Eredivisie

For other uses, see Eredivisie (disambiguation).

Eredivisie

Country	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1956 (1956)
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Eerste Divisie
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	PSV (23rd title) (2015–16)
Most championships	Ajax (33 titles)
TV partners	Fox Sports Eredivisie NOS (Highlights)
Website	Eredivisie.nl
2016–17 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrədiˌvizi]; "Honorary 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 end of the 2015–2016 season it was ranked the 13th 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. The play-offs are played in two groups. Each group has one Eredivisie club and three high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie. In both promotion/relegation play-off groups, each club plays a home-and-away series with the other clubs. The winner of each play-off group plays in the following season's Eredivisie, with the other teams going to the Eerste Divisie.

The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. AFC Ajax has won most titles, 24 (33 national titles). PSV Eindhoven are next with 18 (23), and Feyenoord follow with 9 (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). Ajax, PSV and Feynoord 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 the American-based Australian 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]

History

From the foundation of the Dutch football championship 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 to appear 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 (2016–17)

Club	City	Capacity	Position in 2015–16	First season in Eredivisie	Number of seasons in Eredivisie	First season of current spell	Number of seasons of current spell	Eredivisie titles	National titles	Last title
Ajax^a ^b	Amsterdam	52,502	2nd	1956–57	61	1956–57	61	25	33	2014
AZ	Alkmaar	17,250	4th	1968–69	39	1998–99	19	2	2	2009
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	15,000	11th	1957–58	43	2008–09	9	0	2	1943
Excelsior	Rotterdam	4,500	15th	1970–71	20	2014–15	3	0	0	-
Feyenoord^a ^b	Rotterdam	51,137	3rd	1956–57	61	1956–57	61	9	14	1999
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	9,800	Eerste Divisie: 5th	1963–64	31	2016–17	1	0	0	1933
Groningen	Groningen	22,579	7th	1971–72	38	2000–01	17	0	0	-
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	26,100	12th	1990–91	25	1993–94	24	0	0	-
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	12,080	6th	1962–63	17	2005–06	12	0	2	1941
N.E.C.	Nijmegen	12,500	10th	1967–68	40	2015–16	2	0	0	-
PSV^a ^b	Eindhoven	36,500	1st	1956–57	61	1956–57	61	20	23	2016
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	19,979	14th	1973–74	43	2015–16	2	0	0	-
Sparta Rotterdam^a	Rotterdam	11,000	Eerste Divisie: 1st	1956–57	52	2016–17	1	0	0	1959
Twente	Enschede	30,205	13th	1965–66	51	1984–85	33	1	1	2010
Utrecht^b	Utrecht	22,750	5th	1970–71	47	1970–71	47	0	0	-
Vitesse	Arnhem	25,500	9th	1971–72	32	1989–90	28	0	0	-
Willem II^a	Tilburg	14,700	16th	1956–57	41	2014–15	3	0	3	1955
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	13,500	8th	1978–79	17	2012–13	5	0	0	-

^a Founding member of the Eredivisie
^b Never been relegated from the Eredivisie

National champions

Main article: List of Dutch football champions

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Winning Years
Ajax	33	22	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 Eindhoven	23	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
Feyenoord	14	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
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
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	1	4	1920–21
FC Twente	1	3	2009–10
DWS	1	3	1963–64
Rapid JC	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
Haarlem	1	–	1945–46
Limburgia	1	–	1949–50
SVV	1	–	1948–49
Quick Den Haag	1	–	1907–08
VV Concordia	1	–	1888–89

Playoffs

European competition

Position	Playoff	Qualification to
1	–	Champions League group stage
2	–	Champions League 3rd qualifying round for non-champions
3 / 4	–	Europa League 3rd qualifying round
4 – 7 / 5 – 6	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
Cup winner	–	Europa League Group Stage

Relegation

Position	Playoff	Following season
16 – 17	Nacompetitie	Two Eredivisie teams each play two teams from the Eerste Divisie against relegation
18	–	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Attendance

2015–16 Attendance
Club	Attendance
Ajax	50,490
Feyenoord	47,500
PSV	33,354
FC Twente	24,900
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	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 Twente 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 AFC Ajax having the largest (48,653) and Excelsior having the smallest (3,394). Ajax' 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 2015–16 season

