| Club: | Willem II |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Chairman: | Jan van der Laak |
| Manager: |  Peter Maes |
| Stadium: | Koning Willem II Stadion |
| League: | Eredivisie |
| League Result: | Preseason |
| Cup1: | KNVB Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First Round |
| League Topscorer: | Kyan Vaesen (2) |
| Season Topscorer: | Kyan Vaesen (2) |
| Largest Win: | 2-0 v. Go Ahead Eagles |
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| Updated: | 11 July 2024 |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 season |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 season is Willem II's 129th season in existence and marks a return to the Eredivisie after relegation to the Eerste Divisie following the 2023–24. They will also compete in the KNVB Cup.
Off-Season personnel changes began shortly before the 2023–24 season ended, with the appointment of Merijn Goris as the new general manager of the club, taking over for Martin van Geel who announced in February 2024 that he would be leaving the position on 1 July 2024.
On 14 May Tom Caluwé was announced as the new technical director of the club, replacing Van Geel who was acting in the role following the resignation of Teun Jacobs in September 2023. Shortly after the Caluwé appointment, the team took care of its first offseason priority by signing Peter Maes, the trainer who led the team back into the Eredivisie, to a new contract that runs through the summer of 2026. The team further addressed to its technical staff by hiring Kristof Aelbrecht as assistant-trainer and Stefan Winters as performance coach. Aelbrecht replacing Peter van den Berg, who departed to become the head trainer of the Netherlands Under-17 national team, and Winters replacing departing performance coach, Nils Thörner. Golkeeper coach, Peter den Otter remained with the club, extending his contract by two years. The technical staff changes were completed with the hiring of Hessel Verhoven as video analyst for the club, replacing Rick Mennes who departed the club after seven years for a similar position with Feyenoord.
On the player side of the club, the departure of four players: Max Svensson, Matthias Verreth, Freek Heerkens, and Michael de Leeuw was announced, with Heerkens retiring and the other three moving on to new clubs. In late June, the club signed their first new player to the squad, acquiring Thomas Didillon-Hödl to a two-year contract. Four more players (Mickaël Tırpan, Cisse Sandra, Emilio Kehrer, and Kyan Vaesen) were later added from other Belgian clubs.
Willem II kicked off the season on 10 August 2024 with a 1-1 draw against 2023-24 KNVB Cup winners Feyenoord at De Kuip.
| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2024 | GK | 1 |  Thomas Didillon-Hödl | Cercle Brugge | Free Transfer | ||
| 26 June 2024 | DF | 25 | Mickaël Tırpan | Lierse | Free Transfer | ||
| 4 July 2024 | MF | 8 | Cisse Sandra | Club Brugge | Loan | ||
| 5 July 2024 | FW | 11 | Emilio Kehrer | Cercle Brugge | Free Transfer | ||
| 25 July 2024 | FW | 9 | Kyan Vaesen | Westerlo | Loan | ||
| 20 August 2024 | DF | 48 | Jens Mathijsen | Willem II U18 | Free Transfer |
| Date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2024 | FW | 11 |  Max Svensson | Kalmar FF | Free Transfer | ||
| 31 May 2024 | MF | 6 | Matthias Verreth |  Brescia | Free Transfer | ||
| 31 May 2024 | FW | 3 | Freek Heerkens | N/A | Retired | ||
| 31 May 2024 | FW | 23 | Michael de Leeuw | SC Cambuur | Free Transfer | ||
| 1 July 2024 | FW | 23 | Thijs Oosting | FC Groningen | Transfer | ||
| 2 July 2024 | FW | 23 | Jeredy Hilterman | Arminia Bielefeld | Loan ended | ||
| 20 August 2024 | GK | 21 | Joshua Smits | De Graafschap | Transfer |
See main article: 2024–25 Eredivisie.
The initial slate of league fixtures were unveiled on 19 June 2024. Matches through matchday 14 as well as the final two matchdays are definitively scheduled, while the remaining matches are tentatively
Appearances numbers are for appearances in competitive games only, including sub appearances.
Red card numbers denote: numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
Source for all stats:
| No. | Player | Pos. | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | MF | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | DF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | | MF | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 | | FW | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | MF | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 17 | DF | ||||||||||||||
| 18 |  | FW | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 20 | DF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 21 | GK | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | GK | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | | DF | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 27 | MF | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | DF | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 33 | DF | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 35 | FW | ||||||||||||||
| 41 | GK | ||||||||||||||
| 44 | DF | ||||||||||||||
| 48 | DF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goals | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Rank | No. | Player | Pos | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | |||||
| 1 | 9 | | FW | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 16 | MF | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 14 | FW | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 30 | | DF | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | MF | ||||||||
| 5 | | DF | ||||||||
| 7 | FW | |||||||||
| 8 | | MF | ||||||||
| 10 | MF | |||||||||
| 11 | FW | |||||||||
| 17 | DF | |||||||||
| 18 | | FW | ||||||||
| 20 | DF | |||||||||
| 22 | DF | |||||||||
| 25 | | DF | ||||||||
| 27 | MF | |||||||||
| 33 | DF | |||||||||
| 34 | MF | |||||||||
| 35 | FW | |||||||||
| 44 | DF | |||||||||
| 48 | DF | |||||||||
| 1 | | GK | ||||||||
| 21 | GK | |||||||||
| 24 | GK | |||||||||
| 41 | GK | |||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Rank | No. | Player | Pos | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | | DF | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | | FW | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 | MF | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 20 | DF | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 34 | MF | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 48 | DF | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | MF | |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ||||||||||||
| 8 | | MF | |||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | ||||||||||||
| 17 | DF | ||||||||||||
| 18 | | FW | |||||||||||
| 22 | DF | ||||||||||||
| 25 | | DF | |||||||||||
| 27 | MF | ||||||||||||
| 30 | | DF | |||||||||||
| 33 | DF | ||||||||||||
| 35 | FW | ||||||||||||
| 44 | DF | ||||||||||||
| 1 | | GK | |||||||||||
| 21 | GK | ||||||||||||
| 24 | GK | ||||||||||||
| 41 | GK | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.
| Goalkeepers | Clean sheets | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | No. | Player | width=80 | Apps | width=80 | Goals conceded | width=80 | Eredivisie | width=80 | KNVB Cup | width=80 | Total | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||