2023–24 Go Ahead Eagles season

Go Ahead Eagles
2023–24 season
Head coach	René Hake
Stadium	De Adelaarshorst
Eredivisie	9th
KNVB Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Oliver Edvardsen; Willum Þór Willumsson; (7 each); All: ; Oliver Edvardsen; (10 goals)

The 2023–24 season was Go Ahead Eagles's 121st season in existence and third consecutive in the Dutch top division Eredivisie. They also competed in the KNVB Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 September 2023^[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	NED	Jeffrey de Lange
2	DF	MAS	Mats Deijl
3	DF	GER	Gerrit Nauber
4	DF	NED	Joris Kramer
5	DF	NED	Bas Kuipers (captain)
7	FW	NED	Rashaan Fernandes
8	MF	NED	Evert Linthorst
10	MF	BEL	Philippe Rommens
11	FW	NED	Bobby Adekanye
14	DF	ARM	Aventis Aventisian
15	DF	NED	Dean James
16	FW	SWE	Victor Edvardsen
17	FW	ESP	Dario Serra
18	MF	ISL	Willum Þór Willumsson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	NED	Sylla Sow
20	MF	BEL	Xander Blomme
21	MF	NED	Enric Llansana
22	GK	NED	Erwin Mulder
23	FW	NOR	Oliver Valaker Edvardsen
25	DF	NED	Jamal Amofa
26	DF	NED	Luca Everink
27	FW	NED	Finn Stokkers
28	DF	NED	Pim Saathof
29	FW	DEN	Jakob Breum
30	GK	NED	Sven Jansen
32	FW	BEL	Thibo Baeten
33	GK	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
—	GK	GER	Luca Plogmann (at Dordrecht until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
FW	Victor Edvardsen	Djurgårdens IF	€800,000	1 July 2023
DF	Joris Kramer	NEC	€250,000	1 July 2023
MF	Jakob Breum	OB	Undisclosed	1 July 2023
FW	Thibo Baeten	Djurgårdens IF	€400,000	6 July 2023
DF	Dean James	Volendam	Free	18 July 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jay Idzes	Venezia	Undisclosed	1 July 2023
FW	Isac Lidberg	FC Utrecht	€600,000	18 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

29 July 2023 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	0–2	Borussia Dortmund II
14:00

30 July 2023 Friendly	FC Twente	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles
12:30

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	13 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	34	12	10	12	47	46	+1	035.29
KNVB Cup	31 October 2023	17 January 2024	First round	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	066.67
Total				37	14	10	13	59	50	+9	037.84

Last updated: May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Utrecht	34	13	11	10	49	47	+2	50	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	14	7	13	51	48	+3	49
9	Go Ahead Eagles (O)	34	12	10	12	47	46	+1	46
10	Fortuna Sittard	34	9	11	14	37	56	−19	38
11	Heerenveen	34	10	7	17	53	70	−17	37

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)
(O) Play-off winners

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
17	6	5	6	28	26	+2	23	5	1	3	22	12	+10	1	4	3	6	14	−8

Last updated: 14 January 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W
Position	18	9	14	11	10	6	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[2]

13 August 2023 1	AZ	5–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Alkmaar
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Clasie 4' Pavlidis 15' de Wit 16' 87' (pen.) van Bommel 51' Chatzidiakos 65' Lahdo 90+3'	Report	Amofa 2' Nauber 34' Rommens 66' Deijl 87'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,782 Referee: Danny Makkelie

19 August 2023 2	Go Ahead Eagles	4–1	FC Volendam	Deventer
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kuipers 13' Edvardsen 36' Willumsson 40' Adekanye 45' Kramer 84' Rommens 86'	Report	Zeefuik 56' van Mieghem 61' Payne 84' Hoeve 90'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,376 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

2 September 2023 4	Go Ahead Eagles	3–2	Heerenveen	Deventer
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kuipers 22' 45+3' Rommens 39' (pen.) Amofa 45+2' Edvardsen 45+2' Sow 66'	Report	Webster 45+2' 58' Sahraoui 87'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,723 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

17 September 2023 5	PEC Zwolle	1–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Zwolle
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Druijf 23' Reijnders 52'	Report	Amofa 23' 47' Willumsson 45' Edvardsen 70' Kuipers 90+5'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 13,750 Referee: Rob Dieperink

22 September 2023 6	Go Ahead Eagles	3–0	Fortuna Sittard	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Edvardsen 37' Sow 77' Rommens 90+2'	Report	Rosier 45+1' Deroy Duarte 60' Özyakup 75' Rodrigo Guth 88'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,803 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

27 September 2023 3	PSV	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Eindhoven
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	de Jong 21' 53' Til 49'	Report	Adekanye 38' Deijl 72'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,400 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

