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Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
league in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
.

From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie (after the sponsor, PTT Telecom), which was changed to KPN

KPN

KPN is a Netherlands fixed-line and mobile telecommunications company, including both 2G and 3G mobile operations. The company is based in The Hague....
Telecompetitie in 1999 and to KPN Eredivisie in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the league was called the Holland Casino Eredivisie. From the 2005-06 season onwards, the league will be sponsored by the Sponsorloterij lottery, but for legal reasons, its name cannot be attached to the league.

The top division consists of 18 clubs.

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Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world , promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season in which teams are transferred between divisions....
to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion and relegation system....
(First Division), with the champion of the Eerste Divisie automatically promoted

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world , promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season in which teams are transferred between divisions....
to the Eredivisie. The next two clubs from the bottom of the Eredivisie go to separate promotion/relegation playoffs. The playoffs are played in two groups. Each group has one Eredivisie club and three high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie. In both promotion/relegation playoff groups, each club plays a home-and-away series with the other clubs. The winner of each playoff group plays in the following season's Eredivisie, with the other teams going to the Eerste Divisie.

AFC Ajax has won the most titles, 29. PSV Eindhoven

PSV Eindhoven

Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
is next with 21, and Feyenoord follows with 14. Since 1965, these three giants have won all except for one title (the 1980/81 title went to AZ '67).

Current teams (2008-09)

Club	City	Position in 2007-08 Eredivisie 2007-08 The 2007/2008 season of the Eredivisie started in August 2007 and ends on 18 May 2008 with defending champions PSV Eindhoven retaining their title with 72 points....	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	Last title
ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....	The Hague The Hague The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....	6th; Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2007-08 The 2007/2008 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2007 and will end in May 2008....	1957-58	35	2008-09	1	0
Ajax	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....	2nd	1956-57	53	1956-57	53	21	2003-04
AZ	Alkmaar Alkmaar Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well-known for its traditional cheese market....	11th	1960-61	32	1998-99	11	1	1980-81
Feyenoord	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...	6th	1956-57	53	1956-57	53	9	1998-99
De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games on a pitch named Stadion "De Vijverberg"....	Doetinchem Doetinchem Media:Nl-Doetinchem.ogg is a city and Municipalities in the Netherlands in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the IJssel river in a part of the Provinces of the Netherlands of Gelderland called the Achterhoek ....	16th	1973-74	17	2007-08	2	0
FC Groningen FC Groningen FC Groningen is a football club from Groningen in the Eredivisie.The club was founded in June 16, 1971 by the Groningen Football and Athletics Association ....	Groningen Groningen (city) \|\|-\| \|-\| \|-\| \|-\| \|-\| \|-\| \|-\| \|-\| \|}Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. With a population of 185,000, it is by far the largest city in the north of the Netherlands....	7th	1956-57	42	2000-01	9	0
sc Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....	Heerenveen Heerenveen Heerenveen is a municipality and a town in the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands....	5th	1990-91	17	1993-94	16	0
Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus....	Almelo Almelo Media:Nl-Almelo.ogg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie and Bornerbroek....	14th	1962-63	9	2005-06	4	0
NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	Breda Breda Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the place where the rivers Mark and Aa River come together....	3rd	1956-57	42	2000-01	9	0
NEC	Nijmegen Nijmegen Nijmegen is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the Germany border. It is considered to be the oldest city in the Netherlands and celebrated its 2000th year of existence in 2005....	8th	1967-68	33	1994-95	15	0
PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Eindhoven Eindhoven Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams....	1st	1956-57	53	1956-57	53	18	2007–08
Roda JC Roda JC Roda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Eredivisie....	Kerkrade Kerkrade Kerkrade is a town and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.It is the western half of the divided region and de facto city, taken together with the eastern half, the Germany of Herzogenrath, which was the original name of the municipality under the Holy Roman Empire....	9th	1956-57	42	1973-74	36	0
Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...	13th	1956-57	50	2005-06	4	1	1958-59
FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....	Enschede Enschede or Eanske in the local dialect is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. The municipality of Enschede consisted of the city of Enschede until 1935, when the rural municipality of Lonneker, which completely enclosed the city, was annexed after the rapid industrial expansion of...	4th	1956-57	47	1984-85	25	0
FC Utrecht	Utrecht Utrecht (city) Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands province of Utrecht . It is located in the North-Eastern end of the Randstad, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, with a population of 300,030....	10th	1970-71	39	1970-71	39	0
Vitesse	Arnhem Arnhem Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St....	12th	1971-72	24	1989-90	20	0
FC Volendam FC Volendam FC Volendam is a Netherlands football club....	Volendam Volendam Volendam is a town in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Edam-Volendam. The village has about 22,000 inhabitants ....	1st; Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 2007-08 The 2007/2008 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2007 and will end in May 2008....	1959-60	25	2008-09	1	0
Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II is a Netherlands football club playing in Tilburg. The club was founded as Tilburgia on August 12, 1896. On January 12, 1898, the club was renamed Willem II, after Dutch king William II of the Netherlands , who, as Prince of House of Orange-Nassau and commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, had his military headquarters in Tilburg...	Tilburg Tilburg Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....	15th	1956-57	35	1987-88	22	0

