Eredivisie

Dutch professional football league

For other uses, see Eredivisie (disambiguation).

Football league

Eredivisie

Organising body| KNVB
Founded| 1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Country| Netherlands
Confederation| UEFA
Number of teams| 18 (since 1966–67)
Level on pyramid| 1
Relegation to| Eerste Divisie
Domestic cup(s)|

* KNVB Cup
* Johan Cruyff Shield

International cup(s)|

* UEFA Champions League
* UEFA Europa League
* UEFA Europa Conference League

Current champions| PSV (25th title)
(2023–24)
Most championships| Ajax (36 titles)
Most appearances| Pim Doesburg (687)
Top goalscorer| Willy van der Kuijlen (311)
TV partners| List of broadcasters
Website| eredivisie.eu
Current: 2023–24 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrədivizi]; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2023–24 season, it is ranked the 6th-best league in Europe by UEFA.[1]

The Eredivisie 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 two clubs at the bottom are relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the Eerste Divisie are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with six high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie.[2]

The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. Ajax have won the most titles with 36. PSV Eindhoven are next with 25, and Feyenoord follow with 16. Since 1965, these three clubs have won all but three Eredivisie titles (the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won in 2010). Ajax, PSV, and Feyenoord are known as the "Big Three" or "Traditional Top Three" of Dutch football. They are the only clubs in their current form to have never been relegated out of the Eredivisie. 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 Vriendenloterij (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).

In August 2012, it was made public that tycoon Rupert Murdoch had secured the rights to the Eredivisie for 12 years at the expense of one billion euros, beginning in the 2013–14 season.[3] Within this deal, the five largest Eredivisie clubs were to receive five million euros per year.[4] In 2020, the Eredivisie was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## History[edit]

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.[5] 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.[6] The call for professional football grew in the early fifties after many national team members left to play abroad in search for financial benefits.[7] 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 France 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.[8] To serve the growing interest, a dissident professional football association (the NBVB) and league were founded for the 1954–55 season.[9] 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.[6]

Meanwhile, both the KNVB and the NBVB started their separate competition. The first professional football match was contested between Alkmaar and Venlo.[6] 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.[10] 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.[11] Ajax was the first team to claim the title that season.[11] Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history;

* 18 clubs: 1956–1962
* 16 clubs: 1962–1966
* 18 clubs: 1966–present

## Current teams (2023–24)[edit]

Club
| City  | Capacity  | Position
in 2022–23 | 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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Ajaxa b | Amsterdam | 55,865 | 3rd | 1956–57 | 68 | 1956–57 | 68 | 26 | 36 | 2022
Almere City | Almere | 4,501 | promoted* | 2023–24 | 1 | 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | \-
AZ | Alkmaar | 19,500 | 4th | 1968–69 | 46 | 1998–99 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2009
Excelsior | Rotterdam | 4,500 | 15th | 1970–71 | 24 | 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | \-
Feyenoorda b | Rotterdam | 51,137 | 1st | 1956–57 | 68 | 1956–57 | 68 | 10 | 16 | 2023
Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | 12,500 | 13th | 1968–69 | 25 | 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | \-
Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | 10,000 | 11th | 1963–64 | 34 | 2021–22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1933
SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | 27,224 | 8th | 1990–91 | 32 | 1993–94 | 31 | 0 | 0 | \-
Heracles Almelo | Almelo | 12,080 | promoted* | 1962–63 | 23 | 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1941
NEC | Nijmegen | 12,500 | 12th | 1967–68 | 43 | 2021–22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | \-
PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | 13,250 | promoted* | 1978-79 | 23 | 2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | \-
PSVa b | Eindhoven | 36,500 | 2nd | 1956–57 | 68 | 1956–57 | 68 | 22 | 24 | 2024
RKC Waalwijk | Waalwijk | 7,508 | 9th | 1988–89 | 28 | 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | \-
Sparta Rotterdama | Rotterdam | 11,026 | 6th | 1956–57 | 58 | 2019–20 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1959
FC Twentec | Enschede | 30,205 | 5th | 1956–57 | 65 | 2019–20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2010
FC Utrechtb d | Utrecht | 23,750 | 7th | 1970–71 | 54 | 1970–71 | 54 | 0 | 0 | \-
Vitesse | Arnhem | 21,248 | 10th | 1971–72 | 39 | 1989–90 | 35 | 0 | 0 | \-
FC Volendam | Volendam | 7,384 | 14th | 1959–60 | 27 | 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | \-

