2024–25 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2024–25
Dates	9 August 2024 – 9 May 2025
Matches played	264
Goals scored	789 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zakaria Eddahchouri; (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Den Bosch 6–0 Jong AZ; (16 August 2024); Telstar 6–0 Jong FC Utrecht; (9 February 2025)
Biggest away win	Vitesse 0–6 Cambuur; (22 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Jong PSV 6–4 Vitesse; (20 December 2024)
Longest winning run	5 matches; ADO Den Haag; Cambuur
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Volendam
Longest winless run	12 matches; Jong FC Utrecht
Longest losing run	5 matches; Eindhoven; Jong PSV
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 23 February 2025.

The 2024–25 Eerste Divisie is the 69th season of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands since its establishment in 1956.

Teams

A total of 20 teams take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Eredivisie.

Location of teams in the 2024–25 Eerste Divisie

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Kooi Stadion [nl]	15,000
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	12,600
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	8,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	M-Scores Stadion	4,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	8,600
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	4,500
Helmond Sport	Helmond	GS Staalwerken Stadion	4,100
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	2,050
Jong AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Trainingscomplex	200
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	PSV Campus De Herdgang	2,500
Jong FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch	550
MVV Maastricht	Maastricht	Stadion De Geusselt	10,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Telstar	Velsen	BUKO Stadion	3,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	4,560
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	21,248
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	7,384
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion - De Koel	8,000

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
5	North Brabant	Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, Jong PSV, TOP Oss
4	North Holland	Jong Ajax, Jong AZ, Telstar, Volendam
3	Limburg	MVV Maastricht, Roda JC Kerkrade, VVV-Venlo
3	South Holland	ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht, Excelsior
2	Gelderland	De Graafschap, Vitesse
1	Drenthe	Emmen
	Friesland	Cambuur
	Utrecht	Jong FC Utrecht

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Volendam^[a] (X)	27	17	4	6	60	34	+26	55	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Excelsior	27	14	7	6	48	29	+19	49	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	ADO Den Haag	27	14	7	6	47	31	+16	49	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Dordrecht	26	13	8	5	45	33	+12	47
5	Cambuur	26	14	3	9	39	26	+13	45
6	De Graafschap	27	12	7	8	54	39	+15	43
7	Den Bosch^[b] (X)	27	12	7	8	40	29	+11	43
8	Helmond Sport	26	11	6	9	36	36	0	39
9	Telstar	27	10	8	9	44	35	+9	38
10	Emmen	26	11	5	10	42	36	+6	38
11	Roda JC Kerkrade	27	10	8	9	37	36	+1	38
12	Eindhoven	27	10	5	12	40	45	−5	35
13	MVV Maastricht	27	8	9	10	42	42	0	33
14	Jong AZ	26	8	6	12	44	50	−6	30	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
15	Jong Ajax	25	7	6	12	31	33	−2	27
16	TOP Oss	27	6	9	12	19	45	−26	27
17	VVV-Venlo	26	7	5	14	26	44	−18	26
18	Jong PSV	25	6	3	16	37	54	−17	21	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
19	Jong FC Utrecht	25	3	8	14	22	52	−30	17
20	Vitesse^[c]	27	7	7	13	36	60	−24	1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: Flashscore, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[3]
(X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs
Notes:

^ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)
^ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)
^ Vitesse were deducted six points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association in September 2024, and were deducted another twenty-one points in November 2024 for multiple violations.^[1]^[2]

