2022–23 SC Heerenveen season

SC Heerenveen
2022–23 season
Chairman	Cees Roozemond
Head coach	Kees van Wonderen
Stadium	Abe Lenstra Stadion
Eredivisie	8th
KNVB Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sydney van Hooijdonk (16); All: Sydney van Hooijdonk (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the 103rd in the history of SC Heerenveen and their 30th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. The club finished Eredivisie in 8th place and reached to the quarter finals in KNVB Cup. They are defeated in KNVB Cup by Feyenoord with 1-0 at home.

Players[edit]

As of 26 July 2022^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Xavier Mous
3	DF	NED	Joost van Aken
4	DF	NED	Sven van Beek
5	DF	POL	Paweł Bochniewicz
6	DF	NED	Syb van Ottele
7	FW	GER	Mats Köhlert
8	FW	SWE	Alex Timossi Andersson
9	FW	SWE	Amin Sarr
10	MF	CRO	Tibor Halilović (vice-captain)
11	FW	NED	Arjen van der Heide


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	TUN	Rami Kaib
15	DF	IRQ	Hussein Ali
17	FW	NED	Sydney van Hooijdonk (on loan from Bologna)
21	MF	NED	Djenahro Nunumete
22	MF	SWE	Rami Al Hajj
23	GK	NED	Jan Bekkema
26	MF	MAR	Anas Tahiri
27	DF	NED	Milan van Ewijk
33	MF	NED	Thom Haye
34	DF	NED	Timo Zaal
44	GK	NED	Andries Noppert

On loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	URU	Joaquín Fernández (on loan to Atenas de San Carlos until 31 December 2022)

Transfers[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 July 2022 Friendly	Heerenveen	4–1	TOP Oss	Witmarsum
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haye 2' Al Hajj 9' Van Beek 41' Beelen 71'		Tejan 90+1'	Stadium: Sportpark It Fliet

8 July 2022 Friendly	Heerenveen	0–1	Utrecht	Jubbega
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Van der Hoorn 90+1'	Stadium: Sportpark 't Heidefjild Attendance: 1,500

15 July 2022 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	0–1	Heerenveen	Zwolle
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Hintum	Report	Sarr 54' Bochniewicz	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Timmer
Note: Match was played in two 37.5-minute halves.

15 July 2022 Friendly	PEC Zwolle	0–1	Heerenveen	Zwolle
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kaib 38' Nunumete	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Timmer
Note: Match was one period of 60 minutes.

22 July 2022 Friendly	Heerenveen	1–1	RWDM	Putten
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Halilović 30'	Report	Smeets 5'	Stadium: Sportpark Putter Eng

30 July 2022 Friendly	Heerenveen	3–1	Excelsior	Heerenveen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Aken 45', 85' Sarr 47'	Report	Admiraal 73'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion

22 September 2022 Friendly	Heerenveen	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Roosendaal, Netherlands
	Al Hajj ?' (pen.)	Report

6 December 2022 Friendly	Genk	3–1	Heerenveen	Belgium
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Samatta 40' Castro 66' Onuachu 80' (pen.)		Colassin 30'	Attendance: 0

14 December 2022 Friendly	Gent	4–1	Heerenveen	Oliva, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cuypers 41', 45+2' Salah 50' Fofana 89'		Van Hooijdonk 48'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	5 August 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	8th	28	10	8	10	34	38	−4	035.71
KNVB Cup	18 October 2022	1 March 2023	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	075.00
Total					32	13	8	11	42	42	+0	040.63

Last updated: April 2023
Source: Competitions

Eredivisie[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Sparta Rotterdam	34	17	8	9	60	37	+23	59	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
7	Utrecht	34	15	9	10	55	50	+5	54
8	Heerenveen	34	12	10	12	44	50	−6	46
9	RKC Waalwijk	34	11	8	15	50	64	−14	41
10	Vitesse	34	10	10	14	45	50	−5	40

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)

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	8	6	8	23	25	−2	30	4	2	5	12	14	−2	4	4	3	11	11	0

Last updated: 19 February 2023.
Source: Eredivisie

Results by round[edit]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2023. Source: Eredivisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[2]

5 August 2022 1	Heerenveen	0–0	Sparta Rotterdam	Heerenveen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	van Hooijdonk 25'	Report	Verschueren 49'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

13 August 2022 2	Feyenoord	0–0	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Q. Timber 79'	Report	Köhlert 45+3' Noppert 90+7'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47.500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

