2008–09 Eredivisie

This article is about the men competition. For the women competition, see 2008–09 Eredivisie (women).
Eredivisie
Season 2008-09
Champions AZ (2nd title)
Relegated FC Volendam
De Graafschap
Champions League AZ (Group stage)
FC Twente (Third qualifying round)
Europa League SC Heerenveen (Play-off round; via KNVB Cup)
Ajax (Play-off round)
PSV (Third qualifying round)
NAC Breda (Second qualifying round; via playoff)
Goals scored 870
Average goals/game 2.84
Top goalscorer Mounir El Hamdaoui (23)
Biggest home win Ajax 7-0 Willem II (12 April 2009)
Biggest away win De Graafschap 0-6 Ajax (21 December 2008)
Highest scoring PSV 6-2 Ajax (19 April 2009)
Volendam 3-5 PSV (8 February 2009)
Twente 6-2 Sparta (6 December 2008)

The Eredivisie 2008–09 is the 53rd season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse Arnhem and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009. A total of 18 teams take part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions FC Volendam, and play-off winners ADO Den Haag. AZ clinched their second title, their first coming in 1981.

Overview

Club Location Manager Previous managers during 2008–09 season Kit maker Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag The Hague Netherlands Raymond Atteveld Netherlands André Wetzel Hummel Fit For Free
Ajax Amsterdam Netherlands John van 't Schip Netherlands Marco van Basten Adidas Aegon
AZ Alkmaar Netherlands Louis van Gaal Canterbury of New Zealand DSB Bank
Feyenoord Rotterdam Netherlands Leon Vlemmings Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek Kappa Fortis
De Graafschap Doetinchem Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić Netherlands Henk van Stee kwd Centric
FC Groningen Groningen Netherlands Ron Jans Klupp Noord Lease
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen Norway Trond Sollied Jako Univé
Heracles Almelo Almelo Netherlands Gert Heerkes Jako Koninklijke Ten Cate
NAC Breda Breda Netherlands Robert Maaskant Klupp Sunweb
N.E.C. Nijmegen Netherlands Mario Been Nike Curaçao
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands Dwight Lodeweges Netherlands Huub Stevens Nike Philips
Roda JC Kerkrade Netherlands / Belgium Harm van Veldhoven Netherlands Martin Koopman, Netherlands Raymond Atteveld Diadora Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Netherlands Foeke Booy Patrick Graydon
FC Twente Enschede England Steve McClaren Diadora Arke
FC Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands Ton du Chatinier Netherlands Willem van Hanegem Puma Phanos
Vitesse Arnhem Arnhem Netherlands Theo Bos Netherlands Hans Westerhof Legea AFAB
FC Volendam Volendam Netherlands Frans Adelaar Jako Café Bar
Willem II Tilburg Netherlands Alfons Groenendijk Netherlands Andries Jonker Masita Destil

