Igor Pieprzyca

Central Midfielder - De Graafschap U20
30 Oct 2028
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66 Edition

The De Graafschap Post

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Gibson Yah breaks a bone — 78 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 78 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

The cup run ends for De Graafschap

0‑1 against AZ, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

Sam Bouwman keeps De Graafschap in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The dugout

Isaac Compaore keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” De Graafschap may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at De Graafschap

Sami Ouaissa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

The drought breaks for De Graafschap

6 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and VVV-Venlo were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Match

Stijn Meijer the difference as De Graafschap beat VVV-Venlo

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Stijn Meijer. 2‑1 against VVV-Venlo, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

One of their own: Sami Ouaissa

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Sami Ouaissa at his very best

Marked 8.29. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at De Graafschap.

In brief

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58 Edition

The De Graafschap Post

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Jan Bürger turns Nürnberg down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Nolan Martens has said yes to Sparta Rotterdam

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. De Graafschap have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Stijn Meijer asks to leave De Graafschap

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Roda come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and De Graafschap did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 19 in, 26 out at De Graafschap

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 19 arrived, 26 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad

Tempers go at De Graafschap

Sami Ouaissa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Deadline beats De Graafschap to Cameron Peupion

The clock did what ADO Den Haag would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Tristan Gooijer

De Graafschap asked and Ajax said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Toivo Mero wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at De Graafschap can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

In brief