2016–17 FC Twente season

FC Twente
2016-17 season
Chairman	Jan Schutrups
Manager	René Hake
Stadium	Grolsch Veste
Eredivisie	7th
KNVB Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Enes Ünal (18 goals); All: ; Enes Ünal (19 goals)
Highest home attendance	28,600 vs Heracles; (20 January 2017)
Lowest home attendance	22,000 vs Utrecht; (22 September 2016)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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 27)	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	Source
-	DF	Richard Jensen	3 years	2020	27 January 2017	^[1]
19	FW	Fredrik Jensen	3 years	2020	27 January 2017	^[1]
24	FW	Jari Oosterwijk	3 years	2020	27 January 2017	^[1]
25	CB	Peet Bijen	3 years	2020	21 December 2016	^[2]
28	RB	Jeroen van der Lely	3 years	2020	19 December 2016	^[3]

Last updated: 29 January 2017

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Stefan Thesker	Greuther Fürth	Free	14 July 2016	^[4]
4	DF	Giorgos Katsikas	PAOK	Free	12 August 2016	^[5]
13	GK	Nick Hengelman	Oss	Free	12 August 2016	^[6]
43	MF	Mateusz Klich	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free	26 August 2016	^[7]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
8	FW	Oussama Assaidi	Al-Ahli	Free	24 December 2016	^[8]
6	DF	Dejan Trajkovski	Domžale	Undisclosed	19 January 2017	^[9]
4	DF	Jos Hooiveld	AIK	Undisclosed	25 January 2017	^[10]
27	FW	Enis Bunjaki	Eintracht Frankfurt	Undisclosed	31 January 2017	^[11]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Bruno Uvini	Napoli	End of loan	30 June 2016	^[12]
8	FW	Oskar Zawada	VfL Wolfsburg	End of loan	30 June 2016	^[13]
11	FW	Thomas Agyepong	Manchester City	End of loan	30 June 2016	^[13]
18	FW	Zakaria El Azzouzi	Ajax	End of loan	30 June 2016	^[13]
5	DF	Robbert Schilder	Cambuur	Free	30 June 2016	^[14]
6	CM	Felipe Gutiérrez	Real Betis	Undisclosed	6 July 2016	^[12]
26	FW	Jerson Cabral	Bastia	Free	12 July 2016	^[15]
10	AM	Hakim Ziyech	Ajax	€11,000,000	30 August 2016	^[16]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Giorgos Katsikas	Esbjerg	Free	23 January 2017	^[17]
-	FW	Torgeir Børven	Unknown	Free	23 January 2017	^[18]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
11	FW	Dylan Seys	Club Brugge	12 July 2016	30 June 2017	^[19]
14	FW	Yaw Yeboah	Manchester City	21 July 2016	30 June 2017	^[20]
17	FW	Enes Ünal	Manchester City	23 July 2016	30 June 2017	^[21]
6	DF	Dejan Trajkovski	Domžale	30 July 2016	30 June 2017	^[22]
10	MF	Bersant Celina	Manchester City	25 August 2016	30 June 2017	^[23]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
27	FW	Alessio Da Cruz	Dordrecht	11 August 2016	30 June 2017	^[24]
9	FW	Torgeir Børven	Brann	16 August 2016	30 June 2017	^[25]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
-	MF	Shadrach Eghan	Vendsyssel FF	31 January 2017	30 June 2017	^[26]
24	FW	Jari Oosterwijk	NAC Breda	31 January 2017	30 June 2017	^[27]

Last updated: 31 January 2017

Non-competitive

Friendlies

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

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

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

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

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

27 July 2016 Friendly	Twente	1–2	Southampton	Oldenzaal
19:00	Bijen 74'	Report	Van Dijk 16' Gallagher 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Vondersweijde Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Siemen Mulder

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 v t e	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^[a]
6	AZ	34	12	13	9	56	52	+4	49	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[b]
7	Twente^[c]	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^[b]
9	Heerenveen	34	12	7	15	54	53	+1	43	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[b]

Source: NUsport (in Dutch), 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)^[29]
Notes:

^ Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.
^ ^a ^b 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.^[28]

League matches

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 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

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 2	Feyenoord	2–0	Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 GMT	Toornstra 23' Jørgensen 80'	Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Makkelie

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 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

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 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

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 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

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 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

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 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

2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) 8	Heracles	1–1	Twente	Almelo
14:30 GMT	Armenteros 42'	Report	Klich 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 12,052 Referee: Danny Makkelie

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) 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: Dennis Higler

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

28 October 2016 (2016-10-28) 11	Twente	0–0	Roda JC	Enschede
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,400 Referee: Richard Liesveld

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 12	PSV	1–1	Twente	Eindhoven
19:45 GMT	Moreno 62'	Report	Ünal 53'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20) 13	Twente	1–1	Utrecht	Enschede
14:30 GMT	Ter Avest 22'	Report	Zivkovic 26'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Allard Lindhout

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 14	NEC	3–2	Twente	Nijmegen
20:45 GMT	Grot 27', 35' Đumić 59'	Report	Ünal 51' Dyrestam 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Attendance: 11,092 Referee: Dennis Higler

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04) 15	Willem II	0–0	Twente	Tilburg
14:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 11,450 Referee: Ed Janssen

11 December 2016 (2016-12-11) 16	Twente	1–0	Ajax	Enschede
16:45 GMT	Klich 90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,800 Referee: Dennis Higler

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 17	Twente	1–2	AZ	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Ünal 68'	Report	Weghorst 46' Bijen 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Jochen Kamphuis

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15) 18	Vitesse	3–1	Twente	Arnhem
14:30 GMT	Baker 13' Van Wolfswinkel 39' Rashica 47'	Report	Klich 78' (pen.)	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,194 Referee: Janssen

20 January 2017 (2017-01-20) 19	Twente	1–0	Heracles	Enschede
20:00 GMT	Andersen 10'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 28,600 Referee: Makkelie

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29) 20	PEC Zwolle	1–2	Twente	Zwolle
14:30 GMT	Menig 31'	Report	Seys 8' Assaidi 55'	Stadium: MAC³PARK Stadion Attendance: 12,800 Referee: van den Kerkhof

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 21	Twente	0–2	Feyenoord	Enschede
14:30 GMT		Report	Botteghin 75' Jørgensen 87'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Higler

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 22	Excelsior	1–1	Twente	Rotterdam
12:30 GMT	Hasselbaink 15'	Report	Jensen 35'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Makkelie

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 23	Twente	1–0	Heerenveen	Enschede
18:30 GMT	Klich (54), pen.'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Gözübüyük

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 24	ADO Den Haag	1–1	Twente	The Hague
20:00 GMT	Schaken 12'	Report	Ünal 26'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 11,615 Referee: Blom

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 25	Twente	2–1	Willem II	Enschede
18:30 GMT	Lachman 27' (o.g.) Ünal 27'	Report	Croux 70'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,900 Referee: Kamphuis

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12) 26	Ajax	3–0	Twente	Amsterdam
16:45 GMT	Younes 55' Dolberg 67', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,583 Referee: Makkelie

17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) 27	Roda JC	0–3	Twente	Kerkrade
20:00 GMT		Report	Jensen 30', 43' Ünal 77'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 13,221 Referee: Bax

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 28	Twente	1–2	Go Ahead Eagles	Enschede
16:45 GMT	Ünal 45'	Report	Hendriks 53' Ritzmaier 66'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Janssen

6 April 2017 (2017-04-06) 29	Twente	2–2	PSV	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Ünal 8' Celina 90+2'	Report	Locadia 17' Moreno 51'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Gözübüyük

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 30	Twente	3–0	NEC	Enschede
20:45 GMT	Ünal 12', 90+2' Jensen 58'	Report		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Blom

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 31	AZ	2–1	Twente	Alkmaar
19:45 GMT	Bijen 81' (o.g.) Friday 90+2'	Report	Andersen 65'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Blom

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07) 32	Sparta	1–0	Twente	Rotterdam
14:30 GMT	Pušić 66'	Report		Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,101 Referee: Janssen

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33	Twente	3–5	Groningen	Enschede
14:30 GMT	George 19' Klich 64' (pen.) Ünal 85'	Report	Linssen 2' Idrissi 25', 29' Thesker 43' (o.g.) Sørloth 66'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 26,200 Referee: van Boekel

Last updated: 28 May 2017

KNVB Cup

22 September 2016 First round	Twente	1–3	Utrecht	Enschede
18:30	Ünal 54'	Report	Zivkovic 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 28 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		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^[update]

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			3	0	3
Total			49	1	50

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gebroeders Jensen en Jari Oosterwijk zetten handtekening onder nieuw contract". FC Twente. 27 January 2017.
^ "Peet Bijen tekent nieuw contract". FC Twente. 21 December 2016.
^ "Jeroen van der Lely tekent nieuw contract". FC Twente. 19 December 2016.
^ "FC Twente legt Thesker vast tot medio 2019". VI. 14 July 2016.
^ "FC Twente langer in zee met onfortuinlijke Katsikas". 12 August 2016.
^ "Nick Hengelman naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 12 August 2016.
^ "Mateusz Klich voor drie jaar naar Twente". FC Twente. 26 August 2016.
^ "FC Twente legt transfervrije Assaidi vast". FC Twente. 24 December 2016.
^ "Trajkovski: "Voel me goed bij FC Twente"". FC Twente. 19 January 2017.
^ "Jos Hooiveld naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 25 January 2017.
^ "Enis Bunjaki naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 31 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Gutiérrez van FC Twente naar Real Betis". VI. 6 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Leegloop verwacht bij FC Twente na degradatie". AD. 18 May 2016.
^ "Robbert Schilder weg bij FC Twente". TC Tubantia. 2 May 2016.
^ "Cabral maakt overstap naar Bastia". NOS. 12 July 2016.
^ "Hakim Ziyech naar Ajax". FC Twente. 30 August 2016.
^ "Giorgis Katsikas naar Esbjerg". FC Twente. 23 January 2017.
^ "FC Twente en Børven beëindigen per direct samenwerking". VI. 31 January 2017.
^ "Dylan Seys op huurbasis naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 12 July 2016.
^ "FC Twente huurt Ghanees Yeboah van Manchester City". VI. 21 July 2016.
^ "FC Twente heeft met Ünal de gewenste spits binnen". VI. 23 July 2016.
^ "Sloveense back Trajkovski vierde huurling voor FC Twente". VI. 30 July 2016.
^ "FC Twente slaagt alsnog in jacht op City-talent Celina". VI. 25 August 2016.
^ "Alessio Da Cruz naar FC Dordrecht". TC Tubantia. 11 August 2016.
^ "Torgeir Børven op huurbasis naar SK Brann Bergen". FC Twente. 16 August 2016.
^ "Shadrach Eghan naar Vendsyssel FF". TC Tubantia. 31 January 2017.
^ "Jari Oosterwijk op huurbasis naar NAC Breda". FC Twente. 31 January 2017.
^ "Tijdlijn: de crisis bij FC Twente" [Timeline: The crisis at FC Twente] (in Dutch). 7 April 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "Eredivisie 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.11722405353432-28] Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.

[table_note_res_EUPO0.11722405353432-29] Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.

[table_note_TWE0.11722405353432-31] Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.^[28]

[FC_Twente-1] "Gebroeders Jensen en Jari Oosterwijk zetten handtekening onder nieuw contract". FC Twente. 27 January 2017.

[2] "Peet Bijen tekent nieuw contract". FC Twente. 21 December 2016.

[3] "Jeroen van der Lely tekent nieuw contract". FC Twente. 19 December 2016.

[4] "FC Twente legt Thesker vast tot medio 2019". VI. 14 July 2016.

[5] "FC Twente langer in zee met onfortuinlijke Katsikas". 12 August 2016.

[6] "Nick Hengelman naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 12 August 2016.

[7] "Mateusz Klich voor drie jaar naar Twente". FC Twente. 26 August 2016.

[8] "FC Twente legt transfervrije Assaidi vast". FC Twente. 24 December 2016.

[9] "Trajkovski: "Voel me goed bij FC Twente"". FC Twente. 19 January 2017.

[10] "Jos Hooiveld naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 25 January 2017.

[11] "Enis Bunjaki naar FC Twente". FC Twente. 31 January 2017.

[vi_nl-12] "Gutiérrez van FC Twente naar Real Betis". VI. 6 July 2016.

[ad_nl-13] "Leegloop verwacht bij FC Twente na degradatie". AD. 18 May 2016.

[14] "Robbert Schilder weg bij FC Twente". TC Tubantia. 2 May 2016.

[15] "Cabral maakt overstap naar Bastia". NOS. 12 July 2016.

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[17] "Giorgis Katsikas naar Esbjerg". FC Twente. 23 January 2017.

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