2009–10 Eredivisie

This article is about the men competition. For the women competition, see 2009–10 Eredivisie (women).

Eredivisie
Season	2009–10
Champions	FC Twente 1st title
Relegated	RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam
Champions League	FC Twente (group stage) Ajax (3rd qualifying round)
Europa League	PSV (play-off round) Feyenoord (play-off round) AZ (3rd qualifying round) Utrecht (2nd qualifying round; via play-off)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	892 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Suárez (35)
Biggest home win	Ajax 7–0 VVV Venlo (11 April 2010)
Biggest away win	RKC 0–6 AZ (15 August 2009)^[1]
Highest scoring	AZ 6–2 RKC (13 March 2010); Feyenoord 6–2 Heerenveen (2 May 2010)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Eredivisie 2009–10 was the 54th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking 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 VVV Venlo, and promotion/relegation play-off winners RKC Waalwijk.

The season started on 31 July 2009 and ended on 2 May 2010. FC Twente won their first ever Eredivisie title.^[2]^[3] During the halfway break PSV Eindhoven had been evenly matched with Twente, however towards the end AFC Ajax had climbed up the table with remarkable wins and many goals scored, taken second from PSV Eindhoven, and PSV's falter landed them in third.

Overview

Teams and stadia

Location of teams in Eredivisie 2009–10

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Den Haag Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	51,715
AZ	Alkmaar	AZ Stadion	17,023
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Stadion Feijenoord	51,177
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,329
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,000
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	8,500
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
NEC	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,470
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,119
RKC	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	24,000
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	24,426
Vitesse Arnhem	Arnhem	Gelredome	25,000
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	De Koel	7,500
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,637

Personnel and sponsoring

Club	Manager	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Raymond Atteveld	Hummel	Fit For Free
Ajax	Martin Jol	Adidas	Aegon
AZ	Dick Advocaat	Quick	BUKO
Feyenoord	Mario Been	Puma	ASR Verzekeringen
Groningen	Ron Jans	Klupp	Noord Lease
Heerenveen	Jan Everse	Jako	Univé
Heracles Almelo	Gertjan Verbeek	Jako	Ten Cate
NAC Breda	Robert Maaskant	Klupp	Sunweb Vakanties
NEC	Wiljan Vloet	Nike	Curaçao
PSV	Fred Rutten	Nike	Philips
RKC	Ruud Brood	Nike	Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC	Harm Van Veldhoven	Diadora	Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam	Frans Adelaar	Patrick	Graydon
Twente	Steve McClaren	Diadora	Arke
Utrecht	Ton du Chatinier	Kappa	Phanos
Vitesse Arnhem	Theo Bos	Klupp	AfAB
VVV-Venlo	Jan van Dijk	Erima	Seacon Logistics
Willem II	Arno Pijpers	Masita	Destil

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Ajax	Marco van Basten	Resigned	Pre-Season	Martin Jol	25 May 2009
AZ	Louis van Gaal	Transfer to Bayern Munich	Pre-Season	Ronald Koeman	17 May 2009
AZ	Ronald Koeman	Sacked	5 December 2009	Dick Advocaat	8 December 2009
Heerenveen	Trond Sollied	Sacked	1 September 2009	Jan de Jonge	2 September 2009
Heerenveen	Jan de Jonge	Resigned		Jan Everse
Heracles Almelo	Gert Heerkes	Left	Pre-Season	Gertjan Verbeek	8 June 2009
NEC	Mario Been	Transfer to Feyenoord	Pre-Season	Dwight Lodeweges	9 April 2009
NEC	Dwight Lodeweges	Resigned	27 October 2009	Wiljan Vloet	14 November 2009
PSV	Dwight Lodeweges	Transfer to NEC	Pre-Season	Fred Rutten	17 April 2009
Sparta Rotterdam	Foeke Booy	Transfer to Utrecht	Pre-Season	Frans Adelaar	15 May 2009
Sparta Rotterdam	Frans Adelaar	Sacked		Aad de Mos
ADO Den Haag	Raymond Atteveld	Sacked		Maurice Stein	30 March 2010
Willem II	Alfons Groenendijk	Sacked		Arno Pijpers	27 February 2010
Willem II	Arno Pijpers	Resigned		Theo de Jong