* Heracles Almelo finished first and PEC Zwolle finished second in the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. Almere City finished 3rd and defeated FC Emmen in the playoff final.

a Founding member of the Eredivisie
b Never been relegated from the Eredivisie
c Founding member of the Eredivisie (as Sportclub Enschede)
d Founding member of the Eredivisie (as VV DOS and USV Elinkwijk)

### Maps[edit]

Ajax

Almere C

Excelsior
Feyenoord
Sparta

Fortuna

GA Eagles

Heerenveen

Heracles

NEC

PSV

PEC

RKC

Twente

Utrecht

Vitesse

Volendam

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Locations of the 2023–24 Eredivisie teams

## Champions[edit]

Main article: List of Dutch football champions

Please note that the table below totals all winners of the Dutch top division, which included the Netherlands Football League Championship that preceded the Eredivisie. The Eredivisie was only founded in 1956 so many of these teams did not win the Eredivisie title.

Club  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Winning years

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Ajax | 36
| 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, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
PSV | 25
| 16 | 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, 2023–24
Feyenoord | 16
| 22 | 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, 2022–23
HVV Den Haag | 10
| 1 | 1890–91, 1895–96, 1899–1900, 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 | 3 | 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[edit]

### European competition[edit]

Position  | Playoff  | Qualification to

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1st |  – | Champions League group stage
2nd |  – | Champions League third qualifying round of the League Path.
3rd |  – | Europa League play-off round
4th |  – | Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5th–8th/6th-9th | European competition play-offs | 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 Conference League second qualifying round
KNVB Cup winners |  – | Europa League play-off round (group stage if the Europa Conference League winners have already qualified for the UCL through their domestic league)

### Relegation[edit]

Position  | Playoff  | What happens next

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16th | Nacompetitie | The 3rd to 8th placed teams in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie compete against each other for a spot in the semi finals. The remaining 3 teams and the 16th placed team from the Eredivisie then face off in a double legged knock out system for the final place in the Eredivisie.
17th-18th | – | Direct relegation to the Keuken Kampioen Divisie

## Attendance[edit]

2018–19 Attendance  Club  | Attendance

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Ajax | 52,987
Feyenoord | 42,065
PSV | 34,071
FC Utrecht | 18,846
SC Heerenveen | 18,743
NAC Breda | 18,262
FC Groningen | 18,025
Vitesse | 15,422
AZ | 15,027
PEC Zwolle | 13,478
Willem II | 12,998
ADO Den Haag | 12,561
De Graafschap | 12,321
Heracles Almelo | 10,993
Fortuna Sittard | 9,100
FC Emmen | 8,238
VVV Venlo | 6,828
Excelsior | 4,223
Average | 18,010

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 2018–19 season was 18,010, with Ajax having the largest (52,987) and Excelsior having the smallest (4,223). Ajax's figures however differ from those provided by the Johan Cruyff Arena since the club counts all tickets sold instead of the number of people going through the turnstiles.

