Eredivisie
Organising body | KNVB |
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Founded | 1956 (1956) |
Country | Netherlands |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 18 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Eerste Divisie |
Domestic cup(s) |
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International cup(s) |
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Current champions | PSV Eindhoven (24th title) (2017–18) |
Most championships | Ajax (33 titles) |
TV partners |
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Website | Eredivisie.nl |
2018–19 Eredivisie |
The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrədivizi]; "Honour Division" or "Premier 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 2018–2019 season it was ranked the 11th 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 with eight high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie.
The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. Ajax has won most titles, 25 (33 national titles). PSV Eindhoven are next with 21 (24), and Feyenoord follow with 10 (15). Since 1965, these three clubs have won all but three Eredivisie titles (the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won the 2010 title). Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord are known as the "Big Three" of Dutch football. They are the only ones in their current forms to have appeared in every edition of the Eredivisie since its formation. A fourth club, FC Utrecht, is the product of a 1970 merger between three of that city's clubs, one of which, VV DOS, had also never been relegated out of the Eredivisie.
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 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.[2] Within this deal the five largest Eredivisie clubs should receive 5 million euros per year for the duration of the contract.[3]
Contents
1 History
2 Current teams (2018–19)
3 Performance by club
4 Playoffs
4.1 European competition
4.2 Relegation
5 Attendance
6 All-time ranking (since 1956)
7 Player records
7.1 Appearances
7.2 Goals
8 Top scorers
9 Media coverage
10 Eredivisie teams and major UEFA and FIFA competitions
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
History
From the foundation of the Dutch national football championship in 1898 until 1954, the title was decided through play-offs by a handful of clubs who had previously won their regional league.[4] 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.[5] The call for professional football grew in the early fifties after many national team members left to play abroad in search for financial benefits.[6] The KNVB would usually suspend these players, preventing them from appearing 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.[7] To serve the growing interest, a dissident professional football association (the NBVB) and league were founded for the 1954–55 season.[8] 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.[5]
Meanwhile, both the KNVB and the NBVB started their separate competition. The first professional football match was contested between Alkmaar and Venlo.[5] 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.[9] 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.[10] Ajax was the first team to claim the title that season.[10]
Current teams (2018–19)
Club | City | Capacity | Position in 2017-18 | 1st season in Eredivisie | No. of seasons in Eredivisie | 1st season of current spell | No. of seasons of current spell | Eredivisie titles | National titles | Last title |
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Ajaxab | Amsterdam | 54,990 | 2nd | 1956–57 | 63 | 1956–57 | 63 | 25 | 33 | 2014 |
AZ | Alkmaar | 17,250 | 3rd | 1968–69 | 41 | 1998–99 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2009 |
ADO Den Haag | The Hague | 15,000 | 7th | 1957–58 | 45 | 2008–09 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1943 |
FC Emmenb | Emmen | 8,600 | promoted* | 2018-19 | 1 | 2018-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
Excelsior | Rotterdam | 4,400 | 11th | 1970–71 | 22 | 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
Feyenoordab | Rotterdam | 51,137 | 4th | 1956–57 | 63 | 1956–57 | 63 | 10 | 15 | 2017 |
Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | 12,500 | promoted* | 1968-69 | 20 | 2018-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
de Graafschap | Doetinchem | 12,600 | promoted* | 1973-74 | 21 | 2018-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
FC Groningen | Groningen | 22,579 | 12th | 1971–72 | 40 | 2000–01 | 19 | 0 | 0 | - |
SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | 27,224 | 8th | 1990–91 | 27 | 1993–94 | 26 | 0 | 0 | - |
Heracles Almelo | Almelo | 12,080 | 10th | 1962–63 | 19 | 2005–06 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1941 |
PSVab | Eindhoven | 36,500 | 1st | 1956–57 | 63 | 1956–57 | 63 | 21 | 24 | 2018 |
NAC Bredaa | Breda | 19,000 | 14th | 1956–57 | 50 | 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1921 |
FC Utrechtb | Utrecht | 23,750 | 5th | 1970–71 | 49 | 1970–71 | 49 | 0 | 0 | - |
Vitesse | Arnhem | 21,248 | 6th | 1971–72 | 34 | 1989–90 | 30 | 0 | 0 | - |
VVV-Venloa | Venlo | 8,000 | 15th | 1956–57 | 22 | 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
Willem IIa | Tilburg | 14,500 | 13th | 1956–57 | 42 | 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1955 |
PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | 14,000 | 9th | 1978–79 | 19 | 2012–13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
*Fortuna Sittard finished second in the Eerste Divisie. FC Emmen won against Sparta Rotterdam in the playoff final and de Graafschap defeated Almere City.
