2018–19 FC Twente season

The 2018–19 season is FC Twente's second visit to the Eerste Divisie following their relegation from the 2017–18 Eredivisie. It marks their return to the second highest division in Dutch football after spending 34 consecutive seasons in the top flight of Dutch football. Marino Pusic was promoted to head coach after filling in as interim manager after the departure of Gertjan Verbeek during the 2017–18 season.[1]

FC Twente

2018–19 season
Chairman	vacant
Manager	Marino Pusic
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eerste Divisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Quarter-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Boere (13) Aitor (13) All: Aitor (16)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs Jong AZ (22 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	14,969 vs RKC Waalwijk (18 December 2018)
Average home league attendance	26,200

FC Twente were confirmed as champions of the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie season on 22 April 2019, finishing top of the Netherlands' second-highest tier of football for the first time in the club's history. [2]

Season review

Pre-season

FC Twente's pre-season got off to a rocky start. Following the relegation to the Eerste Divisie, the club was forced to slash spending after reducing the overall budget from 30 million to 18 million euros.[3] In late June it became apparent that FC Twente was in dire need of financial help, leaving the club in great uncertainty about the future. The club even threatened to file for bankruptcy if the Enschede city council does not stand guarantee for 7 million euros.[4] A few weeks later FC Twente announced it staved off bankruptcy after the city council agreed to a rescue plan. City officials agreed to freeze interest and repayments of a loan made to the club over a two-season period. In addition, some 30 of the club's sponsors have agreed to invest 10 million euros in the club.[5]

On 31 May, FC Twente announced their first signing of the summer; the return of Dutch midfielder Wout Brama from Australian side Central Coast Mariners, signing him on a free transfer. Brama previously played at Twente between 2005 and 2014 where he won the Eredivisie in 2010.[6]

First team

As of 6 May 2019[7]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
13	Nick Hengelman		GK	15 November 1989
16	Joël Drommel		GK	16 November 1996
22	Jeffrey de Lange		GK	1 April 1998
26	Jorn Brondeel		GK	7 September 1993
Defenders
2	Ricardinho		LB	9 September 1984
3	Xandro Schenk		CB	28 April 1993
4	Nacho Monsalve		CB	27 April 1994
21	Cristian González		CB	23 July 1996
25	Peet Bijen		CB	28 January 1995
27	Rafael Ramos		RB	9 January 1995
28	Jeroen van der Lely		RB/LB	22 March 1996
Midfielders
6	Wout Brama (captain)		DM	21 August 1986
10	Haris Vučkić		AM	21 August 1992
11	Alexander Laukart		AM	25 October 1998
17	Tim Hölscher		AM/RW/LW	21 February 1995
18	Ulrich Bapoh		AM	29 June 1999
19	Javier Espinosa		CM	19 September 1992
20	Matt Smith		DM	22 November 1999
23	Jelle van der Heyden		CM	31 August 1995
Forwards
7	Aitor Cantalapiedra		RW	10 February 1996
8	Oussama Assaidi		LW	15 August 1988
9	Tom Boere		ST	24 November 1992
14	Rafik Zekhnini		LW	12 January 1998
15	Fred Friday		ST	20 May 1995
24	Jari Oosterwijk		ST	3 March 1995
47	Mohamed Hamdaoui		LW	10 June 1993

