1956–57 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1956–57
Champions	AFC Ajax (9th title)
Promoted	New league
Relegated	Willem II Eindhoven
European Cup	AFC Ajax
Goals scored	1139
Average goals/game	3.72
Top goalscorer	Coen Dillen PSV Eindhoven - 43 goals ^[1]
Biggest home win	BVV - NAC: 8-0
Biggest away win	Multiple
Highest scoring	PSV - Eindhoven: 7-4
← 1955–56 1957-58 →

The 1956/57 season of the Eredivisie was the first in its history. It was the start of a single professional football competition in the Netherlands, represented by the country's best clubs. ^[2] It was contested by 18 teams, and Ajax won the championship.

1 League standings
2 Matches ^[3]
3 See also
4 References

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drw	Lst	GF	GA	Pts	GD	Notes
1	AFC Ajax	34	22	5	7	64	40	49	+24	Qualified for 1957-58 European Cup
2	Fortuna '54	34	20	5	9	76	48	45	+28	^[1]
3	SC Enschede	34	15	11	8	81	47	41	+34
4	MVV Maastricht	34	15	10	9	53	42	40	+9
5	PSV Eindhoven	34	18	3	13	93	71	39	+22
6	Feijenoord	34	15	9	10	79	58	39	+21
7	VVV '03	34	16	6	12	50	53	38	-3
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	12	10	66	59	36	+7
9	NAC	34	14	8	12	59	61	36	-2
10	DOS	34	17	1	16	79	75	35	-4
11	Rapid JC	34	13	7	14	64	63	33	-1
12	NOAD	34	12	7	15	54	64	31	-10
13	BVC Amsterdam	34	11	8	15	49	67	30	-18
14	GVAV	34	9	10	15	52	66	28	-14
15	BVV	34	11	4	19	70	76	26	-6
16	Elinkwijk	34	10	4	20	52	87	24	-25
17	Willem II	34	8	6	20	59	79	22	-20	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18	FC Eindhoven	34	8	4	22	39	83	20	-44	Relegated to Eerste Divisie

^[1] Winners of the KNVB Cup 1956-57.

Matches ^[3]

	AJX	AMS	BVV	DOS	EIN	ELI	FEI	FOR	GVA	MVV	NAC	NOA	PSV	RJC	ENS	SPA	VVV	WIL
Ajax		2-3	1-0	1-2	3-1	1-0	1-0	0-2	4-2	2-0	1-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	1-1	1-2	1-1	5-0
Amsterdam	1-5		3-2	1-2	2-1	1-2	2-1	1-1	0-1	3-0	0-1	1-0	1-3	0-5	0-2	1-1	4-1	0-6
BVV	3-1	5-2		4-0	1-3	1-2	0-5	1-3	1-2	2-0	8-0	6-0	0-3	3-1	2-2	2-2	1-4	3-2
DOS	0-2	3-2	1-3		0-1	2-3	4-0	3-1	7-1	1-2	4-1	3-1	2-8	2-0	1-4	2-3	1-3	4-1
Eindhoven	0-3	1-1	2-3	0-1		1-0	0-1	1-5	1-1	0-3	2-2	3-1	0-2	0-2	3-2	0-2	0-2	2-3
Elinkwijk	1-2	0-2	4-2	1-6	5-2		5-1	2-2	0-5	0-0	2-1	2-3	0-6	1-4	2-5	1-3	2-2	3-1
Feijenoord	7-3	2-2	5-1	5-1	4-0	3-1		4-0	2-1	2-2	2-2	5-2	2-0	2-3	2-2	0-3	3-0	2-1
Fortuna '54	2-3	3-0	4-1	4-1	4-1	8-1	3-2		3-2	1-1	2-1	0-3	1-3	5-0	4-1	1-1	3-1	0-1
GVAV	1-1	1-1	3-2	3-2	1-1	1-2	4-2	2-0		0-0	1-2	2-0	1-5	1-3	0-3	2-2	5-3	0-3
MVV	1-1	2-0	3-0	2-5	3-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	2-0		1-3	3-0	5-0	2-0	0-0	3-2	1-0	0-0
NAC	1-1	3-1	1-0	4-4	0-1	2-1	1-1	0-2	2-0	2-1		2-2	3-0	1-1	1-1	3-4	3-1	2-1
NOAD	1-4	1-3	0-0	4-2	2-0	3-3	0-0	1-2	3-2	0-0	2-1		2-3	3-2	3-1	3-0	1-2	1-0
PSV	2-3	2-2	2-5	3-2	7-4	0-3	3-1	1-2	5-2	1-3	2-5	3-3		4-1	1-5	3-1	0-1	3-1
Rapid JC	4-2	2-2	4-3	0-3	0-1	2-1	4-1	0-1	2-2	1-1	5-1	1-3	3-1		1-1	0-0	2-0	3-3
SC Enschede	0-1	1-2	4-1	1-2	6-1	4-2	2-3	4-1	1-1	7-2	3-0	1-1	2-2	5-2		1-1	0-0	5-1
Sparta	1-2	1-1	3-3	4-2	6-0	3-0	0-4	0-0	2-2	3-2	1-4	2-1	3-4	4-3	2-0		1-1	3-1
VVV '03	0-0	3-2	3-1	0-1	2-1	2-1	2-2	2-3	1-0	1-3	1-0	2-1	1-5	2-1	0-1	2-1		3-1
Willem II	0-1	1-2	1-0	2-3	3-2	4-0	3-3	2-3	0-0	5-2	2-4	1-2	0-6	1-2	2-2	0-0	6-3

References

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Football in the Netherlands

Overview

Football Association · League system · Clubs · Stadiums · Champions · Players · Managers · Referees · Footballer of the Year

International

Men	Netherlands · U-21 · U-19 · U-17 · Variants (Beach · Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie · Eerste Divisie · Tweede Divisie (defunct) · Topklasse · Hoofdklasse · Eerste Klasse · Tweede Klasse · Derde Klasse · Vierde Klasse · Vijfde Klasse · Zesde Klasse · Zevende Klasse

Women	Eredivisie · Topklasse · Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup · Johan Cruijff Shield · KNVB Amateur Cup · KNVB District Cup · KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup

1956–57 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria '56 '57 · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Estonia '56 '57 · Faroe Islands '56 '57 · Finland '56 '57 · France · East Germany '56 '57 · West Germany '56 '57 · Greece · Hungary '56 '57 · Iceland '56 '57 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '56 '57 · Lithuania '56 '57 · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland '56 '57 · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Scotland · Soviet Union '56 '57 · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '56 '57 · Finland '56 '57 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '56 '57 · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '56 '57 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '56 '57 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)

1956–57 Eredivisie

Contents

League standings

Matches [3]

See also

References

Matches ^[3]