2015–16 PEC Zwolle season

The 2015–16 season was PEC Zwolle's 105th season of play, it marked its 16th season in the Eredivisie and its 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. They ended the season eight in the league. PEC Zwolle entered the KNVB Cup in the second round. They started their campaign by losing to Feyenoord.

PEC Zwolle
2015–16 season
ChairmanAdriaan Visser
ManagerRon Jans
StadiumIJsseldelta Stadion
Eredivisie8th
KNVB CupSecond round
Europa League Play-offsFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Netherlands Lars Veldwijk (14)

All:
Netherlands Lars Veldwijk (14)
Highest home attendance51,862 vs Ajax (3 April 2016)
Lowest home attendance3,750 at SBV Excelsior (1 May 2016)

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

30 June 2015 SV Hatto Heim 0–9 PEC Zwolle Hattem
Report   3', 28' Stefan Nijland
  6', 38' Jesper Drost
  16' Wouter Marinus
  58' (p) Lars Veldwijk
  61' Ben Rienstra
  73' Mustafa Saymak
  81' Sheraldo Becker
Stadium: Sportpark 't Achterveen
7 July 2015 SC Genemuiden 1–4 PEC Zwolle Genemuiden
Erik Rotman   45+1' (p) Report   4' Mustafa Saymak
  21' Lars Veldwijk
  40' Sheraldo Becker
  60' Emmanuel Mbende
Stadium: Sportpark de Wetering
11 July 2015 PEC Zwolle 2–2   FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Hasselt
Jesper Drost   9'
Lars Veldwijk   49' (p)
Report   45' (p) Nikola Kalinić
  62' (p) Yevhen Seleznyov
Stadium: Sportpark 't Hoenbroeck
17 July 2015 PEC Zwolle 3–1 Sparta Rotterdam Hattem
Jesper Drost   30'
Lars Veldwijk   57', 59'
Report   75' Huseyin Dogan Stadium: Sportpark 't Achterveen
21 July 2015 PEC Zwolle 5–1   Mersin İdmanyurdu Hattem
Lars Veldwijk   12'
Jesper Drost   29'
Sheraldo Becker   45'
Ben Rienstra   65'
Kudbettin Tekin Oğrak   72' (o.g.)
  62' Préjuce Nakoulma Stadium: Sportpark 't Achterveen
25 July 2015 PEC Zwolle 1–3   Levante UD Hasselt
Bram van Polen   90+1' (p) Report   38', 49' Nabil Ghilas
  70' Roger Martí
Stadium: Sportpark 't Hoenbroeck

Eredivisie edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Heracles Almelo (O) 34 14 9 11 47 49 −2 51 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
7 Groningen 34 14 8 12 41 48 −7 50
8 PEC Zwolle 34 14 6 14 56 54 +2 48
9 Vitesse 34 12 10 12 55 38 +17 46
10 NEC 34 13 7 14 37 42 −5 46
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]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams played for one spot in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 14 6 14 56 54  +2 48 10 2 5 35 27  +8 4 4 9 21 27  −6

