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Excelsior

EXC· 4,600 capacity

Position

6

Played

6

Points

10

3W 1D 2L

Goal difference

+6

13 scored, 7 against

Expected goals

8.9

8.0 against

Points vs expectedest.

+1.3

8.7 expected

Form

Recent form, oldest first: L, W, W, D, L
Where the season ends<1%to win it

From 8,000 simulated seasons.

Win the leagueest.

<1%

Top fourest.

1.7%

European placeest.

34.3%

Relegationest.

<1%

Projected pointsest.

47

likely 39–56

Projected finishest.

9th

range 6–13

Power rating

1494

#10 in the division

Attack / defenceest.

65 / 81

75 is league average

Squad19

19 players from 10 countries.

Netherlands10Georgia1Sweden1Iceland1Germany1+5 more
Squad by position, ordered by minutes played
PlayerMinutesGAShare of goals
GK
1Stijn van Gassel36001—
DF
4Casper Widell36000—
14Jan Plug36000—
3Rick Meissen3601013%
15Simon Janssen24001—
2Eric da Silva Moreira23700—
12Kasey Bos12000—
24Guilliano Cairo1300—
MF
8Irakli Yegoian3601213%
20Lennard Hartjes35500—
6Daniël van Vianen8400—
18Valentin Sulzbacher391013%
9Mario Domínguez2000—
FW
19David Garden2862025%
30Ágúst Thorsteinsson28401—
7Aymen Sliti2362125%
21Ilano Silva Timas13001—
28Nesto Groen661013%
11Alireza Jahanbakhsh5000—

Ordered by minutes within each position, so the first-choice side sits at the top. Share of goals is measured against this squad’s 8 in the same matches these minutes come from — never against the league table, whose season is longer than the window player data covers. That window is 29 of 54 matches.

Season by season16 seasons
Finishing position, 2011/2012 to 2026/20272011/2012: 18 of 18 in the Eredivisie, -1 points2012/2013: 15 of 16 in the Eerste Divisie, 21 points2013/2014: 3 of 20 in the Eerste Divisie, 66 points2014/2015: 15 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 32 points2015/2016: 15 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 30 points2016/2017: 12 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 37 points2017/2018: 11 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 40 points2018/2019: 16 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 33 points2019/2020: 7 of 20 in the Eerste Divisie, 47 points2020/2021: 9 of 20 in the Eerste Divisie, 48 points2021/2022: 6 of 20 in the Eerste Divisie, 66 points2022/2023: 15 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 32 points2023/2024: 16 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 29 points2024/2025: 2 of 20 in the Eerste Divisie, 74 points2025/2026: 13 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 38 points2026/2027: 6 of 18 in the Eredivisie, 10 points
Best22024/2025Worst182011/2012Seasons16
EredivisieEerste Divisie

First place is at the top. A change of division breaks the line, because 8th in one is not 8th in another.

Show data
Finishing position by season
SeasonCompetitionPosPts
2026/2027Eredivisie6 of 1810
2025/2026Eredivisie13 of 1838
2024/2025Eerste Divisie2 of 2074
2023/2024Eredivisie16 of 1829
2022/2023Eredivisie15 of 1832
2021/2022Eerste Divisie6 of 2066
2020/2021Eerste Divisie9 of 2048
2019/2020Eerste Divisie7 of 2047
2018/2019Eredivisie16 of 1833
2017/2018Eredivisie11 of 1840
2016/2017Eredivisie12 of 1837
2015/2016Eredivisie15 of 1830
2014/2015Eredivisie15 of 1832
2013/2014Eerste Divisie3 of 2066
2012/2013Eerste Divisie15 of 1621
2011/2012Eredivisie18 of 18-1
Honours3 titles
  • Eerste DivisieNetherlands3 · 5 runner-up

    2005/2006 · 1978/1979 · 1973/1974

  • KNVB CupNetherlands0 · 1 runner-up
In the dugout8 managers
Manager by season, with points per game
SeasonManagerW–D–LPts / game
2026/2027Ruben den UilEredivisie3–1–2
1.67
2025/2026Ruben den UilEredivisie10–8–16
1.12
2024/2025Ruben den UilEerste Divisie22–8–8
1.95
2023/2024Marinus DijkhuizenEredivisie6–11–17
0.85
2022/2023Marinus DijkhuizenEredivisie9–5–20
0.94
2021/2022Marinus DijkhuizenEerste Divisie19–9–10
1.74
2020/2021Marinus DijkhuizenEerste Divisie14–6–18
1.26
2019/2020Ricardo MonizEerste Divisie10–6–7
1.57
2019/2020Marinus DijkhuizenEerste Divisie3–2–1
1.83
2018/2019Adrie PoldervaartEredivisie7–5–16
0.93
2018/2019André HoekstraEredivisie0–0–1
0.00
2018/2019Ricardo MonizEredivisie2–1–2
1.40
2017/2018Mitchell van der GaagEredivisie11–7–16
1.18
2016/2017Mitchell van der GaagEredivisie9–10–15
1.09
2015/2016Alfons GroenendijkEredivisie7–9–18
0.88
2014/2015Marinus DijkhuizenEredivisie6–14–14
0.94
2013/2014Jon Dahl TomassonEerste Divisie8–9–5
1.50
2013/2014Marinus DijkhuizenEerste Divisie10–3–3
2.06

