Eredivisie
 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Eerste Divisie |
| Domestic cup(s) |
KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield |
| International cup(s) |
Champions League Europa League |
| Current champions |
PSV (2014–15) |
| Most championships | AFC Ajax (33) |
| TV partners |
Fox Sports Eredivisie NOS (Highlights) |
| Website | Eredivisie.nl |
 2014–15 Eredivisie | |
The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrədiˌvizi]; "Honor Division") is the highest echelon of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. At the end of the 2012–2013 season it was ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA.[1]
The top division consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the club at the bottom is automatically relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie (First Division). At the same time, the champion of the Eerste Divisie will be automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The next two clubs from the bottom of the Eredivisie go to separate promotion/relegation play-offs. The play-offs are played in two groups. Each group has one Eredivisie club and three high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie. In both promotion/relegation play-off groups, each club plays a home-and-away series with the other clubs. The winner of each play-off group plays in the following season's Eredivisie, with the other teams going to the Eerste Divisie.
The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. AFC Ajax has won most titles, 24 (33 national titles). PSV Eindhoven are next with 18 (21), and Feyenoord follow with 9 (14). Since 1965, these three clubs have won all except for three titles (the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won the 2010 title).
From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie (after the sponsor, PTT Telecom), which was changed to KPN Telecompetitie (because PTT Telecom changed its name to KPN Telecom in 1999) and to KPN Eredivisie in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the league was called the Holland Casino Eredivisie. Since the 2005–06 season, the league has been sponsored by the Sponsorloterij (lottery), but for legal reasons its name could not be attached to the league (the Dutch government was against the name, because the Eredivisie would, after Holland Casino's sponsorship, yet again be sponsored by a company providing games of chance). On 8 August 2012 it was made public that the American-based Australian tycoon Rupert Murdoch had secured the rights to the Eredivisie for 12 years at the expense of 1 billion euros, beginning in the 2013/2014 season. Within this deal each Eredivisie club should receive over 4 million euros per year for the duration of the contract.
History
From the foundation of the Netherlands Football League Championship until 1954, the title was decided through play-offs by a handful of clubs who had previously won their regional league.[2] The competition was purely an amateur one; the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) rejected any form of payment and suspended players who were caught receiving salary or transfer fees.[3] The call for professional football grew in the early fifties after many national team members left to play abroad in search for financial benefits.[4] The KNVB would usually suspend these players, preventing them to appear for the Dutch national team. After the North Sea flood of 1953, the Dutch players abroad (mainly playing in the French league) organised a charity match against the French national team in Paris. The match was boycotted by the KNVB, but after the assembled Dutch players defeated the French (2–1), the Dutch public witnessed the heights that could be achieved through professional football.[5] To serve the growing interest, a dissident professional football association (the NBVB) and league were founded for the 1954–55 season.[6] On 3 July 1954, the KNVB met with a group of concerned amateur club chairmen, who feared the best players would join the professional teams. The meeting, dubbed the slaapkamerconferentie ('bedroom conference'), led to the Association reluctantly accepting semi-professionalism.[3]
