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Eredivisie

Football League
CountriesNL Netherlands
ConfederationUEFA
Founded1956
Number of teams18
Levels1
Relegation toEerste Divisie
Domestic cupKNVB Cup
Johan Cruijff-schaal
International cupChampions League
Europa League
Current championsFC Twente
Most championshipsAFC Ajax (29)

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The Eredivisie (-nlˈerədiˌvizi; ) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the 10th best league in Europe by UEFA.

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 clubs have won all except for three titles (the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won the 2010 title).

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. Since the 2005-06 season, the league has been sponsored by the Sponsorloterij lottery, but for legal reasons, its name is not attached to the league.

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Club
City Position
in 2009-10
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 1
Last Eredivisie
title
ADO Den Haag The Hague 01515th > 1957-58 37 2008-09 3 0 -
Ajax Amsterdam 0022nd > 1956-57 55 1956-57 55 29 2003-04
AZ Alkmaar 0055th > 1960-61 35 1998-99 13 2 2008-09
De Graafschap Doetinchem 0171st; Eerste Divisie > 1973-74 18 2010-11 1 0 -
Excelsior Rotterdam 0183rd; Eerste Divisie > 1970-71 16 2010-11 1 0 -
FC Groningen Groningen 0088th > 1956-57 45 2000-01 11 0 -
FC Twente Enschede 0011st > 1956-57 49 1984-85 27 1 2009-10
FC Utrecht Utrecht 0077th > 1970-71 41 1970-71 41 0 -
Feyenoord Rotterdam 0044th > 1956-57 55 1956-57 55 14 1998-99
Heracles Almelo Almelo 0066th > 1962-63 11 2005-06 6 0 -
NAC Breda Breda 01010th > 1956-57 44 2000-01 11 0 -
NEC Nijmegen 01313th > 1967-68 35 1994-95 17 0 -
PSV Eindhoven 0033rd > 1956-57 55 1956-57 55 21 2007 � 08
Roda JC Kerkrade 0099th > 1956-57 44 1973-74 38 0 -
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen 01111th > 1990-91 19 1993-94 18 0 -
Vitesse Arnhem 01414th > 1971-72 26 1989-90 22 0 -
VVV-Venlo Venlo 01212th > 1956-57 18 2009-10 2 0 -
Willem II Tilburg 01617th > 1956-57 37 1987-88 24 0 -

