2015–16 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season 2015–16
Champions PSV
Relegated Cambuur
De Graafschap
Champions League PSV
Ajax
Europa League Feyenoord
AZ
Heracles
Matches played 306
Goals scored 912 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer Vincent Janssen (27 goals)
Biggest home win Ajax 6–0 Roda JC
(31 October 2015)
Biggest away win Cambuur 0–6 PSV
(12 September 2015)
Highest scoring De Graafschap 3–6 PSV
(31 October 2015)
Heracles 3–6 AZ
(13 February 2016)
Longest winning run 10 games[1]
PSV
Longest unbeaten run 21 games[1]
PSV
Longest winless run 15 games[1]
Cambuur
Longest losing run 7 games[1]
Cambuur
Feyenoord
Highest attendance 51,875[1]
Ajax 2–1 Feyenoord
(7 February 2016)
Lowest attendance 3,394[1]
Excelsior 2–2 AZ
(15 August 2015)
Average attendance 19,377[1]

The 2015–16 Eredivisie season was the 60th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. Defending champions PSV retained their title.

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: the top 15 teams from the 2014–15 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie champions.

NEC, the champion of the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, and play-off winner Roda JC returned to the Eredivisie after just one season. De Graafschap, the other play-off winner, returned to the highest level for the first time since the 2011–12 season.

Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000
Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 53,490
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023
Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,500
De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 3,531
Feyenoord Rotterdam De Kuip 51,177
Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,550
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100
Heracles Almelo Polman Stadion 13,500
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500
PEC Zwolle Zwolle IJsseldelta Stadion 12,500
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750
Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,500
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag Netherlands Henk Fraser Erreà Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax Netherlands Frank de Boer adidas Ziggo
AZ Netherlands John van den Brom Under Armour AFAS software
Cambuur Netherlands Marcel Keizer Quick Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
De Graafschap Netherlands Jan Vreman Quick ATAG
Excelsior Netherlands Alfons Groenendijk Quick DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst adidas Opel
Groningen Netherlands Erwin van de Looi Robey Essent
Heerenveen Netherlands Foppe de Haan Jako Univé
Heracles Netherlands John Stegeman Acerbis TenCate
NEC Netherlands Ernest Faber Patrick Scholten Awater
PEC Zwolle Netherlands Ron Jans Robey Molecaten
PSV Netherlands Phillip Cocu Umbro Philips
Roda JC Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić Robey KLG
Twente Netherlands René Hake Nike Webprint.nl
Utrecht Netherlands Erik ten Hag hummel Zorg van de Zaak
Vitesse Netherlands Rob Maas Macron Truphone
Willem II Netherlands Jurgen Streppel Robey Tricorp

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Utrecht Netherlands Alflen, RobRob Alflen End of contract 1 July 2015[2] Pre-season Netherlands ten Hag, ErikErik ten Hag 1 July 2015[3]
NEC Netherlands Brood, RuudRuud Brood Mutual consent 1 July 2015[4] Netherlands Faber, ErnestErnest Faber 1 July 2015[5]
Excelsior Netherlands Dijkhuizen, MarinusMarinus Dijkhuizen Signed by Brentford 1 July 2015[6] Netherlands Groenendijk, AlfonsAlfons Groenendijk 1 July 2015[7]
Roda JC Netherlands Plum, RickRick Plum End of interim spell 1 July 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina Kalezić, DarijeDarije Kalezić 1 July 2015[8]
Twente Netherlands Schreuder, AlfredAlfred Schreuder Sacked 30 August 2015[9] 16th Netherlands Hake, RenéRené Hake 30 August 2015
Heerenveen Netherlands Lodeweges, DwightDwight Lodeweges Resigned 20 October 2015[10] 15th Netherlands de Haan, FoppeFoppe de Haan 20 October 2015
Vitesse Netherlands Bosz, PeterPeter Bosz Signed by Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 January 2016[11] 5th Netherlands Maas, RobRob Maas 4 January 2016
Cambuur Netherlands de Jong, HenkHenk de Jong Resigned 9 February 2016[12] 17th Netherlands Keizer, MarcelMarcel Keizer 13 February 2016[13]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV Eindhoven (C) 34 26 6 2 88 32 +56 84 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 25 7 2 81 21 +60 82 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 34 19 6 9 62 40 +22 63 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 AZ 34 18 5 11 70 53 +17 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Utrecht 34 15 8 11 57 48 +9 53 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
6 Heracles Almelo (O) 34 14 9 11 47 49 2 51
7 Groningen 34 14 8 12 41 48 7 50
8 PEC Zwolle 34 14 6 14 56 54 +2 48
9 Vitesse 34 12 10 12 55 38 +17 46
10 NEC 34 13 7 14 37 42 5 46
11 ADO Den Haag 34 10 13 11 48 49 1 43
12 Heerenveen 34 11 9 14 46 61 15 42
13 Twente[lower-alpha 3] 34 12 7 15 49 64 15 40
14 Roda JC Kerkrade 34 8 10 16 34 55 21 34
15 Excelsior 34 7 9 18 34 60 26 30
16 Willem II (O) 34 6 11 17 35 53 18 29 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 De Graafschap (R) 34 5 8 21 39 66 27 23
18 Cambuur (R) 34 3 9 22 33 79 46 18 Relegation to the Eerste Divisie
Source: Eredivisie, NUsport, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off (only if deciding champion, European competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.[16]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 KNVB Cup.
  2. Four teams play for one spot in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
  3. Twente were deducted three points for breaking the financial standards set by the Royal Dutch Football Association. In May 2016 Twente had their licence for the Eredivisie revoked by KNVB and was relegated to the Eerste Divisie,[14] but they successfully appealed this decision and stayed in the league.[15]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. Note: Since round 30 FC Twente were deducted three points since they did not meet the financial standards set by the KNVB.

