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RKC Waalwijk

Eredivisie Netherlands

Eerste Divisie Netherlands

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Founded:	1940
Stadium:	Mandemakers Stadion
Coach:	Fred Grim
Eredivisie Form:
Overall Form:

RKC Waalwijk home ground venue is Mandemakers Stadion.

Fred Grim is the current coach for RKC Waalwijk.

RKC Waalwijk Eredivisie Match Fixtures and Results

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RKC Waalwijk have played a total of 26 matches in Netherlands Eredivisie. Their current statistics is 4 win, 3 draw and 19 lose.

RKC Waalwijk did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze RKC Waalwijk results for their home or away matches in Eredivisie 2019/2020.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
RKC Waalwijk	26	4	3	19

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
10/05/2020	PSV	C - C	RKC Waalwijk		H2H	O
03/05/2020	RKC Waalwijk	C - C	Fortuna Sittard		H2H	O
25/04/2020	FC Emmen	C - C	RKC Waalwijk		H2H	O
22/04/2020	RKC Waalwijk	C - C	Willem II		H2H	O
11/04/2020	Vitesse	C - C	RKC Waalwijk		H2H	O
05/04/2020	RKC Waalwijk	C - C	Feyenoord		H2H	O
21/03/2020	SC Heerenveen	C - C	RKC Waalwijk		H2H	O
15/03/2020	RKC Waalwijk	P - P	FC Groningen		H2H	O
08/03/2020	Heracles Almelo	4 - 2	RKC Waalwijk	2-2	H2H	O	+
Cyriel Dessers 6'
Dario Van den Buijs 14'
		0 - 1	16' Clint Leemans
		0 - 2	28' Anas Tahiri
Dario Van den Buijs 30'		1 - 2
Silvester van der Water 34'		2 - 2
			41' Melle Meulensteen
Silvester van der Water 52'		3 - 2
M. Rossmann 58'
			64' Juriën Gaari
D. Burgzorg 66'		4 - 2
			67' Emil Hansson
			67' D. Maatsen
			73' Hannes Delcroix
Silvester van der Water 76'
Jeremy Cijntje 76'
			77' Richard van der Venne
			77' Saïd Bakari
Mauro Júnior 84'
Teun Bijleveld 84'
01/03/2020	RKC Waalwijk	2 - 1	FC Utrecht	0-1	H2H	O	+
Melle Meulensteen 6'
		0 - 1	24' Gyrano Kerk
			60' I. Abass
			60' J. van Overeem
			60' Kristoffer Peterson
			60' Bart Ramselaar
Stanley Elbers 61'
D. Maatsen 61'
Sylla Sow 67'
Richard van der Venne 68'
Tijjani Reijnders 68'
Sylla Sow 69'		1 - 1
D. Maatsen 76'		2 - 1
			79' Urby Emanuelson
			79' Jonas Arweiler
Anas Tahiri 87'
Emil Hansson 89'
Hans Mulder 89'
21/02/2020	RKC Waalwijk	0 - 1	Sparta Rotterdam	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	32' P. Joosten
Daan Rienstra 37'
Tijjani Reijnders 37'
F. Sporkslede 38'
Sylla Sow 46'
Anas Tahiri 46'
Stefan Velkov 65'
			74' M. Rayhi
			74' B. Smeets
Richard van der Venne 77'
Stanley Elbers 77'
			80' Jeffry Fortes
			82' P. Joosten
			82' Joël Piroe
			86' Laros Duarte
			86' Dirk Abels
16/02/2020	Ajax	3 - 0	RKC Waalwijk	1-0	H2H	O	+
Dusan Tadić 13'		1 - 0
Hakim Ziyech 46'
Daley Blind 46'
			46' Hans Mulder
			46' Melle Meulensteen
Carel Eiting 50'
Lassina Traoré 52'		2 - 0
Lassina Traoré 61'
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 61'
			73' Richard van der Venne
			73' Tijjani Reijnders
			76' Melle Meulensteen
			78' Juriën Gaari
Donny van de Beek 79'
J. Ekkelenkamp 79'
			83' Sylla Sow
			83' Stanley Elbers
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 90'		3 - 0
08/02/2020	RKC Waalwijk	0 - 0	PEC Zwolle	0-0	H2H	O	+
Juriën Gaari 28'
			33' R. Strieder
