2016–17 FC Twente season

FC Twente

2016-17 season
Chairman	Jan Schutrups
Manager	René Hake
Stadium	Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	6th
KNVB Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Enes Ünal (9 goals) All: Enes Ünal (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,100 vs Excelsior (6 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	22,000 vs FC Utrecht (22 September 2016)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Nick Marsman		GK	1 October 1990	Youth Academy
16	Joël Drommel		GK	16 November 1996	Youth Academy
20	Sonny Stevens		GK	22 June 1992	Volendam
35	Nick Hengelman		GK	15 November 1989	Oss
Defenders
2	Hidde ter Avest		RB	20 May 1997	Youth Academy
3	Joachim Andersen		CB	31 May 1996	Youth Academy
4	Giorgos Katsikas		CB	15 June 1990	PAOK
5	Stefan Thesker (c)		CB	11 April 1991	Greuther Fürth
6	Dejan Trajkovski		LB	14 April 1992	Domžale
25	Peet Bijen		CB	28 January 1995	Youth Academy
28	Jeroen van der Lely		RB	22 March 1996	Youth Academy
Midfielders
7	Chinedu Ede		CM	5 February 1987	Mainz 05
10	Bersant Celina		AM	9 September 1996	Manchester City
21	Kyle Ebecilio		CM	17 February 1994	Arsenal
22	Kamohelo Mokotjo		DM	11 March 1991	PEC Zwolle
23	Jelle van der Heyden		DM	31 August 1995	Youth Academy
43	Mateusz Klich		CM	13 June 1990	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Forwards
11	Dylan Seys		RW/LW	26 September 1996	Club Brugge
12	Tim Hölscher		RW/LW	21 May 1995	Youth Academy
17	Enes Ünal		CF	10 May 1997	Manchester City
18	Yaw Yeboah		RW/LW	28 March 1997	Manchester City
19	Fredrik Jensen		RW/LW	9 September 1997	Youth Academy
24	Jari Oosterwijk		CF	3 March 1995	Youth Academy

Last updated: 2 September 2016

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Stefan Thesker	Greuther Fürth	Free	14 July 2016	[1]
4	DF	Giorgos Katsikas	PAOK	Free	12 August 2016	[2]
13	GK	Nick Hengelman	Oss	Free	12 August 2016	[3]
43	MF	Mateusz Klich	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free	26 August 2016	[4]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Bruno Uvini	Napoli	End of Loan	30 June 2016	[5]
8	FW	Oskar Zawada	VfL Wolfsburg	End of Loan	30 June 2016	[6]
11	FW	Thomas Agyepong	Manchester City	End of Loan	30 June 2016	[7]
18	FW	Zakaria El Azzouzi	Ajax	End of Loan	30 June 2016	[8]
5	DF	Robbert Schilder	Unknown	Free	30 June 2016	[9]
6	CM	Felipe Gutiérrez	Real Betis	Undisclosed	6 July 2016	[10]
26	FW	Jerson Cabral	Bastia	Free	12 July 2016	[11]
10	AM	Hakim Ziyech	Ajax	€11,000,000	30 August 2016	[12]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
11	FW	Dylan Seys	Club Brugge	12 July 2016	30 June 2017	[13]
14	FW	Yaw Yeboah	Manchester City	21 July 2016	30 June 2017	[14]
17	FW	Enes Ünal	Manchester City	23 July 2016	30 June 2017	[15]
6	DF	Dejan Trajkovski	Domžale	30 July 2016	30 June 2017	[16]
10	MF	Bersant Celina	Manchester City	25 August 2016	30 June 2017	[17]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
27	FW	Alessio Da Cruz	Dordrecht	11 August 2016	30 June 2017	[18]
9	FW	Torgeir Børven	Brann	16 August 2016	30 June 2017	[19]

Last updated: 31 August 2016

Non-competitive

Friendlies

EMOS v Twente

25 June 2016 Friendly	EMOS	0–6	Twente	Enschede
15:00		Report	Andersen  29' Gouriye  48' Gouriye  55' Vankan  77' Ben Amar  81' De Jager  86'	Stadium: Sportpark EMOS Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Selectie Twenterand v Twente

29 June 2016 Friendly	Selectie Twenterand	0–5	Twente	Vriezenveen
19:00		Report	Ziyech  4' Mokotjo  30' Gouriye  60' De Jager  69' Ben Amar  90'	Stadium: Sportpark Het Midden Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Maurice Paarhuis

Twente v Nordsjælland

6 July 2016 Friendly	Twente	0–1	Nordsjælland	Mariënberg
19:00		Report	Lobotka  49'	Stadium: Sportpark Het Westerpark Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Dennis Higler