Team \ Round 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
PSV 6 6 7 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Ajax 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Feyenoord 4 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
AZ 18 15 13 14 13 14 11 9 10 11 11 10 9 10 10 11 12 10 10 9 8 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4
Utrecht 14 11 12 10 7 10 10 11 11 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 7 7 5 7 7 9 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
Heracles 16 8 4 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 5 4 3 3 5 6 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
Groningen 10 14 10 13 9 8 8 10 9 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 9 9 10 9 7 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 10 11 10 8 7
PEC Zwolle 6 4 3 5 5 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 9 9 8 9 8 9 8 9 7 7 8
Vitesse Arnhem 10 5 9 7 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 4 6 6 6 8 5 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 9 10 9
NEC 5 10 11 9 10 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 5 7 7 9 6 5 7 4 5 5 8 8 8 7 8 9 8 9 7 8 9 10
ADO Den Haag 6 3 6 11 12 12 13 15 14 14 13 14 14 14 13 12 10 11 11 12 12 12 11 11 13 11 10 10 11 12 10 11 11 11
Heerenveen 2 6 7 8 11 11 12 13 15 15 14 12 12 11 11 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 11 12 13 13 13 11 12 12 12 12
Twente 10 15 16 16 16 16 15 16 13 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 15 14 13 13 12 13 12 11 10 13 13 13 13 13
Roda JC 2 9 5 4 6 6 7 8 7 10 10 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Excelsior 15 12 15 12 14 15 16 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 15 15
Willem II 10 17 14 15 15 13 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 16 16
De Graafschap 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Cambuur 6 13 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Source:

Leader and 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
European competition play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2016–17 Eerste Divisie

Results

Home ╲ Away ADO AJX AZCAMGRAEXCFEYGROHEEHERNECPECPSVRJCTWEUTRVITWIL
ADO Den Haag 01 12 21 11 33 10 01 11 01 10 02 22 22 21 11 22 11
Ajax 40 41 51 21 30 21 20 52 00 22 30 12 60 40 22 10 30
AZ 01 03 31 41 20 42 41 31 31 24 51 24 01 31 22 10 00
Cambuur 11 01 11 23 02 02 22 01 16 31 10 06 01 00 02 02 11
De Graafschap 31 11 13 22 20 12 12 01 01 11 03 36 30 11 01 22 22
Excelsior 24 02 22 14 30 24 21 11 13 20 22 13 01 11 10 03 00
Feyenoord 02 11 31 31 31 30 11 12 30 10 20 02 11 50 32 20 10
Groningen 21 12 20 20 31 20 11 31 21 00 20 03 10 11 14 03 21
Heerenveen 04 02 42 20 31 21 25 12 01 11 11 11 30 13 04 00 31
Heracles 11 02 36 31 21 00 22 21 20 30 20 21 05 20 11 11 21
NEC 41 02 03 21 20 10 31 11 20 10 22 03 12 20 10 21 10
PEC Zwolle 21 02 21 22 21 30 31 13 52 11 20 13 31 21 12 15 41
PSV 20 02 30 62 42 11 31 20 11 20 21 32 11 42 31 20 20
Roda JC 11 22 01 11 10 12 11 00 12 31 00 05 03 01 10 12 23
Twente 14 22 22 30 21 20 01 20 14 40 10 21 13 21 31 22 13
Utrecht 22 10 13 33 02 21 12 20 11 42 31 10 02 11 42 21 21
Vitesse Arnhem 22 13 02 41 30 00 02 50 30 11 10 11 01 30 51 13 01
Willem II 02 04 02 30 00 23 01 11 22 00 01 01 22 32 23 31 11

Updated to games played on 8 May 2016.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams Province Team(s)
3  GelderlandDe Graafschap, NEC and Vitesse
 OverijsselHeracles, PEC Zwolle, and Twente
 South HollandADO Den Haag, Excelsior, and Feyenoord
2  FrieslandCambuur and Heerenveen
 North BrabantPSV and Willem II
 North HollandAjax and AZ
1  GroningenGroningen
 LimburgRoda JC
 UtrechtUtrecht

