| 2015–16 season | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Erwin van de Looi | |
| Stadium | Euroborg | |
| Eredivisie | 7th | |
| KNVB Cup | 3rd round | |
| Top goalscorer | League:Michael de Leeuw (9 goals) All:Michael de Leeuw (10 goals) | |
| Biggest win | 2-0 (againstExcelsior Rotterdam,AZ Alkmaar,PEC Zwolle andSC Cambuur) and 3-1 (againstSC Heerenveen, PEC Zwolle andDe Graafschap) in Eredivisie | |
| Biggest defeat | 5-0 (againstSBV Vitesse in Eredivisie) | |
FC Groningen finished2015–16 Eredivisie season as 7th.
The club competed also in theKNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 5–3 againstFC Utrecht after extra time in the 3rd round and they are eliminated from the cup.
FC Groningen participated in the group stage of theEuropa League, ultimately finishing in fourth place and failing to qualify for the knockout rounds.
Michael de Leeuw was the top scorer of the club in this season with 9 goals inEredivisie and 1 goal inKNVB with a total of 10.
Sergio Padt was the most appeared players in this season with 43 appearances; 35 appearances inEredivisie, 2 appearances in theKNVB Cup and 6 appearances inEuropa League.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Paco van Moorsel | NEC Nijmegen | End of loan | 30 Jun 2015 |
| DF |  William Troost-Ekong | FC Dordrecht | End of loan | 30 Jun 2015 |
| FW | Bryan Linssen | Heracles Almelo | €850,000 | 1 Jul 2015 |
| FW | Abel Tamata | PSV Eindhoven | Free | 1 Jul 2015 |
| DF |  Desevio Payne | Young Groningen | 1 Jul 2015 | |
| MF |  Juninho Bacuna | Jong Groningen | 1 Jul 2015 | |
| FW |  Oussama Idrissi | Feyenoord U19 | Free | 1 Jul 2015 |
| MF | Jesper Drost | PEC Zwolle | €1,450,000 | 30 Jul 2015 |
| MF | Etiënne Reijnen | SC Cambuur | €640,000 | 14 Aug 2015 |
| MF |  Kasper Larsen | Odense Boldklub | €450,000 | 14 Aug 2015 |
| MF | Hedwiges Maduro |  PAOK FC | Free | 26 Aug 2015 |
| FW |  Alexander Sørloth | Rosenborg BK | €550,000 | 1 Jan 2016 |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Paco van Moorsel | Sparta Rotterdam | Free | 1 Jul 2015 |
| MF |  Tjaronn Chery |  Queens Park Rangers F.C. | €2,034,000 | 20 Jul 2015 |
| FW | Género Zeefuik |  Balıkesirspor | Free | 21 Jul 2015 |
| MF | Maikel Kieftenbeld | Birmingham City F.C. | €250,000 | 27 Jul 2015 |
| DF | William Troost-Ekong |  K.A.A. Gent | Free | 27 Jul 2015 |
| DF |  Eric Botteghin | Feyenoord | €2,500,000 | 13 Aug 2015 |
| DF | Martijn van der Laan | SC Cambuur | On loan | 17 Aug 2015 |
| MF | Nick van der Velden | Willem II | Free | 20 Aug 2015 |
| MF | Yoëll van Nieff | Excelsior Rotterdam | On loan | 26 Aug 2015 |
| MF | Hilal Ben Moussa | FC Volendam | Free | 31 Aug 2015 |
| MF | Tom Hiariej | SC Cambuur | On loan | 11 Jan 2016 |
| DF | Johan Kappelhof | Chicago Fire FC | €350,000 | 2 Feb 2016 |
| FW |  Hristijan Denkovski | No club | Released | 12 Aug 2015 |
Win Draw Loss
| 18 July 2015Friendly[1] | FC Groningen | 0-3 | Southampton F.C. | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Report | Stadium:Euroborg |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Eredivisie | 12 August 2015 | 1 May 2016 | Week 1 | 7th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 041.18 |
| KNVB | 23 September 2015 | 28 October 2015 | 3rd round | 3rd round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 17 September 2015 | 10 December 2015 | Group phase | Group phase | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 035.71 | ||||
Source:Competitions
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | −13 |
Source:[citation needed]
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 |
| 12 August 2015Week 1[2] | FC Groningen | 1–1 | FC Twente | Groningen |
| 18:30 | Michael de Leeuw 84' | Report | Renato Tapia 42' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 21,241 |
