They reached the Europa League group stage by beating FC Zorya Luhansk 4–3 at home after an away draw.

Their round of 32 match-up in the Europa League against A.S. Roma marked the end of their European campaign; they lost 2–3 on aggregate.

They lost their play-off match-up with SC Heerenveen for the last remaining European ticket, which means they will only play domestically in the 2015–16 season.

The team managed to come back from their early 17th league position and climbed to fourth place by the halfway point.

[4] They beat amateur sides SV Honselersdijk, VOC, FC Horst and ASWH in pre-season friendlies.

Porto was announced, both played as defensive backs the previous season and were bronze medalists in the Dutch squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

[14][15] The last pre-season friendly ended in a 1–1 draw at home against Spanish side Real Sociedad; Mitchell te Vrede scored the lone Feyenoord goal.

Luke Wilkshire came from FC Dynamo Moscow without transfer fee and Bilal Başaçikoğlu was obtained from SC Heerenveen for three and a half million euros.

[23] Feyenoord opened their league campaign on the road against ADO Den Haag, they won this game 1–0 after a stoppage time goal by Te Vrede.

[25] This game saw two goals in three minutes, one by each team, and ended as a 1–1 draw after Te Vrede's equalizer levelled the score in the second half.

[27] The following Sunday, Feyenoord last their first game, it ended as 1–2 at home against FC Utrecht despite a first half lead from a Te Vrede goal.

Feyenoord secured their first European group stage appearance since 2008 on 28 August in a seven-goal home game against Luhansk.

[30] The next day the groups stage draw was held, placing Feyenoord with the Spanish title holder Sevilla FC, Belgian side Standard Liège and Croatian HNK Rijeka.

Standard equalized halfway through the second half before Manu's deciding goal shortly before the end of the game gave Feyenoord a 2–1 win.

[41] Feyenoord climbed to the top half of the table on 18 October when they beat Heracles Almelo 2–1 at home after two goals by Manu.

[42] They played Rijeka away in the Europa League on 23 October, a game they lost 3–1, with all goals coming after half time.

[44] Feyenoord beat KNVB Cup holders PEC Zwolle, who had the same number of points going into the game, 2–0 at home on 1 November after second-half goals by both Van Beek and Boëtius.

They fought their way to a two-all draw in the second half with an early goal by Kazim-Richards and a stoppage time strike by Clasie.

[52] The next day, the round of 32 fixtures were drawn for the Europa League; Feyenoord was matched to Italian side A.S. Roma, Serie A runners-up in 2013–14.

[53] On 17 December Feyenoord played away against PSV; they lost the game 4–3 despite goals by Manu, El Ahmadi and Kazim-Richards.

The last day of the year the club announced they loaned Matthew Steenvoorden to FC Dordrecht for the rest of the season.

They got all three points the next Sunday after beating SC Cambuur 2–1 at home 8 February due to El Ahmadi and Kazim-Richards goals just before and just after half time.

Although they conceded twice before half time, Kazim-Richards, Toornstra and Immers scored after the break to give Feyenoord a 3–2 win.

[63] They regained the third league position the following week with a 3–0 home win over NAC Breda when Immers scored one and Te Vrede two goals.

The team won their third straight game on 22 March at home against PSV by a 2–1 margin after two Achahbar goals two minutes apart.

[69] Feyenoord played away at FC Groningen on 26 April; Clasie's first half goal led to a one-all draw.

[71] Feyenoord dropped to fourth place in the final standings, qualifying them for play-off games to clinch the last Dutch berth for the Europa League.

They lost their semi-final game 3–2 on aggregate in the extra time of the second half against SC Heerenveen, which means they will not play European football in the 2015–16 season.

[97] In September 2013, the club announced Adidas would return as kit supplier for Feyenoord for five years starting July 2014.