Champions

Year	Winner	Title number	Runner Up	Third
1888-1889	VV Concordia	1	HFC HFC HFC may stand for:...	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....
1889-1890	HFC HFC HFC may stand for:...	1	RAP Amsterdam	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....
1890-1891	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	1	HFC HFC HFC may stand for:...	RAP Amsterdam
1891-1892	RAP Amsterdam	1
1892-93	HFC HFC HFC may stand for:...	2
1893-94	RAP Amsterdam	2
1894-95	HFC HFC HFC may stand for:...	3
1895-96	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	2
1896-97	RAP Amsterdam	3
1897-98	RAP Amsterdam	4	Vitesse
1898-99	RAP Amsterdam	5	Vitesse
1899-00	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	3	Victoria Wageningen
1900-01	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	4	Victoria Wageningen
1901-02	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	5	Victoria Wageningen
1902-03	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	6	Vitesse	Volharding
1903-04	HBS Den Haag	1	Velocitas Breda	PW Enschede
1904-05	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	7	PW Enschede
1905-06	HBS Den Haag	2	PW Enschede
1906-07	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	8	PW Enschede
1907-08	Quick Den Haag	1	UD Deventer
1908-09	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	1	Wilhelmina
1909-10	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	9	Quick Nijmegen
1910-11	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	2	GVC Wageningen
1911-12	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	3	GVC Wageningen
1912-13	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	4	Vitesse
1913-14	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	10	Vitesse	Willem II
1914-15	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	5	Vitesse
1915-16	Willem II	1	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....
1916-17	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	1	UVV Utrecht	Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II is a Netherlands football club playing in Tilburg. The club was founded as Tilburgia on August 12, 1896. On January 12, 1898, the club was renamed Willem II, after Dutch king William II of the Netherlands , who, as Prince of House of Orange-Nassau and commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, had his military headquarters in Tilburg...
1917-18	Ajax	1	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	Willem II
1918-19	AFC Ajax	2	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	AFC Amsterdam
1919-20	Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a Football club from Groningen , the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse....	1	VOC Rotterdam	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....
1920-21	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	1	Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a Football club from Groningen , the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse....	Ajax
1921-22	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	2	Blauw-Wit	NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....
1922-23	RCH	1	Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a Football club from Groningen , the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse....	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....
1923-24	Feijenoord	1	Stormvogels	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....
1924-25	HBS Den Haag	3	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....
1925-26	SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....	1	MVV	Feijenoord
1926-27	Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus....	1	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	Ajax
1927-28	Feijenoord	2	Ajax	NOAD
1928-29	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	1	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	Feijenoord
1929-30	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	3	Ajax	Velocitas
1930-31	AFC Ajax	3	Feijenoord	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1931-32	Ajax	4	Feijenoord	SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1932-33	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	4	Feijenoord	Stormvogels
1933-34	Ajax	5	KFC	Willem II
1934-35	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	2	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	Ajax
1935-36	Feijenoord	3	Ajax	SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1936-37	Ajax	6	Feijenoord	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1937-38	Feijenoord	4	Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus....	D.W.S. Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a List of football clubs in the Netherlands from Amsterdam. It was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules....
1938-39	Ajax	7	D.W.S. Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a List of football clubs in the Netherlands from Amsterdam. It was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules....	NEC
1939-40	Feijenoord	5	Blauw-Wit	Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus....
1940-41	Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus....	2	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	ADO ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....
1941-42	ADO ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....	1	FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on November 16, 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league....	AGOVV AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Netherlands football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts....
1942-43	ADO ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....	2	Feijenoord	Willem II
1943-44	De Volewijckers Volewijckers De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as AFC Ajax and Feyenoord....	1	VUC Den Haag	LONGA
1944-45	Not played
1945-46	Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on October 1, 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and has reached five KNVB Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950....	1	Ajax	SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....
1946-47	Ajax	8	SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....	NEC
1947-48	BVV Den Bosch	1	SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....
1948-49	SVV Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Netherlands professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949....	1	BVV Den Bosch	AGOVV AGOVV Apeldoorn AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Netherlands football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts....
1949-50	Limburgia	1	Blauw-Wit	Maurits
1950-51	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	3	D.W.S. Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a List of football clubs in the Netherlands from Amsterdam. It was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules....	Willem II
1951-52	Willem II	2	Hermes DVS	Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on October 1, 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and has reached five KNVB Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950....
1952-53	RCH	2	FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on November 16, 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league....	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....
1953-54	FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on November 16, 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league....	1	D.O.S.	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
Introduction of professional football
1954-55	Willem II	3	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1955-56	Rapid JC Roda JC Roda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Eredivisie....	1	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	Elinkwijk
Introduction of the Eredivisie
1956-57 Eredivisie 1956-57 The 1956/57 season of the Eredivisie was the first in its history. It was the start of a single professional football competition in the Football in the Netherlands, represented by the country's best clubs....	Ajax	9	Fortuna '54 Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, The Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 13,000 capacity Wagner & Partners Stadion and features in the Netherlands Eerste Divisie....	SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1957-58 Eredivisie 1957-58 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1957/1958 season was contested by 18 teams. At the end of the competition, FC Utrecht and FC Twente shared the lead with 47 points....	D.O.S.	1	SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....	Ajax
1958-59 Eredivisie 1958-59 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1958/1959 season was contested by 18 teams. Sparta Rotterdam won the championship....	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	6	Rapid JC Roda JC Roda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Eredivisie....	Fortuna '54 Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, The Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 13,000 capacity Wagner & Partners Stadion and features in the Netherlands Eerste Divisie....
1959-60 Eredivisie 1959-60 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1959/1960 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship, after a decision match against Feijenoord which was won by 5-1....	Ajax	10	Feijenoord	Blauw-Wit
1960-61 Eredivisie 1960-61 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1960/1961 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feijenoord	6	Ajax	VVV
1961-62 Eredivisie 1961-62 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1961/1962 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feijenoord	7	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Blauw-Wit
1962-63 Eredivisie 1962-63 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1962/1963 season was contested by 16 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship. Last year, there were still eighteen participants, so there was only one promoted team this year....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	4	Ajax	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....
