2015–16 FC Twente season

Twente

2015-16 season
Chairman	No Chairman at the moment
Manager	René Hake (caretaker)
Eredivisie	Thirteenth
KNVB Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hakim Ziyech (17) All: Hakim Ziyech (17)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was FC Twente's 50th season in the Eredivisie.

Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Nick Marsman		GK	1 October 1990	Youth Academy
16	Joël Drommel		GK	16 November 1996	Youth Academy
30	Timo Plattel		GK	12 March 1994	Youth Academy
20	Sonny Stevens		GK	22 June 1992	Volendam
Defenders
2	Stefan Thesker		CB	11 April 1991	Greuther Fürth
3	Bruno Uvini		CB	3 June 1991	Napoli
4	Giorgos Katsikas		CB	15 June 1990	PAOK
5	Robbert Schilder		LB/DM	18 April 1986	NAC Breda
15	Joachim Andersen		CB	31 May 1996	Youth Academy
17	Hidde ter Avest		RB	20 May 1997	Youth Academy
25	Peet Bijen		CB	28 January 1995	Youth Academy
28	Jeroen van der Lely		RB	22 March 1996	Youth Academy
Midfielders
6	Felipe Gutiérrez (vc)		CM	8 October 1990	Universidad Católica
7	Chinedu Ede		CM	5 February 1987	Mainz 05
10	Hakim Ziyech (c)		AM	19 March 1993	Heerenveen
22	Kamohelo Mokotjo		DM	11 March 1991	PEC Zwolle
23	Jelle van der Heyden		DM	31 August 1995	Youth Academy
Forwards
8	Oskar Zawada		CF	1 February 1996	VfL Wolfsburg
9	Torgeir Børven		CF	3 December 1991	Vålerenga
11	Thomas Agyepong		RW/LW	10 October 1995	Manchester City
12	Tim Hölscher		RW/LW	21 May 1995	Youth Academy
18	Zakaria El Azzouzi		CF	7 May 1996	Ajax
24	Jari Oosterwijk		CF	3 March 1995	Youth Academy
26	Jerson Cabral		LW	1 January 1991	Feyenoord
27	Alessio Da Cruz		RW/LW	18 January 1997	Youth Academy

Last updated: 2 April 2016

Transfers

Summer

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2015	DF	Giorgos Katsikas	PAOK	Free transfer	[1]
28 August 2015	MF	Chinedu Ede	Mainz 05	Free transfer	[2]
Players loaned in
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date	Ref.
13 July 2015	DF	Bruno Uvini	Napoli	End of season	[3]
30 July 2015	FW	Michael Olaitan	Olympiacos	End of season	[4]
30 July 2015	FW	Thomas Agyepong	Manchester City	End of season	[5]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
15 May 2015	FW	Kasper Kusk	Copenhagen	Undisclosed	[6]
25 June 2015	DF	Darryl Lachman	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[7]
30 June 2015	FW	Luc Castaignos	Eintracht Frankfurt	Undisclosed	[8]
2 July 2015	DF	Andreas Bjelland	Brentford	Undisclosed	[9]
7 July 2015	DF	Cuco Martina	Southampton	Undisclosed	[10]
30 July 2015	FW	Bilal Ould-Chikh	Benfica	Undisclosed	[11]
28 August 2015	FW	Youness Mokhtar	Al-Nassr	Undisclosed	[12]
31 August 2015	FW	Jesús Corona	Porto	Undisclosed	[13]
Players loaned out
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date	Ref.
3 August 2015	GK	Daniel Fernandes	San Antonio Scorpions	End of season	[14]
20 August 2015	MF	Kyle Ebecilio	Nottingham Forest	End of season	[15]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2015	DF	Dico Koppers	Willem II	1 July 2015	[16]
30 June 2015	FW	Andrej Rendla	Currently unattached	1 July 2015	[17]
30 June 2015	GK	Filip Bednarek	Utrecht	1 July 2015	[18]
30 June 2015	DF	Tim Breukers	Heracles	1 July 2015	[19]
30 June 2015	FW	Ryo Miyaichi	FC St. Pauli	1 July 2015	[20]
30 June 2015	MF	Orlando Engelaar	Currently unattached	1 July 2015	[21]
30 June 2015	MF	Chris David	Go Ahead Eagles	1 July 2015	[22]

Winter

Players loaned in
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date	Ref.
21 January 2016	FW	Zakaria El Azzouzi	Ajax	End of season	[23]
28 January 2016	DF	Stefan Thesker	Greuther Fürth	End of season	[24]
1 February 2016	FW	Oskar Zawada	VfL Wolfsburg	End of season	[25]
Players loaned out
Start date	Pos.	Name	Club	End date	Ref.
22 January 2016	MF	Shadrach Eghan	Stabæk	End of season	[26]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
27 January 206	MF	Renato Tapia	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	[27]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
14 January 2016	FW	Michael Olaitan	Olympiacos	21 January 2016	[28]

