2018–19 FC Twente season

The 2018–19 season is FC Twente's second visit to the Eerste Divisie following their relegation from the 2017–18 Eredivisie. It marks their return to the second highest division in Dutch football after spending 34 consecutive seasons in the top flight of Dutch football. Marino Pusic was promoted to head coach after filling in as interim manager after the departure of Gertjan Verbeek during the 2017–18 season.^[1]

FC Twente

2018–19 season
Chairman	vacant
Manager	Marino Pusic
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eerste Divisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Quarter-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Boere (13) Aitor (13) All: Aitor (16)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs Jong AZ (22 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	14,969 vs RKC Waalwijk (18 December 2018)
Average home league attendance	26,200
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

FC Twente were confirmed as champions of the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie season on 22 April 2019, finishing top of the Netherlands' second-highest tier of football for the first time in the club's history. ^[2]

Season review

Pre-season

FC Twente's pre-season got off to a rocky start. Following the relegation to the Eerste Divisie, the club was forced to slash spending after reducing the overall budget from 30 million to 18 million euros.^[3] In late June it became apparent that FC Twente was in dire need of financial help, leaving the club in great uncertainty about the future. The club even threatened to file for bankruptcy if the Enschede city council does not stand guarantee for 7 million euros.^[4] A few weeks later FC Twente announced it staved off bankruptcy after the city council agreed to a rescue plan. City officials agreed to freeze interest and repayments of a loan made to the club over a two-season period. In addition, some 30 of the club's sponsors have agreed to invest 10 million euros in the club.^[5]

On 31 May, FC Twente announced their first signing of the summer; the return of Dutch midfielder Wout Brama from Australian side Central Coast Mariners, signing him on a free transfer. Brama previously played at Twente between 2005 and 2014 where he won the Eredivisie in 2010.^[6]

First team

As of 6 May 2019^[7]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
13	Nick Hengelman		GK	(1989-11-15) 15 November 1989 (age 34)
16	Joël Drommel		GK	(1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27)
22	Jeffrey de Lange		GK	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 26)
26	Jorn Brondeel		GK	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)
Defenders
2	Ricardinho		LB	(1984-09-09) 9 September 1984 (age 40)
3	Xandro Schenk		CB	(1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31)
4	Nacho Monsalve		CB	(1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 (age 30)
21	Cristian González		CB	(1996-07-23) 23 July 1996 (age 28)
25	Peet Bijen		CB	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 29)
27	Rafael Ramos		RB	(1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 29)
28	Jeroen van der Lely		RB/LB	(1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 28)
Midfielders
6	Wout Brama (captain)		DM	(1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 38)
10	Haris Vučkić		AM	(1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 (age 32)
11	Alexander Laukart		AM	(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 (age 26)
17	Tim Hölscher		AM/RW/LW	(1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 29)
18	Ulrich Bapoh		AM	(1999-06-29) 29 June 1999 (age 25)
19	Javier Espinosa		CM	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32)
20	Matt Smith		DM	(1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 24)
23	Jelle van der Heyden		CM	(1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29)
Forwards
7	Aitor Cantalapiedra		RW	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28)
8	Oussama Assaidi		LW	(1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 36)
9	Tom Boere		ST	(1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 31)
14	Rafik Zekhnini		LW	(1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 26)
15	Fred Friday		ST	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29)
24	Jari Oosterwijk		ST	(1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29)
47	Mohamed Hamdaoui		LW	(1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 31)