## All-time ranking (since 1956)[edit]

Last updated following the 2018–19 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 | 63 | 2126 | 1413 | 381 | 329 | 4620 | 2,17 | 5386 | 2167 | +3219
2. | PSV | 63 | 2126 | 1298 | 453 | 375 | 4347 | 2,04 | 4912 | 2234 | +2678
3. | Feyenoord | 63 | 2126 | 1208 | 489 | 429 | 4113 | 1,93 | 4540 | 2440 | +2100
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 | 49 | 1666 | 618 | 427 | 621 | 2281 | 1,37 | 2385 | 2505 | -120
7. | AZ | 41 | 1394 | 598 | 346 | 450 | 2140 | 1,54 | 2330 | 1917 | +413
8. | Roda JC Kerkrade | 44 | 1496 | 563 | 391 | 542 | 2080 | 1,39 | 2260 | 2208 | +52
9. | NAC Breda | 50 | 1688 | 529 | 440 | 719 | 2027 | 1,20 | 2239 | 2812 | -573
10. | ADO Den Haag | 45 | 1514 | 501 | 387 | 626 | 1890 | 1,25 | 2172 | 2486 | -314
11. | FC Groningen | 40 | 1360 | 464 | 375 | 521 | 1767 | 1,30 | 1925 | 2098 | -173
12. | Vitesse | 34 | 1156 | 445 | 329 | 382 | 1664 | 1,44 | 1757 | 1605 | +152
13. | Willem II | 43 | 1455 | 443 | 331 | 680 | 1660 | 1,14 | 2027 | 2608 | -581
14. | NEC | 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 | 27 | 918 | 373 | 233 | 312 | 1352 | 1,47 | 1546 | 1429 | +117
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 | 22 | 748 | 207 | 197 | 344 | 818 | 1,09 | 968 | 1367 | -399
21. | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 680 | 188 | 200 | 292 | 764 | 1,12 | 806 | 1085 | -279
22. | Heracles Almelo | 19 | 630 | 193 | 143 | 294 | 722 | 1,15 | 860 | 1173 | -313
23. | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 646 | 180 | 175 | 291 | 715 | 1,11 | 825 | 1124 | -299
24. | HFC Haarlem | 18 | 612 | 172 | 178 | 262 | 694 | 1,13 | 695 | 978 | -283
25. | Excelsior | 22 | 748 | 168 | 186 | 394 | 690 | 0,92 | 830 | 1399 | -569
26. | De Graafschap | 21 | 714 | 157 | 175 | 382 | 646 | 0,90 | 773 | 1373 | -600
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. | TSV 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. | Emmen | 1 | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 1,12 | 41 | 72 | -31
54. | Almere City | 1 | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 1,00 | 33 | 59 | -26

## Player records[edit]

### Appearances[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: List of Eredivisie top scorers

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
4  |  Kees Kist | 212 | 372 | 0.57 | Forward | 1972–73 | 1983–84
5  |  Tonny van der Linden | 208 | 456 | 0.46 | Forward | 1956–57 | 1966–67

## Top scorers[edit]

Main article: List of Eredivisie hat-tricks

Last updated following the 2022–23 season.[12]
Season  | Top Scorer(s)  | Goals  | Club(s)

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1956–57  |  Coen Dillen | 43 | PSV
1957–58  |  Leo Canjels | 32 | NAC
1958–59  |  Leo Canjels (2)  | 34 | NAC
1959–60  |  Henk Groot[13] | 37 | Ajax
1960–61  |  Henk Groot (2)  | 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 (2)  | 23 | DWS
1965–66  |  Willy van der Kuijlen
Piet Kruiver | 23 | PSV
Feyenoord
1966–67  |  Johan Cruyff | 33 | Ajax
1967–68  |  Ove Kindvall | 28 | Feyenoord
1968–69  |  Dick van Dijk
Ove Kindvall (2)  | 30 | FC Twente
Feyenoord
1969–70  |  Willy van der Kuijlen (2)  | 26 | PSV
1970–71  |  Ove Kindvall (3)  | 24 | Feyenoord
1971–72  |  Johan Cruyff (2)  | 25 | Ajax
1972–73  |  Cas Janssens
Willy Brokamp | 18 | NEC
MVV
1973–74  |  Willy van der Kuijlen (3)  | 27 | PSV
1974–75  |  Ruud Geels | 30 | Ajax
1975–76  |  Ruud Geels (2)  | 29 | Ajax
1976–77  |  Ruud Geels (3)  | 34 | Ajax
1977–78  |  Ruud Geels (4)  | 30 | Ajax
1978–79  |  Kees Kist | 34 | AZ Alkmaar
1979–80  |  Kees Kist (2)  | 27 | AZ Alkmaar
1980–81  |  Ruud Geels (5)  | 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 (2)  | 22 | Ajax
1985–86  |  Marco van Basten (3)  | 37 | Ajax
1986–87  |  Marco van Basten (4)  | 31 | Ajax
1987–88  |  Wim Kieft (2)  | 29 | PSV
1988–89  |  Romário | 19 | PSV
1989–90  |  Romário (2)  | 23 | PSV
1990–91  |  Romário (3)[14]
Dennis Bergkamp[14] | 25 | PSV
Ajax
1991–92  |  Dennis Bergkamp (2)[15] | 24 | Ajax
1992–93  |  Dennis Bergkamp (3)[16] | 26 | Ajax
1993–94 |  Jari Litmanen | 26 | Ajax
1994–95 |  Ronaldo | 30 | PSV
1995–96 |  Luc Nilis | 21 | PSV
1996–97 |  Luc Nilis (2)  | 21 | PSV
1997–98 |  Nikos Machlas | 34 | Vitesse
1998–99 |  Ruud van Nistelrooy | 31 | PSV
1999–2000 |  Ruud van Nistelrooy (2)  | 29 | PSV
2000–01 |  Mateja Kežman | 24 | PSV
2001–02 |  Pierre van Hooijdonk | 24 | Feyenoord
2002–03 |  Mateja Kežman (2)  | 35 | PSV
2003–04 |  Mateja Kežman (3)  | 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 (2)  | 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
2018–19 |  Luuk de Jong
Dušan Tadić | 28 | PSV
Ajax
2019–20 |  Steven Berghuis
Cyriel Dessers | 15 | Feyenoord
Heracles Almelo
2020–21 |  Giorgos Giakoumakis | 26 | VVV-Venlo
2021–22 |  Sébastien Haller | 21 | Ajax
2022–23 |  Anastasios Douvikas
Xavi Simons | 19 | FC Utrecht
PSV

