2008–09 Eerste Divisie

2007-08
2009-10

Eerste Divisie 2008–09 began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion playoffs. Sixteen clubs were remained in the Eerste Divisie, whilst Excelsior and VVV-Venlo were relegated from the Eredivisie 2007-08. VVV-Venlo won the league title and will be promoted to the Eredivisie, the highest tier of football in the Netherlands, while eight other teams will compete in a playoff with two Eredivisie sides for two Eredivisie tickets.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 VVV-Venlo (C) (P) 38 25 5 8 86 38+48 80 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 RKC Waalwijk (P) 38 18 17 3 68 31+37 71 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 Cambuur 38 20 9 9 68 49+19 69
4 Zwolle 38 18 9 11 58 49+9 63
5 Excelsior 38 16 13 9 53 43+10 61
6 MVV 38 16 12 10 60 42+18 60
7 Go Ahead Eagles 38 14 14 10 41 410 56
8 Dordrecht 38 15 10 13 51 39+12 55 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
9 Den Bosch 38 15 8 15 59 51+8 53
10 Helmond Sport 38 14 11 13 50 48+2 53
11 AGOVV 38 15 7 16 60 677 52
12 Haarlem 38 15 5 18 43 5613 50
13 Emmen 38 13 8 17 48 6820 47
14 Oss 38 11 9 18 50 6313 42 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
15 Fortuna Sittard 38 11 9 18 42 5917 42
16 RBC Roosendaal 38 11 7 20 43 5512 40
17 Telstar 38 9 12 17 42 5614 39 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
18 Eindhoven 38 9 14 15 59 8021 38
19 Veendam 38 10 9 19 46 6721 36
20 Omniworld 38 8 6 24 40 6525 30

Source:
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.

Period winners

The competition is divided into six periods (Dutch: periode) of six matches each. The winner of each period (Dutch: periodekampioen) qualifies for the playoffs at the end of the season. If the winner of a period has already won a prior period in the season, the second placed team in the period is awarded the playoff slot. If the second placed team has also won a prior period, no winner is called, and the playoff slot is decided by league standing at the end of the season.

Best Top Ranking Teams

Excelsior, Telstar, FC Zwolle, TOP Oss and Dordrecht were awarded play-off spot as their performance in the six periods, along with RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur, the two best placed team in Eerste Divisie who did not get a play-off spot via period route. As VVV-Venlo, one of the period winners, promoted as Eerste Divisie champions, MVV replaced them as the best placed team who did not qualify for play-off.

Period winners (Periodekampioenen)
Period Winning team G W D L Pts GF GA GD
1 Excelsior 6 5 0 1 15 12 4 +8
2 VVV-Venlo 6 6 0 0 18 17 3 +14
3 Telstar 6 4 1 1 13 13 7 +6
4 FC Zwolle 6 5 0 1 15 13 11 +2
5 TOP Oss 6 4 1 1 13 13 7 +6
6 Dordrecht 6 6 0 0 18 15 3 +12

Results

Home ╲ Away AGO CAM DBODOREINEMMEXCFORGAEHAAHELMVVOMNRBCRKCTELOSSVEEVVVZWO
AGOVV 02 32 10 31 11 23 10 15 20 10 23 22 20 22 11 32 41 21 21
Cambuur 22 03 20 31 62 11 21 22 32 20 21 20 21 11 23 21 22 20 12
Den Bosch 20 12 12 02 50 00 11 10 02 11 13 31 21 11 30 21 22 05 34
Dordrecht 21 10 01 20 10 01 30 31 40 10 11 21 11 01 11 20 23 02 40
Eindhoven 33 33 17 21 22 10 24 11 32 11 11 11 01 11 14 22 21 13 20
Emmen 23 32 01 21 14 02 12 22 20 11 11 21 10 21 02 44 32 24 10
Excelsior 40 00 21 11 32 02 51 30 11 10 11 21 10 05 01 21 41 12 02
Fortuna Sittard 24 14 10 00 21 12 11 01 12 31 32 20 00 21 21 11 12 01 13
Go Ahead Eagles 20 20 00 00 22 01 11 11 12 10 00 10 10 00 22 10 21 10 01
Haarlem 10 01 14 30 21 01 21 20 12 13 03 21 20 02 42 21 10 04 31
Helmond Sport 12 41 30 10 43 31 11 22 11 11 21 10 01 12 11 30 13 32 00
MVV 31 12 10 22 31 11 01 02 11 30 31 21 41 21 20 11 12 20 41
Omniworld 03 10 12 21 20 10 11 41 12 01 01 12 12 11 10 02 21 35 33
RBC Roosendaal 30 12 01 23 12 21 12 01 01 20 11 11 11 22 10 32 21 14 13
RKC Waalwijk 31 11 11 33 22 10 11 20 11 11 30 20 10 31 30 50 41 11 10
Telstar 10 11 22 01 11 02 11 11 41 00 23 12 31 11 12 22 10 21 02
Oss 11 02 21 00 12 21 31 10 02 10 12 10 30 03 03 30 23 42 31
Veendam 21 03 24 04 22 11 12 00 20 00 11 10 02 32 02 10 11 12 00
VVV-Venlo 31 12 20 11 60 40 31 20 50 10 20 22 41 31 00 10 31 10 11
Zwolle 32 31 10 21 22 40 11 21 10 32 01 00 31 02 11 30 00 32 12