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[17]
1 Netherlands Vincent Janssen AZ 27
2 Netherlands Luuk de Jong PSV 26
3 Poland Arkadiusz Milik Ajax 21
4 Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord 19
5 France Sébastien Haller Utrecht 17
Morocco Hakim Ziyech Twente
7 Japan Mike Havenaar ADO Den Haag 16
Venezuela Christian Santos NEC
9 Netherlands Michiel Kramer Feyenoord 14
Netherlands Lars Veldwijk PEC Zwolle

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Morocco Tannane, OussamaOussama Tannane4 Heracles Cambuur 6–1 22 August 2015
Netherlands de Jong, LuukLuuk de Jong PSV Cambuur 6–0 12 September 2015
Netherlands Veldwijk, LarsLars Veldwijk PEC Zwolle Excelsior 3–0 12 September 2015
Netherlands Kuyt, DirkDirk Kuyt Feyenoord Heerenveen 5–2 18 October 2015
Netherlands Kuyt, DirkDirk Kuyt Feyenoord AZ 3–1 25 October 2015
Netherlands Kramer, MichielMichiel Kramer Feyenoord Excelsior 4–2 28 November 2015
Denmark Andersen, LucasLucas Andersen Willem II Twente 3–1 28 November 2015
Netherlands Janssen, VincentVincent Janssen AZ Feyenoord 4–2 24 January 2016
Netherlands Janssen, VincentVincent Janssen4 AZ PEC Zwolle 5–1 16 April 2016
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists[17]
1 France Édouard Duplan ADO Den Haag 11
2 Netherlands Rick Karsdorp Feyenoord 10
Netherlands Jürgen Locadia PSV
Netherlands Lars Veldwijk PEC Zwolle
Morocco Hakim Ziyech Twente
6 Mexico Andrés Guardado PSV 9
Netherlands Joris van Overeem AZ
8 Netherlands Dabney dos Santos AZ 8
Serbia Nemanja Gudelj Ajax
Netherlands Luuk de Jong PSV
Netherlands Davy Klaassen Ajax
Sweden Sam Larsson Heerenveen

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Ajax 681,147 51,875 48,494 48,653 -0.984818735704311.5%
2 Feyenoord 617,500 47,500 47,500 47,500 0.045817829542702+4.5%
3 PSV 433,600 35,000 32,000 33,354 0.0273833359002+2.7%
4 Twente 334,300 24,900 24,900 24,900 -0.8731327582579412.6%
5 Heerenveen 300,051 24,645 20,100 22,373 -0.920169449699767.9%
6 Groningen 271,765 21,241 19,277 20,259 0.0032684593671075+0.3%
8 Utrecht 228,313 16,364 16,364 16,364 -0.983058993151511.6%
9 AZ 207,862 16,673 14,144 15,409 -0.993359979370810.6%
10 Roda JC 202,624 13,472 13,130 13,301 0.24180748762954+24.1%1
7 Vitesse Arnhem 233,393 13,212 13,212 13,212 -0.7676039972112523.2%
15 ADO Den Haag 155,929 13,125 12,293 12,709 0.061205744822979+6.1%
14 Heracles 157,095 12,084 12,084 12,084 0.45118289900324+45.1%
13 PEC Zwolle 158,608 12,123 11,650 11,887 -0.973307131744862.6%
12 NEC 161,589 12,321 10,240 11,281 0.18323893434026+18.3%1
11 Willem II 173,862 11,000 11,000 11,000 -0.909166046780739.0%
17 Cambuur 126,874 10,000 9,630 9,815 0.01081359423275+1.0%
16 De Graafschap 146,477 8,100 8,100 8,100 0.64400243555916+64.4%1
18 Excelsior 49,821 3,394 3,394 3,394 -0.965301478953363.4%
League total 498,612 48,494 3,394 18,467 -0.985221937686731.4%

Updated to games played on 23 August 2015
Source: World football

Notes:
Median attendances of the 2014–15 season will be shown until the league starts.
1: Team played last season in Eerste Divisie

Play-offs

European competition

Four teams played for a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Utrecht 05 5
 
 
 
PEC Zwolle 02 2
 
Utrecht 10 1
 
 
 
Heracles* 12 3
 
Heracles (e)15 6
 
 
Groningen 21 3
 
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2016–17 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie.

 
First roundSecond roundThird round
 
                
 
 
 
 
MVV Maastricht 22 4
 
 
 
Volendam 11 2
 
MVV Maastricht 01 1
 
 
De Graafschap 12 3
 
 
 
 
 
De Graafschap 11 2
 
 
Go Ahead Eagles* 41 5
 
 
 
 
 
Go Ahead Eagles 12 3
 
 
VVV-Venlo 02 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Almere City 44 8
 
 
 
Emmen 11 2
 
Almere City 02 2
 
 
Willem II 15 6
 
 
 
 
 
Willem II* 13 4
 
 
NAC Breda 21 3
 
 
 
 
 
FC Eindhoven 10 1
 
 
NAC Breda 02 2
 
 
 
 
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

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