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Revision as of 12:30, 10 February 2009
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| Founded | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of clubs | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Eerste Divisie |
| Domestic cup(s) | KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff-schaal |
| International cup(s) | Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup |
| Current champions | PSV Eindhoven (2007–08) |
| Website | http://www.eredivisie.nl |
| Current: Eredivisie 2008-09 | |
The Eredivisie (Template:Lang-en) is the highest football league in the Netherlands.
From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie (after the sponsor, PTT Telecom), which was changed to KPN Telecompetitie in 1999 and to KPN Eredivisie in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the league was called the Holland Casino Eredivisie. From the 2005-06 season onwards, the league will be sponsored by the Sponsorloterij lottery, but for legal reasons, its name cannot be attached to the league.
The top division consists of 18 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the bottom club is automatically relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie (First Division), with the champion of the Eerste Divisie automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The next two clubs from the bottom of the Eredivisie go to separate promotion/relegation playoffs. The playoffs are played in two groups. Each group has one Eredivisie club and three high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie. In both promotion/relegation playoff groups, each club plays a home-and-away series with the other clubs. The winner of each playoff group plays in the following season's Eredivisie, with the other teams going to the Eerste Divisie.
AFC Ajax has won the most titles, 29. PSV Eindhoven is next with 21, and Feyenoord follows with 14. Since 1965, these three giants have won all except for one title (the 1980/81 title went to AZ '67).
Current teams (2008-09)
| Club |
City | Position in 2007-08 |
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 |
Last title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | 6th; Eerste Divisie | 1957-58 | 35 | 2008-09 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | 2nd | 1956-57 | 53 | 1956-57 | 53 | 21 | 2003-04 |
| AZ | Alkmaar | 11th | 1960-61 | 32 | 1998-99 | 11 | 1 | 1980-81 |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | 6th | 1956-57 | 53 | 1956-57 | 53 | 9 | 1998-99 |
| De Graafschap | Doetinchem | 16th | 1973-74 | 17 | 2007-08 | 2 | 0 | - |
| FC Groningen | Groningen | 7th | 1956-57 | 42 | 2000-01 | 9 | 0 | - |
| sc Heerenveen | Heerenveen | 5th | 1990-91 | 17 | 1993-94 | 16 | 0 | - |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo | 14th | 1962-63 | 9 | 2005-06 | 4 | 0 | - |
| NAC Breda | Breda | 3rd | 1956-57 | 42 | 2000-01 | 9 | 0 | - |
| NEC | Nijmegen | 8th | 1967-68 | 33 | 1994-95 | 15 | 0 | - |
| PSV | Eindhoven | 1st | 1956-57 | 53 | 1956-57 | 53 | 18 | 2007–08 |
| Roda JC | Kerkrade | 9th | 1956-57 | 42 | 1973-74 | 36 | 0 | - |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam | 13th | 1956-57 | 50 | 2005-06 | 4 | 1 | 1958-59 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | 4th | 1956-57 | 47 | 1984-85 | 25 | 0 | - |
| FC Utrecht | Utrecht | 10th | 1970-71 | 39 | 1970-71 | 39 | 0 | - |
| Vitesse | Arnhem | 12th | 1971-72 | 24 | 1989-90 | 20 | 0 | - |
| FC Volendam | Volendam | 1st; Eerste Divisie | 1959-60 | 25 | 2008-09 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Willem II | Tilburg | 15th | 1956-57 | 35 | 1987-88 | 22 | 0 | - |
Champions
Number of titles
| Club | # |
|---|---|
 Ajax
|
29 |
| PSV
|
21 |
| Feyenoord
|
14 |
| HVV | 8 |
| Sparta | 6 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 4 |
| HBS Den Haag, Willem II | 3 |
| ADO, Heracles, RAP, RCH | 2 |
| AZ '67, Be Quick 1887, D.O.S., BVV Den Bosch, D.W.S., FC Eindhoven, SC Enschede, Haarlem, Limburgia, NAC Breda, Quick Den Haag, Rapid JC,SVV, De Volewijckers |
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By Town or City
| Town or city | Number of titles | Clubs |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | Ajax (29), RAP Amsterdam (2), DWS (1), De Volewijckers (1) | |
| Eindhoven | PSV (21), FC Eindhoven (1) | |
| Rotterdam | Feyenoord (14), Sparta (6), VV Concordia (1) | |
| The Hague | HVV (10), HBS (3), ADO Den Haag (2), Quick Den Haag (1) | |
| Haarlem | HFC (3), RCH (2), Haarlem (1) | |
| Deventer | Go Ahead Eagles (4) | |
| Tilburg | Willem II (3) | |
| Almelo | Heracles (2) | |
| Alkmaar | AZ'67 (1) | |
| Breda | NAC (1) | |
| Brunssum | Limburgia (1) | |
| Den Bosch | BVV (1) | |
| Enschede | SC Enschede (1) | |
| Groningen | Be Quick 1887 (1) | |
| Kerkrade | Rapid JC (1) | |
| Schiedam | SVV (1) | |
| Utrecht | DOS (1) |
Playoffs
European competition
The KNVB introduced a playoff system in 2005-06 for the second to ninth placed clubs. The playoff system has been criticized by clubs, players and fans as the number of matches will increase. The system also makes it possible that the second-place team is forced the enter the UEFA Cup while a lower placed team enters the qualifying round of the Champions League. This happened in 2005-06; AZ, 2nd in competition, had to play for the UEFA Cup, while Ajax, 4th in competition, went into the Champions League qualifying round, the same thing happened at the end of the 2007-08 season when Ajax, ranked 2nd in regular season, lost the playoff final match to FC Twente, meaning Twente went into the Champions League and Ajax the UEFA Cup.