20 August 2022 3	Vitesse	0–4	Heerenveen	Arnhem
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Domgjoni 36' Wittek 43' Bero 86'	Report	van Hooijdonk 5', 72', 77' Tahiri 36' A. Sarr 45+3' Thom Haye 69'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 10.899 Referee: Joey Kooij

27 August 2022 4	Heerenveen	2–1	Fortuna Sittard	Heerenveen
CEST (UTC+2)	van Hooijdonk 22' van Ewijk 44' van Aken 83'	Report	Yılmaz 84' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18.020 Referee: Dennis Higler

4 September 2022 5	Heerenveen	0–0	NEC	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Halilović 62' Haye 79'	Report	El Karouani 87'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18.066 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

10 September 2022 6	Ajax	5–0	Heerenveen	Amsterdam
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaassen 4' Taylor 16' Álvarez 45' Kudus 48', 59' Brobbey 70'	Report	van Beek 15' Bochniewicz 71'	Stadium: Johan Cruijff ArenA Attendance: 49.555 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

18 September 2022 7	Heerenveen	2–1	Twente	Heerenveen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	van Ewijk 28' Bochniewicz 36' Tahiri 55' A. Sarr 69' Kaib 79' van Ottele 90+6'	Report	Misidjan 2' Smal 14' Pröpper 15'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 21.039 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

2 October 2022 8	Emmen	0–0	Heerenveen	Emmen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diemers 74'	Report		Stadium: De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 8.131 Referee: Allard Lindhout

9 October 2022 9	Heerenveen	0–1	PSV	Heerenveen
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	van Ottele 52' Colassin 89'	Report	Gakpo 75'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 24.087 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

15 October 2022 10	Go Ahead Eagles	1–1	Heerenveen	Deventer
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adekanye 30' Llansana 74' Stokkers 90+2'	Report	Haye 52', 87'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9.713 Referee: Dennis Higler

23 October 2022 11	Volendam	1–3	Heerenveen	Volendam
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mühren 43' Benamar 45+7' van Mieghem 71'	Report	Haye 8' van Hooijdonk 24' Olsson 50' Bochniewicz 58' Köhlert 85' Sarr 87'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

29 October 2022 12	Heerenveen	1–2	Utrecht	Heerenveen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	van Hooijdonk 33' Tahiri 45+1' Haye 81'	Report	Douvikas 44' Toornstra 58' Sagnan 66' van de Streek 77' Brouwers 77' Boussaid 87'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

5 November 2022 13	Excelsior	0–1	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	van Ewijk 58' Colassin 90+6'	Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Robin Hensgens

13 November 2022 14	Heerenveen	2–1	Cambuur	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	van Beek 33' van Hooijdonk 33' Sarr 36' Tahiri 81' 82'	Report	Jacobs 10' Bergsma 38' Bangura 90'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Allard Lindhout

7 January 2023 15	RKC Waalwijk	0–0	Heerenveen	Waalwijk
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Adewoye 40'	Report	Haye 26'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,143 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

14 January 2023 16	Heerenveen	0–2	AZ	Heerenveen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	de Wit 33' Reijnders 46' 59' Sugawara 54' Karlsson 68'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,019 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

22 January 2023 17	Heerenveen	3–1	Groningen	Heerenveen
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 5' 82' van Amersfoort 81'	Report	Krüger 40' van Gelderen 66' Sørensen 72' Suslov 76'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 19,029 Referee: Allard Lindhout

25 January 2023 18	Fortuna Sittard	2–0	Heerenveen	Sittard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Umaro Embaló 58' Cox 88' Yılmaz 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Sarr 72'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 7,689 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

28 January 2023 19	Heerenveen	1–3	Vitesse	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	van Amersfoort 21' Halilović 88'	Report	Białek 32' Vidović 45' Manhoef 47'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,152 Referee: Joey Kooij

4 February 2023 20	Utrecht	1–0	Heerenveen	Utrecht
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douvikas 69' (pen.) Toornstra 84'	Report	Bochniewicz 66' van Ottele 86'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,444 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

12 February 2023 21	Heerenveen	1–2	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	van Ottele 75' Köhlert 89'	Report	Geertruida 22' Giménez 34' Kökçü 79'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18,400 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

19 February 2023 22	Cambuur	1–2	Heerenveen	Leeuwarden
12:15 CET (UTC+1)	Johnsen 1' Paulissen 36' van der Water 81' Mahi 90+1'	Report	Sahraoui 22' van Ewijk 65'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

25 February 2023 23	Heerenveen	1-4	RKC Waalwijk	Heerenveen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	van Hooijdonk 35'	Report	Jozefzoon 61' 94' Lelieveld 75' Oukili 77'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,109

