2024–25 FC Twente season

The 2024–25 season is the 60th season in the history of FC Twente, and the club's sixth consecutive season in the Eredivisie. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

FC Twente

2024–25 season
Chairman	Paul van der Kraan
Head coach	Joseph Oosting
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	5th
KNVB Cup	Second round
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	League phase
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24
All statistics correct as of 4 May 2025.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Alec Van Hoorenbeeck	KV Mechelen	€600,000	1 July 2024
DF	Bas Kuipers	Go Ahead Eagles	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Sam Lammers	Rangers	£2.7m	26 July 2024	[1]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Gijs Smal	Feyenoord	End of contract	1 July 2024	[2]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

Stevo v Twente

22 June 2024 Friendly	Stevo	v	Twente	Geesteren
18:00				Stadium: Sportpark De Peuverweide
Note: The match was canceled due to an accident that occurred before its start, as a scaffold carrying a banner fell on spectators, causing injuries.[3]

Twente v Motherwell

28 June 2024 Friendly	Twente	2–2	Motherwell	Deurningen
19:00	Rots 47', 78'		Miller 25' Ebiye 77'	Stadium: Sportpark Het Hoge Vonder

Twente v Sint-Truiden

6 July 2024 Friendly	Twente	2–2	Sint-Truiden	Goor
14:00				Stadium: Sportpark Heeckeren

Twente v FC Nordsjælland

12 July 2024 Friendly	Twente	2–1	FC Nordsjælland
12:00

Twente v FC Nordsjælland

6 July 2024 Friendly	Twente	0–0	FC Nordsjælland
14:30
Note: Abandoned after 20 minutes due to weather.

Hannover 96 v Twente

20 July 2024 Friendly	Hannover 96	3–3	Twente
14:00

Schalke 04 v Twente

24 July 2024 Friendly	Schalke 04	0–0	Twente	Marl, Germany
18:30				Stadium: EVONIK Sportpark I

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	10 August 2024	May 2025	Matchday 1		31	14	9	8	52	37	+15	045.16
KNVB Cup	18 December 2024	15 January 2025	Second round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00
UEFA Champions League	6 August 2024	13 August 2024	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
UEFA Europa League	25 September 2024	20 February 2025	League stage	Knockout phase play-offs	10	3	4	3	12	15	−3	030.00
Total					45	18	14	13	72	62	+10	040.00

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

Main article: 2024–25 Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Utrecht	34	18	10	6	62	45	+17	64	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	AZ (O)	34	16	9	9	58	37	+21	57	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6	Twente	34	15	9	10	62	49	+13	54
7	Go Ahead Eagles	34	14	9	11	57	55	+2	51	Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
8	NEC	34	12	7	15	51	46	+5	43	Qualification for the European competition play-offs

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)
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Qualified for the Europa League league phase as the 2024–25 KNVB Cup 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
26	13	7	6	52	27	+25	46	9	3	1	30	4	+26	4	4	5	22	23	−1

Last updated: 17 March 2025.
Source: https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fc-twente/2025/3/

Matches

The match schedule was released on 24 June 2024.^[4]

NEC v Twente

10 August 2024 1	NEC	1–2	Twente	Nijmegen
18:30	K.Sano 28'	Report	Lammers 8' Van Hoorenbeeck 54'	Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 12.540 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Twente v Sparta Rotterdam

17 August 2024 2	Twente	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
18:45	Hilgers  45+4' Steijn 75' (pen.)	Report	Lauritsen 90+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.200 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Utrecht v Twente

1 September 2024 4	Utrecht	2–1	Twente	Utrecht
12:15	Toornstra 14' Bozdoğan 52'	Report	Lammers 11' Bruns  19' Taha  64'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,463 Referee: Dennis Higler

Twente v PEC Zwolle

14 September 2024 5	Twente	1–1	PEC Zwolle	Enschede
16:30	Steijn 63'	Report	Vente 8'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.500 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Twente v Heerenveen

18 September 2024 3	Twente	2–0	Heerenveen	Enschede
20:00	Salah-Eddine  16' Steijn 22' (pen.), 39' Regeer  61'	Report	V.der Hart  21' Köhlert  90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Almere v Twente

22 September 2024 6	Almere	0–5	Twente	Almere
14:30	Haye  44'	Report	Steijn 9', 45+1' Eiting  39' Lammers 55' Wolfswinkel 75' Salah-Eddine 75'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 4.222 Referee: Richard Martens

Twente v NAC Breda

29 September 2024 7	Twente	1–0	NAC Breda	Enschede
14:30	Eiting  69' Wolfswinkel 76' Besselink  85'	Report	Valerius  43' Lucassen  49'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.750 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

Feyenoord v Twente

6 October 2024 8	Feyenoord	2–1	Twente	Feyenoord
14:30	Ueda 28' In-beom 43',  66' Q.Timber  90+2'	Report	Hilgers  71' Steijn 79',  90+4'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47.500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

RKC Waalwijk v Twente

19 October 2024 9	RKC Waalwijk	2–2	Twente	Waalwijk
20:00	Margaret 23' van der Water 47' Lelieveld  67'	Report	Steijn 11' Vlap  27' Regeer  76' Eiting 90+1'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6,674 Referee: Danny Desmond Makkelie

