Netherlands Championship 2015/2016

Eredivisi 2015/16
Eredivisi 2015/16
	Eredivisie 2015/16
Tournament details
Time spending	August 8, 2015 - May 8, 2016
Number of participants	18
Cities	17
Stadiums	18
Official site
Top places
Winner	PSV (23rd time)
Second place	Ajax
Third place	Feyenoord
Tournament statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	912 (2.98 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Vincent Janssen ( AZ ) (27 balls)
Total attendance	5,927,939 (19,372 per game)

Netherlands Championship 2015/2016 - 60th season of Eredivisi - the highest football division in the Netherlands . Championship title protects PSV .

Tournament Format

The teams participating in the championship will play two rounds between each other (each team holds two matches with each of the other teams - one match in their field and one away). Thus, 34 rounds will be played in the tournament.

Champion and silver medalist represent the Netherlands in the Champions League 2016/17 . Teams that took the 3rd and 4th places will take part in the European League 2016/2017 . Teams that take 5-8 places will play among themselves in the qualifying tournament for the right to play in the Europa League 2016/2017.

The last-ranked team leaves directly for Oerstedivizi . Teams that will take the 16th and 17th places will play in the playoff matches for the right to stay in Eredivizi for the next season .

Participating Clubs

ADO Den Haag

AZ Alkmaar

Ajax

Willem II

Vitesse

Groningen

De grafshap

Zwolle

Cambur

Nek nijmegen

PSV Eindhoven

Sorts

Twente

Utrecht

Feyenoord

Eracles Almelo

Heerenveen

Excelsior

Club geography of the Netherlands Championship season 2015/16

18 teams take part in the championship: the 15 best teams of the last season , the winner of the 2013/2014 season in the Erste Division ( NEC Nijmegen ) and 2 clubs that won the transition matches of the last season ( Rod and De Graftshap ).

In Erste, the divisions dropped out of NAK Breda , Go Ahead Eagles (both on the results of the play-offs) and Dordrecht (the worst league team in the last season).

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Main coach
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips	35,000	Phillip Koku
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	52 342	Frank de Boer
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De cockp	51 577	Giovanni van Bronckhorst
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS stadium	17,000	John van den brom
Utrecht	Utrecht	Gulgenward	24,426	Eric ten hag
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman	8 500	John Stegeman
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22 550	Erwin van de Loy
Zwolle	Zwolle	IJsseldelt	12,500	Ron jans
Vitesse	Arnhem	Gelredom	25,000	Peter Bosch (up to round 17) Rob Mas (from round 18)
Nek nijmegen	Nijmegen	Goffetstadion	12,500	Ernest Faber
ADO Den Haag	Hague	Kyosera	15,000	Henk Fraser
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra	26,800	Dwight Lodewegues (up to round 9) Foppe de Han (from round 10)
Twente	Enschede	Grols Veste	30 205	Alfred Schroeder (up to round 4) René Hacke (from round 5)
Sorts	Kerkrade	Perkstad Limburgh	20,000	Daria Kalezic
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Waudestein	3,531	Alphons Gruenandeyk
Willem II	Tilburg	King Willem II	14,500	Jürgen Streppel
De grafshap	Dutinhem	De Waverberg	12,600	Jan Vremen
Cambur	Leeuwarden	Cambur	10,500	Henk de Jong (up to round 22) Sipke Hülshoff (23 round) Marcel Keizer (from round 24)