Non-competitive

Friendlies

Regioteam v FC Twente

8 July 2015 Friendly	Regioteam	1–7	FC Twente	Mariënberg
19:00	Heerkes  78'	Report	Mokhtar  7' Ziyech  29' (pen.) Eghan  33' Hölscher  38' Oosterwijk  65', 70' Da Cruz  83'	Stadium: Sportpark Het Westerpark Attendance: 450 Referee: Roelof Luinge

Team Twenterand v FC Twente

11 July 2015 Friendly	Team Twenterand	0–16	FC Twente	Vriezenveen
14:30		Report	Ziyech  1', 5', 9', 24', 45' Ter Avest  4' Eghan  11', 15', 21', 43' Hölscher  39' Cabral  50', 66' Ntuli  74' Bleker  76' Zschusschen  87'	Stadium: Sportpark Het Midden Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Raymond Meilink

SDV Barneveld v FC Twente

15 July 2015 Friendly	SDV Barneveld	0–4	FC Twente	Barneveld
19:30		Report	Ebecilio  54' Eghan  72', 89' Van der Heyden  77'	Stadium: Sportpark Norschoten Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ruud Bossen

Achilles '29 v FC Twente

18 July 2015 Friendly	Achilles '29	0–3	FC Twente	Groesbeek
15:00		Report	Ziyech  43', 57' Da Cruz  69'	Stadium: Sportpark De Heikant

FC Twente v Sivasspor

22 July 2015 Friendly	FC Twente	2–0	Sivasspor	Vriezenveen
19:00	Ziyech  42' (pen.) Mokhtar  78'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Het Midden Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

FC Twente v Gençlerbirliği

25 July 2015 Friendly	FC Twente	0–5	Gençlerbirliği	Oldenzaal
16:00		Report	Kahveci  10' Skúlason  13' El Kabir  31' Stancu  38', 44'	Stadium: Sportpark Vondersweijde Attendance: 700

FC Twente v Olympiacos

29 July 2015 Friendly	FC Twente	1–2	Olympiacos	Veenoord
19:00	Ziyech  77'	Report	Fortounis  29' Pardo  45'	Stadium: Sportpark S.V. Twedo Referee: Ed Janssen

Schalke 04 v FC Twente

2 August 2015 Friendly	Schalke 04	1–1	FC Twente	Gelsenkirchen
17:30	Geis  28'	Report	Olaitan  85'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 33,000

FC Twente v Genk

7 January 2016 Friendly	FC Twente	2–3	Genk	San Pedro del Pinatar
17:30	Ziyech  40' Soumaoro  70' Hölscher  90'	Report	Ünal  80' Gorius  105'

Last updated: 27 January 2016

Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	ADO Den Haag	34	10	13	11	48	49	−1	43
12	Heerenveen	34	11	9	14	46	61	−15	42
13	Twente[lower-alpha 1]	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

Source: Eredivisie, NUsport, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off (only if deciding champion, European competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.^[31]
Notes:

1. Twente were deducted three points for breaking the financial standards set by the Royal Dutch Football Association. In May 2016 Twente had their licence for the Eredivisie revoked by KNVB and was relegated to the Eerste Divisie,^[29] but they successfully appealed this decision and stayed in the league.^[30]

League matches

FC Groningen v FC Twente

12 August 2015 1[lower-alpha 1]	FC Groningen	1–1	FC Twente	Groningen
18:30 GMT	De Leeuw  84'	Report	Tapia  42'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,241 Referee: Janssen

FC Twente v ADO

15 August 2015 2	FC Twente	1–4	ADO	Enschede
19:45 GMT	Ziyech  59'	Report	Havenaar  12' Schaken  27' Wormgoor  72' Duplan  79'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,900 Referee: Gözöbüyük

PEC v FC Twente

23 August 2015 3	PEC	2–1	FC Twente	Zwolle
12:30 GMT	Veldwijk  25' (pen.) Rienstra  63'	Report	Ziyech  46'	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 12,123 Referee: Blom

Heracles v FC Twente

29 August 2015 4	Heracles	2–0	FC Twente	Almelo
20:45 GMT	Bel Hassani  17' Weghorst  75'	Report		Stadium: Polman Stadion Referee: Higler

FC Twente v Ajax

12 September 2015 5	FC Twente	2–2	Ajax	Enschede
19:45 GMT	Gutiérrez  20' Ziyech  51' (pen.)	Report	Fischer  65' Gudelj  82' (pen.)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 29,000 Referee: van Boekel

SC Cambuur v FC Twente

19 September 2015 6	SC Cambuur	0–0	FC Twente	Leeuwarden
18:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,714 Referee: Kamphuis

FC Twente v Roda JC

27 September 2015 7	FC Twente	2–1	Roda JC	Enschede
16:45 GMT	Oosterwijk  25' Mokotjo  29'	Report	Juric  81'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Gözübüyük

AZ v FC Twente

4 October 2015 8	AZ	3–1	FC Twente	Alkmaar
16:45 GMT	Janssen  64' Janssen  73' Hupperts  79'	Report	Ziyech  83'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 13,711 Referee: Janssen

FC Twente v N.E.C.

