2010–11 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie

Season	2010–11
Champions	RKC Waalwijk
Promoted	RKC Waalwijk
Relegated	none
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The Eerste Divisie 2010–11 was the 55th season of the Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956.

The previous year's winners were De Graafschap, who were replaced by last-placed 2009–10 Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. The league featured 18 teams, two fewer than its previous season, following the exclusion of HFC Haarlem from professional football and the relegation of FC Oss to the 2010–11 Topklasse. On May 12, 2010 BV Veendam was declared bankrupt due to financial troubles, with FC Oss consequently expected to be readmitted into Eerste Divisie to replace it; however, the verdict was overturned later in June, and the club was thus allowed to play in the season with a reduced budget.

From this season on, the last-placed team would be relegated to the Topklasse, and replaced by the winner of the newly established third tier.

This season also featured the old Almere-based club FC Omniworld under the new denomination of Almere City FC.

Teams overview

Venues

AGOVV

Almere City

Cambuur

Den Bosch

Dordrecht

Eindhoven

Emmen

Fortuna Sittard

Go Ahead Eagles

Helmond Sport

MVV

RBC

RKC

Sparta

Telstar

Veendam

Volendam

Zwolle

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2010-2011

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AGOVV Apeldoorn	Apeldoorn	Sportpark Berg & Bos	3,259
Almere City FC	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
FC Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,100
FC Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
FC Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Wagner & Partners Stadion	12,500
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	6,700
Helmond Sport	Helmond	Stadion De Braak	4,100
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	11,026
RBC	Roosendaal	RBC Stadion	4,995
RKC	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
BV Veendam	Veendam	De Langeleegte	5,290
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260
FC Zwolle	Zwolle	FC Zwolle Stadion	10,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	RKC Waalwijk (C) (P)	34	22	7	5	85	40	+45	73	Promotion to 2011–12 Eredivisie
2	Zwolle	34	20	10	4	69	27	+42	069^1	Qualification for Promotion playoffs
3	Helmond Sport	34	17	8	9	61	43	+18	59
4	Veendam	34	15	12	7	54	44	+10	053^4
5	Cambuur	34	15	9	10	64	52	+12	051^3
6	Volendam	34	14	9	11	56	50	+6	51
7	Go Ahead Eagles	34	13	11	10	58	43	+15	50
8	Den Bosch	34	11	14	9	56	47	+9	47
9	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	7	15	71	65	+6	43
10	MVV	34	14	8	12	44	50	−6	042^6	Qualification for Promotion playoffs ^8
11	Dordrecht	34	12	9	13	52	56	−4	041^4
12	Eindhoven	34	10	10	14	41	49	−8	40
13	Emmen	34	8	11	15	48	64	−16	35
14	Telstar	34	8	10	16	43	54	−11	34
15	AGOVV	34	11	7	16	54	77	−23	031^7
16	Fortuna Sittard	34	7	7	20	42	70	−28	026^2
17	RBC Roosendaal	34	7	8	19	38	66	−28	026^3	Bankrupt, team disbanded after season ^9
18	Almere City	34	8	7	19	45	84	−39	025^5

Updated to games played on 6 May 2011.
Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Deducted 1 point by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
²Deducted 2 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
³Deducted 3 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
⁴Deducted 4 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
⁵Deducted 6 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
⁶Deducted 8 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
⁷Deducted 9 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
⁸As period champions. Zwolle, Volendam, MVV and RKC are period champions.
⁹Almere City were originally relegated, but after the bankruptcy of RBC Roosendaal it was confirmed that they could keep their place in the Eerste Divisie.^[1]
(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

