The 2015–16 Eredivisie season was the 60th season of the
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
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
The 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-ninth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2014 with the first matches of the season and will end in May 2015 w ...
champions.
NEC
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, the champion of the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, and play-off winner
Roda JC
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi ...
returned to the Eredivisie after just one season.
De Graafschap
VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...
, the other play-off winner, returned to the highest level for the first time since the 2011–12 season.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Standings
Results
Number of teams by provinces
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
;Note
4 Player scored 4 goals
Assists
Discipline
Player
*Most yellow cards: 10
**
Lucas Bijker (Heerenveen)
**
Funso Ojo (Willem II)
*Most red cards: 2
**
Joey van den Berg (Heerenveen)
**
Ouasim Bouy
Ouasim Bouy (born 11 June 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre back.
Bouy is a former Netherlands U19 international, and is able to represent either the Netherlands or Morocco at senior level.
...
(PEC Zwolle)
**
Sander Fischer
Sander Fischer (born 23 September 1988) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre back for VV Capelle.
Club career
He formerly played for NAC Breda, SC Cambuur, FC Emmen, AGOVV Apeldoorn, AGOVV, SBV Excelsio ...
(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
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
, (e) = Wins after
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
in second leg, (p) = Wins after
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
Promotion/relegation play-offs
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...
, played for two spots in the
2016–17 Eredivisie
The 2016–17 Eredivisie season was the 61st season of the top-tier Dutch League Eredivisie since its establishment in 1956. The fixtures for this season were announced on 14 June 2016.
Teams
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The b ...
, the remaining eight teams play in the
2016–17 Eerste Divisie.
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
, (e) = Wins after
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
in second leg, (p) = Wins after
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
References
External links
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