			62' Thomas Lam
			68' Mike van Duinen
			68' Vito van Crooij
D. Maatsen 68'
Stanley Elbers 68'
Richard van der Venne 71'
Anas Tahiri 71'
			76' Lennart Thy
			76' Reza Ghoochannejhad
P. Quasten 85'
Mario Bilate 87'
Dylan Vente 87'
Tijjani Reijnders 88'
			90+3' Gustavo Hamer
31/01/2020	AZ	4 - 0	RKC Waalwijk	2-0	H2H	O	+
			4' Hans Mulder
Oussama Idrissi 29'		1 - 0
Myron Boadu 36'		2 - 0
			46' Hans Mulder
			46' P. Quasten
Oussama Idrissi 51'		3 - 0
T. Koopmeiners 61'
Jordy Clasie 61'
C. Stengs 65'		4 - 0
Oussama Idrissi 71'
Zakaria Aboukhlal 71'
C. Stengs 71'
H. Evjen 71'
			75' Clint Leemans
			75' Daan Rienstra
			80' Richard van der Venne
			80' Anas Tahiri
25/01/2020	RKC Waalwijk	1 - 2	VVV-Venlo	1-0	H2H	O	+
Emil Hansson 15'		1 - 0
			35' L. Cattermole
Richard van der Venne 36'
			57' L. Cattermole
			57' Danny Post
			67' Peter van Ooijen
			67' John Yeboah
Mario Bilate 72'
Dylan Vente 72'
			72' Danny Post
		1 - 1	76' Jonathan Opoku
		1 - 2	82' O. Darfalou
Clint Leemans 86'
D. Maatsen 86'
			87' Simon Janssen
			87' S. van Dijck
Sylla Sow 90+3'
19/01/2020	ADO Den Haag	2 - 0	RKC Waalwijk	1-0	H2H	O	+
S. Pinas 32'		1 - 0
Mick van Buren 59'
Aaron Meijers 59'
			63' Anas Tahiri
			63' Dylan Vente
Tomas Necid 67'
Thom Haye 67'
C. Summerville 69'
			78' Hannes Delcroix
Aaron Meijers 80'		2 - 0
			83' Clint Leemans
			83' Melle Meulensteen
C. Summerville 87'
Bilal Ould-Chikh 87'
20/12/2019	RKC Waalwijk	3 - 0	FC Twente	1-0	H2H	O	+
Anas Tahiri 12'		1 - 0
Mario Bilate 37'
Stijn Spierings 47'		2 - 0
			50' Lindon Selahi
			50' Rafik Zekhnini
Stijn Spierings 60'		3 - 0
			72' Giorgi Aburjania
			72' Javi Espinosa
			72' Haris Vuckic
			72' G. Roemeratoe
Mario Bilate 76'
Dylan Vente 76'
			82' Calvin Verdonk
Daan Rienstra 83'
I. van Weert 83'
Sylla Sow 90+2'
P. Quasten 90+2'
14/12/2019	Fortuna Sittard	3 - 2	RKC Waalwijk	2-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	8' Hans Mulder
Mark Diemers 13'		1 - 1
			15' Hans Mulder
		1 - 2	31' Clint Leemans
Mark Diemers 39'
M. Angha 42'
Vitalie Damascan 45'		2 - 2
Tesfaldet Tekie 46'
Álex Carbonell 46'
Felix Passlack 56'
Vitalie Damascan 58'		3 - 2
			72' Sylla Sow
			72' Lennerd Daneels
Álex Carbonell 76'
Vitalie Damascan 77'
Bassala Sambou 77'
			81' Etienne Vaessen
			82' Stijn Spierings
			83' D. Maatsen
			85' Saïd Bakari
			85' I. van Weert
			89' Daan Rienstra
			89' Anas Tahiri
A. Ciss 90'
Wessel Dammers 90'
08/12/2019	RKC Waalwijk	1 - 3	SC Heerenveen	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	26' Rodney Kongolo
Daan Rienstra 42'
Sylla Sow 46'
Mario Bilate 46'
Daan Rienstra 63'
Anas Tahiri 63'
			73' Chidera Ejuke
			73' Anders Dreyer
Stijn Spierings 75'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	83' Jens Odgaard
			83' Joey Veerman
			83' Jordy Bruijn
Juriën Gaari 87'
I. van Weert 87'
		1 - 3	90+2' Anders Dreyer
01/12/2019	FC Utrecht	0 - 1	RKC Waalwijk	0-0	H2H	O	+
Simon Gustafson 35'
S. Klaiber 55'
J. Bahebeck 66'
Vaclav Cerny 66'
			67' D. Maatsen
			67' Anas Tahiri
J. Hoogma 68'
		0 - 1	69' Melle Meulensteen
J. van Overeem 73'
Simon Makienok 73'
			73' Sylla Sow
Gyrano Kerk 77'
P. Joosten 77'
			81' Dylan Vente
			81' Mario Bilate
			88' Daan Rienstra
			88' I. van Weert