1963-64 Eredivisie 1963-64 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1963/1964 season was contested by 16 teams. Door Wilskracht Sterk won the championship....	D.W.S. Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a List of football clubs in the Netherlands from Amsterdam. It was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules....	1	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1964-65 Eredivisie 1964-65 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1964/1965 season was contested by 16 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feijenoord	8	D.W.S. Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a List of football clubs in the Netherlands from Amsterdam. It was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules....	ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....
1965-66 Eredivisie 1965-66 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1965/1966 season was contested by 16 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship. Only one team relegated this year, because next year, the number of participants would be 18 again....	Ajax	11	Feijenoord	ADO ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....
1966-67 Eredivisie 1966-67 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1966/1967 season was contested by 18 teams. The number of participants was brought up from 16, so there were more promoted, then relegated teams....	Ajax	12	Feijenoord	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....
1967-68 Eredivisie 1967-68 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1967/1968 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship. This season, no teams relegated, due to bankruptcy of XerxesDZB and a merger between Fortuna Sittard and Fortuna Sittard into Fortuna Sittard ....	Ajax	13	Feijenoord	Go Ahead Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....
1968-69 Eredivisie 1968-69 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1968/1969 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feijenoord	9	Ajax	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1969-70 Eredivisie 1969-70 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1969/1970 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	14	Feijenoord	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1970-71 Eredivisie 1970-71 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1970/1971 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feijenoord	10	Ajax	ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....
1971-72 Eredivisie 1971-72 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1971/1972 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	15	Feijenoord	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1972-73 Eredivisie 1972-73 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1972/1973 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	16	Feijenoord	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1973-74 Eredivisie 1973-74 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1973/1974 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feijenoord	11	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....	Ajax
1974-75 Eredivisie 1974-75 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1974/1975 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	5	Feyenoord	Ajax
1975-76 Eredivisie 1975-76 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1975/1976 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	6	Feyenoord	Ajax
1976-77 Eredivisie 1976-77 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1976/1977 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	17	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	AZ '67
1977-78 Eredivisie 1977-78 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1977/1978 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	7	Ajax	AZ '67
1978-79 Eredivisie 1978-79 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1978/1979 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	18	Feyenoord	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1979-80 Eredivisie 1979-80 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1979/1980 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	19	AZ '67	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1980-81 Eredivisie 1980-81 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1980/1981 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ won the championship....	AZ '67	1	Ajax	FC Utrecht
1981-82 Eredivisie 1981-82 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1981/1982 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards, three clubs relegated instead of two....	Ajax	20	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	AZ '67
1982-83 Eredivisie 1982-83 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1982/1983 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	21	Feyenoord	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1983-84 Eredivisie 1983-84 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1983/1984 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feyenoord	12	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Ajax
1984-85 Eredivisie 1984-85 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1984/1985 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	22	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Feyenoord
1985-86 Eredivisie 1985-86 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1985/1986 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	8	Ajax	Feyenoord
1986-87 Eredivisie 1986-87 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1986/1987 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship. At the beginning of the season, AZ '67 from Alkmaar changed their name to AZ ....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	9	Ajax	Feyenoord
1987-88 Eredivisie 1987-88 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1987/1988 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	10	Ajax	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1988-89 Eredivisie 1988-89 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1988/1989 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	11	Ajax	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1989-90 Eredivisie 1989-90 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1989/1990 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	23	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1990-91 Eredivisie 1990-91 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1990/1991 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	12	Ajax	FC Groningen FC Groningen FC Groningen is a football club from Groningen in the Eredivisie.The club was founded in June 16, 1971 by the Groningen Football and Athletics Association ....
1991-92 Eredivisie 1991-92 The 1991-92 season of the Netherlands Eredivisie was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the title....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	13	Ajax	Feyenoord
1992-93 Eredivisie 1992-93 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1992/1993 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feyenoord	13	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Ajax
1993-94 Eredivisie 1993-94 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1993/1994 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	24	Feyenoord	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1994-95 Eredivisie 1994-95 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1994/1995 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship. Starting this season, clubs qualifying for the Intertoto Cup can play for a spot in the UEFA Cup....	Ajax	25	Roda JC Roda JC Roda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Eredivisie....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1995-96 Eredivisie 1995-96 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1995/1996 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	26	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Feyenoord
1996-97 Eredivisie 1996-97 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996/1997 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	14	Feyenoord	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
1997-98 Eredivisie 1997-98 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1997/1998 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	27	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Vitesse
1998-99 Eredivisie 1998-99 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998/1999 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship....	Feyenoord	14	Willem II	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1999-2000 Eredivisie 1999-00 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1999/2000 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	15	SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....	Feyenoord
2000-01 Eredivisie 2000-01 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2000/2001 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	16	Feyenoord	Ajax
2001-02 Eredivisie 2001-02 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship....	Ajax	28	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Feyenoord
2002-03 Eredivisie 2002-03 The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2002/2003 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	17	Ajax	Feyenoord
2003-04 Eredivisie 2003-04 The 2003-2004 season of the Netherlands Eredivisie began in August 2003 and ended in May 2004. The title was won by AFC Ajax....	Ajax	29	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	Feyenoord
2004-05 Eredivisie 2004-05 The 2004-05 season of the Eredivisie started on August 13, 2004 and ended on May 22, 2005. The title was won by PSV Eindhoven. FC Den Bosch and De Graafschap were relegated to the Eerste Divisie 2005-06 at the end of the season....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	18	Ajax	AZ
2005-06	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	19	AZ	Feyenoord
2006-07	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	20	Ajax	AZ
2007-08 Eredivisie 2007-08 The 2007/2008 season of the Eredivisie started in August 2007 and ends on 18 May 2008 with defending champions PSV Eindhoven retaining their title with 72 points....	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	21	Ajax	NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....

