2022–23 Excelsior Rotterdam season
Dutch football club season
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The 2022–23 season was the 121st season in the existence of Excelsior Rotterdam and the club's first season back in the top flight of Dutch football.
| 2022–23 season | |
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| Chairman | Bob de Lange |
| Manager | Marinus Dijkhuizen |
| Stadium | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion |
| Eredivisie | 15th |
| KNVB Cup | 2nd round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Kenzo Goudmijn Lazaros Lamprou (4 each) All: Lazaros Lamprou (6) |
| Highest home attendance | 4,400 (3rd, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th 19th, 20th, 24th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 33rd weeks) |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,000 (KNVB 1st round) |
| Average home league attendance | 4,423 |
| Biggest win | Excelsior Rotterdam 5–1 MVV Maastricht |
| Biggest defeat | Ajax 7–1 Excelsior |
The season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 23rd season in the Eredivisie (1st consecutive) and the team concluded the regular Eredivisie season in 15th place.
In the KNVB Cup, Excelsior Rotterdam's participation ended in the second round following a 4–1 defeat to AZ Alkmaar.
Lazaros Lamprou was the top scorer of the club in this season with 6 goals; 4 goals in Eredivisie and 2 goals in KNVB Cup.
Kenzo Goudmijn and Siebe Horemans were most appeared players in this season with 36 appearances; 34 appearances in the Eredivisie, 2 appearances in the KNVB Cup.
Players
- As of 31 January 2023
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 |
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| FW |  Reda Kharchouch |
Sparta Rotterdam[1] |
End of loan | 30 June 2022 |
| FW |  Jacky Donkor |
FC Dordrecht[2] |
21 July 2022 | |
| FW | Mike van Duinen |
 OFI Crete F.C.[3] |
Free | 19 August 2022 |
| MF |  Adrian Fein |
FC Bayern Munich[4] |
Free | 24 August 2022 |
| FW | Lazaros Lamprou |
PAOK FC[5] |
€450,000 | 31 August 2022 |
| DF | Maxime Awoudja |
VfB Stuttgart[6] |
Free | 31 August 2022 |
| GK | Norbert Alblas |
TOP Oss[7] |
31 August 2022 | |
| DF | Kik Pierie |
ASWH[8] |
On loan | 1 January 2023 |
| DF | Peer Koopmeiners |
AZ Alkmaar[9] |
On loan | 10 January 2023 |
| MF | Noah Naujoks |
Feyenoord[10] |
30 January 2023 | |
| DF |  Arthur Zagré |
AS Monaco FC[11] |
On loan | 31 January 2023 |
| FW | Vicente Besuijen |
 Aberdeen F.C.[12] |
On loan | 31 January 2023 |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Nikita Vlasenko |
 Juventus FC |
End of loan | 30 June 2022 |
| DF | Abdallah Aberkane |
Without club | 1 July 2022 | |
| GK | Bo Geens |
Without club | 1 July 2022 | |
| DF |  Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill |
Without club | 1 July 2022 | |
| MF | Mats Wieffer |
Feyenoord[13] |
€575,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Reuven Niemeijer |
Brescia Calcio |
Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Thijs Dallinga |
Toulouse FC |
€2,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Modeste Duku |
FC Borgo |
Free | 2 August 2022 |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 9 July 2022 Friendly | NAC Breda | 1–1 | Excelsior | Zundert, Netherlands |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sportpark de Wildert |
| Note: Match was played in three 30-minute periods | ||||
| 12 July 2022 Friendly | Almere City | 2–0 | Excelsior | Netherlands |
| 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Attendance: 0 | |
| Note: Match was played in four 30-minute periods | ||||
| 16 July 2022 Friendly | Excelsior | 3–2 | Dordrecht | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Sven Spaan |
| 22 July 2022 Friendly | Heracles Almelo | 2–1 | Excelsior | Almelo, Netherlands |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Erve Asito |
| 30 July 2022 Friendly | Heerenveen | 3–1 | Excelsior | Heerenveen |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Referee: Jeroen Mans |
| 8 November 2022 Friendly | Jong FC Utrecht | 1–1 | Excelsior | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch |
| 4 December 2022 Friendly | Kortrijk | 1–0 | Excelsior | Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands |
| 12:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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| 10 December 2022 Friendly | Club Brugge | 0–2 | Excelsior | Knokke-Heist, Netherlands |
| 13:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Complex Molenhoek |
| 15 December 2022 Friendly | Portimonense  | 1–1 | Excelsior | Albufeira, Portugal |
| 11:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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| 22 December 2022 Friendly | Excelsior | 0–1 | Heerenveen | Netherlands |
| 13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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| Note: 45+30 minutes | ||||
| 22 December 2022 Friendly | Excelsior | 1–1 | Heerenveen | Netherlands |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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| Note: Match was played in two 30-minute periods | ||||
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Eredivisie | 7 August 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 26.47 |
| KNVB Cup | 19 October 2022 | 11 January 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Total | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 27.78 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Eredivisie
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 36 | |
| 14 | Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 36 | |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 32 | |
| 16 | Emmen (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Cambuur (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | −43 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)
(R) Relegated
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | −35 |
Last updated: 28 May 2023.
