Feyenoord starts a new era with Giovanni van Bronckhorst as head coach. The squad reports back to 1908 on Monday, June 29 for the first training session of the new season. The biggest change is undoubtedly the coaching switch. Feyenoord said goodbye to Robin van Persie after the season and appointed Giovanni van Bronckhorst as the new head coach. His permanent assistant Sipke Hulshoff is also part of the technical staff. An important step was also taken on the administrative side. After a shareholders' meeting, it was finally decided that Feyenoord will become the full owner of De Kuip. Feyenoord plays its first friendly match on Saturday, July 4 against FC Dordrecht. This will be followed by matches against Club Brugge, Sporting Charleroi, Rayo Vallecano and Atalanta. In terms of players, Feyenoord has already secured midfielder Charles Vanhoutte. In addition, players like Luka Ivanušec will return from a loan period. There is no future for Malcolm Jeng in Rotterdam. Feyenoord decided not to exercise the purchase option in his loan contract. The program for the preparation looks like this: Monday, June 29 first training, Saturday, July 4 FC Dordrecht - Feyenoord, Saturday, July 11 Feyenoord - Club Brugge, Friday, July 17 Feyenoord - Sporting Charleroi, Saturday, July 18 Feyenoord Festival, July 19-25 training camp in Belgium, Sunday, July 26 Feyenoord - Rayo Vallecano, Sunday, August 2 Feyenoord - Atalanta. A week later, the real work begins for Feyenoord. On Sunday, August 9, the Rotterdammers will open the new Eredivisie season with an away match against Sparta Rotterdam.