For the 2008-09 season onwards, the playoff system is almost completely removed. Only the teams ending in the fifth trough eighth place will play in play-offs for a ticket in the Europa League. [1]
| Pos after round 34 |
playoff | next season |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | none | Champions League group stage |
| 2 | none | Champions League 2nd qualifying round for non-champions |
| 3 | none | Europa League 4th qualifying round |
| 4 | none | Europa League 3rd qualifying round |
| 5 | Europa League Playoff | 5 - 8 and 6 - 7; two winners advance to second round; winner: Europa League 2nd qualifying round |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 |
| Cup | post season playoff |
next season |
|---|---|---|
| winner | none | Europa League 4th qualifying round |
| Runner Up | none | Europa League 4th qualifying round; ONLY if Cup Winner finishes 1st-2nd in competition |
Relegation
The club at the bottom of the league (18th) is automatically relegated and switches places with the champion of the Eerste Divisie. The next-lowest two teams (16th and 17th) play in a promotion/relegation knock-out playoff known as the Nacompetitie, in which they will face eight teams from the Eerste Divisie. Of those eight teams, six are periodical champions (bases on results held during the six periods in which the season is divided) and the other two are the highest ranking teams, that haven't held a periodical title yet. Teams finishing above 16th automatically stay in the Eredivisie.
Attendance
Since the beginning of the league, there are three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. These clubs are followed by Heerenveen, FC Twente, FC Groningen and FC Utrecht, clubs that also have fairly large fanbases. The average league attendance was just over 7,000 in 1990, but the league has seen a large rise in attendance with the building of many new stadiums and the expansion of several existing stadiums nationwide. Current season average attendance is 19,679, with AFC Ajax having the largest (48,267) and FC Volendam having the smallest (5,224). 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 2008–09 average attendance (first half)
| Club | Attendance |
|---|---|
| Ajax | 48,267 |
| Feyenoord | 43,278 |
| PSV | 32,944 |
| Heerenveen | 25,463 |
| FC Twente | 23,291 |
| FC Groningen | 21,829 |
| FC Utrecht | 19,488 |
| Vitesse | 16,847 |
| NAC Breda | 16,542 |
| AZ | 16,337 |
| Roda JC | 13,985 |
| Willem II | 12,994 |
| N.E.C. | 12,231 |
| De Graafschap | 12,125 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 10,304 |
| ADO Den Haag | 9,598 |
| Heracles Almelo | 8,437 |
| FC Volendam | 5,224 |
| Average | 19,679 |
All-Time Ranking
- Last updated following the 2007-08 season
| Rank | Club | Seasons | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points | Goals for | Goals against | Goal difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax | 53 | 1753 | 1155 | 310 | 288 | 3775 | 4460 | 1844 | 2616 |
| 2 | PSV | 53 | 1753 | 1047 | 386 | 320 | 3527 | 4009 | 1852 | 2157 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 53 | 1753 | 1004 | 411 | 338 | 3423 | 3817 | 2010 | 1807 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 52 | 1719 | 732 | 463 | 524 | 2659 | 2779 | 2305 | 474 |
| 5 | Sparta R'dam | 50 | 1651 | 588 | 469 | 594 | 2233 | 2525 | 2535 | -10 |
| 6 | Roda JC | 42 | 1395 | 550 | 362 | 483 | 2012 | 2157 | 2008 | 149 |
| 7 | FC Groningen | 42 | 1379 | 448 | 396 | 535 | 1740 | 1927 | 2148 | -221 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 39 | 1293 | 466 | 329 | 498 | 1727 | 1805 | 1964 | -159 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 42 | 1383 | 444 | 367 | 572 | 1699 | 1875 | 2289 | -414 |
| 10 | AZ/Alkmaar'67 | 32 | 1055 | 414 | 280 | 361 | 1522 | 1694 | 1497 | 197 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 1140 | 386 | 291 | 463 | 1449 | 1666 | 1843 | -177 |
| 12 | MVV | 36 | 1208 | 350 | 357 | 501 | 1407 | 1527 | 1990 | -463 |
| 13 | Willem II | 35 | 1149 | 367 | 270 | 512 | 1371 | 1668 | 2024 | -356 |
| 14 | NEC | 33 | 1089 | 302 | 304 | 483 | 1210 | 1224 | 1684 | -460 |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 28 | 940 | 302 | 249 | 389 | 1155 | 1293 | 1500 | -207 |
