2014–15 BeNe League

Women's BeNe League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Standard Fémina (1st BeNe League title)
UEFA Women's Champions League	Standard Fémina Twente
Matches played	156
Goals scored	492 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tessa Wullaert (18 goals)
Biggest home win	PSV/FC Eindhoven 7–0 Gent
Biggest away win	Leuven 0–10 Standard
Highest scoring	Leuven 0–10 Standard PEC Zwolle 1–9 ADO Den Haag
← 2013–14 All statistics correct as of 8 May 2015.

The 2014–15 BeNe League was the third and last season of the Belgium and Netherlands' women's football top level league. The defending champion was FC Twente.^[1] The season started on 29 August 2014 and was played in a single division.^[2] The season fiished on 8 May 2015.

Following this season, Belgium and the Netherlands will have their own top level league again. The BeNe League initiative was ended because Dutch clubs and the Dutch FA failed to come to an agreement regarding the clubs' financial participation for the following seasons.^[3] The Dutch FA also questioned the lack of competitiveness.^[4]

After the season, the Netherlands revived the Eredivisie as top league and Belgium created a new Super League.

Format

The seven Dutch and six Belgian teams play a double round-robin where each team plays against each other two times (once at home and once away).^[5]

Teams

The league was played by seven Dutch and six Belgian teams.^[6]

Royal Antwerp left the BeNe League for financial reasons after previous season.^[7][8] Otherwise the same teams as last year compete. Club Brugge shut down their first team after the season, to focus on youth teams.^[9]

Standard

Anderlecht

Lierse SK

Club Brugge

OH Leuven

AA Gent Ladies

ADO Den Haag

FC Twente

Telstar

PEC Zwolle

sc Heerenveen

Ajax

PSV/FC Eindhoven

BeNe League Teams for 2014-2015

Team	Country	Home city	Home ground
Standard Fémina de Liège	Belgium	Liège	Complexe Standard de Liège
RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	Anderlecht	RSCA Football Academy
WD Lierse SK	Belgium	Lier	Herman Vanderpoortenstadion
Club Brugge Dames	Belgium	Brugge	Olympiapark
Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgium	Heverlee	Gemeentelijk Stadion
AA Gent Ladies	Belgium	Ghent	PGB-Stadion
ADO Den Haag	Netherlands	Den Haag	Kyocera Stadion
FC Twente	Netherlands	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste
Telstar	Netherlands	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion
PEC Zwolle	Netherlands	Zwolle	IJsseldelta Stadion
SC Heerenveen	Netherlands	Heerenveen	Sportpark Skoatterwâld
AFC Ajax	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst
PSV/FC Eindhoven	Netherlands	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion

Standings

All teams play in a single group this season. The best placed Belgium and Dutch team qualify for the Champions League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Standard Fémina (C, Q)	24	21	1	2	66	10	+56	64	Qualification to Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
2	Twente (Q)	24	20	2	2	71	16	+55	62
3	Ajax	24	17	2	5	54	20	+34	53
4	ADO Den Haag	24	12	3	9	52	35	+17	39
5	PSV/FC Eindhoven	24	11	4	9	46	37	+9	37
6	Telstar	24	10	7	7	43	31	+12	37
7	WD Lierse	24	10	3	11	29	29	0	33
8	Anderlecht Féminin	24	8	6	10	35	37	−2	30
9	Gent	24	8	2	14	19	42	−23	26
10	Heerenveen	24	7	2	15	26	44	−18	23
11	Club Brugge	24	6	1	17	15	51	−36	19
12	PEC Zwolle	24	5	3	16	24	70	−46	18
13	OH Leuven	24	2	2	20	12	70	−58	8

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2015. Source: BeNe League (Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. The highest-ranking Belgian team and the highest-ranking Dutch team qualify for the Champions League.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ADO

AJX

P/F

HEE

TEL

TWE

ZWO

AND

CLU

GEN

OHL

LIE

STA

ADO Den Haag

1–6

2–2

4–1

4–1

1–2

1–1

3–1

2–0

3–0

4–0

1–0

0–1

Ajax

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

0–2

3–1

1–4

1–2

5–1

3–0

3–0

0–2

PSV/FC Eindhoven

2–0

2–2

2–0

1–3

1–3

3–1

1–0

5–0

7–0

3–0

2–1

1–5

Heerenveen

0–3

0–3

2–3

1–4

1–2

4–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

4–0

0–4

0–2

Telstar

1–1

0–1

3–3

1–0

4–4

3–0

0–0

5–1

5–1

2–0

0–0

0–2

Twente

1–2

0–1

4–0

3–0

2–1

5–0

3–0

5–0

2–1

2–0

3–0

1–1

PEC Zwolle

1–9

1–6

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–5

3–2

1–0

2–3

3–2

1–3

0–3

Anderlecht Féminin

4–1

1–1

3–2

1–1

1–1

0–4

4–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

0–2

0–2

Club Brugge

2–1

0–3

1–1

0–3

1–3

0–3

3–0

1–0

1–0

0–1

0–5

0–2

AA Gent

1–0

0–2

0–1

1–0

0–1

1–4

1–2

1–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

OH Leuven

2–5

0–3

0–2

0–2

1–3

1–6

1–0

1–6

1–2

0–1

0–2

0–10

WD Lierse

1–2

0–3

2–1

1–0

2–1

0–3

1–1

3–0

2–0

0–1

0–0

0–2

Standard Fémina

2–1

1–0

2–0

7–1

3–0

0–2

4–1

3–1

2–1

3–0

4–0

3–0

Updated to games played on 8 May 2015.
Source: BeNe League (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

Updated to games played on 8 May 2015.^[10]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Tessa Wullaert	Standard Fémina	18
2	Lineth Beerensteyn	ADO Den Haag	17
3	Renate Jansen	ADO Den Haag	16
4	Pauline Crammer	Anderlecht Féminin	15
	Vanity Lewerissa	Standard Fémina
6	Anouk Dekker	Twente	14
	Ellen Jansen	Twente
8	Jill Roord	Twente	13
9	Joyce Mijnheer	PEC Zwolle	11
10	Kristen Koopmans	Telstar	10
	Marlous Pieëte	Ajax
	Daniëlle van de Donk	PSV/FC Eindhoven

References

1. "Dames Twente kampioen" (in Dutch). NOS.nl. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
2. "BeNe League '14-'15 van 29 aug tot 8 mei". www.beneleague.com. BeNe League. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
3. "Women's BeNe League to close as Dutch and Belgians rethink strategy". insideworldfootball.com. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
4. "Belgians invest in women's game from grassroots up, targeting EURO2017". insideworldfootball.com. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
5. "BeNe League regulations" (in Dutch). vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
6. "BeNe League 2014-2015 met 13 clubs". www.beneleague.com. BeNe League. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
7. "FC Antwerp stapt uit BeNe League". www.vrouwenvoetbalnieuws.nl (in Dutch). Vrouwenvoetbalnieuws. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
8. "Het einde van Royal Antwerp FC Ladies?". www.vrouwenteam.be. vrouwenteam.be. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
9. http://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nieuws/lees/2015-02-05/club-brugge-duwt-verschillende-internationals-naar-de-exit?ref=team_news
10. "BeNe League Topscorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Season at soccerway.com