## Media coverage[edit]

Main article: List of Eredivisie broadcasters

## Eredivisie teams and major UEFA and FIFA competitions[edit]

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.[17]

## Sponsorship names for seasons[edit]

* Eredivisie (1956–1990)
* PTT-Telecompetitie (1990–1999)
* KPN-Telecompetitie (1999–2000)
* KPN Eredivisie (2000–2002)
* Holland Casino Eredivisie (2002–2005)
* Eredivisie (2005–present)

## See also[edit]

* Association football portal
* Netherlands portal

* 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[edit]

* Eredivisie Football Score – Alles over Eredivisie resultaten,uitslagen en standen

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## External links[edit]

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* Official website (in Dutch)

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Eredivisie

2023–24 clubs|

* Ajax
* Almere City
* AZ
* Excelsior
* Feyenoord
* Fortuna Sittard
* Go Ahead Eagles
* Heerenveen
* Heracles Almelo
* NEC
* PEC Zwolle
* PSV
* RKC Waalwijk
* Sparta Rotterdam
* Twente
* Utrecht
* Vitesse
* Volendam

Stadiums|

* Abe Lenstra Stadion
* De Adelaarshorst
* AFAS Stadion
* Erve Asito
* Fortuna Sittard Stadion
* Galgenwaard
* GelreDome
* De Goffert
* De Grolsch Veste
* Johan Cruyff Arena
* Het Kasteel
* Kras Stadion
* De Kuip
* MAC³PARK Stadion
* Mandemakers Stadion
* Philips Stadion
* Woudestein
* Yanmar Stadion

Former clubs|

* ADO Den Haag
* Alkmaar '54
* FC Amsterdam
* Blauw-Wit
* Cambuur
* De Graafschap
* De Volewijckers
* Den Bosch
* Dordrecht
* DOS
* DS '79
* DWS
* FC Eindhoven
* Elinkwijk
* Emmen
* SC Enschede
* Fortuna '54
* Groningen
* Haarlem
* Helmond Sport
* MVV
* NAC Breda
* NOAD
* RBC
* Roda JC
* SVV
* Telstar
* Veendam
* VVV-Venlo
* Wageningen
* Willem II
* XerxesDZB

Competition|

* Champions
* Players (foreign)
* Managers
* Top scorers
* Hat-tricks
* Derbies
* Eredivisie Live

Awards|

* Footballer of the Year
* Rinus Michels Award
* Eredivisie Player of the Month

Associated
competitions|

* League system
* Eerste Divisie
* KNVB Cup
* Johan Cruyff Shield
* Eredivisie for women
* UEFA Champions League
* UEFA Europa League
* UEFA Conference League

Netherlands
Football
League
seasons|

* 1888–89
* 1889–90
* 1890–91
* 1891–92
* 1892–93
* 1893–94
* 1894–95
* 1895–96
* 1896–97
* 1897–98
* 1898–99
* 1899–1900
* 1900–01
* 1901–02
* 1902–03
* 1903–04
* 1904–05
* 1905–06
* 1906–07
* 1907–08
* 1908–09
* 1909–10
* 1910–11
* 1911–12
* 1912–13
* 1913–14
* 1914–15
* 1915–16
* 1916–17
* 1917–18
* 1918–19
* 1919–20
* 1920–21
* 1921–22
* 1922–23
* 1923–24
* 1924–25
* 1925–26
* 1926–27
* 1927–28
* 1928–29
* 1929–30
* 1930–31
* 1931–32
* 1932–33
* 1933–34
* 1934–35
* 1935–36
* 1936–37
* 1937–38
* 1938–39
* 1939–40
* 1940–41
* 1941–42
* 1942–43
* 1943–44
* 1945–46
* 1946–47
* 1947–48
* 1948–49
* 1949–50
* 1950–51
* 1951–52
* 1952–53
* 1953–54
* 1954–55
* 1955–56

