2017–18 Excelsior Rotterdam season
| 2017–18 season | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion |
| Eredivisie | 11th |
| KNVB Cup | 1st round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Mike van Duinen (9 goals) All: Mike van Duinen (10 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 4,400 (9th, 13th, 28th, 30th, 34th weeks) |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,902 (KNVB Cup 1st round) |
| Average home league attendance | 4,035 |
| Biggest win | 3-1 (FC Twente (a) 10th week) 2-0 (AZ Alkmaar (a) 6th week) (FC Groningen (h) 17th week) |
| Biggest defeat | 5-0 (Feyenoord (a) 29th week) |
| All statistics correct as of 29 June 2025. | |
The 2017–18 season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 21st season in the Eredivisie (4th consecutive).
The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. Excelsior Rotterdam lost 2–1 against SC Heerenveen in the 1st round of KNVB Cup and eliminated from the cup.
Mike van Duinen was the top scorer of the club in this season with a 10 goals; 9 goals in the Eredivisie and 1 goal in the KNVB Cup.
Hicham Faik was the most appeared player in this season with 34 appearances; 33 appearances in the Eredivisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup.
Players
First-team squad
Source:[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | On loan | 12 July 2017 | ||
| DF | €300,000 | 22 July 2017 | ||
| DF | Free | 21 August 2017 | ||
| DF | On loan | 31 August 2017 | ||
| GK | 31 August 2017 | |||
| GK | Free | 31 August 2017 | ||
| FW | On loan | 18 January 2018 |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | End of loan | 30 June 2017 | ||
| MF | End of loan | 30 June 2017 | ||
| GK | End of loan | 30 June 2017 | ||
| DF | Free | 1 July 2017 | ||
| GK | Free | 1 July 2017 | ||
| FW | Free | 1 July 2017 | ||
| MF | Free | 1 July 2017 | ||
| DF | Free | 5 July 2017 | ||
| DF | Free | 6 July 2017 | ||
| FW | Free | 30 August 2017 |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Eredivisie | 13 August 2017 | 6 May 2018 | Week 1 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 32.35 |
| KNVB Cup | 20 September 2017 | 20 September 2017 | 1st round | 1st round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Total | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 31.43 | ||||
Source: Excelsior Rotterdam (ESPN)
Eredivisie
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 44 |
| 10 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 42 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 40 |
| 12 | Groningen | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Willem II | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 37 |
Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: 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)[8]
Rules for classification: 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)[8]
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 |
| 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 33 | −9 |
Results by round
Matches
1st half
| 13 August 2017 1st week[9] | Willem II Tilburg | 1-2 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Tilburg |
| 14:30 | Fran Sol |
Report | Timon Wellenreuther Zakaria El Azzouzi |
Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 12,800 |
| 20 August 2017 2nd week[10] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-1 | Feyenoord | Rotterdam |
| 12:30 | Report | Jean-Paul Boëtius |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 |
| 26 August 2017 3rd week[11] | Heracles Almelo | 2-2 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Almelo |
| 20:45 | Brandley Kuwas Paul Gladon |
Report | Luigi Bruins Jinty Caenepeel |
Stadium: Asito Stadion Attendance: 10,067 |
| 9 September 2017 4th week[12] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-3 | SBV Vitesse | Rotterdam |
| 20:45 | Report | Luc Castaignos Tim Matavz Bryan Linssen |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,100 |
| 16 September 2017 5th week[13] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-2 | SC Heerenveen | Rotterdam |
| 18:30 | Ryan Koolwijk |
Report | Arbër Zeneli Marco Rojas |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,034 |
| 24 September 2017 6th week[14] | AZ Alkmaar | 0-2 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Alkmaar |
| 16:45 | Report | Luigi Bruins |
Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,527 |
| 30 September 2017 7th week[15] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-2 | VVV-Venlo | Rotterdam |
| 20:45 | Report | Clint Leemans Ralf Seuntjens |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 3,704 |
| 15 October 2017 8th week[16] | ADO Den Haag | 1-2 | Excelsior Rotterdam | The Hague |
| 16:45 | Sheraldo Becker |
Report | Jinty Caenepeel Hicham Faik |
Stadium: Bingoal Stadion Attendance: 10,805 |
| 21 October 2017 9th week[17] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-1 | Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Milan Massop |
Report | Craig Goodwin |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 |