24/11/2019	RKC Waalwijk	1 - 1	FC Emmen	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	15' Michael de Leeuw
Hans Mulder 54'
K. Vermeulen 56'
Anas Tahiri 56'
D. Maatsen 63'
Lennerd Daneels 63'
			72' Marko Kolar
			72' Jafar Arias
			75' Michael de Leeuw
			75' Ruben Roosken
Hans Mulder 76'
Daan Rienstra 79'
Mario Bilate 79'
			90+2' R. de Vos
			90+2' L. Slagveer
Sylla Sow 90+6'		1 - 1
10/11/2019	Feyenoord	3 - 2	RKC Waalwijk	2-2	H2H	O	+
Jan-Arie van der Heijden 7'
			10' Hans Mulder
		0 - 1	14' D. Maatsen
		0 - 2	19' Sylla Sow
Luis Sinisterra 25'
S. Larsson 25'
Nicolai Jørgensen 25'		1 - 2
Leroy Fer 34'
S. Larsson 40'		2 - 2
Jan-Arie van der Heijden 46'
Renato Tapia 46'
			64' Hannes Delcroix
			65' D. Maatsen
			65' Anas Tahiri
			73' Dylan Vente
			73' K. Vermeulen
			78' Daan Rienstra
Orkun Kökcü 80'
			81' Hans Mulder
			81' I. van Weert
			85' Stijn Spierings
Marcos Senesi 85'		3 - 2
Marcos Senesi 90+4'
Yassin Ayoub 90+4'
02/11/2019	RKC Waalwijk	2 - 0	Heracles Almelo	1-0	H2H	O	+
Sylla Sow 11'		1 - 0
Sylla Sow 19'
			37' Silvester van der Water
Saïd Bakari 44'
Kees Heemskerk 45+2'
Dylan Vente 52'
			61' Silvester van der Water
			61' Teun Bijleveld
			61' Janis Blaswich
			62' Dabney dos Santos
			62' Joey Konings
Stijn Spierings 65'
D. Maatsen 80'
Dylan Vente 81'
K. Vermeulen 81'
			84' A. Merkel
			84' A. Szőke
Daan Rienstra 86'
I. van Weert 86'
K. Vermeulen 90+5'		2 - 0
26/10/2019	Willem II	2 - 1	RKC Waalwijk	2-1	H2H	O	+
Freek Heerkens 11'		1 - 0
Pol Llonch 14'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	20' Stanley Elbers
			63' Anas Tahiri
			63' Sylla Sow
Che Nunnely 66'
D. Dankerlui 66'
			67' Stanley Elbers
			67' Stanley Elbers
			67' D. Maatsen
Bart Nieuwkoop 74'
Jhonny Quiñónez 74'
			77' Daan Rienstra
			77' Melle Meulensteen
Vangelis Pavlidis 81'
Paul Gladon 81'
19/10/2019	RKC Waalwijk	1 - 2	Ajax	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	46' Dusan Tadić
			59' Hakim Ziyech
			59' David Neres
			59' Noussair Mazraoui
			59' P. Schuurs
Saïd Bakari 63'		1 - 1
Dylan Vente 64'
D. Maatsen 64'
		1 - 2	76' Quincy Promes
Stanley Elbers 78'
Sylla Sow 78'
Stijn Spierings 79'
Clint Leemans 86'
K. Vermeulen 86'
			88' Quincy Promes
			88' Edson Álvarez
04/10/2019	FC Groningen	3 - 0	RKC Waalwijk	2-0	H2H	O	+
			20' Hannes Delcroix
Mike te Wierik 21'		1 - 0
Charlison Benschop 38'		2 - 0
			46' Henrico Drost
			46' Saïd Bakari
			54' Daan Rienstra
Charlison Benschop 55'
			56' Stanley Elbers
			61' Anas Tahiri
			61' Sylla Sow
Ramon Pascal Lundqvist 66'
Gabriel Gudmundsson 66'
Ko Itakura 71'
Ajdin Hrustic 74'
Romano Postema 74'
Gabriel Gudmundsson 78'		3 - 0
Charlison Benschop 86'
D. van Kaam 86'
Bart van Hintum 90'
29/09/2019	RKC Waalwijk	1 - 2	Vitesse	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	16' Nouha Dicko
P. Quasten 43'
Lars Nieuwpoort 43'
			52' Julian Lelieveld
Clint Leemans 52'		1 - 1
Dylan Vente 56'
			57' Bryan Linssen
			57' Eli Dasa
			65' Nouha Dicko
			65' Jay-Roy Grot
Clint Leemans 70'
		1 - 2	77' Oussama Tannane
			82' Oussama Tannane
			82' N. Foor
Clint Leemans 82'
Anas Tahiri 82'
Lennerd Daneels 86'
Saïd Bakari 86'
21/09/2019	Sparta Rotterdam	4 - 0	RKC Waalwijk	2-0	H2H	O	+
Adil Auassar 10'
B. Smeets 15'		1 - 0