Meanwhile, both the KNVB and the NBVB started their separate competition. The first professional football match was contested between Alkmaar and Venlo.[3] The leagues went on for eleven rounds, before a merger was negotiated between the two federations in November. Both leagues were cancelled and a new, combined competition emerged immediately. De Graafschap, Amsterdam, Alkmaar and Fortuna '54 from the NBVB were accepted to the new league. Other clubs merged, which led to new names like Rapid J.C., Holland Sport and Roda Sport. The first (semi-)professional league was won by Willem II.[7] For the 1956–57 season, the KNVB abandoned the regional league system. The Eredivisie was founded, in which the eighteen best clubs nationwide directly played for the league title without play-offs. The inaugural members of the Eredivisie in 1956 were Ajax, BVC, BVV, DOS, EVV, Elinkwijk, SC Enschede, Feijenoord, Fortuna '54, GVAV, MVV, NAC, NOAD, PSV, Rapid J.C., Sparta, VVV '03 and Willem II.[8] Ajax was the first team to claim the title that season.[8]
Current teams (2014–15)
| Club |
City | Position in 2013–14 |
First season in Eredivisie |
Number of seasons in Eredivisie |
First season of current spell in Eredivisie |
Number of seasons of current spell in Eredivisie |
Eredivisie titles 1 |
National titles |
Most recent title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | 9th | 1957–58 | 40 | 2008–09 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1943 |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | 1st | 1956–57 | 58 | 1956–57 | 58 | 24 | 33 | 2014 |
| AZ | Alkmaar | 8th | 1968–69 | 37 | 1998–99 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2009 |
| SC Cambuur | Leeuwarden | 12th | 1992–93 | 5 | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| FC Groningen | Groningen | 7th | 1956–57 | 48 | 2000–01 | 14 | 0 | 0 | - |
| FC Twente | Enschede | 3rd | 1965–66 | 47 | 1984–85 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| FC Utrecht | Utrecht | 10th | 1970–71 | 44 | 1970–71 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1958 2 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | 13th | 1963–64 | 29 | 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1933 |
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | 11th | 1978–79 | 14 | 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | 2nd | 1956–57 | 58 | 1956–57 | 58 | 9 | 14 | 1999 |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo | 14th | 1962–63 | 14 | 2005–06 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1941 |
| NAC Breda | Breda | 15th | 1956–57 | 47 | 2000–01 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1921 |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | 3rd, Eerste Divisie | 1967–68 | 38 | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PSV | Eindhoven | 4th | 1956–57 | 58 | 1956–57 | 58 | 18 | 21 | 2008 |
| FC Dordrecht | Dordrecht | 2nd, Eerste Divisie | 1995-96 | 3 | 2014-15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2014 |
| Willem II | Tilburg | 1st, Eerste Divisie | 1956–57 | 47 | 2014-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | 5th | 1990–91 | 22 | 1993–94 | 21 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Vitesse | Arnhem | 6th | 1971–72 | 29 | 1989–90 | 25 | 0 | 0 | - |
1 Only the Eredivisie titles (starting in the 1956–57 season) are displayed here
2 Obtained as DOS
3 Obtained as Rapid JC
National champions
| Year | Winner | Title number | Runner up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888–89 | VV Concordia | 1 | HFC | HVV |
