2011–12 Eerste Divisie
The 2011–12 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the fifty-sixth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and ended in June 2012 with the nacompetitie, a promotion-and-relegation tournament also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2011–12 Eredivisie. The competition was won by FC Zwolle on 13 April 2012, after drawing FC Eindhoven 0-0 at home in their 32nd match of the season.[2]
On 1 March 2012, the Dutch football federation confirmed that no team would be relegated from the league at the end of the season, after all the 2011–12 Topklasse teams had decided against being eligible for promotion to the Eerste Divisie.[3]
Teams
A total of 18 teams took part in the league. Willem II were relegated as bottom-placed team in the 2010–11 Eredivisie, whereas FC Oss were promoted as 2010–11 Topklasse runners-up, as champions IJsselmeervogels opted to keep playing at amateur level instead. Following the disbandment and consequent exclusion of RBC Roosendaal in June 2011, last-placed 2010–11 Eerste Divisie club Almere City FC were readmitted in the league to fill the vacancy.[1]
The season also saw the participation of the old BV Veendam under their new denomination of SC Veendam.[4]
Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2011-2012
Club |
Location |
Venue |
Capacity |
AGOVV Apeldoorn |
Apeldoorn |
Sportpark Berg & Bos |
3,259 |
Almere City FC |
Almere |
Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion |
3,000 |
Cambuur |
Leeuwarden |
Cambuur Stadion |
10,250 |
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 |
Fortuna Sittard |
Sittard |
Wagner & Partners Stadion |
12,500 |
Go Ahead Eagles |
Deventer |
Adelaarshorst |
6,700 |
Helmond Sport |
Helmond |
Stadion De Braak |
4,100 |
MVV |
Maastricht |
De Geusselt |
11,026 |
FC Oss |
Oss |
Heesen Yachts Stadion |
4,700 |
Sparta Rotterdam |
Rotterdam |
Het Kasteel |
11,026 |
Telstar |
Velsen |
TATA Steel Stadion |
3,625 |
SC Veendam |
Veendam |
De Langeleegte |
5,290 |
FC Volendam |
Volendam |
Kras Stadion |
6,260 |
Willem II |
Tilburg |
Koning Willem II Stadion |
14,637 |
FC Zwolle |
Zwolle |
FC Zwolle Stadion |
10,000 |
Managerial changes
Team |
Outgoing manager |
Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Position in table |
Replaced by |
Date of appointment |
AGOVV Apeldoorn | de Koning, HansHans de Koning | Mutual consent | 1 July 2011[5] | Pre-season | van Arum, HansHans van Arum | 1 July 2011[6] |
FC Dordrecht | Lee, HennyHenny Lee | Signed by FC Utrecht | 1 July 2011[7] |
Pre-season | Bos, TheoTheo Bos | 1 July 2011[7] |
Go Ahead Eagles | Ulderink, AndriesAndries Ulderink | Signed by De Graafschap | 1 July 2011[8] | Pre-season | Gall, JoopJoop Gall | 1 July 2011[9] |
Helmond Sport | Streppel, JurgenJurgen Streppel | Signed by Willem II | 1 July 2011[10] | Pre-season | de Koning, HansHans de Koning | 1 July 2011[11] |
Sparta Rotterdam | van Eck, JosJos van Eck | End of interim spell | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Vonk, MichelMichel Vonk | 1 July 2011[12] |
SC Veendam | Gall, JoopJoop Gall | Signed by Go Ahead Eagles | 1 July 2011[9] | Pre-season | Heerkes, GertGert Heerkes | 1 July 2011[13] |
Willem II | Feskens, JohnJohn Feskens | End of interim spell | 1 July 2011 | Pre-season | Streppel, JurgenJurgen Streppel | 1 July 2011[10] |
Fortuna Sittard | Dusseldorp, WimWim Dusseldorp | Signed by VVV-Venlo | 28 December 2011[14] | 14th | Ruys, TinyTiny Ruys | 29 December 2011[15] |
FC Dordrecht | Bos, TheoTheo Bos | Sick leave | 7 January 2012[16] |
| Breetveld, VirgilVirgil Breetveld (interim) | 7 January 2012 |
FC Volendam | Kruys, GertGert Kruys | Gardening leave | 6 March 2012[17] | 13th | Steur, JohanJohan Steur (interim) | 6 March 2012[18] |
FC Eindhoven | Faber, ErnestErnest Faber | Hired by PSV Eindhoven | 14 March 2012[19] | 2nd | Koeman, ErwinErwin Koeman | 17 March 2012[20] |
Go Ahead Eagles | Gall, JoopJoop Gall | Resigned | 24 March 2012[21] | 11th | Calderwood, JimmyJimmy Calderwood (interim) | 30 March 2012[22] |
AGOVV Apeldoorn | van Arum, HansHans van Arum | Removed from managerial duties | 26 April 2012[23] | 17th | Heering, MarcoMarco Heering (interim) | 26 April 2012[23] |
League table
2011–12 Eerste Divisie Table
Updated to games played on 27 April 2012.
Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Emmen deducted six points due to financial irregularities.[24]
(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.
