2023–24 Fortuna Sittard season

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|club = Fortuna Sittard

|season = 2023–24

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|chrtitle =

|chairman = Işıtan Gün

|ownertitle =

|owner =

|mgrtitle =

|manager = Danny Buijs

|stdtitle =

|stadium = Fortuna Sittard Stadion

|league = Eredivisie

|league result = 12th

|cup1 = KNVB Cup

|cup1 result = Quarter-Finals

|league topscorer =

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|prevseason = 2022–23

|nextseason = 2024–25

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The 2023–24 season is Fortuna Sittard's 56th season in existence and sixth consecutive in the Dutch top division Eredivisie. They are also competing in the KNVB Cup.

Players

= First-team squad =

{{updated|19 September 2023}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=Luuk Koopmans}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=BEL|pos=DF|name=Siemen Voet|other=on loan from Slovan Bratislava}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Sadik Fofana|other=on loan from Bayer Leverkusen}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=CPV|pos=MF|name=Deroy Duarte|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ESP|pos=FW|name=Iñigo Córdoba}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=Kaj Sierhuis}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=Alen Halilović|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SRB|pos=FW|name=Marko Lazetić|other=on loan from AC Milan}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=Ivo Pinto|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Rodrigo Guth|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=TUR|pos=MF|name=Oğuzhan Özyakup|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=Iman Griffith|other=on loan from AZ}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=KVX|pos=MF|name=Arianit Ferati|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ALG|pos=FW|name=Mouhamed Belkheir}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=Tom Hendriks}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=CUR|pos=DF|name=Nathangelo Markelo}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=CRO|pos=GK|name=Ivor Pandur}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Loreintz Rosier|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=GRE|pos=DF|name=Dimitrios Siovas|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=Ragnar Oratmangoen|other=on loan from Groningen}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=Mitchell Dijks|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=39|nat=BEL|pos=FW|name=Milan Robberechts}}

{{Fs player|no=61|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Rémy Vita|other=}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=Tijjani Noslin|other=}}

{{Fs end}}

=Out on loan=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=NED|pos=GK|name=Michael Verrips|other={{small|at Groningen until 30 June 2024}}}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Umaro Embaló|other={{small|at Cartagena until 30 June 2024}}}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=TUR|pos=FW|name=Tunahan Taşçı|other={{small|at MVV until 30 June 2024}}}}

{{Fs end}}

Transfers

= In =

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align="center" |{{sort|3|MF}}

|{{sort|Belkheir, Mouhamed|{{flagicon|ALG}} Mouhamed Belkheir}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Vilafranquense

|Free

|{{dts|5 July 2023}}

|

align="center" |{{sort|2|DF}}

|{{sort|Dijks, Mitchell|{{flagicon|NED}} Mitchell Dijks}}

|{{fbaicon|NED}} SBV Vitesse

|Free

|{{dts|18 July 2023}}

|[https://fortunasittard.nl/nieuws/fortuna-haalt-mitchell-dijks-naar-sittard]

align="center" |{{sort|3|MF}}

|{{sort|Rosier, Loreintz|{{flagicon|FRA}} Loreintz Rosier}}

|{{fbaicon|POR}} Estoril

|Free

|{{dts|18 July 2023}}

|

align="center" |{{sort|4|FW}}

|{{sort|Sierhuis, Kaj|{{flagicon|NED}} Kaj Sierhuis}}

|{{fbaicon|FRA}} Stade de Reims

|€500,000

|{{dts|2 August 2023}}

|

= Out =

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|{{sort|Erdoğan, Doğan|{{flagicon|TUR}} Doğan Erdoğan}}

|{{fbaicon|TUR}} Göztepe

|Free

|{{dts|14 September 2023}}

|

Pre-season and friendlies

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|round = Friendly

|date = 29 July 2023

|time = 13:30

|team1 = Millwall {{fbaicon|ENG}}

|score = 1–2

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|result = W

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|round = Friendly

|date = 4 August 2023

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Beerschot {{fbaicon|BEL}}

|score = 0–0

|report =

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|round = Friendly

|date = 5 August 2023

|time = 17:00

|team1 = VVV-Venlo {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 2–3

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|round = Friendly

|date = 11 October 2023

|time = 13:00

|team1 = Fortuna Sittard {{fbaicon|NED}}

|score = 3–0

|report =https://fortunasittard.nl/nieuws/fortuna-door-rake-kopballen-langs-top-oss

|team2 = {{fbaicon|NED}} TOP Oss

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Competitions

= Overall record =

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|c1=Eredivisie |fm1=12 August 2023 |lm1=19 May 2024 |sr1=Matchday 1 |fp1= |w1=5 |d1=4 |l1=6 |f1=16 |a1=24

|c2=KNVB Cup |fm2=1 November 2023 |lm2= |sr2=First round |fp2= |w2=1 |d2=0 |l2=0 |f2=1 |a2=0

|u=December 2023

|s=[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/stichting-heracles-almelo/1536/ Soccerway]

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= Eredivisie =

{{Main|2023–24 Eredivisie}}

== League table ==

{{:2023–24 Eredivisie|transcludesection=Eredivisie standings|showteam=FOR}}

== Results summary ==

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== Results by round ==

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| res2=D/W/D/D/W/L/L/L/L/D/L/W/L/W/W/L/L/D/W/D/L/L/W/W/D/W/L/D/L/L/L/D/

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| color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

| color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

| text_H=Home|text_A = Away

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== Matches ==

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://eredivisie.nl/nieuws/defintief-competitieprogramma-eredivisie-2023-24/|title=Defintief competitieprogramma Eredivisie 2023/24|date=June 30, 2023|website=Eredivisie. Ons Voetbal}}

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|round = 1

|date = 13 August 2023

|time = 14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Feyenoord

|score = 0–0

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|team2 = Fortuna Sittard

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|result = D

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= KNVB Cup =

{{Main|2023–24 KNVB Cup}}

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|round = First round

|date = 1 November 2023

|time = 20:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Sparta Nijkerk

|score = 0–1

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/11/01/netherlands/knvb-beker/vv-sparta-nijkerk/fortuna-sittard/4254845/

|team2 = Fortuna Sittard

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sportpark De Ebbenhorst

|location = Nijkerk

|attendance =

|referee = Robin Vereijken

|result = W

}}

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|round = Second round

|date = 19 December 2023

|time = 20:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Eindhoven

| score= 0–2

| team2= Fortuna Sittard

| goals1=

| goals2=

| location= Eindhoven

| stadium= Jan Louwers Stadion

| attendance=2,394

| referee=

| report= https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/12/19/netherlands/knvb-beker/fc-eindhoven/fortuna-sittard/4267962/

|result = W

}}

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| round= Round of 16

| date= 17 January 2024

| time= 20:00 CET

| team1= Almere City

| score= 1–2

| team2= Fortuna Sittard

| goals1=

| goals2=

| location= Almere

| stadium= Yanmar Stadion

| attendance=3,513

| referee=Allard Lindhout

| report= https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/01/17/netherlands/knvb-beker/fc-omniworld/fortuna-sittard/4287903/

|result= W

}}

References

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