Transfers and loans

Summer

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2018	MF	6	Wout Brama	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	[8]
24 June 2018	MF	17	Tim Hölscher	Esbjerg fB	Free transfer	[9]
26 June 2018	FW	39	Tim van de Schepop	PEC Zwolle	Free transfer	[10]
16 July 2018	DF	3	Xandro Schenk	Go Ahead Eagles	Free transfer	[11]
31 July 2018	FW	7	Aitor Cantalapiedra	Sevilla Atlético	Undisclosed	[12]
1 August 2018	DF	2	Ricardinho	Oxford United	Free transfer	[13]
3 August 2018	DF	4	Nacho Monsalve	Rayo Vallecano	Free transfer	[14]
6 August 2018	DF	27	Rafael Ramos	Chicago Fire	Undisclosed	[15]
31 August 2018	CM	19	Javier Espinosa	Levante UD	Undisclosed	[16]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2018	1 July 2019	MF	18	Ulrich Bapoh	VfL Bochum	Undisclosed	[17]
3 July 2018	1 July 2019	MF	20	Matt Smith	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[18]
15 August 2018	1 July 2019	DF	21	Cristian González	Sevilla Atlético	Undisclosed	[19]
29 August 2018	1 July 2019	FW	14	Rafik Zekhnini	Fiorentina	Undisclosed	[20]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
29 May 2018	MF	21	Danny Holla	Den Bosch	Released	[21]
1 June 2018	FW	34	Adnane Tighadouini	Málaga	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	FW	27	Luciano Slagveer	Lokeren	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	DF	15	Cristián Cuevas	Huachipato	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	DF	3	Thomas Lam	Nottingham Forest	Loan return	[22]
1 June 2018	FW	29	Mounir El Hamdaoui	Excelsior	End of contract	[22]
1 June 2018	DF	4	Jos Hooiveld	Orange County	End of contract	[22]
1 June 2018	MF	20	Adam Maher	AZ	End of contract	[22]
14 June 2018	MF	18	Michael Liendl	Wolfsberger AC	Undisclosed	[23]
14 June 2018	MF	17	Marko Kvasina	SV Mattersburg	Undisclosed	[23]
15 June 2018	DF	2	Hidde ter Avest	Udinese	Released	[24]
24 June 2018	DF	5	Stefan Thesker	Holstein Kiel	Released	[25]
27 June 2018	MF	19	Fredrik Jensen	FC Augsburg	Undisclosed	[26]
10 July 2018	DF		Jelle van Benthem	Heracles	Undisclosed	[27]
23 July 2018	DF	14	Richard Jensen	Roda JC	Undisclosed	[28]
26 July 2018	MF		Delano Grootenhuis	FC Emmen	Undisclosed	[29]

Winter

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
28 January 2019	1 July 2019	LW	47	Mohamed Hamdaoui	De Graafschap	Undisclosed	[30]
30 January 2019	1 July 2019	FW	99	Fred Friday	AZ	Undisclosed	[31]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
29 January 2019	1 July 2019	FW	30	Dylan George	Helmond Sport	Undisclosed	[32]

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.
8 August 2018	MF		Mats Wieffer	[33]
8 August 2018	MF		Redouan Taha el Idrissi	[33]
8 August 2018	MF		Ramiz Zerrouki	[33]
8 August 2018	FW		Xhelal Terziqi	[33]

Friendlies

FC Twente revealed pre-season fixtures against Heerenveen, FC Emmen, VVV-Venlo, Göztepe S.K. and Al-Taawoun.

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

GFC Goor v Twente

3 July 2018 (2018-07-03) Friendly	GFC Goor	0–10	Twente	Goor, Netherlands
		Report	Trotman 1', 6', 9' Bapoh 16' Hölscher 28' Van de Schepop 53' Oosterwijk 70', 76' Browning-Lagerfeld 74'

Fleringen v Twente

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly	Fleringen	1–5	Twente	Fleringen, Netherlands
	Slaghekke 81'	Report	Trotman 14' R. Jensen 18' Bapoh 44' Oosterwijk 79', 85'

Heerenveen v Twente

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) Friendly	Heerenveen	1–1	Twente	Langezwaag, Netherlands
	Mihajlović 85'	Report	Bapoh 50'

Twente v FC Emmen

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Friendly	Twente	1–5	FC Emmen	Vriezenveen, Netherlands
	Brama 61' (.pen)	Report

VVV-Venlo v Twente

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) Friendly	VVV-Venlo	2–1	Twente	Venlo, Netherlands
		Report	Oosterwijk 76'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 2200 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

Twente v Göztepe SK

2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) Friendly	Twente	3–0	Göztepe SK	Goor, Netherlands
	Aitor 17' Bapoh 41' Smith 72'	Report

Twente v Al-Taawoun

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) Friendly	Twente	2–2	Al-Taawoun	Goor, Netherlands
	Smith 7' Aitor 54'	Report		Attendance: 2000

Bayer Leverkusen v Twente

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Twente	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 32' Kohr 39' Volland 57' Bailey 77'	Report		Stadium: BayArena

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eerste Divisie	32	23	3	6	64	30	+34	071.88
KNVB Cup	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5	075.00
Total	36	26	3	7	74	35	+39	072.22