Eredivisie
seasons|

* 1956–57
* 1957–58
* 1958–59
* 1959–60
* 1960–61
* 1961–62
* 1962–63
* 1963–64
* 1964–65
* 1965–66
* 1966–67
* 1967–68
* 1968–69
* 1969–70
* 1970–71
* 1971–72
* 1972–73
* 1973–74
* 1974–75
* 1975–76
* 1976–77
* 1977–78
* 1978–79
* 1979–80
* 1980–81
* 1981–82
* 1982–83
* 1983–84
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* 1986–87
* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

* Eredivisie
* Eerste Divisie
* Tweede Divisie
* Derde Divisie
* Vierde Divisie
* Eerste Klasse
* Tweede Klasse
* Derde Klasse
* Vierde Klasse
* Vijfde Klasse

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Overview|

* Association
* League system
* Clubs
* 'Big Three'
* Stadiums
* Champions
* Players
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* Referees
* Footballer of the Year

International|

| Men|

* Netherlands
* B team
* U-21
* U-19
* U-17
* U-16
* Variants (Beach
* Futsal)

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Women|

* Netherlands women
* W U-19
* W U-17

Leagues|

| Men|

* Eredivisie (1956–)
* Eerste Divisie (1956–)
* Tweede Divisie (1956–71, 2016–)
* Derde Divisie (2010–)
* Vierde Divisie (1974–)
* Eerste Klasse (1890–)
* Tweede Klasse (1890–)
* Derde Klasse (1898-)
* Vierde Klasse (1923–)
* Vijfde Klasse (1996–)
* Zesde Klasse (1996–2015)
* Zevende Klasse (1996–2010)
* Achtste Klasse (1996–2001)

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Women|

* BeNe League (with Belgium, 2012–15)
* Eredivisie (2007–12, 2015–)
* Topklasse (2011–)
* Hoofdklasse (1973–)
* Eerste Klasse (1994–)
* Tweede Klasse
* Derde Klasse
* Vierde Klasse
* Vijfde Klasse
* Futsal Eredivisie
* Futsal Hoofdklasse

Cups|

| Men|

* Johan Cruyff Shield (1949–)
* KNVB Cup (1898–)
* KNVB Amateur Cup (1980–2016)
* KNVB Reserve Cup (1997–2012)
* KNVB District Cup (1959–)

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Women|

* BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium, 2011–13)
* KNVB Women's Cup (1980–)

Tournaments|

| Men|

* Amsterdam Tournament (1975–2009)
* Copa Amsterdam
* Eurovoetbal
* Feyenoord Tournament (1978–91)
* Future Cup
* Otten Cup

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Leagues|

| Men's|

* American football
* Basketball
* Field Hockey
* Football
* Futsal
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Rugby Union
* Volleyball
* Water polo

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Women's|

* Basketball
* Field Hockey
* Football
* Futsal
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Rugby Union
* Volleyball
* Water polo

Others|

| Individual|

* Athletics
* Outdoor
* Indoor
* Badminton
* Chess
* Cycling
* road race
* time trial
* Figure Skating
* Gymnastics
* Artistic
* Rhythmic

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Current|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
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* France
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* Gibraltar
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* Iceland
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* Kazakhstan
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* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

Defunct|

* Austria
* Tagblatt Pokal
* Gauliga Ostmark
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Republic
* State
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* East Germany
* England
* Finland
* Germany
* Bezirksliga Bayern
* Gauliga
* Kreisliga Bayern
* Hessen
* Nordmain
* Odenwald
* Pfalz
* Saar
* Südmain
* Südwest
* Württemberg
* Nordkreis-Liga
* Oberliga Berlin
* Oberliga Nord
* Oberliga Süd
* Oberliga Südwest
* Oberliga West
* Südkreis-Liga
* Westkreis-Liga
* Gibraltar
* Herzeg-Bosnia
* Mandatory Palestine
* Scotland
* Premier Division
* Premier League
* Saarland
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Turkey
* Turkish Championship
* National Division
* Yugoslavia

Liechtenstein is the only UEFA member association without a national league.
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