2018–19 Feyenoord season
# 2018–19 Feyenoord season

The 2018–19 season was Feyenoord's 111th season of play, the club's 63rd season in the Eredivisie and its 97th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It was the fourth season with manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Feyenoord entered the 2018–19 KNVB Cup in the first round and the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League in the third preliminary round.

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Eredivisie | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 058.82 |
| KNVB Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 080.00 |
| Johan Cruyff Shield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 90 | 51 | +39 | 057.14 |

Updated to match played 29 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Eredivisie

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 32 | +87 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 83 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 53 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |

* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* ↑ Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

**Matches**

These are the matches scheduled for Feyenoord in the 2018-2019 Eredivisie season.

### Europa League

**Qualifying phase**

**Third qualifying round**

Trenčín won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Player details

    As of 26 August 2019

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Johan Cruyff Shield | Johan Cruyff Shield | Johan Cruyff Shield | Johan Cruyff Shield | Europe League | Europe League | Europe League | Europe League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Kenneth Vermeer | GK | 18 | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 24 | | | |
| 2 | | Bart Nieuwkoop | DF | 13 | | 2 | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 19 | | 2 | |
| 3 | | Sven van Beek | DF | 22 | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | | Jerry St. Juste | DF | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | | Ridgeciano Haps | DF | 9 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | |
| 6 | | Jan-Arie van der Heijden | DF | 23 | 2 | 2 | | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 31 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | | Jordy Clasie | MF | 33 | 1 | 4 | | 4 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 40 | 1 | 5 | |
| 9 | | Nicolai Jørgensen | FW | 24 | 7 | | 1 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 11 | | 1 |
| 10 | | Tonny Vilhena | MF | 33 | 6 | 3 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 38 | 7 | 4 | |
| 11 | | Sam Larsson | FW | 32 | 6 | | | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 39 | 7 | | |
| 13 | | Joris Delle | GK | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 15 | | Tyrell Malacia | DF | 17 | 3 | 7 | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 19 | 3 | 7 | |
| 17 | | Luis Sinisterra | FW | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 18 | | Yassin Ayoub | DF | 16 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| 19 | | Steven Berghuis | FW | 33 | 12 | 5 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 40 | 13 | 7 | |
| 22 | | Justin Bijlow | GK | 16 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 18 | | | |
| 23 | | Orkun Kökçü | MF | 11 | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 4 | | |
| 24 | | Cuco Martina | DF | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | |
| 26 | | Jordy Wehrmann | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | | Jens Toornstra | MF | 32 | 8 | 3 | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 38 | 8 | 3 | |
| 29 | | Calvin Verdonk | DF | 12 | 1 | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 17 | 1 | | |
| 30 | | Ramon ten Hove | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | | Elber Evora | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | | Robin van Persie - (Captain) | FW | 25 | 16 | | (1) | 4 | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 31 | 18 | | (1) |
| 33 | | Eric Botteghin – (Vice-captain) | DF | 22 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 25 | 4 | 4 | |
| 34 | | Dylan Vente | FW | 13 | 1 | | | 3 | 3 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 19 | 4 | | |
| 35 | | Wouter Burger | MF | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | |
| 36 | | Cheick Touré | FW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | | Achraf el Bouchtaoui | FW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | | Lutsharel Geertruida | DF | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 5 | | | |
| xx | | Sofyan Amrabat (Moved to Club Brugge during the season) | MF | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| xx | | Jean-Paul Boëtius (Moved to Mainz 05 during the season) | FW | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 2 | |
| xx | | Renato Tapia (Moved to Willem II on loan during the season) | MF | 4 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| xx | | Mo El Hankouri (Moved to FC Groningen during the season) | FW | 5 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | |
| xx | | Mads Knoester (Moved to Heracles Almelo during the season) | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| xx | | Joël Zwarts (Moved to FC Dordrecht during the season) | FW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| xx | | Jari Schuurman (Moved to FC Dordrecht during the season) | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 75 | 34 | 3 | | 14 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 4 | 0 | | 90 | 39 | 3 |

Overturned Red Cards: Robin van Persie

Source: for players, positions, and squad numbers: Feyenoord 1st team squad, for actual stats: Feyenoord website

## Transfers

### Summer window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | MF | MAR | Yassin Ayoub (from Utrecht) |
| — | MF | NED | Jordy Clasie (from Southampton) (on loan) |
| — | FW | NED | Mohamed El Hankouri (from Willem II) (return from loan) |
| — | MF | NED | Jari Schuurman (from NEC) (return from loan) |
| — | FW | COL | Luis Sinisterra (from Once Caldas) |
| — | DF | NED | Calvin Verdonk (from NEC) (return from loan) |
| — | GK | NED | Kenneth Vermeer (from Club Brugge) (return from loan) |
| — | GK | FRA | Joris Delle (from NEC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Bilal Başaçıkoğlu (to Kayserispor) |
| — | DF | NED | Kevin Diks (to Fiorentina) (return from loan) |
| — | MF | MAR | Karim El Ahmadi (to Al-Ittihad) |
| — | MF | SWE | Simon Gustafson (to Utrecht) |
| — | MF | SWE | Emil Hansson (to RKC Waalwijk) (on loan) |
| — | DF | NED | Gustavo Hamer (to PEC Zwolle) |
| — | DF | NED | Miquel Nelom (to Hibernian F.C.) |
| — | MF | NED | Marko Vejinović (to AZ) |
| — | GK | AUS | Brad Jones (to Al-Nassr) |
| — | MF | MAR | Sofyan Amrabat (to Club Brugge) |
| — | FW | NED | Jean-Paul Boëtius (to Mainz 05) |

### Winter window

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | CUW | Cuco Martina (from Everton F.C.) (on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | PER | Renato Tapia (to Willem II) (on loan) |
| — | MF | NED | Mo El Hankouri (to FC Groningen) (on loan) |
| — | DF | NED | Mads Knoester (to Heracles Almelo) |
| — | DF | NED | Crysencio Summerville (to FC Dordrecht) (on loan) |
| — | DF | NED | Joël Zwarts (to FC Dordrecht) (on loan) |
| — | DF | NED | Jari Schuurman (to FC Dordrecht) (on loan) |

Source: Eredivisie Transfer overview AD.nl, Voetbal international

