# 2013–14 FC Twente season

The 2013–14 FC Twente season was the club's 30th in the Eredivisie since their promotion in 1984. They participated in the league, finishing third, and the KNVB Cup, where they were eliminated by Heerenveen in the second round. It was Michel Jansen's only full season as manager while Alfred Schreuder earned his coaching badges.

## Squad

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 | Sander Boschker |
| 2 | DF | NED | Dico Koppers |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Andreas Bjelland |
| 4 | DF | NED | Peter Wisgerhof |
| 5 | DF | NED | Robbert Schilder |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama (captain) |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Youness Mokhtar |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kyle Ebecilio |
| 9 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg) |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Jesús Corona |
| 12 | FW | GER | Tim Hölscher |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nils Röseler |
| 15 | DF | VEN | Roberto Rosales |
| 16 | DF | NED | Tim Breukers |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson |
| 18 | DF | CUW | Cuco Martina |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Shadrach Eghan |
| 20 | GK | NED | Sonny Stevens |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Felipe Gutiérrez |
| 22 | GK | NED | Nick Marsman |
| 23 | MF | NED | Joey Pelupessy |
| 24 | MF | NED | Quincy Promes |
| 25 | MF | NED | Bilal Ould-Chikh |
| 27 | MF | NED | Dario Tanda |
| 28 | DF | PER | Renato Tapia |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos |
| 31 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven |
| 34 | FW | SVK | Andrej Rendla |
| 35 | GK | POL | Filip Bednarek |

### 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 |
| — | GK | POR | Daniel Fernandes (at OFI Crete until 30 June 2014) |
| — | MF | NED | Willem Janssen (at FC Utrecht until 30 June 2014) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Jerson Cabral (at ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2014) |
| — | FW | NED | Felitciano Zschusschen (at FC Dordrecht until 30 June 2014) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NED | Dico Koppers (from Ajax) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kyle Ebecilio (from Arsenal) |
| 7 | FW | NED | Youness Mokhtar (from PEC Zwolle) |
| 18 | DF | CUW | Cuco Martina (from RKC Waalwijk) |
| 20 | GK | NED | Sonny Stevens (from FC Volendam) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | NED | Denny Landzaat |
| 8 | MF | NED | Leroy Fer (to Norwich City) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Bulykin (to Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 11 | FW | NED | Jerson Cabral (loan to ADO Den Haag) |
| 13 | GK | BUL | Nikolay Mihaylov (to Hellas Verona) |
| 14 | MF | NED | Willem Janssen (loan to FC Utrecht) |
| 19 | DF | NED | Douglas (to Dynamo Moscow) |
| 20 | DF | NED | Edson Braafheid (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Nacer Chadli (to Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 25 | GK | POR | Daniel Fernandes (loan to OFI Crete) |
| 26 | FW | NED | Joshua John (to Nordsjælland) |
| 45 | FW | NED | Edwin Gyasi (to Heracles Almelo) |
| — | FW | SWE | Emir Bajrami (to Panathinaikos) |
| — | FW | NED | Glynor Plet (to Zulte Waregem) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven (from Vålerenga) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | FW | NED | Felitciano Zschusschen (loan to FC Dordrecht) |

## Competitions
### Eredivisie
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 69 | 28 | +41 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Twente | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | PSV | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Heerenveen | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 57 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |

### KNVB Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | NED | Dico Koppers | 24 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Andreas Bjelland | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Peter Wisgerhof | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Robbert Schilder | 17 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Wout Brama | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NED | Youness Mokhtar | 26 | 3 | 14+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Kyle Ebecilio | 34 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević | 15 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Dušan Tadić | 34 | 16 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MEX | Jesús Corona | 16 | 2 | 3+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | GER | Tim Hölscher | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nils Röseler | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | VEN | Roberto Rosales | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NED | Tim Breukers | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson | 29 | 4 | 27+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CUW | Cuco Martina | 17 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Shadrach Eghan | 25 | 5 | 17+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Felipe Gutiérrez | 34 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NED | Nick Marsman | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NED | Quincy Promes | 31 | 11 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NED | Bilal Ould-Chikh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NED | Dario Tanda | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos | 31 | 14 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | NOR | Torgeir Børven | 12 | 3 | 3+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | NED | Willem Janssen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NED | Felitciano Zschusschen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Twente that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 28 | FW | NED | Joshua John | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Dušan Tadić | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 30 | Luc Castaignos | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 24 | Quincy Promes | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Kyle Ebecilio | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 19 | Shadrach Eghan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | 17 | Rasmus Bengtsson | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Youness Mokhtar | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Felipe Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 31 | Torgeir Børven | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 11 | Jesús Corona | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | Roberto Rosales | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 18 | Cuco Martina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 6 | Wout Brama | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 72 | 0 | 72 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Dico Koppers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Andreas Bjelland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Robbert Schilder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Youness Mokhtar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kyle Ebecilio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Luka Đorđević | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Dušan Tadić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jesús Corona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Roberto Rosales | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Rasmus Bengtsson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Cuco Martina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Shadrach Eghan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Felipe Gutiérrez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Nick Marsman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Quincy Promes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Luc Castaignos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 50 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 3 |