| 16 August 2015Week 2[3] | PSV Eindhoven | 2–0 | FC Groningen | Eindhoven |
| 12:30 | Luciano Narsingh 7' 76' | Report | Stadium:Philips Stadion Attendance: 32,000 |
| 21 August 2015Week 3[4] | FC Groningen | 2–0 | Excelsior Rotterdam | Groningen |
| 20:00 | Mimoun Mahi 70' 86' | Report | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 19,277 |
| 29 August 2015Week 4[5] | FC Utrecht | 2-0 | FC Groningen | Utrecht |
| 18:30 | Bart Ramselaar 29' Timo Letschert 90+4' | Report | Stadium:Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 14,507 |
| 13 September 2015Week 5[6] | FC Groningen | 3–1 | SC Heerenveen | Groningen |
| 12:30 | Danny Hoesen 1' Bryan Linssen 16'Mimoun Mahi 82' | Report | Simon Thern 69' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 21,001 |
| 20 September 2015Week 6[7] | FC Groningen | 2–0 | AZ Alkmaar | Groningen |
| 16:45 | Bryan Linssen 31' Mimoun Mahi 90+5' | Report | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 19,389 |
| 26 September 2015Week 7[8] | AFC Ajax | 2-0 | FC Groningen | Amsterdam |
| 19:45 | Nemanja Gudelj 23' Viktor Fischer 80' | Report | Stadium:Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 45,676 |
| 4 October 2015Week 8[9] | SBV Vitesse | 5-0 | FC Groningen | Arnhem |
| 14:30 | Dominic Solanke 18' Kevin Diks 61'Valeri Qazaishvili 65'Nathan 87'Abiola Dauda 90+3' | Report | Stadium:GelreDome Attendance: 16,185 |
| 17 October 2015Week 9[10] | FC Groningen | 2-1 | Willem II | Groningen |
| 18:30 | Mimoun Mahi 24' Danny Hoesen 86' | Report | Etiënne Reijnen 85' (o.g.) | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 21,787 |
| 25 October 2015Week 10[11] | NEC Nijmegen | 1–1 | FC Groningen | Nijmegen |
| 14:30 | Christian Santos 47' (pen.) | Report | Albert Rusnák 9' | Stadium:Goffertstadion Attendance: 11,630 |
| 31 October 2015Week 11[12] | FC Groningen | 2–0 | PEC Zwolle | Groningen |
| 18:30 | Michael de Leeuw 5' Lorenzo Burnet 35' | Report | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 21,565 |
| 8 November 2015Week 12[13] | Cambuur | 2–2 | FC Groningen | Leeuwarden |
| 14:30 | Martijn Barto 9' 13' | Report | Johan Kappelhof 52' Jesper Drost 58' | Stadium:Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,813 |
| 21 November 2015Week 13[14] | De Graafschap | 1-2 | FC Groningen | Doetinchem |
| 20:45 | Nathan Kabasele 78' (pen.) | Report | Albert Rusnák 42' Michael de Leeuw 68' | Stadium:De Vijverberg Attendance: 10,083 |
| 29 November 2015Week 14[15] | FC Groningen | 2–1 | ADO Den Haag | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Tom Beugelsdijk 49' (o.g.) Danny Hoesen 90+5' | Report | Édouard Duplan 24' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 19,480 |
| 6 December 2015Week 15[16] | Roda JC Kerkrade | 0–0 | FC Groningen | Kerkrade |
| 16:45 | Report | Stadium:Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 13,171 |
| 13 December 2015Week 16[17] | FC Groningen | 1–1 | Feyenoord | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Michael de Leeuw 25' | Report | Dirk Kuyt 50' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 22,091 |
| 19 December 2015Week 17[18] | Heracles Almelo | 2–1 | FC Groningen | Almelo |
| 20:45 | Paul Gladon 41' Gino Bosz 90' | Report | Bryan Linssen 39' | Stadium:Erve Asito Attendance: 10,622 |
| 17 January 2016Week 18[19] | FC Groningen | 1-4 | FC Utrecht | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Alexander Sørloth 27' | Report | Bart Ramselaar 14' Timo Letschert 48'Christian Kum 59'Andreas Ludwig 61' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 20,545 |
| 22 January 2016Week 19[20] | FC Groningen | 0–0 | NEC Nijmegen | Groningen |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 20,163 |
| 26 January 2016Week 20[21] | Willem II | 1–1 | FC Groningen | Tilburg |
