2015–16 FC Groningen season
FC Groningen finished 2015–16 Eredivisie season as 7th.

The club competed also in the KNVB Cup. FC Groningen lost 5–3 against FC Utrecht after extra time in the 3rd round and they are eliminated from the cup.

FC Groningen participated in the group stage of the Europa League, ultimately finishing in fourth place and failing to qualify for the knockout rounds.

Michael de Leeuw was the top scorer of the club in this season with 9 goals in Eredivisie and 1 goal in KNVB with a total of 10.

Sergio Padt was the most appeared players in this season with 43 appearances; 35 appearances in Eredivisie, 2 appearances in the KNVB Cup and 6 appearances in Europa League.

 Players 
 First-team squad 

 Transfers 
 In 
PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateMF Paco van Moorsel NEC NijmegenEnd of loan30 Jun 2015DF William Troost-Ekong FC DordrechtEnd of loan30 Jun 2015FW Bryan Linssen Heracles Almelo€850,0001 Jul 2015FW Abel Tamata PSV EindhovenFree1 Jul 2015DF Desevio Payne Young Groningen1 Jul 2015MF Juninho Bacuna Jong Groningen1 Jul 2015FW Oussama Idrissi Feyenoord U19Free1 Jul 2015MF Jesper Drost PEC Zwolle€1,450,00030 Jul 2015MF Etiënne Reijnen SC Cambuur€640,00014 Aug 2015MF Kasper Larsen Odense Boldklub€450,00014 Aug 2015MF Hedwiges Maduro PAOK FCFree26 Aug 2015FW Alexander Sørloth Rosenborg BK€550,0001 Jan 2016

 Out 
PlayerTransferred toFeeDateMF Paco van Moorsel Sparta RotterdamFree1 Jul 2015MF Tjaronn Chery Queens Park Rangers F.C.€2,034,00020 Jul 2015FW Género Zeefuik BalıkesirsporFree21 Jul 2015MF Maikel Kieftenbeld Birmingham City F.C.€250,00027 Jul 2015DF William Troost-Ekong K.A.A. GentFree27 Jul 2015DF Eric Botteghin Feyenoord€2,500,00013 Aug 2015DF Martijn van der Laan SC CambuurOn loan17 Aug 2015MF Nick van der Velden Willem IIFree20 Aug 2015MF Yoëll van Nieff Excelsior RotterdamOn loan26 Aug 2015MF Hilal Ben Moussa FC VolendamFree31 Aug 2015MF Tom Hiariej SC CambuurOn loan11 Jan 2016DF Johan Kappelhof Chicago Fire FC€350,0002 Feb 2016FW Hristijan DenkovskiNo clubReleased12 Aug 2015

 Pre-season and friendlies 

 Competitions 
 Overall record 

 Eredivisie 

 League table 

 Results summary 

 Results by round 

 Matches 
 1st half 

 2nd half 

Heracles Almelo won 6–3 on aggregate.

 KNVB Cup 

UEFA Europa League

 Statistics 

Scorers

#PlayerEredivisieKNVBEuropa LeagueTotal1 Michael de Leeuw910102 Danny Hoesen50163 Albert Rusnák5005 Bryan Linssen3205 Rasmus Lindgren50056 Hedwiges Maduro1113 Mimoun Mahi3003 Oussama Idrissi30039 Alexander Sørloth2002 Jesper Drost1102 Mimoun Mahi200212 Hans Hateboer1001 Johan Kappelhof1001 Lorenzo Burnet1001

Appearances

#PlayerEredivisieKNVBEuropa LeagueTotal1 Sergio Padt3526432 Etiënne Reijnen332540 Hans Hateboer3226404 Albert Rusnák312639 Simon Tibbling3226396 Bryan Linssen292637 Hedwiges Maduro2926378 Michael de Leeuw2924359 Jesper Drost30133410 Danny Hoesen26163311 Johan Kappelhof18262612 Jarchinio Antonia17252413 Lorenzo Burnet211123 Rasmus Lindgren22012315 Abel Tamata15152116 Kasper Larsen13151917 Mimoun Mahi131317 Oussama Idrissi170017 Juninho Bacuna15111720 Alexander Sørloth14001421 Desevio Payne900922 Tom Hiariej410523 Eric Botteghin1001 Keziah Veendorp1001

Clean sheets
#PlayerEredivisieEuropa LeagueTotal1 Sergio Padt819Total819

Disciplinary record

#PlayerEredivisieKNVBEuropa LeagueTotal            1 Michael de Leeuw511011722 Kasper Larsen111000213 Hans Hateboer8010201104 Bryan Linssen600010705 Johan Kappelhof50100060 Simon Tibbling400020607 Lorenzo Burnet500000508 Albert Rusnák400000409 Etiënne Reijnen30000030 Juninho Bacuna20001030 Sergio Padt3000003012 Alexander Sørloth20000020 Hedwiges Maduro20000020 Jesper Drost20000020 Oussama Idrissi20000020 Rasmus Lindgren2000002017 Danny Hoesen00001010 Desevio Payne10000010 Jarchinio Antonia10000010

 References 

 External links 

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