One row per season, which is the grain the source supplies — a manager who stayed four years appears four times. Points per game is what makes spells of different lengths comparable.

The groundStadion Woudestein
CityRotterdamCapacity4,600Opened1902SurfaceArtificial turf

Results

Recent

Excelsior
1–2FT
FC Utrecht
  • Aymen Sliti 77'
  • Artem Stepanov 36'
  • Dani de Wit 90'
0.61xG1.49
NEC Nijmegen
2–2FT
Excelsior
  • Adam Tahaui 11'
  • Noé Lebreton 90'
  • David Garden 43'
  • Valentin Sulzbacher 73'
1.43xG1.81
Willem II
0–3FT
Excelsior
    • David Garden 8'
    • Rick Meissen 34'
    • Irakli Yegoian 85'
    1.10xG1.73
    Excelsior
    2–1FT
    Sparta Rotterdam
    • Aymen Sliti 24'
    • Nesto Groen 90'
    • Milan Zonneveld 48'
    1.32xG1.03
    Excelsior
    1–2FT
    PSV Eindhoven

    Fixtures

    Next up

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    Fortuna Sittard
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    FC Twente
    Where the chances come from53 shots

    Every shot taken, filterable by situation, body part and outcome.

    Shot map — Excelsior
    Shots53Goals8xG5.48Conversion15%xG per shot0.103Big chances4

    Marker area is expected-goal value. Filled markers are goals; a heavier outline is a big chance (our threshold, not the provider’s).

    Show data
    Every shot for Excelsior
    xGBodySituationOutcome
    0.87left footopen playgoal
    0.46left footfast breakoff target
    0.36right footopen playsaved
    0.32headcornergoal
    0.23right footfast breaksaved
    0.22right footopen playgoal
    0.22headopen playoff target
    0.20headcornergoal
    0.18right footopen playgoal
    0.16right footopen playblocked
    0.14right footopen playgoal
    0.14headopen playsaved
    0.12headset pieceoff target
    0.12headset piecesaved
    0.11right footopen playblocked
    0.09left footopen playsaved
    0.09left footset pieceblocked
    0.09right footfast breakblocked
    0.09left footopen playoff target
    0.08left footset pieceblocked
    0.08left footopen playsaved
    0.07right footcorneroff target
    0.07left footopen playoff target
    0.06right footopen playblocked
    0.06left footcornergoal
    0.06right footfast breakblocked
    0.05right footopen playoff target
    0.04right footopen playblocked
    0.04headopen playoff target
    0.04right footfast breakgoal
    0.04left footopen playsaved
    0.04headopen playoff target
    0.04right footopen playsaved
    0.04right footopen playoff target
    0.04left footopen playblocked
    0.03headopen playoff target
    0.03right footopen playblocked
    0.03right footopen playblocked
    0.03right footopen playoff target
    0.03right footopen playoff target
    0.03left footcornerblocked
    0.03left footfast breakblocked
    0.03left footopen playblocked
    0.03left footopen playsaved
    0.03left footopen playblocked
    0.02right footopen playsaved
    0.02left footopen playblocked
    0.02left footopen playsaved
    0.02right footopen playoff target
    0.02right footopen playoff target
    0.02headopen playoff target
    0.02left footopen playsaved
    0.01right footfast breakoff target
    In the table6th on 10
    Eredivisie table. Ranked by points, then goal-difference, then goals-for.
    #ClubPlGDPtsTitle
    3
    Feyenoord
    		6+1314
    24%
    4
    Ajax
    		6+1213
    4%
    5
    FC Twente
    		6+713
    8%
    6
    Excelsior
    		6+610
    <1%
    7
    Fortuna Sittard
    		6-210
    0%
    8
    Go Ahead Eagles
    		6+29
    <1%
    9
    FC Groningen
    		6-18
    0%
    Conference League playoff

    European places are provisional: they shift with domestic cup winners and UEFA coefficient spots.

    Title and relegation chances are Monte Carlo estimates over the remaining fixturesest. A shown 0% means it did not occur in 8,000 simulated seasons — not that it is impossible.