a Founding member of the Eredivisie
b Never been relegated from the Eredivisie
Performance by club
Club | Winner | Runner-up | Winning years |
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Ajax | 33 | 23 | 1917–18, 1918–19, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 |
PSV | 24 | 14 | 1928–29, 1934–35, 1950–51, 1962–63, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 |
Feyenoord | 15 | 21 | 1923–24, 1927–28, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2016–17 |
HVV Den Haag | 10 | 1 | 1890–91, 1895–96, 1899–00, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1913–14 |
Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | – | 1908–09, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1958–59 |
RAP | 5 | 3 | 1891–92, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99 |
Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 5 | 1916–17, 1921–22, 1929–30, 1932–33 |
Koninklijke HFC | 3 | 3 | 1889–90, 1892–93, 1894–95 |
Willem II | 3 | 1 | 1915–16, 1951–52, 1954–55 |
HBS Craeyenhout | 3 | – | 1903–04, 1905–06, 1924–25 |
AZ | 2 | 2 | 1980–81, 2008–09 |
Heracles Almelo | 2 | 1 | 1926–27, 1940–41 |
ADO Den Haag | 2 | – | 1941–42, 1942–43 |
RCH | 2 | – | 1922–23, 1952–53 |
NAC Breda | 1 | 4 | 1920–21 |
FC Twente | 1 | 3 | 2009–10 |
DWS | 1 | 3 | 1963–64 |
Roda JC Kerkrade* | 1 | 2 | 1955–56 |
Be Quick | 1 | 2 | 1919–20 |
FC Eindhoven | 1 | 2 | 1953–54 |
SC Enschede | 1 | 1 | 1925–26 |
DOS | 1 | 1 | 1957–58 |
FC Den Bosch | 1 | 1 | 1947–48 |
De Volewijckers | 1 | – | 1943–44 |
HFC Haarlem | 1 | – | 1945–46 |
Limburgia | 1 | – | 1949–50 |
SVV | 1 | – | 1948–49 |
Quick Den Haag | 1 | – | 1907–08 |
VV Concordia | 1 | – | 1888–89 |
* As Rapid JC.
Playoffs
European competition
Position | Playoff | Qualification to |
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1st | – | Champions League 3rd qualifying round on the Champions Path |
2nd | – | Champions League 2nd qualifying round on the League Path |
3rd/4th | – | Europa League 2nd qualifying round |
4th–7th/5th–8th | 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 |
KNVB Cup winners | – | Europa League 3rd qualifying round |
Relegation
Position | Playoff | What happens next |
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16th–17th | Nacompetitie | Two Eredivisie teams each play the semi finals against a Eerste Divisie team. Who wins will compete in the poule final for a place in the Eredivisie. The two Eredivisie teams will never play against each other in the playoffs. |
18th | – | Direct relegation to the Eerste Divisie |
Attendance
Club | Attendance |
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Ajax | 50,490 |
Feyenoord | 47,500 |
PSV | 33,354 |
FC Twente | 30,005 |
SC Heerenveen | 22,373 |
FC Groningen | 20,259 |
FC Utrecht | 16,364 |
AZ | 15,409 |
Roda JC | 13,301 |
Vitesse | 13,212 |
ADO Den Haag | 12,709 |
Heracles Almelo | 12,084 |
PEC Zwolle | 11,887 |
NEC | 11,281 |
Willem II | 11,000 |
Cambuur | 9,815 |
De Graafschap | 8,100 |
Excelsior | 3,394 |
Average | 18,467 |
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 Utrecht 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 2015–16 season was 18,467, with Ajax having the largest (48,653) and Excelsior having the smallest (3,394). Ajax's 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.
