Excelsior
Netherlands · Eredivisie Lineups & starting XIs
Last 7 matches
Ajax D 2-2 Round 7 · Sep 19 · Away · 4-1-4-1 → 
Squad
van Gassel 
Biai 
Holla 
Danquah 
da Silva Moreira 
Meissen 
Widell 
Henderikx 
Plug 
Janssen 
Martens 
Mohamed Turay 
Cairo 
Akujobi de Almeida 
Olivacce van de Wetering 
van Vianen 
Yegoian 
Domínguez 
Naujoks 
Sulzbacher 
Hartjes 
van den Berg 
Dominguez 
Sliti 
Jahanbakhsh 
Bos 
Garden 
Silva Timas 
Finey 
Groen 
van Duinen 
Thorsteinsson 
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Willem II Common questions
Who starts for Excelsior in the latest lineup?
Against Ajax, Excelsior started van Gassel, da Silva Moreira, Widell, Plug, Janssen, Meissen, Sliti, Yegoian, Hartjes, Thorsteinsson and Garden, in a 4-1-4-1. The sheet above shows the same eleven with shirt numbers.
What formation does Excelsior play?
Excelsior lined up in a 4-1-4-1 most recently, and has also used 3-4-2-1 and 5-4-1 in recent matches.
Who captains Excelsior?
Widell wears the armband in the current Excelsior squad.
Can I build my own Excelsior lineup?
Yes. The free web builder opens with Excelsior loaded — pick the eleven, set the formation and export the image. The iOS and Android app adds ratings, goals, cards and up to 100 saved lineups.
Are the Excelsior lineups up to date?
Every Eredivisie matchday is published within hours of full time, and this page is rebuilt with it — lineups, results and the table.
About Excelsior
Excelsior are a football club from Netherlands, playing in the Eredivisie 2026/27. They are 7th in the table with 11 points from 7 matches, having won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Their most recent lineup was a 4-1-4-1, a 2–2 away draw with Ajax on September 19, 2026. That XI read van Gassel, da Silva Moreira, Widell, Plug, Janssen, Meissen, Sliti, Yegoian, Hartjes, Thorsteinsson and Garden, the eleven den Uil picked. Recent sheets also show a 3-4-2-1 and a 5-4-1. Form over the last 5 matches, newest first, reads D-L-D-W-W, with 10 goals scored and 7 conceded.
The 34-player squad lists 4 goalkeepers, 13 defenders, 8 midfielders and 9 attackers. Fourteen nationalities are in it: 19 players from Netherlands, and the rest from Germany, Sweden, Guinea-Bissau, Belgium, Sint Maarten and Georgia and elsewhere. Excelsior play FC Groningen next, on Sunday, October 11, 2026. This page is rebuilt after every Eredivisie matchday, with the newest starting XI as an image, the result and the updated table.
Every player on this page is in the app, photos and ratings included. Build your XI, export the image, share it.