18 October 2015 9	FC Twente	1–0	N.E.C.	Enschede
12:30 GMT	Bijen  67'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Manschot

FC Twente v PSV

24 October 2015 10	FC Twente	1–3	PSV	Enschede
19:45 GMT	Ziyech  58'	Report	De Jong  53' Locadia  85' Pereiro  87'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Blom

FC Utrecht v FC Twente

1 November 2015 11	FC Utrecht	4–2	FC Twente	Utrecht
14:30 GMT	Letschert  29' Drommel  38' (o.g.) Barazite  64' Haller  89' (pen.)	Report	Agyepong  18' Ziyech  40'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 17,034 Referee: Higler

FC Twente v SC Heerenveen

7 November 2015 12	FC Twente	1–4	SC Heerenveen	Enschede
18:30 GMT	Ziyech  64'	Report	Slagveer  6' Otigba  40' Andersen  78' (o.g.) Larsson  85'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Kamphuis

Feyenoord v FC Twente

22 November 2015 13	Feyenoord	5–0	FC Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 GMT	Gustafson  7', 26' Kramer  46' Ahmadi  50' Başaçıkoğlu  92'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Liesveld

FC Twente v Willem II

28 November 2015 14	FC Twente	1–3	Willem II	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Oosterwijk  37'	Report	Andersen  15', 22', 47'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,100 Referee: Manschot

Excelsior v FC Twente

5 December 2015 15	Excelsior	1–1	FC Twente	Rotterdam
18:30 GMT	Van Weert  38'	Report	Ziyech  75'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: van den Kerkhof

FC Twente v De Graafschap

12 December 2015 16	FC Twente	2–1	De Graafschap	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Andersen  34' Ziyech  90'	Report	Driver  32'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Janssen

Vitesse v FC Twente

18 December 2015 17	Vitesse	5–1	FC Twente	Arnhem
20:00 GMT	Qazaishvili  10' Rashica  18', 58' Solanke  55' Bijen  82' (o.g.)	Report	Ziyech  44'	Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 15,987 Referee: Gözübüyük

FC Twente v Heracles

15 January 2016 18	FC Twente	4–0	Heracles	Enschede
20:00 GMT	Ede  16', 60' Ziyech  30' Ter Avest  62'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 28,900 Referee: Blom

PSV v FC Twente

24 January 2016 19	PSV	4–2	FC Twente	Eindhoven
14:30 GMT	Moreno  21', 23' Narsingh  37' Jozefzoon  80'	Report	Oosterwijk  8' Ede  69'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: van Boekel

N.E.C. v FC Twente

27 January 2016 20	N.E.C.	2–0	FC Twente	Nijmegen
18:30 GMT	Limbombe  75' Santos  88'	Report		Stadium: Goffertstadion Attendance: 10,958 Referee: van de Graaf

FC Twente v FC Utrecht

31 January 2016 21	FC Twente	3–1	FC Utrecht	Enschede
16:45 GMT	Uvini  4' El Azzouzi  8' Gutiérrez  35'	Report	Boymans  86'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24.400 Referee: Mulder

SC Heerenveen v FC Twente

6 February 2016 22	SC Heerenveen	1–3	FC Twente	Heerenveen
19:45 GMT	Veerman  13'	Report	Uvini  40' Cabral  89' Ziyech  93'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 23,125 Referee: Higler

Roda JC v FC Twente

13 February 2016 23	Roda JC	0–1	FC Twente	Kerkrade
19:45 GMT		Report	Ede  62'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 15,012 Referee: Kamphuis

FC Twente v SC Cambuur

20 February 2016 24	FC Twente	3–0	SC Cambuur	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Peersman  27' (o.g.) Cabral  31' Ziyech  90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,200 Referee: Lindhout

FC Twente v FC Groningen

27 February 2016 25	FC Twente	2–0	FC Groningen	Enschede
18:30 GMT	El Azzouzi  16' Cabral  81'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,200 Referee: van den Kerkhof

ADO v FC Twente

4 March 2016 26	ADO	2–1	FC Twente	The Hague
20.00 GMT	Kristensens  2' Derijck  52' (pen.)	Report	Ziyech  80'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 13,128 Referee: Blom