| 27 October 2017 10th week[18] | FC Twente | 1-3 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Enschede |
| 20:00 | Tom Boere |
Report | Hicham Faik Milan Massop Khalid Karami |
Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23,200 |
| 4 November 2017 11th week[19] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-0 | Roda JC Kerkrade | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Luigi Bruins |
Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,086 |
| 19 November 2017 12th week[20] | FC Utrecht | 3-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Utrecht |
| 14:30 | Cyriel Dessers Yassine Ayoub Willem Janssen |
Report | Zakaria El Azzouzi |
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18,336 |
| 26 November 2017 13th week[21] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-2 | PSV Eindhoven | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Ryan Koolwijk |
Report | Jurgen Mattheij Hirving Lozano |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 |
| 3 December 2017 14th week[22] | NAC Breda | 3-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Breda |
| 16:45 | Thierry Ambrose Paolo Fernandes |
Report | Mike van Duinen |
Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,340 |
| 9 December 2017 15th week[23] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-2 | PEC Zwolle | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Mike van Duinen |
Report | Mustafa Saymak Younes Namli |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,069 |
| 14 December 2017 16th week[24] | AFC Ajax | 3-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Amsterdam |
| 20:45 | Siem de Jong Kasper Dolberg Hakim Ziyech |
Report | Mike van Duinen |
Stadium: Johan Cruijff Arena Attendance: 51,695 |
| 17 December 2017 17th week[25] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-0 | FC Groningen | Rotterdam |
| 16:45 | Milan Massop Stanley Elbers |
Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 3,808 |
2nd half
| 21 January 2018 19th week[27] | Sparta Rotterdam | 2-3 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 12:30 | Milan Massop Loris Brogno |
Report | Ali Messaoud Anouar Hadouir |
Stadium: Sparta-Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,224 |
| 28 January 2018 20th week[28] | Roda JC Kerkrade | 2-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Kerkrade |
| 14:30 | Jorn Vancamp Dani Schahin |
Report | Milan Massop |
Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 11,226 |
| 4 February 2018 21st week[29] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-2 | FC Utrecht | Rotterdam |
| 12:30 | Stanley Elbers Hicham Faik |
Report | Mark van der Maarel Zakaria Labyad |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 3,997 |
| 7 February 2018 22nd week[30] | PSV Eindhoven | 1-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Eindhoven |
| 18:30 | Hirving Lozano |
Report | Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 32,100 |
| 11 February 2018 23rd week[31] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-0 | NAC Breda | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 3,876 |
| 17 February 2018 24th week[32] | SBV Vitesse | 1-2 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Arnhem |
| 18:30 | Luc Castaignos |
Report | Hicham Faik Mike van Duinen |
Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 15,432 |
| 24 February 2018 25th week[33] | SC Heerenveen | 0-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Heerenveen |
| 19:45 | Report | Mike van Duinen |
Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18,920 |
| 3 March 2018 26th week[34] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-2 | AZ Alkmaar | Rotterdam |
| 18:30 | Ali Messaoud |
Report | Theo Zwarthoed Alireza Jahanbakhsh |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,218 |
| 10 March 2018 27th week[35] | VVV-Venlo | 2-3 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Venlo |
| 19:45 | Jurgen Mattheij Lennart Thy |
Report | Levi García Hicham Faik Mike van Duinen |
Stadium: Kooi Stadion Attendance: 6,021 |
| 16 March 2018 28th week[36] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-2 | ADO Den Haag | Rotterdam |
| 20:00 | Milan Massop |
Report | Bjorn Johnsen |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 |
| 1 April 2018 29th week[37] | Feyenoord | 5-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 16:45 | Jean-Paul Boëtius Jens Toornstra Tonny Vilhena Steven Berghuis Jordy de Wijs |
Report | Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 |
| 6 April 2018 30th week[38] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-1 | Willem II Tilburg | Rotterdam |
| 20:00 | Luigi Bruins Stanley Elbers |
Report | Fran Sol |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 |
| 14 April 2018 31st week[39] | PEC Zwolle | 1-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Zwolle |
| 20:45 | Youness Mokhtar |
Report | Mike van Duinen |
Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,028 |
| 18 April 2018 32nd week[40] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-2 | Heracles Almelo | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Ali Messaoud Mike van Duinen |
