The 2025–26 season was the 123rd season of VVV-Venlo since the club's formation. It was also their 42nd season in the Eerste Divisie and their fifth successive campaign in the second tier of Dutch football.
Alongside their league campaign, VVV-Venlo competed in the KNVB Cup. The club was knocked out in the first round following a 3–0 defeat against SC Heerenveen.
VVV-Venlo completed the Eerste Divisie season in 13th place.
With 15 league goals, Dean Zandbergen finished as VVV-Venlo's top goalscorer in the Eerste Divisie.
Youri Schoonderwaldt featured more often than any other VVV-Venlo player during the campaign, making 39 appearances in all competitions. He played 38 matches in the Eerste Divisie and appeared once in the KNVB Cup.
Players First-team squad
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateFW Jorn Triep Jong Sparta RotterdamOn loan1 July 2025MF Joshua Eijgenraam Excelsior RotterdamFree1 July 2025DF Luuk Verheij FC EindhovenFree1 July 2025DF Michael Davis Royal Antwerp FCFree1 July 2025FW Nassim Ait Mouhou RC Lens BFree1 July 2025GK Youri Schoonderwaldt Sparta RotterdamOn loan1 July 2025DF Thomas Reinders NEC NijmegenFree17 July 2025DF Lars de Blok Feyenoord U21Free24 July 2025DF Philip Heise Dynamo DresdenFree1 August 2025FW Diego van Oorschot Heracles AlmeloOn loan2 September 2025DF Yousri Sbai NEC NijmegenOn loan12 January 2026
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateMF Max de Waal Willem II TilburgEnd of loan30 June 2025DF Serano Seymor Excelsior RotterdamEnd of loan30 June 2025FW Brahim Darri Palm City FCFree1 July 2025GK Delano van CrooijNo club1 July 2025MF Elias SierraNo club1 July 2025FW Martijn BerdenNo club1 July 2025DF Rick Ketting Phnom Penh Crown FCFree1 July 2025DF Robin LathouwersNo club1 July 2025DF Roel JanssenEnd of career1 July 2025FW Sam Sow GVVVFree1 July 2025FW Thijme Verheijen MVV Maastricht1 July 2025DF Simon Janssen Excelsior RotterdamFree1 September 2025MF Tim Braem De Graafschap€150,0002 September 2025DF Sylian Mokono FC PrishtinaFree14 January 2026FW Evangelos Soferis Bocholt VV27 January 2026
Competitions Overall record
Eerste Divisie
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches 1st half
2nd half
KNVB Cup
Statistics Scorers
#PlayerEerste Divisie1 Dean Zandbergen152 Bjorn van Zijl93 Nassim Ait Mouhou44 Gabin Blancquart3 Jorn Triep3 Lars de Blok3 Philip Heise38 Naïm Matoug2 Navarone Foor210 Joshua Eijgenraam1 Lasse Wehmeyer1 Layee Kromah1 Luuk Verheij1 Sylian Mokono1
Assists
Appearances
#PlayerEerste DivisieKNVBTotal1 Youri Schoonderwaldt381392 Nassim Ait Mouhou361373 Navarone Foor341354 Dean Zandbergen33134 Lars de Blok331346 Gabin Blancquart311327 Joshua Eijgenraam301318 Bjorn van Zijl300309 Philip Heise28028 Lasse Wehmeyer2712811 Layee Kromah2612712 Luuk Verheij2512613 Naïm Matoug25025 Diego van Oorschot2412515 Driess Saddiki2312416 Mohammed Odriss2302317 Jorn Triep2202218 Michael Davis20020 Tijn Joosten2002020 Joep Kluskens16117 Yousri Sbai1701722 Sylian Mokono1211323 Raf Vullers1001024 Thomas Reinders707 Thomas Janssen61726 Dylan Timber30327 Diego van Zutphen101 Evangelos Soferis101 Tim Braem 101 Yousri El Anbri101 Trevor Doornbusch011
Clean sheets
#PlayerEerste Divisie1 Youri Schoonderwaldt7
Disciplinary record
#PlayerEerste DivisieKNVBTotal 1 Gabin Blancquart7100712 Dean Zandbergen4100413 Bjorn van Zijl1100114 Lasse Wehmeyer0100015 Nassim Ait Mouhou6000606 Lars de Blok500050 Michael Davis500050 Joshua Eijgenraam5000509 Navarone Foor40004010 Mohammed Odriss300030 Yousri Sbai30003''||0|- |align="left"| Diego van Oorschot |3||0||0||0||3||0|- |align="left"| Driess Saddiki |3||0||0||0||3||0|- !rowspan=5|14 |align="left"| Layee Kromah |1||0||1||0||2||0|- |align="left"| Naïm Matoug |2||0||0||0||2||0|- |align="left"| Thomas Reinders |2||0||0||0||2||0|- |align="left"| Tijn Joosten |2||0||0||0||2||0|- |align="left"| Sylian Mokono |2||0||0||0||2||0|- !rowspan=2|19 |align="left"| Sylian Mokono |1||0||0||0||1||0|- |align="left"| Luuk Verheij |1||0||0||0||1||0'''
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