2022–23 FC Twente season

FC Twente
2022–23 season
Chairman	Paul van der Kraan
Head coach	Ron Jans
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Václav Černý (13); All: ; Václav Černý (15)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 58th season in the history of FC Twente, and their fourth consecutive season in the Dutch top flight. The club participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 July 2022^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Lars Unnerstall
2	DF	NED	Mees Hilgers
3	DF	NED	Robin Pröpper (vice-captain)
4	DF	ESP	Julio Pleguezuelo
5	DF	NED	Gijs Smal
6	MF	NED	Wout Brama (captain)
7	FW	CZE	Václav Černý
8	MF	ALG	Ramiz Zerrouki
9	FW	NED	Ricky van Wolfswinkel
10	FW	NED	Virgil Misidjan
11	FW	NED	Daan Rots
14	MF	NED	Sem Steijn
16	GK	MAR	Issam El Maach


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	NED	Michel Vlap
19	MF	GRE	Christos Tzolis (on loan from Norwich City)
20	DF	NED	Joshua Brenet
21	MF	NOR	Mathias Kjølø
22	GK	POL	Przemysław Tytoń
23	MF	CZE	Michal Sadílek
24	DF	NED	Luca Everink
26	FW	NED	Denilho Cleonise
27	FW	CRC	Manfred Ugalde (on loan from Lommel)
30	GK	NED	Sam Karssies
32	MF	NED	Casper Staring
37	MF	NED	Thijs van Leeuwen
38	MF	NED	Max Bruns

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 July 2022 Friendly	Twente	1–0	Nordsjælland	Goor
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Steijn 5'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Heeckeren Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

8 July 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–5	Twente	Düsseldorf, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 8'		Černý 32' Rots 73', 90+' Staring 79' Vlap 90+' (pen.)	Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion

16 July 2022 Friendly	Twente	3–3	Werder Bremen	Enschede
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ugalde 45' Van Wolfswinkel 65' Cleonise 89' Černý 105'	Report	Ducksch 26' Weiser 79' Schmidt 100'	Stadium: FC Twente-Trainingscentrum Attendance: 0 Referee: Nick Smit
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves. Match was played behind closed doors due to security concerns.

22 July 2022 Friendly	Twente	3–1	Schalke 04	Enschede
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vlap 13' Steijn 83' Ugalde 89'	Report	Kamiński 9' Latza 45+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

29 July 2022 Friendly	Twente	4–1	Bologna	Enschede
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rots 2' Misidjan 30' Brenet 32' Vlap 36' Smal 47' Pleguezuelo 58' Zerrouki 72'		Medel 31' Soumaoro 45' Domínguez 57'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

3 December 2022 Friendly	Almere City	1–1	Twente	Almere
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duijvestijn 44'	Report	Bruns 86'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion

10 December 2022 Friendly	Twente	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

17 December 2022 Friendly	Alajuelense	2–2	Twente	Costa Rica
23:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

21 December 2022 Friendly	Alajuelense	3–2	Twente	Costa Rica
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	7 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	5th	34	18	10	6	66	27	+39	052.94
Eredivisie Play-offs	1 June 2023	11 June 2023	Semi-finals	Winners	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	075.00
KNVB Cup	10 January 2023	9 February 2023	Second round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	4 August 2022	25 August 2022	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	050.00
Total					44	24	12	8	85	33	+52	054.55

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Ajax	34	20	9	5	86	38	+48	69	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	AZ	34	20	7	7	68	35	+33	67	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Twente (O)	34	18	10	6	66	27	+39	64	Qualification to European competition play-offs
6	Sparta Rotterdam	34	17	8	9	60	37	+23	59
7	Utrecht	34	15	9	10	55	50	+5	54

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)
(O) Play-off Winner

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W
Position	6	4	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4

Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[2]

7 August 2022 1	NEC	0–1	Twente	Nijmegen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Duelund 53'	Report	Sadilek 50' Steijn 90+1'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,256 Referee: Danny Makkelie

14 August 2022 2	Twente	3–0	Fortuna Sittard	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	van Wolfswinkel 22', 74' Brenet 44' Misidjan 53'	Report	Duarte 73' Seuntjens 80' Yılmaz 90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

28 August 2022 3	FC Volendam	1–0	Twente	Volendam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Douiri 45' van Mieghem 61' Zeefuik 83'	Report		Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,750 Referee: Alex Bos

31 August 2022 4	Twente	4–0	Excelsior	Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cleonise 1' Tzolis 8' Černý 62' 90+3'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

3 September 2022 5	Twente	2–1	PSV	Enschede
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Černý 17' 24' Pröpper 27'	Report	Til 55' Max 74' Sangaré 76'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

11 September 2022 6	AZ	1–1	Twente	Enschede
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Claise 46' Odgaard 54'	Report	Ugalde 81' Hilgers 89' Misidjan 90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 16,269 Referee: Pol van Boekel

18 September 2022 7	Heerenveen	2–1	Twente	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	van Ewijk 28' Bochniewicz 36' Tahiri 55' Kaib 79' van Ottele 90+5'	Report	Misidjan 2' Smal 14' Pröpper 15'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 21,039 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

1 October 2022 8	Twente	3–0	Vitesse	Enschede
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Brenet 37' Pröpper 45+4' Misidjan 74' Smal 90+3'	Report	Wittek 52'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

9 October 2022 9	Feyenoord	2–0	Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kökçü 30' 43' Hancko 64' Igor Paixão 73'	Report	Brenet 41' Černý 45+2'	Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

16 October 2022 10	Twente	3–0	Groningen	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Misidjan 25' 48' Brenet 55' van Wolfswinkel 84'	Report	Kalley 88' te Wierik 90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

