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2015–16 Eredivisie

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

Season
8 August 2015 – 8 May 2016
PSV (23rd title)
CambuurDe Graafschap
PSVAjax
FeyenoordAZHeracles
306
912 (2.98 per match)
Vincent Janssen(27 goals)
Ajax 6–0 Roda JC(31 October 2015)
Cambuur 0–6 PSV(12 September 2015)
De Graafschap 3–6 PSV(31 October 2015) Heracles 3–6 AZ(13 February 2016)
10 gamesPSV
21 gamesPSV
15 gamesCambuur
7 gamesCambuurFeyenoord
51,875Ajax 2–1 Feyenoord(7 February 2016)
3,394Excelsior 2–2 AZ(15 August 2015)
5,929,439
19,377
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

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

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

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Utrecht	Rob Alflen	End of contract	1 July 2015	Pre-season	Erik ten Hag	1 July 2015
NEC	Ruud Brood	Mutual consent	1 July 2015	Ernest Faber	1 July 2015
Excelsior	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Signed by Brentford	1 July 2015	Alfons Groenendijk	1 July 2015
Roda JC	Rick Plum	End of interim spell	1 July 2015	Darije Kalezić	1 July 2015
Twente	Alfred Schreuder	Sacked	30 August 2015	16th	René Hake	30 August 2015
Heerenveen	Dwight Lodeweges	Resigned	20 October 2015	15th	Foppe de Haan	20 October 2015
Vitesse	Peter Bosz	Signed by Maccabi Tel Aviv	4 January 2016	5th	Rob Maas	4 January 2016
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Resigned	9 February 2016	17th	Marcel Keizer	13 February 2016

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
3	Gelderland	De Graafschap, NEC and Vitesse
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

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Oussama Tannane4	Heracles	Cambuur	6–1	22 August 2015
Luuk de Jong	PSV	Cambuur	6–0	12 September 2015
Lars Veldwijk	PEC Zwolle	Excelsior	3–0	12 September 2015
Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	Heerenveen	5–2	18 October 2015
Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	AZ	3–1	25 October 2015
Michiel Kramer	Feyenoord	Excelsior	4–2	28 November 2015
Lucas Andersen	Willem II	Twente	3–1	28 November 2015
Vincent Janssen	AZ	Feyenoord	4–2	24 January 2016
Vincent Janssen4	AZ	PEC Zwolle	5–1	16 April 2016

Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

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

Most yellow cards: 10
- Lucas Bijker (Heerenveen)
- Funso Ojo (Willem II)
Most red cards: 2
- Joey van den Berg (Heerenveen)
- Ouasim Bouy (PEC Zwolle)
- Sander Fischer (Excelsior)
- Derrick Luckassen (AZ)
- Mark van der Maarel (Utrecht)
- Harm Zeinstra (Cambuur)
Most yellow cards: 65
- Heerenveen
Most red cards: 5
- Cambuur
- Utrecht

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ajax	681,147	51,875	48,494	48,653	−1.5%†
2	Feyenoord	617,500	47,500	47,500	47,500	+4.6%†
3	PSV	433,600	35,000	32,000	33,354	+2.7%†
4	Twente	334,300	24,900	24,900	24,900	−12.7%†
5	Heerenveen	300,051	24,645	20,100	22,373	−8.0%†
6	Groningen	271,765	21,241	19,277	20,259	+0.3%†
8	Utrecht	228,313	16,364	16,364	16,364	−1.7%†
9	AZ	207,862	16,673	14,144	15,409	−0.7%†
10	Roda JC	202,624	13,472	13,130	13,301	+24.2%1
7	Vitesse Arnhem	233,393	13,212	13,212	13,212	−23.2%†
15	ADO Den Haag	155,929	13,125	12,293	12,709	+6.1%†
14	Heracles	157,095	12,084	12,084	12,084	+45.1%†
13	PEC Zwolle	158,608	12,123	11,650	11,887	−2.7%†
12	NEC	161,589	12,321	10,240	11,281	+18.3%1
11	Willem II	173,862	11,000	11,000	11,000	−9.1%†
17	Cambuur	126,874	10,000	9,630	9,815	+1.1%†
16	De Graafschap	146,477	8,100	8,100	8,100	+64.4%1
18	Excelsior	49,821	3,394	3,394	3,394	−3.5%†
	League total	498,612	48,494	3,394	18,467	−1.5%†

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

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.

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.

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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