2024–25 FC Twente season

FC Twente
2024–25 season
Chairman	Paul van der Kraan
Head coach	Joseph Oosting
Stadium	De Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	4th
KNVB Cup	Second round
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	League phase
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 13 August 2024.

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.

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eredivisie	10 August 2024	May 2025	Matchday 1		26	13	7	6	52	37	+15	050.00
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					40	17	12	11	72	62	+10	042.50

Source: Soccerway

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Feyenoord (V)	30	18	8	4	68	32	+36	62	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Utrecht (V)	31	18	8	5	61	42	+19	62	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Twente (Q)	30	13	9	8	56	44	+12	48	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6	AZ	30	13	8	9	48	34	+14	47	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
7	Go Ahead Eagles (Q)	30	13	8	9	52	46	+6	47	Qualification for the Europa League league phase^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. 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)
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (V) Assured of least Europa League second qualifying round
Notes:

^ The 2024–25 KNVB Cup winners (Go Ahead Eagles) qualify for the Europa League league phase. If the KNVB Cup winners finish in the top eight, the fourth European competition play-off spot will be passed to the ninth-placed team.

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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'

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

References

^ "Sam Lammers joins FC Twente". rangers.co.uk. 26 July 2024.
^ Feyenoord confirms Smal signing
^ "VIDEO | Meerdere zwaargewonden bij oefenduel FC Twente door neergestort megaspandoek". 22 June 2024.
^ "Programma Eredivisie 24/25".
^ "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. 22 July 2024.
^ "Europa League league phase draw: Contenders set for competition's new era". UEFA. 30 August 2024.

[table_note_res_ELLS0.13407219533532-4] The 2024–25 KNVB Cup winners (Go Ahead Eagles) qualify for the Europa League league phase. If the KNVB Cup winners finish in the top eight, the fourth European competition play-off spot will be passed to the ninth-placed team.

[1] "Sam Lammers joins FC Twente". rangers.co.uk. 26 July 2024.

[2] Feyenoord confirms Smal signing

[3] "VIDEO | Meerdere zwaargewonden bij oefenduel FC Twente door neergestort megaspandoek". 22 June 2024.

[5] "Programma Eredivisie 24/25".

[6] "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. 22 July 2024.

[7] "Europa League league phase draw: Contenders set for competition's new era". UEFA. 30 August 2024.

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