2013–14 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2013–14
← 2012–13

Season

2013–14

← 2012–13

Teams

A total of 20 teams are taking part in the league. SC Cambuur were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2012–13 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie Willem II, whereas Go Ahead Eagles won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing VVV-Venlo who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season. Following the bankruptcy of SC Veendam and AGOVV in 2012-13 and RBC and HFC Haarlem in recent seasons, four teams have been added to bring the division back up to 20 teams. Achilles'29 has been promoted from the Topklasse with the reserve teams of Ajax, FC Twente and PSV being added as well. Topklasse champion Katwijk declined promotion. The reserve teams will not be eligible for promotion or play-off participation.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Achilles '29	Groesbeek	Sportpark De Heikant	4,500
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	4,000
Almere City FC	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
FC Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,100
FC Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
FC Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
S.B.V. Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Trendwork Arena	12,500
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	12,600
Helmond Sport	Helmond	Stadion De Braak	4,100
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	10,000
FC Oss	Oss	Heesen Yachts Stadion	4,700
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
Jong FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,014
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	De Koel	8,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,500

Club

Location

Venue

Capacity

Achilles '29

Groesbeek

Sportpark De Heikant

4,500

Jong Ajax

Amsterdam

Sportpark De Toekomst

4,000

Almere City FC

Almere

Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion

3,000

9,000

4,100

4,600

8,600

3,531

12,500

12,600

4,100

10,000

Heesen Yachts Stadion

4,700

35,000

11,026

3,625

30,014

6,260

8,000

Koning Willem II Stadion

14,500

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dordrecht	23	14	5	4	50	28	+22	47	Promotion to the 2014–15 Eredivisie
2	Willem II	23	13	4	6	41	22	+19	43	Qualification to the Eredivisie play-offs Second round
3	Eindhoven	23	13	4	6	52	36	+16	43
4	VVV-Venlo	23	11	6	6	32	27	+5	39
5	Sparta Rotterdam	23	11	5	7	45	24	+21	38
6	De Graafschap	23	10	6	7	44	31	+13	36
7	Excelsior	23	8	10	5	33	25	+8	34
8	Jong PSV	23	9	6	8	38	33	+5	33
9	Helmond Sport	23	9	6	8	46	49	−3	33
10	Den Bosch	23	9	6	8	36	44	−8	33
11	Volendam	23	9	5	9	39	45	−6	32
12	Emmen	23	8	7	8	40	37	+3	31
13	Jong FC Twente	23	8	6	9	31	30	+1	30
14	Fortuna Sittard	23	8	5	10	30	29	+1	29
15	MVV	23	8	3	12	25	33	−8	27
16	Telstar	23	7	4	12	32	43	−11	25
17	Jong Ajax	23	7	4	12	30	47	−17	25
18	Almere City	23	6	6	11	33	40	−7	24
19	Achilles '29	23	5	4	14	27	53	−26	19
20	Oss	23	5	2	16	22	50	−28	17	Relegation to the 2014–15 Topklasse

Updated to games played on 20 January 2014.
Source: Voetbal International
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.