Eredivisie

For the Eredivisie for female football see: Eredivisie (women)

Eredivisie

Countries	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1956
Number of teams	18
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Eerste Divisie
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	FC Twente (2009–10)
Most championships	AFC Ajax (29)
Website	Official
2010–11 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈerədiˌʋizi]; English: Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the 10th best league in Europe by UEFA.

The top division consists of 18 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the bottom club is automatically relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie (First Division), with the champion of the Eerste Divisie automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The next two clubs from the bottom of the Eredivisie go to separate promotion/relegation playoffs. The playoffs are played in two groups. Each group has one Eredivisie club and three high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie. In both promotion/relegation playoff groups, each club plays a home-and-away series with the other clubs. The winner of each playoff group plays in the following season's Eredivisie, with the other teams going to the Eerste Divisie.

AFC Ajax has won the most titles, 29. PSV Eindhoven is next with 21, and Feyenoord follows with 14. Since 1965, these three clubs have won all except for three titles (the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won the 2010 title).

From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie (after the sponsor, PTT Telecom), which was changed to KPN Telecompetitie in 1999 and to KPN Eredivisie in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the league was called the Holland Casino Eredivisie. Since the 2005-06 season, the league has been sponsored by the Sponsorloterij lottery, but for legal reasons, its name is not attached to the league.

1 Current teams (2010-11)
2 Champions
- 2.1 Number of titles
  - 2.1.1 By Town or City
3 Playoffs
- 3.1 European competition
- 3.2 Relegation
4 Attendance
5 All-Time Ranking (since the introduction of the Eredivisie)
6 UEFA Ranking
7 Topscorers
8 Famous Foreign Players who have played in Eredivsie
9 Media coverage
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

Current teams (2010-11)

Club	City	Position in 2009-10	First season in Eredivisie	Number of seasons in Eredivisie	First season of current spell in Eredivisie	Number of seasons of current spell in Eredivisie	Eredivisie titles ¹	Last Eredivisie title
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	01515th	1957-58	37	2008-09	3	0	-
Ajax	Amsterdam	0022nd	1956-57	55	1956-57	55	29	2003-04
AZ	Alkmaar	0055th	1960-61	35	1998-99	13	2	2008-09
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	0171st; Eerste Divisie	1973-74	18	2010-11	1	0	-
Excelsior	Rotterdam	0183rd; Eerste Divisie	1970-71	16	2010-11	1	0	-
FC Groningen	Groningen	0088th	1956-57	45	2000-01	11	0	-
FC Twente	Enschede	0011st	1956-57	49	1984-85	27	1	2009-10
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	0077th	1970-71	41	1970-71	41	0	-
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	0044th	1956-57	55	1956-57	55	14	1998-99
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	0066th	1962-63	11	2005-06	6	0	-
NAC Breda	Breda	01010th	1956-57	44	2000-01	11	0	-
NEC	Nijmegen	01313th	1967-68	35	1994-95	17	0	-
PSV	Eindhoven	0033rd	1956-57	55	1956-57	55	21	2007–08
Roda JC	Kerkrade	0099th	1956-57	44	1973-74	38	0	-
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	01111th	1990-91	19	1993-94	18	0	-
Vitesse	Arnhem	01414th	1971-72	26	1989-90	22	0	-
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	01212th	1956-57	18	2009-10	2	0	-
Willem II	Tilburg	01617th	1956-57	37	1987-88	24	0	-

^{¹ Only the Eredivisie titles (starting in the 1956-57 season) are displayed here. See below for a table with all national titles included.}

