# 2016–17 Feyenoord season

The 2016–17 season was Feyenoord's 109th season of play, it marked its 61st season in the Eredivisie and its 95th consecutive season in the top flight of Dutch football. It was the second season with manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a former player who played seven seasons for Feyenoord and who played 106 times for Dutch national team. Feyenoord entered the KNVB Cup in the first round and the Europa League in the group stage.
Feyenoord started their league campaign with nine straight wins. They won another four before the winter break and halfway point of the season to get to 42 points from 17 games. They were still active in the KNVB Cup, having beaten three contenders. Their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage after getting to seven points in six matches. This included a home win against Manchester United.
They restarted after the winter stop with two wins before being knocked out of the KNVB cup in the quarter-finals. They continued winning, amassing a 10-game winning streak before losing three of the last 10 games of the season. Feyenoord never gave up first place in the standings, taking the national championship in the last game with captain Dirk Kuyt scoring all three goals.

## Eredivisie
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Feyenoord (C) | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 25 | +61 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 79 | 23 | +56 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 62 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.
* ↑ Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 December 2017. Source: Eredivisie

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### League matches
## Europa League
### Group stage
#### Group A table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | MU | FEY | ZOR |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Group matches
## Player details

    As of 4 October 2017
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Kenneth Vermeer | GK | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | | Rick Karsdorp | DF | 29 | 1 | 3 | | 4 | | | | 1 | | | | 6 | | | | 40 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | | Sven van Beek | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | | Terence Kongolo | DF | 23 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 31 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | | Marko Vejinović | MF | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 5 | 1 | | |
| 6 | | Jan-Arie van der Heijden | DF | 31 | 2 | 7 | | 4 | | | | | | | | 6 | | 2 | | 41 | 2 | 9 | |
| 7 | | Dirk Kuyt | FW | 31 | 12 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | | | 1 | | | | 5 | | 1 | | 39 | 15 | 3 | |
| 8 | | Karim El Ahmadi | MF | 30 | 5 | 8 | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 37 | 6 | 9 | |
| 9 | | Nicolai Jørgensen | FW | 32 | 21 | | | 3 | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 6 | 2 | | | 42 | 25 | | |
| 10 | | Tonny Vilhena | MF | 29 | 4 | 5 | | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | 5 | 1 | | | 37 | 5 | 7 | |
| 11 | | Eljero Elia | FW | 24 | 9 | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 31 | 10 | 2 | |
| 14 | | Bilal Başaçıkoğlu | FW | 24 | | 4 | | 3 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 6 | | 1 | | 34 | 1 | 5 | |
| 15 | | Lucas Woudenberg | DF | 8 | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | |
| 18 | | Miquel Nelom | DF | 16 | | 3 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 21 | | 3 | |
| 19 | | Steven Berghuis | FW | 30 | 7 | 4 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 37 | 8 | 5 | |
| 20 | | Renato Tapia | DF | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | 14 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | | Justin Bijlow | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | | Brad Jones | GK | 32 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | 42 | | | |
| 26 | | Bart Nieuwkoop | DF | 13 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 16 | | | |
| 27 | | Simon Gustafson | MF | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 28 | | Jens Toornstra | MF | 34 | 14 | 3 | | 3 | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 6 | | | | 44 | 15 | 4 | |
| 29 | | Michiel Kramer | FW | 17 | 4 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | | 24 | 5 | 1 | |
| 30 | | Par Hansson | GK | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 31 | | Wessel Dammers | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 33 | | Eric Botteghin | DF | 34 | 4 | 3 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 5 | | | 1 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | | Dylan Vente | FW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | | Emil Hansson | MF | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 38 | | Gustavo Hamer | MF | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 39 | | Nigel Robertha | FW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | | Mohamed El Hankouri | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 41 | | Ramon ten Hove | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 86 | 46 | 0 | | 13 | 6 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | 7 | 1 | | 102 | 60 | 1 |
Source: (for players and positions) Feyenoord 1st team squad 00(for squad numbers) Squad Profiles 00(for actual stats.)

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | AUS | Brad Jones (from NEC Nijmegen) |
| — | FW | DEN | Nicolai Jørgensen (from FC København) |
| — | FW | NED | Steven Berghuis (on loan from Watford F.C.) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Anass Achahbar (to PEC Zwolle) |
| — | DF | NED | Stef Gronsveld (to FC Emmen) |
| — | MF | NED | Lex Immers (to Cardiff City F.C.) |
| — | GK | POL | Kamil Miazek (to Chojniczanka Chojnice) |
| — | GK | NED | Warner Hahn (on loan to SBV Excelsior) |
| — | MF | NED | Jari Schuurman (on loan to Willem II) |
| — | DF | NED | Calvin Verdonk (on loan to PEC Zwolle) |