Rank	Club	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	Avg. Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Champs
1	Ajax	60	2024	1335	369	320	4374	2.16	5099	2079	3020	25
2	PSV	60	2024	1224	433	367	4105	2.03	4659	2146	2513	19
3	Feyenoord	60	2024	1142	474	408	3900	1.92	4303	2336	1967	9
4	FC Twente	50	1696	754	457	485	2719	1.60	2721	2134	587	1
5	Sparta Rotterdam	51	1718	603	485	630	2294	1.34	2600	2665	-65	1
6	FC Utrecht	46	1564	571	399	594	2112	1.35	2213	2363	-150
7	Roda JC	42	1427	548	372	507	2016	1.41	2191	2087	104
8	NAC Breda	48	1620	515	425	680	1970	1.22	2169	2681	-512
9	AZ/'67	38	1292	547	321	424	1962	1.52	2143	1784	359	2
10	ADO/FC Den Haag	42	1412	465	365	582	1760	1.25	2032	2311	-279
11	FC Groningen	37	1258	433	342	483	1641	1.30	1781	1956	-175
12	Willem II	40	1352	411	310	631	1543	1.14	1890	2429	-531
13	Vitesse	31	1054	403	302	349	1511	1.43	1573	1467	106
14	NEC	39	1326	370	375	581	1485	1.12	1533	2073	-540
15	MVV	36	1208	350	356	502	1406	1.16	1527	1992	-465
16	SC Heerenveen	24	816	339	205	272	1222	1.50	1380	1250	130
17	Go Ahead Eagles	30	1008	319	263	426	1220	1.21	1367	1628	-261
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	20	680	189	176	315	743	1.09	886	1250	-364
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	De Graafschap	20	680	149	170	361	617	0.91	735	1298	-563
24	DOS	14	460	168	109	183	613	1.33	790	848	-58	1
25	PEC Zwolle	16	544	148	153	243	597	1.10	700	946	-246
26	Heracles Almelo	16	528	155	124	249	589	1.12	696	986	-290
27	Excelsior	19	646	139	163	344	580	0.90	700	1204	-504
28	DWS	13	430	147	117	166	558	1.30	588	644	-56	1
29	Fortuna '54	12	392	141	99	152	522	1.33	635	700	-65
30	Stormvogels Telstar	14	468	118	140	210	494	1.06	530	754	-224
31	GVAV	12	392	123	115	154	484	1.23	533	595	-62
32	FC Den Bosch	13	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 Amsterdam	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	2	68	26	17	25	95	1.40	92	95	-3
45	FC Eindhoven	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	Bossche VV	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

The clubs highlighted in green play in the Eredivisie in the current season
The clubs highlighted in red play in the Eerste Divisie in the current season
The clubs highlighted in grey no longer exist because they have been disestablished or have been merged into another club
Remaining clubs play in lower competitions

Top scorers

Season	Topscorer	Goals	Club
1956–57	Coen Dillen	43	PSV
1957–58	Leo Canjels	32	NAC
1958–59	Leo Canjels	34	NAC
1959–60	Henk Groot^[11]	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^[12] Dennis Bergkamp^[12]	25	PSV Ajax
1991–92	Dennis Bergkamp^[13]	24	Ajax
1992–93	Dennis Bergkamp^[14]	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

Media coverage

Country	Network	Details
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 Nederland 1 and 3
Azerbaijan	CBC Sport	Live Eredivisie matches
Belgium	Play Sports	Two matches per week, since 2015
India	NEO Sports	Two-Three match per week (Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV matches only)
Albania	SuperSport Albania	One match per week and highlights
Italy	Sky Sport (Italy)	Two matches per week, and highlights
Turkey	Tivibu Sports	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	Up to three matches per week, and highlights (Mostly Ajax, PSV and at times Feyenoord matches)
South Korea	tvN	Live PSV matches
United Kingdom	Sky Sports 5	Live Eredivisie matches
Norway	Viasat Fotball	One match live on Sunday 11.30 CET

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 – AFC Ajax
1972 European Cup Final – AFC Ajax
1972 Intercontinental Cup – AFC Ajax
1973 European Cup Final – AFC Ajax
1973 European Super Cup – AFC Ajax
1974 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord
1978 UEFA Cup Final – PSV Eindhoven
1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – AFC Ajax
1988 European Cup Final – PSV Eindhoven
1992 UEFA Cup Final – AFC Ajax
1995 UEFA Champions League Final – AFC Ajax
1995 European Super Cup – AFC Ajax
1995 Intercontinental Cup – AFC Ajax
2002 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord

The European 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, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – (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, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – 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, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – (Attendance: 66,000)
1978 UEFA Cup Final, Philips Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 27,000)
1981 UEFA Cup Final, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – 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, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – second leg (Attendance: 42,000)
1995 European Super Cup, Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) – second leg (Attendance: 23,000)
1997 European 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

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External links

Eredivisie.nl – Official website (Dutch)

Eredivisie

2016–17 clubs	ADO Den Haag Ajax AZ Excelsior Feyenoord Go Ahead Eagles Groningen Heerenveen Heracles Almelo N.E.C. PEC Zwolle PSV Eindhoven Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse Willem II

Stadiums	Abe Lenstra Stadion AFAS Stadion De Adelaarshorst Amsterdam ArenA Euroborg Galgenwaard GelreDome De Goffert De Grolsch Veste IJsseldeltastadion Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Koning Willem II Stadion De Kuip Kyocera Stadion Parkstad Limburg Stadion Philips Stadion Polman Stadion Stadion Woudestein

