| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 August 2015 – 8 May 2016 |
| Champions | PSV (23rd title) |
| Relegated | Cambuur De Graafschap |
| Champions League | PSV Ajax |
| Europa League | Feyenoord AZ Heracles |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 912 (2.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Vincent Janssen (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Ajax 6–0Roda JC (31 October 2015) |
| Biggest away win | Cambuur 0–6PSV (12 September 2015) |
| Highest scoring | De Graafschap 3–6PSV (31 October 2015) Heracles 3–6AZ (13 February 2016) |
| 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 2–1Feyenoord (7 February 2016) |
| Lowest attendance | 3,394[1] Excelsior 2–2AZ (15 August 2015) |
| Total attendance | 5,929,439[1] |
| Average attendance | 19,377[1] |
2016–17 → | |
The2015–16 Eredivisie season was the 60th season of theEredivisie since its establishment in 1955. Defending championsPSV retained their title.
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: the top 15 teams from the2014–15 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the2014–15 Eerste Divisie champions.
NEC, the champion of the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, and play-off winnerRoda 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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | Erreà | Basic-Fit Fitness | |
| Ajax | Adidas | Ziggo | |
| AZ | Under Armour | AFAS software | |
| Cambuur | Quick | Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma | |
| De Graafschap | Quick | ATAG | |
| Excelsior | Quick | DSW Zorgverzekeraar | |
| Feyenoord | Adidas | Opel | |
| Groningen | Robey | Essent | |
| Heerenveen | Jako | Univé | |
| Heracles | Acerbis | TenCate | |
| NEC | Patrick | Scholten Awater | |
| PEC Zwolle | Robey | Molecaten | |
| PSV | Umbro | Philips | |
| Roda JC | Robey | KLG | |
| Twente | Nike | Webprint.nl | |
| Utrecht | Hummel | Zorg van de Zaak | |
| Vitesse | Macron | Truphone | |
| Willem II | Robey | Tricorp |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht | End of contract | 1 July 2015[2] | Pre-season | 1 July 2015[3] | ||
| NEC | Mutual consent | 1 July 2015[4] | 1 July 2015[5] | |||
| Excelsior | Signed byBrentford | 1 July 2015[6] | 1 July 2015[7] | |||
| Roda JC | End of interim spell | 1 July 2015 | 1 July 2015[8] | |||
| Twente | Sacked | 30 August 2015[9] | 16th | 30 August 2015 | ||
| Heerenveen | Resigned | 20 October 2015[10] | 15th | 20 October 2015 | ||
| Vitesse | Signed byMaccabi Tel Aviv | 4 January 2016[11] | 5th | 4 January 2016 | ||
| Cambuur | Resigned | 9 February 2016[12] | 17th | 13 February 2016[13] |
| 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 for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 21 | +60 | 82 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 63 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropean competition play-offs[b] |
| 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[c] | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 40 | |
| 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 for therelegation play-offs |
| 17 | De Graafschap(R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 23 | |
| 18 | Cambuur(R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 79 | −46 | 18 | Relegation toEerste Divisie |
| 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 Arnhem | 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 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[17] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AZ | 27 | |
| 2 | PSV | 26 | |
| 3 | Ajax | 21 | |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 19 | |
| 5 | Utrecht | 17 | |
| Twente | |||
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | |
| NEC | |||
| 9 | Feyenoord | 14 | |
| PEC Zwolle |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heracles | Cambuur | 6–1 | 22 August 2015 | |
| PSV | Cambuur | 6–0 | 12 September 2015 | |
| PEC Zwolle | Excelsior | 3–0 | 12 September 2015 | |
| Feyenoord | Heerenveen | 5–2 | 18 October 2015 | |
| Feyenoord | AZ | 3–1 | 25 October 2015 | |
| Feyenoord | Excelsior | 4–2 | 28 November 2015 | |
| Willem II | Twente | 3–1 | 28 November 2015 | |
| AZ | Feyenoord | 4–2 | 24 January 2016 | |
| AZ | PEC Zwolle | 5–1 | 16 April 2016 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists[17] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 10 | |
| PSV | |||
| PEC Zwolle | |||
| Twente | |||
| 6 | PSV | 9 | |
| AZ | |||
| 8 | AZ | 8 | |
| Ajax | |||
| PSV | |||
| Ajax | |||
| Heerenveen |
| 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%† |
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
Four teams played for a spot in the2016–17 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| PEC Zwolle | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Utrecht | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Heracles* | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Groningen | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Heracles (e) | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from theEerste Divisie, played for two spots in the2016–17 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the2016–17 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 | |||||||||||||
| FC Eindhoven | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| NAC Breda | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.