |
| FW | Yann Kitala | Le Havre AC | Loan | |
| MF | Peer Koopmeiners | AZ Alkmaar | Loan | |
| FW | Pim Lukassen | De Graafschap | | |
| DF | Christopher Mamengi | FC Utrecht | | |
| DF | Loïc Mbe Soh | Nottingham Forest | Loan | |
| FW | Thomas Robinet | KV Oostende | | |
| GK | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger | Austria Wien | Loan | |
| FW | Jason van Duiven | Jong PSV | Loan | 8 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ilias Alhaft | FC Noah | Undisclosed | 3 August 2023 |
| GK | Agil Etemadi | Retired | | June 2023 |
| DF | Niciano Grootfaam | Unattached | | |
| FW | Jeredy Hilterman | Willem II | Loan | |
| FW | Anthony Limbombe | SK Beveren | Undisclosed | 6 September 2023 |
| DF | Thomas Poll | SC Cambuur | Loan (to be transferred on 1 July 2024) | |
| MF | Tim Receveur | FC Dordrecht | Undisclosed | |
| MF | Jorrit Smeets | FC Emmen | Undisclosed | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 020.59 |
| KNVB Cup | 31 October 2023 | 17 January 2024 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 024.32 |
Source: Competitions

### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Heerenveen | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 37 |
| 12 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 36 |
| 13 | Almere City | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 34 |
| 14 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 33 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 29 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | | |
| Position | 16 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.