Twente v Heracles Almelo

27 October 2024 10	Twente	5–0	Heracles Almelo	Enschede
14:30	Benita 38' (o.g.) Salah-Eddine 42' Hilgers 59' Lammers 77' Vlap 90+3'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Dennis Higler

Willem II v Twente

2 November 2024 11	Willem II	0–1	Twente	Tilburg
16:30	Amar Fatah  32' Sigurgeirsson  48' Lambert  83' Bokila  90'	Report	Rots  51' Lammers 58'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 12.775 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

Twente v Ajax

10 November 2024 12	Twente	2–2	Ajax	Enschede
14:30	Vlap 42', 65' Besselink  55'	Report	Klaassen 59' Traoré 67' Hato  72'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Allard Lindhout

Fortuna Sittard v Twente

23 November 2024 13	Fortuna Sittard	1–2	Twente	Sittard
21:00	Halilović  50' Peterson 62' (pen.)	Report	Steijn 35' Hilgers  38' van Rooij  61' Wolfswinkel 68'	Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion Attendance: 9.013 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Twente v Go Ahead Eagles

1 December 2024 14	Twente	3–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
14:30	Lammers 44' Bruns  61' Steijn 72' Kuipers 81'	Report	Breum 24', 33',  45+1' Edvardsen  45+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.800 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

PSV v Twente

6 December 2024 15	PSV	6–1	Twente	Eindhoven
20:00	Lang 20' Tillman 34' Saibari 45+2', 54' Ledezma 63' Pepi 85'	Report	Steijn 10' Bruns  60'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

Twente v FC Groningen

15 December 2024 16	Twente	2–0	FC Groningen	Enschede
14:30	van Rooij 24' Steijn 57' Sadílek  78'	Report	Resink  53' Bacuna  75'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.000 Referee: Alex Bos

AZ Alkmaar v Twente

21 December 2024 17	AZ Alkmaar	1–0	Twente	Alkmaar
20:00	Penetra  45+1' Parrott 48' Goes  53' Clasie  90+5'	Report	Lagerbielke  30' Wolfswinkel  36' Rots  65' Kuipers  90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 18.503 Referee: Joey Kooij

Twente v Willem II

12 January 2025 18	Twente	6–2	Willem II	Enschede
12:15	Steijn 12', 36', 50' (pen.) Wolfswinkel 68' Sadílek 79' Eiting 90+1'	Report	Behounek 31' Joosten 40' Bokila  71'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.500 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

NAC Breda v Twente

19 January 2025 19	NAC Breda	2–1	Twente	Breda
12:15	Kaied 14' Ómarsson 20' Sauer  27' Balard  72'	Report	Lagerbielke  45+2' Rots 77'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Attendance: 18.957 Referee: Rob Dieperink

Go Ahead Eagles v Twente

2 February 2025 21	Go Ahead Eagles	2–2	Twente	Deventer
14:30	Linthorst 11' Breum  69' Deijl 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Wolfswinkel  50' Kuipers  53' Steijn 66', 67' Ünüvar  69'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9.997 Referee: Dennis Higler

Heerenveen v Twente

9 February 2025 22	Heerenveen	3–3	Twente	Heerenveen
16:45	Luković 33' Espen van Ee 53' Braude  56' Gürbüz 90+3'	Report	Rots 3' Lagerbielke 23' Wolfswinkel  30', 62' Kuipers  35' Vlap  43' Verschueren  90+4'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 22.785 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

Twente v RKC Waalwijk

16 February 2025 23	Twente	2–0	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
14:30	Lammers 28' Steijn 83'	Report	van Gelderen  54' Al Mazyani  77'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.500 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Twente v NEC

23 February 2025 20	Twente	2–0	NEC	Enschede
14:30	Kuipers 19', 80' Sadílek  55'	Report	Verdonk  57' Linssen  65'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

FC Groningen v Twente

1 March 2025 24	FC Groningen	1–1	Twente	Groningen
20:00	van Bergen 32' Rente  84' Vaessen  88'	Report	Steijn 45+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Dennis Higler

Twente v Almere

9 March 2025 25	Twente	1–0	Almere	Enschede
16:45	Steijn 19'	Report	Zagaritis  17' Kadile  64'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

Twente v Feyenoord

16 March 2025 26	Twente	2–6	Feyenoord	Enschede
14:30	Steijn 41' (pen.), 71' Rots  45+1' Hilgers  67'	Report	Ueda 10', 23' Paixão 14', 53', 62' In-beom  27' Moussa  43' Trauner  45+3' Sliti 90'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Heracles Almelo v Twente

30 March 2025 27	Heracles Almelo	2–1	Twente	Almelo
14:30	Hornkamp 9', 76'	Report	Ltaief 90'	Stadium: Asito stadion Attendance: 12,080 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2024–25 KNVB Cup

VV Katwijk v Twente

18 December 2024 Second round	VV Katwijk	2–3	Twente	Katwijk
18:45	Ravensbergen  7' Schulte 17' Tahiri 84' Janmaat  84'	Report	Hoorenbeeck 3',  90+1' Wolfswinkel 47' Kuipers 50'	Stadium: Sportpark de Krom Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

Go Ahead Eagles v Twente

15 January 2025 Round of 16	Go Ahead Eagles	3–1	Twente	Deventer
18:45	Edvardsen 60' Deijl 84' Suray 90+4'	Report	Steijn 42'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 8.656 Referee: Danny Makkelie

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

As the third-place team in Eredivisie, Twente entered the competition in the third qualifying round.

