2015–16 AFC Ajax season
2015–16 season | |||
Chairman | Hennie Henrichs | ||
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Manager | Frank de Boer | ||
KNVB Cup | First Round | ||
Champions League | Preliminary Round | ||
Europa League | Group stage | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Anwar El Ghazi Arkadiusz Milik (8 each) All: Anwar El Ghazi Arkadiusz Milik (8 each) | ||
Highest home attendance | 51,154 vs PSV Eindhoven (4 October 2015) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 3,750 at SBV Excelsior (20 September 2015) | ||
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During the 2015–16 season AFC Ajax participated in the Dutch Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the UEFA Champions League as well as the Europa League. The first training took place on Tuesday 6 July 2015. The traditional AFC Ajax Open Day was held on Monday 20 July 2015.
Pre-season
The first training for the 2015–16 season was held on 6 June 2015. In preparation for the new season Ajax organized a training stage in Neustift, Austria. The squad from manager Frank de Boer stayed there from 15 June 2013 to 24 June 2015. During this training stage a friendly match was played against FC Dynamo Moscow. The club then traveled back to the Netherlands, residing at De Lutte for additional training. The squad stayed there from 30 June 2015 to 5 July 2015. Further friendly matches were played against FC Nordsjælland, Panathinaikos F.C. and VfL Wolfsburg. Traveling to France, a further friendly match was played against AS Saint-Étienne.
Player statistics
Appearances for competitive matches only
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Eredivisie | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League | KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal XVIII | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Jasper Cillessen | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Ricardo van Rhijn | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Joël Veltman | 21 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | John Heitinga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Riechedly Bazoer | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | FW | Viktor Fischer | 18 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Daley Sinkgraven | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | 19 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Davy Klaassen | 19 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Amin Younes | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Lucas Andersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | DF | Nicolai Boilesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Yaya Sanogo | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | FW | Lasse Schöne | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | FW | Anwar El Ghazi | 17 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | DF | Jaïro Riedewald | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | DF | Kenny Tete | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | GK | André Onana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | MF | Thulani Serero | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | DF | Nick Viergever | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Nemanja Gudelj | 21 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | FW | Sam Hendriks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | MF | Donny van de Beek | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | MF | Lerin Duarte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | MF | Václav Černý | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | GK | Diederik Boer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
34 | MF | Abdelhak Nouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | MF | Mitchell Dijks | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | MF | Mauro Savastano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | FW | Casper Dolberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
38 | GK | Norbert Alblas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
39 | DF | Leeroy Owusu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As of 21 July 2015
2015–16 Selection by Nationality
Nationality | Total Players | |||||||||||
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Current squad selection | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 24 |
Youth/reserves squad in AFC Ajax selection | 25 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
Players out on loan | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Team statistics
Eredivisie standings 2015–16
Current standing | Matches played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Yellow cards |
Red cards |
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1st | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Points by match day
Match day | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Total |
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Points | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
Total points by match day
Match day | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Total |
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Points | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Standing by match day
Match day | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Standing |
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Standing | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Goals by match day
Match day | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Total |
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Goals | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Statistics for the 2015–16 season
- This is an overview of all the statistics for played matches in the 2014–15 season.