Number of titles

Club	#
Ajax	29
PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	21
Feyenoord	14
HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club....	8
Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	6
Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	4
HBS Den Haag, Willem II	3
ADO ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club.... , Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus.... , RAP, RCH	2
AZ '67, Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a Football club from Groningen , the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse.... , D.O.S., BVV Den Bosch, D.W.S. Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a List of football clubs in the Netherlands from Amsterdam. It was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules.... , FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on November 16, 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league.... , SC Enschede FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren.... , Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on October 1, 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and has reached five KNVB Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950.... , Limburgia, NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan .... , Quick Den Haag, Rapid JC Roda JC Roda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Eredivisie.... ,SVV Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Netherlands professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949.... , De Volewijckers Volewijckers De Volewijckers is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They are one of a number of Dutch clubs that were successful in post-war leagues before being forced to merge to cope with the popularity of the big teams such as AFC Ajax and Feyenoord....	1

By Town or City

Town or city	Number of titles	Clubs
Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....	36	Ajax (29), RAP Amsterdam (2), DWS DWS DWS is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* Divided We Stand, a gaming community that belongs to the players. http://www.dwsgaming.com* Diploma of Wine Studies, part of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust ... (1), De Volewijckers (1)
Eindhoven Eindhoven Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams....	22	PSV PSV PSV may refer to:* PSV Eindhoven, a sports club from Eindhoven, The Netherlands* Partial specific volume* Platform supply vessel, a specific type of ship... (21), FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on November 16, 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league.... (1)
Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...	21	Feyenoord (14), Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002.... (6), VV Concordia (1)
The Hague The Hague The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....	16	HVV HVV Den Haag HVV is an amateur sports football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club.... (10), HBS (3), ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club.... (2), Quick Den Haag (1)
Haarlem Haarlem , in the past usually 'Harlem' in English, is a city in the Netherlands. It is also the Capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was one of the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic....	6	HFC HFC HFC may stand for:... (3), RCH Rch RCH may stand for:* The Royal Canadian Hussars , a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces.* Red cunt hair, slang for a very small amount... (2), Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on October 1, 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and has reached five KNVB Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950.... (1)
Deventer Deventer Media:Nl-Deventer.ogg is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Netherlands province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank....	4	Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst.... (4)
Tilburg Tilburg Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....	3	Willem II Willem II Willem II may refer to:PeopleWilliam II, Prince of Orange , stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.William II of the Netherlands , King of the Netherlands.... (3)
Almelo Almelo Media:Nl-Almelo.ogg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie and Bornerbroek....	2	Heracles Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus.... (2)
Alkmaar Alkmaar Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is well-known for its traditional cheese market....	1	AZ'67 (1)
Breda Breda Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the place where the rivers Mark and Aa River come together....	1	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan .... (1)
Brunssum Brunssum Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands.The municipality has some 30.000 inhabitants.Brunssum is one of the former coalmine centra, of which there are several in this region....	1	Limburgia (1)
Den Bosch	1	BVV (1)
Enschede Enschede or Eanske in the local dialect is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. The municipality of Enschede consisted of the city of Enschede until 1935, when the rural municipality of Lonneker, which completely enclosed the city, was annexed after the rapid industrial expansion of...	1	SC Enschede (1)
Groningen Groningen Groningen is the name of several places:Groningen , a province of the NetherlandsGroningen , a city in the Netherlands, capital of the province with the same name...	1	Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 Be Quick 1887 is a Football club from Groningen , the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse.... (1)
Kerkrade Kerkrade Kerkrade is a town and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.It is the western half of the divided region and de facto city, taken together with the eastern half, the Germany of Herzogenrath, which was the original name of the municipality under the Holy Roman Empire....	1	Rapid JC (1)
Schiedam Schiedam Media:Nl-Schiedam.ogg is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands and is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area....	1	SVV SVV SVV may refer to:* Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging* Schweizerischer Vaterl?ndischer Verband* Simian varicella virus* abbr. for "si vales valeo" ... (1)
Utrecht Utrecht (city) Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands province of Utrecht . It is located in the North-Eastern end of the Randstad, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, with a population of 300,030....	1	DOS (1)

Playoffs

European competition

The KNVB

Royal Netherlands Football Association

The Royal Netherlands Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup and the Netherlands national football team....
introduced a playoff

Playoff

A playoff or final in sports is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion, or a similar accolade....
system in 2005-06 for the second to ninth placed clubs. The playoff system has been criticized by clubs, players and fans as the number of matches will increase. The system also makes it possible that the second-place team is forced the enter the UEFA Cup while a lower placed team enters the qualifying round of the Champions League. This happened in 2005-06; AZ, 2nd in competition, had to play for the UEFA Cup, while Ajax, 4th in competition, went into the Champions League qualifying round, the same thing happened at the end of the 2007-08 season when Ajax, ranked 2nd in regular season, lost the playoff final match to FC Twente, meaning Twente went into the Champions League and Ajax the UEFA Cup.

For the 2008-09 season onwards, the playoff system is almost completely removed. Only the teams ending in the fifth through eighth place will play in play-offs for a ticket in the Europa League.