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024, Twente were drawn against Austrian Football Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg.^[5]

Red Bull Salzburg v Twente

6 August 2024 First leg	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	Twente	Salzburg, Austria
20:45 CEST	Kjærgaard 41', 85' Gourna-Douath  44'	Report	Vlap 90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 17,381 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Twente v Red Bull Salzburg

13 August 2024 Second leg	Twente	3–3 (4–5 agg.)	Red Bull Salzburg	Enschede
19:00 CEST	Rots  24' Vlap  37' Hilgers 43',  51' Van Hoorenbeeck 64' Steijn  82', 87'	Report	Gourna-Douath  9' Kjærgaard 17', 74' Nene 25' Yeo 46' Blaswich  79'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,200 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

League phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league phase

The league phase draw was held on 30 August 2024.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
21	Union Saint-Gilloise	8	3	2	3	8	8	0	11	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
22	PAOK	8	3	1	4	12	10	+2	10
23	Twente	8	2	4	2	8	9	−1	10
24	Fenerbahçe	8	2	4	2	9	11	−2	10
25	Braga	8	3	1	4	9	12	−3	10

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	W
Position	16	23	28					23
Points	1	2	2	3	3	4	7	10

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Manchester United v Twente

25 September 2024 1	Manchester United	1–1	Twente	Manchester, England
20:00 BST	Eriksen 35' Martínez  58'	Report	Bruns  14' Lammers 68',  78' Van Wolfswinkel  83'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,069 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Twente v Fenerbahçe

3 October 2024 2	Twente	1–1	Fenerbahçe	Enschede
21:00 CEST	Vlap  14', 29' Hilgers  59' Tytoń  76'	Report	Oosterwolde  12' Fred  41' Kahveci  56' Becão  68' Tadić 71' Amrabat  75'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

Twente v Lazio

24 October 2024 3	Twente	0–2	Lazio	Enschede
21:00 CEST	Unnerstall  11' Van Wolfswinkel  63' Van Rooij  68' Bruns  69' Vlap  72'	Report	Pedro 35' Isaksen 87'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Nice v Twente

7 November 2024 4	Nice	2-2	Twente	Nice, France
18:45 CET	Camara  24' Dante  49' Boga 66' Diop  70' Bombito  84' Cho 88'	Report	D. Rots 8' Lammers 60' Van Rooij  80'  90'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 11,144 Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)

Twente v Union Saint-Gilloise

28 November 2024 5	Twente	0-1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Enschede
21:00 CET	D. Rots  35' Regeer  88'	Report	Fuseini 11' Sykes  24' Mac Allister  81' Sadiki  90' Khalaili  90+3'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,500 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
Note: Pocognoli  72'

Olympiacos v Twente

12 December 2024 6	Olympiacos	0-0	Twente	Piraeus, Greece
19:45 EET	Martins  45+3' Hezze  72'	Report	Regeer  14' Van Hoorenbeeck  26'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31.600 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Malmö FF v Twente

23 January 2025 7	Malmö FF	2-3	Twente	Malmö, Sweden
18:45 CET	Rösler  2' Johnsen 32' Berg  44' Rosengren  60' Busanello  64' Rydström  77' Christiansen 79',  89' Botheim  80'	Report	Rots  9' Ltaief  13' Steijn 28' (pen.) Wolfswinkel 61' (pen.) Lagerbielke 64' van Bergen  82' Besselink  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 16.432 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (German)

Twente v Beşiktaş

30 January 2025 8	Twente	1-0	Beşiktaş	Enschede
21:00 CET	Salah-Eddine  6' Rots 76'	Report	Svensson  18' Immobile  37' Rashica  54' Topçu  66'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 28.500 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Knockout phase

Twente v Bodø/Glimt

13 February 2025 First leg	Twente	2–1	Bodø/Glimt	Enschede
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ltaief 5' Lagerbielke  53' Ünüvar  84' Wolfswinkel 90+5' (pen.)		Bjørkan  38' Hauge  41' Gundersen  42' Berg 85'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29.500 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Bodø/Glimt v Twente

20 February 2025 Second leg	Bodø/Glimt	5–2 (a.e.t.) (6–4 agg.)	Twente	Bodø
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Høgh 56' (pen.) Saltnes  63' Hilgers 90+2' (o.g.) Wembangomo 90+4' Sondre Fet 111' Verschueren 114' (o.g.)		Hilgers  7' Sjøvold 26' (o.g.) Steijn  58', 90+6' van Rooij  99'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 6.417 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Span)