Scoreboard

M	Team	AND	AT	H	P	Balls	±	ABOUT	Notes
one	PSV	34	26	6	2	88 - 32	+56	84	Group round of the Champions League 2016/17
2	Ajax	34	25	7	2	81 - 21	+60	82	UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round 2016/2017
3	Feyenoord	34	nineteen	6	9	62 - 40	+22	63	UEFA Europa League group round 2016/2017
four	AZ	34	18	five	eleven	70 - 53	+17	59	UEFA Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round 2016/2017
five	Utrecht	34	15	eight	eleven	57 - 48	+9	53	Playoffs for a place in the UEFA Europa League 2016/2017
6	Heracles	34	14	9	eleven	47 - 49	−2	51
7	Groningen	34	14	eight	12	41 - 48	−7	50
eight	Zwolle	34	14	6	14	56 - 54	+2	48
9	Vitesse	34	12	ten	12	55 - 38	+17	46
ten	Nek nijmegen	34	13	7	14	37 - 42	−5	46
eleven	ADO Den Haag	34	ten	13	eleven	48 - 49	−1	43
12	Heerenveen	34	eleven	9	14	46 - 61	−15	42
13	Twente	34	12	7	15	49 - 64	−15	43
14	Sorts	34	eight	ten	sixteen	34 - 55	−21	34
15	Excelsior	34	7	9	18	34 - 60	−26	thirty
sixteen	Willem II	34	6	eleven	17	35 - 53	−18	29	Butt games for places in Eredivizi
17	De grafshap	34	five	eight	21	39 - 66	−27	23	Butt games for places in Eredivizi
18	Cambur	34	3	9	22	33 - 79	−46	18	Departure to the First Division 2016/17

Match Results

	PSV	Ayak	Fay	AZ	Mornings	Dick	Gro	Zvo	Wit	Nek	ADO	Dick	Twe	Rod	The ex	Pitchfork	DeG	Kam
1. PSV		0: 2	3: 1	3: 0	3: 1	2: 0	2: 0	3: 2	2: 0	2: 1	2: 0	1: 1	4: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 0	4: 2	6: 2
2. Ajax	1: 2		2: 1	4: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 0	3: 0	1: 0	2: 2	4: 0	5: 2	4: 0	6: 0	3: 0	3: 0	2: 1	5: 1
3. Feyenoord	0: 2	1: 1		3: 1	3: 2	3: 0	1: 1	2: 0	2: 0	1: 0	0: 2	1: 2	5: 0	1: 1	3: 0	1: 0	3: 1	3: 1
4. AZ	2: 4	0: 3	4: 2		2: 2	3: 1	4: 1	5: 1	1: 0	2: 4	0: 1	3: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2: 0	0-0	4: 1	3: 1
5. Utrecht	0: 2	1: 0	1: 2	1: 3		4: 2	2: 0	1: 0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 2	1: 1	4: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	3: 3
6. Heracles Almelo	2: 1	0: 2	2: 2	3: 6	1: 1		2: 1	2: 0	1: 1	3: 0	1: 1	2: 0	2: 0	0: 5	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1
7. Groningen	0: 3	1: 2	1: 1	2: 0	1: 4	2: 1		2: 0	0: 3	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 0	2: 0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 0
8. Zwolle	1: 3	0: 2	3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3		1: 5	2: 0	2: 1	5: 2	2: 1	3: 1	3: 0	4: 1	2: 1	2: 2
9. Vitesse	0: 1	1: 3	0: 2	0: 2	1: 3	1: 1	5: 0	1: 1		1: 0	2: 2	3: 0	5: 1	3: 0	0-0	0: 1	3: 0	4: 1
10. HEK	0: 3	0: 2	3: 1	0: 3	1: 0	1: 0	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1		4: 1	2: 0	2: 0	1: 2	1: 0	1: 0	2: 0	2: 1
11. ADO Den Haag	2: 2	0: 1	1: 0	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	2: 2	1: 0		1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	3: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1
12. Heerenveen	1: 1	0: 2	2: 5	4: 2	0-4	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-4		1: 3	3: 0	2: 1	3: 1	3: 1	2: 0
13. Twente	1: 3	2: 2	0: 1	2: 2	3: 1	4: 0	2: 0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 0	1: 4	1: 4		2: 1	2: 0	1: 3	2: 1	3: 0
14. Rod	0: 3	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 0	3: 1	0-0	0: 5	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1		1: 2	2: 3	1: 0	1: 1
15. Excelsior	1: 3	0: 2	2: 4	2: 2	1: 0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 2	0: 3	2: 0	2: 4	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1		0-0	3: 0	1: 4
16. Willem II	2: 2	0-4	0: 1	0: 2	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	2: 2	2: 3	3: 2	2: 3		0-0	3: 0
17. De Graafshap	3: 6	1: 1	1: 2	1: 3	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0: 3	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 0	2: 0	2: 2		2: 2
18. Cambuur	0: 6	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1: 6	2: 2	1: 0	0: 2	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2: 3

