2014–15 Eredivisie

	Leader and 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	European competition play-offs
	Relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2015–16 Eerste Divisie

Eredivisie
Season	2014–15
Matches played	207
Goals scored	631 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Memphis Depay; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	PSV 6–1 NAC Breda; (16 August 2014); Vitesse 6–1; ADO Den Haag; (3 October 2014); Heracles Almelo 6–1; NAC Breda; (4 October 2014); Ajax 5–0 Willem II; (6 December 2014); PSV 5–0 Go Ahead Eagles ; (20 december 2014); Utrecht 6–1 Dordrecht; (15 February 2015)
Biggest away win	Excelsior 0–5 PEC Zwolle; (30 November 2014)
Highest scoring	Dordrecht 2–6 Vitesse; (27 September 2014)
Longest winning run	10 games; PSV
Longest unbeaten run	16 games; Ajax
Longest winless run	17 games; Dordrecht
Longest losing run	9 games; Dordrecht
Highest attendance	52,472; Ajax 0–0 Feyenoord; (25 January 2015)
Lowest attendance	3,149; Excelsior 3–1 Heracles; (30 August 2014)
Average attendance	18,718
	← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 15 February 2015.

The 2014–15 Eredivisie season is the fifty-ninth season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955.

Teams

A total of 18 teams will be taking part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2013–14 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie champions.

There are three teams that played in the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie that were promoted to the Eredivisie for the 2014–15 season. Willem II returned to the Eredivisie after just one season by winning its first Eerste Divisie title in 49 years. Meanwhile, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior navigated to the promotion/relegation playoffs to reach the Eredivisie, with both clubs having received byes after finishing second and third in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht swept both legs against VVV-Venlo 5–2 on aggregate in the second round before facing another Eerste Divisie club for a spot in the Eredivisie (after Sparta Rotterdam sent NEC Nijmegen into relegation). FC Dordrecht won 5–3 on aggregate to return to the Eredivisie for the first time in 19 years.^[2]

Excelsior returned after two seasons in the Eerste Divisie by first overcoming FC Den Bosch 5–2 on aggregate before relegating RKC Waalwijk from the league by winning 4–2 on aggregate.^[3]

Location of teams in Eredivisie 2014–15

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	53,052
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,023
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,088
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,177
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	8,000
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,100
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	8,500
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	IJsseldelta Stadion	12,500
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,000
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,637

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Henk Fräser	Erreà	Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax	Frank de Boer	adidas	Ziggo
AZ	John van den Brom	Macron	AFAS software
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Quick	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Dordrecht	Ernie Brandts	Macron	Riwal
Excelsior	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Masita	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord	Fred Rutten	adidas	Opel
Go Ahead Eagles	Foeke Booy	hummel	Drukwerkdeal.nl
Groningen	Erwin van de Looi	Masita	Essent
Heerenveen	Dwight Lodeweges	Jako	Univé
Heracles Almelo	John Stegeman	Erima	TenCate
NAC Breda	Robert Maaskant	Umbro	Into Telecom
PEC Zwolle	Ron Jans	Patrick	Compello
PSV	Phillip Cocu	Nike	Philips
Twente	Alfred Schreuder	Nike	XXImo
Utrecht	Rob Alflen	hummel	HealthCity
Vitesse	Peter Bosz	Macron	Truphone
Willem II	Jurgen Streppel	Robey

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Heerenveen	Marco van Basten	End of contract	1 July 2014^[4]	Pre-season	Dwight Lodeweges	1 July 2014^[5]
AZ	Dick Advocaat	End of contract	1 July 2014^[6]	Pre-season	Marco van Basten	1 July 2014^[7]
Feyenoord	Ronald Koeman	End of contract	1 July 2014^[8]	Pre-season	Fred Rutten	1 July 2014^[9]
Utrecht	Jan Wouters	Mutual consent	1 July 2014^[10]	Pre-season	Rob Alflen	1 July 2014^[11]
Dordrecht	Harry van den Ham	End of contract	1 July 2014^[12]	Pre-season	Ernie Brandts	1 July 2014^[13]
Heracles Almelo	Jan de Jonge	Sacked	31 August 2014^[14]	18th	John Stegeman	17 September 2014^[15]
AZ	Marco van Basten	Mutual consent	16 September 2014^[16]	12th	John van den Brom	29 September 2014^[17]
NAC Breda	Nebojša Gudelj	Sacked	13 October 2014^[18]	15th	Eric Hellemons (interim)	14 October 2014^[19]
NAC Breda	Eric Hellemons	End of interim spell	2 January 2015^[18]	17th	Robert Maaskant	3 January 2015^[20]