R. Ache 43'		2 - 0
Halil Dervisoglu 48'		3 - 0
M. Rayhi 60'		4 - 0
Adil Auassar 64'
Dante Rigo 64'
			65' Daan Rienstra
			65' Hans Mulder
			65' Anas Tahiri
			65' Dylan Vente
Abdou Harroui 73'
K. Karami 73'
R. Ache 77'
Joël Piroe 77'
			84' Hannes Delcroix
			84' Stanley Elbers
			84' Mario Bilate
			84' K. Vermeulen
15/09/2019	PEC Zwolle	6 - 2	RKC Waalwijk	1-2	H2H	O	+
Iliass Bel Hassani 26'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	28' Melle Meulensteen
			31' Stanley Elbers
		1 - 2	34' Clint Leemans
Gustavo Hamer 38'
Thomas Bruns 46'
M. Saymak 46'
Dennis Johnsen 56'
Reza Ghoochannejhad 56'
Reza Ghoochannejhad 60'		2 - 2
			64' Mario Bilate
			64' Dylan Vente
			68' Juriën Gaari
			74' Clint Leemans
			74' D. Maatsen
Reza Ghoochannejhad 81'		3 - 2
Reza Ghoochannejhad 83'		4 - 2
			85' Lars Nieuwpoort
			85' Lennerd Daneels
Iliass Bel Hassani 86'
D. Lachman 86'
Reza Ghoochannejhad 88'		5 - 2
Gustavo Hamer 90+3'		6 - 2
01/09/2019	RKC Waalwijk	1 - 3	PSV	1-0	H2H	O	+
			29' C. Gakpo
Henrico Drost 34'
Melle Meulensteen 43'		1 - 0
			51' Érick Gutiérrez
			56' Érick Gutiérrez
			56' Jorrit Hendrix
			63' Pablo Rosario
			63' Konstantinos Mitroglou
Stanley Elbers 64'
Saïd Bakari 64'
		1 - 1	65' P. Quasten
Saïd Bakari 75'
		1 - 2	76' Timo Baumgartl
			77' C. Gakpo
			77' Bruma
Dylan Vente 77'
Sylla Sow 77'
		1 - 3	78' Konstantinos Mitroglou
Daan Rienstra 88'
Lennerd Daneels 88'
25/08/2019	RKC Waalwijk	0 - 3	ADO Den Haag	0-1	H2H	O	+
			12' Danny Bakker
		0 - 1	19' Tom Beugelsdijk
D. Maatsen 55'
Sylla Sow 55'
		0 - 2	57' Tomas Necid
Sylla Sow 60'
			66' Bilal Ould-Chikh
			66' Thijmen Goppel
Saïd Bakari 67'
D. Seys 67'
			77' S. Pinas
			77' Wilfried Kanon
			78' John Goossens
			78' D. Malone
P. Quasten 79'
Dylan Vente 79'
		0 - 3	83' Tomas Necid
			90+3' Danny Bakker
18/08/2019	FC Twente	3 - 3	RKC Waalwijk	0-1	H2H	O	+
			6' P. Quasten
		0 - 1	24' Anas Tahiri
K. Nakamura 64'
Rafik Zekhnini 64'
Haris Vuckic 64'		1 - 1
			75' Anas Tahiri
			75' Lennerd Daneels
			75' D. Maatsen
			75' Sylla Sow
			76' Daan Rienstra
		1 - 2	78' I. van Weert
Lindon Selahi 79'
Emil Berggreen 79'
			83' Saïd Bakari
			83' Hans Mulder
			85' Lennerd Daneels
Xandro Schenk 87'
G. Roemeratoe 88'
Tom Boere 88'
Haris Vuckic 90'		2 - 2
Rafik Zekhnini 90+2'		3 - 2
		3 - 3	90+3' P. Quasten
11/08/2019	RKC Waalwijk	0 - 2	AZ	0-2	H2H	O	+
Melle Meulensteen 30'
		0 - 1	35' Oussama Idrissi
Etienne Vaessen 42'
Kees Heemskerk 42'
		0 - 2	45+3' Oussama Idrissi
Anas Tahiri 46'
Saïd Bakari 46'
Juriën Gaari 53'
			61' Oussama Idrissi
			61' Jordy Clasie
			62' Jonas Svensson
			62' Y. Sugawara
			68' Owen Wijndal
Stijn Spierings 73'
Sylla Sow 73'
D. Seys 73'
			79' Fredrik Midtsjö
			79' Albert Gudmundsson
03/08/2019	VVV-Venlo	3 - 1	RKC Waalwijk	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' Hannes Delcroix
Richard Neudecker 26'
Elia Soriano 51'		1 - 1
			59' Etienne Vaessen
Jonathan Opoku 61'		2 - 1
Elia Soriano 67'
Jerome Sinclair 67'
			70' Sylla Sow
			70' D. Seys
			74' D. Seys
Tobias Pachonik 80'
Tristan Dekker 80'
			85' Anas Tahiri
			85' Lennerd Daneels
Peter van Ooijen 87'		3 - 1
Jerome Sinclair 90+1'
Jonathan Opoku 90+1'
Samuel Scheimann 90+1'
			90+4' Melle Meulensteen