| 18:30 | Dries Wuytens 44' | Report | Hedwiges Maduro 90+4' | Stadium:Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 12,000 |
| 30 January 2024Week 21[22] | PEC Zwolle | 1–3 | FC Groningen | Zwolle |
| 19:45 | Thomas Lam 56' | Report | Alexander Sørloth 17' Michael de Leeuw 62'Danny Hoesen 77' | Stadium:MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 12,225 |
| 7 February 2016Week 22[23] | FC Groningen | 2–0 | SC Cambuur | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Michael de Leeuw 12' Oussama Idrissi 75' | Report | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 20,743 |
| 14 February 2015Week 23[24] | FC Groningen | 1-2 | AFC Ajax | Groningen |
| 12:30 | Danny Hoesen 90+3' | Report | Anwar El Ghazi 59' Lasse Schöne 69' (pen.) | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 19,452 |
| 20 February 2016Week 24[25] | AZ Alkmaar | 4-1 | FC Groningen | Alkmaar |
| 18:30 | Vincent Janssen 24' Ron Vlaar 34'Ridgeciano Haps 49'Markus Henriksen 71' | Report | Michael de Leeuw 51' (pen.) | Stadium:AFAS Stadion Attendance: 16,325 |
| 27 February 2016Week 25[26] | FC Twente | 2-0 | FC Groningen | Enschede |
| 18:30 | Zakaria El Azzouzi 16' Jerson Cabral 80' | Report | Stadium:De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,200 |
| 5 March 2016Week 26[27] | FC Groningen | 0-3 | PSV Eindhoven | Groningen |
| 19:45 | Report | Jetro Willems 7' Davy Pröpper 51'Jürgen Locadia 88' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 21,983 |
| 12 March 2016Week 27[28] | Excelsior Rotterdam | 2–1 | FC Groningen | Rotterdam |
| 20:45 | Tom van Weert 49' Jeff Stans 54' (pen.) | Report | Michael de Leeuw 71' | Stadium:Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 3,606 |
| 20 March 2016Week 28[29] | FC Groningen | 0-3 | SBV Vitesse | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Report | Dominic Solanke 73' 85' Valeri Qazaishvili 78' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 21,331 |
| 3 April 2016Week 29[30] | ADO Den Haag | 0-1 | FC Groningen | The Hague |
| 14:30 | Report | Rasmus Lindgren 76' | Stadium:Bingoal Stadion Attendance: 11,891 |
| 10 April 2016Week 30[31] | FC Groningen | 3-1 | De Graafschap | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Rasmus Lindgren 37' Hidde Jurjus 76' (o.g.)Oussama Idrissi 80' | Report | Cas Peters 5' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 22,425 |
| 16 April 2016Week 31[32] | Feyenoord | 1-1 | FC Groningen | Rotterdam |
| 19:45 | Tonny Vilhena 65' | Report | Michael de Leeuw 24' | Stadium:De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 |
| 19 April 2016Week 32[33] | FC Groningen | 1–0 | Roda JC Kerkrade | Groningen |
| 18:30 | Albert Rusnák 67' | Report | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 20,798 |
| 1 May 2016Week 33[34] | SC Heerenveen | 1-2 | FC Groningen | Heerenveen |
| 14:30 | Sam Larsson 20' | Report | Oussama Idrissi 26' Albert Rusnák 52' | Stadium:Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 25,385 |
| 8 May 2016Week 34[35] | FC Groningen | 2-1 | Heracles Almelo | Groningen |
| 14:30 | Rasmus Lindgren 53' 64' | Report | Iliass Bel Hassani 70' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 22,206 |
| 12 May 2016European competition playoff 1st game[36] | FC Groningen | 2-1 | Heracles Almelo | Groningen |
| 18:30 | Hans Hateboer 11' Rasmus Lindgren 50' | Report | Wout Weghorst 45+1' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 20,477 |
| 1 May 2016European competition playoff 2nd game[37] | Heracles Almelo | 5-1 (a.e.t.) | FC Groningen | Almelo |
| 14:30 | Ramon Zomer 83' Paul Gladon 90+2'Wout Weghorst 111'Brahim Darri 115'Joey Pelupessy 119' | Report | Albert Rusnák 63' | Stadium:Erve Asito Attendance: 10,744 |
Heracles Almelo won 6–3 on aggregate.
