2023–24 FC Twente season

FC Twente
2023–24 season
Chairman	Paul van der Kraan
Head coach	Joseph Oosting
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	3rd
KNVB Cup	Second round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sem Steijn (17); All: ; Sem Steijn (19)
Biggest win	Twente 7–2 Volendam
Biggest defeat	Fenerbahçe 5–1 Twente
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 ⊟

The 2023–24 season was FC Twente's 59th season in existence, and fifth consecutive in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in the KNVB Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024^[1]

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	Lars Unnerstall
2	DF	NED	Mees Hilgers
3	DF	NED	Robin Pröpper (captain)
4	MF	NOR	Mathias Kjølø
5	DF	NED	Gijs Smal
6	MF	NED	Carel Eiting
7	FW	NED	Mitchell van Bergen
8	MF	NED	Youri Regeer
9	FW	NED	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10	FW	TUR	Naci Ünüvar (on loan from Ajax)
11	FW	NED	Daan Rots
12	DF	ISL	Alfons Sampsted
14	MF	NED	Sem Steijn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	MAR	Issam El Maach
17	DF	BEL	Alec Van Hoorenbeeck (on loan from Mechelen)
18	MF	NED	Michel Vlap
19	MF	MAR	Younes Taha
20	DF	NED	Joshua Brenet
21	FW	NED	Myron Boadu (on loan from Monaco)
22	GK	POL	Przemysław Tytoń
23	MF	CZE	Michal Sadílek
24	DF	NED	Juliën Mesbahi
30	GK	NED	Sam Karssies
34	DF	NED	Anass Salah-Eddine
38	DF	NED	Max Bruns

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Naci Ünüvar	Ajax	Loan	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Youri Regeer	Ajax	€900,000	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Younes Taha	PEC Zwolle	Undisclosed	1 July 2023	^[4]
FW	Manfred Ugalde	Lommel	€4,000,000	1 July 2023	^[5]
DF	Alec Van Hoorenbeeck	Mechelen	Loan	15 August 2023	^[6]
FW	Mitchell van Bergen	Reims	Undisclosed	31 August 2023	^[7]
MF	Carel Eiting	FC Volendam	€1,000,000	1 September 2023	^[8]^[9]
FW	Myron Boadu	AS Monaco	Loan	1 February 2024	^[10]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Václav Černý	VfL Wolfsburg	€8,000,000	1 July 2023	^[11]
DF	Julio Pleguezuelo	Plymouth Argyle	Free	1 July 2023	^[12]
MF	Ramiz Zerrouki	Feyenoord	€7,200,000	1 July 2023	^[13]
FW	Manfred Ugalde	Spartak Moscow	€13,000,000	29 January 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 July 2023 Friendly	Twente	7–1	OB	Enschede, Netherlands
15:00 UTC 2	Ugalde 1', 18' Steijn 51' Brenet 56' Rots 60', 63' (pen.), 88'	Report	Kjerrumgaard 105'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alex Bos
Note: Two halves of 45 minutes and 60 minutes each.

19 July 2023 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	2–3	Twente	Hattem, Netherlands
14:00 UTC 2		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Het Achterveen Referee: Luuk Timmers

22 July 2023 Friendly	Schalke 04	2–2	Twente	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
13:30 UTC 2				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

30 July 2023 Friendly	Twente	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles
12:30 UTC 2

10 October 2023 Friendly	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–4	Twente	Brussels, Belgium
19:00 UTC 2				Stadium: Stade Joseph Mariën

7 January 2024 Friendly	Eldense	0–1	Twente	Spain
12:30 UTC 2

8 January 2024 Friendly	Twente	2–2	VfL Osnabrück	Oliva, Spain
12:30 UTC 2				Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	13 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	3rd	34	21	6	7	69	36	33	061.76
KNVB Cup	17 January 2024		Second round	Second round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	27 July 2023	31 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	3	1	2	8	7	1	050.00
Total					41	24	7	10	78	46	32	058.54

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV Eindhoven (C)	34	29	4	1	111	21	90	91	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Feyenoord	34	26	6	2	92	26	66	84	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
3	Twente	34	21	6	7	69	36	33	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	AZ	34	19	8	7	70	39	31	65	Qualification for the Europa League league stage^[a]
5	Ajax	34	15	11	8	74	61	13	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The 2023–24 KNVB Cup winners qualified for the Europa League league stage. Since the cup winners (Feyenoord) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	16	5	4	49	24	25	53	10	1	2	27	14	13	6	4	2	22	10	12

Last updated: 9 March 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W
Position	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[14]

13 August 2023 1	Almere	1–4	Twente	Almere
16:45 UTC 2	Floranus 27' Van Bruggen 32' 74' Esajas 69' Post 72'	Report	Pröpper 59' Vlap 66' Van Wolfswinkel 90 2', 90 4'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

20 August 2023 2	Twente	3–1	PEC Zwolle	Enschede
14:30 UTC 2	Sadílek 18' Unnerstall 31' Hilgers 52' Steijn 76' Schendelaar 90 4' (o.g.)	Report	Van Hintum 26' Druijf 33' (pen.) Reijnders 35' Lam 42' Van Polen 53' Kersten 90 7'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