Source: www.nos.nl
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
25 Netherlands Sandro Calabro VVV-Venlo
20 Belgium Gunther Thiebaut MVV
18 Netherlands Serhat Koç FC Eindhoven
Netherlands Glynor Plet Telstar
17 Netherlands Sjoerd Ars RBC Roosendaal
16 Japan Keisuke Honda VVV-Venlo
14 Netherlands Jeremy Bokila AGOVV Apeldoorn
Netherlands Ruud ter Heide SC Cambuur
13 Netherlands Marc Höcher Helmond Sport
Belgium Dries Mertens AGOVV Apeldoorn
Netherlands Fred Benson RKC Waalwijk
Netherlands Roy Stroeve FC Emmen
Netherlands Adnan Barakat FC Den Bosch
Netherlands Koen van der Biezen Go Ahead Eagles / FC Den Bosch
12 Netherlands Samir El Gaaouiri VVV-Venlo
Netherlands Karim Fachtali TOP Oss
Netherlands Ruud Berger RKC Waalwijk
Cape Verde Cecilio Lopes FC Dordrecht

Playoffs

Please note that the following teams: Roda JC & De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telstar 0–1 MVV 0–0 0–1
TOP Oss 0–3 Dordrecht 0–2 0–1

Round 2 (best of 3)

Team #1 Pts Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
MVV 4–5 De Graafschap 2–3 2–2 not played
Excelsior 2–3 RKC Waalwijk 1–2 1–1 not played
FC Zwolle 3–6 Cambuur 2–1 1–3 0-2
Dordrecht 1–2 Roda JC 1–1 0–1 not played

Round 3 (best of 3)

Team #1 Pts Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
RKC Waalwijk 4–2 De Graafschap 2–0 1–2 1–0
Cambuur 3–3 (p. 1–3) Roda JC 0–0 1–1 2–2 (aet)

The 2 winners of Round 3 will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.

Overview

Club Location Current manager Previous managers during 2008-09 season
AGOVV Apeldoorn Apeldoorn Netherlands John van den Brom
SC Cambuur Leeuwarden Netherlands Stanley Menzo Netherlands Jurrie Koolhof
FC Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Vacant Netherlands Theo Bos
FC Dordrecht Dordrecht Netherlands Gert Kruys
FC Eindhoven Eindhoven Belgium Marc Brys
FC Emmen Emmen Netherlands Paul Krabbe Netherlands Gerry Hamstra
Excelsior Rotterdam Netherlands Ton Lokhoff
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Netherlands Roger Reijners
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Netherlands Andries Ulderink
HFC Haarlem Haarlem Netherlands Jan Zoutman
Helmond Sport Helmond Netherlands Jurgen Streppel
MVV Maastricht Turkey Fuat Çapa
FC Omniworld Almere Netherlands Henk Wisman Netherlands Peter Boeve
RBC Roosendaal Roosendaal Netherlands Rini Coolen Netherlands Rob Meppelink
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Netherlands Ruud Brood
Telstar Velsen Netherlands Edward Metgod
TOP Oss Oss Netherlands Hans de Koning
BV Veendam Veendam Netherlands Joop Gall
VVV-Venlo Venlo Netherlands Jan van Dijk
FC Zwolle Zwolle Netherlands Marco Roelofsen Netherlands Jan Everse

See also

References

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