All-time ranking (since 1956)
- Last updated following the 2017–18 season
Playing in the Eredivisie |
Playing in the Eerste Divisie |
Playing in the amateur leagues |
Club has been disestablished or merged into another club |
Rank | Club | Seasons | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points | Avg. Points | Goals for | Goals against | Goal difference |
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1. | Ajax | 62 | 2092 | 1385 | 379 | 325 | 4534 | 2,17 | 5267 | 2135 | +3132 |
2. | PSV | 62 | 2092 | 1272 | 448 | 372 | 4264 | 2,04 | 4814 | 2208 | +2606 |
3. | Feyenoord | 62 | 2092 | 1188 | 484 | 420 | 4048 | 1,93 | 4465 | 2399 | +2066 |
4. | FC Twente | 52 | 1764 | 771 | 475 | 518 | 2788 | 1,58 | 2806 | 2247 | +559 |
5. | Sparta Rotterdam | 53 | 1764 | 619 | 498 | 669 | 2355 | 1,32 | 2676 | 2801 | -125 |
6. | FC Utrecht | 48 | 1632 | 603 | 419 | 610 | 2228 | 1,37 | 2325 | 2454 | -129 |
7. | AZ | 40 | 1360 | 581 | 339 | 440 | 2082 | 1,53 | 2266 | 1874 | +392 |
8. | Roda JC Kerkrade | 44 | 1496 | 563 | 391 | 542 | 2080 | 1,39 | 2260 | 2208 | +52 |
9. | NAC Breda | 49 | 1654 | 524 | 432 | 698 | 2004 | 1,21 | 2210 | 2738 | -528 |
10. | ADO Den Haag | 44 | 1480 | 489 | 378 | 613 | 1845 | 1,25 | 2114 | 2423 | -309 |
11. | FC Groningen | 39 | 1326 | 451 | 369 | 506 | 1722 | 1,30 | 1886 | 2057 | -171 |
12. | Willem II | 42 | 1421 | 430 | 326 | 664 | 1616 | 1,14 | 1969 | 2536 | -567 |
13. | Vitesse | 33 | 1122 | 431 | 318 | 373 | 1611 | 1,44 | 1687 | 1554 | +133 |
14. | N.E.C. | 40 | 1360 | 379 | 382 | 599 | 1519 | 1,12 | 1565 | 2132 | -567 |
15. | MVV Maastricht | 36 | 1208 | 350 | 356 | 502 | 1406 | 1,16 | 1527 | 1992 | -465 |
16. | sc Heerenveen | 26 | 884 | 363 | 222 | 299 | 1311 | 1,48 | 1482 | 1356 | +126 |
17. | Go Ahead Eagles | 31 | 1042 | 325 | 268 | 449 | 1243 | 1,19 | 1399 | 1701 | -302 |
18. | RKC Waalwijk | 23 | 782 | 240 | 197 | 345 | 917 | 1,17 | 1014 | 1269 | -255 |
19. | FC Volendam | 25 | 842 | 228 | 215 | 399 | 899 | 1,07 | 994 | 1513 | -519 |
20. | VVV-Venlo | 21 | 714 | 196 | 189 | 329 | 777 | 1,09 | 921 | 1304 | -383 |
21. | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | 646 | 179 | 193 | 274 | 730 | 1,13 | 756 | 1005 | -249 |
22. | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 612 | 172 | 178 | 262 | 694 | 1,13 | 695 | 978 | -283 |
23. | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 612 | 169 | 169 | 274 | 676 | 1,10 | 781 | 1067 | -286 |
24. | Heracles Almelo | 18 | 596 | 178 | 140 | 278 | 674 | 1,13 | 799 | 1105 | -306 |
25. | Excelsior | 21 | 714 | 159 | 180 | 375 | 657 | 0,92 | 784 | 1320 | -536 |
26. | De Graafschap | 20 | 680 | 149 | 170 | 361 | 617 | 0,91 | 735 | 1298 | -563 |
27. | DOS | 14 | 460 | 168 | 109 | 183 | 613 | 1,33 | 790 | 848 | -58 |
28. | AFC DWS | 13 | 430 | 147 | 117 | 166 | 558 | 1,30 | 588 | 644 | -56 |
29. | Fortuna '54 | 12 | 392 | 141 | 99 | 152 | 522 | 1,33 | 635 | 700 | -65 |
30. | Telstar | 14 | 468 | 118 | 140 | 210 | 494 | 1,06 | 530 | 754 | -224 |
31. | GVAV | 13 | 392 | 123 | 115 | 154 | 484 | 1,23 | 533 | 595 | -62 |
32. | FC Den Bosch | 12 | 442 | 114 | 123 | 205 | 465 | 1,05 | 491 | 756 | -265 |
33. | SC Enschede | 9 | 294 | 121 | 77 | 96 | 440 | 1,50 | 565 | 490 | +75 |