| 1889–90 | HFC | 1 | RAP Amsterdam | HVV |
| 1890–91 | HVV | 1 | HFC | RAP Amsterdam |
| 1891–92 | RAP Amsterdam | 1 | RC en VV Rotterdam | HFC |
| 1892–93 | HFC | 2 | RAP Amsterdam | HVV |
| 1893–94 | RAP Amsterdam | 2 | HFC | HVV |
| 1894–95 | HFC | 3 | Sparta | HVV |
| 1895–96 | HVV | 2 | RAP Amsterdam | Sparta |
| 1896–97 | RAP Amsterdam | 3 | HVV | HBS Craeyenhout |
| 1897–98 | RAP Amsterdam | 4 | Vitesse | |
| 1898–99 | RAP Amsterdam | 5 | Vitesse | |
| 1899-00 | HVV | 3 | Victoria Wageningen | |
| 1900–01 | HVV | 4 | Victoria Wageningen | |
| 1901–02 | HVV | 5 | Victoria Wageningen | |
| 1902–03 | HVV | 6 | Vitesse | Volharding |
| 1903–04 | HBS Craeyenhout | 1 | Velocitas Breda | PW Enschede |
| 1904–05 | HVV | 7 | PW Enschede | |
| 1905–06 | HBS Craeyenhout | 2 | PW Enschede | |
| 1906–07 | HVV | 8 | PW Enschede | |
| 1907–08 | Quick Den Haag | 1 | UD Deventer | |
| 1908–09 | Sparta | 1 | Wilhelmina | |
| 1909–10 | HVV | 9 | Quick Nijmegen | |
| 1910–11 | Sparta | 2 | GVC Wageningen | |
| 1911–12 | Sparta | 3 | GVC Wageningen | |
| 1912–13 | Sparta | 4 | Vitesse | |
| 1913–14 | HVV | 10 | Vitesse | Willem II |
| 1914–15 | Sparta | 5 | Vitesse | |
| 1915–16 | Willem II | 1 | Go Ahead | Sparta |
| 1916–17 | Go Ahead | 1 | UVV Utrecht | Willem II |
| 1917–18 | Ajax | 1 | Go Ahead | Willem II |
| 1918–19 | Ajax | 2 | Go Ahead | AFC Amsterdam |
| 1919–20 | Be Quick 1887 | 1 | VOC Rotterdam | Go Ahead |
| 1920–21 | NAC | 1 | Be Quick 1887 | Ajax |
| 1921–22 | Go Ahead | 2 | Blauw-Wit | NAC Breda |
| 1922–23 | RCH | 1 | Be Quick 1887 | Go Ahead |
| 1923–24 | Feyenoord | 1 | Stormvogels | NAC |
| 1924–25 | HBS Craeyenhout | 3 | NAC | Sparta |
| 1925–26 | SC Enschede | 1 | MVV | Feyenoord |
| 1926–27 | Heracles | 1 | NAC | Ajax |
| 1927–28 | Feyenoord | 2 | Ajax | NOAD |
| 1928–29 | PSV | 1 | Go Ahead | Feyenoord |
| 1929–30 | Go Ahead | 3 | Ajax | Velocitas |
| 1930–31 | Ajax | 3 | Feyenoord | PSV |
| 1931–32 | Ajax | 4 | Feyenoord | SC Enschede |
| 1932–33 | Go Ahead | 4 | Feyenoord | Stormvogels |
| 1933–34 | Ajax | 5 | KFC | Willem II |
| 1934–35 | PSV | 2 | Go Ahead | Ajax |
| 1935–36 | Feyenoord | 3 | Ajax | SC Enschede |
| 1936–37 | Ajax | 6 | Feyenoord | PSV |
| 1937–38 | Feyenoord | 4 | Heracles | DWS |
| 1938–39 | Ajax | 7 | DWS | NEC |
| 1939–40 | Feyenoord | 5 | Blauw-Wit | Heracles |
| 1940–41 | Heracles | 2 | PSV | ADO |
| 1941–42 | ADO | 1 | FC Eindhoven | AGOVV |
| 1942–43 | ADO | 2 | Feyenoord | Willem II |
| 1943–44 | De Volewijckers | 1 | VUC Den Haag | LONGA |
| 1944–45 | Not played | |||
| 1945–46 | Haarlem | 1 | Ajax | SC Heerenveen |
| 1946–47 | Ajax | 8 | SC Heerenveen | NEC |
| 1947–48 | BVV Den Bosch | 1 | SC Heerenveen | Go Ahead |
| 1948–49 | SVV | 1 | BVV Den Bosch | AGOVV |
| 1949–50 | Limburgia | 1 | Blauw-Wit | Maurits |
| 1950–51 | PSV | 3 | DWS | Willem II |
| 1951–52 | Willem II | 2 | Hermes DVS | Haarlem |
| 1952–53 | RCH | 2 | FC Eindhoven | Sparta |
| 1953–54 | FC Eindhoven | 1 | DOS | PSV |
| Introduction of professional football | ||||
| 1954–55 | Willem II | 3 | NAC | PSV |
| 1955–56 | Rapid JC | 1 | NAC | Elinkwijk |
| Introduction of the Dutch Eredivisie | ||||
| 1956–57 | Ajax | 9 | Fortuna '54 | SC Enschede |
| 1957–58 | DOS | 1 | SC Enschede | Ajax |
| 1958–59 | Sparta | 6 | Rapid JC | Fortuna '54 |
| 1959–60 | Ajax | 10 | Feyenoord | Blauw-Wit |
| 1960–61 | Feyenoord | 6 | Ajax | VVV |
| 1961–62 | Feyenoord | 7 | PSV | Blauw-Wit |
| 1962–63 | PSV | 4 | Ajax | Sparta |
| 1963–64 | DWS | 1 | PSV | SC Enschede |
| 1964–65 | Feyenoord | 8 | DWS | ADO Den Haag |
| 1965–66 | Ajax | 11 | Feyenoord | ADO |
| 1966–67 | Ajax | 12 | Feyenoord | Sparta |
| 1967–68 | Ajax | 13 | Feyenoord | Go Ahead |
| 1968–69 | Feyenoord | 9 | Ajax | FC Twente |
| 1969–70 | Ajax | 14 | Feyenoord | PSV |
| 1970–71 | Feyenoord | 10 | Ajax | ADO Den Haag |
| 1971–72 | Ajax | 15 | Feyenoord | FC Twente |