Source: Eredivisie
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[14]
1st half
| 6 August 2022 1st week[15] | SC Cambuur | 0-2 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Leeuwarden |
| 18:45 | Report | Marouan Azarkan  10'Julian Baas 44' |
Stadium: Kooi Stadion Attendance: 9,671 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf |
| 12 August 2022 2nd week[16] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 3-1 | SBV Vitesse | Rotterdam |
| 20:00 | Reda Kharchouch 14' 20' Kenzo Goudmijn 76' |
Report | Nikolai Baden Frederiksen 29' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,234 Referee: Alex Bos |
| 28 August 2022 3rd week[17] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-6 | PSV Eindhoven | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Siebe Horemans 74' |
Report | Joey Veerman 2' Ibrahim Sangaré 29' 45'Xavi Simons 55' 84'Cody Gakpo 59' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Jeroen Manschot |
| 31 August 2022 4th week[18] | FC Twente | 4-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Enschede |
| 21:00 | Denilho Cleonise 1' Christos Tzolis 8'Václav Cerný 62' 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal |
| 4 September 2022 5th week[19] | RKC Waalwijk | 4-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Waalwijk |
| 12:15 | Shawn Adewoye 38' Pelle Clement 50'Thierry Lutonda 60'Vurnon Anita 80'Michiel Kramer 90+1' |
Report | Julian Baas 15' Redouan El Yaakoubi 43' |
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Jannick van der Laan |
| 10 September 2022 6th week[20] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-1 | FC Emmen | Rotterdam |
| 21:00 | Nathan Tjoe-A-On 61' Serano Seymor 90+5' |
Report | Ole Romeny 45' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Laurens Gerrets |
| 17 September 2022 7th week[21] | Fortuna Sittard | 1-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Sittard |
| 21:00 | Rémy Vita 87' |
Report | Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 8,379 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf |
| 2 October 2022 8th week[22] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-1 | FC Utrecht | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Report | Sander van de Streek 31' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,142 Referee: Richard Martens |
| 8 October 2022 9th week[23] | NEC Nijmegen | 1-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Goffertstadion |
| 21:00 | Landry Dimata 59' |
Report | Lazaros Lamprou 88' |
Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Sander van der Eijk |
| 16 October 2022 10th week[24] | AFC Ajax | 7-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Amsterdam |
| 20:00 | Jorge Sánchez 15' Steven Berghuis 26'Brian Brobbey 44' 59'Dusan Tadic 64'Steven Bergwijn 75'Mohammed Kudus 81' |
Report | Nikolas Agrafiotis 90' |
Stadium: Johan Cruijff Arena Attendance: 53,941 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal |
| 23 October 2022 11th week[25] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-1 | AZ Alkmaar | Rotterdam |
| 12:15 | Siebe Horemans 6' Marouan Azarkan 32' |
Report | Yukinari Sugawara 48' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Allard Lindhout |
| 29 October 2022 12th week[26] | Go Ahead Eagles | 3-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Deventer |
| 21:00 | Willum Þór Willumsson 39' Bobby Adekanye 41'Isac Lidberg 60' |
Report | Lazaros Lamprou 72' |
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,238 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis |
| 5 November 2022 13th week[27] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-1 | SC Heerenveen | Rotterdam |
| 21:00 | Report | Milan van Ewijk 58' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Robin Hensgens |
| 13 November 2022 14th week[28] | Feyenoord | 5-1 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 16:45 | Sebastian Szymański 11' 50' Orkun Kökçü 20' 66'Patrik Wålemark 78' |
Report | Kenzo Goudmijn 4' |
Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Joey Kooij |
2nd half
| 8 January 2023 15th week[29] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-0 | FC Groningen | Rotterdam |
| 16:45 | Redouan El Yaakoubi 69' |
Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Erwin Blank |
| 14 January 2023 16th week[30] | Sparta Rotterdam | 1-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 21:00 | Joshua Kitolano 90+1' |
Report | Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 10,555 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf |
| 20 January 2023 17th week[31] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-0 | FC Volendam | Rotterdam |
| 20:00 | Damon Mirani  18' (o.g.)Marouan Azarkan 80' |
Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Danny Makkelie |
| 25 January 2023 18th week[32] | FC Utrecht | 1-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 21:00 | Anastasios Douvikas 6' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 17,058 Referee: Laurens Gerrets |
| 29 January 2023 19th week[33] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-4 | AFC Ajax | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Redouan El Yaakoubi 36' |
Report | Dusan Tadic 15' (pen.) Davy Klaassen 45'Mohammed Kudus 61'Devyne Rensch 83' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom |
| 4 February 2023 20th week[34] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-0 | RKC Waalwijk | Rotterdam |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal |
| 10 February 2023 21st week[35] | FC Utrecht | 5-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Alkmaar |
| 20:00 | Sven Mijnans 20' 30' Jesper Karlsson 27'Jens Odgaard 35'Vangelis Pavlidis 38' |
Report | Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,187 Referee: Alex Bos |
