# 2018–19 PSV Eindhoven season

During the 2018–19 season, PSV Eindhoven participated in the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruyff Shield and the UEFA Champions League.

## Season summary

The season was Mark van Bommel's first season as manager of PSV. He replaced Philip Cocu, who joined Fenerbahçe after five seasons at PSV, during which the club won three national titles.
PSV started the season as defending Eredivisie champions, which qualified them for the Johan Cruyff Shield against cup winners Feyenoord. The match was scoreless after 90 minutes and went straight to a penalty shootout, which Feyenoord won 6–5. In the Eredivisie, PSV finished in second place despite winning their first 13 matches, three points behind Ajax. Although they did not win the league, they did break an Eredivisie record by scoring at least one goal in each of their first 32 matches (out of 34). PSV's campaign in the KNVB Cup was a disappointment, as they were knocked out in the second round by Eerste Divisie side RKC Waalwijk.
PSV qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League by eliminating BATE Borisov in the play-off round. They were drawn into group B against Inter Milan, Barcelona and eventual finalists Tottenham Hotspur. PSV finished their group in fourth and last place, picking up only two points.

## Squad

    As of 17 January 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Jeroen Zoet |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich |
| 4 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever |
| 5 | DF | GER | Daniel Schwaab |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Angeliño |
| 7 | FW | URU | Gastón Pereiro |
| 8 | MF | NED | Jorrit Hendrix |
| 9 | FW | NED | Luuk de Jong (captain) |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Romero |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano |
| 13 | GK | CUW | Eloy Room |
| 14 | FW | NED | Donyell Malen |
| 15 | DF | NED | Armando Obispo |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Dante Rigo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | NED | Steven Bergwijn |
| 18 | MF | NED | Pablo Rosario |
| 19 | FW | NED | Cody Gakpo |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury |
| 22 | DF | NED | Denzel Dumfries |
| 23 | MF | NED | Bart Ramselaar |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Érick Gutiérrez |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Matthias Verreth |
| 30 | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas |
| 31 | GK | NED | Yanick van Osch |
| 32 | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek |
| 33 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze |
| 47 | MF | BRA | Mauro Júnior |
| 52 | MF | NED | Mohammed Ihattaren |

## Competitions
### Johan Cruyff Shield
### Eredivisie
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 32 | +87 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Vitesse | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2018–19 KNVB Cup, Ajax, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the KNVB Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* ↑ Four teams play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| NEC | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | RKC Waalwijk* | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | FC Den Bosch | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | TOP Oss | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Sparta Rotterdam* | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SC Cambuur | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | SC Cambuur | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | De Graafschap | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | TOT | INT | PSV |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Inter Milan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Tottenham Hotspur 1, Inter Milan 0.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | ERE | ERE | CL | CL | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Jeroen Zoet | 43 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Nick Viergever | 43 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Daniel Schwaab | 39 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Angeliño | 43 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Gastón Pereiro | 36 | 11 | 23+4 | 10 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Jorrit Hendrix | 38 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Luuk de Jong | 43 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Maximiliano Romero | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Hirving Lozano | 40 | 21 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CUW | Eloy Room | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NED | Donyell Malen | 41 | 10 | 6+24 | 9 | 1+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Armando Obispo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Dante Rigo | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NED | Steven Bergwijn | 41 | 15 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Pablo Rosario | 41 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NED | Cody Gakpo | 18 | 2 | 2+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury | 9 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Denzel Dumfries | 42 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NED | Bart Ramselaar | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SWE | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | MEX | Érick Gutiérrez | 22 | 4 | 5+11 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Matthias Verreth | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | NED | Yanick van Osch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | CZE | Michal Sadílek | 13 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NED | Jordan Teze | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | NED | Dirk Abels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | BRA | Mauro Júnior | 8 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | NED | Zakaria Aboukhlal | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | NED | Mohammed Ihattaren | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Nat. | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Johan Cruyff Shield | Johan Cruyff Shield | Johan Cruyff Shield | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | | Jeroen Zoet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | Aziz Behich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | Nick Viergever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | Daniel Schwaab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | Angeliño | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | Gastón Pereiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | Jorrit Hendrix | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | | Luuk de Jong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | Donyell Malen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | Hirving Lozano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | Steven Bergwijn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | | Pablo Rosario | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | Trent Sainsbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | Denzel Dumfries | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | Érick Gutiérrez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | | Michal Sadílek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | | Jordan Teze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Angeliño (from Manchester City) |
| — | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich (from Bursaspor) |
| — | DF | NED | Denzel Dumfries (from Heerenveen) |
| — | MF | MEX | Érick Gutiérrez (from Pachuca) |
| — | DF | AUS | Trent Sainsbury (from Jiangsu Suning) |
| — | MF | NZL | Ryan Thomas (from PEC Zwolle) |
| — | GK | GER | Lars Unnerstall (from VVV-Venlo) |
| — | DF | NED | Nick Viergever (from Ajax) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | COL | Santiago Arias (to Atlético Madrid) |
| — | DF | NED | Joshua Brenet (to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| — | DF | FRA | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (to Beşiktaş) |
| — | FW | ISL | Albert Guðmundsson (to AZ Alkmaar) |
| — | MF | SWE | Ramon Pascal Lundqvist (to NAC Breda) |
| — | DF | NED | Jordy de Wijs (to Hull City) |
| — | GK | NED | Hidde Jurjus (on loan to De Graafschap) |
| — | GK | NED | Luuk Koopmans (on loan to MVV) |
| — | FW | NED | Sam Lammers (on loan to Heerenveen) |
| — | DF | NED | Derrick Luckassen (on loan to Hertha BSC) |
| — | DF | NED | Kenneth Paal (on loan to PEC Zwolle) |
| — | GK | GER | Lars Unnerstall (on loan to VVV-Venlo) |