34. | Rapid JC | 6 | 204 | 73 | 47 | 84 | 266 | 1,30 | 307 | 350 | -43 |
35. | USV Elinkwijk | 7 | 234 | 65 | 50 | 119 | 245 | 1,05 | 306 | 483 | -177 |
36. | FC Amsterdam | 6 | 204 | 61 | 56 | 87 | 239 | 1,17 | 263 | 321 | -58 |
37. | Blauw-Wit | 6 | 196 | 65 | 42 | 89 | 237 | 1,21 | 334 | 401 | -67 |
38. | SC Cambuur | 7 | 238 | 49 | 64 | 125 | 211 | 0,89 | 258 | 437 | -179 |
39. | Holland Sport | 4 | 136 | 37 | 34 | 65 | 145 | 1,07 | 168 | 279 | -111 |
40. | FC Dordrecht | 6 | 204 | 31 | 46 | 127 | 139 | 0,68 | 208 | 463 | -255 |
41. | RBC Roosendaal | 5 | 170 | 35 | 26 | 109 | 131 | 0,77 | 164 | 358 | -194 |
42. | NOAD | 4 | 136 | 33 | 30 | 73 | 129 | 0,95 | 187 | 311 | -124 |
43. | Sittardia | 4 | 132 | 32 | 29 | 71 | 125 | 0,95 | 148 | 256 | -108 |
44. | Xerxes/DHC | 2 | 68 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 95 | 1,40 | 92 | 95 | -3 |
45. | EVV | 3 | 102 | 23 | 25 | 54 | 94 | 0,92 | 107 | 209 | -102 |
46. | BVC Amsterdam | 2 | 68 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 80 | 1,18 | 103 | 130 | -27 |
47. | BVV | 2 | 68 | 18 | 10 | 40 | 64 | 0,94 | 126 | 172 | -46 |
48. | SC Veendam | 2 | 68 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 59 | 0,87 | 74 | 127 | -53 |
49. | FC Wageningen | 2 | 68 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 57 | 0,84 | 72 | 137 | -65 |
50. | De Volewijckers | 2 | 64 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 55 | 0,86 | 99 | 189 | -90 |
51. | Helmond Sport | 2 | 68 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 54 | 0,79 | 93 | 162 | -69 |
52. | SVV | 2 | 68 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 0,76 | 62 | 142 | -80 |
53. | Alkmaar '54 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 0,88 | 39 | 61 | -22 |
Player records
Appearances
Rank | Name | Games | Playing position | First match | Last match |
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1 | Pim Doesburg | 687 | Goalkeeper | 1962–63 | 1986–87 |
2 | Jan Jongbloed | 684 | Goalkeeper | 1959–60 | 1985–86 |
3 | Piet Schrijvers | 576 | Goalkeeper | 1963–64 | 1984–85 |
Goals
Rank | Name | Goals | Games | Goals per game | Playing position | First goal | Last goal |
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1 | Willy van der Kuijlen | 311 | 545 | 0.57 | Forward | 1964–65 | 1981–82 |
2 | Ruud Geels | 266 | 392 | 0.68 | Forward | 1964–65 | 1983–84 |
3 | Johan Cruijff | 216 | 309 | 0.70 | Forward | 1964–65 | 1983–84 |
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Top scorers
Season | Topscorer | Goals | Club |
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1956–57 | Coen Dillen | 43 | PSV |
1957–58 | Leo Canjels | 32 | NAC |
1958–59 | Leo Canjels | 34 | NAC |
1959–60 | Henk Groot[12] | 37 | Ajax |
1960–61 | Henk Groot | 41 | Ajax |
1961–62 | Dick Tol | 27 | FC Volendam |
1962–63 | Pierre Kerkhofs | 22 | PSV |
1963–64 | Frans Geurtsen | 28 | DWS |
1964–65 | Frans Geurtsen | 23 | DWS |
1965–66 | Willy van der Kuijlen Piet Kruiver | 23 | PSV Feyenoord |
1966–67 | Johan Cruijff | 33 | Ajax |
1967–68 | Ove Kindvall | 28 | Feyenoord |
1968–69 | Dick van Dijk Ove Kindvall | 30 | FC Twente Feyenoord |
