2024–25 Excelsior Rotterdam season

Excelsior Rotterdam
2024–25 season
StadiumVan Donge & De Roo Stadion
Eerste Divisie2nd
KNVB CupR16
Biggest win5-0 (ADO Den Haag (a) 4th week
Jong PSV (h) 37th week)
Biggest defeat3-0 (Roda JC Kerkrade (a) 9th week)
All statistics correct as of 14 July 2025.

The 2024–25 season was Excelsior Rotterdam's 32nd season in the Eerste Divisie (1st consecutive).

Excelsior Rotterdam finished the regular season in second place, securing promotion to the Eredivisie.

The club also competed in the KNVB Cup, where their campaign ended in the round of 16 following a 5–4 extra-time defeat to PSV Eindhoven.

Players

First-team squad

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
FW Netherlands Nesto Groen Netherlands Feyenoord (U21)[1] 11 July 2024
GK Netherlands Calvin Raatsie Netherlands FC Utrecht[2] €200,000 16 July 2024
DF Netherlands Django Warmerdam Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Free 23 July 2024
MF Netherlands Lennard Hartjes Netherlands Feyenoord[3] €250,000 26 July 2024
DF Netherlands Ilias Bronkhorst Netherlands FC Dordrecht[4] Free 6 August 2024
DF Netherlands Seb Loeffen Italy US Sassuolo Calcio (U20)[5] Free 13 August 2024
FW Curaçao Rayvien Rosario Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam[6] 17 August 2024
FW United States Zach Booth England Leicester City F.C. (U21)[7] 28 August 2024
GK Belgium Nolan Martens Belgium Young KRC Genk[8] 24 January 2025
MF Netherlands Mathijs Tielemans Netherlands SBV Vitesse[9] On loan 4 February 2025

Out

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eerste Divisie 9 August 2024 9 May 2025 Week 1 2nd 38 22 8 8 74 38 +36 057.89
KNVB Cup 29 October 2024 14 January 2025 1st round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 066.67
Total 41 24 8 9 83 45 +38 058.54

Source: ESPN

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 22 8 8 74 38  +36 74 14 3 2 41 14  +27 8 5 6 33 24  +9

Matches

1st half

9 August 2024 1st week[10] TOP Oss 3-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Oss
20:00 Report Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion
16 August 2024 2nd week[11] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-1 De Graafschap Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
25 August 2024 3rd week[12] SBV Vitesse 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Arnhem
12:15 Report Stadium: Gelredome
30 August 2024 4th week[13] ADO Den Haag 0-5 Excelsior Rotterdam The Hague
20:00 Report Stadium: WerkTalent Stadion
13 September 2024 5th week[14] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-2 SC Telstar Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
16 September 2024 6th week[15] Excelsior Rotterdam 4-0 VVV-Venlo Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
20 September 2024 7th week[16] FC Dordrecht 2-2 Excelsior Rotterdam FC Dordrecht
20:00 Report Stadium: M-Scores Stadion
27 September 2024 8th week[17] Excelsior Rotterdam 4-2 Jong AZ Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
4 October 2024 9th week[18] Roda JC Kerkrade 3-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Kerkrade
20:00 Report Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
18 October 2024 10th week[19] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-2 MVV Maastricht Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
21 October 2024 11th week[20] Jong PSV 1-3 Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
20:00 Report Stadium: PSV Campus De Herdgang
26 October 2024 12th week[21] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-1 SC Cambuur Rotterdam
16:30 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
3 November 2024 13th week[22] Helmond Sport 0-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Helmond
16:45 Report Stadium: Stadion De Braak
8 November 2024 14th week[23] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-0 FC Eindhoven Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
22 November 2024 15th week[24] FC Den Bosch 0-3 Excelsior Rotterdam Den Bosch
20:00 Report Stadium: Stadion De Vliert
26 November 2024 16th week[25] Jong FC Utrecht 0-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Utrecht
20:00 Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
29 November 2024 17th week[26] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-0 Jong Ajax Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
8 December 2024 18th week[27] FC Emmen 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Emmen
16:45 Report Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk
13 December 2024 19th week[28] Excelsior Rotterdam 0-0 FC Volendam Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
21 December 2024 20th week[29] VVV-Venlo 1-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Venlo
16:30 Report Stadium: Seacon Stadion – De Koel –

2nd half

10 January 2025 21st week[30] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-0 FC Dordrecht Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
17 January 2025 22nd week[31] SC Cambuur 1-0 Excelsior Rotterdam Leeuwarden
20:00 Report Stadium: Kooi Stadion
26 January 2025 23rd week[32] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-0 ADO Den Haag Rotterdam
12:15 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
1 February 2025 24th week[33] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-3 SBV Vitesse Rotterdam
16:30 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
10 February 2025 25th week[34] Jong Ajax 3-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Duivendrecht, Amsterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst
16 February 2025 26th week[35] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-1 Helmond Sport Rotterdam
16:45 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
21 February 2025 27th week[36] SC Telstar 1-3 Excelsior Rotterdam Velsen-Zuid
20:00 Report Stadium: BUKO Stadion
2 March 2025 28th week[37] Excelsior Rotterdam 1-1 Roda JC Kerkrade Rotterdam
16:45 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
7 March 2025 29th week[38] De Graafschap 2-1 Excelsior Rotterdam Doetinchem
20:00 Report Stadium: De Vijverberg
10 March 2025 30th week[39] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-1 FC Den Bosch Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
14 March 2025 31st week[40] FC Eindhoven 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
20:00 Report Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion
28 March 2025 32nd week[41] Excelsior Rotterdam 3-0 Jong FC Utrecht Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
4 April 2025 33rd week[42] MVV Maastricht 1-2 Excelsior Rotterdam Maastricht
20:00 Report Stadium: De Geusselt
11 April 2025 34th week[43] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-0 TOP Oss Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
20 April 2025 35th week[44] FC Volendam 1-4 Excelsior Rotterdam Volendam
16:45 Report Stadium: Kras Stadion
27 April 2025 36th week[45] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-0 FC Emmen Rotterdam
16:45 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
2 May 2025 37th week[46] Excelsior Rotterdam 5-0 Jong PSV Rotterdam
20:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
9 May 2025 38th week[47] Jong AZ 2-1 Excelsior Rotterdam The Hague
20:00 Report Stadium: AFAS Trainingscomplex

KNVB Cup

29 October 2024 1st round[48] Excelsior Rotterdam 2-1 VVV-Venlo Rotterdam
21:00 Report Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
17 December 2024 2nd round[49] FC Eindhoven 1-3 Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
20:00 Report Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion
14 January 2025 Round of 16[50] PSV Eindhoven 5-4 (a.e.t.) Excelsior Rotterdam Eindhoven
21:00 Report Stadium: Philips Stadion

Notes


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