FC Twente v PEC

12 March 2016 27	FC Twente	2–1	PEC	Enschede
18.30 GMT	Ziyech  46' Cabral  55'	Report	Ehizibue  28'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Makkelie

FC Twente v AZ

20 March 2016 28	FC Twente	2–2	AZ	Enschede
12.30 GMT	Thesker  75' Thesker  90+2'	Report	Janssen  51' Haye  77'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,800 Referee: van Boekel

Willem II v FC Twente

2 April 2016 29	Willem II	2–3	FC Twente	Tilburg
20:45 GMT	Falkenburg  1' Andersen  42'	Report	Ziyech  57', 79' Ede  73'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 13,110 Referee: Higler

FC Twente v Feyenoord

10 April 2016 30	FC Twente	0–1	Feyenoord	Enschede
16:45 GMT		Report	Kramer  13'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Gözübüyük

De Graafschap v FC Twente

15 April 2016 31	De Graafschap	1–1	FC Twente	Doetinchem
20:00 GMT	Parzyszek  86'	Report	Cabral  31'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Lindhout

FC Twente v Excelsior

20 April 2016 32	FC Twente	2–0	Excelsior	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Cabral  85' El Azzouzi  90'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Janssen

Ajax v FC Twente

1 May 2016 33	Ajax	4–0	FC Twente	Amsterdam
14:30 GMT	Černý  37' Van der Hoorn  80' Fischer  82' Younes  86'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,727 Referee: Blom

FC Twente v Vitesse

8 May 2016 34	FC Twente	2–2	Vitesse	Enschede
14:30 GMT	El Azzouzi  27' Ede  67'	Report	Uvini  3' (o.g.) Zhang  62'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Wiedemeijer

Last updated: 8 May 2016

1. Groningen - FC Twente was rescheduled from 9 August to 12 August due to a police strike.^[32]

KNVB Cup

FC Groningen v FC Twente

23 September Second round	FC Groningen	2–1	FC Twente	Groningen
18:30	Linssen  53' Maduro  61'	Report	Ter Avest  21'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Blom

Last updated: 24 September 2015

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 8 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nick Marsman	22	0	22	0	0	0
2	DF		Stefan Thesker	8	2	8	2	0	0
3	DF		Bruno Uvini	34	3	33	3	1	0
4	DF		Giorgos Katsikas	3	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF		Robbert Schilder	23	0	23	0	0	0
6	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	30	2	29	2	1	0
7	MF		Chinedu Ede	28	6	27	6	1	0
8	FW		Oskar Zawada	11	0	11	0	0	0
9	FW		Torgeir Børven	4	0	4	0	0	0
10	MF		Hakim Ziyech	33	17	32	17	1	0
11	FW		Thomas Agyepong	14	1	14	1	0	0
12	FW		Tim Hölscher	18	0	18	0	0	0
13	GK		Joël Drommel	12	0	11	0	1	0
15	DF		Joachim Andersen	18	1	18	1	0	0
16	GK		Timo Plattel	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Hidde ter Avest	30	2	29	1	1	1
18	FW		Zakaria El Azzouzi	13	4	13	4	0	0
20	GK		Sonny Stevens	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	31	1	30	1	1	0
23	MF		Jelle van der Heyden	14	0	13	0	1	0
24	MF		Jari Oosterwijk	14	2	13	2	1	0
25	DF		Peet Bijen	18	1	17	1	1	0
26	DF		Jerson Cabral	25	6	24	6	1	0
27	DF		Alessio Da Cruz	4	0	3	0	1	0
28	DF		Jeroen van der Lely	21	0	20	0	1	0
33	FW		Vincent Schmidt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
11	FW		Jesús Corona	4	0	4	0	0	0
14	MF		Renato Tapia	14	1	14	1	0	0
19	MF		Shadrach Eghan	4	0	4	0	0	0
99	FW		Michael Olaitan	16	0	15	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	Hakim Ziyech	AM	17	0	17
2	Jerson Cabral	FW	6	0	6
3	Chinedu Ede	CM	6	0	6
4	Zakaria El Azzouzi	FW	4	0	4
5	Jari Oosterwijk	FW	3	0	3
6	Felipe Gutiérrez	CM	2	0	2
7	Bruno Uvini	DF	2	0	2
8	Stefan Thesker	DF	2	0	2
9	Hidde ter Avest	DF	1	1	2
10	Renato Tapia	CM	1	0	1
11	Kamohelo Mokotjo	CM	1	0	1
12	Peet Bijen	DF	1	0	1
13	Thomas Agyepong	FW	1	0	1
14	Joachim Andersen (footballer)	DF	1	0	1
Own goals			2	0	2
Total			50	1	51

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