Eredivisie 2015/16

Eredivisie 2015/16
master	PSV Eindhoven
Champions League	PSV Eindhoven
Champions League qualification	Ajax Amsterdam
Europe League	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Europa League qualification	AZ Alkmaar Heracles Almelo
Cup winners	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Relegation ↓	Willem II Tilburg BV De Graafschap
Relegated	BV De Graafschap SC Cambuur
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	912  (ø 2.98 per game)
spectator	5,940,000  (ø 19,412 per game)
Top scorer	Vincent Janssen (AZ Alkmaar)
← Eredivisie 2014/15 Eredivisie 2016/17 →
First Divisie 2015/16 ↓

The Eredivisie 2015/16 was the 60th season of the highest Dutch football league and the 127th competition for the Dutch national championship . The regular season began on August 7, 2015 and ended on May 8, 2016. PSV Eindhoven from Eindhoven defended the title on the last day of the match, as the previous leaders Ajax Amsterdam only drew against the penultimate De Graafschap .

Participants and their venues

The hague Amsterdam Alkmaar Doetinchem E. Rotterdam Groningen Enschede Utrecht F. Rotterdam Almelo Nijmegen Zwolle Eindhoven Kerkrade Leeuwarden Heerenveen Arnhem Tilburg

Venues of the Eredivisie 2015/16

team	city	Home stadium	capacity
ADO The Hague	The hague	Kyocera Stadium	15,000
Ajax Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Amsterdam arena	53,052
AZ Alkmaar	Alkmaar	AFAS stadium	17,023
BV De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg Stadium	12,600
Excelsior Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Woudestein Stadium	3,531
FC Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,500
FC Twente Enschede	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30.205
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Galgenwaard Stadium	24,426
Feyenoord Rotterdam	Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,177
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadium	13,500
NEC Nijmegen	Nijmegen	Goffert Stadium	12,500
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	IJsseldeltastadion	12,500
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Philips Stadium	35,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadium	19,979
SC Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuurstadion	10,500
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadium	26,000
Vitesse Arnhem	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,000
Willem II Tilburg	Tilburg	King Wilhelm II Stadium	14,750

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	PSV Eindhoven (M)	34	26th	6th	2	088:320	+56	84
2.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	25th	7th	2	081:210	+60	82
3.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	19th	6th	9	062:400	+22	63
4th	AZ Alkmaar	34	18th	5	11	070:530	+17	59
5.	FC Utrecht	34	15th	8th	11	057:480	+9	53
6th	Heracles Almelo	34	14th	9	11	047:490	−2	51
7th	FC Groningen (P)	34	14th	8th	12	041:480	−7	50
8th.	PEC Zwolle	34	14th	6th	14th	056:540	+2	48
9.	Vitesse Arnhem	34	12	10	12	055:380	+17	46
10.	NEC Nijmegen (N)	34	13	7th	14th	037:420	−5	46
11.	ADO The Hague	34	10	13	11	048:490	−1	43
12.	SC Heerenveen	34	11	9	14th	046:610	−15	42
13.	FC Twente Enschede 1	34	12	7th	15th	049:640	−15	40
14th	Roda JC Kerkrade (R)	34	8th	10	16	034:550	−21	34
15th	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	7th	9	18th	034:600	−26	30th
16.	Willem II Tilburg	34	6th	11	17th	035:530	−18	29
17th	BV De Graafschap (R)	34	5	8th	21st	039:660	−27	23
18th	SC Cambuur	34	3	9	22nd	033:790	−46	18th

At the end of the 2015/16 season:
	Dutch champions and participation in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League: PSV Eindhoven
	Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League: Ajax Amsterdam
	Cup winners and participation in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League: Feyenoord Rotterdam
	Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League: AZ Alkmaar
	Play-off for participation in the third qualifying round for the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League
	Participation in the relegation : Willem II Tilburg & BV De Graafschap
	Relegation to the Eerste Divisie 2016/17: SC Cambuur
At the end of the 2014/15 season:
(M)	Reigning champion : PSV Eindhoven
(P)	Reigning cup winner : FC Groningen
(R)	Relegation winners : BV De Graafschap & Roda JC Kerkrade
(N)	Newcomers from the Eerste Divisie 2014/15: NEC Nijmegen
Annotation:
1	The Dutch Football Association ordered a point deduction of 3 points for FC Twente Enschede and finally a forced relegation due to financial mismanagement. The Appeals Committee of the Dutch Football Association KNVB later reversed the decision.

