2011–12 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season 2011–12
Biggest home win Heracles Almelo 7 - 0 VVV-Venlo
Roda JC 7 - 0 Excelsior
Biggest away win Excelsior 0 - 5 SC Heerenveen
Highest scoring FC Utrecht 6 - 4 AFC Ajax

The 2011–12 Eredivisie is the fifty-sixth season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season [1] and will end in June with the last matches of the European competition and relegation playoffs.

Contents

Teams

A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league, the best 15 teams from the 2010–11 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2010–11 Eerste Divisie champions.

Location of teams in Eredivisie 2011–12
Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000
AFC Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 52,342
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,000
SBV Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 3,531
Feyenoord Rotterdam Stadion Feijenoord 51,577
De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
FC Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,580
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,800
Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 8,500
NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000
N.E.C. Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,470
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,500
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
FC Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 32,000
FC Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 24,426
SBV Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,000
VVV-Venlo Venlo De Koel 8,000

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
N.E.C. Vloet, WiljanWiljan Vloet Signed by Sparta Rotterdam 1 July 2011[2] Pre-season Pastoor, AlexAlex Pastoor 1 July 2011[2]
SBV Excelsior Pastoor, AlexAlex Pastoor Signed by NEC 1 July 2011[2] Pre-season Lammers, JohnJohn Lammers 1 July 2011[3]
FC Utrecht du Chatinier, TonTon du Chatinier Mutual consent 1 July 2011[4] Pre-season Koeman, ErwinErwin Koeman 1 July 2011[5]
De Graafschap Kalezić, DarijeDarije Kalezić End of contract 1 July 2011[6] Pre-season Ulderink, AndriesAndries Ulderink 1 July 2011[7]
VVV-Venlo Boessen, WilWil Boessen End of interim spell 1 July 2011[8] Pre-season De Boeck, GlenGlen De Boeck 15 June 2011[9]
FC Twente Preud'homme, MichelMichel Preud'homme Signed by Al-Shabab 1 July 2011[10] Pre-season Adriaanse, CoCo Adriaanse 1 July 2011[11]
SBV Vitesse Ferrer, AlbertAlbert Ferrer End of contract 1 July 2011[12][13] Pre-season van den Brom, JohnJohn van den Brom 1 July 2011[13]
ADO Den Haag van den Brom, JohnJohn van den Brom Signed by Vitesse 1 July 2011[14] Pre-season Steijn, MauriceMaurice Steijn 1 July 2011[14]
Feyenoord Been, MarioMario Been Resigned 13 July 2011[15] Pre-season Koeman, RonaldRonald Koeman 21 July 2011[16]
FC Utrecht Koeman, ErwinErwin Koeman Resigned 18 October 2011[17] 10 Wouters, JanJan Wouters 18 October 2011[18]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 AZ 17 12 2 3 36 15 +21 38 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 PSV 17 11 4 2 48 19 +29 37 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Twente 17 9 6 2 43 18 +25 33 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 Ajax 17 9 6 2 46 23 +23 33 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Feyenoord 17 9 4 4 34 22 +12 31 Qualification to the European competition Playoffs
6 Vitesse 17 8 5 4 23 16 +7 29
7 Heerenveen 17 7 7 3 39 28 +11 28
8 Groningen 17 7 5 5 31 29 +2 26
9 Roda JC 17 8 0 9 29 38 −9 24
10 NAC Breda 17 6 3 8 24 28 −4 21
11 ADO Den Haag 17 6 3 8 22 31 −9 21
12 Heracles 17 5 5 7 27 25 +2 20
13 RKC Waalwijk 17 5 3 9 17 28 −11 18
14 Utrecht 17 4 5 8 28 35 −7 17
15 NEC 17 5 2 10 17 27 −10 17
16 De Graafschap 17 3 3 11 16 39 −23 12 Qualification to the Relegation Playoffs
17 VVV-Venlo 17 2 4 11 16 42 −26 10
18 Excelsior 17 1 5 11 11 43 −32 8 Relegation to the 2012–13 Eerste Divisie

Updated to games played on 18 December 2011
Source: Eredivisie (official site) (Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 ADO AJX AZ EXC FEY GRA GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC TWE UTR VIT VVV
ADO Den Haag 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–0
Ajax 4–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 5–1 2–2 a 1–1 4–1
AZ 3–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–0
Excelsior 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–5 0–2 1–0 2–3 0–2
Feyenoord 0–3 a a 4–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 4–0
De Graafschap 0–3 1–4 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 0–1
Groningen 4–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 6–0 a 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–1
Heerenveen 4–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–5 1–1 1–5
Heracles 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 7–0
NAC Breda 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 a 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
NEC 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–0
PSV 2–2 6–1 a 6–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 7–1 1–0
RKC Waalwijk 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–4
Roda JC 0–4 7–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 4–3 0–2 2–1
Twente 5–2 2–0 2–2 4–0 a 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–1
Utrecht 6–4 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–6
Vitesse 0–4 0–0 1–1 a 1–1 4–0 5–0 2–1 4–0
VVV-Venlo 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–3 3–3 4–1 2–0 0–0

Updated to games played on 18 December 2011
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: Eredivisie (official site) (Dutch), Soccerway

Pos. Player Club Goals
1 Bas Dost Heerenveen 14
2 Dries Mertens PSV 13
3 Miralem Sulejmani Ajax 11
John Guidetti Feyenoord 11
Tim Matavž Groningen / PSV 11
6 Marc Janko Twente 10
Luuk de Jong Twente 10
Ola Toivonen PSV 10

Updated to games played on 18 December 2011

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Wiljan Vloet vertrekt naar Sparta Rotterdam, Alex Pastoor wordt de nieuwe hoofdtrainer van N.E.C." (in Dutch). N.E.C. Nijmegen. 6 April 2011. http://www.nec-nijmegen.nl/home/04664_wiljan-vloet-vertrekt-naar-sparta-rotterdam-alex-pastoor-wordt-de-nieuwe-hoofdtrainer-van-n-e-c. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
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  4. ^ "Ton du Chatinier vertrekt bij FC Utrecht" (in Dutch). FC Utrecht. 19 May 2011. http://fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/actueel/3692/ton-du-chatinier-vertrekt-bij-fc-utrecht-video-update. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
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  10. ^ "Michel Preud'homme naar Al-Shabab" (in Dutch). FC Twente. 13 June 2011. http://www.fctwente.nl/nieuws/michel-preudhomme-naar-al-shabab/. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
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