2025–26 Go Ahead Eagles season

Go Ahead Eagles
2025–26 season
ChairmanJan Willem van Dop
Head coachMelvin Boel
StadiumDe Adelaarshorst
Eredivisie8th
KNVB CupSecond round
UEFA Europa LeagueLeague phase
Johan Cruyff ShieldRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gerrit Nauber (1)
All:
Mathis Suray
Gerrit Nauber
(1 goal each)
All statistics correct as of 8 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season is the 123rd season in the history of Go Ahead Eagles, and the club's fifth consecutive season in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the KNVB Cup, and thanks to winning the Cup in the previous season, the Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First team

As of 4 July 2025[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 Germany GER Luca Plogmann
2 DF Netherlands NED Mats Deijl
3 DF Germany GER Gerrit Nauber
4 DF Netherlands NED Joris Kramer
5 DF Indonesia IDN Dean James
6 MF Netherlands NED Calvin Twigt
7 FW Denmark DEN Jakob Breum
8 MF Netherlands NED Evert Linthorst
9 FW Netherlands NED Milan Smit
10 FW Denmark DEN Søren Tengstedt
11 FW Norway NOR Oskar Sivertsen
14 FW Sweden SWE Oscar Pettersson
15 MF Netherlands NED Robbin Weijenberg
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Sweden SWE Victor Edvardsen
17 MF Belgium BEL Mathis Suray
18 FW Suriname SUR Richonell Margaret
19 FW Finland FIN Oliver Antman
22 GK Belgium BEL Jari De Busser
24 DF Netherlands NED Luca Everink
26 DF Netherlands NED Julius Dirksen
27 FW Netherlands NED Finn Stokkers
28 DF Netherlands NED Pim Saathof
29 DF Denmark DEN Aske Adelgaard
30 GK Netherlands NED Sven Jansen
33 GK Netherlands NED Nando Verdoni

Out on loan

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
— MF Belgium BEL Xander Blomme (at Excelsior until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Belgium BEL Thibo Baeten (at Roda JC until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

In

Summer

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 FW Ghana Ofosu Boakye Netherlands Jong Go Ahead Eagles –
7 July 2025 FW Suriname Richonell Margaret Netherlands RKC Waalwijk €1,000,000 [2]

Out

Summer

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 MF Netherlands Enric Llansana Belgium Anderlecht €1,000,000 [3]

Pre-season and friendlies

5 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles 1–1 Helmond Sport Zutphen, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Weijenberg 51'
 Report
  • Geerts 86'
 Stadium: Sportpark AZC Zutphen
11 July 2025 Friendly Mechelen Belgium 5–2 Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles Mechelen, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AFAS Stadion
15 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands 3–1 Belgium Patro Eisden Deventer, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
19 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands 3–3 Greece PAOK Deventer, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
26 July 2025 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands 4–2 Qatar Al-Duhail Zutphen, Netherlands
14:00 Deijl 31' (pen.)
Surray 50'
V. Edvardsen 75'
Breum 87'		 Bourigeaud 57'
Tahsin Jamshid 83'		 Stadium: Sportpark AZC Zutphen

Competition

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eredivisie 8 August 2025 17 May 2026 Matchday 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
KNVB Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa League 24–25 September 2025 League phase 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Johan Cruyff Shield 3 August 2025 Runners-up 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00

Last updated: 8 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2025–26 Eredivisie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Groningen 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3
10 Sparta Rotterdam 2 1 0 1 3 7 −4 3
11 Go Ahead Eagles 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
12 Volendam 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
13 Fortuna Sittard 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
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
1 0 1 0 2 2  0 1 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 1 0 2 2  0

Last updated: 8 August 2025.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round

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ResultD
Position8
Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2025. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2025.[4]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 August 2025 1 Fortuna Sittard 2–2 Go Ahead Eagles Sittard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Brittijn 45+1'
Dahlhaus Yellow card 79'
Tunjić 85'
Michut Yellow card 90'		 Report Adewoye 29' (o.g.)
Twigt Red card 54'
Edvardsen Yellow card 75'
Nauber Yellow card 79', 90+4'		 Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
Attendance: 8,872
Referee: Rob Dieperink
17 August 2025 2 Go Ahead Eagles v Ajax Deventer
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
23 August 2025 3 Go Ahead Eagles v Sparta Rotterdam Deventer
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
30 August 2025 4 SC Heerenveen v Go Ahead Eagles Heerenveen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
13 September 2025 5 Go Ahead Eagles v FC Volendam Deventer
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
21 September 2025 6 PEC Zwolle v Go Ahead Eagles Zwolle
12:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion
28 September 2025 7 Telstar v Go Ahead Eagles Velsen-Zuid
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportpark Schoonenberg
5 October 2025 8 Go Ahead Eagles v NEC Deventer
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
18 October 2025 9 PSV v Go Ahead Eagles Eindhoven
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
26 October 2025 10 Go Ahead Eagles v Excelsior Deventer
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
1 November 2025 11 NAC Breda v Go Ahead Eagles Breda
18:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
9 November 2025 12 Go Ahead Eagles v Feyenoord Deventer
16:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
10 May 2026 33 Go Ahead Eagles v PSV Deventer
16:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
17 May 2026 34 NEC v Go Ahead Eagles Nijmegen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Goffertstadion

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2025–26 KNVB Cup
TBD Third round v
TBD CEST (UTC+2)

Johan Cruyff Shield

Main article: 2025 Johan Cruyff Shield
3 August 2025 Final PSV 2–1 Go Ahead Eagles Eindhoven
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Nauber 78' (o.g.)
Dest 84'		 Report Suray 35'
Kramer Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 34,200
Referee: Joey Kooij

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Europa League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

The league phase draw would be held on 29 August 2025.


24–25 September 2025 1 v
TBD
2 October 2025 2 v
TBD
23 October 2025 3 v
TBD
6 November 2025 4 v
TBD
27 November 2025 5 v
TBD
11 December 2025 6 v
TBD
22 January 2026 7 v
TBD
29 January 2026 8 v
TBD

References

  1. ^ "Selectie". www.ga-eagles.nl. Go Ahead Eagles. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Go Ahead wint strijd om Margaret: "Kan niet wachten om mezelf te laten zien"" (in Dutch). OOST. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Enric Llansana joins RSCA". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Preliminary Fixture Schedule Eredivisie 2025/26". eredivisie.eu. 18 June 2025.
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