Source: League matches

League matches edit

12 August 2015 1 PEC Zwolle 2–2 SC Cambuur Zwolle
Dirk Marcellis   31'
Sheraldo Becker   33'
Report   70' Erik Bakker
  77' Sjoerd Overgoor
Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 11,650
Referee: Dennis Higler
23 August 2015 3 PEC Zwolle 2–1 FC Twente Zwolle
Lars Veldwijk   26' (p)
Ben Rienstra   63'
Report   46' Hakim Ziyech Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,123
Referee: Kevin Blom
29 August 2015 4 SC Heerenveen 1–1 PEC Zwolle Heerenveen
Sam Larsson   4' Report   59' Lars Veldwijk Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 22,763
Referee: Pol van Boekel
12 September 2015 5 PEC Zwolle 3–0 Excelsior Zwolle
Lars Veldwijk   13', 25', 57' Report Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Danny Makkelie
19 September 2015 6 PEC Zwolle 2–1 ADO Den Haag Zwolle
Sheraldo Becker   69'
Lars Veldwijk   79'
Report   35' Mike Havenaar Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,150
Referee: Ed Janssen
27 September 2015 7 Feyenoord 2–0 PEC Zwolle Rotterdam
Dirk Kuyt   54'
Eljero Elia   82'
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Björn Kuipers
3 October 2015 8 Willem II 0–1 PEC Zwolle Tilburg
Report   43' Ouasim Bouy Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Richard Liesveld
18 October 2015 9 PEC Zwolle 1–5 Vitesse Zwolle
Thomas Lam   15' Report   7' Lewis Baker
  21' Dominic Solanke
  44' Valeri Qazaishvili
  52' Denys Oliynyk
  78' Milot Rashica
Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,250
Referee: Pol van Boekel
23 October 2015 10 PEC Zwolle 1–2 FC Utrecht Zwolle
Wouter Marinus   13' Report   25', 90+3' (p) Sébastian Haller Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Eric Braamhaar
31 October 2015 11 FC Groningen 2–0 PEC Zwolle Groningen
Michael de Leeuw   5'
Lorenzo Burnet   35'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 21,565
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
7 November 2015 12 PEC Zwolle 1–1 Heracles Almelo Zwolle
Stefan Nijland   90+4' Report   17' Wout Weghorst Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,420
Referee: Dennis Higler
21 November 2015 13 Roda JC Kerkrade 0–5 PEC Zwolle Kerkrade
Report   4' Wouter Marinus
  14', 47' Ryan Thomas
  60' Lars Veldwijk
  90+2' Stefan Nijland
Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Attendance: 14,378
Referee: Danny Makkelie
29 November 2015 14 PEC Zwolle 0–2 Ajax Zwolle
Report   37' Amin Younes
  86' Thulani Serero
Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Kevin Blom
6 December 2015 15 NEC 2–2 PEC Zwolle Nijmegen
Janio Bikel   53'
Anthony Limbombe   62'
Report   21' Trent Sainsbury
  44' Lars Veldwijk
Stadium: Stadion de Goffert
Attendance: 10,503
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
13 December 2015 16 PEC Zwolle 2–1 AZ Zwolle
Queensy Menig   36'
Kingsley Ehizibue   45'
Report   90+4' Muamer Tanković Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,120
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
19 December 2015 17 PSV 3–2 PEC Zwolle Eindhoven
Gastón Pereiro   7', 15'
Luuk de Jong   75'
Report   40' (p) Bram van Polen
  43' Lars Veldwijk
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Dennis Higler
24 January 2016 19 FC Utrecht 1–0 PEC Zwolle Utrecht
Ruud Boymans   87' Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 21,715
Referee: Kevin Blom
27 January 2016 20 Vitesse 1–1 PEC Zwolle Arnhem
Bram van Polen   65' (o.g.) Report   68' Dirk Marcellis Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 14,876
Referee: Ed Janssen
30 January 2016 21 PEC Zwolle 1–3 FC Groningen Zwolle
Thomas Lam   56' Report   17' Alexander Sørloth
  62' Michael de Leeuw
  77' Danny Hoesen
Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,225
Referee: Dennis Higler
6 February 2016 22 Heracles Almelo 2–0 PEC Zwolle Almelo
Iliass Bel Hassani   54'
Jaroslav Navrátil   81'
Report Stadium: Polman Stadion
Attendance: 10,543
Referee: Pol van Boekel
14 February 2016 23 PEC Zwolle 3–1 Feyenoord Zwolle
Lars Veldwijk   15', 50'
Kingsley Ehizibue   90+3'
Report   42' Sven van Beek Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük
19 February 2016 24 ADO Den Haag 0–2 PEC Zwolle The Hague
Report   44' Rick Dekker
  90+1' Lars Veldwijk
Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: 11,784
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
27 February 2016 25 SC Cambuur 1–0 PEC Zwolle Leeuwarden
Jack Byrne   85' Report Stadium: Cambuur Stadion
Attendance: 9,775
Referee: Siemen Mulder
5 March 2016 26 PEC Zwolle 2–1 De Graafschap Zwolle
Stefan Nijland   23', 32' Report   67' Nathan Kabasele Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,250
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
12 March 2016 27 FC Twente 2–1 PEC Zwolle Enschede
Hakim Ziyech   47'
Jerson Cabral   55'
Report   28' Kingsley Ehizibue Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 27,200
Referee: Danny Makkelie
19 March 2016 28 PEC Zwolle 4–1 Willem II Zwolle
Dirk Marcellis   18'
Queensy Menig   23'
Lars Veldwijk   60'
Stefan Nijland   90+3'
Report   37' Erik Falkenburg Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,185
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
3 April 2016 29 Ajax 3–0 PEC Zwolle Amsterdam
Lasse Schöne   2'
Arkadiusz Milik   29', 40'
Report Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 51,862
Referee: Kevin Blom
8 April 2016 30 PEC Zwolle 3–1 Roda JC Kerkrade Zwolle
Queensy Menig   49'
Ouasim Bouy   73', 78'
Report   41' Marcos Gullón Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Siemen Mulder
16 April 2016 31 AZ 5–1 PEC Zwolle Alkmaar
Vincent Janssen   20' (p), 25', 64', 83'
Dabney dos Santos   64'
Report   63' Kingsley Ehizibue Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 16,341
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
20 April 2016 32 PEC Zwolle 2–0 NEC Zwolle
Sheraldo Becker   17'
Queensy Menig   27'
Report Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,352
Referee: Edwin van de Graaf
1 May 2016 33 Excelsior 2–2 PEC Zwolle Rotterdam
Tom van Weert   61'
Daan Bovenberg   80'
Report   15' Lars Veldwijk
  65' Queensy Menig
Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
8 May 2016 34 PEC Zwolle 1–3 PSV Zwolle
Ouasim Bouy   66' Report   34' Jürgen Locadia
  43', 67' Luuk de Jong
Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Pol van Boekel

