2021–22 Excelsior Rotterdam season

Excelsior Rotterdam
2021–22 season
StadiumVan Donge & De Roo Stadion
Eerste Divisie6th[note 1]
KNVB Cup2nd round
Biggest win5-0 FC Den Bosch (a) 5th week
Biggest defeat4-1 (NAC Breda (a) 9th week
FC Eindhoven (a) 25th week
SC Telstar (h) 34th week)
3-0 Almere City FC (a) 33rd week
All statistics correct as of 12 July 2025.

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.

Players

First-team squad

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
DF Netherlands Redouan El Yaakoubi Netherlands SC Telstar Free 1 July 2021
GK Netherlands Stijn van Gassel Netherlands Helmond Sport Free 1 July 2021
DF Netherlands Sven Nieuwpoort Netherlands SC Cambuur[1] Free 27 July 2021
GK Belgium Bo Geens Belgium K.V. Mechelen[2] Free 2 August 2021

Out

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eerste Divisie 6 August 2021 6 May 2022 Week 1 6th 38 19 9 10 82 57 +25 050.00
Promotion playoffs 10 May 2022 29 May 2022 1st round Final 6 3 3 0 15 7 +8 050.00
KNVB Cup 27 October 2021 15 December 2021 1st round 2nd round 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 050.00
Total 46 23 12 11 102 68 +34 050.00

Source: ESPN

Eerste Divisie

Main article: 2021–22 Eerste Divisie

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 19 9 10 82 57  +25 66 9 5 5 44 28  +16 10 4 5 38 29  +9

Matches

1st half

6 August 2021 1st week>[3] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-1 TOP Oss Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
13 August 2021 2nd week[4] Roda JC Kerkrade 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Kerkrade
20:00 Report Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
20 August 2021 3rd week[5] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-1 FC Volendam Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
27 August 2021 4th week[6] Jong Ajax 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Duivendrecht, Amsterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst
3 September 2021 5th week[7] FC Den Bosch 0-5 Excelsior Rotterdam Den Bosch
18:45 Report Stadium: Stadion De Vliert
10 September 2021 6th week[8] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-1 FC Dordrecht Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
17 September 2021 7th week[9] De Graafschap 3-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Doetinchem
20:00 Report Stadium: De Vijverberg
24 September 2021 8th week[10] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-0 Jong PSV Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
1 October 2021 9th week[11] NAC Breda 4-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Breda
20:00 Report Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
9 October 2021 10th week[12] FC Emmen 0-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Emmen
18:45 Report Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
15 October 2021 11th week[13] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-0 VVV-Venlo Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
22 October 2021 12th week[14] ADO Den Haag 0-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Den Haag
20:00 Report Stadium: WerkTalent Stadion
30 October 2021 13th week[15] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-4 FC Eindhoven Rotterdam
16:30 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
6 November 2021 14th week[16] SC Telstar 2-5 Excelsior Rotterdam Velsen-Zuid
16:30 Report Stadium: BUKO Stadion
14 November 2021 15th week[17] Excelsior Rotterdam 4-4 Almere City FC Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
19 November 2021 16th week[18] Helmond Sport 1-5 Excelsior Rotterdam Helmond
20:00 Report Stadium: Stadion De Braak
26 November 2021 17th week[19] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-1 Jong FC Utrecht Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
6 December 2021 18th week[20] Jong AZ 0-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Den Haag
20:00 Report Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex
10 December 2021 19th week[21] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-1 MVV Maastricht Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
18 December 2021 20th week[22] FC Dordrecht 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Dordrecht
20:00 Report Stadium: M-Scores Stadion

2nd half

14 January 2022 21st week[23] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-0 De Graafschap Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
21 January 2022 22nd week[24] Jong PSV 3-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
20:00 Report Stadium: PSV Campus De Herdgang
25 January 2022 23rd week[25] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-3 ADO Den Haag Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
29 January 2022 24th week[26] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-1 FC Emmen Rotterdam
16:30 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
7 February 2022 25th week[27] FC Eindhoven 4-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
20:00 Report Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion
11 February 2022 26th week[28] Excelsior Rotterdam 6-2 Jong Ajax Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
21 February 2022 27th week[29] Jong FC Utrecht 0-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Utrecht
20:00 Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
25 February 2022 28th week[30] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-0 Roda JC Kerkrade Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
4 March 2022 29th week[31] Excelsior Rotterdam 4-0 FC Den Bosch Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
11 March 2022 30th week[32] FC Volendam 2-5 Excelsior Rotterdam Volendam
20:00 Report Stadium: Kras Stadion
18 March 2022 31st week[33] TOP Oss 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Oss
20:00 Report Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion
26 March 2022 32nd week[34] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-0 Helmond Sport Rotterdam
18:45 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
1 April 2022 33rd week[35] Almere City FC 3-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Almere
20:00 Report Stadium: Yanmar Stadion
8 April 2022 34th week[36] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-4 SC Telstar Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
15 April 2022 35th week[37] MVV Maastricht 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Maastricht
20:00 Report Stadium: De Geusselt
22 April 2022 36th week[38] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-3 Jong AZ Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
29 April 2022 37th week[39] VVV-Venlo 2-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Venlo
20:00 Report Stadium: De Koel
6 May 2022 38th week[40] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-2 NAC Breda Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion

Promotion Play-offs

10 May 2022 1st round
1st match[41]		 Excelsior Rotterdam 2-2 Roda JC Kerkrade Rotterdam
21:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
14 May 2022 1st round
2nd match[42]		 Roda JC Kerkrade 0-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Kerkrade
20:00 Report Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion

Excelsior Rotterdam won 4–2 on aggregate.

18 May 2022 Semi-final
1st match[43]		 Excelsior Rotterdam 3-0 Heracles Almelo Rotterdam
18:45 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
21 May 2022 Semi-final
2nd match[44]		 Heracles Almelo 1-3 Excelsior Rotterdam Almelo
20:00 Report Stadium: Asito Stadion

Excelsior Rotterdam won 6–1 on aggregate.

24 May 2022 Final
1st match[45]		 Excelsior Rotterdam 1-1 ADO Den Haag Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
29 May 2022 Final
2nd match[46]		 Excelsior Rotterdam 4-4 (a.e.t.) ADO Den Haag Den Haag
18:00 Report Stadium: WerkTalent Stadion

5–5 on aggregate. Excelsior Rotterdam won 8–7 on penalties.

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2020–21 KNVB Cup
27 October 2021 1st round[47] Ijsselmeervogels 0-3 Excelsior Rotterdam Bunschoten
20:00 Report Stadium: Sportpark de Westmaat (IJsselmeervogels)
15 December 2021 2nd round[48] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-4 (a.e.t.) FC Groningen Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion

Notes

  1. ^ Promoted to Eredivisie via play-offs.

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