Champions

Year	Winner	Title number	Runner Up	Third
1888-89	VV Concordia	1	HFC	HVV
1889-90	HFC	1	RAP Amsterdam	HVV
1890-91	HVV	1	HFC	RAP Amsterdam
1891-92	RAP Amsterdam	1	RC en VV Rotterdam	HFC
1892-93	HFC	2	RAP Amsterdam	HVV
1893-94	RAP Amsterdam	2	HFC	HVV
1894-95	HFC	3
1895-96	HVV	2
1896-97	RAP Amsterdam	3
1897-98	RAP Amsterdam	4	Vitesse
1898-99	RAP Amsterdam	5	Vitesse
1899-00	HVV	3	Victoria Wageningen
1900-01	HVV	4	Victoria Wageningen
1901-02	HVV	5	Victoria Wageningen
1902-03	HVV	6	Vitesse	Volharding
1903-04	HBS Craeyenhout	1	Velocitas Breda	PW Enschede
1904-05	HVV	7	PW Enschede
1905-06	HBS Craeyenhout	2	PW Enschede
1906-07	HVV	8	PW Enschede
1907-08	Quick Den Haag	1	UD Deventer
1908-09	Sparta	1	Wilhelmina
1909-10	HVV	9	Quick Nijmegen
1910-11	Sparta	2	GVC Wageningen
1911-12	Sparta	3	GVC Wageningen
1912-13	Sparta	4	Vitesse
1913-14	HVV	10	Vitesse	Willem II
1914-15	Sparta	5	Vitesse
1915-16	Willem II	1	Go Ahead	Sparta
1916-17	Go Ahead	1	UVV Utrecht	Willem II
1917-18	Ajax	1	Go Ahead	Willem II
1918-19	Ajax	2	Go Ahead	AFC Amsterdam
1919-20	Be Quick 1887	1	VOC Rotterdam	Go Ahead
1920-21	NAC	1	Be Quick 1887	Ajax
1921-22	Go Ahead	2	Blauw-Wit	NAC Breda
1922-23	RCH	1	Be Quick 1887	Go Ahead
1923-24	Feyenoord	1	Stormvogels	NAC
1924-25	HBS Craeyenhout	3	NAC	Sparta
1925-26	SC Enschede	1	MVV	Feyenoord
1926-27	Heracles	1	NAC	Ajax
1927-28	Feyenoord	2	Ajax	NOAD
1928-29	PSV	1	Go Ahead	Feyenoord
1929-30	Go Ahead	3	Ajax	Velocitas
1930-31	Ajax	3	Feyenoord	PSV
1931-32	Ajax	4	Feyenoord	SC Enschede
1932-33	Go Ahead	4	Feyenoord	Stormvogels
1933-34	Ajax	5	KFC	Willem II
1934-35	PSV	2	Go Ahead	Ajax
1935-36	Feyenoord	3	Ajax	SC Enschede
1936-37	Ajax	6	Feyenoord	PSV
1937-38	Feyenoord	4	Heracles	D.W.S.
1938-39	Ajax	7	D.W.S.	NEC
1939-40	Feyenoord	5	Blauw-Wit	Heracles
1940-41	Heracles	2	PSV	ADO
1941-42	ADO	1	FC Eindhoven	AGOVV
1942-43	ADO	2	Feyenoord	Willem II
1943-44	De Volewijckers	1	VUC Den Haag	LONGA
1944-45	Not played
1945-46	Haarlem	1	Ajax	SC Heerenveen
1946-47	Ajax	8	SC Heerenveen	NEC
1947-48	BVV Den Bosch	1	SC Heerenveen	Go Ahead
1948-49	SVV	1	BVV Den Bosch	AGOVV
1949-50	Limburgia	1	Blauw-Wit	Maurits
1950-51	PSV	3	D.W.S.	Willem II
1951-52	Willem II	2	Hermes DVS	Haarlem
1952-53	RCH	2	FC Eindhoven	Sparta
1953-54	FC Eindhoven	1	D.O.S.	PSV
Introduction of professional football
1954-55	Willem II	3	NAC	PSV
1955-56	Rapid JC	1	NAC	Elinkwijk
Introduction of the Eredivisie
1956-57	Ajax	9	Fortuna '54	SC Enschede
1957-58	D.O.S.	1	SC Enschede	Ajax
1958-59	Sparta	6	Rapid JC	Fortuna '54
1959-60	Ajax	10	Feyenoord	Blauw-Wit
1960-61	Feyenoord	6	Ajax	VVV
1961-62	Feyenoord	7	PSV	Blauw-Wit
1962-63	PSV	4	Ajax	Sparta
1963-64	D.W.S.	1	PSV	SC Enschede
1964-65	Feyenoord	8	D.W.S.	ADO Den Haag
1965-66	Ajax	11	Feyenoord	ADO
1966-67	Ajax	12	Feyenoord	Sparta
1967-68	Ajax	13	Feyenoord	Go Ahead
1968-69	Feyenoord	9	Ajax	FC Twente
1969-70	Ajax	14	Feyenoord	PSV
1970-71	Feyenoord	10	Ajax	ADO Den Haag
1971-72	Ajax	15	Feyenoord	FC Twente
1972-73	Ajax	16	Feyenoord	FC Twente
1973-74	Feyenoord	11	FC Twente	Ajax
1974-75	PSV	5	Feyenoord	Ajax
1975-76	PSV	6	Feyenoord	Ajax
1976-77	Ajax	17	PSV	AZ '67
1977-78	PSV	7	Ajax	AZ '67
1978-79	Ajax	18	Feyenoord	PSV
1979-80	Ajax	19	AZ '67	PSV
1980-81	AZ '67	1	Ajax	FC Utrecht
1981-82	Ajax	20	PSV	AZ '67
1982-83	Ajax	21	Feyenoord	PSV
1983-84	Feyenoord	12	PSV	Ajax
1984-85	Ajax	22	PSV	Feyenoord
1985-86	PSV	8	Ajax	Feyenoord
1986-87	PSV	9	Ajax	Feyenoord
1987-88	PSV	10	Ajax	FC Twente
1988-89	PSV	11	Ajax	FC Twente
1989-90	Ajax	23	PSV	FC Twente
1990-91	PSV	12	Ajax	FC Groningen
1991-92	PSV	13	Ajax	Feyenoord
1992-93	Feyenoord	13	PSV	Ajax
1993-94	Ajax	24	Feyenoord	PSV
1994-95	Ajax	25	Roda JC	PSV
1995-96	Ajax	26	PSV	Feyenoord
1996-97	PSV	14	Feyenoord	FC Twente
1997-98	Ajax	27	PSV	Vitesse
1998-99	Feyenoord	14	Willem II	PSV
1999-00	PSV	15	SC Heerenveen	Feyenoord
2000-01	PSV	16	Feyenoord	Ajax
2001-02	Ajax	28	PSV	Feyenoord
2002-03	PSV	17	Ajax	Feyenoord
2003-04	Ajax	29	PSV	Feyenoord
2004-05	PSV	18	Ajax	AZ
2005-06	PSV	19	AZ	Feyenoord
2006-07	PSV	20	Ajax	AZ
2007-08	PSV	21	Ajax	NAC Breda
2008-09	AZ	2	FC Twente	Ajax
2009-10	FC Twente	1	Ajax	PSV