Pos after round 34	playoff	next season
1	none	Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe.... group stage
2	none	Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe.... 2^nd qualifying round for non-champions
3	none	Europa League 4^th qualifying round
4	none	Europa League 3^rd qualifying round
5	Europa League Playoff	5 - 8 and 6 - 7; two winners advance to second round; winner: Europa League 2^nd qualifying round
6
7
8

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

Relegation

The club at the bottom of the league (18th) is automatically relegated

Promotion and relegation

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion and relegation system....
. The next-lowest two teams (16th and 17th) play in a promotion/relegation knock-out playoff known as the Nacompetitie, in which they will face eight teams from the Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion and relegation system....
. Of those eight teams, six are periodical champions (bases on results held during the six periods in which the season is divided) and the other two are the highest ranking teams, that haven't held a periodical title yet. Teams finishing above 16th automatically stay in the Eredivisie.

Attendance

Since the beginning of the league, there are three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Ajax, PSV

PSV Eindhoven

Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
and Feyenoord. These clubs are followed by Heerenveen

SC Heerenveen

SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....
, FC Twente

FC Twente

FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....
and FC Groningen

FC Groningen

FC Groningen is a football club from Groningen in the Eredivisie.The club was founded in June 16, 1971 by the Groningen Football and Athletics Association ....
, clubs that also have fairly large fanbases. The average league attendance was just over 7,000 in 1990, but the league has seen a large rise in attendance with the building of many new stadiums and the expansion of several existing stadiums nationwide. Current season average attendance is 19,679, with AFC Ajax having the largest (48,267) and FC Volendam

FC Volendam

FC Volendam is a Netherlands football club....
having the smallest (5,224). Ajax' figures however differ from those provided by the Amsterdam ArenA

Amsterdam ArenA

Amsterdam ArenA is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The stadium was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of euro140 million, and was officially opened on August 14, 1996....
since the club counts all tickets sold instead of the number of people going through the turnstiles.

Season 2008–09 average attendance (first half)

Club	Attendance
Ajax	48,267
Feyenoord	43,278
PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	32,944
Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....	25,463
FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....	23,291
FC Groningen FC Groningen FC Groningen is a football club from Groningen in the Eredivisie.The club was founded in June 16, 1971 by the Groningen Football and Athletics Association ....	21,829
FC Utrecht	19,488
Vitesse	16,847
NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	16,542
AZ	16,337
Roda JC Roda JC Roda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Eredivisie....	13,985
Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II is a Netherlands football club playing in Tilburg. The club was founded as Tilburgia on August 12, 1896. On January 12, 1898, the club was renamed Willem II, after Dutch king William II of the Netherlands , who, as Prince of House of Orange-Nassau and commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, had his military headquarters in Tilburg...	12,994
N.E.C.	12,231
De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games on a pitch named Stadion "De Vijverberg"....	12,125
Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	10,304
ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....	9,598
Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus....	8,437
FC Volendam FC Volendam FC Volendam is a Netherlands football club....	5,224
Average	19,679

All-Time Ranking

Last updated following the 2007-08 season
Eredivisie 2007-08

The 2007/2008 season of the Eredivisie started in August 2007 and ends on 18 May 2008 with defending champions PSV Eindhoven retaining their title with 72 points....