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of RKC Waalwijk in Eredivisie.

Statistics & Analysis of RKC Waalwijk

C. Leemans is the leading top goal scorer for RKC Waalwijk with 4 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	1
Longest losing streak	8
Longest run without loss	2
Longest run without win	11
Clean sheets	4
Matches over 2.25 goals	19
Matches under 2.25 goals	7
Matches First Half Over 0.5	23
Matches First Half Under 0.5	3
Matches odd	13
Matches even	13
Average goals scored	1.04
Average goals allowed	2.31
Failure to score	9
Biggest victory	3 - 0
Biggest defeat	6 - 2
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	2
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (8%)
Goalless draw at away match	0 (0%)
Comeback win	1
Top Goal Scorer	C. Leemans
Top Assist	S. Spierings

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RKC Waalwijk Squad

Detailed statistics of each RKC Waalwijk player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the RKC Waalwijk top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Etienne Vaessen	2112	24	0	1	0		3	0	0
2	Juriën Gaari	1580	18	0	1	0		4	0	1
3	Melle Meulensteen	963	13	3	0	3		5	0	0
4	Hannes Delcroix	1968	22	0	0	1		5	0	1
5	Paul Quasten	898	12	2	2	1		2	0	0
6	Daan Rienstra	1566	19	0	10	0		4	0	0
7	Tijjani Reijnders	542	8	3				1
7	Dylan Seys	60	3	3	0	0		1	0	0
8	Anas Tahiri	1179	21	8	7	3		1	0	0
9	Mario Bilate	1171	16	3	5	0		1	0	0
10	Stijn Spierings	1345	15	0	0	1		3	0	1
10	Richard van der Venne	546	7		5			1
11	Darren Maatsen	1080	18	6	6	2		1	0	1
12	Hans Jorge Mulder	0	3	3	3	1		4	1	0
13	Kees Heemskerk	138	2	1	0	0		0	0	0
14	Henrico Drost	226	3	0	1	0		1	0	0
15	Lars Nieuwpoort	222	3	1	1	0		0	0	0
16	Ingo van Weert	120	7	6	0	1		0	0	0
17	Stanley Elbers	764	12	3	4	1	0	4	0	0
18	Nando Nöstlinger	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
19	Sylla Sow	1206	20	6	7	4		5	0	0
20	Kevin Vermeulen	92	5	4	1	1		0	0	0
21	Lennerd Daneels	158	7	6	1	0		1	0	0
22	Mike Grim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Clint Leemans	1852	21	0	5	4	2	1	0	0
24	Dylan Vente	0	7	7	5	0		2	0	0
25	Stefan Ivov Velkov	270	3					1
25	Dean van der Sluys	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
26	Nikki Baggerman	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
27	Emil Hansson	606	7		2	1
28	Saïd Bakari	1199	17	5	3	1		2	0	0
29	Fabian Sporkslede	540	6	0	0	0		2	0	0
31	Victor Timmers	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
39	Sebbe Augustijns	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
44	Jari Koenraad	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Dylan Vente	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Bohdi Prinssen	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Ezra Walian	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Gigli Ndefe	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Jordy Zielschot	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Noël de Graauw	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Rick Mulder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Roland Bergkamp	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Teun van Grunsven	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Morad El Haddouti

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