23 October 2022 11	Cambuur	0–1	Twente	Leeuwarden
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	van der Water 29' Schmidt 32' Uldriķis 35'	Report	Misidjan 3' Brenet 62' van Wolfswinkel 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

30 October 2022 12	Twente	3–0	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Steijn 34' 45' Pröpper 46' van Wolfswinkel 89'	Report	Lelieveld 6' Augustijns 85'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,100 Referee: Rob Dieperink

6 November 2022 13	Twente	1–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hilgers 18' van Wolfswinkel 34' (pen.) Pröpper 45+1' Everink 90+1' Zerrouki 90+2'	Report	Adekanye 37' Stokkers 86' Willumsson 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

11 November 2022 14	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	Twente	Rotterdam
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Verschueren 60' 71' Jeremy van Mullem 62'	Report	Steijn 63'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,606 Referee: Alex Bos

6 January 2023 15	Twente	2–0	FC Emmen	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	van Wolfswinkel 5' Hilgers 31' Sadílek 67'	Report	Assehnoun 87' Heylen 90+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

14 January 2023 16	Ajax	0–0	Twente	Amsterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rensch 35' Tadić 55'	Report	Sampsted 13' van Wolfswinkel 45+6' Zerrouki 61' Tzolis 73'	Stadium: Johan Cruijff Arena Attendance: 53.649 Referee: Allard Lindhout

22 January 2023 17	Twente	2–0	FC Utrecht	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Černý 45+1' Misidjan 64' Salah-Eddine 80'	Report	Booth 50'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 28.500 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

25 January 2023 18	Vitesse	2–2	Twente	Arnhem
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vidović 44' Bero 52' Oroz 90+6' Domgjoni 90+7'	Report	van Wolfswinkel 33' (pen.) Černý 59'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 14.699 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

29 January 2023 19	Twente	1–1	Feyenoord	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

5 February 2023 20	FC Groningen	1–1	Twente	Groningen
16:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Euroborg

12 February 2023 21	Twente	3–0	FC Volendam	Enschede
16:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

19 February 2023 22	Go Ahead Eagles	2–0	Twente	Deventer
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Adelaarshorst

26 February 2023 23	PSV	3–1	Twente	Eindhoven
16:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Philips Stadion

4 March 2023 24	Twente	3–3	Heerenveen	Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

11 March 2023 25	Fortuna Sittard	0–3	Twente	Sittard
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion

19 March 2023 26	Twente	2–1	AZ	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

1 April 2023 27	Excelsior	0–0	Twente	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion

9 April 2023 28	Twente	4–0	Cambuur	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

16 April 2023 29	FC Utrecht	1–0	Twente	Utrecht
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

23 April 2023 30	Twente	3–3	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
12:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

7 May 2023 31	FC Emmen	0–3	Twente	Emmen
12:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk

12 May 2023 32	Twente	4–0	NEC	Enschede
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

21 May 2023 33	RKC Waalwijk	0–5	Twente	Waalwijk
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion

28 May 2023 34	Twente	3–1	Ajax	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

European competition play-offs

1 June 2023 Semi-finals First leg	SC Heerenveen	1–2	Twente	Heerenveen
18:45	Haye 45+1'	Report	19' Černý 90+3' Ugalde	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 21,360 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

4 June 2023 Semi-finals Second leg	Twente	4–0	SC Heerenveen	Enschede
14:30	Vlap 11' Pröpper 22' Brenet 45' Misidjan 68'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

8 June 2023 Final First leg	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	Twente	Rotterdam
20:00	Van Crooij 47' (pen.)	Report	90+3' Zerrouki	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,349 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

11 June 2023 Final Second leg	Twente	1–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
14:30		Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

10 January 2023 Second round	Twente	3–1	Telstar	Enschede
CET (UTC+1)	Rots 37', 42' Misidjan 67'	Report	Blackson 31' Giousis 33' Oude Kotte 68'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 20,000

9 February 2023 Round of 16	Twente	0–1	Ajax	Enschede
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kudus 70'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

4 August 2022 First leg	Čukarički	1–3	Twente	Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Badamosi 48' Kovač 59'	Report	Rots 8' Vlap 31' Brenet 43' Smal 65' Sadilek 85'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium, Belgrade^{[note 1]} Attendance: 2,374 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

11 August 2022 Second leg	Twente	4–1 (7–2 agg.)	Čukarički	Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	R. Pröpper 16' Vlap 34' Tzolis 84', 90+2'	Report	Adžić 7' Badamosi 54' Ivanović 62'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

18 August 2022 First leg	Fiorentina	2–1	Twente	Florence, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	González 2' Cabral 31' Milenković 39' Amrabat 90+1' Maleh 90+5'	Report	Smal 33' Pröpper 55' Vlap 62' Černý 64', 70'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 16,674 Referee: Daniel Stefanski (Poland)

25 August 2022 Second leg	Twente	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Fiorentina	Enschede, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pröpper 45+1' Sadílek 58' Zerrouki 63' Hilgers 77'	Report	Ikoné 30' Maleh 43' Gollini 76' Igor 83' 90+3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Notes

^ Čukarički will play their third qualifying round home match at the Partizan Stadium, instead of their regular venue, the Čukarički Stadium

References

^ "Selectie 2021-2022" [Selection 2021-2022]. FC Twente (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2022/'23 definitief vastgesteld" [Competition program 2022/’23 definitively established]. Eredivisie.nl (in Dutch).

[3] Čukarički will play their third qualifying round home match at the Partizan Stadium, instead of their regular venue, the Čukarički Stadium

[1] "Selectie 2021-2022" [Selection 2021-2022]. FC Twente (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[2] "Competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2022/'23 definitief vastgesteld" [Competition program 2022/’23 definitively established]. Eredivisie.nl (in Dutch).

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