# 2015–16 FC Twente season

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 34) | 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 32) | 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 33) | Napoli |
| 4 | Giorgos Katsikas | CB | (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 34) | 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 28) | Youth Academy |
| 17 | Hidde ter Avest | RB | (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27) | 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 34) | 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 29) | 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 29) | Youth Academy |
| 18 | Zakaria El Azzouzi | CF | (1996-05-07) 7 May 1996 (age 28) | 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 | |
| 28 August 2015 | MF | Chinedu Ede | Mainz 05 | Free transfer | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Start date | Pos. | Name | Club | End date | Ref. |
| 13 July 2015 | DF | Bruno Uvini | Napoli | End of season | |
| 30 July 2015 | FW | Michael Olaitan | Olympiacos | End of season | |
| 30 July 2015 | FW | Thomas Agyepong | Manchester City | End of season | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 15 May 2015 | FW | Kasper Kusk | Copenhagen | Undisclosed | |
| 25 June 2015 | DF | Darryl Lachman | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed | |
| 30 June 2015 | FW | Luc Castaignos | Eintracht Frankfurt | Undisclosed | |
| 2 July 2015 | DF | Andreas Bjelland | Brentford | Undisclosed | |
| 7 July 2015 | DF | Cuco Martina | Southampton | Undisclosed | |
| 30 July 2015 | FW | Bilal Ould-Chikh | Benfica | Undisclosed | |
| 28 August 2015 | FW | Youness Mokhtar | Al-Nassr | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | Jesús Corona | Porto | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Start date | Pos. | Name | Club | End date | Ref. |
| 3 August 2015 | GK | Daniel Fernandes | San Antonio Scorpions | End of season | |
| 20 August 2015 | MF | Kyle Ebecilio | Nottingham Forest | End of season | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 30 June 2015 | DF | Dico Koppers | Willem II | 1 July 2015 | |
| 30 June 2015 | FW | Andrej Rendla | Currently unattached | 1 July 2015 | |
| 30 June 2015 | GK | Filip Bednarek | Utrecht | 1 July 2015 | |
| 30 June 2015 | DF | Tim Breukers | Heracles | 1 July 2015 | |
| 30 June 2015 | FW | Ryo Miyaichi | FC St. Pauli | 1 July 2015 | |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | Orlando Engelaar | Currently unattached | 1 July 2015 | |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | Chris David | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 July 2015 | |

### Winter

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

## Non-competitive
### Friendlies

Last updated: 27 January 2016

## Competitions
### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 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 |
* ↑ 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, but they successfully appealed this decision and stayed in the league.

#### League matches

Last updated: 8 May 2016
* ↑ Groningen - FC Twente was rescheduled from 9 August to 12 August due to a police strike.

### KNVB Cup

Last updated: 24 September 2015

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 8 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | 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
| 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 | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 50 | 1 | 51 |