Year Winner Title number Runner Up Third
1888-89 VV Concordia 1 HFC HVV
1889-90 HFC 1 RAP Amsterdam HVV
1890-91 HVV 1 HFC RAP Amsterdam
1891-92 RAP Amsterdam 1 RC en VV Rotterdam HFC
1892-93 HFC 2 RAP Amsterdam HVV
1893-94 RAP Amsterdam 2 HFC HVV
1894-95 HFC 3
1895-96 HVV 2
1896-97 RAP Amsterdam 3
1897-98 RAP Amsterdam 4 Vitesse
1898-99 RAP Amsterdam 5 Vitesse
1899-00 HVV 3 Victoria Wageningen
1900-01 HVV 4 Victoria Wageningen
1901-02 HVV 5 Victoria Wageningen
1902-03 HVV 6 Vitesse Volharding
1903-04 HBS Craeyenhout 1 Velocitas Breda PW Enschede
1904-05 HVV 7 PW Enschede
1905-06 HBS Craeyenhout 2 PW Enschede
1906-07 HVV 8 PW Enschede
1907-08 Quick Den Haag 1 UD Deventer
1908-09 Sparta 1 Wilhelmina
1909-10 HVV 9 Quick Nijmegen
1910-11 Sparta 2 GVC Wageningen
1911-12 Sparta 3 GVC Wageningen
1912-13 Sparta 4 Vitesse
1913-14 HVV 10 Vitesse Willem II
1914-15 Sparta 5 Vitesse
1915-16 Willem II 1 Go Ahead Sparta
1916-17 Go Ahead 1 UVV Utrecht Willem II
1917-18 Ajax 1 Go Ahead Willem II
1918-19 Ajax 2 Go Ahead AFC Amsterdam
1919-20 Be Quick 1887 1 VOC Rotterdam Go Ahead
1920-21 NAC 1 Be Quick 1887 Ajax
1921-22 Go Ahead 2 Blauw-Wit NAC Breda
1922-23 RCH 1 Be Quick 1887 Go Ahead
1923-24 Feyenoord 1 Stormvogels NAC
1924-25 HBS Craeyenhout 3 NAC Sparta
1925-26 SC Enschede 1 MVV Feyenoord
1926-27 Heracles 1 NAC Ajax
1927-28 Feyenoord 2 Ajax NOAD
1928-29 PSV 1 Go Ahead Feyenoord
1929-30 Go Ahead 3 Ajax Velocitas
1930-31 Ajax 3 Feyenoord PSV
1931-32 Ajax 4 Feyenoord SC Enschede
1932-33 Go Ahead 4 Feyenoord Stormvogels
1933-34 Ajax 5 KFC Willem II
1934-35 PSV 2 Go Ahead Ajax
1935-36 Feyenoord 3 Ajax SC Enschede
1936-37 Ajax 6 Feyenoord PSV
1937-38 Feyenoord 4 Heracles D.W.S.
1938-39 Ajax 7 D.W.S. NEC
1939-40 Feyenoord 5 Blauw-Wit Heracles
1940-41 Heracles 2 PSV ADO
1941-42 ADO 1 FC Eindhoven AGOVV
1942-43 ADO 2 Feyenoord Willem II
1943-44 De Volewijckers 1 VUC Den Haag LONGA
1944-45 Not played
1945-46 Haarlem 1 Ajax SC Heerenveen
1946-47 Ajax 8 SC Heerenveen NEC
1947-48 BVV Den Bosch 1 SC Heerenveen Go Ahead
1948-49 SVV 1 BVV Den Bosch AGOVV
1949-50 Limburgia 1 Blauw-Wit Maurits
1950-51 PSV 3 D.W.S. Willem II
1951-52 Willem II 2 Hermes DVS Haarlem
1952-53 RCH 2 FC Eindhoven Sparta
1953-54 FC Eindhoven 1 D.O.S. PSV
Introduction of professional football
1954-55 Willem II 3 NAC PSV
1955-56 Rapid JC 1 NAC Elinkwijk
Introduction of the Eredivisie
1956-57 Ajax 9 Fortuna '54 SC Enschede
1957-58 D.O.S. 1 SC Enschede Ajax
1958-59 Sparta 6 Rapid JC Fortuna '54
1959-60 Ajax 10 Feyenoord Blauw-Wit
1960-61 Feyenoord 6 Ajax VVV
1961-62 Feyenoord 7 PSV Blauw-Wit
1962-63 PSV 4 Ajax Sparta
1963-64 D.W.S. 1 PSV SC Enschede
1964-65 Feyenoord 8 D.W.S. ADO Den Haag
1965-66 Ajax 11 Feyenoord ADO
1966-67 Ajax 12 Feyenoord Sparta
1967-68 Ajax 13 Feyenoord Go Ahead
1968-69 Feyenoord 9 Ajax FC Twente
1969-70 Ajax 14 Feyenoord PSV
1970-71 Feyenoord 10 Ajax ADO Den Haag
1971-72 Ajax 15 Feyenoord FC Twente
1972-73 Ajax 16 Feyenoord FC Twente
1973-74 Feyenoord 11 FC Twente Ajax
1974-75 PSV 5 Feyenoord Ajax
1975-76 PSV 6 Feyenoord Ajax
1976-77 Ajax 17 PSV AZ '67
1977-78 PSV 7 Ajax AZ '67
1978-79 Ajax 18 Feyenoord PSV
1979-80 Ajax 19 AZ '67 PSV
1980-81 AZ '67 1 Ajax FC Utrecht
1981-82 Ajax 20 PSV AZ '67
1982-83 Ajax 21 Feyenoord PSV
1983-84 Feyenoord 12 PSV Ajax
1984-85 Ajax 22 PSV Feyenoord
1985-86 PSV 8 Ajax Feyenoord
1986-87 PSV 9 Ajax Feyenoord
1987-88 PSV 10 Ajax FC Twente
1988-89 PSV 11 Ajax FC Twente
1989-90 Ajax 23 PSV FC Twente
1990-91 PSV 12 Ajax FC Groningen
1991-92 PSV 13 Ajax Feyenoord
1992-93 Feyenoord 13 PSV Ajax
1993-94 Ajax 24 Feyenoord PSV
1994-95 Ajax 25 Roda JC PSV
1995-96 Ajax 26 PSV Feyenoord
1996-97 PSV 14 Feyenoord FC Twente
1997-98 Ajax 27 PSV Vitesse
1998-99 Feyenoord 14 Willem II PSV
1999-00 PSV 15 SC Heerenveen Feyenoord
2000-01 PSV 16 Feyenoord Ajax
2001-02 Ajax 28 PSV Feyenoord
2002-03 PSV 17 Ajax Feyenoord
2003-04 Ajax 29 PSV Feyenoord
2004-05 PSV 18 Ajax AZ
2005-06 PSV 19 AZ Feyenoord
2006-07 PSV 20 Ajax AZ
2007-08 PSV 21 Ajax NAC Breda
2008-09 AZ 2 FC Twente Ajax
2009-10 FC Twente 1 Ajax PSV