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2018	MF	6	Wout Brama	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	[8]
24 June 2018	MF	17	Tim Hölscher	Esbjerg fB	Free transfer	[9]
26 June 2018	FW	39	Tim van de Schepop	PEC Zwolle	Free transfer	[10]
16 July 2018	DF	3	Xandro Schenk	Go Ahead Eagles	Free transfer	[11]
31 July 2018	FW	7	Aitor Cantalapiedra	Sevilla Atlético	Undisclosed	[12]
1 August 2018	DF	2	Ricardinho	Oxford United	Free transfer	[13]
3 August 2018	DF	4	Nacho Monsalve	Rayo Vallecano	Free transfer	[14]
6 August 2018	DF	27	Rafael Ramos	Chicago Fire	Undisclosed	[15]
31 August 2018	CM	19	Javier Espinosa	Levante UD	Undisclosed	[16]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2018	1 July 2019	MF	18	Ulrich Bapoh	VfL Bochum	Undisclosed	[17]
3 July 2018	1 July 2019	MF	20	Matt Smith	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[18]
15 August 2018	1 July 2019	DF	21	Cristian González	Sevilla Atlético	Undisclosed	[19]
29 August 2018	1 July 2019	FW	14	Rafik Zekhnini	Fiorentina	Undisclosed	[20]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
29 May 2018	MF	21	Danny Holla	Den Bosch	Released	[21]
1 June 2018	FW	34	Adnane Tighadouini	Málaga	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	FW	27	Luciano Slagveer	Lokeren	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	DF	15	Cristián Cuevas	Huachipato	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	DF	3	Thomas Lam	Nottingham Forest	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	FW	29	Mounir El Hamdaoui	Excelsior	End of contract	[22]
1 June 2018	DF	4	Jos Hooiveld	Orange County	End of contract	[22]
1 June 2018	MF	20	Adam Maher	AZ	End of contract	[22]
14 June 2018	MF	18	Michael Liendl	Wolfsberger AC	Undisclosed	[23]
14 June 2018	MF	17	Marko Kvasina	SV Mattersburg	Undisclosed	[23]
15 June 2018	DF	2	Hidde ter Avest	Udinese	Released	[24]
24 June 2018	DF	5	Stefan Thesker	Holstein Kiel	Released	[25]
27 June 2018	MF	19	Fredrik Jensen	FC Augsburg	Undisclosed	[26]
10 July 2018	DF		Jelle van Benthem	Heracles	Undisclosed	[27]
23 July 2018	DF	14	Richard Jensen	Roda JC	Undisclosed	[28]
26 July 2018	MF		Delano Grootenhuis	FC Emmen	Undisclosed	[29]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
28 January 2019	1 July 2019	LW	47	Mohamed Hamdaoui	De Graafschap	Undisclosed	[30]
30 January 2019	1 July 2019	FW	99	Fred Friday	AZ	Undisclosed	[31]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
29 January 2019	1 July 2019	FW	30	Dylan George	Helmond Sport	Undisclosed	[32]

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.
8 August 2018	MF		Mats Wieffer	[33]
8 August 2018	MF		Redouan Taha el Idrissi	[33]
8 August 2018	MF		Ramiz Zerrouki	[33]
8 August 2018	FW		Xhelal Terziqi	[33]

Friendlies

FC Twente revealed pre-season fixtures against Heerenveen, FC Emmen, VVV-Venlo, Göztepe S.K. and Al-Taawoun.

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 July 2018 Friendly	GFC Goor	0–10	Twente	Goor, Netherlands
		Report	Trotman  1', 6', 9' Bapoh  16' Hölscher  28' Van de Schepop  53' Oosterwijk  70', 76' Browning-Lagerfeld  74'

7 July 2018 Friendly	Fleringen	1–5	Twente	Fleringen, Netherlands
	Slaghekke  81'	Report	Trotman  14' R. Jensen  18' Bapoh  44' Oosterwijk  79', 85'

18 July 2018 Friendly	Heerenveen	1–1	Twente	Langezwaag, Netherlands
	Mihajlović  85'	Report	Bapoh  50'

25 July 2018 Friendly	Twente	1–5	FC Emmen	Vriezenveen, Netherlands
	Brama  61' (.pen)	Report

27 July 2018 Friendly	VVV-Venlo	2–1	Twente	Venlo, Netherlands
		Report	Oosterwijk  76'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 2200 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

2 August 2018 Friendly	Twente	3–0	Göztepe SK	Goor, Netherlands
	Aitor  17' Bapoh  41' Smith  72'	Report

10 August 2018 Friendly	Twente	2–2	Al-Taawoun	Goor, Netherlands
	Smith  7' Aitor  54'	Report		Attendance: 2000

8 January 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Twente	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alario  32' Kohr  39' Volland  57' Bailey  77'	Report		Stadium: BayArena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eerste Divisie	32	23	3	6	64	30	+34	071.88
KNVB Cup	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5	075.00
Total	36	26	3	7	74	35	+39	072.22