1969–70 | Willy van der Kuijlen | 26 | PSV |
1970–71 | Ove Kindvall | 24 | Feyenoord |
1971–72 | Johan Cruijff | 25 | Ajax |
1972–73 | Cas Janssens Willy Brokamp | 18 | NEC MVV |
1973–74 | Willy van der Kuijlen | 27 | PSV |
1974–75 | Ruud Geels | 30 | Ajax |
1975–76 | Ruud Geels | 29 | Ajax |
1976–77 | Ruud Geels | 34 | Ajax |
1977–78 | Ruud Geels | 30 | Ajax |
1978–79 | Kees Kist | 34 | AZ'67 |
1979–80 | Kees Kist | 27 | AZ'67 |
1980–81 | Ruud Geels | 22 | Sparta |
1981–82 | Wim Kieft | 32 | Ajax |
1982–83 | Peter Houtman | 30 | Feyenoord |
1983–84 | Marco van Basten | 28 | Ajax |
1984–85 | Marco van Basten | 22 | Ajax |
1985–86 | Marco van Basten | 37 | Ajax |
1986–87 | Marco van Basten | 31 | Ajax |
1987–88 | Wim Kieft | 29 | PSV |
1988–89 | Romário | 19 | PSV |
1989–90 | Romário | 23 | PSV |
1990–91 | Romário[13] Dennis Bergkamp[13] | 25 | PSV Ajax |
1991–92 | Dennis Bergkamp[14] | 24 | Ajax |
1992–93 | Dennis Bergkamp[15] | 26 | Ajax |
1993–94 | Jari Litmanen | 26 | Ajax |
1994–95 | Ronaldo | 30 | PSV |
1995–96 | Luc Nilis | 21 | PSV |
1996–97 | Luc Nilis | 21 | PSV |
1997–98 | Nikos Machlas | 34 | Vitesse |
1998–99 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 31 | PSV |
1999-00 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 29 | PSV |
2000–01 | Mateja Kežman | 24 | PSV |
2001–02 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | 24 | Feyenoord |
2002–03 | Mateja Kežman | 35 | PSV |
2003–04 | Mateja Kežman | 31 | PSV |
2004–05 | Dirk Kuyt | 29 | Feyenoord |
2005–06 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 33 | SC Heerenveen/Ajax |
2006–07 | Afonso Alves | 34 | SC Heerenveen |
2007–08 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 33 | Ajax |
2008–09 | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 23 | AZ |
2009–10 | Luis Suárez | 35 | Ajax |
2010–11 | Björn Vleminckx | 23 | NEC |
2011–12 | Bas Dost | 32 | SC Heerenveen |
2012–13 | Wilfried Bony | 31 | Vitesse |
2013–14 | Alfreð Finnbogason | 29 | SC Heerenveen |
2014–15 | Memphis Depay | 22 | PSV |
2015–16 | Vincent Janssen | 27 | AZ |
2016–17 | Nicolai Jørgensen | 21 | Feyenoord |
2017–18 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 21 | AZ |
Media coverage
Country | Network | Details |
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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 NPO 1 and 3 |
Azerbaijan | CBC Sport | Live Eredivisie matches |
Belgium | Play Sports | Two matches per week, since 2015 |
India | NEO Sports | Two–three matches per week (Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV matches only) |
Albania | SuperSport Albania | Two matches per week and highlights |
Poland | Polsat Sport Polsat Sport Extra Polsat Sport News | 2–5 matches (1–4 live) every week and highlights, since 2004 |
Turkey | S Sport | Live matches every week, two or three times |
Russia | Telekanal Futbol | Live matches every week, two or three times |
Croatia Slovenia,Serbia | Sport Klub | Live matches every week, two or three times |
Spain | Movistar Fútbol (Movistar+) | Three matches every week, and highlights |
Portugal | Sport TV | Two or three live matches every week |
Slovakia | Arena Sport | Two or three live matches every week |