Number of titles :
Club #
Ajax 29
PSV Eindhoven 21
Feyenoord 14
HVV 10
Sparta Rotterdam 6
RAP Amsterdam 5
Go Ahead Eagles 4
HBS Craeyenhout, HFC, Willem II 3
ADO Den Haag, AZ Alkmaar, Heracles Almelo, RCH 2
Be Quick 1887, D.O.S., BVV Den Bosch, D.W.S., De Volewijckers, FC Eindhoven, Haarlem, Limburgia, NAC Breda, Quick Den Haag, Rapid JC, SVV, VV Concordia, FC Twente, SC Enschede 1

: By Town or City
Town or city Number of titles Clubs
Amsterdam
36
Ajax (29), RAP Amsterdam (5), DWS (1), De Volewijckers (1)
Eindhoven
22
PSV (21), FC Eindhoven (1)
Rotterdam
21
Feyenoord (14), Sparta (6), VV Concordia (1)
The Hague
16
HVV (10), HBS Craeyenhout (3), ADO Den Haag (2), Quick Den Haag (1)
Haarlem
6
HFC (3), RCH (2), Haarlem (1)
Deventer
4
Go Ahead Eagles (4)
Tilburg
3
Willem II (3)
Alkmaar
2
AZ Alkmaar (2)
Almelo
2
Heracles (2)
Enschede
1
FC Twente (1)
Breda
1
NAC Breda (1)
Brunssum
1
Limburgia (1)
Den Bosch
1
BVV Den Bosch (1)
Groningen
1
Be Quick 1887 (1)
Kerkrade
1
Rapid JC (1)
Schiedam
1
SVV (1)
Utrecht
1
DOS (1)

European competition :
Pos after
round 34
playoff next season
1 none Champions League group stage
2 none Champions League 3rd qualifying round for non-champions
3 none Europa League Play-off round
4 none Europa League Play-off round
5 Europa League Playoff 5 vs 8 and 6 vs 7; the two winners advance to the second round;
winner: Europa League 2nd qualifying round
6
7
8

European competition :
Cup post season
playoff
next season
winner none Europa League 4th qualifying round
Runner Up none Europa League 2nd qualifying round;
ONLY if Cup Winner finishes 1st-2nd in competition

Relegation :
Club Attendance
Ajax 49,014
Feyenoord 44,044
PSV 33,406
Heerenveen 25,594
FC Twente 23,338
FC Groningen 21,905
FC Utrecht 20,276
Vitesse 18,059
NAC Breda 16,855
AZ 16,462
Roda JC 14,641
Willem II 13,256
N.E.C. 12,341
De Graafschap 12,206
Sparta Rotterdam 10,843
ADO Den Haag 10,319
Heracles Almelo 8,459
FC Volendam 5,460
Average 19,827