| 1972–73 | Ajax | 16 | Feyenoord | FC Twente |
| 1973–74 | Feyenoord | 11 | FC Twente | Ajax |
| 1974–75 | PSV | 5 | Feyenoord | Ajax |
| 1975–76 | PSV | 6 | Feyenoord | Ajax |
| 1976–77 | Ajax | 17 | PSV | AZ '67 |
| 1977–78 | PSV | 7 | Ajax | AZ '67 |
| 1978–79 | Ajax | 18 | Feyenoord | PSV |
| 1979–80 | Ajax | 19 | AZ '67 | PSV |
| 1980–81 | AZ '67 | 1 | Ajax | FC Utrecht |
| 1981–82 | Ajax | 20 | PSV | AZ '67 |
| 1982–83 | Ajax | 21 | Feyenoord | PSV |
| 1983–84 | Feyenoord | 12 | PSV | Ajax |
| 1984–85 | Ajax | 22 | PSV | Feyenoord |
| 1985–86 | PSV | 8 | Ajax | Feyenoord |
| 1986–87 | PSV | 9 | Ajax | Feyenoord |
| 1987–88 | PSV | 10 | Ajax | FC Twente |
| 1988–89 | PSV | 11 | Ajax | FC Twente |
| 1989–90 | Ajax | 23 | PSV | FC Twente |
| 1990–91 | PSV | 12 | Ajax | FC Groningen |
| 1991–92 | PSV | 13 | Ajax | Feyenoord |
| 1992–93 | Feyenoord | 13 | PSV | Ajax |
| 1993–94 | Ajax | 24 | Feyenoord | PSV |
| 1994–95 | Ajax | 25 | Roda JC | PSV |
| 1995–96 | Ajax | 26 | PSV | Feyenoord |
| 1996–97 | PSV | 14 | Feyenoord | FC Twente |
| 1997–98 | Ajax | 27 | PSV | Vitesse |
| 1998–99 | Feyenoord | 14 | Willem II | PSV |
| 1999-00 | PSV | 15 | SC Heerenveen | Feyenoord |
| 2000–01 | PSV | 16 | Feyenoord | Ajax |
| 2001–02 | Ajax | 28 | PSV | Feyenoord |
| 2002–03 | PSV | 17 | Ajax | Feyenoord |
| 2003–04 | Ajax | 29 | PSV | Feyenoord |
| 2004–05 | PSV | 18 | Ajax | AZ |
| 2005–06 | PSV | 19 | AZ | Feyenoord |
| 2006–07 | PSV | 20 | Ajax | AZ |
| 2007–08 | PSV | 21 | Ajax | NAC Breda |
| 2008–09 | AZ | 2 | FC Twente | Ajax |
| 2009–10 | FC Twente | 1 | Ajax | PSV |
| 2010–11 | Ajax | 30 | FC Twente | PSV |
| 2011–12 | Ajax | 31 | Feyenoord | PSV |
| 2012–13 | Ajax | 32 | PSV | Feyenoord |
| 2013–14 | Ajax | 33 | Feyenoord | FC Twente |
| 2014–15 | PSV | 22 | Ajax | - |
Dutch titles
| Club | Total titles | Eredivisie titles |
|---|---|---|
| Ajax | 33 | 25 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 22 | 19 |
| Feyenoord | 14 | 9 |
| HVV | 10 | 0 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 1 |
| RAP Amsterdam | 5 | 0 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 0 |
| HBS Craeyenhout, HFC, Willem II | 3 | 0 |
| AZ | 2 | 2 |
| ADO Den Haag, Heracles Almelo, RCH | 2 | 0 |
| DOS, DWS, FC Twente | 1 | 1 |
| Be Quick 1887, BVV Den Bosch, De Volewijckers, FC Eindhoven, Haarlem, Limburgia, NAC Breda, Quick Den Haag, Rapid JC, SVV, VV Concordia, SC Enschede | 1 | 0 |
Playoffs
European competition
| Position | Playoff | Qualification to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Champions League group stage |
| 2 | – | Champions League 3rd qualifying round for non-champions |
| 3/4 | – | Europa League 3rd qualifying round |
| 4 – 7 / 5 – 6 | Europa League | 4th vs 7th and 5th vs 6th or 5th vs 8th and 6th vs 7th; the two winners play each other to qualify for: Europa League 2nd qualifying round |
| Cup winner | – | Europa League Group Stage |
Relegation
| Position | Playoff | Following season |
|---|---|---|
| 16 – 17 | Nacompetitie | Two Eredivisie teams each play two teams from the Eerste Divisie against relegation |
| 18 | – | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
Attendance
Since the beginning of the league, there have been three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. Clubs like Heerenveen, FC Twente and FC Groningen also have fairly large fanbases. The regular season average league attendance was just over 7,000 in 1990, but this figure has risen sharply over the years thanks to the opening of new stadiums and the expansion of existing ones nationwide. Average attendance for the 2008–09 season was 19,827, with AFC Ajax having the largest (49,014) and FC Volendam having the smallest (5,460). Ajax' figures however differ from those provided by the Amsterdam ArenA since the club counts all tickets sold instead of the number of people going through the turnstiles.