Germany | Sportdigital.tv, DAZN | Up to three matches per week, and highlights (mostly Ajax, PSV and at times Feyenoord matches) |
South Korea | tvN | Live PSV matches |
United Kingdom | Eleven Sports | Live Eredivisie matches |
United States | ESPN+ | Three live matches every week |
Norway | Viasat Fotball | One match live on Sunday 11.30 CET |
Lithuania | Sport1 | Up to two matches per week and highlights |
Bulgaria | Mtel Sport 1 and Mtel Sport 2 | Two or three live matches every week |
Pan-Africa | Fox Sports Africa | Three live matches every week, sometimes four |
Latin America | ESPN + and ESPN Extra | Two matches every week are broadcast live, one only on ESPN Play. |
Brazil | ESPN + | Two live matches every week, one only on Watch ESPN. |
Indonesia | iNews and Soccer Channel | Up to three live matches every week. |
Malaysia | Astro SuperSport | Up to three live matches every week. |
Singapore | Singtel TV | Up to three live matches every week |
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 – Ajax
1972 European Cup Final – Ajax
1972 Intercontinental Cup – Ajax
1973 European Cup Final – Ajax
1973 European Super Cup – Ajax
1974 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord
1978 UEFA Cup Final – PSV
1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – Ajax
1988 European Cup Final – PSV
1992 UEFA Cup Final – Ajax
1995 UEFA Champions League Final – Ajax
1995 UEFA Super Cup – Ajax
1995 Intercontinental Cup – Ajax
2002 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord
The UEFA 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, Olympisch Stadion – (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, Olympisch Stadion – 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, Olympisch Stadion – (Attendance: 66,000)
1978 UEFA Cup Final, Philips Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 27,000)
1981 UEFA Cup Final, Olympisch Stadion – 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, Olympisch Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 42,000)
1995 UEFA Super Cup, Olympisch Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 23,000)
1997 UEFA 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 Cruyff Shield
- List of Dutch football champions
- List of foreign players in the Eredivisie
List of sports attendance figures – Eredivisie in a global context
References
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^ (in Dutch)"De Watersnoodwedstrijd van Cor van der Hart". Sportgeschiedenis. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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^ Zestig jaar Eredivisie: Van der Kuylen, Doesburg en meer - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
^ Topscorers Eredivisie 1959–1960[permanent dead link], Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
^ ab Topscorers Eredivisie 1990–1991[permanent dead link], Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
^ Topscorers Eredivisie 1991–1992[permanent dead link], Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
^ Topscorers Eredivisie 1992–1993[permanent dead link], Eredivisielive.nl (Dutch)
External links
Eredivisie.nl – Official website (in Dutch)