AGO

ALM

CAM

DBO

DOR

EIN

EMM

FOR

GAE

HEL

MVV

RBC

RKC

SPA

TEL

VEE

VOL

ZWO

AGOVV

3–3

3–3

3–1

0–3

0–3

2–2

3–1

2–2

1–4

2–0

1–0

2–3

0–1

2–3

2–4

2–1

1–5

Almere City

1–6

0–4

1–1

1–2

3–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

4–0

2–4

3–1

1–3

3–1

0–0

0–2

3–2

1–3

Cambuur

0–1

4–0

2–2

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

4–3

1–2

2–2

2–0

1–1

3–1

2–1

0–1

2–2

3–3

Den Bosch

2–2

1–0

3–3

0–0

3–1

3–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–1

4–0

2–2

3–1

2–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

Dordrecht

4–1

2–4

0–1

3–4

2–2

2–1

3–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

2–3

2–2

2–2

4–1

1–2

Eindhoven

0–1

2–0

3–0

3–3

0–1

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–4

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–1

1–0

3–1

0–3

1–2

Emmen

6–0

0–0

0–4

0–3

2–2

2–2

0–2

1–1

1–3

2–3

2–1

2–1

2–1

3–3

0–1

1–1

0–3

Fortuna Sittard

1–2

1–0

2–1

0–4

1–2

2–3

1–3

0–1

3–1

0–0

2–0

1–2

3–1

2–4

3–3

1–2

0–3

Go Ahead Eagles

2–1

2–2

1–2

1–0

8–0

2–1

1–0

3–0

2–0

3–0

2–0

1–3

1–2

1–2

0–0

4–3

1–3

Helmond Sport

1–0

2–4

2–0

2–2

0–1

1–1

2–2

5–2

0–0

1–0

3–1

1–2

5–2

5–1

3–1

0–2

2–2

MVV

1–2

2–1

1–3

1–0

3–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

4–3

1–4

1–1

3–0

3–1

2–1

2–1

2–2

0–2

RBC Roosendaal

2–2

4–2

2–2

2–2

3–2

1–2

1–3

3–1

1–0

2–1

0–2

2–4

3–0

1–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

RKC Waalwijk

4–0

5–0

4–1

0–1

1–2

4–1

2–1

2–3

0–0

1–0

5–0

7–0

1–1

3–0

3–2

2–2

3–1

Sparta Rotterdam

3–3

12–1

1–3

4–0

2–2

3–1

5–0

3–3

1–1

1–1

3–0

4–1

3–4

0–2

4–2

1–1

1–2

Telstar

1–2

2–3

3–0

3–0

1–2

1–2

4–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–1

1–3

0–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

0–0

Veendam

1–0

5–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

4–1

1–4

0–0

1–0

2–1

3–3

3–1

2–1

0–0

1–0

Volendam

5–2

1–0

2–1

3–1

1–0

0–0

1–3

2–1

2–1

0–1

1–2

3–1

3–4

3–1

1–1

2–2

0–2

Zwolle

4–0

4–0

2–0

0–0

0–0

4–0

3–4

4–1

3–1

1–1

0–0

0–0

0–3

3–1

3–0

2–0

4–1

Source: Eerste Divisie website
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Playoffs

Excelsior and VVV-Venlo joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Volendam	5–2	MVV	3–2	2–0
Go Ahead Eagles	1–3	Den Bosch	0–1	1–2

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Volendam	1−4	VVV-Venlo	1−2	0-2
Cambuur	3−3 (p. 6–7)	Zwolle	2−1	1-2
Veendam	3−4	Helmond Sport	3−3	0-1
Den Bosch	4−6	Excelsior	3−3	1-3

Round 3

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zwolle	3-4	VVV-Venlo	1−2	2-2
Helmond Sport	3–9	Excelsior	1−5	2–4

VVV-Venlo and Excelsior will play in 2011–12 Eredivisie.

Top goalscorers

29 goals

• Johan Voskamp (Sparta Rotterdam)

27 goals

• Sjoerd Ars (FC Zwolle)

21 goals

• Melvin Platje (FC Volendam)

20 goals

• Donny de Groot (RKC Waalwijk)
• Michiel Hemmen (AGOVV Apeldoorn)

18 goals

• Derk Boerrigter (RKC Waalwijk)

17 goals

• Fred Benson (RKC Waalwijk)

16 goals

• Koen van der Biezen (Go Ahead Eagles)
• Danny Schreurs (FC Zwolle)

15 goals

• Ruud ter Heide (FC Emmen)
• Marc Höcher (Helmond Sport)

See also

• 2010–11 Eredivisie
• 2010–11 Topklasse

References

1. http://www.nu.nl/sport/2542109/almere-city-keert-terug-in-jupiler-league.html

External links

• JupilerLeague.nl - Official website Eerste Divisie (Dutch)
• KNVB.nl - Official website KNVB (Dutch) / (English)