	home win
	draw
	guest victory

Pout table

Team/ Tour	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	ten	eleven	12	13	14	15	sixteen	17	18	nineteen	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	thirty	31	32	33	34
Team/ Tour
PSV	6	6	7	five	four	five	four	four	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	2	2	2	2	2	2	one
Ajax	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	one	one	one	one	one	one	2
Feyenoord	four	2	2	3	3	four	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	four	6	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
AZ	18	15	13	14	13	14	eleven	9	ten	eleven	eleven	ten	9	ten	ten	eleven	12	ten	ten	9	eight	6	four	3	four	four	four	four	four	6	four	four	four	four
Utrecht	14	eleven	12	ten	7	ten	ten	eleven	eleven	9	9	9	ten	9	9	eight	7	7	five	7	7	9	7	four	five	five	five	five	five	four	five	five	five	five
Heracles	sixteen	eight	four	2	2	2	3	3	four	four	four	four	four	four	four	four	four	6	four	five	four	3	3	five	6	9	6	6	6	five	6	6	6	6
Groningen	ten	14	ten	13	9	eight	eight	ten	9	eight	eight	eight	eight	6	five	five	eight	9	9	ten	9	7	9	ten	ten	ten	eleven	12	eleven	ten	eleven	ten	eight	7
Zwolle	6	four	3	five	five	3	five	five	6	6	7	7	7	eight	eight	7	9	eight	eight	eight	ten	ten	ten	9	9	eight	9	eight	9	eight	9	7	7	eight
Vitesse	ten	five	9	7	eight	7	6	6	five	five	five	five	6	five	6	6	five	four	6	6	6	eight	five	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	eight	9	ten	9
Nek	five	ten	eleven	9	ten	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	five	7	7	9	6	five	7	four	five	five	eight	eight	eight	7	eight	9	eight	9	7	eight	9	ten
ADO Den Haag	6	3	6	eleven	12	12	13	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	ten	eleven	eleven	12	12	12	eleven	eleven	13	eleven	ten	ten	ten	12	ten	eleven	eleven	eleven
Heerenveen	2	6	7	eight	eleven	eleven	12	13	15	15	14	12	12	eleven	eleven	ten	eleven	12	12	eleven	eleven	eleven	12	12	eleven	12	13	13	12	eleven	12	12	12	12
Twente	ten	15	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	15	sixteen	13	13	15	15	15	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	17	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	15	14	13	13	12	13	12	eleven	13	13	13	13	13	13
Sorts	2	9	five	four	6	6	7	eight	7	ten	ten	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Excelsior	15	12	15	12	14	15	sixteen	12	12	12	12	eleven	eleven	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	15	sixteen	15	15
Willem II	ten	17	14	15	15	13	14	14	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	sixteen	15	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	sixteen	15	sixteen	sixteen
De grafshap	sixteen	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Cambur	6	13	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	sixteen	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Bombardiers

A place	Player	Club	Goals
one	Vincent Janssen	AZ	27
2	Luc de Jong	PSV	26
3	Arkadiusz Milik	Ajax	21
four	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	nineteen
five	Hakim Ziyeh	Twente	17
five	Sebastian Allais	Utrecht	17
7	Mike havenar	ADO Den Haag	sixteen
7	Christian santos	Nek	sixteen
9	Lars Veldwake	Zwolle	14
9	Michael kramer	Feyenoord	14

Play Off

For a place in the UEFA Europa League 2016/2017

Semi final					The final

five	Utrecht	0	five	five
eight	Zwolle	0	2	2
					five	Utrecht	one	0	one
					6	Heracles	one	2	3
6	Heracles	one	five	6
7	Groningen	2	one	3