Season 2012–13 average attendance
| Club | Attendance |
|---|---|
| Ajax | 50,490 |
| Feyenoord | 45,500 |
| PSV | 33,129 |
| Heerenveen | 24,732 |
| FC Twente | 29,453 |
| FC Groningen | 21,126 |
| FC Utrecht | 17,153 |
| Vitesse | 18,462 |
| NAC Breda | 17,324 |
| AZ | 16,462 |
| Roda JC | 13,501 |
| Willem II | 11,313 |
| NEC | 12,341 |
| PEC Zwolle | 12,500 |
| ADO Den Haag | 10,319 |
| Heracles Almelo | 8,459 |
| Average | 19,827 |
All-time ranking (since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956)
- Last updated following the 2012–13 season
| Rank | Club | Seasons | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points | Avg. Points | Goals for | Goals against | Goal difference | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax | 57 | 1855 | 1225 | 326 | 304 | 3999 | 2.16 | 4712 | 1935 | 2777 | 24 |
| 2 | PSV | 57 | 1855 | 1109 | 422 | 334 | 3729 | 2.01 | 4231 | 1948 | 2283 | 18 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 57 | 1855 | 1045 | 440 | 370 | 3575 | 1.93 | 3978 | 2041 | 1837 | 9 |
| 4 | FC Twente (including games played as Sportclub Enschede) | 56 | 1821 | 800 | 485 | 536 | 2885 | 1.58 | 2969 | 2393 | 576 | 1 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 52 | 1719 | 603 | 485 | 631 | 2294 | 1.33 | 2601 | 2667 | -66 | 1 |
| 6 | Roda JC | 46 | 1497 | 585 | 389 | 523 | 2144 | 1.43 | 2316 | 2176 | 140 | |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 46 | 1471 | 496 | 414 | 571 | 1902 | 1.29 | 2093 | 2247 | -190 | |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 43 | 1395 | 504 | 359 | 532 | 1871 | 1.33 | 1940 | 2092 | -152 | |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 46 | 1485 | 481 | 388 | 616 | 1830 | 1.23 | 2015 | 2463 | -446 | |
| 10 | AZ/'67 | 36 | 1157 | 475 | 298 | 384 | 1723 | 1.49 | 1879 | 1597 | 271 | 2 |
| 11 | ADO/FC Den Haag | 38 | 1242 | 418 | 314 | 511 | 1565 | 1.26 | 1808 | 2015 | -207' | |
| 12 | Willem II | 37 | 1251 | 387 | 285 | 579 | 1446 | 1.16 | 1776 | 2250 | -474 | |
| 13 | MVV | 36 | 1208 | 350 | 357 | 501 | 1407 | 1.16 | 1527 | 1990 | -463 | |
| 14 | NEC | 37 | 1191 | 329 | 340 | 521 | 1328 | 1.11 | 1357 | 1839 | -482 | |
| 15 | Vitesse | 28 | 885 | 327 | 257 | 301 | 1238 | 1.40 | 1273 | 1253 | 20 | |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 28 | 940 | 302 | 249 | 389 | 1155 | 1.23 | 1293 | 1500 | -207 | |
| 17 | sc Heerenveen | 20 | 647 | 270 | 158 | 219 | 968 | 1.50 | 1080 | 970 | 110 | |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 25 | 842 | 228 | 215 | 399 | 899 | 1.07 | 994 | 1513 | -519 | |
| 19 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 680 | 211 | 170 | 299 | 803 | 1.18 | 891 | 1108 | -217 | |
| 20 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 646 | 179 | 193 | 274 | 730 | 1.13 | 756 | 1005 | -249 | |
| 21 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 612 | 172 | 178 | 262 | 694 | 1.13 | 695 | 978 | -283 | |
| 22 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 613 | 174 | 162 | 277 | 684 | 1.12 | 811 | 1114 | -289 | |
| 23 | Door Wilskracht Sterk | 15 | 498 | 167 | 137 | 194 | 638 | 1.28 | 691 | 774 | -83 | 1 |
| 24 | DOS | 14 | 460 | 168 | 109 | 183 | 613 | 1.33 | 790 | 848 | -58 | 1 |
| 25 | De Graafschap | 20 | 613 | 138 | 156 | 319 | 570 | 0.93 | 661 | 1166 | -505 | |
| 26 | FC Den Bosch | 15 | 510 | 132 | 133 | 245 | 529 | 1.04 | 617 | 928 | -311 | |
| 27 | Fortuna '54 | 12 | 392 | 141 | 99 | 152 | 522 | 1.33 | 635 | 700 | -65 | |
| 28 | Excelsior | 17 | 545 | 122 | 133 | 290 | 498 | 0.91 | 591 | 1007 | -416 | |
| 29 | Stormvogels Telstar | 14 | 464 | 117 | 141 | 210 | 492 | 1.06 | 528 | 754 | -226 | |
| 30 | FC Zwolle/PEC | 12 | 408 | 99 | 120 | 189 | 417 | 1.02 | 496 | 745 | -249 | |
| 31 | Heracles Almelo | 12 | 359 | 100 | 87 | 173 | 384 | 1.07 | 447 | 683 | -236 | |
| 32 | USV Elinkwijk | 7 | 234 | 65 | 50 | 119 | 245 | 1.05 | 306 | 483 | -177 | |
