2015–16 Eredivisie

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Eredivisie
Season 2015–16
Champions PSV
Relegated Cambuur
Twente (financial issue)
Champions League PSV
Ajax
Europa League Feyenoord
AZ
Heracles Almelo
Matches played 306
Goals scored 912 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer Vincent Janssen (27 goals)
Biggest home win Ajax 6–0 Roda JC
Biggest away win Cambuur 0–6 PSV
Highest scoring De Graafschap 3–6 PSV
Heracles 3–6 AZ
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
Lowest attendance 3,394[1]
SBV Excelsior 2–2 AZ
Average attendance 19,377[1]
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2016.

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

Teams

A total of 18 teams will be taking part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2014–15 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie champions.

N.E.C., champion of the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, and play-off winner Roda JC Kerkrade return to the Eredivisie after just one season. De Graafschap, the other play-off winner, returns to the highest level since the 2011–12 season.

Location of teams in Eredivisie 2015–16
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 Almelo Polman Stadion 13,500
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500
PEC Zwolle Zwolle IJsseldelta Stadion 12,500
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 36,500
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 Rob Alflen End of contract 1 July 2015[2] Pre-season Netherlands Erik ten Hag 1 July 2015[3]
NEC Netherlands Ruud Brood Mutual consent 1 July 2015[4] Netherlands Ernest Faber 1 July 2015[5]
Excelsior Netherlands Marinus Dijkhuizen Signed by Brentford 1 July 2015[6] Netherlands Alfons Groenendijk 1 July 2015[7]
Roda JC Netherlands Rick Plum End of interim spell 1 July 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić 1 July 2015[8]
Twente Netherlands Alfred Schreuder Sacked 30 August 2015[9] 16th Netherlands René Hake 30 August 2015
Heerenveen Netherlands Dwight Lodeweges Resigned 20 October 2015[10] 15th Netherlands Foppe de Haan 20 October 2015
Vitesse Netherlands Peter Bosz Signed by Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 January 2016[11] 5th Netherlands Rob Maas 4 January 2016
Cambuur Netherlands Henk de Jong Resigned 9 February 2016[12] 17th Netherlands Marcel 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 to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 25 7 2 81 21 +60 82 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 34 19 6 9 62 40 +22 63 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 AZ 34 18 5 11 70 53 +17 59 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Utrecht 34 15 8 11 57 48 +9 53 Qualification to 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] (R) 34 12 7 15 49 64 −15 40 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
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 to Relegation play-offs[lower-alpha 4]
17 De Graafschap[lower-alpha 5] 34 5 8 21 39 66 −27 23
18 Cambuur (R) 34 3 9 22 33 79 −46 18 Relegation to 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 but may appeal this decision.[14]
  4. ↑ Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2016–17 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie.
  5. ↑ De Graafschap would have been relegated to the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie as they were eliminated in the Relegation play-offs, but replaced Twente in the 2016–17 Eredivisie after they had their licence for the Eredivisie revoked by KNVB.[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 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:[citation needed]

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 AZ CAM GRA EXC FEY GRO HEE HER NEC PEC PSV RJC TWE UTR VIT WIL
ADO Den Haag 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Ajax 4–0 4–1 5–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 5–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 6–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 3–0
AZ 0–1 0–3 3–1 4–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 3–1 3–1 2–4 5–1 2–4 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Cambuur 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–6 3–1 1–0 0–6 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1
De Graafschap 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–6 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–2
Excelsior 2–4 0–2 2–2 1–4 3–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–0
Feyenoord 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 5–0 3–2 2–0 1–0
Groningen 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–3 2–1
Heerenveen 0–4 0–2 4–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–5 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–4 0–0 3–1
Heracles 1–1 0–2 3–6 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–5 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
NEC 4–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
PEC Zwolle 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–3 5–2 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–5 4–1
PSV 2–0 0–2 3–0 6–2 4–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–0
Roda JC 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–5 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–3
Twente 1–4 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–4 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–3
Utrecht 2–2 1–0 1–3 3–3 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1
Vitesse 2–2 1–3 0–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 1–3 0–1
Willem II 0–2 0–4 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 3–1 1–1

Updated to games played on 8 May 2016.
Source: [1]
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  Gelderland De Graafschap, NEC and Vitesse Arnhem
 Overijssel Heracles, PEC Zwolle, and Twente
 South Holland ADO Den Haag, Excelsior, and Feyenoord
2  Friesland Cambuur and Heerenveen
 North Brabant PSV and Willem II
 North Holland Ajax and AZ
1  Groningen Groningen
 Limburg Roda JC
 Utrecht Utrecht

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 Oussama Tannane4 Heracles Almelo SC Cambuur 6–1 22 August 2015
Netherlands Luuk de Jong PSV SC Cambuur 6–0 12 September 2015
Netherlands Lars Veldwijk PEC Zwolle Excelsior 3–0 12 September 2015
Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord Heerenveen 5–2 18 October 2015
Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord AZ 3–1 25 October 2015
Netherlands Michiel Kramer Feyenoord Excelsior 4–2 28 November 2015
Denmark Lucas Andersen Willem II Twente 3–1 28 November 2015
Netherlands Vincent Janssen AZ Feyenoord 4–2 24 January 2016
Netherlands Vincent 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

  • Most yellow cards: 65[18]
    • Heerenveen
  • Most red cards: 5[18]
    • Cambuur
    • Utrecht

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Ajax 681,147 51,875 48,494 48,653 -0.98481873570431−1.5%†
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 -0.87313275825794−12.6%†
5 Heerenveen 300,051 24,645 20,100 22,373 -0.92016944969976−7.9%†
6 Groningen 271,765 21,241 19,277 20,259 0.0032684593671075+0.3%†
8 Utrecht 228,313 16,364 16,364 16,364 -0.98305899315151−1.6%†
9 AZ 207,862 16,673 14,144 15,409 -0.99335997937081−0.6%†
10 Roda JC 202,624 13,472 13,130 13,301 0.24180748762954+24.1%1
7 Vitesse 233,393 13,212 13,212 13,212 -0.76760399721125−23.2%†
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 -0.97330713174486−2.6%†
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 -0.90916604678073−9.0%†
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 -0.96530147895336−3.4%†
League total 498,612 48,494 3,394 18,467 −1.4%†

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 play for a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
                    
 
  
 
 
 Utrecht 0 5 5
 
  
 
 PEC Zwolle 0 2 2
 
 Utrecht 1 0 1
 
  
 
 Heracles Almelo* 1 2 3
 
 Heracles Almelo (e) 1 5 6
 
 
 Groningen 2 1 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, play for two spots in the 2016–17 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie.

 
 First round Second round Third round
 
                                
 
  
 
 
 MVV Maastricht 2 2 4
 
  
 
 Volendam 1 1 2
 
 MVV Maastricht 0 1 1
 
 
De Graafschap 1 2 3
 
 
  
 
 
 De Graafschap 1 1 2
 
 
 Go Ahead Eagles* 4 1 5
 
 
  
 
 
 Go Ahead Eagles 1 2 3
 
 
 VVV-Venlo 0 2 2
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Almere City 4 4 8
 
  
 
 Emmen 1 1 2
 
 Almere City 0 2 2
 
 
Willem II 1 5 6
 
 
  
 
 
 Willem II* 1 3 4
 
 
 NAC Breda 2 1 3
 
 
  
 
 
 Eindhoven 1 0 1
 
 
 NAC Breda 0 2 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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