Signings Report — Eredivisie 2019/20

Clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 23, 2019

We identified 168 real signings across the 18 clubs of Eredivisie; 163 are included in the hit-rate calculation (5 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 39%.

Comparison with 2018/19

The league's average hit rate was 39%, against 42% the previous season (▼ 3 p.p.). There were 168 real signings, against 174 in 2018/19.

Hit rate by club

1º Heracles (8th in the league · 5 eval.)
70%
2º Groningen (9th in the league · 8 eval.)
69%
3º Vitesse (7th in the league · 10 eval.)
55%
4º Emmen (12th in the league · 10 eval.)
45%
5º Feyenoord (3rd in the league · 7 eval.)
43%
6º Heerenveen (10th in the league · 7 eval.)
43%
7º Twente (14th in the league · 16 eval.)
41%
8º Willem II (5th in the league · 5 eval.)
40%
9º PEC Zwolle (15th in the league · 9 eval.)
39%
10º PSV Eindhoven (4th in the league · 9 eval.)
39%
11º Sparta Rotterdam (11th in the league · 13 eval.)
38%
12º AZ Alkmaar (2nd in the league · 4 eval.)
38%
13º Utrecht (6th in the league · 7 eval.)
36%
14º Waalwijk (18th in the league · 17 eval.)
35%
15º Ajax (1st in the league · 7 eval.)
29%
16º Fortuna Sittard (16th in the league · 7 eval.)
21%
17º VVV Venlo (13th in the league · 12 eval.)
17%
18º ADO Den Haag (17th in the league · 10 eval.)
5%

Detailed ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Heracles6531170%
Groningen8851269%
Vitesse101043355%
Emmen12º101033445%
Feyenoord7722343%
Heerenveen10º7730443%
Twente14º161645741%
Willem II7520340%
PEC Zwolle15º9923439%
10ºPSV Eindhoven9931539%
11ºSparta Rotterdam11º131334638%
12ºAZ Alkmaar5411238%
13ºUtrecht7721436%
14ºWaalwijk18º1717521035%
15ºAjax8720529%
16ºFortuna Sittard16º7703421%
17ºVVV Venlo13º121212917%
18ºADO Den Haag17º10100195%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubMinG+ANotaRating
Cyriel DessersHeracles231815+57.07Excellent
Chidera EjukeHeerenveen20609+47.08Excellent
Aitor CantalapiedraTwente18247+47.25Excellent
Mauro JuniorHeracles21686+67.07Excellent
Quincy PromesAjax149512+47.42Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.

ADO Den Haag (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Luuk Koopmans20180000Fair
Laurens De Bock870500Did not deliver
Michiel Kramer1367820Below expectations
Bilal Ould-Chikh1339000Did not deliver
Jordan Spence433900Did not deliver
Omar Bogle533310Below expectations
Thom Haye930300Did not deliver
Mark Duffy517700Did not deliver
Pawel Cibicki311700Did not deliver
Mick van Buren49800Did not deliver

AZ Alkmaar (5 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Dani de Wit22152931Good
Jordy Clasie1899800Did not deliver
Yukinari Sugawara1663921Below expectations
Ramon Leeuwin536800Fair
Joris Kramer *12700Investment

Ajax (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Lisandro Martínez24203221Excellent
Quincy Promes201495124Excellent
Edson Álvarez1256400Did not deliver
Răzvan Marin1050300Below expectations
Ryan Babel538600Below expectations
Bruno Varela19000Did not deliver
Kjell Scherpen *0000Investment
Kik Pierie0000Did not deliver

Emmen (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sergio Peña23195943Excellent
Lorenzo Burnet20161204Fair
Marko Kolar21148641Fair
Nikolai Laursen18138642Excellent
Miguel Araujo12108010Good
Filip Ugrinić1361300Did not deliver
Kerim Frei431510Fair
Ferhat Görgülü425101Below expectations
Desevio Payne25600Did not deliver
Leon Sopić1200Did not deliver

Feyenoord (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Leroy Fer23197022Good
Marcos Senesi16139410Good
Edgar Ié1190000Did not deliver
Luciano Narsingh1565921Fair
Nick Marsman218000Fair
Liam Kelly19000Did not deliver
Oğuzhan Özyakup27310Did not deliver

Fortuna Sittard (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Felix Passlack25217722Fair
Bassala Sambou22120521Fair
Vitalie Damașcan19109361Fair
Alejandro Carbonell1769000Did not deliver
Gregoire Amiot958900Did not deliver
Rasmus Karjalainen1551510Below expectations
Cian Harries837910Did not deliver

Groningen (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Azor Matusiwa23205000Good
Ko Itakura22166900Did not deliver
Ahmed El Messaoudi20138513Good
Ramon-Pascal Lundqvist20135452Excellent
Bart Van Hintum14119600Good
Joel Asoro15118831Fair
Charlison Benschop1785332Good
Sam Schreck1349301Did not deliver