Period tables

Period 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Den Bosch	9	5	3	1	17	6	+11	18	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Helmond Sport	9	5	3	1	15	8	+7	18
3	Excelsior	9	5	2	2	23	14	+9	17
4	De Graafschap	9	4	3	2	22	17	+5	15
5	Eindhoven	9	4	3	2	13	8	+5	15
6	Dordrecht	9	4	3	2	11	9	+2	15
7	Volendam	9	4	1	4	19	16	+3	13
8	Telstar	9	3	4	2	13	10	+3	13
9	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	3	4	2	10	12	−2	13
10	Emmen	9	3	3	3	12	12	0	12
11	Jong PSV	9	3	2	4	14	14	0	11	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	Jong AZ	9	3	2	4	17	19	−2	11
13	ADO Den Haag	9	2	5	2	13	15	−2	11
14	Jong Ajax	9	2	4	3	11	10	+1	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	Cambuur	9	3	1	5	7	8	−1	10
16	Vitesse	9	2	4	3	13	15	−2	10
17	MVV Maastricht	9	1	5	3	9	14	−5	8
18	VVV-Venlo	9	2	2	5	9	17	−8	8
19	TOP Oss	9	2	2	5	7	20	−13	8
20	Jong FC Utrecht	9	0	4	5	8	19	−11	4	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Volendam	10	7	3	0	23	8	+15	24	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Cambuur	10	7	1	2	23	9	+14	22
3	Excelsior	10	6	3	1	15	5	+10	21
4	Emmen	10	6	2	2	20	9	+11	20
5	Dordrecht	10	6	2	2	22	17	+5	20
6	ADO Den Haag	10	5	2	3	19	10	+9	17
7	De Graafschap	10	5	2	3	18	13	+5	17
8	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	5	2	3	15	13	+2	17
9	TOP Oss	10	3	5	2	9	12	−3	14
10	Telstar	10	3	4	3	17	14	+3	13
11	Helmond Sport	10	4	1	5	13	19	−6	13
12	MVV Maastricht	10	3	3	4	16	17	−1	12
13	Den Bosch	10	3	3	4	14	16	−2	12	Period 1 winner
14	Eindhoven	10	3	1	6	12	22	−10	10
15	Vitesse	10	2	3	5	11	24	−13	9
16	Jong AZ	10	2	2	6	14	19	−5	8	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	Jong Ajax	10	2	2	6	9	14	−5	8
18	Jong PSV	10	2	1	7	13	21	−8	7
19	VVV-Venlo	10	2	1	7	8	18	−10	7
20	Jong FC Utrecht	10	1	3	6	8	19	−11	6	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ADO Den Haag	8	7	0	1	15	6	+9	21	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Volendam	8	6	0	2	18	10	+8	18	Period 2 winner
3	Cambuur	7	4	1	2	11	9	+2	13
4	MVV Maastricht	8	4	1	3	17	11	+6	13
5	Den Bosch	8	4	1	3	9	7	+2	13	Period 1 winner
6	Dordrecht	7	3	3	1	11	7	+4	12
7	Telstar	8	4	0	4	14	11	+3	12
8	Jong AZ	8	3	2	3	13	13	0	11	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
9	VVV-Venlo	7	3	2	2	9	9	0	11
10	De Graafschap	8	3	2	3	14	9	+5	11
11	Excelsior	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11
12	Eindhoven	8	3	1	4	15	15	0	10
13	Jong Ajax	5	3	0	2	11	8	+3	9	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
14	Vitesse	8	3	0	5	12	21	−9	9
15	Helmond Sport	7	2	2	3	9	10	−1	8
16	Roda JC Kerkrade	8	2	2	4	12	12	0	8
17	Jong FC Utrecht	6	2	1	3	6	14	−8	7	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18	Emmen	7	2	0	5	10	15	−5	6
19	TOP Oss	8	1	2	5	3	13	−10	5
20	Jong PSV	6	1	0	5	10	19	−9	3	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 4

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	ADO Den Haag	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Cambuur
3	Den Bosch	Period 1 winner
4	Dordrecht
5	Eindhoven
6	Emmen
7	Excelsior
8	De Graafschap
9	Helmond Sport
10	Jong Ajax	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11	Jong AZ
12	Jong PSV
13	Jong FC Utrecht
14	MVV Maastricht
15	Roda JC Kerkrade
16	Telstar
17	TOP Oss
18	Vitesse
19	Volendam	Period 2 winner
20	VVV-Venlo