3 September 2023 4	Volendam	0–2	Twente	Volendam
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Benamar 75' Backhaus 76'	Report	Steijn 36' Kjølø 41' Rots 74' Van Wolfswinkel 79'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Richard Martens

17 September 2023 5	Twente	3–1	Ajax	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Rots 7' Steijn 11' Sadílek 74' Ünüvar 79'	Report	Bergwijn 13' Brobbey 35' Hato 82'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

24 September 2023 6	RKC Waalwijk	1–0	Twente	Waalwijk
16:45 CEST (UTC 2)	Stevanović 89'	Report		Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Referee: Joey Kooij

27 September 2023 3	Twente	1–0	Vitesse	Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Steijn 39'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Jannick van der Laan
Note: Postponed due to European competitions.

30 September 2023 7	Twente	1–0	Heerenveen	Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Vlap 65'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Rob Dieperink

8 October 2023 8	Fortuna Sittard	0–3	Twente	Sittard
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Ugalde 15' Regeer 47' Van Wolfswinkel 88'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

22 October 2023 9	Heracles Almelo	2–2	Twente	Almelo
14:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Engels 69' Sonnenberg 88'	Report	Rots 11' Steijn 32'	Stadium: Erve Asito Referee: Pol van Boekel

29 October 2023 10	Twente	2–1	Feyenoord	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC 1)	Ugalde 10' Van Wolfswinkel 78'	Report	Geertruida 86'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Dennis Higler

5 November 2023 11	Utrecht	1–1	Twente	Utrecht
12:15 CET (UTC 1)	Fraulo 23' Flamingo 30' Van der Hoorn 35' Azarkan 41'	Report	Steijn 31' (pen.) Ugalde 45 3' Sadílek 45 6' 66' Hilgers 90 3'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 17,491 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

11 November 2023 12	Twente	3–3	NEC	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC 1)		Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

25 November 2023 13	Twente	0–3	PSV	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Hilgers 25' Pröpper 90 4'	Report	Veerman 45 1' Pröpper 49' (o.g.) Schouten 52' Bakayoko 80', 82'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

3 December 2023 14	Go Ahead Eagles	1–3	Twente	Deventer
14:30 CET (UTC 1)	Kuipers 62' Llansana 71'	Report	Ugalde 1' Steijn 24' Taha 76'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

8 December 2023 15	Twente	4–2	Excelsior	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC 1)	Ugalde 45' van Wolfswinkel 59', 80' Smal 67' Pröpper 77' Taha 85'	Report	Parrott 9' Nieuwpoort 13' Naujoks 24' Zagré 24' Driouech 26' Horemans 57' Nieuwpoort 59'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

17 December 2023 16	Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	Twente	Rotterdam
13:30 CET (UTC 1)	de Guzmán 35' Bakari 45 4' Lauritsen 51' Lauritsen 55' Velthuis 72'	Report	Steijn 45 5' Sadílek 53' Ünüvar 90 2'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

13 January 2024 17	Twente	2–1	AZ	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Ugalde 42', 70'	Report	Odgaard 4'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

20 January 2024 18	NEC	1–0	Twente	Breda
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Verdonk 49'	Report	Bruns 53' Van Hoorenbeeck 69'	Stadium: Goffert Stadium Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

28 January 2024 19	Feyenoord	0–0	Twente	Rotterdam
13:30 CET (UTC 1)	Giménez 47'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 90'	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Allard Lindhout

3 February 2024 20	Twente	3–0	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
16:30 CET (UTC 1)	Van Wolfswinkel 21' Boadu 79' Taha 81'	Report	Seuntjens 40'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Sander van der Eijk

10 February 2024 21	Excelsior	0–3	Twente	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Sandra 53'	Report	Rots 2' Van Wolfswinkel 5', 13' Brenet 90'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Referee: Rob Dieperink

18 February 2024 22	Twente	0–1	Utrecht	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC 1)		Report	Toornstra 29'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

25 February 2024 23	Twente	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC 1)	Steijn 12', 36' Brenet 60'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Jannick van der Laan

2 March 2024 24	Vitesse	1–2	Twente	Arnhem
20:00 CET (UTC 1)	Pröpper 44' (o.g.)	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 4' Brenet 79'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

9 March 2024 25	Twente	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC 1)	Rots 21' Boadu 77'	Report	Clement 87'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Rob Dieperink

17 March 2024 26	PSV	1–0	Twente	Eindhoven
20:00 CET (UTC 1)	Pepi 90 6'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,800 Referee: Joey Kooij

31 March 2024 27	Twente	1–0	Heracles Almelo	Enschede
14:30	Boadu 54'			Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000

3 April 2024 28	Heerenveen	3–3	FC Twente	Heerenveen
21:00	Ion Nicolaescu 21' Osame Sahraoui 38' Thom Haye 57' (pen.)	Report	Ricky van Wolfswinkel 11' Daan Rots 13' Robin Pröpper 36'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,954 Referee: Alex Bos

