The 2021–22 season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 31st season in the Eerste Divisie (3rd consecutive).
Excelsior Rotterdam finished the regular season in 6th place and secured promotion to the Eredivisie after defeating ADO Den Haag in a penalty shootout, winning 8–7.
The club also participated in the 2021–22 KNVB Cup, where their run ended in the second round with a 4–2 loss after extra time against FC Groningen.
Thijs Dallinga was the top scorer of the club in this season with 36 goals; 32 goals in Eerste Divisie and 4 goals in promotion play-offs..
Reuven Niemeijer was the most appeared player in this season with 46 appearances; 38 appearances in the Eerste Divisie, 6 appearances in the promotion play-offs and 2 appearances in the KNVB Cup.
Players First-team squad
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateDF Redouan El Yaakoubi SC TelstarFree1 July 2021GK Stijn van Gassel Helmond SportFree1 July 2021FW Thijs Dallinga FC GroningenFree1 July 2021DF Sven Nieuwpoort SC CambuurFree27 July 2021GK Bo Geens TOP OssFree2 August 2021GK Bo Geens K.V. MechelenFree2 August 2021FW Marouan Azarkan FeyenoordOn loan9 August 2021FW Michael Chacón Atlético NacionalOn loan17 August 2021MF Kenzo Goudmijn AZ AlkmaarOn loan7 January 2022FW Luuk Admiraal ASWHFree24 January 2022FW Nikolas Agrafiotis FC Dordrecht31 January 2022
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateDF Hervé MatthysWithout club1 July 2021MF Luigi Bruins VV SmitshoekFree1 July 2021MF Niek den HeetenWithout club1 July 2021DF Robin van der Meer Helmond SportFree1 July 2021DF Sander Fischer VV CapelleFree1 July 2021FW Thomas Verhaar Amsterdamsche FCFree1 July 2021FW Joël Zwarts SSV Jahn Regensburg€425,00015 July 2021GK Maarten de FockertWithout club16 July 2021FW Elías Már Ómarsson Nîmes Olympique€500,00021 July 2021DF Thomas Oude Kotte Vendsyssel FF23 July 2021FW Dylan Seys Helmond SportFree26 July 2021FW Mitchell van Rooijen VVV-Venlo26 July 2021
Competitions Overall record
Eerste Divisie
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches 1st half
2nd half
Promotion Play-offs
Excelsior Rotterdam won 4–2 on aggregate.
Excelsior Rotterdam won 6–1 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate. Excelsior Rotterdam won 8–7 on penalties.
KNVB Cup
Player statistics Appearances and goals
Clean sheets #PlayerEerste DivisiePromotion play-offsKNVB CupTotal1 Stijn van Gassel1021132 Bo Geens1001Total112114
Disciplinary record #PlayerEredivisiePromotion play-offsKNVB CupTotal 1 Michael Chacon410100422 Redouan El Yaakoubi510000513 Marouan Azarkan311000414 Jaimy Buter000000015 Mats Wieffer602020806 Siebe Horemans502000707 Sven Nieuwpoort401000508 Joshua Eijgenraam30000030 Modeste Duku Mbenga30000030 Reuven Niemeijer30000030 Thijs Dallinga2000103012 Nikolas Agrafiotis1010002013 Abdallah Aberkane10000010 Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill10000010 Couhaib Driouech10000010 Julian Baas10000010 Nathan Tjoe-A-On00100010 Nikita Vlasenko10000010
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