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 AZ (C) 34 25 5 4 66 22+44 80 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Twente 34 20 9 5 62 31+31 69 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Ajax 34 21 5 8 74 41+33 68 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 PSV 34 19 8 7 71 33+38 65 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Heerenveen 34 17 9 8 66 57+9 60 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
6 Groningen 34 17 5 12 53 36+17 56 Qualification to European competition Playoffs
7 Feyenoord 34 12 9 13 54 46+8 45
8 NAC Breda (O) 34 13 6 15 44 5410 45
9 Utrecht 34 11 11 12 41 443 44
10 Vitesse Arnhem 34 11 10 13 41 487 43
11 NEC 34 9 15 10 41 40+1 42
12 Willem II 34 10 7 17 35 5823 37
13 Sparta Rotterdam 34 9 8 17 46 6620 35
14 ADO Den Haag 34 8 8 18 41 5817 32
15 Heracles 34 7 11 16 35 5318 32
16 Roda JC 34 7 9 18 38 5820 30 Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
17 De Graafschap (R) 34 7 9 18 24 5834 30
18 Volendam (R) 34 7 8 19 38 6729 29 Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: ESPN Eredivisie Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Heerenveen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10 by winning the 2008–09 KNVB Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ADO AJX AZFEYGRAGROHEEHERNACNECPSVRJCSPATWEUTRVITVOLWIL
ADO Den Haag 11 30 23 10 01 01 22 11 30 02 11 12 12 00 31 20 01
Ajax 30 11 20 30 10 01 22 30 20 41 10 52 10 11 30 21 70
AZ 41 20 00 20 30 31 20 12 10 10 10 60 30 20 12 30 31
Feyenoord 31 22 01 13 00 22 51 31 02 10 23 10 10 52 22 50 11
De Graafschap 20 06 02 02 01 20 10 02 22 03 11 33 22 02 10 22 10
Groningen 30 10 02 31 30 23 20 10 20 01 20 30 14 20 23 50 00
Heerenveen 22 52 33 31 20 21 22 31 21 22 20 51 11 32 02 10 31
Heracles 31 13 02 31 00 11 11 40 11 02 20 21 12 11 00 11 10
NAC Breda 04 03 01 12 01 10 42 30 11 21 10 31 01 11 20 11 13
NEC 00 24 01 10 20 22 11 11 23 10 11 11 11 12 31 61 00
PSV 60 62 22 10 30 42 23 40 22 11 23 10 00 20 20 10 20
Roda JC 20 12 02 04 31 25 22 31 03 30 11 01 11 00 30 11 01
Sparta Rotterdam 25 40 02 21 00 11 41 10 40 02 02 22 12 10 00 40 01
Twente 10 02 30 11 30 21 60 20 41 11 11 42 62 00 21 21 20
Utrecht 31 02 01 22 30 01 21 20 00 02 15 31 33 30 40 00 10
Vitesse Arnhem 31 41 11 11 00 04 10 10 03 00 11 30 11 02 61 31 22
Volendam 01 12 02 21 31 01 23 31 24 11 35 31 30 12 00 10 22
Willem II 33 21 25 10 11 30 13 03 20 12 03 21 32 02 02 02 12

Source: Eredivisie.nl (Dutch)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos. Player Club Goals
1 Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui AZ 23
2 Uruguay Luis Suárez Ajax 22
3 Sweden Marcus Berg Groningen 17
4 Netherlands Roy Makaay Feyenoord 16
Croatia Danijel Pranjić Heerenveen
Switzerland Blaise N'Kufo Twente
7 Netherlands Frank Demouge Willem II 14
8 Netherlands Ibrahim Afellay PSV 13
9 Ghana Matthew Amoah NAC Breda 12
Austria Marko Arnautović Twente
Total: 870
Games: 306
Average: 2.84

Last updated: 11 May 2009
Source: ESPN Top Scorers

Play-offs

European competition (best of 3)

Contrary to the play-offs of previous years, only teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.

Semi-finals

Team #1 Pts Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
Utrecht 1–4 Groningen 3–3 0–4 not played
NAC Breda 6–0 Feyenoord 3–2 4–0 not played

Final

Team #1 Pts Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
NAC Breda 4–1 Groningen 1–1 2–0 not played

Relegation

The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in Eredivisie 2009-10.

Round 1

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telstar 0–1 MVV 0–0 0–1
TOP Oss 0–3 Dordrecht 0–2 0–1

Round 2 (best of 3)

Team #1 Pts Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
MVV 1–4 De Graafschap 2–3 2–2 not played
Excelsior 1–4 RKC Waalwijk 1–2 1–1 not played
FC Zwolle 3–6 Cambuur 2–1 1–3 0–2
Dordrecht 1–4 Roda JC 1–1 0–1 not played

Round 3 (best of 3)

Team #1 Pts Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
RKC Waalwijk 6–3 De Graafschap 2–0 1–2 1–0
Cambuur 3–3 (p. 1–3) Roda JC 0–0 1–1 2–2 (aet)

RKC Waalwijk and Roda JC will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.

Facts and statistics

Television rights

The Dutch public broadcaster NOS broadcast the match highlights after beating rival broadcaster RTL for the contract. The new pay-per-view channel Eredivisie Live broadcast the live matches.[1]

In Australia the Eredivisie was broadcast live and exclusive by Setanta Sports.

See also

References

  1. "Eredivisie Live launches 29 August". Broadband TV News. 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
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