2025–26 FC Utrecht season

FC Utrecht
2025–26 season
Head coachRon Jans
StadiumStadion Galgenwaard
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie7th
Eurojackpot KNVB Bekern/a
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Victor Jensen (5)
All:
Victor Jensen (5)
Highest home attendance21,875
(vs. Heracles Almelo,
10 August 2025,
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie)
Lowest home attendance21,497
(vs. Servette FC,
14 August 2025,
UEFA Europa League)
Average home league attendance21.661
Biggest win4–0
(vs. Heracles Almelo,
10 August 2025,
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie)
Biggest defeat2–1
(vs. Sparta Rotterdam,
17 August 2025,
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie)

The 2025–26 season is the 56th season in the existence of FC Utrecht and the club's 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Utrecht participated in this season's editions of the Eurojackpot KNVB Beker and UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 August 2025

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 Greece GRE Vasilis Barkas
2 DF Belgium BEL Siebe Horemans
3 DF Netherlands NED Mike van der Hoorn
5 DF Iceland ISL Kolbeinn Finnsson
6 MF Netherlands NED Davy van den Berg
7 MF Denmark DEN Victor Jensen
8 MF Germany GER Can Bozdoğan
9 FW Netherlands NED David Min
10 FW France FRA Yoann Cathline
11 FW Netherlands NED Noah Ohio
14 MF Iraq IRQ Zidane Iqbal
15 FW England ENG Adrian Blake
16 DF Morocco MAR Souffian El Karouani
17 FW Turkey TUR Emirhan Demircan
19 FW Netherlands NED Jesse van de Haar
20 MF Netherlands NED Dani de Wit
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Netherlands NED Gjivai Zechiël (on loan from Feyenoord)
22 FW Spain ESP Miguel Rodríguez
23 DF Denmark DEN Niklas Vesterlund
24 DF Netherlands NED Nick Viergever (captain)
25 GK Netherlands NED Michael Brouwer
26 FW Netherlands NED Miliano Jonathans
27 MF Belgium BEL Alonzo Engwanda
33 GK Netherlands NED Kevin Gadellaa
38 MF Indonesia IDN Ivar Jenner
40 DF Belgium BEL Matisse Didden
43 MF Morocco MAR Rafik El Arguioui
44 DF Netherlands NED Mike Eerdhuijzen
46 MF Netherlands NED Jaygo van Ommeren
51 GK Netherlands NED Mees Eppink
55 DF England ENG Derry John Murkin
91 FW Ivory Coast CIV Sébastien Haller

Transfers

Summer

Transfers in

Nat. Pos. Player Transferred from Particularities Ref.
Netherlands NED DF Mike Eerdhuijzen Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Purchased [1]
England ENG DF Derry John Murkin Germany FC Schalke 04 Purchased [2]
Netherlands NED DF Neville Ogidi Nwankwo Netherlands Quick Boys Purchased [3]
France FRA FW Yoann Cathline France FC Lorient Buy option lifted [4]
Spain ESP FW Miguel Rodríguez Spain Celta de Vigo Buy option lifted [5]
Netherlands NED MF Gjivai Zechiël Netherlands Feyenoord On loan [6]
Netherlands NED MF Davy van den Berg Netherlands PEC Zwolle Transfer free [7]
Turkey TUR FW Emirhan Demircan Germany FC Bayern München II Transfer free [8]
Ivory Coast CIV FW Sébastien Haller Germany Borussia Dortmund Transfer free [9]
Netherlands NED MF Dani de Wit Germany VfL Bochum Transfer free [10]
Morocco MAR MF Rafik El Arguioui Netherlands Jong FC Utrecht Internal transfer
Netherlands NED FW Jesse van de Haar Netherlands Jong FC Utrecht Internal transfer
Indonesia INA MF Ivar Jenner Netherlands Jong FC Utrecht Internal transfer
Netherlands NED GK Mattijs Branderhorst Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Back from loan [11]

Transfers out

Nat. Pos. Player Transferred to Particularities Ref.
Netherlands NED GK Mattijs Branderhorst Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Sold [12]
Netherlands NED GK Tom de Graaff Netherlands PEC Zwolle On loan [13]
Netherlands NED DF Neville Ogidi Nwankwo Netherlands Telstar On loan [3]
Netherlands NED MF Jens Toornstra Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam Transfer free [14]
Netherlands NED DF Joshua Mukeh Netherlands Jong FC Utrecht Internal transfer
United States USA MF Paxten Aaronson Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Back from loan [15]
France FRA FW Yoann Cathline France FC Lorient Back from loan (+option to buy) [16]
Belgium BEL FW Anthony Descotte Belgium Royal Charleroi SC Back from loan (+option to buy) [17]
Denmark DEN MF Oscar Fraulo Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Back from loan (+option to buy) [18]
Ivory Coast CIV FW Sébastien Haller Germany Borussia Dortmund Back from loan [19]
Spain ESP FW Miguel Rodríguez Spain Celta de Vigo Back from loan (+option to buy) [20]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 July 2025 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 1–3 Romania FCSB Zeist, Netherlands
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Min 66'
 Report
Stadium: KNVB Campus
Referee: Jannik van der Laan
5 July 2025 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 2–0 Belgium Cercle Brugge Utrecht, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportpark Elinkwijk
Referee: Allard Lindhout (first part), Stan Teuben (part two)
Note: The match lasted a total of two halves of sixty minutes.
11 July 2025 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 4–0 South Africa Kaizer Chiefs Garderen, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportpark De Westeneng
Referee: Kevin Puts
18 July 2025 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 1–2 Belgium Royal Charleroi SC Hattemerbroek, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Referee: Martin Pérez
19 July 2025 Friendly RKC Waalwijk Netherlands 2–1 Netherlands FC Utrecht Waalwijk, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Referee: Roel van der Werff
1 August 2025 Friendly FC Utrecht Netherlands 2–0 Netherlands De Graafschap Utrecht, Netherlands
 Report Stadium: Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 10 August 2025 n/a Matchday 1 -th 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
Eurojackpot KNVB Beker n/a n/a n/a n/a !—
UEFA Europa League 24 July 2025 n/a Second qualifying round n/a 4 4 0 0 12 4 +8 100.00
Total 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 083.33

