2015–16 Eredivisie

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	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	53,490
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,023
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,500
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	12,600
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,177
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,100
Heracles	Almelo	Polman Stadion	13,500
NEC	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,500
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	IJsseldelta Stadion	12,500
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,500
Willem 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 sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Henk Fraser	Erreà	Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax	Frank de Boer	adidas	Ziggo
AZ	John van den Brom	Under Armour	AFAS software
Cambuur	Marcel Keizer	Quick	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
De Graafschap	Jan Vreman	Quick	ATAG
Excelsior	Alfons Groenendijk	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	adidas	Opel
Groningen	Erwin van de Looi	Robey	Essent
Heerenveen	Foppe de Haan	Jako	Univé
Heracles	John Stegeman	:it:Acerbis\|Acerbis	TenCate
NEC	Ernest Faber	Patrick	Scholten Awater
PEC Zwolle	Ron Jans	Robey	Molecaten
PSV	Phillip Cocu	Umbro	Philips
Roda JC	Darije Kalezić	Robey	KLG
Twente	René Hake	Nike	Webprint.nl
Utrecht	Erik ten Hag	hummel	Zorg van de Zaak
Vitesse	Rob Maas	Macron	Truphone
Willem II	Jurgen Streppel	Robey	Tricorp

Managerial changes

Standings

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. Note: Since round 30 FC Twente were deducted three points since they did not meet the financial standards set by the KNVB.

Results

Number of teams by provinces

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vincent Janssen	AZ	27
2	Luuk de Jong	PSV	26
3	Arkadiusz Milik	Ajax	21
4	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	19
5	Sébastien Haller	Utrecht	17
5	Hakim Ziyech	Twente	17
7	Mike Havenaar	ADO Den Haag	16
7	Christian Santos	NEC	16
9	Michiel Kramer	Feyenoord	14
9	Lars Veldwijk	PEC Zwolle	14

Hat-tricks

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⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Édouard Duplan	ADO Den Haag	11
2	Rick Karsdorp	Feyenoord	10
2	Jürgen Locadia	PSV	10
2	Lars Veldwijk	PEC Zwolle	10
2	Hakim Ziyech	Twente	10
6	Andrés Guardado	PSV	9
6	Joris van Overeem	AZ	9
8	Dabney dos Santos	AZ	8
8	Nemanja Gudelj	Ajax	8
8	Luuk de Jong	PSV	8
8	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	8
8	Sam Larsson	Heerenveen	8

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 10
*Lucas Bijker
*Funso Ojo
Most red cards: 2
*Joey van den Berg
*Ouasim Bouy
*Sander Fischer
*Derrick Luckassen
*Mark van der Maarel
*Harm Zeinstra
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, ' = Wins because of away goals rule, ' = Wins after extra time in second leg, = 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.