2015–16 PEC Zwolle season
# 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.

## Competitions

### Eredivisie

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 7 | Groningen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 50 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 8 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
| 9 | Vitesse | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 46 | |
| 10 | NEC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 46 | |

* ↑ Four teams played for one spot in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

**Results summary**

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

Source: League matches

## Statistics

### Squad details and appearances

| Nr. | Nat. | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Play-offs | Play-offs | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Total | Total | Contract End | Season | Signed from | Debut |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nr. | Nat. | Name | G | | G | | G | | G | | Contract End | Season | Signed from | Debut |
| 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 |
| No. | Nat. | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Play-offs | Play-offs | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Total | Total | | Contract End | Season | Signed from | Debut |

### Discipline

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

| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | Play-offs | Play-offs | Play-offs | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Wout Brama | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 10 | DF | 20 | Kingsley Ehizibue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Wouter Marinus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 10 | Stefan Nijland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 14 | MF | 21 | Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 24 | Boban Lazić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 23 | Ben Rienstra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 9 | Lars Veldwijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | GK | 1 | Mickey van der Hart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 59 |

### Top scorers

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 |
| 5 | MF | – | Jesper Drost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Bram van Polen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Ouasim Bouy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Dirk Marcellis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 12 | FW | 30 | Ryan Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 14 | Wout Brama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 6 | Mustafa Saymak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 19 | Rick Dekker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 5 | Bart van Hintum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 3 | Trent Sainsbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | – | Emmanuel Mbende | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 86 |