Friendlies | Johan Cruijff Schaal | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | Total | |
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Matches | 6 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 34 | 6 of 43 |
Win | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 34 | 2 of 43 |
Draw | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 34 | 2 of 43 |
Loss | 2 of 6 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 34 | 2 of 43 |
Home | 2 of 2 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 17 | 2 of 20 |
Away | 4 of 4 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 0 | 0 of 17 | 4 of 23 |
Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 x yellow in 1 match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of substitutes used | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Goals for | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Goals against | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Balance | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 |
Clean sheets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Penalties for | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Penalties against | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015–16 Team records
Topscorers
Friendlies
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Eredivisie
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Placements
Friendlies | KNVB Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Eredivisie | |
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Status | 6 played, 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses | 4th Round Next opponent: De Graafschap | Third qualifying round Last opponent: SK Rapid Wien Placement for: UEFA Europa League Playoffs | Playoff Round Next opponent: FK Jablonec | — |
Competitions
All times are in CEST
Eredivisie
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | PSV | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Ajax | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Heracles Almelo | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 38 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | AZ | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 37 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
5 | Vitesse | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 36 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion and relegation); 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw. (Note: Criteria 5-8 is only used if deciding Europa League play-off places)[1]
Matches
9 August 2014 1 | AZ | 0 – 3 | Ajax | Alkmaar |
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12:30 CEST | van Overeem 66' | Report | El Ghazi (14) 33' N. Gudelj 40' Klaassen 69' Riedewald 90' |
Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,637 Referee: Bas Kuipers |
15 August 2014 2 | Ajax | 3 – 0 | Willem II | Amsterdam |
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19:45 CEST | Milik 18' El Ghazi 67', 90+1' |
Report | Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: 48,494 Referee: Bas Nijhuis |
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
29 July 2015 First leg | Rapid Wien | 2 – 2 | Ajax | Vienna, Austria |
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21:05 | Petsos 42' Kainz 48' Schwab 59' Berić 76' |
Report | Klaassen 25', 43' 71' Veltman 76' |
Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 43,200 Referee: William Collum (Scotland) |
4 August 2015 Second leg | Ajax | 2 – 3 (4 – 5 a agg.) |
Rapid Wien | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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20:15 | Milik 52' Gudelj 75' |
Report | Berič 12' Schaub 39', 77' |
Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Attendance: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia) |
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Play-off round
20 August 2015 First leg | Ajax | 1 – 0 | FK Jablonec | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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19:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Amsterdam Arena |
27 August 2015 Second leg | FK Jablonec | 0 – 0 (1 – 0 agg.) |
Ajax | Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic |
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18:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Chance Arena |
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOL | FEN | AJX | CEL | |
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1 | Molde | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — |
Friendlies
4 July 2015 | Ajax | 2 – 2 | Dinamo Moskva | Kematen, Austria |
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20:00 | Kuzmin 19' (o.g.) Bazoer 59' |
Report | Kuzmin 30' M'Vila 83' |
Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen |
10 July 2015 | Ajax | 1 – 3 | FC Nordsjælland | Hardenberg, Netherlands |
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16:30 | Bakker 81' | Report | Ingvartsen 8' Moberg Karlsson 17', 66' |
Stadium: De Boshoek |
10 July 2015 | Ajax | 2 – 0 | Panathinaikos | Epe, Netherlands |
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20:00 | Milik 33' El Ghazi 87' |
Report | Stadium: De Wachtelenberg |
17 July 2015 | Ajax | 1 – 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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19:00 | Report | Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA |
22 July 2015 | Saint-Étienne | 1 – 0 | Ajax | Valenciennes, France |
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19:00 | Bamba 85' | Report | Stadium: Stade du Hainaut |
10 August 2015 | Ajax | 6 – 1 | Umm Salal | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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19:00 | Schöne 2', 13' Sanogo 6', 17', 35' Andersen 30' |
Report | Sagbo 53' | Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst |
8 October 2015 | Ajax | 1 – 2 | Southampton | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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19:30 | Schöne 60' (pen.) | Report | Seager 19' Juanmi 60' |
Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst |
Transfers for 2015–16
Summer transfer window
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2015 to 31 August 2015) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2015.