Play-offs edit

12 May 2016 First round PEC Zwolle 0–0 FC Utrecht Zwolle
Report Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion
Attendance: 8,125
Referee: Kevin Blom
15 May 2016 First round FC Utrecht 5–2 PEC Zwolle Utrecht
Sébastien Haller   5'
Bart Ramselaar   23'
Christian Kum   28'

Giovanni Troupée   62'

Sébastien Haller   73' (p)
Report


  58' Queensy Menig

  58' Wout Brama
Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 15,126
Referee: Dennis Higler

KNVB Cup edit

24 September 2015 Second round Feyenoord 3–0 PEC Zwolle Rotterdam
Marcellis   19' (o.g.)
Kuyt   60', 69'
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Nijhuis

Statistics edit

Squad details and appearances edit

Nr. Nat. Name Eredivisie Play-offs KNVB Cup Total Contract End Season Signed from Debut
G   G   G   G  
Goalkeepers
1   Mickey van der Hart 18 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 2018 1st   AFC Ajax 24 September 2015
16   Kevin Begois 16 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 2017 3rd   FC Den Bosch 4 August 2013
25   Boy de Jong 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2016 2nd   Feyenoord 19 December 2015
40   Mike Hauptmeijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amateur 1st Academy
Defenders
2   Bram van Polen 29 3 2 0 1 0 32 3 2017 10th   SBV Vitesse 12 October 2007
3   Trent Sainsbury 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 2016 3rd   Central Coast Mariners FC 6 February 2014
4   Dirk Marcellis 29 4 2 0 1 0 32 4 2017 1st   NAC Breda 12 August 2015
5   Bart van Hintum 24 1 2 0 1 0 27 1 2016 5th   FC Dordrecht 19 August 2011
17   Josef Kvída 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 1st   1. FK Příbram
20   Kingsley Ehizibue 25 4 2 0 0 0 27 4 2017 2nd Academy 13 December 2014
22   Bart Schenkeveld 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2018 1st   Heracles Almelo 12 August 2015
28   Thomas Lam 32 2 2 0 1 0 36 2 2016 2nd   AZ 16 August 2014
29   Sander van Looy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amateur 1st Academy
34   Pim ten Have 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amateur 1st Academy
39   Dalvin Havertong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amateur 1st   Sparta Rotterdam
45   Mark Bruintjes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Amateur 1st Academy 14 February 2016
48   Tarik Evre 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Amateur 1st Academy 27 February 2016
Midfielders
6   Mustafa Saymak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 5th Academy 5 August 2011
8   Ouasim Bouy 25 4 2 0 1 0 28 4 On loan 1st   Juventus FC 12 September 2015
14   Wout Brama 25 1 2 1 1 0 28 2 2017 2nd   FC Twente 19 October 2014
18   Wouter Marinus 31 3 0 0 1 0 32 3 2019 2nd   sc Heerenveen (Academy) 12 August 2015
19   Rick Dekker 25 1 2 0 1 0 28 1 2018 2nd   Feyenoord (Academy) 5 October 2014
21   Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui 13 0 2 0 1 0 16 0 2016 1e   AFC Ajax 12 August 2015
23   Ben Rienstra 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2016 2nd   Heracles Almelo 8 August 2014
23   Dario Tanda 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Amateur 1st No club 19 February 2016
27   Jeroen Buitenhuis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amateur 1st Academy
38   Gustavo Hebling 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 On loan 1st   Paris Saint-Germain 21 November 2015
42   Sander Thomas 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Amateur 1st Academy 6 December 2015
Forwards
7   Sheraldo Becker 24 4 2 0 1 0 27 4 On loan 2nd   AFC Ajax 17 January 2015
9   Lars Veldwijk 33 14 2 0 1 0 36 14 On loan 1st   Nottingham Forest FC 12 August 2015
10   Stefan Nijland 26 6 0 0 1 0 27 6 2018 3rd   PSV 10 August 2013
11   Queensy Menig 33 5 2 1 1 0 36 6 On loan 1st   AFC Ajax 12 August 2015
15   Samet Bulut 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2016 1st   AFC Ajax 12 March 2016
24   Boban Lazić 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2016 1st No club 15 August 2015
26   Boris Rasevic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Amateur 3rd Academy 30 November 2013
30   Ryan Thomas 12 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 2019 3rd   Western Suburbs FC 2 November 2013
33   Athanasios Karagounis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 3rd   Atromitos FC 18 January 2014
37   David Browne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Amateur 1st Academy
  Youness Mokhtar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 3rd   Al-Nassr 25 August 2012
No. Nat. Name G   G   G   G   Contract End Season Signed from Debut
Eredivisie Play-offs KNVB Cup Total