6 April 2024 29	Twente	2–0	Fortuna Sittard	Enschede
21:00	Fofana 52' (o.g.) Van Wolfswinkel 86'		Guth 14' 35'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Rob Dieperink

14 April 2024 30	Ajax	2–1	FC Twente	Amsterdam
16:45	Šutalo 5' Mannsverk 35' Brobbey 59' Bergwijn 81' (pen.)	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 31' Kjølø 32'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 53,718 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

24 April 2024 31	Twente	3–1	Almere	Enschede
18:45	Kjølø 10' Regeer 19' Steijk 52' Rots 84'	Report	Akujobi 29' Hansen 73'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

5 May 2024 32	AZ	2–1	Twente	Alkmaar
16:45	Van Bommel 46' Pavlidis 66'		Steijn 5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Referee: Danny Makkelie

12 May 2024 33	Twente	7–2	Volendam	Enschede
14:30	Van Wolfswinkel 9' Ünüvar 23' Pröpper 37' Regeer 40' Steijn 43', 69', 73'		Mirani 4', 21'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Allard Lindhout

19 May 2024 34	PEC Zwolle	1–2	Twente	Zwolle
14:30	García MacNulty 62'		Rots 59' Van Wolfswinkel 80' (pen.)	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Referee: Dennis Higler

KNVB Cup

17 January 2024 Second round	PSV	3–1	Twente	Eindhoven
21:00 CET	Vertessen 19' De Jong 55' Bakayoko 61'	Report	Ugalde 68'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,400 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 21 June 2023.

27 July 2023 First leg	Twente	1–0	Hammarby IF	Enschede
20:00	Steijn 53'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: John Brooks (England)

3 August 2023 Second leg	Hammarby IF	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.)	Twente	Stockholm, Sweden
20:00	Erabi 38'	Report	Steijn 115'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 24,542 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Third qualifying round

10 August 2023 First leg	Twente	2–0	Riga	Enschede
20:00	Sampsted 11' Rots 67'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)

17 August 2023 Second leg	Riga	0–3 (0–5 agg.)	Twente	Riga, Latvia
19:00 (20:00 EEST)		Report	Rots 57' Besselink 90' Ünüvar 90 2'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 6,324 Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

Play-off round

24 August 2023 (2023-08-24) First leg	Fenerbahçe	5–1	Twente	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 (20:00 TRT)	Oosterwolde 33' Szymański 60' Kahveci 63', 74' Tadić 90 3' (pen.)	Report	Ugalde 20'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 38,961 Referee: Andrew Madley (England)

31 August 2023 (2023-08-31) Second leg	Twente	0–1 (1–6 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	Enschede
19:00		Report	Džeko 72' (pen.)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

References

^ "Selectie FC Twente - FC Twente". Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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^ Twente, F. C. "Youri Regeer tekent vierjarig contract". FC Twente.
^ Twente, F. C. "Younes Taha naar FC Twente". FC Twente.
^ Twente, F. C. "Manfred Ugalde blijft bij FC Twente". FC Twente.
^ Twente, F. C. "Alec Van Hoorenbeeck naar FC Twente". FC Twente.
^ Twente, F. C. "Mitchell van Bergen naar FC Twente". FC Twente.
^ Twente, F. C. "Carel Eiting tekent contract bij FC Twente". FC Twente.
^ NOS. "Carel Eiting na maandeling geschil definitief naar FC Twente". NOS.nl.
^ "Myron Boadu naar FC Twente: "Heb echt zin om aan de slag te gaan"" [Myron Boadu to FC Twente: “I'm really looking forward to getting started”] (in Dutch). Twente. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "VfL sign Cerny". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "Julio Pleguezuelo Becomes First Summer Signing | Plymouth Argyle - PAFC". www.pafc.co.uk.
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^ "Defintief competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2023/24". Eredivisie. Ons Voetbal. June 30, 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELLS0.35029865165721-14] The 2023–24 KNVB Cup winners qualified for the Europa League league stage. Since the cup winners (Feyenoord) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

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[3] Twente, F. C. "Youri Regeer tekent vierjarig contract". FC Twente.

[4] Twente, F. C. "Younes Taha naar FC Twente". FC Twente.

[5] Twente, F. C. "Manfred Ugalde blijft bij FC Twente". FC Twente.

[6] Twente, F. C. "Alec Van Hoorenbeeck naar FC Twente". FC Twente.

[7] Twente, F. C. "Mitchell van Bergen naar FC Twente". FC Twente.

[8] Twente, F. C. "Carel Eiting tekent contract bij FC Twente". FC Twente.

[9] NOS. "Carel Eiting na maandeling geschil definitief naar FC Twente". NOS.nl.

[10] "Myron Boadu naar FC Twente: "Heb echt zin om aan de slag te gaan"" [Myron Boadu to FC Twente: “I'm really looking forward to getting started”] (in Dutch). Twente. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[11] "VfL sign Cerny". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[12] "Julio Pleguezuelo Becomes First Summer Signing | Plymouth Argyle - PAFC". www.pafc.co.uk.

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[15] "Defintief competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2023/24". Eredivisie. Ons Voetbal. June 30, 2023.

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