| 16 | Vitesse | 24 | 783 | 299 | 231 | 253 | 1128 | 1152 | 1082 | 70 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 24 | 808 | 221 | 207 | 380 | 870 | 956 | 1446 | -490 |
| 18 | sc Heerenveen | 17 | 545 | 232 | 134 | 179 | 830 | 910 | 795 | 115 |
| 19 | RKC Waalwijk | 19 | 646 | 206 | 170 | 270 | 788 | 861 | 1028 | -167 |
| 20 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 646 | 179 | 193 | 274 | 730 | 756 | 1005 | -249 |
| 21 | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 612 | 172 | 178 | 262 | 694 | 695 | 978 | -283 |
| 22 | Door Wilskracht Sterk | 15 | 498 | 167 | 137 | 194 | 638 | 691 | 774 | -83 |
| 23 | VVV-Venlo | 17 | 545 | 160 | 148 | 237 | 628 | 734 | 981 | -247 |
| 24 | DOS | 14 | 460 | 168 | 109 | 183 | 613 | 790 | 848 | -58 |
| 25 | FC Den Bosch | 15 | 510 | 132 | 133 | 245 | 529 | 617 | 928 | -311 |
| 26 | Fortuna '54 | 12 | 392 | 141 | 99 | 152 | 522 | 635 | 700 | -65 |
| 27 | De Graafschap | 17 | 545 | 122 | 136 | 287 | 502 | 606 | 1052 | -446 |
| 28 | Stormvogels Telstar | 14 | 464 | 117 | 141 | 210 | 492 | 528 | 754 | -226 |
| 29 | Excelsior | 16 | 511 | 112 | 128 | 271 | 463 | 546 | 941 | -395 |
| 30 | FC Zwolle | 12 | 408 | 99 | 120 | 189 | 417 | 496 | 745 | -249 |
| 31 | Heracles Almelo | 9 | 257 | 62 | 63 | 132 | 249 | 293 | 525 | -232 |
| 32 | USV Elinkwijk | 7 | 234 | 65 | 50 | 119 | 245 | 306 | 483 | -177 |
| 33 | FC Amsterdam | 6 | 204 | 61 | 56 | 87 | 239 | 263 | 321 | -58 |
| 34 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam | 6 | 196 | 65 | 42 | 89 | 237 | 334 | 401 | -67 |
| 35 | Holland Sport | 4 | 136 | 37 | 34 | 65 | 138 | 168 | 279 | -101 |
| 36 | RBC Roosendaal | 5 | 170 | 35 | 26 | 109 | 131 | 164 | 358 | -194 |
| 37 | NOAD | 4 | 136 | 33 | 30 | 73 | 129 | 187 | 311 | -124 |
| 38 | Sittardia | 4 | 132 | 32 | 29 | 71 | 125 | 148 | 256 | -108 |
| 39 | FC Dordrecht | 5 | 170 | 27 | 38 | 105 | 119 | 184 | 387 | -203 |
| 40 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | 4 | 136 | 25 | 38 | 73 | 113 | 139 | 252 | -113 |
| 41 | Xerxes Rotterdam | 2 | 68 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 95 | 92 | 95 | -3 |
| 42 | FC Eindhoven | 3 | 102 | 23 | 25 | 54 | 94 | 107 | 209 | -102 |
| 43 | BV Veendam | 2 | 68 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 59 | 74 | 127 | -53 |
| 44 | FC Wageningen | 2 | 68 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 57 | 72 | 137 | -65 |
| 45 | De Volewijckers | 2 | 64 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 55 | 99 | 189 | -90 |
| 46 | Helmond Sport | 2 | 68 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 54 | 93 | 162 | -69 |
| 47 | SVV | 2 | 68 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 142 | -80 |
The clubs highlighted in green play in the Eredivisie in the 2008/09 season. The clubs highlighted in red play in the Eerste Divisie in the 2008/09 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. For this year's Eredivisie clubs, the 2007/08 season is already counted in the 'seasons' column.
UEFA Ranking
Current National League Ranking
- 01
Premier League - 02
La Liga - 03
Serie A - 04
Ligue 1 - 05
Bundesliga - 06
Russian Premier League - 07
Liga I - 08
Portuguese Liga - 09
Eredivisie
(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)
Topscorers
Media coverage
In The Netherlands, the NOS has recently acquired the broadcasting rights for the Eredivisie, it will air on Nederland 1.
References
See also
- Eredivisie 2006/2007
- Eerste Divisie
- List of sports attendance figures – the Eredivisie in a global context
External links
- Eredivisie.nl - Official website Eredivisie Template:Nl icon
- KNVB.nl - Official website KNVB Template:Nl icon / Template:En icon
- All Eredivisie statistics 1889-present Template:En icon
- Soccerway.com - Eredivisie Template:En icon
- Voetbal International - Dutch and international football news Template:Nl icon
- Eredivisie Table, Fixtures & Results Template:En icon
- Eredivisie betting Previews and News Template:En icon
- Eredivisie Stats, Results, Fixtures and Team Info Template:En icon
- Attendance figures Template:En icon
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