2015–16 FC Twente season

Twente
2015-16 season
Chairman	No Chairman at the moment
Manager	René Hake (caretaker)
Eredivisie	13th
KNVB Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hakim Ziyech (17); All: Hakim Ziyech (17)

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

Squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Nick Marsman	GK	(1990-10-01) 1 October 1990 (age 33)	Youth Academy
16	Joël Drommel	GK	(1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27)	Youth Academy
30	Timo Plattel	GK	(1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 30)	Youth Academy
20	Sonny Stevens	GK	(1992-06-22) 22 June 1992 (age 31)	Volendam
Defenders
2	Stefan Thesker	CB	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 33)	Greuther Fürth
3	Bruno Uvini	CB	(1991-06-03) 3 June 1991 (age 32)	Napoli
4	Giorgos Katsikas	CB	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 33)	PAOK
5	Robbert Schilder	LB/DM	(1986-04-18) 18 April 1986 (age 38)	NAC Breda
15	Joachim Andersen	CB	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 27)	Youth Academy
17	Hidde ter Avest	RB	(1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 26)	Youth Academy
25	Peet Bijen	CB	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 29)	Youth Academy
28	Jeroen van der Lely	RB	(1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 28)	Youth Academy
Midfielders
6	Felipe Gutiérrez (vc)	CM	(1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 33)	Universidad Católica
7	Chinedu Ede	CM	(1987-02-05) 5 February 1987 (age 37)	Mainz 05
10	Hakim Ziyech (c)	AM	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 31)	Heerenveen
22	Kamohelo Mokotjo	DM	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33)	PEC Zwolle
23	Jelle van der Heyden	DM	(1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 28)	Youth Academy
Forwards
8	Oskar Zawada	CF	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)	VfL Wolfsburg
9	Torgeir Børven	CF	(1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 32)	Vålerenga
11	Thomas Agyepong	RW/LW	(1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 28)	Manchester City
12	Tim Hölscher	RW/LW	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 28)	Youth Academy
18	Zakaria El Azzouzi	CF	(1996-05-07) 7 May 1996 (age 27)	Ajax
24	Jari Oosterwijk	CF	(1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29)	Youth Academy
26	Jerson Cabral	LW	(1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33)	Feyenoord
27	Alessio Da Cruz	RW/LW	(1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 27)	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 v t e	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^[a]	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:

^ 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

12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) 1^[a]	FC Groningen	1–1	FC Twente	Groningen
18:30 GMT	De Leeuw 84'	Report	Tapia 42'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 21,241 Referee: Janssen

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 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

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 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

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 4	Heracles	2–0	FC Twente	Almelo
20:45 GMT	Bel Hassani 17' Weghorst 75'	Report		Stadium: Polman Stadion Referee: Higler

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 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

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 6	SC Cambuur	0–0	FC Twente	Leeuwarden
18:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,714 Referee: Kamphuis

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) 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

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 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

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 9	FC Twente	1–0	N.E.C.	Enschede
12:30 GMT	Bijen 67'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Manschot

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 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

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 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

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 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

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 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

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 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

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	Excelsior	1–1	FC Twente	Rotterdam
18:30 GMT	Van Weert 38'	Report	Ziyech 75'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: van den Kerkhof

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 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

18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 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

15 January 2016 (2016-01-15) 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

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 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

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27) 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

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 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

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 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

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 23	Roda JC	0–1	FC Twente	Kerkrade
19:45 GMT		Report	Ede 62'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 15,012 Referee: Kamphuis

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 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

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 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

4 March 2016 (2016-03-04) 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

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 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

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 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

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 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

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 30	FC Twente	0–1	Feyenoord	Enschede
16:45 GMT		Report	Kramer 13'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Gözübüyük

15 April 2016 (2016-04-15) 31	De Graafschap	1–1	FC Twente	Doetinchem
20:00 GMT	Parzyszek 86'	Report	Cabral 31'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Lindhout

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) 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

1 May 2016 (2016-05-01) 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

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 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

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

KNVB Cup

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Nick Marsman	22	0	22	0	0	0
2	DF	GER	Stefan Thesker	8	2	8	2	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Bruno Uvini	34	3	33	3	1	0
4	DF	GRE	Giorgos Katsikas	3	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	NED	Robbert Schilder	23	0	23	0	0	0
6	MF	CHI	Felipe Gutiérrez	30	2	29	2	1	0
7	MF	GER	Chinedu Ede	28	6	27	6	1	0
8	FW	POL	Oskar Zawada	11	0	11	0	0	0
9	FW	NOR	Torgeir Børven	4	0	4	0	0	0
10	MF	NED	Hakim Ziyech	33	17	32	17	1	0
11	FW	GHA	Thomas Agyepong	14	1	14	1	0	0
12	FW	GER	Tim Hölscher	18	0	18	0	0	0
13	GK	NED	Joël Drommel	12	0	11	0	1	0
15	DF	DEN	Joachim Andersen	18	1	18	1	0	0
16	GK	NED	Timo Plattel	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	NED	Hidde ter Avest	30	2	29	1	1	1
18	FW	NED	Zakaria El Azzouzi	13	4	13	4	0	0
20	GK	NED	Sonny Stevens	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	RSA	Kamohelo Mokotjo	31	1	30	1	1	0
23	MF	NED	Jelle van der Heyden	14	0	13	0	1	0
24	MF	NED	Jari Oosterwijk	14	2	13	2	1	0
25	DF	NED	Peet Bijen	18	1	17	1	1	0
26	DF	NED	Jerson Cabral	25	6	24	6	1	0
27	DF	NED	Alessio Da Cruz	4	0	3	0	1	0
28	DF	NED	Jeroen van der Lely	21	0	20	0	1	0
33	FW	NED	Vincent Schmidt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
11	FW	MEX	Jesús Corona	4	0	4	0	0	0
14	MF	PER	Renato Tapia	14	1	14	1	0	0
19	MF	GHA	Shadrach Eghan	4	0	4	0	0	0
99	FW	NGA	Michael Olaitan	16	0	15	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2016^[update]

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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[table_note_TWE0.53797209287899-31] 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]

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

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[2] "Chinedu Ede naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 28 August 2015.

[3] "Bruno Uvini nieuwe defensieve aanwinst". FC Twente. 13 July 2015.

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