# 2016–17 FC Twente season

During the 2016–17 FC Twente season, the club participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup.

## 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 |
| 20 | Sonny Stevens | GK | (1992-06-22) 22 June 1992 (age 32) | Volendam |
| 35 | Nick Hengelman | GK | (1989-11-15) 15 November 1989 (age 34) | Oss |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Hidde ter Avest | RB | (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27) | Youth Academy |
| 3 | Joachim Andersen | CB | (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28) | Youth Academy |
| 4 | Jos Hooiveld | CB | (1983-04-22) 22 April 1983 (age 41) | AIK |
| 5 | Stefan Thesker (c) | CB | (1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 33) | Greuther Fürth |
| 6 | Dejan Trajkovski | LB | (1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 32) | Domžale |
| 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 ||||||
| 7 | Chinedu Ede | CM | (1987-02-05) 5 February 1987 (age 37) | Mainz 05 |
| 10 | Bersant Celina | AM | (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28) | Manchester City |
| 21 | Kyle Ebecilio | CM | (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30) | Arsenal |
| 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 |
| 43 | Mateusz Klich | CM | (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Forwards ||||||
| 8 | Oussama Assaidi | RW/LW | (1988-08-15) 15 August 1988 (age 36) | Al-Ahli |
| 11 | Dylan Seys | RW/LW | (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 28) | Club Brugge |
| 12 | Tim Hölscher | RW/LW | (1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 29) | Youth Academy |
| 17 | Enes Ünal | CF | (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27) | Manchester City |
| 18 | Yaw Yeboah | RW/LW | (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27) | Manchester City |
| 19 | Fredrik Jensen | RW/LW | (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 27) | Youth Academy |
| 27 | Enis Bunjaki | CF | (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 26) | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 30 | Dylan George | RW | (1998-06-27) 27 June 1998 (age 26) | Youth Academy |
Last updated: 4 March 2017

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date |
| - | DF | Richard Jensen | 3 years | 2020 | 27 January 2017 |
| 19 | FW | Fredrik Jensen | 3 years | 2020 | 27 January 2017 |
| 24 | FW | Jari Oosterwijk | 3 years | 2020 | 27 January 2017 |
| 25 | CB | Peet Bijen | 3 years | 2020 | 21 December 2016 |
| 28 | RB | Jeroen van der Lely | 3 years | 2020 | 19 December 2016 |
Last updated: 29 January 2017

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Thesker | Greuther Fürth | Free | 14 July 2016 |
| 4 | DF | Giorgos Katsikas | PAOK | Free | 12 August 2016 |
| 13 | GK | Nick Hengelman | Oss | Free | 12 August 2016 |
| 43 | MF | Mateusz Klich | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Free | 26 August 2016 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 8 | FW | Oussama Assaidi | Al-Ahli | Free | 24 December 2016 |
| 6 | DF | Dejan Trajkovski | Domžale | Undisclosed | 19 January 2017 |
| 4 | DF | Jos Hooiveld | AIK | Undisclosed | 25 January 2017 |
| 27 | FW | Enis Bunjaki | Eintracht Frankfurt | Undisclosed | 31 January 2017 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Bruno Uvini | Napoli | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| 8 | FW | Oskar Zawada | VfL Wolfsburg | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| 11 | FW | Thomas Agyepong | Manchester City | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| 18 | FW | Zakaria El Azzouzi | Ajax | End of loan | 30 June 2016 |
| 5 | DF | Robbert Schilder | Cambuur | Free | 30 June 2016 |
| 6 | CM | Felipe Gutiérrez | Real Betis | Undisclosed | 6 July 2016 |
| 26 | FW | Jerson Cabral | Bastia | Free | 12 July 2016 |
| 10 | AM | Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | €11,000,000 | 30 August 2016 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |
| 4 | DF | Giorgos Katsikas | Esbjerg | Free | 23 January 2017 | |
| - | FW | Torgeir Børven | Unknown | Free | 23 January 2017 | |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End |
| 11 | FW | Dylan Seys | Club Brugge | 12 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 |
| 14 | FW | Yaw Yeboah | Manchester City | 21 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 |
| 17 | FW | Enes Ünal | Manchester City | 23 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 |
| 6 | DF | Dejan Trajkovski | Domžale | 30 July 2016 | 30 June 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Bersant Celina | Manchester City | 25 August 2016 | 30 June 2017 |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
| 27 | FW | Alessio Da Cruz | Dordrecht | 11 August 2016 | 30 June 2017 | |
| 9 | FW | Torgeir Børven | Brann | 16 August 2016 | 30 June 2017 | |

### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
| - | MF | Shadrach Eghan | Vendsyssel FF | 31 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 | |
| 24 | FW | Jari Oosterwijk | NAC Breda | 31 January 2017 | 30 June 2017 | |
Last updated: 31 January 2017

## Non-competitive
### Friendlies

Last updated: 17 August 2016

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | AZ | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 49 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Twente | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 45 | |
| 8 | Groningen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 43 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* ↑ Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.
* 1 2 Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.
* ↑ Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.

#### League matches

Last updated: 28 May 2017

### KNVB Cup

Last updated: 23 September 2016

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 28 May 2017
| 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 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Hidde ter Avest | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Joachim Andersen | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Stefan Thesker | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Chinedu Ede | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Oussama Assaidi | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KOS | Bersant Celina | 28 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Dylan Seys | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | GER | Tim Hölscher | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | NED | Joël Drommel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Enes Ünal | 33 | 19 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Yaw Yeboah | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FIN | Fredrik Jensen | 26 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | NED | Sonny Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NED | Kyle Ebecilio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | RSA | Kamohelo Mokotjo | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Jelle van der Heyden | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NED | Peet Bijen | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Enis Bunjaki | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NED | Jeroen van der Lely | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Dylan George | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | NED | Nick Hengelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | POL | Mateusz Klich | 30 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | NED | Hakim Ziyech | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GRE | Giorgos Katsikas | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NED | Jari Oosterwijk | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

As of 28 May 2017
| Rank | Player | Position | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | Total |
| 1 | Enes Ünal | FW | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | Mateusz Klich | CM | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Bersant Celina | AM | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Fredrik Jensen | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hakim Ziyech | AM | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Jari Oosterwijk | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Yaw Yeboah | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Joachim Andersen | CB | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Kamohelo Mokotjo | CM | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hidde ter Avest | RB | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Oussama Assaidi | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Dylan Seys | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Dylan George | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 49 | 1 | 50 |