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2015/16	ADO
ADO The Hague		0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	3: 3	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 2	2: 2	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1
Ajax Amsterdam	4-0		4: 1	5: 1	3-0	2: 1	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 Alkmaar	0: 1	0: 3		3: 1	2-0	4: 2	4: 1	4: 1	3: 1	3: 1	2: 4	5: 1	2: 4	0: 1	3: 1	2: 2	1-0	0-0
SC Cambuur	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1		0: 2	0: 2	2: 3	2: 2	0: 1	1: 6	3: 1	1-0	0: 6	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1
Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 4	0: 2	2: 2	1: 4		2: 4	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 3	2-0	2: 2	1: 3	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 3	0-0
Feyenoord Rotterdam	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	3-0		3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	3-0	1-0	2-0	0: 2	1: 1	5-0	3: 2	2-0	1-0
BV 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
FC Groningen	2: 1	1: 2	2-0	2-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1		3: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	0: 3	1-0	1: 1	1: 4	0: 3	2: 1
SC Heerenveen	0: 4	0: 2	4: 2	2-0	2: 1	2: 5	3: 1	1: 2		0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	1: 3	0: 4	0-0	3: 1
Heracles Almelo	1: 1	0: 2	3: 6	3: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2-0		3-0	2-0	2: 1	0: 5	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1
NEC Nijmegen	4: 1	0: 2	0: 3	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	2-0	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	3-0	3: 1	2: 1	1: 3	5: 2	1: 1	2-0		1: 3	3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 5	4: 1
PSV Eindhoven	2-0	0: 2	3-0	6: 2	1: 1	3: 1	4: 2	2-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	3: 2		1: 1	4: 2	3: 1	2-0	2-0
Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 2	3: 1	0-0	0: 5	0: 3		0: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 3
FC Twente Enschede	1: 4	2: 2	2: 2	3-0	2-0	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 4	4-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	2: 1		3: 1	2: 2	1: 3
FC Utrecht	2: 2	1-0	1: 3	3: 3	2: 1	1: 2	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	4: 2	3: 1	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	4: 2		2: 1	2: 1
Vitesse Arnhem	2: 2	1: 3	0: 2	4: 1	0-0	0: 2	3-0	5-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3-0	5: 1	1: 3		0: 1
Willem II Tilburg	0: 2	0: 4	0: 2	3-0	2: 3	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	2: 2	3: 2	2: 3	3: 1	1: 1
As of May 8, 2016

	Home team victory
	draw
	Visiting team victory

Qualifying matches

UEFA Europa League

Places 5 to 8 in the Eredivisie played another starting place in the UEFA Europa League in two play-off rounds, each with a return leg . The two winners of the first round met in the second round. The winner of this game then started in the third qualifying round of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League .

Round 1

The first leg took place on May 12th and the second leg on May 15th, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Groningen	3: 6	Heracles Almelo	2: 1	1: 5 a.d.
PEC Zwolle	2: 5	FC Utrecht	0-0	2: 5

round 2

The first leg took place on May 19 and the second leg on May 22, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Heracles Almelo	3: 1	FC Utrecht	1: 1	2-0

Relegation

Places 16 and 17 of the Eredivisie and places 2 to 8 and 10 (9th place was occupied by the youth team from Ajax Amsterdam ) of the Eerste Divisie played for the relegation in three play-off rounds, each with a round trip . The two winners of the first round met in Round 2 against the 16th and 17th of the Eredivisie. At the same time, places 2 to 5 of the Eerste Divisie played against each other. In round 3, the four winners from the second round met each other. The two winners of the third round qualified for the Eredivisie 2016/17 .

Round 1

The first leg took place on May 2nd and the second leg on May 6th, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
MVV Maastricht	4: 2	FC Volendam	2: 1	2: 1
Almere City FC	8: 2	FC Emmen	4: 1	4: 1

round 2

The first leg took place on May 13th and the second leg on May 16, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
MVV Maastricht	1: 3	BV De Graafschap	0: 1	1: 2
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	3: 2	VVV-Venlo	1-0	2: 2
FC Eindhoven	1: 2	NAC Breda	1-0	0: 2
Almere City FC	2: 6	Willem II Tilburg	0: 1	2: 5

Round 3

The first leg will take place on May 19 and the second leg on May 22, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	5: 2	BV De Graafschap	4: 1	1: 1
NAC Breda	3: 4	Willem II Tilburg	2: 1	1: 3

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	team	Gates
01	Vincent Janssen	AZ Alkmaar	27
02	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	26th
03	Arkadiusz Milik	Ajax Amsterdam	21st
04th	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord Rotterdam	19th
05	Sébastien Haller	FC Utrecht	17th
	Hakim Ziyech	FC Twente Enschede	17th
07th	Mike Havenaar	ADO The Hague	16
	Christian Santos	NEC Nijmegen	16
09	Michiel Kramer	Feyenoord Rotterdam	14th
	Lars Veldwijk	PEC Zwolle	14th
Status: end of the season

The PSV Eindhoven championship team

PSV Eindhoven

Goal : Jeroen Zoet (34 / -) Defense : Santiago Arias (32/3); Jeffrey Bruma (32 / -); Héctor Moreno (29/4); Joshua Brenet (27 / -); Jorrit Hendrix (26/2); Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (17 / -); Jetro Willems (15/2); Simon Poulsen (2 / -); Jordy de Wijs (1 / -) Midfield : Davy Pröpper (33/10); Gaston Pereiro (29/11); Andrés Guardado (25/1); Adam Maher (14/2); Maxime Lestienne (14/1); Marco van Ginkel (13/8); Stijn Schaars (12 / -) Storm : Luuk de Jong (33/26); Luciano Narsingh (30/8); Jürgen Locadia (29/8); Florian Jozefzoon (9/1); Steven Bergwijn (5 / -); Rai Vloet (1 / -) Coach : Phillip Cocu

Web links

• Official website of the Eredivisie

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Netherlands: Twente flies out of the Eredivisie . In: Weltfussball.de . May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
2. ↑ Now after all: Twente stays in the Eredivisie . In: Weltfussball.de . June 17, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
3. ↑ Eredivisie 2015/16: List of goalscorers . In: Soccerway.com . Retrieved May 17, 2016.