Number of titles

Club	#
Ajax	29
PSV Eindhoven	21
Feyenoord	14
HVV	10
Sparta Rotterdam	6
RAP Amsterdam	5
Go Ahead Eagles	4
HBS Craeyenhout, HFC, Willem II	3
ADO Den Haag, AZ Alkmaar, Heracles Almelo, RCH	2
Be Quick 1887, D.O.S., BVV Den Bosch, D.W.S., De Volewijckers, FC Eindhoven, Haarlem, Limburgia, NAC Breda, Quick Den Haag, Rapid JC, SVV, VV Concordia, FC Twente, SC Enschede	1

By Town or City

Town or city	Number of titles	Clubs
Amsterdam	36	Ajax (29), RAP Amsterdam (5), DWS (1), De Volewijckers (1)
Eindhoven	22	PSV (21), FC Eindhoven (1)
Rotterdam	21	Feyenoord (14), Sparta (6), VV Concordia (1)
The Hague	16	HVV (10), HBS Craeyenhout (3), ADO Den Haag (2), Quick Den Haag (1)
Haarlem	6	HFC (3), RCH (2), Haarlem (1)
Deventer	4	Go Ahead Eagles (4)
Tilburg	3	Willem II (3)
Alkmaar	2	AZ Alkmaar (2)
Almelo	2	Heracles (2)
Enschede	2	FC Twente (1), SC Enschede (1)
Breda	1	NAC Breda (1)
Brunssum	1	Limburgia (1)
Den Bosch	1	BVV Den Bosch (1)
Groningen	1	Be Quick 1887 (1)
Kerkrade	1	Rapid JC (1)
Schiedam	1	SVV (1)
Utrecht	1	DOS (1)