Heerenveen (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Hicham Faik26220431Excellent
Chidera Ejuke25206094Excellent
Jens Odgaard24186271Good
Ricardo Van Rhijn19147400Below expectations
Filip Bednarek654000Did not deliver
Alen Halilović1750211Did not deliver
Anders Dreyer1123512Below expectations

Heracles (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Cyriel Dessers262318155Excellent
Mauro Junior26216866Excellent
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou24212220Excellent
Delano Burgzorg542110Fair
Teun Bijleveld1522400Did not deliver
Lucas Schoofs *19000Investment

PEC Zwolle (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sai Van Wermeskerken18127702Did not deliver
Michael Zetterer13117000Good
Xavier Mous13117000Fair
Dennis Johnsen24112512Below expectations
Iliass Bel Hassani1498250Good
Reza Ghoochannejhad1371071Fair
Rico Strieder646400Did not deliver
Thomas Bruns844310Fair
Etienne Reijnen426500Did not deliver

PSV Eindhoven (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Timo Baumgartl13109210Good
Ritsu Doan19103021Below expectations
Bruma1897333Excellent
Ryan Thomas1180422Good
Olivier Boscagli1264100Did not deliver
Ricardo Rodríguez644800Fair
Konstantinos Mitroglou1327510Below expectations
Ibrahim Afellay310600Did not deliver
Robbin Ruiter19000Did not deliver

Sparta Rotterdam (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Jurgen Matheij26229521Excellent
Lassana Faye23201900Below expectations
Mohamed Rayhi25196673Excellent
Dirk Abels25185002Fair
Adil Auassar23180320Fair
Bryan Smeets22177546Excellent
Tim Coremans1090200Below expectations
Dante Rigo1684802Did not deliver
Patrick Joosten866130Fair
Jeffrey Fortes646000Did not deliver
Lars Veldwijk1545140Fair
Khalid Karami634000Did not deliver
Mica318900Did not deliver

Twente (16 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Calvin Verdonk22195212Good
Xandro Schenk22190000Fair
Lindon Selahi25187921Good
Aitor Cantalapiedra21182474Excellent
Julio Pleguezuelo19151300Fair
Javi Espinosa19147614Good
Keito Nakamura1786341Below expectations
Giovanni Troupee871600Did not deliver
Rafik Zekhnini2170611Did not deliver
Giorgi Aburjania1765720Did not deliver
Queensy Menig1147013Fair
Paul Verhaegh740000Did not deliver
Emil Berggreen1334911Fair
Matos218001Fair
Mohamed Hamdaoui0000Did not deliver
Fred Friday0000Did not deliver

Utrecht (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Justin Hoogma23205910Good
Adam Maher23192635Excellent
Issah Abass1583720Below expectations
Jeroen Zoet763000Did not deliver
Adrian Dalmau742040Fair
Václav Černý1336100Did not deliver
Lamine Sané1100Did not deliver

VVV Venlo (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Thorsten Kirschbaum26234000Fair
Tobias Pachonik26231413Good
Haji Wright22141200Did not deliver
Elia Soriano16108220Did not deliver
Jerome Sinclair23107201Below expectations
Richard Neudecker16101404Did not deliver
John Yeboah1897210Below expectations
Lee Cattermole1177900Below expectations
Oussama Darfalou872030Fair
Steffen Schäfer968700Did not deliver
Thomas Bruns650800Below expectations
Samuel Scheimann832500Did not deliver

Vitesse (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Armando Obispo26234401Good
Riechedly Bazoer22172531Good
Oussama Tannane17135454Excellent
Nouha Dicko19121341Good
Jay-Roy Grot2287221Fair
Eli Dasa1084301Fair
Sondre Tronstad646500Did not deliver
Keisuke Honda427000Fair
Joshua Brenet426400Did not deliver
Kostas Lamprou0000Did not deliver

Waalwijk (17 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Hannes Delcroix23205811Good
Clint Leemans21183743Excellent
Daan Rienstra21167100Below expectations
Jurien Gaari18158001Below expectations
Stijn Spierings17152533Excellent
Anas Tahiri23129131Fair
Hans Mulder18127710Did not deliver
Mario Bilate17125802Fair
Sylla Sow20123842Good
Darren Maatsen19113921Good
Paul Quasten1397811Did not deliver
Dylan Vente1795000Did not deliver
Stanley Elbers1276811Below expectations
Fabian Sporkslede654000Did not deliver
Kees Heemskerk322800Did not deliver
Kevin Vermeulen510310Did not deliver
Dylan Seys36000Did not deliver

Willem II (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Sebastian Holmen26234011Excellent
Mats Köhlert26217964Excellent
Miquel Nelom16113200Did not deliver
Bart Nieuwkoop17103900Did not deliver
Paul Gladon1820210Did not deliver
Jhonny Quinonez *510700Investment
Elton Kabangu *44400Investment
Signings Report · Eredivisie 2019/20 · December 23, 2019