The 2022–23 season marked the 120th season of VVV-Venlo since the club's foundation. It was their 39th season in the Eerste Divisie and their second consecutive campaign in the second level of Dutch football.
VVV-Venlo also entered the KNVB Cup, alongside their league commitments. Their participation in the competition ended in the second round.
At the end of the regular season, VVV-Venlo qualified for the promotion play-offs. After progressing through the first round, they faced Almere City FC in the semi-finals. The tie was eventually decided by a penalty shoot-out, with Almere City winning 2–0 on penalties.
Sven Braken ended the campaign as VVV-Venlo's top goalscorer with 16 goals in all competitions. He scored 13 goals in the Eerste Divisie, two during the promotion play-offs and one in the KNVB Cup.
Rick Ketting made more appearances than any other VVV-Venlo player during the season, featuring in 43 matches across all competitions. He played 37 times in the Eerste Divisie, four times in the promotion play-offs and twice in the KNVB Cup.
The season covers the period from 5 August 2022 to 11 June 2023.
Players
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateGK Ennio van der Gouw FC TwenteFree1 July 2022MF Robert Klaasen Roda JC KerkradeFree1 July 2022FW Özcan Yaşar NAC Breda U21Free16 July 2022DF Rick Ketting FC Inter Turku20 July 2022MF Daan Huisman SBV VitesseOn loan31 August 2022MF Kristófer KristinssonNo club5 September 2022DF Robin Lathouwers Jong AZ9 January 2023FW Soulyman Allouch Jong AZ26 January 2023FW Martijn Berden Go Ahead EaglesOn loan31 January 2023
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateMF Rayan El Azrak Jong FC UtrechtEnd of loan30 June 2022GK Delano van CrooijNo club1 July 2022MF Joep Munsters SV 19 StraelenFree1 July 2022FW Joeri Schroyen Willem II Tilburg1 July 2022FW Tobias PachonikNo club1 July 2022MF Wassim Essanoussi Helmond SportFree1 July 2022DF Yannick Leliendal Jong FC UtrechtFree1 July 2022MF Niek Munsters SV 19 StraelenFree12 July 2022DF Stan van Dijck 1. FC Phönix LübeckFree20 July 2022DF Ian Hussein NgobiNo club9 September 2022
Competitions Pre-season and friendlies
Overview
Eerste Divisie
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.
1st half
2nd half
Promotion play-offs
KNVB Cup
Statistics Scorers
#PlayerEerste DivisiePlay-offsKNVBTotal1 Sven Braken1321162 Nick Venema1221153 Kees de Boer60064 Daan Huisman40155 Rick Ketting3003 Mitchell van Rooijen2103 Robin Lathouwers2013 Thijme Verheijen20139 Martijn Berden2002 Robert Klaasen2002 Tristan Dekker2002 Soulyman Allouch110213 Brian Koglin1001 Carl Johansson1001 Simon Janssen1001 Özcan Yaşar0101 Daan Huisman0011
Assists
Appearances
#PlayerEerste DivisiePlay-offsKNVBTotal1 Rick Ketting3842442 Nick Venema364242 Simon Janssen3642424 Kees de Boer354140 Brian Koglin3442406 Robert Klaasen334138 Mitchell van Rooijen3242388 Daan Huisman324137 Ennio van der Gouw324137 Sven Braken32413711 Richard Sedláček32023412 Carl Johansson27423313 Özcan Yaşar262028 Tristan Dekker23322815 Robin Lathouwers17312116 Soulyman Allouch16402017 Joep Kluskens16121918 Thijme Verheijen170118 Sem Dirks143118 Kristófer Kristinsson14221821 Levi Smans13211622 Yahcuroo Roemer12021423 Martijn Berden12001224 Lukáš Zima701825 Jens Jacobs2002
Clean sheets
#PlayerEerste Divisie1 Ennio van der Gouw62 Lukáš Zima1Total7
Disciplinary record
#PlayerEerste DivisiePlay-offsKNVBTotal 1 Kees de Boer602010902 Simon Janssen700010803 Mitchell van Rooijen40100050 Tristan Dekker40100050 Robert Klaasen301010506 Richard Sedláček400010407 Rick Ketting30000030 Soulyman Allouch20100030 Sven Braken20100030 Carl Johansson1010103011 Ennio van der Gouw20000020 Joep Kluskens20000020 Martijn Berden20000020 Nick Venema20000020 Yahcuroo Roemer20000020 Özcan Yaşar1010002017 Brian Koglin10000010 Jens Jacobs10000010 Levi Smans10000010 Robin Lathouwers10000010 Sem Dirks10000010 Thijme Verheijen10000010
References