Arrivals
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Name | Position | Transfer type | Previous club | Fee | |
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Return from loan spell | |||||
Sheraldo Becker | Forward | 30 June 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
Lerin Duarte | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | SC Heerenveen | - | |
Mickey van der Hart | Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | Go Ahead Eagles | - | |
Bas Kuipers | Defender | 30 June 2015 | Excelsior | - | |
Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 30 June 2015 | NAC Breda | - | |
Lesly de Sa | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Go Ahead Eagles | - | |
Loan | |||||
Yaya Sanogo | Forward | 17 July 2015 | Arsenal | - | |
Transfer | |||||
Arkadiusz Milik | Forward | 1 April 2015 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | €2,8 million | |
Francesco Antonucci | Midfielder | 5 May 2015 | RSC Anderlecht | €500.000 | |
Nemanja Gudelj | Midfielder | 6 May 2015 | AZ | €6 million | |
Dragiša Gudelj | Defender | 9 May 2015 | NAC Breda | €150.000 | |
Mitchell Dijks | Defender | 19 June 2015 | Willem II | €1 million | |
Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Silkeborg IF | €270.000 | |
Amin Younes | Midfielder | 15 July 2015 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | €1,5 million | |
Free Transfer | |||||
John Heitinga | Defender | 25 June 2015 | Hertha BSC | - | |
Keshone Mettendaf | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | Almere City | - | |
Frenkie de Jong | Midfielder | 24 August 2015 | Willem II | - |
Departures
- The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
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Out on loan | |||||
Xavier Mous | Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | FC Oss | - | |
Peter Leeuwenburgh | Goalkeeper | 30 June 2015 | FC Dordrecht | - | |
Sheraldo Becker | Forward | 30 June 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 30 June 2015 | Willem II | - | |
Lesly de Sa | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Willem II | - | |
Richairo Živković | Forward | 30 June 2015 | Willem II | - | |
Queensy Menig | Forward | 27 July 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
Lucas Andersen | Midfielder | 24 August 2015 | Willem II | - | |
Loan return | |||||
Niki Zimling | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | - | |
Transfer | |||||
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | Forward | 1 July 2015 | FC Nantes | €3,5 million | |
Ricardo Kishna | Forward | 27 July 2015 | SS Lazio | €4 million | |
Free Transfer | |||||
Tom Noordhoff | Defender | 29 April 2015 | Telstar | - | |
Marvin Höner | Forward | 20 May 2015 | SV Rödinghausen | - | |
Sinan Keskin | Forward | 20 May 2015 | FC Utrecht | - | |
Joost Meendering | Goalkeeper | 28 May 2015 | HVV Hollandia | - | |
Melvin Vissers | Midfielder | 29 May 2015 | Sparta Rotterdam | - | |
Bas Kuipers | Defender | 20 June 2015 | SBV Excelsior | - | |
Mike Grim | Goalkeeper | 23 June 2015 | Almere City | - | |
Niklas Moisander | Defender | 30 June 2015 | Sampdoria | - | |
James Efmorfidis | Midfielder | 30 June 2015 | AZ | - | |
Shaquill Sno | Defender | 30 June 2015 | – | - | |
Samet Bulut | Forward | 30 June 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
Fabian Sporkslede | Midfielder | 16 July 2015 | Chievo Verona | - | |
Donyell Malen | Forward | 24 July 2015 | Arsenal | - | |
Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui | Midfielder | 11 August 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
Mickey van der Hart | Goalkeeper | 14 August 2015 | PEC Zwolle | - | |
Winter transfer window
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2016 to 1 February 2016) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2015–16.
Arrivals
- The following players moved to AFC Ajax.
Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
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Return from loan spell | |||||
Frenkie de Jong | Midfielder | 1 January 2016 | Willem II | - | |
Peter Leeuwenburgh | Goalkeeper | 5 January 2016 | FC Dordrecht | - | |
Richairo Živković | Forward | 31 January 2016 | Willem II | - | |
Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 31 January 2016 | Willem II | - | |
Departures
- The following players moved from AFC Ajax.
Name | Position | Transfer type | New club | Fee | |
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Out on loan | |||||
Óttar Magnús Karlsson | Forward | 2 January 2015 | Sparta Rotterdam | - | |
Zakaria El Azzouzi | Forward | 4 January 2015 | FC Twente | - | |
Lerin Duarte | Midfielder | 31 January 2015 | NAC Breda | - | |
Ruben Ligeon | Defender | 31 January 2016 | FC Utrecht | - | |
Return from loan spell | |||||
Yaya Sanogo | Forward | 31 January 2016 | Arsenal | - | |
Free Transfer | |||||
Dejan Meleg | Forward | 3 January 2016 | FK Vojvodina | - | |
John Heitinga | Defender | 31 January 2016 | – | - | |
References
- ↑ "Eredivisie 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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