Eredivisie · NED · Round 1

FC Twente
1 - 2 Full time
Excelsior

De Grolsch Veste

Lineups

FC Twente4-3-3
NM1Marsman
HT2↓79'ter Avest
JA3Andersen
PB25Bijen
DT6Trajkovski
KM22↓25'Mokotjo
JV23van der Heyden
HZ10Ziyech
CE7Ede
JO24⚽Oosterwijk
FJ19↓67'Jensen
TM22Muyters
LO3⚽Owusu
HD4Drost
JM15Mattheij
BK5Kuipers
LB10Bruins
KV18⚽Vermeulen
RK8Koolwijk
SE11↓83'Elbers
NH7↓77'Hasselbaink
TO9↓89'Ondaan
Excelsior4-3-3

FC Twente substitutes

12 Tim Hölscher ↑25'
9 Torgeir Børven ↑67'
5 Stefan Thesker ↑79'
32 Brem Soumaoro
30 Dylan George
28 Jeroen van der Lely
20 Sonny Stevens

Coach: Rene Hake

Excelsior substitutes

17 Fredy ↑77'
23 Milan Massop ↑83'
14 Cedric Badjeck ↑89'
6 Anour Hadouir
19 Carlo De Reuver
34 Dogucan Haspolat
20 Elso Brito
26 Mike Havekotte

Coach: Mitchell van der Gaag

Match events

13'Kevin Vermeulen assist: Nigel Hasselbaink 0 - 1⚽
17'Ryan Koolwijk
25'↑ Tim Hölscher ↓ Kamohelo Mokotjo (injured)⇄
45'Stanley Elbers
Second half
54'Bas Kuipers
61'Leeroy Owusu assist: Luigi Bruins 0 - 2⚽
67'↑ Torgeir Børven ↓ Fredrik Jensen⇄
77'↑ Fredy ↓ Nigel Hasselbaink⇄
79'↑ Stefan Thesker ↓ Hidde ter Avest (injured)⇄
82'Jari Oosterwijk assist: Stefan Thesker 1 - 2⚽
83'↑ Milan Massop ↓ Stanley Elbers⇄
84'Dejan Trajkovski
87'Kevin Vermeulen
89'↑ Cedric Badjeck ↓ Terell Ondaan⇄

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Match details

CompetitionEredivisie
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 6 August 2016, 17:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5FC Twente wins5Draws3Excelsior wins

13 past meetings on record. Biggest FC Twente win: FC Twente 4–0 Excelsior (2022). Biggest Excelsior win: FC Twente 1–3 Excelsior (2017).

1 Apr 2023Excelsior 0 - 0 FC TwenteEredivisie
31 Aug 2022FC Twente 4 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
23 Dec 2017Excelsior 0 - 0 FC TwenteEredivisie
27 Oct 2017FC Twente 1 - 3 ExcelsiorEredivisie
12 Feb 2017Excelsior 1 - 1 FC TwenteEredivisie
20 Apr 2016FC Twente 2 - 0 ExcelsiorEredivisie
5 Dec 2015Excelsior 1 - 1 FC TwenteEredivisie
7 Feb 2015FC Twente 1 - 3 ExcelsiorEredivisie
26 Oct 2014Excelsior 2 - 1 FC TwenteEredivisie
21 Apr 2012Excelsior 0 - 1 FC TwenteEredivisie
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2 Oct 2011FC Twente 2 - 2 ExcelsiorEredivisie
20 Mar 2011Excelsior 0 - 2 FC TwenteEredivisie
6 Nov 2010FC Twente 2 - 1 ExcelsiorEredivisie