1997–98 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1997-98
Champions	Ajax (27th title)
Promoted	MVV
Relegated	FC Groningen FC Volendam
Champions League	Ajax PSV
Cup Winners' Cup	sc Heerenveen
UEFA Cup	Vitesse Feyenoord Willem II
Intertoto Cup	Fortuna Sittard FC Twente
Goals scored	1002
Average goals/game	3.27
Top goalscorer	Nikos Machlas Vitesse 34 goals ^[1]
← 1996-97 1998-99 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1997/1998 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Ajax ¹	34	29	2	3	89	112	22	90	Champions League
2	PSV ¹	34	21	9	4	72	95	44	51	Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Vitesse	34	21	7	6	70	85	48	37	UEFA Cup
4	Feyenoord	34	18	7	9	61	62	40	22
5	Willem II	34	17	4	13	55	66	58	8
6	sc Heerenveen ¹	34	16	7	11	55	56	59	-3	Cup Winners' Cup
7	Fortuna Sittard	34	14	6	14	48	51	53	-2	Intertoto Cup Third round
8	NEC	34	14	2	18	44	40	57	-17
9	FC Twente	34	11	10	13	43	41	42	-1	Intertoto Cup Second round
10	FC Utrecht	34	13	4	17	43	56	64	-8
11	De Graafschap	34	11	9	14	42	45	49	-4
12	NAC	34	12	6	16	42	41	49	-8
13	Sparta	34	10	11	13	41	50	59	-9
14	Roda JC	34	10	8	16	38	44	45	-1
15	MVV	34	9	5	20	32	35	75	-40
16	RKC Waalwijk	34	8	7	19	31	48	71	-23	²
17	FC Groningen	34	7	10	17	31	42	65	-23	²
18	FC Volendam	34	5	6	23	21	33	102	-69	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

¹ Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, just like finalists PSV. sc Heerenveen, the winner of the third place match, would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.
² RKC remained in the eredivisie after winning promotion/relegation play-offs. FC Groningen lost and relegated.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	RKC Waalwijk	6	4	2	0	14	15	5	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Eindhoven	6	1	3	2	6	8	11	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	ADO Den Haag	6	0	5	1	5	5	8
4	FC Emmen	6	0	4	2	4	11	15

Group 2

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA
1	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	4	2	0	14	15	8	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	6	2	2	2	8	8	9
3	FC Groningen	6	1	2	3	5	9	12	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
4	FC Den Bosch	6	1	2	3	5	7	10

References

↑ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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Football in the Netherlands

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International

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

Women	KNVB Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium)

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1997–98 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1997–98 Eredivisie

League standings

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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References