| 19 February 2023 22nd week[36] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-3 | NEC Nijmegen | Rotterdam |
| 20:00 | Report | Magnus Mattsson 44' Souffian El Karouani 73'Anthony Musaba 85' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof |
| 25 February 2023 23rd week[37] | FC Groningen | 3-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Groningen |
| 16:30 | Johan Hove 13' Ricardo Pepi 50'Liam van Gelderen 66' |
Report | Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 20,140 Referee: Danny Makkelie |
| 5 March 2023 24th week[38] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-4 | Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| 12:15 | Couhaib Driouech 45' |
Report | Redouan El Yaakoubi 20' (o.g.) Kōki Saitō 49'Tobias Lauritsen 56'Bart Vriends 60' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis |
| 11 March 2023 25th week[39] | FC Emmen | 2-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Groningen |
| 16:30 | Ole Romeny 63' 71' |
Report | Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 8,126 Referee: Dennis Higler |
| 19 March 2023 26th week[40] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 4-1 | SC Cambuur | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Kenzo Goudmijn 6' Léon Bergsma 10' (o.g.)Siebe Horemans 20'Lazaros Lamprou 33' |
Report | Alex Bangura 50' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Jeroen Manschot |
| 1 April 2023 27th week[41] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-0 | FC Twente | Rotterdam |
| 18:45 | Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Martin Fernando Perezlindo |
| 8 April 2023 28th week[42] | PSV Eindhoven | 4-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Eindhoven |
| 20:00 | Luuk de Jong 12' Xavi Simons 78'Fábio Silva 82'Érick Gutiérrez 87' |
Report | Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 36,003 Referee: Rob Dieperink |
| 14 April 2023 29th week[43] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2-1 | Go Ahead Eagles | Rotterdam |
| 20:00 | Couhaib Driouech 54' Julian Baas 65' |
Report | Willum Þór Willumsson 61' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Erwin Blank |
| 22 April 2023 30th week[44] | SBV Vitesse | 0-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Arnhem |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 15,007 Referee: Sander van der Eijk |
| 7 May 2023 31st week[45] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 0-2 | Feyenoord | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Report | Santiago Gimenez 9' 75' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük |
| 13 May 2023 32nd week[46] | SC Heerenveen | 0-0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Heerenveen |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18,912 Referee: Rob Dieperink |
| 21 May 2023 33rd week[47] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 3-0 | Fortuna Sittard | Rotterdam |
| 14:30 | Kik Pierie 59' Couhaib Driouech 73'Kenzo Goudmijn 85' |
Report | Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof |
| 28 May 2023 34th week[48] | FC Volendam | 3-2 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Volendam |
| 14:30 | Daryl van Mieghem 10' Stijn van Gassel 23' (o.g.)Francesco Antonucci 27' |
Report | Lazaros Lamprou 56' Nikolas Agrafiotis 78' |
Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,733 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis |
KNVB Cup
| 19 October 2022 1st round[49] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 5-1 | MVV Maastricht | Rotterdam |
| 20:00 | Reda Kharchouch 22' (pen.) 53' (pen.) Lazaros Lamprou 39' 44'Marouan Azarkan 49' |
Report | Koen Kostons 65' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jeroen Manschot |
| 11 January 2023 2nd round[50] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 1-4 | AZ Alkmaar | Rotterdam |
| 18:45 | Reda Kharchouch 32' |
Report | Jens Odgaard 13' Dani de Wit 35'Jesper Karlsson 39'Vangelis Pavlidis 79' |
Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Bas Nijhuis |
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
- Source: [citation needed]
Clean sheets
| # | Player | Eredivisie |
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| 1 | Stijn van Gassel |
6 |
Disciplinary record
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total | |||
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| 1 | Redouan El Yaakoubi |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 |  Couhaib Driouech |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Julian Baas |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Marouan Azarkan |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike van Duinen |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Siebe Horemans |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 7 | Reda Kharchouch |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yassine Ayoub |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9 | Adrian Fein |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joshua Eijgenraam |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kenzo Goudmijn |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
 Nathangelo Markelo |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nikolas Agrafiotis |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | Arthur Zagre |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacky Donkor |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lazaros Lamprou |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Maxime Awoudja |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Noah Naujoks |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Peer Koopmeiners |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Serano Seymor |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sven Nieuwpoort |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |