2014–15 FC Utrecht season

FC Utrecht
2014–15 season
Eredivisie	11th
KNVB Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Sébastien Haller (11)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2014–15 FC Utrecht season was the club's 45th season of existence and its 45th season in the Eredivisie.

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

12 July 2014	FC Utrecht	5–0	JSV	Utrecht
9:30	de Kogel 18' (pen.) 35' Falcon 76' (o.g.) Diemers 77' Mårtensson 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 2,000

15 July 2014	VV Serooskerke	0–9	Utrecht	Serooskerke
13:00		Report	van Velzen 26', 38', 56' Sarota 28' Barazite 36' de Kogel 71' Markiet 84' Diemers 87', 89'	Stadium: Sportpark Noordhout

20 July 2014	Utrecht	2–1	Dundee United	Utrecht
11:00	Toornstra 48' de Kogel 52'	Report	Graham 85'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

2 August 2014	Sparta Nijkerk	1–7	Utrecht	Nijkerk
9:00	Jong 77'	Report	Toornstra 14' Barazite 36', 51', 89' Markiet 54', 89' Ayoub 87'	Stadium: De Ebbenhorst

3 August 2014	Utrecht	1–1	Konyaspor	Utrecht
9:30		Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard

Eredivisie

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Willem II	34	13	7	14	46	50	−4	46
10	Twente^[a]	34	13	10	11	56	51	+5	43
11	Utrecht	34	11	8	15	60	62	−2	41
12	Cambuur	34	11	8	15	46	56	−10	41
13	ADO Den Haag	34	9	10	15	44	53	−9	37

Source: NUsport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

^ FC Twente were deducted three points twice since they did not meet the financial standards set by the KNVB.

Results

8 August 2014 1	PEC Zwolle	2–0	Utrecht	Zwolle
16:45 WET	Drost 75' Ioannidis 90' Moro 90+3'	Summary	Janssen 34' Kali 37'	Stadium: IJsseldelta Stadion Attendance: 12,050

17 August 2014 2	Utrecht	2–1	Willem II	Utrecht
14:30 WET	Ayoub 22' Toornstra 64' de Kogel 88'	Summary	Cornelisse 45' Haemhouts 76'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 16,123 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

24 August 2014 3	Feyenoord	1–2	Utrecht	Rotterdam
14:30 WET	te Vrede 33' Clasie 36' Schaken 44'	Report	Barazite 45+1' Antwi 72' Janssen 78' Ruiter 90+1'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42,500 Referee: Kevin Blom

30 August 2014 4	Heerenveen	3–1	Utrecht	Heerenveen
20:45 WET	Uth 3', 54', 90+4' Marzo 45'	Report	Ayoub 20' Leeuwin 60' Janssen 90+1'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Dennis Higler

14 September 2014 5	Utrecht	0–0	ADO Den Haag	Utrecht
12:30 WET	Leeuwin 8' Cortie 55'	Report	Alberg 17'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

21 September 2014 6	Utrecht	1–0	Groningen	Utrecht
16:45 CET	Oar 59' Boymans 61' van der Maarel 81'	Report	Antonia 31'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 14,503 Referee: Ed Janssen

28 September 2014 7	Twente	3–1	Utrecht	Enschede
14:30 CET	Ebecilio 5' Corona 13' Bjelland 45' Kum 64' (o.g.) Castaignos 90'	Report	Kum 4' Ayoub 68' 89' 71' Kali 70'	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie

4 October 2014 8	Utrecht	2–3	Go Ahead Eagles	Utrecht
20:45 CET	Kerk 49' Boymans 51'	Report	Türüç 54' Vriends 74' Rijsdijk 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 15,397 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

19 October 2014 9	Dordrecht	1–3	Utrecht	Dordrecht
14:30 CET	Lima 52' Pisas 53' Gosens 54' ten Voorde 73'	Report	Boymans 9' Letschert 55' Kerk 66' Lima 68' (o.g.) Ayoub 86'	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 3,664 Referee: Jereon Manschot

26 October 2014 10	Utrecht	1–5	PSV	Utrecht
15:30 CET	Kali 2' Van Der Maarel 18' 22' Boymans 50'	Report	Maher 12' Willems 16' Memphis 23' (pen.) Hendrix 25' Bruma 75' Kum 81' (o.g.) Wijnaldum 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18,140 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

2 November 2014 11	Utrecht	3–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Utrecht
12:30 CET	Kum 12' 59' Boymans 69' 76' (pen.) Janssen 71'	Report	Pröpper 11' Kruiswijk 64' 75' Leerdam 77' Diks 83'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Kevin Blom

7 November 2014 12	Excelsior	2–2	Utrecht	Rotterdam
21:00 CET	van Weert 23' van Diermen 60' Kuipers 84' de Reuver 90'	Report	van der Maarel 33' Kum 84'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Richard Liesveld

23 November 2014 13	Utrecht	1–3	Cambuur	Utrecht
17:45 CET	Boymans 24' (pen.) Kum 88'	Report	Andriuškevičius 23' El Makrini 53' Barto 38' Ogbeche 58' 82' Reijnen 84' Meleg 89'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 15,355 Referee: Richard Liesveld

29 November 2014 14	NAC Breda	1–5	Utrecht	Breda
20:45 CET	Perica 29' Sarpong 37' Boateng 79'	Report	Boymans 11', 54' Janssen 40' Duplan 45+1' Ayoub 77' Heerings 81' Rubin 83' Barazite 89'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

August 2014 15	Utrecht	2–4	Heracles	Utrecht
15:30 CET	Leeuwin 13' Peterson 23' Boymans 28' Markiet 90+1'	Report	Bruns 8' Weghorst 25' 74' Tannane 33' Fledderus 49' Bel Hassani 72' 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 15,006 Referee: Tom van Sichem

14 December 2014 16	Ajax	3–1	Utrecht	Amsterdam
12:30 CET	Serero 16' Klaassen 20' El Ghazi 65'	Report	Rubin 35' Oar 40' Janssen 90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,007 Referee: Pol van Boekel

20 December 2014 17	AZ	0–3	Utrecht	Alkmaar
19:45 CET	Haye 34' Ortiz 53'	Report	Duplan 12', 28' 76' Diemers 37' Ayoub 66' Hardeveld 88'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,825 Referee: Richard Liesveld

18 January 2015 18	Utrecht	1–2	Heerenveen	Utrecht
15:30 CET	Kum 67' Janssen 90' (pen.)	Summary	Slagveer 41' Larsson 65' van Aken 89' de Roon 90'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 15,560 Referee: Kevin Blom

25 January 2015 19	Groningen	2–2	Utrecht	Groningen
15:30 CET	Chery 32' de Leeuw 51' Mahi 75'	Summary	Duplan 33' Ayoub 56' Leeuwin 62' Kali 85'	Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19,561 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

1 February 2015 20	Utrecht	0–2	PEC Zwolle	Utrecht
14:30 CET	Barazite 90'	Summary	Lam 38' Lukoki 68' Nijland 79'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,078 Referee: Siemen Mulder

4 February 2015 21	Willem II	1–0	Utrecht	Tilburg
20:45 CET	Haemhouts 80'	Summary		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 9,371 Referee: Dennis Higler

7 February 2015 22	PSV	3–1	Utrecht	Eindhoven
20:45 CET	Narsingh 47' Depay 51' 90' Willems 89'	Summary	Janssen 49' Leeuwin 64' Ayoub 70' Hardeveld 90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie

15 February 2015 23	Utrecht	6–1	Dordrecht	Utrecht
14:30 CET	Haller 16' 39' 49' (pen.) 81' Janssen 45' Kum 85' Hardeveld 87'	Summary	Lewis 60' Lima 60' 66' Peersman 90'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 15,281 Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

21 February 2015 24	Heracles Almelo	1–1	Utrecht	Almelo
20:45 CET	Veldmate 58' Avdić 76'	Summary	Ayoub 34' Haller 80'	Stadium: Polman Stadion Attendance: 8,197 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

1 March 2015 25	Utrecht	0–0	Feyenoord	Utrecht
14:30 CET	Amrabat 15' Hardeveld 34' Duplan 42' Letschert 42'	Summary	Karsdorp 42' Manu 85'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18,030 Referee: Björn Kuipers

8 March 2015 26	Utrecht	6–2	AZ Alkmaar	Utrecht
16:45 CET	Janssen 2' 70' Diemers 10' Haller 17' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Hardeveld 33' Verbeek 41' Peterson 84' Duplan 89'	Summary	Johansson 16' Elm 22' Berghuis 41' Gudelj 53' Jóhannsson 56' Henriksen 86' Markiet 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18,120 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

14 March 2015 27	SC Cambuur	3–1	Utrecht	Leeuwarden
19:45 CET	Bakker 18' (pen.) van de Streek 21' 28' Bijker 90+1' Rosheuvel 90+5'	Report	Haller 13' Verbeek 14' Diemers 17' Duplan 26' Ayoub 60' van der Maarel 90+4'	Stadium: Cambuur Stadion Attendance: 9,685 Referee: Kevin Blom

20 March 2015 28	Utrecht	3–4	NAC Breda	Utrecht
20:00 CET	Duplan 34' Markiet 72' Méndez 87'	Report	Falkenburg 32', 49' van der Weg 75' Seuntjens 81'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 17,681 Referee: Dennis Hilger

5 April 2015 29	Utrecht	1–1	AFC Ajax	Utrecht
12:30 CEST	Diemers 53' Markiet 85' Leeuwin 87'	Report	Leeuwin 51' (o.g.) Bazoer 65' Veltman 79'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

12 April 2015 30	ADO Den Haag	2–0	Utrecht	The Hague
16:45 CEST	Alberg 73' (pen.) Kastaneer 85'	Report	Janssen 72'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 10,102 Referee: Jochen Kamphuis

19 April 2015 31	Utrecht	1–0	FC Twente	Utrecht
16:45 CEST	Hardeveld 51' Haller 55' Verbeek 83'	Report	Schilder 73'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 17,219 Referee: Ed Janssen

25 April 2015 32	Go Ahead Eagles	0–2	Utrecht	Deventer
19:45 CEST			Haller 19', 61' Heerings 34' Diemers 72'	Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 8,011 Referee: Björn Kuipers

10 May 2015 33	Utrecht	2–2	SBV Excelsior	Utrecht
14:30 CEST	Haller 60' (pen.) Verbeek 84'	Report	Karami 24' van Weert 75', 79' 90+3' Badjeck 77'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 17,507 Referee: Richard Liesveld

17 May 2015 34	SBV Vitesse	3–3	Utrecht	Arnhem
14:30 CEST	Bertrand Traoré 13', 25' Kashia 88' Labyad 89'	Report	Ayoub 44' Ramselaar 45+1' Verbeek 88'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 18,696 Referee: Danny Makkelie

KNVB Cup

25 September 2014 Second round	PSV	2–0	FC Utrecht	Eindhoven
20:45	Willems 2' Cortie 18' (o.g.)			Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Appearances for competitive matches only^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eredivisie		KNVB Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Robbin Ruiter	15	0	14+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	NED	Mark van der Maarel	15	0	15+0	0	0	0
3	DF	NED	Ramon Leeuwin	16	0	16+0	0	0	0
5	DF	NED	Christian Kum	16	0	14+1	0	1+0	0
6	MF	MAR	Anouar Kali	11	0	10+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	FRA	Édouard Duplan	4	0	4+0	0	0	0
8	MF	NED	Willem Janssen	15	0	15+0	0	0	0
9	FW	NED	Ruud Boymans	10	0	8+1	0	0+1	0
10	FW	NED	Nacer Barazite	11	0	5+6	0	0	0
11	FW	AUS	Tommy Oar	13	0	12+0	0	1+0	0
13	DF	NED	Gévero Markiet	18	0	16+1	0	1+0	0
14	DF	NED	Kai Heerings	9	0	2+6	0	1+0	0
15	MF	NED	Mark Diemers	7	0	3+3	0	1+0	0
16	MF	MAR	Yassin Ayoub	16	0	15+0	0	1+0	0
17	DF	AUS	Michael Zullo	0	0	0+0	0	0	0
18	MF	ESP	Fernando Quesada	0	0	0+0	0	0	0
20	FW	NED	Danny Verbeek (on loan from Standard Liège)	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
21	FW	NED	Kristoffer Peterson	13	0	9+3	0	1+0	0
24	DF	NED	Yannick Cortie	4	0	0+3	0	1+0	0
25	DF	NED	Timo Letschert (on loan from Roda JC Kerkrade)	9	0	4+4	0	0+1	0
26	MF	NED	Sean Klaiber	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	FW	NED	Gyliano van Velzen	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
30	GK	NED	Jeroen Verhoeven	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
34	DF	NED	Jeff Hardeveld	1	0	1+0	0	0	0
37	FW	NED	Gyrano Kerk	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
39	FW	CMR	Cedric Badjeck	1	0	1+0	0	0	0
41	MF	NED	Hamza Boukhari	0	0	0+0	0	0	0
44	MF	MAR	Sofyan Amrabat	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
45	FW	USA	Rubio Rubin	15	0	12+2	0	1+0	0
47	FW	NED	Rodney Antwi	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
49	FW	NED	Issa Kallon	3	0	1+2	0	0	0

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Eredivisie	Total
1	FW	11	Tommy Oar	7	7
2	FW	45	Rubio Rubin	5	5
3	DF	2	Mark van der Maarel	2	2
	MF	16	Yassine Ayoub	2	2
	MF	21	Kristoffer Peterson	2	2
	FW	7	Édouard Duplan	2	2
7	FW	9	Ruud Boymans	1	1
7	FW	21	Nacer Barazite	1	1

Starting XI

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
45	FW	Rubio Rubin	Portland Timbers	Free transfer	30 July 2014	^[2]
44	MF	Sofyan Amrabat	The Academy	Free transfer	2 August 2014
37	MF	Gyrano Kerk	Zeeburgia	Free transfer	2 August 2014
47	FW	Rodney Antwi	The Academy	Free transfer	4 August 2014
49	FW	Issa Kallon	The Academy	Free transfer	4 August 2014

Out

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source
20	FW	Danny Verbeek	Standard Liège	17 June 2014	1 June 2015	^[3]
25	DF	Timo Letschert	Roda JC Kerkrade	1 September 2014	1 June 2015

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
19	MF	Adam Sarota	Brisbane Roar	20 September 2014	17 May 2015	^[4]

References

^ "Netherlands - FC Utrecht - Squad". Soccerway. US.Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ Seltzer, Greg. "US youth int'l Rubio Rubin signs four-year deal with Eredivisie side Utrecht". MLSSoccer.com. MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ "FC Utrecht heeft twee aanvallers definitief binnen: "Passen perfect bij de club"". Voetbal Primeur (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.nl. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ "Sarota returns to Brisbane on one year loan". Football Federation Australia. 20 September 2014.

[table_note_TWE0.81348563535767-1] FC Twente were deducted three points twice since they did not meet the financial standards set by the KNVB.

[2] "Netherlands - FC Utrecht - Squad". Soccerway. US.Soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[Rubin-3] Seltzer, Greg. "US youth int'l Rubio Rubin signs four-year deal with Eredivisie side Utrecht". MLSSoccer.com. MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[Verbeek-4] "FC Utrecht heeft twee aanvallers definitief binnen: "Passen perfect bij de club"". Voetbal Primeur (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.nl. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[5] "Sarota returns to Brisbane on one year loan". Football Federation Australia. 20 September 2014.

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