Updated to match played 2 April 2019
Source: Competitions

Eerste Divisie

Main article: 2018–19 Eerste Divisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Twente[lower-alpha 1] (C, P)	38	25	5	8	72	39	+33	80	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Sparta Rotterdam[lower-alpha 2] (O, P)	38	19	12	7	78	47	+31	69	Qualification to promotion play-offs second round
3	Jong PSV[lower-alpha 3]	38	18	9	11	77	59	+18	63
4	Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]	38	18	9	11	64	49	+15	63	Qualification to promotion play-offs second round
5	Go Ahead Eagles	38	19	6	13	63	57	+6	63

Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
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, international competitions and play-offs qualification, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off) ^[34]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Winner of the Third Period (games 21–29).
2. Winner of the First Period (games 3–11).
3. Reserves teams aren't eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
4. Winner of the Second Period (games 12–20).

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	D
Position	4	5	2	8	6	5	3	3	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2019. Source: FC Twente
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 15 June 2018, the Eerste Divisie fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[35][36]

Twente v Sparta

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 1	Twente	2–1	Sparta	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Bapoh 10' Boere 40' (pen.)	Report	Veldwijk 16'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Kamphuis

Helmond Sport v Twente

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 2	Helmond Sport	2–2	Twente	Helmond
20:00 CEST	Zeldenrust 57' Meijers 89'	Report	Boere 77' (pen.) Oosterwijk 90'	Stadium: SolarUnie Stadion Attendance: 2,634 Referee: van Boekel

Twente v Roda JC

31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) 3	Twente	3–1	Roda JC	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Hölscher 17' Boere 20' Bapoh 67'	Report	Paulissen 4'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Mulder

Twente v TOP Oss

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 4	Twente	1–2	TOP Oss	Enschede
18:30 CEST	Aitor 29'	Report	Smeets 15' Dogan 22'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Van de Graaf

Dordrecht v Twente

14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) 5	Dordrecht	0–2	Twente	Dordrecht
20:00 CEST		Report	Bijen 19' Stankov 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 2,662 Referee: Gerrets

Telstar v Twente

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 6	Telstar	1–3	Twente	IJmuiden
20:00 CEST	Sno 4'	Report	Boere 8' Oosterwijk 77' Zekhnini 90+1'	Stadium: Rabobank IJmond Stadion Attendance: 3,263 Referee: Gözübüyük

Twente v Jong PSV

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 7	Twente	2–1	Jong PSV	Enschede
14:30 CEST	Boere 62' (.pen) Aitor 86'	Report	Rigo 7'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Lindhout

FC Eindhoven v Twente

5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 8	FC Eindhoven	1–1	Twente	Eindhoven
20:00 CEST	Seedorf 90+3'	Report	Aitor 56'	Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion Attendance: 2,507 Referee: Blank

Twente v MVV

14 October 2018 (2018-10-14) 9	Twente	0–1	MVV	Enschede
16:45 CEST		Report	van den Hurk 60'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Dieperink

Jong FC Utrecht v Twente

22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) 10	Jong FC Utrecht	1–6	Twente	Utrecht
20:00 CEST	Venema 62'	Report	Boere 11' (.pen) Espinosa 14', 56' Zekhnini 41' Oosterwijk 69', 78'	Stadium: De Galgenwaard Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Perez

Twente v Almere City

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 11	Twente	1–0	Almere City	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Boere 8'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,400 Referee: Oostrom

Twente v RKC Waalwijk

2 November 2018 (2018-11-02) 12	Twente	3–1	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Bijen 17' Aitor 39' Maria 80'	Report	Seys 90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Mulder

FC Den Bosch v Twente

9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 13	FC Den Bosch	2–1	Twente	Den Bosch
20:00 CEST	Velkov  7'  77' 24' Beltrame 19' van der Winden  90+6'	Summary	Rafael Ramos  23' Boere 32' Javier Espinosa  90+6'	Stadium: De Vliert Attendance: 5,086 Referee: Pol van Boekel

Twente v Go Ahead Eagles

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) 14	Twente	0–1	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
14:30 CEST	Hölscher  60' Smith  90+1'	Summary	Verheydt  33' Navrátil 45+1' Bakx  60' Lelieveld  82'  84' van Moorsel  84' Bosz  90+1'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

Jong AZ v Twente

26 November 2018 (2018-11-26) 15	Jong AZ	1–2	Twente	Alkmaar
20:00 CEST	Jacobs  39' Wijndal  57' Druijf 86'	Summary	Boere 32' Smith 79' Zekhnini  90+5'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Freek Van Herk

