Eredivisie

For the Eredivisie for female football, see Eredivisie (women).

For sports leagues other than football, see Eredivisie (disambiguation).

Eredivisie

Countries	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1956
Number of teams	18
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Eerste Divisie
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	AFC Ajax (2010–11)
Most championships	AFC Ajax (30)
TV partners	Eredivisie Live NOS
Website	Eredivisie.nl
2011–12 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrə.di.ˌvi.zi]; Honorary Division) is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth 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.

The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. AFC Ajax has won the most titles, 22 (30 national titles). PSV Eindhoven is next with 18 (21), and Feyenoord follows 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).

From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeː ˈteː ˈteː ˈteː.lə.kɔm.pə.ˌti.(t)si]) (after the sponsor, PTT Telecom), which was changed to KPN Telecompetitie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaː ˈpeː ˈɛn ˈteː.lə.kɔm.pə.ˌti.(t)si]) in 1999 and to KPN Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaː ˈpeː ˈɛn ˈerə.di.ˌvi.zi]) in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the league was called the Holland Casino Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɔ.lɑnt ˈkaː.sɪ.no ˈerə.di.ˌvi.zi]). 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.

Current teams (2011–12)

Club	City	Position in 2010–11	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	National titles	Most recent title
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	0077th	1957–58	38	2008–09	4	0	2	1943
Ajax	Amsterdam	0011st	1956–57	56	1956–57	56	22	30	2011
AZ	Alkmaar	0044th	1960–61	36	1998–99	14	2	2	2009
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	01414th	1973–74	19	2010–11	2	0	0	-
Excelsior	Rotterdam	01616th	1970–71	17	2010–11	2	0	0	-
FC Groningen	Groningen	0055th	1956–57	46	2000–01	12	0	0	-
FC Twente	Enschede	0022nd	1956–57	50	1984–85	28	1	1	2010
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	0099th	1970–71	42	1970–71	42	1	1	1958 2
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	01010th	1956–57	56	1956–57	56	9	14	1999
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	0088th	1962–63	12	2005–06	7	0	2	1941
NAC Breda	Breda	01313th	1956–57	45	2000–01	12	0	1	1921
NEC	Nijmegen	01111th	1967–68	36	1994–95	18	0	0	-
PSV	Eindhoven	0033rd	1956–57	56	1956–57	56	18	21	2008
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	0181st, Eerste Divisie	1988–89	21	2011–12	1	0	0	-
Roda JC	Kerkrade	0066th	1956–57	45	1973–74	39	0	1	1956 3
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	01212th	1990–91	20	1993–94	19	0	0	-
Vitesse	Arnhem	01515th	1971–72	27	1989–90	23	0	0	-
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	01717th	1956–57	19	2009–10	3	0	0	-

¹ Only the Eredivisie titles (starting in the 1956–57 season) are displayed here
² Obtained as DOS
³ Obtained as Rapid JC

National champions

Main article: Netherlands Football League Championship

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	Sparta	HVV
1895–96	HVV	2	RAP Amsterdam	Sparta
1896–97	RAP Amsterdam	3	HVV	HBS Craeyenhout
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	DWS
1938–39	Ajax	7	DWS	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	DWS	Willem II
1951–52	Willem II	2	Hermes DVS	Haarlem
1952–53	RCH	2	FC Eindhoven	Sparta
1953–54	FC Eindhoven	1	DOS	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	DOS	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	DWS	1	PSV	SC Enschede
1964–65	Feyenoord	8	DWS	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
2010–11	Ajax	30	FC Twente	PSV

Dutch titles

Club	Number of titles
Ajax	30
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, DOS, BVV Den Bosch, DWS, De Volewijckers, FC Eindhoven, Haarlem, Limburgia, NAC Breda, Quick Den Haag, Rapid JC, SVV, VV Concordia, FC Twente, SC Enschede	1

Eredivisie titles

Club	Number of titles
Ajax	22
PSV Eindhoven	18
Feyenoord	9
AZ Alkmaar	2
Sparta Rotterdam	1
FC Twente	1
DWS	1
DOS	1

By town or city

Town or city	Number of titles	Clubs
Amsterdam	37	Ajax (30), 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	2	SC 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)

Playoffs

European competition

Position	Playoff	Qualification to
1	–	Champions League group stage
2	–	Champions League 3rd qualifying round for non-champions
3	–	Europa League 3rd qualifying round
4 – 7	Europa League	4th vs 7th and 5th vs 6th; the two winners play each other to qualify for: Europa League 2nd qualifying round
Cup winner	–	Europa League 4th qualifying round

When the cup winner also qualifies for European football through the league, the number eight finishers will play in the Europa League play-offs and the number four finishers will not have to.