Playoffs

European competition

The KNVB introduced a playoff system in 2005-06 for the second to ninth placed clubs. The playoff system has been criticized by clubs, players and fans as the number of matches will increase. The system also makes it possible that the second-place team is forced the enter the UEFA Intertoto Cup while a lower placed team enters the qualifying round of the Champions League (only if the cup winner is below 5th position). This happened in 2005-06; AZ, 2nd in competition, had to play for the UEFA Cup, while Ajax, 4th in competition, went into the Champions League qualifying round, the same thing happened at the end of the 2007-08 season when Ajax, ranked 2nd in regular season, lost the playoff final match to FC Twente, meaning Twente went into the Champions League and Ajax the UEFA Cup.

Teams ending in positions 5th,6th,7th, 8th (or possibly sixth through ninth, depending on the KNVB Cup finalists and their respective position in the league) will play in play-offs for a ticket in the Europa League.^[1]

Pos after round 34	playoff	next season
1	none	Champions League group stage
2	none	Champions League 2^nd qualifying round for non-champions
3	none	Europa League 4^th qualifying round
4	none	Europa League 3^rd qualifying round
5	Europa League Playoff	5 vs 8 and 6 vs 7; the two winners advance to the second round; winner: Europa League 2^nd qualifying round
6
7
8

Cup	post season playoff	next season
winner	none	Europa League 4^th qualifying round
Runner Up	none	Europa League 2^nd qualifying round; ONLY if Cup Winner finishes 1^st-2^nd in competition

Relegation

The club at the bottom of the league (18th) is automatically relegated and switches places with the champion of the Eerste Divisie. The next-lowest two teams (16th and 17th) play in a promotion/relegation knock-out playoff known as the Nacompetitie, in which they will face eight teams from the Eerste Divisie. Of those eight teams, six are periodical champions (bases on results held during the six periods in which the season is divided) and the other two are the highest ranking teams, that haven't held a periodical title yet. Teams finishing above 16th automatically stay in the Eredivisie.

Attendance

Since the beginning of the league, there have been three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. Clubs like Heerenveen, FC Twente and FC Groningen also have fairly large fanbases. The regular season average league attendance was just over 7,000 in 1990, but this figure has risen sharply over the years thanks to the opening of new stadiums and the expansion of existing ones nationwide. Average attendance for the 2008-09 season was 19,827, with AFC Ajax having the largest (49,014) and FC Volendam having the smallest (5,460). Ajax' figures however differ from those provided by the Amsterdam ArenA since the club counts all tickets sold instead of the number of people going through the turnstiles.

Season 2008–09 average attendance

Club	Attendance
Ajax	49,014
Feyenoord	44,044
PSV	33,406
Heerenveen	25,594
FC Twente	23,338
FC Groningen	21,905
FC Utrecht	20,276
Vitesse	18,059
NAC Breda	16,855
AZ	16,462
Roda JC	14,641
Willem II	13,256
N.E.C.	12,341
De Graafschap	12,206
Sparta Rotterdam	10,843
ADO Den Haag	10,319
Heracles Almelo	8,459
FC Volendam	5,460
Average	19,827

All-Time Ranking (since the introduction of the Eredivisie)