Last updated: 17 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

VriendenLoterij Eredivisie

Main article: 2025–26 Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 AZ 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4 Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6 Ajax 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
7 Utrecht 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
8 NAC Breda 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
9 Groningen 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 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)

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
2 1 0 1 5 2  +3 3 1 0 0 4 0  +4 0 0 1 1 2  −1

Last updated: 17 August 2025.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHA--------------------------------
ResultWL--------------------------------
Position37--------------------------------
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2025.[21]

10 August 2025 1 FC Utrecht 4–0 Heracles Almelo Utrecht
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,875
Referee: Erwin Blank
17 August 2025 2 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Utrecht Rotterdam
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Attendance: 10,040
Referee: Allard Lindhout

Eurojackpot KNVB Beker

Main article: 2025–26 KNVB Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2025 1st leg FC Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 1–3 Netherlands FC Utrecht Nisporeni, Moldova
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Ademo 24'
  • Bessala Yellow card 69'
  • Soumah Yellow card 70'
  • Loukou Yellow card 88'
 Report
Stadium: Centrul Tineret si Sport Nisporeni
Attendance: 2,674
Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
31 July 2025 2nd leg FC Utrecht Netherlands 4–1 Moldova FC Sheriff Tiraspol Utrecht, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Odede 75'
 Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,611
Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

Third qualifying round

7 August 2025 1st leg Servette FC Switzerland 1–3 Netherlands FC Utrecht Geneva, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 11,744
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
14 August 2025 2nd leg FC Utrecht Netherlands 2–1 Switzerland Servette FC Utrecht, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,497
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

Play-off round

21 August 2025 1st leg HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina v Netherlands FC Utrecht Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion HŠK Zrinjski
28 August 2025 2nd leg FC Utrecht Netherlands v Bosnia and Herzegovina HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Utrecht, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

Statistics

Goalscorers

Friendlies

No. Name
1. England Adrian Blake 3
2. France Yoann Cathline 1
Turkey Emirhan Demircan 1
Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 1
Belgium Siebe Horemans 1
Netherlands Miliano Jonathans 1
Netherlands David Min 1
Netherlands Noah Ohio 1
Netherlands Gjivai Zechiël 1
Own goals opponent -
Totals 11

Netherlands VriendenLoterij Eredivisie

No. Name
1. Netherlands Dani de Wit 2
2. Denmark Victor Jensen 1
Netherlands David Min 1
Netherlands Gjivai Zechiël 1
Own goals opponent -
Totals 5

Netherlands Eurojackpot KNVB Beker

No. Name
1. -
Own goals opponent -
Totals -

Europe UEFA Europa League

No. Name
1. Denmark Victor Jensen 4
2. Belgium Siebe Horemans 2
Netherlands Nick Viergever 2
4. England Adrian Blake 1
Morocco Souffian El Karouani 1
Netherlands Gjivai Zechiël 1
Own goals opponent 1
Totals 12

Assists

Netherlands VriendenLoterij Eredivisie

No. Name
1. France Yoann Cathline 2
2. England Derry John Murkin 1
Totals 3

Netherlands Eurojackpot KNVB Beker

No. Name
1. -
Totals -

Europe UEFA Europa League

No. Name
1. Morocco Souffian El Karouani 4
2. Belgium Siebe Horemans 2
3. Belgium Alonzo Engwanda 1
England Derry John Murkin 1
Netherlands Gjivai Zechiël 1
Totals 9

Attendance

Home games

Round Opponent Attendance Total attendance Average
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie
1 Heracles Almelo 21,875 21,875 21,875
Eurojackpot KNVB Beker
UEFA Europa League
Second qualifying round Moldova FC Sheriff Tiraspol 21,611 21,611 21,611
Third qualifying round Switzerland Servette FC 21,497 43,108 21,554
Play-off round Bosnia and Herzegovina HŠK Zrinjski Mostar , , ,

Away supporters

Round Opponent Attendance Total attendance Average
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie
2 Sparta Rotterdam 500 500 500
Eurojackpot KNVB Beker
UEFA Europa League
Second qualifying round Moldova FC Sheriff Tiraspol 253 253 253
Third qualifying round Switzerland Servette FC 1,950 2,203 1,102
Play-off round Bosnia and Herzegovina HŠK Zrinjski Mostar , , ,

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