Relegation :
Rank Club Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Points Avg. Points Goals for Goals against Goal difference Champions
1 Ajax 55 1821 1203 319 299 3926 2.16 4640 1905 2735 21
2 PSV 55 1821 1089 413 329 3660 2.01 4152 1914 2238 18
3 Feyenoord 55 1821 1033 432 356 3531 1.94 3925 2087 1838 9
4 FC Twente 54 1787 779 477 531 2814 1.57 2904 2359 545 1
5 Sparta Rotterdam 52 1719 603 485 631 2294 1.33 2601 2667 -66 1
6 Roda JC 44 1463 571 376 516 2089 1.43 2251 2126 125
7 FC Groningen 44 1437 479 408 560 1845 1.28 2028 2195 -203
8 FC Utrecht 41 1371 491 351 519 1824 1.33 1885 2041 -156
9 NAC Breda 44 1451 469 383 599 1790 1.23 1975 2403 -431
10 AZ/Alkmaar'67 34 1123 458 290 375 1664 1.48 1824 1553 271 2
11 ADO/FC Den Haag 36 1208 402 308 499 1511 1.25 1745 1960 -215'
12 Willem II 37 1217 384 279 554 1431 1.17 1739 2152 -413
13 MVV 36 1208 350 357 501 1407 1.16 1527 1990 -463
14 NEC 35 1157 319 327 510 1285 1.11 1300 1783 -483
15 Vitesse 26 851 318 249 284 1203 1.41 1231 1192 39
16 Go Ahead Eagles 28 940 302 249 389 1155 1.23 1293 1500 -207
17 sc Heerenveen 19 613 260 147 206 927 1.51 1020 916 104
18 FC Volendam 25 842 228 215 399 899 1.07 994 1513 -519
19 RKC Waalwijk 20 680 211 170 299 803 1.18 891 1108 -217
20 Fortuna Sittard 19 646 179 193 274 730 1.13 756 1005 -249
21 HFC Haarlem 18 612 172 178 262 694 1.13 695 978 -283
22 VVV-Venlo 18 579 168 159 252 663 1.14 777 1038 -247
23 Door Wilskracht Sterk 15 498 167 137 194 638 1.28 691 774 -83 1
24 DOS 14 460 168 109 183 613 1.33 790 848 -58 1
25 De Graafschap 18 579 129 145 305 532 0.92 630 1110 -480
26 FC Den Bosch 15 510 132 133 245 529 1.04 617 928 -311
27 Fortuna '54 12 392 141 99 152 522 1.33 635 700 -65
28 Stormvogels Telstar 14 464 117 141 210 492 1.06 528 754 -226
29 Excelsior 16 511 112 128 271 463 0.91 546 941 -395
30 FC Zwolle/PEC 12 408 99 120 189 417 1.02 496 745 -249
31 Heracles Almelo 10 325 86 79 160 335 1.03 382 627 -245
32 USV Elinkwijk 7 234 65 50 119 245 1.05 306 483 -177
33 FC Amsterdam 6 204 61 56 87 239 1.17 263 321 -58
34 Blauw-Wit Amsterdam 6 196 65 42 89 237 1.21 334 401 -67
35 Holland Sport 4 136 37 34 65 138 1.01 168 279 -101
36 RBC Roosendaal 5 170 35 26 109 131 0.77 164 358 -194
37 NOAD 4 136 33 30 73 129 0.95 187 311 -124
38 Sittardia 4 132 32 29 71 125 0.95 148 256 -108
39 FC Dordrecht/Dordrecht '90 5 170 27 38 105 119 0.70 184 387 -203
40 Cambuur Leeuwarden 4 136 25 38 73 113 0.83 139 252 -113
41 Xerxes 2 68 26 17 25 95 1.40 92 95 -3
42 FC Eindhoven 3 102 23 25 54 94 0.92 107 209 -102
43 BV Veendam 2 68 12 23 33 59 0.87 74 127 -53
44 FC Wageningen 2 68 13 18 37 57 0.84 72 137 -65
45 De Volewijckers 2 64 15 10 39 55 0.86 99 189 -90
46 Helmond Sport 2 68 12 18 38 54 0.79 93 162 -69
47 SVV 2 68 13 13 42 52 0.77 62 142 -80

