2007–08 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season 2007-08
Champions PSV
(21st title)
Promoted De Graafschap
VVV-Venlo
Relegated Excelsior
VVV-Venlo
Champions League PSV
FC Twente
UEFA Cup Feyenoord
Ajax
SC Heerenveen
NEC
UEFA Intertoto Cup NAC Breda
Top goalscorer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax, 33)
Biggest home win SC Heerenveen 9-0 Heracles Almelo (2007-10-07)
Biggest away win De Graafschap 1-8 Ajax (2007-08-19)
Highest scoring SC Heerenveen 9-0 Heracles Almelo (2007-10-07)
De Graafschap 1-8 Ajax (2007-08-19)
Average attendance 19,090/game

The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points.

Contents

The following teams are promoted to the Eredivisie at the start of the season:

League table


Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 PSV (C) 34 21 9 4 65 24 +41 72 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Ajax 34 20 9 5 94 45 +49 69 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Third qualifying round playoff
3 NAC Breda 34 19 6 9 48 40 +8 63
4 Twente 34 17 11 6 52 32 +20 62
5 Heerenveen 34 18 6 10 88 48 +40 60
6 Feyenoord 34 18 6 10 64 41 +23 60 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
7 Groningen 34 15 6 13 53 54 −1 51 UEFA Cup 2008-09
First round playoff
8 NEC 34 14 7 13 49 50 −1 49
9 Roda JC 34 12 11 11 55 55 0 47
10 Utrecht 34 13 7 14 59 55 +4 46
11 AZ 34 11 10 13 48 53 −5 43
12 Vitesse 34 12 7 15 46 55 −9 43
13 Sparta Rotterdam 34 9 7 18 52 76 −24 34
14 Heracles 34 8 8 18 34 64 −30 32
15 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 49 −9 31
16 De Graafschap 34 7 9 18 33 64 −31 30 Relegation Playoffs
17 VVV-Venlo (R) 34 7 8 19 44 76 −32 29
18 Excelsior (R) 34 7 6 21 32 75 −43 27 Relegation to the Eerste Divisie

Source: Eredivisie
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.

Eredivisie 2007–08 Winners
PSV
21st Title

Match table

AJX AZ EXC FEY GRA GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT VVV WIL
Ajax 6-1 4-0 3-0 4-1 2-2 4-1 5-1 1-3 0-0 0-2 4-2 6-2 2-2 2-0 4-1 6-1 4-1 AJX
AZ 2-3 3-0 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1-0 1-2 4-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 2-1 4-0 2-0 AZ
Excelsior 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-3 2-5 1-1 0-3 2-0 1-4 1-2 4-3 0-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-0 EXC
Feyenoord 2-2 2-2 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 6-0 5-0 1-3 0-1 3-0 2-0 3-1 3-1 1-0 4-1 2-0 FEY
De Graafschap 1-8 1-2 1-1 1-3 1-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 4-0 0-0 1-1 0-3 3-2 1-2 GRA
FC Groningen 1-2[1] 2-1 3-2 3-2 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-2 5-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 GRO
Heerenveen 2-4 4-0 5-0 1-1 2-3 4-2 9-0 3-0 2-3 2-1 4-3 3-3 1-2 2-3 7-0 5-1 0-0 HEE
Heracles Almelo 0-1 2-1 2-0 3-3 2-0 1-2 2-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-0 2-0 0-3 2-1 2-2 0-0 1-0 HER
NAC Breda 2-3 2-3 2-0 3-1 1-0 0-3 1-5 4-1 1-3 1-1 0-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-0 NAC
NEC 1-1 5-2 0-1 0-2 3-1 5-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 4-2 2-2 2-0 1-0 2-2 1-0 NEC
PSV 0-0 1-1 2-1 4-0 4-1 3-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 5-0 2-4 3-1 1-1 4-1 1-0 3-1 3-0 PSV
Roda JC 2-1 1-1 3-3 1-3 1-0 5-1 1-0 2-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 2-3 3-1 1-1 3-2 4-1 1-1 RJC
Sparta Rotterdam 2-2 2-2 0-1 3-2 6-1 1-3 4-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-4 4-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 2-0 2-2 SPA
FC Twente 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 3-0 0-0 0-1 1-2 2-2 4-3 1-1 2-0 TWE
FC Utrecht 0-1 2-2 4-1 0-3 2-2 1-0 2-2 3-1 0-1 3-2 3-1 3-1 7-1 0-1 2-4 1-4 2-0 UTR
Vitesse 2-2 1-0 3-0 0-1 0-2 2-1 0-1 2-0 3-3 1-0 0-1 1-1 3-0 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-0 VIT
VVV-Venlo 2-2 2-3 3-1 0-0 3-0 2-5 0-4 0-5 1-3 1-2 1-1 3-5 2-0 0-2 1-2 2-0 1-1 VVV
Willem II 2-3 3-0 6-0 3-1 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-1 0-0 3-0 0-1 1-0 2-2 1-3 1-4 4-0 1-2 WIL
AJX AZ EXC FEY GRA GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT VVV WIL

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
33
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax
22
Blaise Nkufo FC Twente
17
Luis Suárez Ajax
16
Robin Nelisse FC Utrecht
15
Marcus Berg FC Groningen
Michael Bradley SC Heerenveen
Kenneth Perez Ajax/PSV
14
Danny Koevermans PSV
Miralem Sulejmani SC Heerenveen