Updated to match played 2 April 2019
Source: Competitions

Eerste Divisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Twente[lower-alpha 1] (C, P)	38	25	5	8	72	39	+33	80	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Sparta Rotterdam[lower-alpha 2] (O, P)	38	19	12	7	78	47	+31	69	Qualification to promotion play-offs second round
3	Jong PSV[lower-alpha 3]	38	18	9	11	77	59	+18	63
4	Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]	38	18	9	11	64	49	+15	63	Qualification to promotion play-offs second round
5	Go Ahead Eagles	38	19	6	13	63	57	+6	63
6	TOP Oss	38	18	8	12	48	40	+8	62
7	Almere City[lower-alpha 5]	38	19	5	14	60	63	−3	62	Qualification to promotion play-offs first round
8	RKC Waalwijk (O, P)	38	18	5	15	69	57	+12	59
9	NEC	38	16	10	12	73	60	+13	58
10	Cambuur	38	16	10	12	61	48	+13	58
11	Jong Ajax[lower-alpha 3]	38	16	8	14	81	67	+14	56
12	MVV	38	14	12	12	49	53	−4	54
13	Roda JC Kerkrade	38	14	11	13	57	59	−2	53
14	Eindhoven	38	13	9	16	52	48	+4	48
15	Telstar	38	14	6	18	45	58	−13	48
16	Volendam	38	9	14	15	46	62	−16	41
17	Dordrecht	38	9	9	20	54	84	−30	36
18	Jong AZ[lower-alpha 3]	38	7	12	19	46	67	−21	33
19	Jong Utrecht[lower-alpha 3]	38	5	8	25	47	90	−43	23
20	Helmond Sport	38	4	10	24	37	72	−35	22

Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
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, international competitions and play-offs qualification, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off) [34]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Winner of the Third Period (games 21–29).
2. Winner of the First Period (games 3–11).
3. Reserves teams aren't eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
4. Winner of the Second Period (games 12–20).
5. Winner of the Fourth Period (games 30–38).

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

	First round						Second round						Third round
	NEC	2	0	2
	RKC Waalwijk	0	3	3
							RKC Waalwijk	2	1	3
							Excelsior	1	1	2
													RKC Waalwijk*	0	5	5
													Go Ahead Eagles	0	4	4
							Go Ahead Eagles	2	1	3
							FC Den Bosch	2	0	2
							TOP Oss	0	0	0
							Sparta Rotterdam	2	3	5
													Sparta Rotterdam*	1	2	3
													De Graafschap	2	0	2
	SC Cambuur	2	2	4
	Almere City	2	1	3
							SC Cambuur	1	0	1
							De Graafschap	1	2	3

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	4	5	2	8	6	5	3	3	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2019. Source: FC Twente
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 15 June 2018, the Eerste Divisie fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[35][36]

17 August 2018 1	Twente	2–1	Sparta	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Bapoh  10' Boere  40' (pen.)	Report	Veldwijk  16'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Kamphuis

24 August 2018 2	Helmond Sport	2–2	Twente	Helmond
20:00 CEST	Zeldenrust  57' Meijers  89'	Report	Boere  77' (pen.) Oosterwijk  90'	Stadium: SolarUnie Stadion Attendance: 2,634 Referee: van Boekel

31 August 2018 3	Twente	3–1	Roda JC	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Hölscher  17' Boere  20' Bapoh  67'	Report	Paulissen  4'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Mulder

8 September 2018 4	Twente	1–2	TOP Oss	Enschede
18:30 CEST	Aitor  29'	Report	Smeets  15' Dogan  22'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Van de Graaf

14 September 2018 5	Dordrecht	0–2	Twente	Dordrecht
20:00 CEST		Report	Bijen  19' Stankov  33' (o.g.)	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 2,662 Referee: Gerrets

21 September 2018 6	Telstar	1–3	Twente	IJmuiden
20:00 CEST	Sno  4'	Report	Boere  8' Oosterwijk  77' Zekhnini  90+1'	Stadium: Rabobank IJmond Stadion Attendance: 3,263 Referee: Gözübüyük

30 September 2018 7	Twente	2–1	Jong PSV	Enschede
14:30 CEST	Boere  62' (.pen) Aitor  86'	Report	Rigo  7'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Lindhout

5 October 2018 8	FC Eindhoven	1–1	Twente	Eindhoven
20:00 CEST	Seedorf  90+3'	Report	Aitor  56'	Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Blank

14 October 2018 9	Twente	0–1	MVV	Enschede
16:45 CEST		Report	van den Hurk  60'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Dieperink

22 October 2018 10	Jong FC Utrecht	1–6	Twente	Utrecht
20:00 CEST	Venema  62'	Report	Boere  11' (.pen) Espinosa  14', 56' Zekhnini  41' Oosterwijk  69', 78'	Stadium: De Galgenwaard Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Perez

