Excelsior Rotterdam (women)

Excelsior Rotterdam is a Dutch women's football team from Rotterdam which competes in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands.

Excelsior Rotterdam

Founded	2017
Ground	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion[1]
Capacity	4,500
Head coach	Mathijs Kreugel
League	Eredivisie
2023–24	12th
Website	https://excelsiorrotterdam.nl/teams/excelsiorvrouwen/

Established in 2017 as a result of a three seasons partnership between professional club Excelsior Rotterdam and amateur club BVV Barendrecht to create a women's team from the Rotterdam area.^[2] That relationship lasted three years, after which Excelsior solely operated the club.^[3][4]

The team host its matches at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. It previously used Barendrecht's facilities for matches and training.

The club has finished in last place in the Eredivisie in all but two of its seasons, eking out second-to-last place finishes in 2018–19 and 2020–21. It has twice reached the semifinals of the KNVB Women's Cup.

Seasons

9	8	8	7	9	11	12
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Vrouwen Eredivisie

Season	Division	Position	W – D – L = Pts	GF – GA	Top scorer	KNVB Cup
2017–18	Eredivisie	09 / 09	01 – 02 – 22 = 05	21 – 77	Henriquez [nl] (6)	Round of 16
2018–19		08 / 09	05 – 04 – 16 = 19	27 – 58	Henriquez (11)	Quarterfinals
2019–20		08 / 08 a	00 – 03 – 09 = 03	10 – 40	Cobussen [nl] (3)	a
2020–21		07 / 08	02 – 06 – 09 = 12	15 – 48	Kersten [nl], Nieuwland [nl] (3)	Quarterfinals
2021–22		09 / 09	02 – 05 – 17 = 11	28 – 83	Ellouzi (7)	Semifinals
2022–23		11 / 110	02 – 02 – 16 = 8	14 – 57	Three tied (2)	Quarterfinals
2023–24		12 / 120	02 – 05 – 15 = 11	20 – 53	Ellouzi (6)	Semifinals

a = season abandoned due to Covid-19

Current squad

As of May 2023^[5]

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 Isa Pothof 2 DF  NED Lieke de With 3 DF  NED Rachel Kleine 4 DF  NED Yara Helderman 5 DF  NED Yentl van Goch 6 MF  NED Lynn Groenewegen 7 FW  NED Dana Breewel 8 MF  NED Kim Hendriks 9 FW  TUN Sabrine Ellouzi 10 MF  NED Kathelyn Hendriks 11 FW  NED Wendy Balfoort 12 DF  NED Jikke de Raaf

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  NED Lieve van Vlier 15 DF  NED Fleur Mol 16 FW  ARU Bonny Lammers 19 FW  NED Veerle van Spijk 20 GK  NED Nikki de Haan 21 GK  NED Floor Oussoren 22 FW  NED Chelsea Homan 23 DF  NED Robine de Ridder 24 MF  NED Stephanie Aurélio

Former players

Head coaches

• Sander Luiten [nl] (2017–2018)
• Richard Mank [nl] (2018–2024)
• Mathijs Kreugel (2024–present)

Broadcasting

As of the 2024–25 season, league matches are broadcast domestically on ESPN.^[6] Public service broadcaster NOS occasionally broadcasts some games live and provides game highlights during the Studio Sport programme.