30 September 2023 7	Feyenoord	3–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Rotterdam
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Minteh 45+2' Stengs 56' Igor Paixão 66' Giménez 76'	Report	Nauber 33' Amofa 75' Sow 85'	Stadium: Stadion Feijenoord Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

7 October 2023 8	Go Ahead Eagles	4–0	Heracles Almelo	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Willumsson 13' Edvardsen 16' Sow 62' Kuipers 83'	Report	Ouahim 7' Hansson 47'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,833 Referee: Alex Bos

22 October 2023 9	Go Ahead Eagles	0–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Deventer
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,837 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

28 October 2023 10	Almere City	0–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Almere
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stije Resink 90'	Report		Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 4,222 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

4 November 2023 11	Go Ahead Eagles	5–1	Vitesse	Deventer
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Willumsson 45+2' 80' Edvardsen 60' Edvardsen 62' Kramer 86'	Report	Hamulić 19' van Ginkel 78' Hendriks 78' Voelkerling Persson 84' Boutrah 89'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,848 Referee: Erwin Blank

11 November 2023 12	RKC Waalwijk	0–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Waalwijk
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Meijers 23'	Report	Willumsson 30'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,157 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

26 November 2023 13	NEC	1–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Nijmegen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ross 89'	Report	Breum 69' Sow 75' 88' Llansana 90+3'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Robin Hensgens

3 December 2023 14	Go Ahead Eagles	1–3	Twente	Deventer
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kuipers 62' Llansana 71'	Report	Ugalde 1' Steijn 24' Taha 76'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

10 December 2023 15	Go Ahead Eagles	0–2	FC Utrecht	Deventer
12:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jensen 10' Ramselaar 28'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,873 Referee: Allard Lindhout

16 December 2023 16	Excelsior	1–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Rotterdam
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Uddenäs 83'	Report	Amofa 54' Rommens 89' Nauber 90+3'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Alex Bos

14 January 2024 17	Go Ahead Eagles	2–3	Ajax	Deventer
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Edvardsen 44' Kramer 58'	Report	Brobbey 27' Tahirović 45+4' Hlynsson 53' Medić 55' Rensch 72'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,997 Referee: Pol van Boekel

21 January 2024 18	Sparta Rotterdam	0–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Rotterdam
14:30 UTC+1		Report	Willumsson 7' Kuipers 27' Adekanye 45+1' Victor Edvardsen 51' (pen.) Amofa 55'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,078 Referee: Danny Makkelie

4 February 2024 20	Vitesse Arnhem	0–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Arnhem
12:15		Report		Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Joey Kooij

11 February 2024 21	Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	PEC Zwolle	Deventer
12:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Deijl 90+9' (pen.)	Report	Thy 77'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,469 Referee: Dennis Higler

17 February 2024 22	SC Heerenveen	0-2	Go Ahead Eagles	Heerenveen
21:00		Report	Jakob Breum 56' Victor Edvardsen 90+2'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 22,020 Referee: Erwin Blank

25 February 2024 23	FC Twente	3–0	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Steijn 12', 36' Brenet 60'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Jannick van der Laan

8 March 2024 25	Go Ahead Eagles	0–1	PSV Eindhoven	Deventer
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Dest 10' Obispo 22' 89'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,997 Referee: Danny Makkelie

7 April 2024 29	Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	Almere City	Deventer
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	O. Edvardsen 11'	Report	Robinet 23'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,827 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

KNVB Cup

31 October 2023 First round	Koninklijke HFC	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Go Ahead Eagles	Haarlem
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yassine Bouchnafa 86' Redouan El Idrissi 90+2' Xander van den Berg 99' Martijn Ploem 118'	Report	Nauber 77' 90' Sow 104' 111' Edvardsen 101' Baeten 119'	Stadium: Spanjaardslaan Referee: Thomas Hardeman

21 December 2023 Second round	Go Ahead Eagles	7–1	De Treffers	Deventer
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niels Kornelis 16' (o.g.) Sow 19' Edvardsen 26' 36' Edvardsen 66' Baeten 75' 84'	Report	Tjeu Langeveld 35' Tim Waterink 49'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Referee: Stan Teuben

17 January 2024 Round of 16	NEC	2–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Nijmegen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ogawa 35' van Wermeskerken 72'	Report	Kuipers 60' Llansana 61' Robin Roefs 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 10,824 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

References

^ "Selectie". www.ga-eagles.nl. Go Ahead Eagles. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "Defintief competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2023/24". Eredivisie. Ons Voetbal. June 30, 2023.

[1] "Selectie". www.ga-eagles.nl. Go Ahead Eagles. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[2] "Defintief competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2023/24". Eredivisie. Ons Voetbal. June 30, 2023.

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