Former clubs	Alkmaar '54 FC Amsterdam Blauw-Wit Amsterdam Cambuur FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht DOS DS '79 DWS FC Eindhoven USV Elinkwijk SC Enschede Fortuna '54 Fortuna Sittard De Graafschap GVAV HFC Haarlem Helmond Sport MVV Maastricht NAC TSV NOAD RBC Roosendaal RKC Waalwijk SHS Sittardia SVV Telstar SC Veendam FC Volendam De Volewijckers VVV-Venlo FC Wageningen XerxesDZB

Competition	Champions Players (foreign) Managers Derbies Eredivisie Live

Awards	Footballer of the Year Rinus Michels Award

Associated competitions	League system Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (defunct) Topklasse Hoofdklasse KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield Beloften Eredivisie Eredivisie for women UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa 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 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

Football in the Netherlands

Overview

International

Men	Netherlands U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 Variants (Beach Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (from 2016) Derde Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse Zesde Klasse (defunct) Zevende Klasse (defunct)

Women	Eredivisie BeNe League (with Belgium, 2012–2015) Topklasse Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield KNVB Amateur Cup KNVB District Cup KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium)

Others

Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Non-recognized	Crimea Isle of Man Northern Cyprus Vatican City

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Top level men's association football leagues around the world

Africa (clubs)

North Africa	Botola (Morocco) Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Algeria) Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Tunisia) Premier League (Egypt) Premier League (Libya)

West Africa	Campeonato Nacional (Cape Verde) Campeonato Nacional (Guinea-Bissau) Championnat National (Guinea) Championnat National (Togo) First Division (Gambia) Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast) Ligue 1 (Mauritania) National Premier League (Sierra Leone) Première Division (Mali) Premier League (Benin) Premier League (Burkina Faso) Premier League (Ghana) Premier League (Liberia) Premier League (Niger) Premier League (Nigeria) Premier League (Senegal) Primera División (Equatorial Guinea)

Central Africa	Championnat National D1 (Gabon) Central African Republic League Elite One (Cameroon) São Tomé and Príncipe Championship

East Africa	Premier League (Burundi) Premier League (Djibouti) Premier League (Eritrea) Premier League (Ethiopia) Premier League (Kenya) Premier League (Sudan) Premier League (Tanzania) Premier League (Zanzibar) Rwanda National Football League Somali League South Sudan Football Championship Ugandan Super League

Southern Africa	First Division (Seychelles) Girabola (Angola) Mauritian League Moçambola (Mozambique) Premier Division (Zanzibar) Premier League (Botswana) Premier League (Comoros) Premier League (Lesotho) Premier League (Namibia) Premier League (Swaziland) Premier League (Zambia) Premier Soccer League (South Africa) Premier Soccer League (Zimbabwe) THB Champions League (Madagascar)

Asia (clubs)

West Asia	Saudi Professional League (Saudi Arabia) Kuwaiti Premier League (Kuwait) Qatar Stars League (Qatar) UAE Arabian Gulf League Iraqi Premier League (Iraq) Oman Professional League (Oman) Jordan Premier League (Jordan) Lebanese Premier League (Lebanon) Bahraini Premier League (Bahrain) Yemeni League (Yemen)

Central Asia	Persian Gulf Pro League (Iran) Uzbek League (Uzbekistan) Ýokary Liga (Turkmenistan)

South Asia	I-League/Indian Super League (India) Bangladesh Super Soccer League (Bangladesh)

East Asia	Chinese Super League (China PR) J1 League (Japan) K League Classic (Korea Republic) Hong Kong Premier League (Hong Kong)

Southeast Asia	Thai League (Thailand) Malaysia Super League (Malaysia) S.League (Singapore) Indonesia Super League (Indonesia) A-League (Australia/New Zealand) V.League 1 (Vietnam) Myanmar National League (Myanmar) United Football League (Philippines) Liga Futebol Amadora (Timor Leste)

Europe (clubs)

Belgian First Division A (Belgium)
Premier League (England)
Ligue 1 (France)
Bundesliga (Germany)
Superleague Greece (Greece)
Serie A (Italy)
Eredivisie (Netherlands)
Primeira Liga (Portugal)
Russian Football Premier League (Russia)
La Liga (Spain)
Swiss Super League (Switzerland)
Süper Lig (Turkey)
Ukrainian Premier League (Ukraine)
Czech First League (Czech Republic)
Liga I (Romania)
Scottish Premiership (Scotland)
Campeonato della Citta Vaticano (Vatican City)

North & Central America,
and the Caribbean (clubs)

North America	Major League Soccer (USA/Canada) Liga MX (Mexico)

Caribbean	Ligue Haïtienne (Haiti) Jamaican National Premier League TT Pro League (Trinidad and Tobago)

Oceania (clubs)

South America (clubs)

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