4 March 2023 24^[3]	FC Twente	3-3	Heerenveen	Enschede
21:00	Robin Pröpper 34' Manfred Ugalde 48' Václav Černý 55'	Report	Mees Hilgers 25' (o.g.) Milan van Ewijk 59' Rami Kaib 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

12 March 2023 25^[4]	Heerenveen	2–4	Ajax	Heerenveen
14:30	Pelle van Amersfoort 42' Sydney van Hooijdonk 79'	Report	Mohammed Kudus 10' Edson Álvarez 16' Steven Bergwijn 19' Kenneth Taylor 52'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

19 March 2023 26^[5]	Groningen	0-2	Heerenveen	Groningen
12:15		Report	Sydney van Hooijdonk 27' 40'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 21,247 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

1 April 2023 27^[6]	AZ	1-1	Heerenveen	Alkmaar
16:30	Xavier Mous 75' (o.g)	Report	Sydney van Hooijdonk 5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 18,393 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

8 April 2023 28^[7]	Heerenveen	2–1	Volendam	Heerenveen
21:00	Sydney van Hooijdonk 6' 33'	Report	Henk Veerman 18'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

15 April 2023 29^[8]	Sparta Rotterdam	4-0	Heerenveen	Rotterdam
21:00	Mica Pinto 39' Vito van Crooij 51' 76' Shurandy Sambo 67'	Report		Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,420 Referee: Jaafar Aafouallah

22 April 2023 30^[9]	Heerenveen	2–3	Emmen	Heerenveen
18:45	Sydney van Hooijdonk 21' 59' (pen.)	Report	Ole Romeny 47' 74' 90+2'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,020 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

6 May 2023 31^[10]	NEC	2-3	Heerenveen	Nijmegen
20:00	Magnus Mattsson 37' Landry Dimata 61'	Report	Thom Haye 27' Sydney van Hooijdonk 82' Antoine Colassin 87'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Dennis Higler

13 May 2023 32^[11]	Heerenveen	0-0	Excelsior	Heerenveen
20:00		Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18,912 Referee: Rob Dieperink

21 May 2023 33^[12]	PSV	3-3	Heerenveen	Eindhoven
14:30	Ibrahim Sangaré 14' Luuk de Jong 79' Xavi Simons 86' (pen.)	Report	Milan van Ewijk 33' Antoine Colassin 45+1' 58'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,900 Referee: Allard Lindhout

28 May 2023 34^[13]	Heerenveen	2-0	Go Ahead Eagles	Heerenveen
14:30	Paweł Bochniewicz 43' Ché Nunnely 79'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

KNVB Cup[edit]

18 October 2022 First round	HSV Hoek	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Heerenveen	Hoek
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schalkwijk 6' Impens 26' (pen.) Vandecandelaere 71' Bannani 89'	Report	Köhlert 41' Al Hajj 49', 93', 119' Halilović 77' 115'	Stadium: Sportpark Denoek Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Richard Martens

11 January 2023 Second round	Heerenveen	2–0	Volendam	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	van Amersfoort 41' Sydney van Hooijdonk 74'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

7 February 2023 Round of 16	NAC Breda	1–2	Heerenveen	Breda
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boere 16' Velanas 41' Aimé Omgba 43' Rowan Besselink 72'	Report	van Aken 27' Haye 30' Kaib 43' van Hooijdonk 45+1' 53'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Referee: Alex Bos

1 March 2023 Quarter-finals^[14]	Heerenveen	0–1	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Santiago Giménez 80'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 12,943 Referee: Pol van Boekel

References[edit]

^ "Selectie".
^ "Competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2022/'23 definitief vastgesteld".
^ "Twente vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Heerenveen vs. Ajax". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Groningen vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "AZ vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Heerenveen vs. Volendam". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Sparta Rotterdam vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Heerenveen vs. Emmen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "NEC vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Heerenveen vs. Excelsior". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "PSV vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Heerenveen vs. Go Ahead Eagles". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Feyenoord vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[1] "Selectie".

[2] "Competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2022/'23 definitief vastgesteld".

[3] "Twente vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[4] "Heerenveen vs. Ajax". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[5] "Groningen vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[6] "AZ vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[7] "Heerenveen vs. Volendam". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[8] "Sparta Rotterdam vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[9] "Heerenveen vs. Emmen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[10] "NEC vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[11] "Heerenveen vs. Excelsior". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[12] "PSV vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[13] "Heerenveen vs. Go Ahead Eagles". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[14] "Feyenoord vs. Heerenveen". ESPN. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

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