League table

Template:2014–15 Eredivisie table

Positions by round

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	AZ	CAM	DOR	EXC	FEY	GAE	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	PEC	PSV	TWE	UTR	VIT	WII
ADO Den Haag	—	1–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0			3–2	3–2		2–0			3–2
Ajax		—	0–1		4–0		0–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–1		0–0	1–3	4–2	3–1	4–1	5–0
AZ		1–3	—		2–0	3–3		2–0	2–2	0–1	3–1		1–0	2–4	2–2	0–3	1–0
Cambuur	3–2	2–4	0–2	—	4–1		0–1		3–0	2–1		0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		0–2
Dordrecht	0–0		1–3		—	1–0			1–1	0–0		0–1	1–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	2–6	0–4
Excelsior		0–2		1–1	1–1	—	2–5	3–2	1–1	3–1		0–0	0–5		2–1	2–2
Feyenoord	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	—		4–0	1–1	2–1		2–0		3–1	1–2		1–2
Go Ahead Eagles	1–0	1–2		1–2	0–0	0–0	0–4	—	2–3		1–3	2–0	3–2	0–2				1–0
Groningen		2–0	2–4			1–1		2–0	—	1–1	3–1	1–0		1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0
Heerenveen	0–0			2–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	—	0–1		4–0	1–0		3–1	4–1
Heracles	3–1		0–3	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–0		2–2		—	6–1		1–2	1–4	1–1		1–3
NAC Breda	1–1	2–5	0–1	2–1		1–1	0–1			0–2		—	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	0–1	0–0
PEC Zwolle	3–1		1–1		4–0			0–1	2–0	2–2	4–2	4–1	—	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1
PSV	1–0		3–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	4–3	5–0				6–1		—	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Twente	2–2	1–1		2–1		1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0				—	3–1	1–2	3–2
Utrecht	0–0			1–3	6–1			2–3	1–0	1–2	2–4		0–2	1–5		—	3–1	2–1
Vitesse	6–1	1–0		2–2		3–1	0–0	2–2		1–1	3–0	2–2		0–1	2–2		—	2–0
Willem II		1–1	3–0	1–1		1–1		1–0		2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–3		1–0	1–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2015. Source: Eredivisie

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[21]
1	Memphis Depay	PSV	15
2	Luuk de Jong	PSV	13
	Michiel Kramer	ADO Den Haag
	Mark Uth	Heerenveen
5	Michael de Leeuw	Groningen	12
6	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Cambuur	10
7	Samuel Armenteros	Willem II	9
	Ruud Boymans	Utrecht
	Luc Castaignos	Twente
	Colin Kazim-Richards	Feyenoord
	Georginio Wijnaldum	PSV

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[21]
1	Jetro Willems	PSV	10
2	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	8
3	Luciano Narsingh	PSV	7
	Tommy Oar	Utrecht
	Lasse Schöne	Ajax
6	Roland Alberg	ADO Den Haag	6
	Bruno Andrade	Willem II
	Jarchinio Antonia	Groningen
	Luuk de Jong	PSV
	Anwar El Ghazi	Ajax
	Kamohelo Mokotjo	Twente
	Tom van Weert	Excelsior
	Marko Vejinović	Vitesse
	Hakim Ziyech	Twente

References

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External links

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[statistics-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2014–15 Dutch Eredivisie statistics". ESPN FC. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[2] ttp://nl.soccerway.com/matches/2014/05/18/netherlands/nacompetitie/bvo-fc-dordrecht/sparta-rotterdam-bv/1681053/

[3] ttp://nl.soccerway.com/matches/2014/05/18/netherlands/nacompetitie/rkc-waalwijk/sbv-excelsior/1681057/

[4] "Van Basten verlaat sc Heerenveen". NOS (in Dutch). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[5] "Dwight Lodeweges nieuwe trainer sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[6] "Advocaat na dit seizoen weg bij AZ". Spits (in Dutch). 29 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[7] "Van Basten nieuwe trainer van AZ". NOS (in Dutch). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[8] "Ronald Koeman vertrekt bij Feyenoord". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[9] "Feyenoord definitief in zee met Fred Rutten". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[10] "Jan Wouters stopt na dit seizoen als trainer van FC Utrecht". NRC (in Dutch). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

[11] "Utrecht stelt Alflen, Adriaanse aan". NOS (in Dutch). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

[12] "Van den Ham van Dordt naar Utrecht". NOS (in Dutch). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[13] "Ernie Brandts nieuwe trainer FC Dordrecht". RTV Rijnmond (in Dutch). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[14] "Heracles ontslaat Jan de Jonge". NOS (in Dutch). 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[15] "John Stegeman maakt seizoen af als hoofdtrainer". Heracles Almelo (in Dutch). 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

[16] "Van Basten blijft als assistent-trainer". AZ (in Dutch). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[17] "Van den Brom nieuwe trainer AZ". NOS (in Dutch). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

[gudelj_sacked-18] "NAC Breda ontslaat trainer Gudelj". NOS (in Dutch). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

[19] "Maaskant: NAC heeft een speciale plaats in mijn hart". Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[20] "Maaskant: NAC heeft een speciale plaats in mijn hart". Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[eredivisie_statistics-21] "Statstieken". Eredivisie official website (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2013.

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