Twente v PAOK

16 July 2016 Friendly	Twente	0–2	PAOK	Vriezenveen
15:00		Report	Shakov  77' Djalma  81'	Stadium: Sportpark Het Midden Attendance: 2.500 Referee: Danny Makelie

Twente v Al-Taawoun

23 July 2016 Friendly	Twente	3–3	Al-Taawoun	Beckum
15:00	Jensen  46' Oosterwijk  50' Ziyech  59'	Report	Otayf  37' Al-Salman  67' Al-Hussain  68'	Stadium: Sportpark De Kruudnhof Attendance: 1.500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Twente v Southampton

27 July 2016 Friendly	Twente	3–3	Southampton	Oldenzaal
19:00	Bijen  74'	Report	Van Dijk  16' Gallagher  68'	Stadium: Sportpark Vondersweijde Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Siemen Mulder

Twente v Konyaspor

30 July 2016 Friendly	Twente	1–1	Konyaspor	Nordhorn
15:00	Ziyech  62'	Report	Rangelov  86' (pen.)	Stadium: N/a Attendance: N/a Referee: N/a

Last updated: 17 August 2016

Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Heerenveen	15	7	5	3	29	17	+12	26	Qualification to European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	AZ	15	6	7	2	27	18	+9	25
6	Twente	15	5	6	4	24	21	+3	21
7	Utrecht	15	5	6	4	25	23	+2	21
8	Vitesse	15	5	5	5	22	19	+3	20

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: NUsport, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only for deciding champion and relegation); 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw. (Note: Criteria 5-8 is only used if deciding Europa League play-off places)^[20]
Notes:

1. Four teams play for a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

League matches

Twente v Excelsior

6 August 2016 1	Twente	1–2	Excelsior	Enschede
19:45 GMT	Oosterwijk  82'	Report	Vermeulen  13' Owusu  61'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Mulder

Feyenoord v Twente

14 August 2016 2	Feyenoord	2–0	Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 GMT	Toornstra  23' Jørgensen  80'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Makkelie

Groningen v Twente

21 August 2016 3	Groningen	3–4	Twente	Groningen
12:30 GMT	Mahi  52' Idrissi  69' Hoesen  84'	Report	Ünal  23', 36', 39' Oosterwijk  90+2'	Stadium: Noordlease Stadion Attendance: 18,051 Referee: Blom

Twente v Sparta Rotterdam

27 August 2016 4	Twente	3–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Ziyech  14', 59' Yeboah  36'	Report	Brogno  54'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Wiedemeijer

Heerenveen v Twente

10 September 2016 5	Heerenveen	3–1	Twente	Heerenveen
20:45 GMT	Ghoochannejhad  34', 90+3' Larsson  66'	Report	Celina  78'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 20,850 Referee: Kamphuis

Twente v ADO Den Haag

17 September 2016 6	Twente	4–1	ADO Den Haag	Enschede
18:30 GMT	Ünal  35' Celina  54' Mokotjo  90'	Report	Jansen  88'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,100 Referee: van Boekel

Twente v Vitesse

25 September 2016 7	Twente	2–1	Vitesse	Enschede
14:30 GMT	Ünal  16' Celina  85'		Baker  90+2'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Manschot

Heracles v Twente

2 October 2016 8	Heracles	1–1	Twente	Almelo
14:30 GMT	Armenteros  42'	Report	Klich  40' (pen.)	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 12,052 Referee: Makkelie

Twente v PEC Zwolle

16 October 2016 9	Twente	2 -2	PEC Zwolle	Enschede
12:30 GMT	Klich  10' (pen.) Ünal  77'	Report	Mokhtar  40' Warmerdam  84'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,900 Referee: Higler

Go Ahead Eagles v Twente

22 October 2016 10	Go Ahead Eagles	0 - 2	Twente	Deventer
18:30 GMT		Report	Yeboah  44' Celina  89'	Stadium: Adelaarshorst Attendance: 9,733 Referee: van den Kerkhof

Twente v Roda JC

28 October 2016 11	Twente	0 - 0	Roda JC	Enschede
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,400 Referee: Liesveld

PSV v Twente

5 November 2016 12	PSV	1 - 1	Twente	Eindhoven
19:45 GMT	Moreno  62'	Report	Ünal  53'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Gözübüyük

Twente v FC Utrecht

20 November 2016 13	Twente	1 - 1	FC Utrecht	Enschede
14:30 GMT	ter Avest  22'	Report	Živković  26'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Lindhout

