Original Patrick football shirt NEC Nijmegen 2015/16

N.E.C. played in the 2015/16 season after a one-year absence in the Eredivisie. The team finished in tenth place. In addition, the team plays in the KNVB Cup. There it was eliminated in the eighth final by amateur club HHC Hardenberg. Last season, the team from Nijmegen promoted directly to the Eredivisie, by becoming first in the Jupiler League with great force majeure. In 38 games, 101 points were scored and 100 goals scored, a league record. Ernest Faber became the new trainer of N.E.C., because Ruud Brood left for national champion PSV after his successful year as champion trainer, to become an assistant to Phillip Cocu. Assistant coach Roy Hendriksen left to become assistant to Marinus Dijkhuizen at Brentford FC. Jefta Bresser became the new assistant coach.