Twente v Jong Ajax

30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 16	Twente	2–5	Jong Ajax	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Espinosa 6' Hölscher  46' Bijen 50' Drommel  58' Aitor  60' Nacho  75' González  90+1'	Summary	Botman  9' 18' Dest 38' Ekkelenkamp 42', 56' Černý 54' (pen)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Clay Ruperti

FC Volendam v Twente

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 17	FC Volendam	1–2	Twente	Volendam
20:00 CEST	Peters  38' Schouten  42' Deul 74' Bäly  88'	Summary	Zekhnini  8' Brama 45'  90+1' Smith  65' Bijen 89'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

SC Cambuur v Twente

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) 18	SC Cambuur	0–1	Twente	Leeuwarden
20:00 CEST	Rossi  39'	Summary	Aitor 61' Schenk  88'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 8,191 Referee: Joey Kooij

Twente v N.E.C.

21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) 19	Twente	2–0	N.E.C.	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Zekhnini 30' Oosterwijk 47' Espinosa  65' Schenk  74'	Summary	Okita  65' Sabak  83'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Martin Perez

MVV v Twente

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) 20	MVV	0–2	Twente	Maastricht
14:30 CEST		Summary	Bijen  11' Zekhnini 40' Brama 45+2' González  68'	Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 5,009 Referee: Blom

Twente v Jong FC Utrecht

18 January 2019 (2019-01-18) 21	Twente	1–0	Jong FC Utrecht	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Smith 13' Nacho  90+4'	Summary	Hoogenhout  50'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,100 Referee: Pérez

Almere City v Twente

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 22	Almere City	1–3	Twente	Almere
19:45 CEST	Receveur  23' Loen  35' Meijer 50' Van Vlerken  50'	Summary	Aitor 9' Boere 36' Brama  41' Nacho 72'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion Attendance: 2,854 Referee: Blank

Twente v Helmond Sport

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 23	Twente	4–1	Helmond Sport	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Boere 11' (pen) Aitor 49' Nacho 34', 60'	Summary	Knops  10' Snepvangers 70' Velanas  88'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Bax

Sparta v Twente

8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 24	Sparta	0–3	Twente	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST	Vriends 51' (og) Drenthe  29' Duarte  75'	Summary	Boere pen' (22) González  47' Bijen 43' Ricardinho  90'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gözübüyük

Jong PSV v Twente

18 February 2019 (2019-02-18) 25	Jong PSV	0–2	Twente	Eindhoven
20:00 CEST		Summary	Aitor 15' Nacho  23' Schenk  43' Boere pen' (78)	Stadium: De Herdgang Attendance: 1,057 Referee: Van der Eijk

Twente v FC Eindhoven

22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 26	Twente	1–0	FC Eindhoven	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Aitor pen' (90+6)	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,700 Referee: Van Herk

Roda JC v Twente

1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) 27	Roda JC	1–1	Twente	Kerkrade
20:00 CEST	Engels 28'	Summary	Van der Heyden  62'  88' Aitor 66' Drommel  82'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 7,162 Referee: Manschot

TOP Oss v Twente

8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) 28	TOP Oss	0–2	Twente	Oss
20:00 CEST		Summary	Asmelash 4' (og) Schenk 86'	Stadium: Frans Heesen Stadion Attendance: 3,311 Referee: Lindhout

Twente v FC Volendam

15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 29	Twente	5–0	FC Volendam	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Espinosa 8' Ricardinho 14' Bijen 33' Aitor 35' Oosterwijk 75'	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,400 Referee: van den Kerkhof

Go Ahead Eagles v Twente

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24) 30	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	Twente	Deventer
15:30 CEST	Verheydt 71'	Report	Oosterwijk 16' Van der Heyden  44' Brama  68' Aitor 81'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,851 Referee: Kooij

Twente v Den Bosch

29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 31	Twente	1–0	Den Bosch	Enschede
20:00 CEST	Oosterwijk 54'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 28,800 Referee: Dieperink

RKC Waalwijk v Twente

1 April 2019 (2019-04-01) 32	RKC Waalwijk	4–1	Twente	Waalwijk
20:00 CEST	Ricardinho 86' (o.g.)	Report	Aitor 64' Oosterwijk  75'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Bax

Twente v FC Dordrecht

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 33	Twente	v	FC Dordrecht	Enschede
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

Twente v Telstar

12 April 2019 (2019-04-12) 34	Twente	v	Telstar	Enschede
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

Jong Ajax v Twente

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 35	Jong Ajax	v	Twente	Amsterdam
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Toekomst