26 October 2018 11	Twente	1–0	Almere City	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Boere  8'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,400 Referee: Oostrom

2 November 2018 12	Twente	3–1	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Bijen  17' Aitor  39' Maria  80'	Report	Seys  90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Mulder

9 November 2018 13	FC Den Bosch	2–1	Twente	Den Bosch
20:00 CEST	Velkov  7'  77'  24' Beltrame  19' van der Winden  90+6'	Summary	Rafael Ramos  23' Boere  32' Javier Espinosa  90+6'	Stadium: De Vliert Attendance: 5,086 Referee: Pol van Boekel

18 November 2018 14	Twente	0–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
14:30 CEST	Hölscher  60' Smith  90+1'	Summary	Verheydt  33' Navrátil  45+1' Bakx  60' Lelieveld  82'  84' van Moorsel  84' Bosz  90+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

26 November 2018 15	Jong AZ	1–2	Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST	Jacobs  39' Wijndal  57' Druijf  86'	Summary	Boere  32' Smith  79' Zekhnini  90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Freek Van Herk

30 November 2018 16	Twente	2–5	Jong Ajax	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Espinosa  6' Hölscher  46' Bijen  50' Drommel  58' Aitor  60' Nacho  75' González  90+1'	Summary	Botman  9'  18' Dest  38' Ekkelenkamp  42', 56' Černý  54' (pen)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Clay Ruperti

7 December 2018 17	FC Volendam	1–2	Twente	Volendam
20:00 CEST	Peters  38' Schouten  42' Deul  74' Bäly  88'	Summary	Zekhnini  8' Brama  45'  90+1' Smith  65' Bijen  89'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

14 December 2018 18	SC Cambuur	0–1	Twente	Leeuwarden
20:00 CEST	Rossi  39'	Summary	Aitor  61' Schenk  88'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 8,191 Referee: Joey Kooij

21 December 2018 19	Twente	2–0	N.E.C.	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Zekhnini  30' Oosterwijk  47' Espinosa  65' Schenk  74'	Summary	Okita  65' Sabak  83'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Martin Perez

13 January 2019 20	MVV	0–2	Twente	Maastricht
14:30 CEST		Summary	Bijen  11' Zekhnini  40' Brama  45+2' González  68'	Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 5,009 Referee: Blom

18 January 2019 21	Twente	1–0	Jong FC Utrecht	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Smith  13' Nacho  90+4'	Summary	Hoogenhout  50'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,100 Referee: Pérez

26 January 2019 22	Almere City	1–3	Twente	Almere
19:45 CEST	Receveur  23' Loen  35' Meijer  50' Van Vlerken  50'	Summary	Aitor  9' Boere  36' Brama  41' Nacho  72'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 2,854 Referee: Blank

1 February 2019 23	Twente	4–1	Helmond Sport	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Boere  11' (pen) Aitor  49' Nacho  34', 60'	Summary	Knops  10' Snepvangers  70' Velanas  88'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Bax

8 February 2019 24	Sparta	0–3	Twente	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST	Vriends  51' (og) Drenthe  29' Duarte  75'	Summary	Boere  pen' (22) González  47' Bijen  43' Ricardinho  90'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gözübüyük

18 February 2019 25	Jong PSV	0–2	Twente	Eindhoven
20:00 CEST		Summary	Aitor  15' Nacho  23' Schenk  43' Boere  pen' (78)	Stadium: De Herdgang Attendance: 1,057 Referee: Van der Eijk

22 February 2019 26	Twente	1–0	FC Eindhoven	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Aitor  pen' (90+6)	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,700 Referee: Van Herk

1 March 2019 27	Roda JC	1–1	Twente	Kerkrade
20:00 CEST	Engels  28'	Summary	Van der Heyden  62'  88' Aitor  66' Drommel  82'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 7,162 Referee: Manschot

8 March 2019 28	TOP Oss	0–2	Twente	Oss
20:00 CEST		Summary	Asmelash  4' (og) Schenk  86'	Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion Attendance: 3,311 Referee: Lindhout

15 March 2019 29	Twente	5–0	FC Volendam	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Espinosa  8' Ricardinho  14' Bijen  33' Aitor  35' Oosterwijk  75'	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,400 Referee: van den Kerkhof

24 March 2019 30	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	Twente	Deventer
15:30 CEST	Verheydt  71'	Report	Oosterwijk  16' Van der Heyden  44' Brama  68' Aitor  81'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,851 Referee: Kooij