Rank	Club	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference
1	Ajax	53	1753	1155	310	288	3775	4460	1844	2616
2	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....	53	1753	1047	386	320	3527	4009	1852	2157
3	Feyenoord	53	1753	1004	411	338	3423	3817	2010	1807
4	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren....	52	1719	732	463	524	2659	2779	2305	474
5	Sparta R'dam Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....	50	1651	588	469	594	2233	2525	2535	-10
6	Roda JC Roda JC Roda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Eredivisie....	42	1395	550	362	483	2012	2157	2008	149
7	FC Groningen FC Groningen FC Groningen is a football club from Groningen in the Eredivisie.The club was founded in June 16, 1971 by the Groningen Football and Athletics Association ....	42	1379	448	396	535	1740	1927	2148	-221
8	FC Utrecht	39	1293	466	329	498	1727	1805	1964	-159
9	NAC Breda NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....	42	1383	444	367	572	1699	1875	2289	-414
10	AZ/Alkmaar'67	32	1055	414	280	361	1522	1694	1497	197
11	ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag is the main Football club in the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag, with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club....	34	1140	386	291	463	1449	1666	1843	-177
12	MVV	36	1208	350	357	501	1407	1527	1990	-463
13	Willem II Willem II Tilburg Willem II is a Netherlands football club playing in Tilburg. The club was founded as Tilburgia on August 12, 1896. On January 12, 1898, the club was renamed Willem II, after Dutch king William II of the Netherlands , who, as Prince of House of Orange-Nassau and commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, had his military headquarters in Tilburg...	35	1149	367	270	512	1371	1668	2024	-356
14	NEC	33	1089	302	304	483	1210	1224	1684	-460
15	Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst....	28	940	302	249	389	1155	1293	1500	-207
16	Vitesse	24	783	299	231	253	1128	1152	1082	70
17	FC Volendam FC Volendam FC Volendam is a Netherlands football club....	24	808	221	207	380	870	956	1446	-490
18	sc Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....	17	545	232	134	179	830	910	795	115
19	RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk is a football club playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules....	19	646	206	170	270	788	861	1028	-167
20	Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, The Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 13,000 capacity Wagner & Partners Stadion and features in the Netherlands Eerste Divisie....	19	646	179	193	274	730	756	1005	-249
21	HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on October 1, 1889. Haarlem won the Dutch national title in 1946 and has reached five KNVB Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912 and losing in 1911, 1914 and 1950....	18	612	172	178	262	694	695	978	-283
22	Door Wilskracht Sterk Door Wilskracht Sterk AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a List of football clubs in the Netherlands from Amsterdam. It was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules....	15	498	167	137	194	638	691	774	-83
23	VVV-Venlo	17	545	160	148	237	628	734	981	-247
24	DOS	14	460	168	109	183	613	790	848	-58
25	FC Den Bosch	15	510	132	133	245	529	617	928	-311
26	Fortuna '54	12	392	141	99	152	522	635	700	-65
27	De Graafschap De Graafschap De Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games on a pitch named Stadion "De Vijverberg"....	17	545	122	136	287	502	606	1052	-446
28	Stormvogels Telstar Stormvogels Telstar Telstar is a Netherlands football club based in Velsen. The club was established after the merger of two football clubs in the town of Velsen....	14	464	117	141	210	492	528	754	-226
29	Excelsior	16	511	112	128	271	463	546	941	-395
30	FC Zwolle FC Zwolle FC Zwolle is a Netherlands football club based in Zwolle, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie, the country's second level of professional club football....	12	408	99	120	189	417	496	745	-249
31	Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a association football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus....	9	257	62	63	132	249	293	525	-232
32	USV Elinkwijk	7	234	65	50	119	245	306	483	-177
33	FC Amsterdam FC Amsterdam FC Amsterdam was a Netherlands football club which was founded on June 20,1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam football clubs Blauw Wit and Door Wilskracht Sterk....	6	204	61	56	87	239	263	321	-58
34	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	6	196	65	42	89	237	334	401	-67
35	Holland Sport	4	136	37	34	65	138	168	279	-101
36	RBC Roosendaal RBC Roosendaal RBC Roosendaal is a Netherlands football club....	5	170	35	26	109	131	164	358	-194
37	NOAD	4	136	33	30	73	129	187	311	-124
38	Sittardia	4	132	32	29	71	125	148	256	-108
39	FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie....	5	170	27	38	105	119	184	387	-203
40	Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Leeuwarden SC Cambuur, formed on June 19, 1964, is a Netherlands Association football club, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home ground is the 10,000 seater Cambuur Stadion and they play in yellow shirts and blue shorts....	4	136	25	38	73	113	139	252	-113
41	Xerxes Rotterdam XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Netherlands football club based in Rotterdam.The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907....	2	68	26	17	25	95	92	95	-3
42	FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Netherlands football club.The club was founded on November 16, 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league....	3	102	23	25	54	94	107	209	-102
43	BV Veendam BV Veendam BV Veendam is a Netherlands football club....	2	68	12	23	33	59	74	127	-53
44	FC Wageningen FC Wageningen FC Wageningen was a Netherlands football club which was founded on August 27, 1911. The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium....	2	68	13	18	37	57	72	137	-65
45	De Volewijckers	2	64	15	10	39	55	99	189	-90
46	Helmond Sport Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a Netherlands football club, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie and located in Helmond, Noord-Brabant. The club was founded on July 27, 1967, as a breakaway from the local professional club Helmondia '55, which had gone bankrupt....	2	68	12	18	38	54	93	162	-69
47	SVV Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging was a Netherlands professional football club from Schiedam. Founded in 1904, the club won the Dutch national football title in 1949....	2	68	13	13	42	52	62	142	-80

The clubs highlighted in green play in the Eredivisie in the 2008/09 season. The clubs highlighted in red play in the Eerste Divisie in the 2008/09 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. For this year's Eredivisie clubs, the 2007/08 season is already counted in the 'seasons' column.

UEFA Ranking

Current National League Ranking

01 Premier League
02 La Liga
La Liga

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03 Serie A
Serie A

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04 Ligue 1
Ligue 1

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05 Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga

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06 Russian Premier League
Russian Premier League

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07 Liga I
Liga I

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08 Portuguese Liga
Portuguese Liga

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09 Eredivisie

(see UEFA coefficients full list

UEFA coefficients

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for more information)