Report | Jamiro Monteiro |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,065 |
| 29 April 2018 33rd week[41] | FC Groningen | 4-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Tom van Weert Samir Memišević Ritsu Doan |
Report | Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 18,847 |
| 6 May 2018 34th week[42] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-2 | AFC Ajax | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Matthijs de Ligt |
Report | Justin Kluivert Kasper Dolberg |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 |
KNVB Cup
| 20 September 2017 1st round[43] | SC Heerenveen | 2-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Mike van Duinen |
Report | Arbër Zeneli |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 1,902 Referee: Dennis Higler |
Statistics
Scorers
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
Appearances
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | 1 | 34 | |
| 2 | 31 | 1 | 32 | |
| 32 | 0 | 32 | ||
| 4 | 29 | 1 | 30 | |
| 5 | 28 | 1 | 29 | |
| 6 | 28 | 0 | 28 | |
| 27 | 1 | 28 | ||
| 27 | 1 | 28 | ||
| 9 | 26 | 1 | 27 | |
| 10 | 25 | 1 | 26 | |
| 11 | 24 | 0 | 24 | |
| 12 | 23 | 0 | 23 | |
| 13 | 19 | 1 | 20 | |
| 19 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 15 | 17 | 1 | 18 | |
| 16 | 17 | 0 | 17 | |
| 17 | 15 | 1 | 16 | |
| 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 19 | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Clean sheets
| # | Player | Eredivisie | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | |
Disciplinary record
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Notes
References
- ↑ "2017-18 Excelsior Rotterdam Squad". Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Versterkt Zich Op Huurbasis Met Wout Faes" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Contracteert Verdediger Shane O'Neill" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Jordy De Wijs Keert Terug Bij Excelsior Rotterdam" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Legt Doelman Ögmundur Kristinsson Vast" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Doelman Theo Zwarthoed Keert Terug Bij Excelsior" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Huurt Aanvaller Levi Garcia Van AZ" (in Dutch). Excelsior Rotterdam. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Eredivisie 2017/2018 - Season rules" (PDF). KNVB. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ↑ "Willem II Tilburg vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Feyenoord". ESPN. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- ↑ "Heracles Almelo vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. SBV Vitesse". ESPN. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. SC Heerenveen". ESPN. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "AZ Alkmaar vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. VVV-Venlo". ESPN. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "ADO Den Haag vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Sparta Rotterdam". ESPN. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "FC Twente vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Roda JC Kerkrade". ESPN. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "FC Utrecht vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. PSV Eindhoven". ESPN. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "NAC Breda vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. PEC Zwolle". ESPN. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ↑ "AFC Ajax vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Groningen". ESPN. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Twente". ESPN. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ↑ "Sparta Rotterdam vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ↑ "Roda JC Kerkrade vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. FC Utrecht". ESPN. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "PSV Eindhoven vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. NAC Breda". ESPN. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "SBV Vitesse vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "SC Heerenveen vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. AZ Alkmaar". ESPN. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "VVV-Venlo vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. ADO Den Haag". ESPN. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Feyenoord vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Willem II Tilburg". ESPN. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "PEC Zwolle vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. Heracles Almelo". ESPN. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "FC Groningen vs. Excelsior Rotterdam". ESPN. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Excelsior Rotterdam vs. AFC Ajax". ESPN. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "SC Heerenveen vs. Excelsior Rotterdam (KNVB)". ESPN. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2025.