| 33 | FC Amsterdam | 6 | 204 | 61 | 56 | 87 | 239 | 1.17 | 263 | 321 | -58 | |
| 34 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 6 | 196 | 65 | 42 | 89 | 237 | 1.21 | 334 | 401 | -67 | |
| 35 | Holland Sport | 4 | 136 | 37 | 34 | 65 | 138 | 1.01 | 168 | 279 | -101 | |
| 36 | RBC Roosendaal | 5 | 170 | 35 | 26 | 109 | 131 | 0.77 | 164 | 358 | -194 | |
| 37 | NOAD | 4 | 136 | 33 | 30 | 73 | 129 | 0.95 | 187 | 311 | -124 | |
| 38 | Sittardia | 4 | 132 | 32 | 29 | 71 | 125 | 0.95 | 148 | 256 | -108 | |
| 39 | FC Dordrecht/Dordrecht '90 | 5 | 170 | 27 | 38 | 105 | 119 | 0.70 | 184 | 387 | -203 | |
| 40 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 4 | 136 | 25 | 38 | 73 | 113 | 0.83 | 139 | 252 | -113 | |
| 41 | Xerxes | 2 | 68 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 95 | 1.40 | 92 | 95 | -3 | |
| 42 | FC Eindhoven | 3 | 102 | 23 | 25 | 54 | 94 | 0.92 | 107 | 209 | -102 | |
| 43 | BV Veendam | 2 | 68 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 59 | 0.87 | 74 | 127 | -53 | |
| 44 | FC Wageningen | 2 | 68 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 57 | 0.84 | 72 | 137 | -65 | |
| 45 | De Volewijckers | 2 | 64 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 55 | 0.86 | 99 | 189 | -90 | |
| 46 | Helmond Sport | 2 | 68 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 54 | 0.79 | 93 | 162 | -69 | |
| 47 | SVV | 2 | 68 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 0.77 | 62 | 142 | -80 |
- The clubs highlighted in green play in the Eredivisie in the current season
- The clubs highlighted in red play in the Eerste Divisie in the current season
- The clubs highlighted in grey no longer exist because they have been disestablished or have been merged into another club
- Remaining clubs play in lower competitions
Top scorers
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Media coverage
| Country | Network | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | Fox Sports Eredivisie; NOS | Fox Sports Eredivisie (a pay-TV channel) airs all matches live and the NOS broadcasts match summaries on the open channels Nederland 1 and 3 |
| Australia | Setanta Sports | Covers three matches per week featuring the big clubs (Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, AZ or FC Twente)[13] |
| Brazil | ESPN Brasil | One match per week |
| India | NEO Sports | One match per week |
| Romania | Sport 1 | One match per week, and highlights, since 2008 |
| Sport.ro | Two matches per week, since 2012 | |
| Italy | Fox Sports | Two matches per week, and highlights, since 2013 |
| Sweden | TV4 Sport | One match every Sunday at 14:30 CET |
| Hungary | Sport 1 and Sport 2 | Live matches every week, two or three times |
| Spain | Digital + | Three matches every week, and highlights |
| Portugal | Sport TV | Two or three live matches every week |
| United States | ESPN3 | Same two live matches as ESPN UK |
| Germany | Sportdigital.tv | Up to three matches per week, and highlights |
| South Korea | tvN | Live PSV matches |
| Turkey | - | - |
| Lithuania | [ [Sport1] ] | Two matches every week, plus highlights |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports 5 | Live Eredivisie matches |
Eredivisie teams and major UEFA and FIFA competitions
The following sixteen international tournaments were won by Eredivisie teams:
- 1970 European Cup Final – Feyenoord
- 1970 Intercontinental Cup – Feyenoord
- 1971 European Cup Final – AFC Ajax
- 1972 European Cup Final – AFC Ajax
- 1972 Intercontinental Cup – AFC Ajax
- 1973 European Cup Final – AFC Ajax
- 1973 European Super Cup – AFC Ajax
- 1974 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord
- 1978 UEFA Cup Final – PSV Eindhoven
- 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – AFC Ajax
- 1988 European Cup Final – PSV Eindhoven
- 1992 UEFA Cup Final – AFC Ajax
- 1995 UEFA Champions League Final – AFC Ajax
