The 2018–19 season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 22nd season in the Eredivisie (5th consecutive). The club concluded the season in 16th place and was subsequently relegated to the Eerste Divisie following a play-off defeat to RKC Waalwijk, with an aggregate score of 3–2.
The club also competed in the KNVB Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round following a 3–2 extra-time defeat to NEC Nijmegen.
Elías Már Ómarsson (8 Eredivisie) and Luigi Bruins (7 Eredivisie, 1 KNVB Cup) were the top scorers of the club in this season with 8 goals.
Jeffry Fortes and Jurgen Mattheij were the most appeared players in this season with 35 appearances; 34 appearances in the Eredivisie and 1 appearance in the KNVB Cup.
Players First-team squad Source:
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateFW Denis Mahmudov FC DordrechtFree`1 July 2018MF Jerdy Schouten SC Telstar€300,0001 July 2018DF Robin van der Meer FC UtrechtFree1 July 2018GK Sonny Stevens Go Ahead EaglesFree1 July 2018DF Thomas Oude Kotte SBV Vitesse U21Free1 July 2018DF Hervé Matthys FC Eindhoven14 July 2018FW Elías Már Ómarsson IFK Göteborg€300,00010 August 2018DF Siebe Horemans KAA GentOn loan13 August 2018FW Marcus Edwards Tottenham Hotspur F.C. U23On loan30 August 2018FW Mounir El HamdaouiWithout Club20 September 2018FW Dennis Eckert Celta de VigoOn loan31 January 2019
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateDF Jordy de Wijs PSV EindhovenEnd of loan30 June 2018FW Levi García AZ AlkmaarEnd of loan30 June 2018DF Wout Faes R.S.C. AnderlechtEnd of loan30 June 2018FW Zakaria El Azzouzi Jong AjaxEnd of loan30 June 2018MF Hicham Faik Zulte WaregemFree1 July 2018MF Kevin Vermeulen RKC WaalwijkFree1 July 2018MF Khalid Karami SBV VitesseFree1 July 2018FW Mike van Duinen PEC Zwolle€750,0001 July 2018DF Milan Massop S.K. BeverenFree1 July 2018DF Shane O'Neill Orlando City SCFree10 July 2018GK Ögmundur Kristinsson Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.Free2 August 2018FW Stanley Elbers PEC ZwolleFree14 August 2018GK Theo Zwarthoed NAC BredaFree27 August 2018DF Desevio Payne FC EmmenFree7 January 2019
Competitions Overall record
Eredivisie
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches 1st half
2nd half
Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
RKC Waalwijk won 3–2 on aggregate.
KNVB Cup
Statistics Scorers #PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal1 Elías Már Ómarsson808 Luigi Bruins7183 Ali Messaoud7074 Jeffry Fortes5055 Mounir El Hamdaoui4046 Denis Mahmudov303 Ryan Koolwijk3038 Dennis Eckert202 Jurgen Mattheij202 Marcus Edwards20211 Jerdy Schouten101 Mikkel Anderson101 Robin van der Meer101
Appearances #PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal1 Jeffry Fortes34135 Jurgen Mattheij341353 Jerdy Schouten33134 Ryan Koolwijk331345 Luigi Bruins311326 Ali Messaoud301317 Lorenzo Burnet291308 Marcus Edwards27128 Mounir El Hamdaoui2712810 Alessandro Damen25126 Elías Már Ómarsson2512612 Hervé Matthys2412513 Thomas Oude Kotte2302314 Denis Mahmudov1912015 Mikkel Anderson18018 Robin van der Meer1711817 Dogucan Haspolat1601618 Sonny Stevens1401419 Dennis Eckert1301320 Anouar Hadouir1111221 Siebe Horemans1101122 Carlito Fermina20223 Jinty Caenepeel101 Redouan El Hankouri101
Clean sheets #PlayerEredivisieTotal1 Alessandro Damen222 Sonny Stevens11Total33
Disciplinary record #PlayerEredivisieKNVBTotal 1 Jurgen Mattheij8100812 Luigi Bruins4100413 Ali Messaoud3100314 Marcus Edwards010001 Sonny Stevens0100016 Jeffry Fortes8000807 Ryan Koolwijk6000608 Hervé Matthys300030 Jerdy Schouten30003010 Stanley Elbers200020 Lorenzo Burnet200020 Mounir El Hamdaoui200020 Robin van der Meer20002014 Dogucan Haspolat100010 Elías Már Ómarsson100010 Mikkel Anderson100010 Thomas Oude Kotte100010
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