Last updated following the 2009-10 season

Rank	Club	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	Avg. Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Champions
1	Ajax	55	1821	1203	319	299	3926	2.16	4640	1905	2735	21
2	PSV	55	1821	1089	413	329	3660	2.01	4152	1914	2238	18
3	Feyenoord	55	1821	1033	432	356	3531	1.94	3925	2087	1838	9
4	FC Twente	54	1787	779	477	531	2814	1.57	2904	2359	545	1
5	Sparta Rotterdam	52	1719	603	485	631	2294	1.33	2601	2667	-66	1
6	Roda JC	44	1463	571	376	516	2089	1.43	2251	2126	125
7	FC Groningen	44	1437	479	408	560	1845	1.28	2028	2195	-203
8	FC Utrecht	41	1371	491	351	519	1824	1.33	1885	2041	-156
9	NAC Breda	44	1451	469	383	599	1790	1.23	1975	2403	-431
10	AZ/Alkmaar'67	34	1123	458	290	375	1664	1.48	1824	1553	271	2
11	ADO/FC Den Haag	36	1208	402	308	499	1511	1.25	1745	1960	-215'
12	Willem II	37	1217	384	279	554	1431	1.17	1739	2152	-413
13	MVV	36	1208	350	357	501	1407	1.16	1527	1990	-463
14	NEC	35	1157	319	327	510	1285	1.11	1300	1783	-483
15	Vitesse	26	851	318	249	284	1203	1.41	1231	1192	39
16	Go Ahead Eagles	28	940	302	249	389	1155	1.23	1293	1500	-207
17	sc Heerenveen	19	613	260	147	206	927	1.51	1020	916	104
18	FC Volendam	25	842	228	215	399	899	1.07	994	1513	-519
19	RKC Waalwijk	20	680	211	170	299	803	1.18	891	1108	-217
20	Fortuna Sittard	19	646	179	193	274	730	1.13	756	1005	-249
21	HFC Haarlem	18	612	172	178	262	694	1.13	695	978	-283
22	VVV-Venlo	18	579	168	159	252	663	1.14	777	1038	-247
23	Door Wilskracht Sterk	15	498	167	137	194	638	1.28	691	774	-83	1
24	DOS	14	460	168	109	183	613	1.33	790	848	-58	1
25	De Graafschap	18	579	129	145	305	532	0.92	630	1110	-480
26	FC Den Bosch	15	510	132	133	245	529	1.04	617	928	-311
27	Fortuna '54	12	392	141	99	152	522	1.33	635	700	-65
28	Stormvogels Telstar	14	464	117	141	210	492	1.06	528	754	-226
29	Excelsior	16	511	112	128	271	463	0.91	546	941	-395
30	FC Zwolle/PEC	12	408	99	120	189	417	1.02	496	745	-249
31	Heracles Almelo	10	325	86	79	160	335	1.03	382	627	-245
32	USV Elinkwijk	7	234	65	50	119	245	1.05	306	483	-177
33	FC Amsterdam	6	204	61	56	87	239	1.17	263	321	-58
34	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	6	196	65	42	89	237	1.21	334	401	-67
35	Holland Sport	4	136	37	34	65	138	1.01	168	279	-101
36	RBC Roosendaal	5	170	35	26	109	131	0.77	164	358	-194
37	NOAD	4	136	33	30	73	129	0.95	187	311	-124
38	Sittardia	4	132	32	29	71	125	0.95	148	256	-108
39	FC Dordrecht/Dordrecht '90	5	170	27	38	105	119	0.70	184	387	-203
40	Cambuur Leeuwarden	4	136	25	38	73	113	0.83	139	252	-113
41	Xerxes	2	68	26	17	25	95	1.40	92	95	-3
42	FC Eindhoven	3	102	23	25	54	94	0.92	107	209	-102
43	BV Veendam	2	68	12	23	33	59	0.87	74	127	-53
44	FC Wageningen	2	68	13	18	37	57	0.84	72	137	-65
45	De Volewijckers	2	64	15	10	39	55	0.86	99	189	-90
46	Helmond Sport	2	68	12	18	38	54	0.79	93	162	-69
47	SVV	2	68	13	13	42	52	0.77	62	142	-80

The clubs highlighted in green play in the Eredivisie in the current season. The clubs highlighted in red play in the Eerste Divisie in the current season. The clubs highlighted in grey no longer exist because they have been disestablished or have been merged into another club. Remaining clubs play in lower competitions.