NEC v Twente

26 November 2016 14	NEC	3 - 2	Twente	Nijmegen
20:45 GMT	Grot  27' Grot  35' Dumic  59'	Report	Ünal  51' Dyrestam  79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 11.092 Referee: Higler

Willem II v Twente

4 December 2016 15	Willem II	v	Twente	Tilburg
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

Twente v Ajax

11 December 2016 16	Twente	v	Ajax	Enschede
16:45 GMT				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

Twente v AZ

17 December 2016 17	Twente	v	AZ	Enschede
20:45 GMT				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

Vitesse v Twente

15 January 2017 18	Vitesse	v	Twente	Arnhem
14:30 GMT				Stadium: GelreDome

Twente v Heracles

20 January 2017 19	Twente	v	Heracles	Enschede
20:00 GMT				Stadium: De Grolsch Veste

PEC Zwolle v Twente

29 January 2017 20	PEC Zwolle	v	Twente	Zwolle
14:30 GMT				Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion

Last updated: 26 November 2016

KNVB Cup

Twente v Utrecht

22 September 2016 First round	Twente	3–1	Utrecht	Enschede
18:30	Ünal  54'	Report	Živković  18', 90+3' Haller  88'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

Last updated: 23 September 2016

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 26 November 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nick Marsman	15	0	14	0	1	0
2	DF		Hidde ter Avest	13	1	12	1	1	0
3	DF		Joachim Andersen	7	0	7	0	0	0
4	DF		Giorgos Katsikas	4	0	4	0	0	0
5	DF		Stefan Thesker	14	0	13	0	1	0
6	DF		Dejan Trajkovski	11	0	10	0	1	0
7	MF		Chinedu Ede	12	0	11	0	1	0
10	MF		Bersant Celina	11	4	10	4	1	0
11	FW		Dylan Seys	5	0	5	0	0	0
12	FW		Tim Hölscher	4	0	4	0	0	0
16	GK		Joël Drommel	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Enes Ünal	13	10	12	9	1	1
18	FW		Yaw Yeboah	14	2	13	2	1	0
19	FW		Fredrik Jensen	9	0	8	0	1	0
20	GK		Sonny Stevens	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Kyle Ebecilio	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	13	1	13	1	0	0
23	MF		Jelle van der Heyden	5	0	4	0	1	0
24	MF		Jari Oosterwijk	12	2	11	2	1	0
25	DF		Peet Bijen	15	0	14	0	1	0
28	DF		Jeroen van der Lely	8	0	8	0	0	0
35	GK		Nick Hengelman	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF		Mateusz Klich	11	2	10	2	1	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
10	MF		Hakim Ziyech	4	2	4	2	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 26 November 2016

Rank	Player	Position	Eredivisie	KNVB Cup	Total
1	Enes Ünal	FW	9	1	10
2	Bersant Celina	AM	4	0	4
3	Hakim Ziyech	AM	2	0	2
4	Jari Oosterwijk	FW	2	0	2
5	Mateusz Klich	CM	2	0	2
6	Yaw Yeboah	FW	2	0	2
7	Kamohelo Mokotjo	CM	1	0	1
8	Hidde ter Avest	RB	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	1
Total			24	1	25

References

1. "FC Twente legt Thesker vast tot medio 2019". VI. 14 July 2016.
2. "FC Twente langer in zee met onfortuinlijke Katsikas". 12 August 2016.
3. "Nick Hengelman naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 12 August 2016.
4. "Mateusz Klich voor drie jaar naar Twente". FC Twente. 26 August 2016.
5. "Gutiérrez van FC Twente naar Real Betis". VI. 6 July 2016.
6. "Leegloop verwacht bij FC Twente na degradatie". AD. 18 May 2016.
7. "Leegloop verwacht bij FC Twente na degradatie". AD. 18 May 2016.
8. "Leegloop verwacht bij FC Twente na degradatie". AD. 18 May 2016.
9. "Robbert Schilder weg bij FC Twente". TC Tubantia. 2 May 2016.
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11. "Cabral maakt overstap naar Bastia". NOS. 12 July 2016.
12. "Hakim Ziyech naar Ajax". FC Twente. 30 August 2016.
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14. "FC Twente huurt Ghanees Yeboah van Manchester City". VI. 21 July 2016.
15. "FC Twente heeft met Ünal de gewenste spits binnen". VI. 23 July 2016.
16. "Sloveense back Trajkovski vierde huurling voor FC Twente". VI. 30 July 2016.
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18. "Alessio Da Cruz naar FC Dordrecht". TC Tubantia. 11 August 2016.
19. "Torgeir Børven op huurbasis naar SK Brann Bergen". FC Twente. 16 August 2016.
20. "Eredivisie 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 23 July 2016.