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 CapacityADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 53,490AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,500De GraafschapDoetinchemDe Vijverberg 12,600Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 3,531FeyenoordRotterdam De Kuip 51,177Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,550Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100Heracles Almelo Polman Stadion 13,500NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500PEC Zwolle Zwolle IJsseldelta Stadion 12,500PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,500Willem 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 sponsorADO Den Haag Henk Fraser Erreà Basic-Fit FitnessAjax Frank de Boer Adidas ZiggoAZ John van den Brom Under Armour AFAS softwareCambuur Marcel Keizer Quick Bouwgroep Dijkstra DraismaDe Graafschap Jan Vreman Quick ATAGExcelsior Alfons Groenendijk Quick DSW ZorgverzekeraarFeyenoord Giovanni van Bronckhorst Adidas OpelGroningen Erwin van de Looi Robey EssentHeerenveen Foppe de Haan Jako UnivéHeracles John Stegeman Acerbis TenCateNEC Ernest Faber Patrick Scholten AwaterPEC Zwolle Ron Jans Robey MolecatenPSV Phillip Cocu Umbro PhilipsRoda JC Darije Kalezić Robey KLGTwente René Hake Nike Webprint.nlUtrecht Erik ten Hag Hummel Zorg van de ZaakVitesse Rob Maas Macron TruphoneWillem II Jurgen Streppel Robey Tricorp
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Utrecht End of contract 1 July 2015 Pre-season 1 July 2015 NEC Mutual consent 1 July 2015 1 July 2015 Excelsior Signed by Brentford 1 July 2015 1 July 2015 Roda JC End of interim spell 1 July 2015 1 July 2015 Twente Sacked 30 August 2015 16th 30 August 2015 Heerenveen Resigned 20 October 2015 15th 20 October 2015 Vitesse Signed by Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 January 2016 5th 4 January 2016 Cambuur Resigned 9 February 2016 17th 13 February 2016
Standings
Results
Number of teams by provinces Number of teams Province Team(s)3De Graafschap, NEC and VitesseHeracles, PEC Zwolle, and TwenteADO Den Haag, Excelsior, and Feyenoord2Cambuur and HeerenveenPSV and Willem IIAjax and AZ 1GroningenRoda JCUtrecht
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Vincent JanssenAZ272 Luuk de JongPSV263 Arkadiusz MilikAjax214 Dirk KuytFeyenoord195 Sébastien HallerUtrecht17 Hakim ZiyechTwente7 Mike HavenaarADO Den Haag16 Christian SantosNEC9 Michiel KramerFeyenoord14 Lars VeldwijkPEC Zwolle
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date 4 Heracles Cambuur 6–1 PSV Cambuur 6–0 PEC Zwolle Excelsior 3–0 Feyenoord Heerenveen 5–2 Feyenoord AZ 3–1 Feyenoord Excelsior 4–2 Willem II Twente 3–1 AZ Feyenoord 4–2 4 AZ PEC Zwolle 5–1
Note 4 Player scored 4 goals
Assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Édouard DuplanADO Den Haag112 Rick KarsdorpFeyenoord10 Jürgen LocadiaPSV Lars VeldwijkPEC Zwolle Hakim ZiyechTwente6 Andrés GuardadoPSV9 Joris van OvereemAZ8 Dabney dos SantosAZ8 Nemanja GudeljAjax Luuk de JongPSV Davy KlaassenAjax Sam LarssonHeerenveen
Discipline Player 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)
Club Most yellow cards: 65 Heerenveen Most red cards: 5 Cambuur Utrecht
Attendances
Play-offs European competition 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.
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.
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. Awards Annual awards Annual awards Award Winner ClubDutch Footballer of the Year Davy KlaassenAjaxJohan Cruyff Trophy Vincent JanssenAZ AlkmaarEredivisie top scorer Vincent JanssenAZ AlkmaarRinus Michels Award Erik ten HagFC Utrecht
Team of the Season Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Bram Castro (Heracles Almelo)Defenders Timo Letschert (Utrecht) Jeffrey Bruma (PSV Eindhoven) Joël Veltman (Ajax)Midfielders Andrés Guardado (PSV Eindhoven) Hakim Ziyech (Twente) Davy Pröpper (PSV Eindhoven) Davy Klaassen (Ajax)Forwards Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) Vincent Janssen (AZ) Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord)
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