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	EXC	GRA	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	RJC	TEL	TOP	VIT	VOL	VVV
ADO Den Haag		2 May	2 Mar	30 Mar	2–1	2–1	0–5	1–2	3–1	1–0	11 Mar	20 Apr	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Cambuur	2–1		1–2	10 Mar	2–0	1–3	1–0	28 Mar	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	13 Apr	9 May	0–0	2–1	1–1	25 Apr	1–2	28 Feb
Den Bosch	2–0	7 Mar		2–3	6 Apr	1–0	0–3	2–2	2 May	16 Mar	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	18 Apr
Dordrecht	1–1	2–0	12 Apr		3–3	28 Feb	2–2	1–1	4–0	4 Apr	1–1	2–0	3–1	25 Apr	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	9 May	14 Mar
Eindhoven	0–4	4–2	2–0	0–0		0–3	14 Mar	11 Apr	28 Mar	0–3	2 May	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	18 Apr	3–0	7 Mar	1–3	1–3
Emmen	7 Mar	4 Apr	0–3	1–2	1–2		1–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	18 Apr	4–2	14 Mar	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	3–3	1–2	2 May
Excelsior	1–0	0–1	10 Mar	1–0	2–0	27 Apr		3–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	2 May	28 Mar	3–2	2 Mar	3–2	11 Apr	1–3	0–0	4–0
De Graafschap	1–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	7 Mar		2–3	19 Apr	5–1	3–1	2–2	22 Mar	6 Apr	2 May	4–0	3–1	4–3	3–1
Helmond Sport	2–1	18 Apr	0–0	0–1	3–4	24 Feb	0–1	9 May		1–1	2–1	14 Mar	1–1	7 Mar	2–1	5 Apr	1–0	3–0	2–3	3–0
Jong Ajax	0–0	24 Feb	1–2	0–1	3 Mar	11 Mar	3–2	2–0	28 Apr		1–2	4–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	9 May	14 Apr	31 Mar	0–1
Jong AZ	3–3	2–3	28 Apr	3–1	2–3	1–1	9 May	2–2	2–3	2–1		~~17 Feb~~	7 Mar	2–3	6–1	3 Mar	31 Mar	0–1	14 Apr	3–0
Jong PSV	2–2	1–4	31 Mar	24 Feb	28 Apr	2–3	1–3	28 Feb	1–3	2–2	2–1		9 May	14 Apr	2–3	0–2	10 Mar	6–4	1–4	1–2
Jong FC Utrecht	7 Apr	0–4	0–3	2 May	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	28 Feb	0–1	0–2		4–3	1–3	1–1	3 Mar	10 Mar	28 Apr	~~17 Feb~~
MVV Maastricht	23 Feb	0–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	28 Mar	4 Apr	0–0	1–2	2 May	14 Mar	3–2	18 Apr		3–2	5–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0
Roda JC Kerkrade	24 Apr	0–1	0–0	0–1	9 May	11 Apr	3–0	1–4	11 Mar	2–1	3–3	7 Mar	3–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	29 Mar
Telstar	11 Apr	2–2	0–0	7 Mar	0–3	9 May	1–3	2–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	9 Feb	4–0	14 Mar		25 Apr	28 Mar	2–2	4–0
TOP Oss	1–5	1–0	1–0	19 Apr	0–4	0–4	3–1	16 Mar	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1		2 May	7 Mar	4 Apr
Vitesse	14 Mar	0–6	9 May	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	4 Apr	1–3	2–1	1 Mar	19 Apr	2–3	0–0		1–2	12 Jan
Volendam	1–2	15 Mar	3–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	20 Apr	2–1	28 Feb	3–0	2–0	4 Apr	2–0	3–1	2 May	11 Mar	4–0	4–0		2–4
VVV-Venlo	9 May	0–1	1–2	2–3	22 Mar	0–2	1–1	28 Apr	13 Apr	7 Mar	0–1	0–2	3–2	9 Feb	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 February 2025^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zakaria Eddahchouri	Telstar	17
2	Henk Veerman	Volendam	16
2	Robert Mühren	Volendam	16
4	Miliano Jonathans	Vitesse	11
	Camil Mmaee	MVV Maastricht
	Tai Abed	Jong PSV
	Youssef El Kachati	Telstar
8	Tristan van Gilst	De Graafschap	10
	Remco Balk	Cambuur
	Richie Omorowa	Excelsior

References

^ "Wederom puntenstraf; zes punten in mindering" [Another penalty; six points deducted]. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Volgende straf Vitesse: 21 punten in mindering" [Next punishment Vitesse: 21 points deducted]. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.
^ Flashscore

[table_note_VOL0.21185146235481-1] Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)

[table_note_DBO0.21185146235481-2] Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

[table_note_VIT0.21185146235481-5] Vitesse were deducted six points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association in September 2024, and were deducted another twenty-one points in November 2024 for multiple violations.^[1]^[2]

[3] "Wederom puntenstraf; zes punten in mindering" [Another penalty; six points deducted]. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[4] "Volgende straf Vitesse: 21 punten in mindering" [Next punishment Vitesse: 21 points deducted]. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

[rules-6] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.

[7] Flashscore

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