Last updated: April 20, 2008
Source: Eredivisie official website

Play-offs

For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket

  Matches A and B Match G
                         
5  SC Heerenveen 1 1 2  
2  Ajax 2 3 5  
    2  Ajax 1 0 1
  4  FC Twente 2 0 2
4  FC Twente 3 5 8
3  NAC Breda 0 1 1  

For one UEFA Cup playoff ticket

  Matches C and D Match I
                         
10  FC Utrecht 2 1 3  
7  FC Groningen 2 3 5  
    7  FC Groningen 0 1 1
  8  NEC 1 3 4
9  Roda JC 0 0 0
8  NEC 1 2 3  

For one UEFA Cup ticket

  Matches H and I Match J
                         
5  SC Heerenveen 2 2 4  
3  NAC Breda 0 2 2  
    3  NAC Breda 0 0 0
  8  NEC 6 1 7
7  FC Groningen 0 1 1
8  NEC 1 3 4  

The winner of match G, FC Twente, qualifies for UEFA Champions League 2008-09. The loser of match G, Ajax, qualifies for the UEFA Cup 2008-09. The losers of matches A and B, SC Heerenveen and NAC Breda, faced each other in match H. The winner, SC Heerenveen, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The loser of match H, NAC Breda, faced NEC, the winner of the playoffs featuring FC Groningen, NEC, Roda JC and FC Utrecht. NEC won that match, match J, and clinched the final UEFA Cup ticket, while the loser, NAC Breda, qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Team Tournament
FC Twente 3rd Qualifing round UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Ajax UEFA Cup 2008-09
SC Heerenveen UEFA Cup 2008-09
NEC UEFA Cup 2008-09
NAC Breda UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008

Relegation

Round 1
Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2
Go Ahead Eagles 1–4 ADO Den Haag 1–1 0–3
TOP Oss 2–5 Helmond Sport 2–2 0–3
Round 2 (best of 3)
Team #1 Pts Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
ADO Den Haag 6–3 VVV-Venlo 1–0 0–1 2–0
MVV 3 - 6 RKC Waalwijk 1–0 0–2 0–4
FC Zwolle 6–3 FC Den Bosch 0–1 2–1 1–0
Helmond Sport 0–6 De Graafschap 2–3 1–3 Not played
Round 3 (best of 3)
Team #1 Series Win Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
ADO Den Haag 5–2 RKC Waalwijk 1–1 2–2 2–1
FC Zwolle 1-4 De Graafschap 1–3 0–0 Not played

The winners of matches G and H will play in the Eredivisie 2008–09.

Season statistics

Last updated on April 20, 2008.

Scoring

Cards

Overview

Club Location Current manager Previous managers during 2007-08 season
Ajax Amsterdam Adrie Koster Henk ten Cate
AZ Alkmaar Louis van Gaal
Excelsior Rotterdam Ton Lokhoff
Feyenoord Rotterdam Bert van Marwijk
De Graafschap Doetinchem Jan de Jonge
FC Groningen Groningen Ron Jans
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen Gertjan Verbeek
Heracles Almelo Almelo Gert Heerkes Hendrie Krüzen, Ruud Brood
NAC Breda Breda Ernie Brandts
NEC Nijmegen Mario Been
PSV Eindhoven Sef Vergoossen Jan Wouters, Ronald Koeman
Roda JC Kerkrade Raymond Atteveld
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Foeke Booy Adri van Tiggelen, Gert Aandewiel
FC Twente Enschede Fred Rutten
FC Utrecht Utrecht Willem van Hanegem
Vitesse Arnhem Aad de Mos
VVV-Venlo Venlo André Wetzel
Willem II Tilburg Andries Jonker Dennis van Wijk

Stadiums 2007-08

Team Stadium Capacity
Ajax Amsterdam ArenA 51,628
Feyenoord Feijenoord Stadion 51,137
PSV Philips Stadion 35,119
Vitesse Gelredome 26,600
Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,000
Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 24,426
Groningen Euroborg 19,814
Roda JC Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
AZ DSB Stadion 17,023
NAC Rat Verlegh Stadion 17,064
Willem II Willem II Stadion 14,637
Twente Arke Stadion 13,740[2]
NEC Stadion de Goffert 12,470
Sparta Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel 11,026
De Graafschap De Vijverberg 12,600
Heracles Polman Stadion 8,500
VVV-Venlo De Koel 5,998
Excelsior Stadion Woudestein 3,527

Kits 2007-2008

Team Kit maker Shirt sponsor Notes
Ajax Adidas ABN Amro
AZ Quick DSB Bank
Excelsior Masita DSW
Feyenoord Kappa Fortis
De Graafschap kwd Centric
FC Groningen Umbro Noord Lease
SC Heerenveen Umbro Univé
Heracles Almelo Ben Barton Koninklijke Ten Cate
NAC Breda Umbro Sunweb
NEC Nike Jiba
PSV Nike Philips
Roda JC Umbro Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam Kelme Graydon
FC Twente Umbro Arke
FC Utrecht Puma Phanos
Vitesse Legea AFAB
VVV Venlo Erima Seacon Logistics
Willem II Masita Interpolis

References

  1. ^ The match was played on April 16. It had originally been scheduled for April 13, but was suspended and then postponed due to a fire on one of the stands shortly before the match.
  2. ^ An expansion of the stadium started in January 2008 and increased capacity to 24,000