- 1995 European Super Cup – AFC Ajax
- 1995 Intercontinental Cup – AFC Ajax
- 2002 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord
The European Super Cup was founded by a Dutch reporter named Anton Witkamp and Ajax's 1973 win was the first time the tournament was contested officially.
The following 24 European finals took place at Dutch venues, or are scheduled to take place at them:
- 1962 European Cup Final, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – (Attendance: 65,000)
- 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 49,000)
- 1968 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 53,000)
- 1972 European Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 67,000)
- 1973 European Super Cup, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – second leg (Attendance: 25,000)
- 1968 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 4,000)
- 1974 UEFA Cup Final, De Kuip – second leg (Attendance: 59,317)
- 1975 UEFA Cup Final, Diekman Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 21,767)
- 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – (Attendance: 66,000)
- 1978 UEFA Cup Final, Philips Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 27,000)
- 1981 UEFA Cup Final, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – second leg (Attendance: 28,500)
- 1982 European Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 46,000)
- 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 38,500)
- 1987 European Super Cup, De Meer Stadium – first leg (Attendance: 27,000)
- 1988 European Super Cup, Philips Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 17,100)
- 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 43,500)
- 1992 UEFA Cup Final, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – second leg (Attendance: 42,000)
- 1995 European Super Cup, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – second leg (Attendance: 23,000)
- 1997 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 52,000)
- 1998 UEFA Champions League Final, Amsterdam ArenA – (Attendance: 48,500)
- UEFA Euro 2000 Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 50,000)
- 2002 UEFA Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 45,611)
- 2006 UEFA Cup Final, Philips Stadion – (Attendance: 33,100)
- 2013 UEFA Europa League Final, Amsterdam ArenA
See also
- Eerste Divisie
- KNVB Cup
- Johan Cruijff Shield
- List of foreign players in the Eredivisie
- List of sports attendance figures – Eredivisie in a global context
- Netherlands Football League Championship – National championship prior to the establishment of the Eredivisie
References
- ↑ "Country coefficients 2012/13". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ "Netherlands – Regional Analysis". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (Dutch)"Eredivisie – ontstaan". Vak Q. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ "Professionalism and European Games". TimeRime. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ↑ (Dutch)"De Watersnoodwedstrijd van Cor van der Hart". Sportgeschiedenis. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ "Netherlands Final Tables 1950–1954". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ↑ "Netherlands 1954/55". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Netherlands 1956/57". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ↑ Topscorers Eredivisie 1959–1960, Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Topscorers Eredivisie 1990–1991, Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
- ↑ Topscorers Eredivisie 1991–1992, Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
- ↑ Topscorers Eredivisie 1992–1993, Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
- ↑ "Dutch Football". Setanta. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
External links
- Eredivisie.nl – Official website (Dutch)
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