UEFA Ranking

Current National League Ranking

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

Topscorers

Season	Topscorer	Goals	Club
1956-57	Coen Dillen	43	PSV
1957-58	Leo Canjels	32	NAC
1958-59	Leo Canjels	34	NAC
1959-60	Henk Groot	38	Ajax
1960-61	Henk Groot	41	Ajax
1961-62	Dick Tol	27	FC Volendam
1962-63	Pierre Kerkhofs	22	PSV
1963-64	Frans Geurtsen	28	DWS
1964-65	Frans Geurtsen	23	DWS
1965-66	Willy van der Kuijlen Piet Kruiver	23	PSV Feyenoord
1966-67	Johan Cruijff	33	Ajax
1967-68	Ove Kindvall	28	Feyenoord
1968-69	Dick van Dijk Ove Kindvall	30	FC Twente Feyenoord
1969-70	Willy van der Kuijlen	26	PSV
1970-71	Ove Kindvall	24	Feyenoord
1971-72	Johan Cruijff	25	Ajax
1972-73	Cas Janssens Willy Brokamp	18	N.E.C. MVV
1973-74	Willy van der Kuijlen	27	PSV
1974-75	Ruud Geels	30	Ajax
1975-76	Ruud Geels	29	Ajax
1976-77	Ruud Geels	34	Ajax
1977-78	Ruud Geels	30	Ajax
1978-79	Kees Kist	34	AZ'67
1979-80	Kees Kist	27	AZ'67
1980-81	Ruud Geels	22	Sparta
1981-82	Wim Kieft	32	Ajax
1982-83	Peter Houtman	30	Feyenoord
1983-84	Marco van Basten	28	Ajax
1984-85	Marco van Basten	22	Ajax
1985-86	Marco van Basten	37	Ajax
1986-87	Marco van Basten	31	Ajax
1987-88	Wim Kieft	29	PSV
1988-89	Romário	19	PSV
1989-90	Romário	23	PSV
1990-91	Romário Dennis Bergkamp	25	PSV Ajax
1991-92	Dennis Bergkamp	22	Ajax
1992-93	Dennis Bergkamp	26	Ajax
1993-94	Jari Litmanen	26	Ajax
1994-95	Ronaldo	30	PSV
1995-96	Luc Nilis	21	PSV
1996-97	Luc Nilis	21	PSV
1997-98	Nikos Machlas	34	Vitesse
1998-99	Ruud van Nistelrooij	31	PSV
1999-00	Ruud van Nistelrooij	29	PSV
2000-01	Mateja Kežman	24	PSV
2001-02	Pierre van Hooijdonk	24	Feyenoord
2002-03	Mateja Kežman	35	PSV
2003-04	Mateja Kežman	31	PSV
2004-05	Dirk Kuijt	29	Feyenoord
2005-06	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	33	SC Heerenveen/Ajax
2006-07	Afonso Alves	34	sc Heerenveen
2007-08	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	33	Ajax
2008-09	Mounir El Hamdaoui	23	AZ
2009-10	Luis Suárez	35	Ajax

Famous Foreign Players who have played in Eredivsie

Julio Ricardo Cruz
Sergio Romero
Jason Čulina
Brett Emerton
Luke Wilkshire
Gilles De Bilde
Moussa Dembélé
Eric Gerets
Bart Goor
Luc Nilis
Timmy Simons
Thomas Vermaelen
Jan Vertonghen
Afonso Alves
Alex
Michel Bastos
Heurelho Gomes
Márcio Santos
Maxwell
Romário
Ronaldo
Thimothée Atouba
Eyong Enoh
Bryan Ruiz
Danijel Pranjić
Jozef Chovanec
Tomáš Galásek
Zdeněk Grygera
Frank Arnesen
Jesper Grønkjær
Kenneth Perez
Jan Heintze
Brian Laudrup
Michael Laudrup
Søren Lerby
Jan Mølby
Jesper Olsen