Relegation :
Season Topscorer Goals Club
1956-57 NL Coen Dillen 43 PSV
1957-58 NL Leo Canjels 32 NAC
1958-59 NL Leo Canjels 34 NAC
1959-60 NL Henk Groot 38 Ajax
1960-61 NL Henk Groot 41 Ajax
1961-62 NL Dick Tol 27 FC Volendam
1962-63 NL Pierre Kerkhofs 22 PSV
1963-64 NL Frans Geurtsen 28 DWS
1964-65 NL Frans Geurtsen 23 DWS
1965-66 NL Willy van der Kuijlen
NL Piet Kruiver
23 PSV
Feyenoord
1966-67 NL Johan Cruijff 33 Ajax
1967-68 SE Ove Kindvall 28 Feyenoord
1968-69 NL Dick van Dijk
SE Ove Kindvall
30 FC Twente
Feyenoord
1969-70 NL Willy van der Kuijlen 26 PSV
1970-71 SE Ove Kindvall 24 Feyenoord
1971-72 NL Johan Cruijff 25 Ajax
1972-73 NL Cas Janssens
NL Willy Brokamp
18 N.E.C.
MVV
1973-74 NL Willy van der Kuijlen 27 PSV
1974-75 NL Ruud Geels 30 Ajax
1975-76 NL Ruud Geels 29 Ajax
1976-77 NL Ruud Geels 34 Ajax
1977-78 NL Ruud Geels 30 Ajax
1978-79 NL Kees Kist 34 AZ'67
1979-80 NL Kees Kist 27 AZ'67
1980-81 NL Ruud Geels 22 Sparta
1981-82 NL Wim Kieft 32 Ajax
1982-83 NL Peter Houtman 30 Feyenoord
1983-84 NL Marco van Basten 28 Ajax
1984-85 NL Marco van Basten 22 Ajax
1985-86 NL Marco van Basten 37 Ajax
1986-87 NL Marco van Basten 31 Ajax
1987-88 NL Wim Kieft 29 PSV
1988-89 BR Romário 19 PSV
1989-90 BR Romário 23 PSV
1990-91 BR Romário
NL Dennis Bergkamp
25 PSV
Ajax
1991-92 NL Dennis Bergkamp 22 Ajax
1992-93 NL Dennis Bergkamp 26 Ajax
1993-94 FI Jari Litmanen 26 Ajax
1994-95 BR Ronaldo 30 PSV
1995-96 BE Luc Nilis 21 PSV
1996-97 BE Luc Nilis 21 PSV
1997-98 GR Nikos Machlas 34 Vitesse
1998-99 NL Ruud van Nistelrooij 31 PSV
1999-00 NL Ruud van Nistelrooij 29 PSV
2000-01 FR Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman 24 PSV
2001-02 NL Pierre van Hooijdonk 24 Feyenoord
2002-03 FR Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman 35 PSV
2003-04 Serbia and Montenegro Mateja Kežman 31 PSV
2004-05 NL Dirk Kuijt 29 Feyenoord
2005-06 NL Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 33 SC Heerenveen/Ajax
2006-07 BR Afonso Alves 34 sc Heerenveen
2007-08 NL Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 33 Ajax
2008-09 MA Mounir El Hamdaoui 23 AZ
2009-10 UY Luis Suárez 35 Ajax

Relegation :
Country Network Details
Netherlands Eredivisie Live; NOS Eredivisie Live (a pay-tv channel) airs all matches live and the NOS broadcasts match summaries on the open channels Nederland 1 and 3
Australia Setanta Sports Covers one match per week featuring one of the big clubs (Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, AZ or FC Twente)
 ;
Republic of Ireland
ESPN (UK) ESPN covers two live matches per week
Italy Sportitalia One match per week, and highlights, since 2004
Sweden TV4 Sport One match every sunday at 14.30 cet.
Hungary Sport 1 and Sport 2 Live matches every week, two or three times.

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