| 23 September 2015Second round[38] | FC Groningen | 2–1 | FC Twente | Groningen |
| 18:30 | Bryan Linssen 53' Hedwiges Maduro 61' | Report | Hidde ter Avest 21' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 13,605 Referee:Kevin Blom |
| 28 October 2015Third round[39] | FC Utrecht | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Groningen | Utrecht |
| 20:45 | Bart Ramselaar 2' Mark Diemers 55'Yassin Ayoub 81'Nacer Barazite 97'Kristoffer Peterson 101' | Report | Michael de Leeuw 34' Bryan Linssen 47'Drost 82' | Stadium:Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 14,503 Referee:Richard Liesveld |
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Olympique de Marseille| 17 September 2015UEFA Europa League Group F match 1[40] | FC Groningen | 0–3 | Olympique de Marseille | Groningen |
| 19:00 | Report | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou 25' Lucas Ocampos 40'Romain Alessandrini 61' | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 21,520[41] Referee:  Yevhen Aranovsky |
vFC Groningen| 1 October 2015UEFA Europa League Gorup F match 2[42] | S.C. Braga | 1–0 | FC Groningen | Braga |
| 21:05 | Ahmed Hassan 5' | Report | Stadium:Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 9,150[43] Referee:  Bobby Madden |
vFC Groningen| 22 October 2015UEFA Europa League Gorup F match 3[44] | FC Slovan Liberec | 1–1 | FC Groningen | Liberec |
| 21:05 | Kevin Luckassen 87' | Report | Danny Hoesen 90+6' | Stadium:Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 8,793[45] Referee:  Christian Dingert |
vFC Slovan Liberec| 5 November 2015UEFA Europa League Gorup F match 4[46] | FC Groningen | 0–1 | FC Slovan Liberec | Groningen |
| 19:00 | Report | Sergio Padt 81' (o.g.) | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 18,693[47] Referee:  Marcin Borski |
vFC Groningen| 26 November 2015UEFA Europa League Gorup F match 3[48] | Olympique de Marseille | 2–1 | FC Groningen | Marseille |
| 21:05 | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou 28' Michy Batshuayi 88' | Report | Hedwiges Maduro 50' | Stadium:Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 9,107[49] Referee:  Andris Treimanis |
vS.C. Braga| 10 December 2015UEFA Europa League Gorup F match 6[50] | FC Groningen | 0–0 | S.C. Braga | Groningen |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium:Euroborg Attendance: 15,715[51] Referee:  Simon Lee Evans |
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Europa League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael de Leeuw | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Danny Hoesen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Albert Rusnák | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bryan Linssen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
 Rasmus Lindgren | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 6 | Hedwiges Maduro | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mimoun Mahi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oussama Idrissi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Alexander Sørloth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jesper Drost | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mimoun Mahi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Hans Hateboer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Johan Kappelhof | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lorenzo Burnet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Europa League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 35 | 2 | 6 | 43 |
| 2 | Etiënne Reijnen | 33 | 2 | 5 | 40 |
| Hans Hateboer | 32 | 2 | 6 | 40 | |
| 4 | Albert Rusnák | 31 | 2 | 6 | 39 |
| Simon Tibbling | 32 | 2 | 6 | 39 | |
| 6 | Bryan Linssen | 29 | 2 | 6 | 37 |
| Hedwiges Maduro | 29 | 2 | 6 | 37 | |
| 8 | Michael de Leeuw | 29 | 2 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Jesper Drost | 30 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Danny Hoesen | 26 | 1 | 6 | 33 |
| 11 | Johan Kappelhof | 18 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 12 | Jarchinio Antonia | 17 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| 13 | Lorenzo Burnet | 21 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Rasmus Lindgren | 22 | 0 | 1 | 23 | |
| 15 | Abel Tamata | 15 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 16 | Kasper Larsen | 13 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 17 | Mimoun Mahi | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Oussama Idrissi | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Juninho Bacuna | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
| 20 | Alexander Sørloth | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 | Desevio Payne | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | Tom Hiariej | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | Eric Botteghin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keziah Veendorp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Player | Eredivisie | Europa League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Padt | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| # | Player | Eredivisie | KNVB | Europa League | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | Michael de Leeuw | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Kasper Larsen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Hans Hateboer | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Bryan Linssen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Johan Kappelhof | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Simon Tibbling | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | Lorenzo Burnet | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Albert Rusnák | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Etiënne Reijnen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Juninho Bacuna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sergio Padt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | Alexander Sørloth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hedwiges Maduro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jesper Drost | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Oussama Idrissi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rasmus Lindgren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | Danny Hoesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Desevio Payne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jarchinio Antonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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