29 March 2019 31	Twente	1–0	Den Bosch	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Oosterwijk  54'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 28,800 Referee: Dieperink

1 April 2019 32	RKC Waalwijk	4–1	Twente	Waalwijk
20:00 CEST	Ricardinho  86' (o.g.)	Report	Aitor  64' Oosterwijk  75'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Bax

5 April 2019 33	Twente	v	FC Dordrecht	Enschede
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

12 April 2019 34	Twente	v	Telstar	Enschede
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

19 April 2019 35	Jong Ajax	v	Twente	Amsterdam
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Toekomst

22 April 2019 36	Twente	v	Jong AZ	Enschede
14:30 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

26 April 2019 37	N.E.C.	v	Twente	Nijmegen
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Stadion de Goffert

3 May 2019 38	Twente	v	SC Cambuur	Enschede
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

KNVB Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 September 2018 First round	Groningen	0–2	Twente	Groningen
18:30 CEST		Report	Espinosa  45' Bijen  68'	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Makkelie

30 October 2018 Second round	Twente	4–2	VV Noordwijk	Enschede
19:45 CEST	Espinosa  28', 39' Aitor  30' Zekhnini  90 + 2'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Bax

18 December 2018 Round of 16	Twente	2–0	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
19:45 CEST	Schenk  26' Oosterwijk  90+2'	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 14,969 Referee: Richard Martens

23 January 2019 Quarter-Finals	Twente	2–3	Willem II	Enschede
18:30 CEST	Aitor  54', 63' Nacho  42'	Summary	Llonch  27' Heerkens  27' González  62' (o.g.) Pavlidis  76' Kristinsson  87'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 19,560 Referee: Kamphuis

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 2 April 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eerste Divisie		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Ricardinho	31	1	28	1	3	0
3	DF		Xandro Schenk	9	2	8	1	1	1
4	DF		Nacho Monsalve	24	3	20	3	4	0
5	DF		Michaël Maria	10	1	9	1	1	0
6	MF		Wout Brama	25	2	22	2	3	0
7	FW		Aitor Cantalapiedra	35	16	31	13	4	3
8	MF		Oussama Assaidi	8	0	8	0	0	0
9	FW		Tom Boere	30	13	27	13	3	0
10	MF		Haris Vučkić	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Alexander Laukart	3	0	2	0	1	0
13	GK		Nick Hengelman	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Rafik Zekhnini	24	5	22	4	2	1
16	GK		Joël Drommel	35	0	31	0	4	0
17	FW		Tim Hölscher	22	1	19	1	3	0
18	MF		Ulrich Bapoh	11	2	9	2	2	0
19	MF		Javier Espinosa	31	7	27	4	4	3
20	MF		Matt Smith	32	2	29	2	3	0
21	DF		Cristian González	31	0	29	0	2	0
22	GK		Jeffrey de Lange	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Jelle van der Heyden	13	0	12	0	1	0
24	FW		Jari Oosterwijk	28	9	25	8	3	1
25	DF		Peet Bijen	33	7	29	6	4	1
26	GK		Jorn Brondeel	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF		Rafael Ramos	19	0	17	0	2	0
28	DF		Jeroen van der Lely	2	0	2	0	0	0
33	MF		Mats Wieffer	1	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF		Godfried Roemeratoe	1	0	1	0	0	0
47	FW		Mohamed Hamdaoui	6	0	6	0	0	0
99	FW		Fred Friday	9	0	9	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season
30	FW		Dylan George	7	0	5	0	2	0

Goalscorers

As of 2 April 2019

Rank	Player	Position	Eerste Divisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	Aitor	FW	13	3	16
2	Tom Boere	FW	13	0	13
3	Jari Oosterwijk	FW	8	1	9
4	Javier Espinosa	AM	4	3	7
5	Peet Bijen	DF	6	1	7
6	Rafik Zekhnini	FW	4	1	5
7	Nacho Monsalve	DF	3	0	3
8	Ulrich Bapoh	AM	2	0	2
9	Wout Brama	CM	2	0	2
10	Matt Smith	CM	2	0	2
11	Xandro Schenk	DF	1	1	2
12	Tim Hölscher	AM	1	0	1
13	Michaël Maria	DF	1	0	1
14	Ricardinho	DF	1	0	1
Own goals			3	0	3
Total			64	10	74

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