Topscorers

Season	Topscorer	Goals	Club
1956-57	Coen Dillen Coen Dillen Coenraad Henrik Dillen was a Netherlands association football who played for VV Brabantia, PSV Eindhoven and Helmond Sport, as well as Netherlands national football team....	43	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1957-58	Leo Canjels Leo Canjels Leonard "Leo" Canjels is a retired Netherlands international association football who played for NAC Breda. After retiring as a player, Canjels became a coach and managed NAC Breda, as well as Club Brugge K.V....	32	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....
1958-59	Leo Canjels Leo Canjels Leonard "Leo" Canjels is a retired Netherlands international association football who played for NAC Breda. After retiring as a player, Canjels became a coach and managed NAC Breda, as well as Club Brugge K.V....	34	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda is a Netherlands football club from Breda .NAC was founded on September 19, 1912 when the two clubs NOAD and ADVENDO merged. NOAD stood for Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan ....
1959-60	Henk Groot Henk Groot Henk Groot is a retired Netherlands footballer who was active as a striker. Groot made his professional debut at Ajax Amsterdam, but also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam....	38	Ajax
1960-61	Henk Groot Henk Groot Henk Groot is a retired Netherlands footballer who was active as a striker. Groot made his professional debut at Ajax Amsterdam, but also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam....	41	Ajax
1961-62		27	FC Volendam FC Volendam FC Volendam is a Netherlands football club....
1962-63		22	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1963-64		28	DWS DWS DWS is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* Divided We Stand, a gaming community that belongs to the players. http://www.dwsgaming.com* Diploma of Wine Studies, part of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust ...
1964-65		23	DWS DWS DWS is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* Divided We Stand, a gaming community that belongs to the players. http://www.dwsgaming.com* Diploma of Wine Studies, part of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust ...
1965-66	Willy van der Kuijlen Willy van der Kuijlen Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes van der Kuijlen is a retired football attacking midfielder from the Netherlands, who obtained 22 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring seven goals, in the 1960s and 1970s.... Piet Kruiver Piet Kruiver Piet Kruiver is a former Netherlands footballer who was active as a striker. Kruiver made his professional debut at PSV Eindhoven and also played for Lanerossi Vicenza, Feyenoord Rotterdam and Door Wilskracht Sterk....	23	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department.... Feyenoord
1966-67	Johan Cruijff Johan Cruijff Johan Cruyff is a former Netherlands Association football player and Coach . He was named Ballon d'Or three times which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten....	33	Ajax
1967-68	Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish Association football .He started his career at IFK Norrk?ping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord Rotterdam in and became professional....	28	Feyenoord
1968-69	Dick van Dijk Dick van Dijk Dick van Dijk was a Netherlands football who played for FC Twente and Ajax Amsterdam. He was a member of Ajax' UEFA Champions League victory in European Cup 1970-71.... Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish Association football .He started his career at IFK Norrk?ping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord Rotterdam in and became professional....	30	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Netherlands professional association football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the the Eredivisie. They are currently managed by former England national football team manager Steve McClaren.... Feyenoord
1969-70	Willy van der Kuijlen Willy van der Kuijlen Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes van der Kuijlen is a retired football attacking midfielder from the Netherlands, who obtained 22 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring seven goals, in the 1960s and 1970s....	26	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1970-71	Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish Association football .He started his career at IFK Norrk?ping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord Rotterdam in and became professional....	24	Feyenoord
1971-72	Johan Cruijff Johan Cruijff Johan Cruyff is a former Netherlands Association football player and Coach . He was named Ballon d'Or three times which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten....	25	Ajax
1972-73	Willy Brokamp Willy Brokamp Willy Brokamp is a former footballplayer For MVV Maastricht in the 1960s and 1970s who recruited him from RKVV Ch?vremont . His nickname was ?The blond arrow?....	18	N.E.C. MVV
1973-74	Willy van der Kuijlen Willy van der Kuijlen Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes van der Kuijlen is a retired football attacking midfielder from the Netherlands, who obtained 22 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring seven goals, in the 1960s and 1970s....	27	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1974-75	Ruud Geels Ruud Geels Geertruida Maria Geels is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s....	30	Ajax
1975-76	Ruud Geels Ruud Geels Geertruida Maria Geels is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s....	29	Ajax
1976-77	Ruud Geels Ruud Geels Geertruida Maria Geels is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s....	34	Ajax
1977-78	Ruud Geels Ruud Geels Geertruida Maria Geels is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s....	30	Ajax
1978-79	Kees Kist Kees Kist Kees Kist a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 21 caps for his Netherlands national football team, in which he scored four goals, in the years 1975–1980....	34	AZ'67
1979-80	Kees Kist Kees Kist Kees Kist a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 21 caps for his Netherlands national football team, in which he scored four goals, in the years 1975–1980....	27	AZ'67 AZ Alkmaar AZ, an acronym for *Alkmaar Zaanstreek*, is a Association football club from Alkmaar, the Netherlands....
1980-81	Ruud Geels Ruud Geels Geertruida Maria Geels is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s....	22	Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Until the 2002/2003 season Sparta Rotterdam had always played at the highest level, but they were relegated from the top-level Eredivisie in 2002....
1981-82	Wim Kieft Wim Kieft Willem Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft is a retired Netherlands football , who obtained 43 Cap and eleven goals for the Netherlands national football team ....	32	Ajax
1982-83	Peter Houtman Peter Houtman Peter Houtman is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained eight caps for the Netherlands national football team in the 1980s, scoring seven goals....	30	Feyenoord
1983-84	Marco van Basten Marco van Basten Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Netherlands Association football manager, currently in charge of the Eredivisie side AFC Ajax, having stepped down as coach of the Netherlands national football team upon their exit from Euro 2008....	28	Ajax
1984-85	Marco van Basten Marco van Basten Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Netherlands Association football manager, currently in charge of the Eredivisie side AFC Ajax, having stepped down as coach of the Netherlands national football team upon their exit from Euro 2008....	22	Ajax
1985-86	Marco van Basten Marco van Basten Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Netherlands Association football manager, currently in charge of the Eredivisie side AFC Ajax, having stepped down as coach of the Netherlands national football team upon their exit from Euro 2008....	37	Ajax
1986-87	Marco van Basten Marco van Basten Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Netherlands Association football manager, currently in charge of the Eredivisie side AFC Ajax, having stepped down as coach of the Netherlands national football team upon their exit from Euro 2008....	31	Ajax