Henning Jensen
Ivan Nielsen
Dennis Rommedahl
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Hossam Ghaly
Mido
Michael Ball
Ragnar Klavan
Andres Oper
Sami Hyypiä
Joonas Kolkka
Jari Litmanen
Jérémie Bréchet
Shota Arveladze
Yannis Anastasiou
Angelos Charisteas
Nikos Machlas
Balázs Dzsudzsák
József Kiprich
Frank Stapleton
Bonaventure Kalou
Salomon Kalou
Arouna Koné
Keisuke Honda
Shinji Ono
Mahamadou Diarra
Carlos Salcido
Francisco Javier Rodriguez
Hector Moreno
Finidi George
Nwankwo Kanu
Sunday Oliseh
Harald Berg
Erik Nevland
Hallvar Thoresen
Jefferson Farfán
Jerzy Dudek

Ebi Smolarek
Włodzimierz Smolarek
Cristian Chivu
Bogdan Lobonţ
Gheorghe Popescu
Ioan Sabău
Scott Booth
Colin Cramb
Rob McKinnon
Jamie Smith
Mateja Kežman
Ivica Kralj
Dragoslav Jevrić
Željko Petrović
Miralem Sulejmani
Marko Pantelić
Fandi Ahmad
Miroslav Stoch
Stanislav Griga
Benni McCarthy
Aaron Mokoena
Steve Mokone
Steven Pienaar
Lee Young-Pyo
Park Ji-Sung
Gabri
Marcus Berg
Ralf Edström
Johan Elmander
Glenn Hysén
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Andreas Isaksson
Ove Kindvall
Henrik Larsson
Johann Vogel
Blaise Kufo
Hatem Trabelsi
Luis Suárez
Kalusha Bwalya

Media coverage

Country	Network	Details
Netherlands	Eredivisie Live; NOS	Eredivisie Live (a pay-tv channel) airs all matches live and the NOS broadcasts match summaries on the open channels Nederland 1 and 3
Australia	Setanta Sports	Covers one match per week featuring one of the big clubs (Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, AZ or FC Twente)^[2]
United Kingdom; Ireland	ESPN (UK) ^[3]	ESPN covers two live matches per week
Italy	Sportitalia	One match per week, and highlights, since 2004
Sweden	TV4 Sport	One match every sunday at 14.30 cet.
Hungary	Sport 1 and Sport 2	Live matches every week, two or three times.

References

↑ Nieuwe opzet Europese competities verklaard - De officiële KNVB website
↑ "Dutch Football". Setanta. 2008-11-12. http://www.setanta.com/au/Our-Sports/Football/Dutch/. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
↑ "ESPN secures more football TV rights". Digital Spy. 2009-07-28. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a167937/espn-secures-more-football-tv-rights.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27.

External links

Eredivisie.nl - Official website Eredivisie (Dutch)
KNVB.nl - Official website KNVB (Dutch) / (English)
All Eredivisie statistics 1889-present (English)
Soccerway.com - Eredivisie (English)
Voetbal International - Dutch and international football news (Dutch)
Eredivisie Table, Fixtures & Results (English)
Eredivisie betting Previews and News (English)
Eredivisie Stats, Results, Fixtures and Team Info (English)
Orange Football Blog - Weekly summaries from the Eredivisie and other articles (English)
Eredivisie on Russian WildStat (Russian)
Eredivisie on Russian (Russian)

Eredivisie 2010–11

ADO Den Haag · Ajax · AZ · Excelsior · Feyenoord · De Graafschap · Groningen · Heerenveen · Heracles Almelo · NAC Breda · NEC · PSV · Roda JC · Twente · Utrecht · Vitesse · VVV · Willem II

Football League Championship/Eredivisie seasons

1888–89 · 1889–90 · 1890–91 · 1891–92 · 1892–93 · 1893–94 · 1894–95 · 1895–96 · 1896–97 · 1897–98 · 1898–99 · 1899–00 · 1900–01 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1904–05 · 1905–06 · 1906–07 · 1907–08 · 1908–09 · 1909–10 · 1910–11 · 1911–12 · 1912–13 · 1913–14 · 1914–15 · 1915–16 · 1916–17 · 1917–18 · 1918–19 · 1919–20 · 1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40 · 1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010-11

Top level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Latvia · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales

Former leagues: Czechoslovakia · East Germany · Soviet Union · Yugoslavia