The 2023–24 season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 122nd season in existence and second consecutive in the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands.
The season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 24th season in the Eredivisie (2nd consecutive) and the team concluded the regular Eredivisie season in 16th place and relegated to Eerste Divisie after play-offs.
In the KNVB Cup, Excelsior Rotterdam's participation ended in round of 16 following a 2–0 defeat to FC Groningen.
Troy Parrott was the top scorer of the club in this season with 17 goals; 10 goals in Eredivisie and 7 goals in relegation play-offs.
Siebe Horemans was the most appeared player in this season with 41 appearances; 34 appearances in the Eredivisie, 4 appearances in relegation play-offs and 3 appearances in the KNVB Cup.
Players First-team squad
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateMF Lennard Hartjes FeyenoordOn loan10 July 2023DF Casper Widell Helsingborgs IF€175,00012 July 2023DF Mimeirhel Benita FeyenoordOn loan25 July 2023FW Richie Omorowa IF Brommapojkarna28 July 2023FW Oscar Uddenäs BK Häcken€357,00029 July 2023DF Ian Smeulers Sandefjord Fotball21 August 2023MF Cisse Sandra Club Brugge KVOn loan22 August 2023FW Troy Parrott Tottenham Hotspur F.C.On loan24 August 2023MF Kian Fitz-Jim AFC AjaxOn loan31 August 2023MF Lance Duijvestijn Almere City FC€200,0001 February 2024
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateMF Peer Koopmeiners AZ AlkmaarEnd of loan30 June 2023FW Vicente Besuijen Aberdeen FCEnd of loan30 June 2023DF Maxime AwoudjaWithout club1 July 2023MF Joshua Eijgenraam TOP OssOn loan26 July 2023FW Reda Kharchouch Al-Bukiryah FC31 July 2023DF Nathan Markelo Fortuna SittardFree3 August 2023DF Nathan Tjoe-A-On Swansea City A.F.C.€350,00013 August 2023MF Kian Fitz-Jim AFC AjaxEnd of loan11 January 2024MF Adrian Fein SC VerlFree29 January 2024FW Nikolas Agrafiotis SV Wehen Wiesbaden31 January 2024
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Eredivisie
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches 1st half The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.
2nd half
Relegation Play-offs
Excelsior Rotterdam won 9–2 on aggregate.
NAC Breda won 7–6 on aggregate.
KNVB Cup
Player statistics Appearances and goals
Clean sheets #PlayerEredivisie1 Stijn van Gassel6
Disciplinary record #PlayerEredivisieRelegation play-offsKNVB CupTotal 1 Arthur Zagre610100622 Siebe Horemans410000413 Lazaros Lamprou211000314 Troy Parrott210000215 Lance Duijvestijn100100116 Nikolas Agrafiotis000001017 Julian Baas800000808 Couhaib Driouech400000409 Siem De Moes3000003010 Casper Widell20000020 Cisse Sandra20000020 Kenzo Goudmijn20000020 Mimeirhel Benita20000020 Redouan El Yaakoubi20000020 Sven Nieuwpoort2000002016 Ian Smeulers10000010 Kian Fitz-Jim10000010 Mike van Duinen10000010 Noah Naujoks10000010 Oscar Uddenas10000010 Richie Omorowa10000010 Serano Seymor10000010
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