1987-88	Wim Kieft Wim Kieft Willem Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft is a retired Netherlands football , who obtained 43 Cap and eleven goals for the Netherlands national football team ....	29	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1988-89	Romário Romário Rom?rio de Souza Faria , better known simply as Romario, is a Brazilian football center forward who helped the Brazil national football team win the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is one of the most prolific strikers in the world....	19	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1989-90	Romário Romário Rom?rio de Souza Faria , better known simply as Romario, is a Brazilian football center forward who helped the Brazil national football team win the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is one of the most prolific strikers in the world....	23	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1990-91	Romário Romário Rom?rio de Souza Faria , better known simply as Romario, is a Brazilian football center forward who helped the Brazil national football team win the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is one of the most prolific strikers in the world.... Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp is a retired The Netherlands professional football . At club level he played for AFC Ajax, F.C. Internazionale Milano, Arsenal F.C....	25	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department.... Ajax
1991-92	Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp is a retired The Netherlands professional football . At club level he played for AFC Ajax, F.C. Internazionale Milano, Arsenal F.C....	22	Ajax
1992-93	Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Bergkamp Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp is a retired The Netherlands professional football . At club level he played for AFC Ajax, F.C. Internazionale Milano, Arsenal F.C....	26	Ajax
1993-94 1993-94 in Dutch football The 1993/1994 season in Dutch football saw Ajax Amsterdam winning the title in the Eredivisie, while Feyenoord Rotterdam won the Dutch National Cup....	Jari Litmanen Jari Litmanen Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish football , widely considered the country's greatest ever. He was chosen as the best Finnish player of the last 50 years by the Football Association of Finland in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003 ....	26	Ajax
1994-95 1994-95 in Dutch football The 1994/95 season in Dutch football saw Ajax Amsterdam winning the title in the Eredivisie, while Feyenoord Rotterdam won the Dutch National Cup....	Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo Lu?s Naz?rio de Lima , referred to simply as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian professional Association football who currently plays for Campeonato Brasileiro club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista....	30	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1995-96 1995-96 in Dutch football The 1995/96 season in Dutch football saw holders Ajax Amsterdam winning the title in the Eredivisie once again, while PSV Eindhoven won the Dutch National Cup....	Luc Nilis Luc Nilis Luc Nilis is a former Belgian football striker. He ended his career early in the 2000-01 season after he broke his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa F.C....	21	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1996-97 1996-97 in Dutch football The 1996/1997 season in Dutch football was the 41st professional season in the Eredivisie, with PSV Eindhoven winning the title and Roda JC claiming the Dutch National Cup....	Luc Nilis Luc Nilis Luc Nilis is a former Belgian football striker. He ended his career early in the 2000-01 season after he broke his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa F.C....	21	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1997-98 1997-98 in Dutch football The 1997/1998 season in Dutch football was the 42nd season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam won the double, claiming the title and the Dutch National Cup....	Nikos Machlas Nikos Machlas Nikolaos Machlas is a Greece retired football . He finished his career as a striker for Greek Cypriots team APOEL F.C..He began his career with OFI Crete, where he made his debut in February 1991 against Panionios NFC....	34	Vitesse
1998-99 1998-99 in Dutch football The 1998/1999 season in Dutch football was the 43rd season in the Eredivisie, where Feyenoord Rotterdam claimed the title, for the first time since 1993....		31	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
1999-00 1999-00 in Dutch football The 1999/2000 season in Dutch football was the 44th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title, while Roda JC won the Dutch National Cup....		29	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
2000-01 2000-01 in Dutch football The 2000/2001 season in Dutch football was the 45th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title, while FC Twente won the Dutch National Cup....	Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman Mateja Ke?man is a Serbian football , playing predominantly as a striker. Ke?man is currently on loan at the French club Paris Saint-Germain....	24	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
2001-02 2001-02 in Dutch football The 2001/2002 season in Dutch football was the 46th season in the Eredivisie, where Ajax Amsterdam claimed the double ....	Pierre van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes Stevenson van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam....	24	Feyenoord
2002-03 2002-03 in Dutch football The 2002/2003 season in Dutch football was the 47th season in the Eredivisie, where PSV Eindhoven claimed the title while FC Utrecht won the Dutch National Cup by defeating Feyenoord Rotterdam in the final....	Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman Mateja Ke?man is a Serbian football , playing predominantly as a striker. Ke?man is currently on loan at the French club Paris Saint-Germain....	35	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
2003-04	Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman Mateja Ke?man is a Serbian football , playing predominantly as a striker. Ke?man is currently on loan at the French club Paris Saint-Germain....	31	PSV PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging , widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football department....
2004-05		29	Feyenoord
2005-06 Eredivisie 2005/2006 The 2005/06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. PSV Eindhoven became champions on April 9, 2006. The season was overshadowed by the death of FC Utrecht player David di Tommaso....		33	SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie.... /Ajax
2006-07 Eredivisie 2006/2007 The 2006/2007 season of the Eredivisie began on August 18, 2006. The season saw PSV Eindhoven quickly building a gap with the other teams....	Afonso Alves Afonso Alves Afonso Alves Martins J?nior is aBrazilian professional association football who plays as a striker for Middlesbrough F.C.. He has also been cap by Brazil national football team....	34	sc Heerenveen SC Heerenveen SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....
2007-08 Eredivisie 2007-08 The 2007/2008 season of the Eredivisie started in August 2007 and ends on 18 May 2008 with defending champions PSV Eindhoven retaining their title with 72 points....		33	Ajax
2008-09 Eredivisie 2008-09 The 2008?09 season of the Eredivisie began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse and FC Groningen and will end on 10 May 2009. PSV Eindhoven are the reigning champions....	Mounir El Hamdaoui Mounir El Hamdaoui Mounir El Hamdaoui is a Netherlands-Morocco Football who plays as a Striker for AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands....	20	AZ AZ Alkmaar AZ, an acronym for *Alkmaar Zaanstreek*, is a Association football club from Alkmaar, the Netherlands....

Media coverage

In The Netherlands, the NOS

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting is one of the broadcasters in the Dutch public broadcasting system, Publieke Omroep. The NOS has a statutory obligation to make news and sports programmes for the three Dutch public television channels and the Dutch public radio services....
has recently acquired the broadcasting rights for the Eredivisie, it will air on Nederland 1

Nederland 1

Nederland 1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it was launched on October 2, 1951. It provides Public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels Nederland 2 and Nederland 3....
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Eredivisie

Current teams (2008-09)

Champions

Number of titles

By Town or City

Playoffs

European competition

Relegation

Attendance

All-Time Ranking

UEFA Ranking

Topscorers

Media coverage

See also

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