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

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 2008–09 season was 19,827, with AFC Ajax having the largest (49,014) and FC Volendam having the smallest (5,460). 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.

Season 2008–09 average attendance

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	16,455
AZ	16,462
Roda JC	14,641
Willem II	13,256
NEC	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

All-time ranking (since the introduction of the Eredivisie in 1956)

Last updated following the 2011–12 season

Rank	Club	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	Avg. Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Champions
1	Ajax	57	1855	1225	326	304	3999	2.16	4712	1935	2777	22
2	PSV	57	1855	1109	422	334	3729	2.01	4231	1948	2283	18
3	Feyenoord	57	1855	1045	440	370	3575	1.93	3978	2041	1837	9
4	FC Twente	56	1821	800	485	536	2885	1.58	2969	2393	576	1
5	Sparta Rotterdam	52	1719	603	485	631	2294	1.33	2601	2667	-66	1
6	Roda JC	46	1497	585	389	523	2144	1.43	2316	2176	140
7	FC Groningen	46	1471	496	414	571	1902	1.29	2093	2247	-190
8	FC Utrecht	43	1405	504	359	532	1871	1.33	1940	2092	-152
9	NAC Breda	46	1485	481	388	616	1830	1.23	2015	2463	-446
10	AZ/Alkmaar'67	36	1157	475	298	384	1723	1.49	1879	1597	271	2
11	ADO/FC Den Haag	38	1242	418	314	511	1565	1.26	1808	2015	-207'
12	Willem II	37	1251	387	285	579	1446	1.16	1776	2250	-474
13	MVV	36	1208	350	357	501	1407	1.16	1527	1990	-463
14	NEC	37	1191	329	340	521	1328	1.11	1357	1839	-482
15	Vitesse	28	885	327	257	301	1238	1.40	1273	1253	20
16	Go Ahead Eagles	28	940	302	249	389	1155	1.23	1293	1500	-207
17	sc Heerenveen	20	647	270	158	219	968	1.50	1080	970	110
18	FC Volendam	25	842	228	215	399	899	1.07	994	1513	-519
19	RKC Waalwijk	21	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	19	613	174	162	277	684	1.12	811	1114	-289
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	20	613	138	156	319	570	0.93	661	1166	-505
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	Excelsior	17	545	122	133	290	498	0.91	591	1007	-416
29	Stormvogels Telstar	14	464	117	141	210	492	1.06	528	754	-226
30	FC Zwolle/PEC	12	408	99	120	189	417	1.02	496	745	-249
31	Heracles Almelo	12	359	100	87	173	384	1.07	447	683	-236
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

• 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

UEFA ranking

Current national league ranking

1. Premier League
2. La Liga
3. Bundesliga
4. Serie A
5. Ligue 1
6. Portuguese Liga
7. Russian Premier League
8. Ukrainian Premier League
9. Eredivisie
10. Süper Lig
11. Super League Greece
12. Danish Superliga
13. Belgian First Division
14. Liga I

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

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	38	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 Dennis Bergkamp	25	PSV Ajax
1991–92	Dennis Bergkamp	22	Ajax
1992–93	Dennis Bergkamp	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 Kuijt	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