Results
Home ╲ Away |
AGOVV !AGO |
Almere City !ALM |
Cambuur !CAM | Den Bosch !DBO | Dordrecht !DOR | Eindhoven !EIN | Emmen !EMM | Fortuna Sittard !FOR | Go Ahead Eagles !GAE | Helmond Sport !HEL | MVV !MVV | Oss !OSS | Sparta Rotterdam !SPA | Telstar !TEL | Veendam !VEE | Volendam !VOL | Willem II !WIL | Zwolle !ZWO |
AGOVV !AGOVV
|
| 1–1
| 2–4
| 2–3
| 2–3
| 0–0
| 0–1
| 2–4
| 3–1
| 0–3
| 1–1
| 3–2
| 0–6
| 2–3
| 3–2
| 1–2
| 2–1
| 0–4 |
Almere City !Almere City
| 4–1
|
| 1–1
| 1–3
| 5–0
| 1–3
| 2–0
| 1–4
| 0–2
| 2–1
| 1–2
| 3–2
| 1–1
| 2–1
| 3–0
| 2–1
| 1–4
| 0–3 |
Cambuur !Cambuur
| 2–0
| 3–0
|
| 1–0
| 4–0
| 0–1
| 2–1
| 3–1
| 1–1
| 2–2
| 5–1
| 4–2
| 1–2
| 3–1
| 5–1
| 4–1
| 0–2
| 3–0 |
Den Bosch !Den Bosch
| 4–0
| 2–0
| 1–1
|
| 0–0
| 0–2
| 5–1
| 1–1
| 1–2
| 0–0
| 3–0
| 1–0
| 0–1
| 3–0
| 3–0
| 1–2
| 1–0
| 2–2 |
Dordrecht !Dordrecht
| 4–0
| 2–1
| 2–1
| 4–3
|
| 2–1
| 3–0
| 2–2
| 3–1
| 3–2
| 3–3
| 3–2
| 3–2
| 2–0
| 2–2
| 0–0
| 3–2
| 1–2 |
Eindhoven !Eindhoven
| 3–2
| 0–2
| 1–1
| 2–2
| 1–0
|
| 3–0
| 4–3
| 1–0
| 0–0
| 4–1
| 2–0
| 0–2
| 3–1
| 2–0
| 2–0
| 2–3
| 2–2 |
Emmen !Emmen
| 1–0
| 2–2
| 2–1
| 1–2
| 1–1
| 0–1
|
| 0–4
| 3–2
| 0–1
| 2–1
| 1–3
| 1–1
| 0–2
| 0–2
| 0–4
| 0–2
| 1–2 |
Fortuna Sittard !Fortuna Sittard
| 5–1
| 0–0
| 0–0
| 2–2
| 2–0
| 0–1
| 4–1
|
| 1–1
| 0–1
| 2–0
| 2–1
| 1–0
| 2–5
| 1–0
| 3–2
| 3–1
| 0–1 |
Go Ahead Eagles !Go Ahead Eagles
| 3–1
| 2–2
| 4–1
| 1–1
| 4–2
| 1–3
| 1–0
| 2–1
|
| 2–3
| 2–1
| 7–2
| 1–2
| 1–0
| 2–2
| 5–0
| 1–3
| 0–1 |
Helmond Sport !Helmond Sport
| 1–0
| 2–0
| 1–3
| 1–0
| 2–1
| 0–1
| 0–1
| 2–2
| 5–1
|
| 2–2
| 2–1
| 3–2
| 3–2
| 3–2
| 1–0
| 0–7
| 3–1 |
MVV !MVV
| 2–2
| 3–2
| 2–0
| 1–4
| 1–1
| 1–0
| 6–0
| 3–1
| 1–2
| 3–3
|
| 3–1
| 1–1
| 1–0
| 2–1
| 3–0
| 3–1
| 1–3 |
Oss !Oss
| 1–0
| 3–4
| 3–2
| 0–2
| 3–3
| 1–0
| 1–1
| 1–3
| 5–3
| 3–1
| 0–2
|
| 1–5
| 3–1
| 4–4
| 1–3
| 1–1
| 1–0 |
Sparta Rotterdam !Sparta Rotterdam
| 4–1
| 2–1
| 2–0
| 2–0
| 2–0
| 2–2
| 1–1
| 1–0
| 4–1
| 0–3
| 0–0
| 2–2
|
| 1–0
| 2–1
| 0–0
| 2–1
| 2–0 |
Telstar !Telstar
| 1–3
| 3–1
| 2–5
| 0–0
| 3–0
| 1–1
| 2–1
| 2–1
| 0–2
| 0–3
| 2–3
| 2–1
| 0–2
|
| 1–1
| 2–2
| 1–0
| 0–3 |
Veendam !Veendam
| 4–0
| 1–1
| 1–1
| 1–2
| 1–1
| 1–2
| 3–0
| 2–2
| 0–4
| 1–1
| 1–3
| 1–2
| 1–2
| 1–1
|
| 1–0
| 1–3
| 0–1 |
Volendam !Volendam
| 6–1
| 3–1
| 1–4
| 0–2
| 1–1
| 3–1
| 3–1
| 3–2
| 2–2
| 3–1
| 2–0
| 1–2
| 1–0
| 4–1
| 3–2
|
| 1–2
| 2–2 |
Willem II !Willem II
| 5–0
| 1–2
| 0–0
| 0–3
| 1–1
| 1–1
| 5–0
| 1–1
| 1–1
| 3–3
| 2–1
| 2–0
| 2–1
| 3–2
| 3–1
| 1–0
|
| 3–1 |
Zwolle !Zwolle
| 3–0
| 3–2
| 3–0
| 1–0
| 5–0
| 0–0
| 1–0
| 4–2
| 0–0
| 2–3
| 1–1
| 2–1
| 2–0
| 7–3
| 2–0
| 3–1
| 1–0
| |
Updated to games played on 27 April 2012.
Source: Eerste Divisie website
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Playoffs
VVV-Venlo and De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Top goalscorers
As of 27 January 2012[25]
- 17 goals
- 12 goals
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
References