Twente v Jong AZ

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 36	Twente	v	Jong AZ	Enschede
14:30 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

N.E.C. v Twente

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 37	N.E.C.	v	Twente	Nijmegen
20:00 CEST				Stadium: Stadion de Goffert

Twente v SC Cambuur

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03) 38	Twente	v	SC Cambuur	Enschede
20:00 CEST				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2018–19 KNVB Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Groningen v Twente

27 September 2018 First round	Groningen	0–2	Twente	Groningen
18:30 CEST		Report	Espinosa 45' Bijen 68'	Stadium: Euroborg Referee: Makkelie

Twente v VV Noordwijk

30 October 2018 Second round	Twente	4–2	VV Noordwijk	Enschede
19:45 CEST	Espinosa 28', 39' Aitor 30' Zekhnini 90 + 2'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Bax

Twente v RKC Waalwijk

18 December 2018 Round of 16	Twente	2–0	RKC Waalwijk	Enschede
19:45 CEST	Schenk 26' Oosterwijk 90+2'	Summary		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 14,969 Referee: Richard Martens

Twente v Willem II

23 January 2019 Quarter-Finals	Twente	2–3	Willem II	Enschede
18:30 CEST	Aitor 54', 63' Nacho  42'	Summary	Llonch  27' Heerkens  27' González 62' (o.g.) Pavlidis 76' Kristinsson 87'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 19,560 Referee: Kamphuis

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 2 April 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eerste Divisie		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	BRA	Ricardinho	31	1	28	1	3	0
3	DF	NED	Xandro Schenk	9	2	8	1	1	1
4	DF	ESP	Nacho Monsalve	24	3	20	3	4	0
5	DF	CUW	Michaël Maria	10	1	9	1	1	0
6	MF	NED	Wout Brama	25	2	22	2	3	0
7	FW	ESP	Aitor Cantalapiedra	35	16	31	13	4	3
8	MF	MAR	Oussama Assaidi	8	0	8	0	0	0
9	FW	NED	Tom Boere	30	13	27	13	3	0
10	MF	SVN	Haris Vučkić	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Alexander Laukart	3	0	2	0	1	0
13	GK	NED	Nick Hengelman	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	NOR	Rafik Zekhnini	24	5	22	4	2	1
16	GK	NED	Joël Drommel	35	0	31	0	4	0
17	FW	GER	Tim Hölscher	22	1	19	1	3	0
18	MF	GER	Ulrich Bapoh	11	2	9	2	2	0
19	MF	ESP	Javier Espinosa	31	7	27	4	4	3
20	MF	WAL	Matt Smith	32	2	29	2	3	0
21	DF	URU	Cristian González	31	0	29	0	2	0
22	GK	NED	Jeffrey de Lange	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	NED	Jelle van der Heyden	13	0	12	0	1	0
24	FW	NED	Jari Oosterwijk	28	9	25	8	3	1
25	DF	NED	Peet Bijen	33	7	29	6	4	1
26	GK	BEL	Jorn Brondeel	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	POR	Rafael Ramos	19	0	17	0	2	0
28	DF	NED	Jeroen van der Lely	2	0	2	0	0	0
33	MF	NED	Mats Wieffer	1	0	0	0	1	0
34	MF	NED	Godfried Roemeratoe	1	0	1	0	0	0
47	FW	NED	Mohamed Hamdaoui	6	0	6	0	0	0
99	FW	NGA	Fred Friday	9	0	9	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season
30	FW	NED	Dylan George	7	0	5	0	2	0

Goalscorers

As of 2 April 2019^[update]

Rank	Player	Position	Eerste Divisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	Aitor	FW	13	3	16
2	Tom Boere	FW	13	0	13
3	Jari Oosterwijk	FW	8	1	9
4	Javier Espinosa	AM	4	3	7
5	Peet Bijen	DF	6	1	7
6	Rafik Zekhnini	FW	4	1	5
7	Nacho Monsalve	DF	3	0	3
8	Ulrich Bapoh	AM	2	0	2
9	Wout Brama	CM	2	0	2
10	Matt Smith	CM	2	0	2
11	Xandro Schenk	DF	1	1	2
12	Tim Hölscher	AM	1	0	1
13	Michaël Maria	DF	1	0	1
14	Ricardinho	DF	1	0	1
Own goals			3	0	3
Total			64	10	74

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