Discipline edit

The list is sorted by surname when total cards are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Eredivisie Play-offs KNVB Cup Total
                        T
1 DF 28   Thomas Lam 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
2 DF 2   Bram van Polen 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 7
3 MF 8   Ouasim Bouy 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 6
4 DF 3   Trent Sainsbury 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
MF 14   Wout Brama 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
MF 19   Rick Dekker 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
7 FW 30   Ryan Thomas 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
8 DF 4   Dirk Marcellis 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
9 DF 22   Bart Schenkeveld 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
10 FW 7   Sheraldo Becker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
DF 20   Kingsley Ehizibue 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
MF 18   Wouter Marinus 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
FW 10   Stefan Nijland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
DF 5   Bart van Hintum 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
14 DF 48   Tarik Evre 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
MF 21   Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
FW 24   Boban Lazić 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
MF 23   Ben Rienstra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
FW 9   Lars Veldwijk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
GK 1   Mickey van der Hart 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 54 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 56 1 2 59

Top scorers edit

The list is sorted by Eredivisie goals when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Eredivisie Play-offs KNVB Cup Friendly Total
1 FW 9   Lars Veldwijk 14 0 0 7 21
2 FW 10   Stefan Nijland 6 0 0 4 10
3 FW 7   Sheraldo Becker 4 0 0 4 8
4 FW 11   Queensy Menig 5 1 0 0 6
5 DF 20   Kingsley Ehizibue 4 0 0 1 5
MF   Jesper Drost 0 0 0 5 5
DF 2   Bram van Polen 3 0 0 2 5
8 DF 6   Ouasim Bouy 4 0 0 0 4
DF 4   Dirk Marcellis 4 0 0 0 4
MF 18   Wouter Marinus 3 0 0 1 4
11 MF 23   Ben Rienstra 1 0 0 2 3
12 DF 28   Thomas Lam 2 0 0 0 2
FW 30   Ryan Thomas 2 0 0 0 2
MF 14   Wout Brama 1 1 0 0 2
MF 6   Mustafa Saymak 0 0 0 2 2
16 MF 19   Rick Dekker 1 0 0 0 1
DF 5   Bart van Hintum 1 0 0 0 1
DF 3   Trent Sainsbury 1 0 0 0 1
DF   Emmanuel Mbende 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 1 1
Total 56 2 0 28 86

References edit

  1. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal Seizoen 2015/'16" [Regulations professional football 2015–16 season] (pdf) (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. p. 44. Retrieved 19 May 2016.