2015–16 Feyenoord season

Feyenoord
2015–16 season
Chairman Dick van Well
Manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Stadium De Kuip
Eredivisie Third
KNVB Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League: Kuyt (19)
All: Kuyt (23)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 season was Feyenoord's 108th season of play, it marked its 60th season in the Eredivisie and its 94th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It was the first season with manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a former player who played seven seasons for Feyenoord and who played 106 times for Dutch national team. The club started the season relatively well alternating between the second and third place until the halfway point of the season. They then hit a seven-game losing streak among a nine-game stretch without a win and dropped to seventh place. They followed this up with a six-game winning streak to get back to the third position for the final stretch of the season. They ended the season third in the league. Feyenoord entered the KNVB Cup in the second round. They started their campaign by beating both finalist of the 2013–14 edition. They were coupled to past cup winners in all their cup matches and beat FC Utrecht 2–1 in the final. The cup win qualified them to the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Round started Final result First match Last match
Eredivisie Third 8 August 2015 8 May 2016
KNVB Cup Second round Winners 24 September 2015 24 April 2016

Source: Competitions

Eredivisie

Main article: 2015–16 Eredivisie

League table

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 to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 25 7 2 81 21 +60 82 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 34 19 6 9 62 40 +22 63 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 AZ 34 18 5 11 70 53 +17 59 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Utrecht 34 15 8 11 57 48 +9 53 Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
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.[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 KNVB Cup.
  2. Four teams play for one spot in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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34 19 6 9 62 40  +22 63 11 3 3 33 14  +19 8 3 6 29 26  +3

Source: League matches

League matches

Source: Royal Dutch Football Association[2]

KNVB Cup

Main article: 2015–16 KNVB Cup

Friendlies

  1. 1 2 This game was banned as originally planned, because of the objections of the mayor of Bergen op Zoom. The match was allowed to be played with the new opponent.[3]
  2. Feyenoord played Charleroi in a game lasting three times 45 minutes.

References

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