Foreign players who have played in Eredivisie

Main category: Eredivisie players

Julio Ricardo Cruz Sergio Romero Graham Arnold Jason Čulina Brett Emerton Luke Wilkshire Toby Alderweireld Gilles De Bilde Moussa Dembélé Eric Gerets Bart Goor Dries Mertens Luc Nilis Timmy Simons Thomas Vermaelen Jan Vertonghen Björn Vleminckx Benjamin de Ceulaer Afonso Alves Alex Michel Bastos Heurelho Gomes Márcio Santos Maxwell Romário Ronaldo Nik Dyer Thimothée Atouba Eyong Enoh Atiba Hutchinson Bryan Ruiz Esteban Alvarado Danijel Pranjić Jozef Chovanec Tomáš Galásek Zdeněk Grygera Frank Arnesen

Christian Eriksen Jesper Grønkjær Kenneth Perez Jan Heintze Mads Junker Brian Laudrup Michael Laudrup Søren Lerby Jan Mølby Jesper Olsen Henning Jensen Ivan Nielsen Dennis Rommedahl Morten Skoubo Jon Dahl Tomasson Hossam Ghaly Mido Michael Ball Ragnar Klavan Andres Oper Sami Hyypiä Joonas Kolkka Jari Litmanen Jérémie Bréchet Shota Arveladze Simon Cziommer Eric Addo Matthew Amoah Nana Asare Kwame Quansah Yannis Anastasiou Angelos Charisteas Nikos Machlas Balázs Dzsudzsák József Kiprich Nashat Akram

Anmar Almubaraki Frank Stapleton Wilfried Bony Bonaventure Kalou Salomon Kalou Arouna Koné Keisuke Honda Shinji Ono Mahamadou Diarra Carlos Salcido Francisco Javier Rodriguez Hector Moreno Ivan Vicelich Finidi George Nwankwo Kanu Sunday Oliseh Harald Berg Erik Nevland Hallvar Thoresen Jefferson Farfán Jerzy Dudek Ebi Smolarek Włodzimierz Smolarek Przemysław Tytoń Cristian Chivu Bogdan Lobonţ Gheorghe Popescu Ioan Sabău Lucian Sanmartean Scott Booth Colin Cramb Rob McKinnon Jamie Smith Mateja Kežman Ivica Kralj Dragoslav Jevrić Željko Petrović

Miralem Sulejmani Dejan Govedarica Marko Pantelić Fandi Ahmad Miroslav Stoch Stanislav Griga Benni McCarthy Aaron Mokoena Steve Mokone Steven Pienaar Huh Jung-Moo Lee Young-Pyo Park Ji-Sung Song Chong-Gug Kim Nam-Il Lee Chun-Soo Gabri Marcus Berg Ralf Edström Johan Elmander Glenn Hysén Zlatan Ibrahimović Andreas Isaksson Ove Kindvall Henrik Larsson Stefan Pettersson Ola Toivonen Johann Vogel Blaise Kufo Hatem Trabelsi Oguchi Onyewu Michael Bradley DaMarcus Beasley Jozy Altidore Luis Suárez Nicolas Lodeiro Kalusha Bwalya

Media coverage

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)[1]
UK;  Ireland	ESPN[2]	ESPN covers two live matches per week
India	Ten Action	One match 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
Spain	Digital +	Three matches every week, and highlights
Portugal	Sport TV	Two or three live matches every week
USA	ESPN3 and LIVEDUTCHEREDIVISIE.TV (Online only)	Same two live matches as ESPN UK

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

See also

• Eerste Divisie
• KNVB Cup
• Johan Cruijff Shield
• List of foreign players in the Eredivisie
• List of sports attendance figures – Eredivisie in a global context
• Netherlands Football League Championship – National championship prior to the establishment of the Eredivisie

References

1. ^ "Dutch Football". Setanta. 12 November 2008. http://www.setanta.com/au/Our-Sports/Football/Dutch/. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
2. ^ "ESPN secures more football TV rights". Digital Spy. 28 July 2009. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a167937/espn-secures-more-football-tv-rights.html. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 

External links

• Eredivisie.nl – Official website (Dutch)
• KNVB.nl – KNVB Official website (Dutch) / (English)
• All Eredivisie statistics from 1889 RSSSF
• Eredivisie Soccerway.com
• Dutch and international football news Voetbal International (Dutch)
• Orange Football Blog NL Planet
• Eredivisie WildStat