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Twente !Twente (C)	34	27	5	2	63	23	+40	86	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Ajax !Ajax	34	27	4	3	106	20	+86	85	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	PSV !PSV	34	23	9	2	72	29	+43	78	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4	Feyenoord !Feyenoord	34	17	12	5	54	31	+23	63	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	AZ !AZ	34	19	5	10	64	34	+30	62	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Heracles !Heracles	34	17	5	12	54	49	+5	56	Qualification to European competition Playoffs
7	Utrecht !Utrecht (O)	34	14	11	9	39	33	+6	53
8	Groningen !Groningen	34	14	7	13	48	47	+1	49
9	Roda JC !Roda JC	34	14	5	15	56	60	−4	47
10	NAC Breda !NAC Breda	34	12	10	12	42	49	−7	46
11	Heerenveen !Heerenveen	34	11	4	19	44	64	−20	37
12	VVV-Venlo !VVV-Venlo	34	8	11	15	43	57	−14	35
13	NEC !NEC	34	8	9	17	35	59	−24	33
14	Vitesse Arnhem !Vitesse Arnhem	34	8	8	18	38	62	−24	32
15	ADO Den Haag !ADO Den Haag	34	7	9	18	38	59	−21	30
16	Sparta Rotterdam !Sparta Rotterdam (R)	34	6	8	20	30	66	−36	26	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
17	Willem II !Willem II (O)	34	7	2	25	36	70	−34	23	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
18	RKC Waalwijk !RKC Waalwijk (R)	34	5	0	29	30	80	−50	15	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: eredivsie.nl (Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Home ╲ Away	ADO Den Haag !ADO	Ajax !AJX	AZ !AZ	Feyenoord !FEY	Groningen !GRO	Heerenveen !HEE	Heracles !HER	NAC Breda !NAC	NEC !NEC	PSV !PSV	RKC Waalwijk !RKC	Roda JC !RJC	Sparta Rotterdam !SPA	Twente !TWE	Utrecht !UTR	Vitesse Arnhem !VIT	VVV-Venlo !VVV	Willem II !WIL
ADO Den Haag !ADO Den Haag		0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–2	2–3	1–5	4–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0
Ajax !Ajax	3–0		1–0	5–1	3–0	5–1	4–0	6–0	3–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	7–0	4–0
AZ !AZ	3–0	2–4		1–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	6–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1
Feyenoord !Feyenoord	2–2	1–1	1–2		3–1	6–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	3–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Groningen !Groningen	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–3		2–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0
Heerenveen !Heerenveen	3–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1		1–2	0–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–2
Heracles !Heracles	4–2	0–3	3–2	0–1	4–3	3–1		3–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–2
NAC Breda !NAC Breda	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–0		3–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	2–0	4–0
NEC !NEC	1–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	4–2		0–4	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
PSV !PSV	2–0	4–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–0		5–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	3–1
RKC Waalwijk !RKC Waalwijk	0–2	1–5	0–6	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2		4–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	4–1	1–2	0–1
Roda JC !Roda JC	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–4	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	5–1		2–1	1–2	2–0	3–4	4–2	3–2
Sparta Rotterdam !Sparta Rotterdam	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–2		0–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–1
Twente !Twente	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0		3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0
Utrecht !Utrecht	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0		2–2	2–2	1–0
Vitesse Arnhem !Vitesse Arnhem	1–3	1–5	0–3	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–5	2–0	1–2	2–2		2–0	2–1
VVV-Venlo !VVV-Venlo	2–2	0–4	3–3	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	3–0	1–1	5–0	0–2	0–1	2–0		2–1
Willem II !Willem II	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–3	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	0–3	3–1	2–1

Source: news.bbc.co.uk
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet, Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site) (Dutch)

Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Suárez	Ajax	35
2	Bryan Ruiz	Twente	24
3	Mads Junker	Roda JC	21
4	Mounir El Hamdaoui	AZ	20
5	Marko Pantelić	Ajax	16
6	Bas Dost	Heracles	14
	Everton	Heracles
	Balázs Dzsudzsák	PSV
9	Tim Matavž	Groningen	13
9	Ola Toivonen	PSV	13
11	2 players		12
13	4 players		11
17	4 players		10
21	2 players		9
23	4 players		8
27	10 players		7
37	10 players		6
47	14 players		5
60	23 players		4
84	22 players		3
106	50 players		2
156	71 players		1
Own goals			23
Total:			892
Games:			306
Average:			2.92

Other scorers

12 goals

Jeremain Lens (AZ)
Blaise Nkufo (Twente)

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

Matthew Amoah (NAC)
Sandro Calabro (VVV)

8 goals

7 goals

7 goals (cont.)

6 goals

6 goals (cont.)

5 goals

5 goals (cont.)

5 goals (cont.)

4 goals

4 goals (cont.)

4 goals (cont.)

3 goals

3 goals (cont.)

3 goals (cont.)

2 goals

Timothy Derijck (ADO)
Csaba Horváth (ADO)
Kees Luijckx (ADO)
Toby Alderweireld (Ajax)
Kennedy Bakircioglu (Ajax)
Mitchell Donald (Ajax – 1/Willem II – 1)
Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax)
Graziano Pellè (AZ)
Luigi Bruins (Feyenoord)
Leroy Fer (Feyenoord)
Denny Landzaat (Feyenoord)
Leandro Bacuna (Groningen)
Danny Holla (Groningen)
Goran Lovre (Groningen)
Morten Nordstrand (Groningen)
Fredrik Stenman (Groningen)
Birger Maertens (Heracles)

2 goals (cont.)

2 goals (cont.)

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)

1 goal (cont.)

Own goals

Scored for ADO (5): Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord); Gibril Sankoh (Groningen); Antoine van der Linden (Heracles); Mark Looms (Heracles); Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
Scored for Ajax (2): Hans Mulder (RKC); Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
Scored for AZ (4): Martin Lejsal (Heerenveen); Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC); Peter Wisgerhof (Twente – 2 goals)
Scored for Feyenoord (3): Pontus Wernbloom (AZ); Toni Varela (RKC); Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
Scored for NAC (1): Niels Wellenberg (NEC)
Scored for NEC (1): Christiaan Kum (ADO)
Scored for RKC (2): Marko Pantelić (Ajax); Calvin Jong-a-Pin (Vitesse Arnhem)
Scored for Roda JC (2): Jurgen Colin (RKC); Frank van der Struijk (Vitesse Arnhem)
Scored for Vitesse Arnhem (1): Dustley Mulder (RKC)
Scored for VVV (1): Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
Scored for Willem II (1): Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)

Play-offs

European competition

The teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Roda JC	3–2	Heracles Almelo	1–1	2–1
FC Utrecht	5–1	FC Groningen	3–1	2–0

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Roda JC	1–6	FC Utrecht	0–2	1–4

Relegation

The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Eindhoven	4–2	AGOVV Apeldoorn	1–0	3–2
Helmond Sport	3–3 (p. 5–4)	FC Den Bosch	1–2	2–1

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Eindhoven	2–3	Willem II	1–2	1–1
Go Ahead Eagles	2–1	SC Cambuur	2–0	0–1
FC Zwolle	3–5	Excelsior	0–1	3–4
Helmond Sport	2–3	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1	0–2

Round 3

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	1–3(aet)	Willem II	1–0	0–3	-
Excelsior	1–1(ag)	Sparta Rotterdam	0–0	1–1

Willem II and Excelsior will play in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

References

↑ AZ fire six past RKC Waalwijk – Soccerway
↑ Taylor, Louise (2010-05-02). "Steve McClaren goes from zero to hero as FC Twente win Dutch title". The Guardian. Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
↑ "First title for Twente". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2010-05-04.

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Overview

International

Men	Netherlands U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 Variants (Beach Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (from 2016) Derde Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse Zesde Klasse (defunct) Zevende Klasse (defunct)

Women	Eredivisie BeNe League (with Belgium, 2012–2015) Topklasse Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield KNVB Amateur Cup KNVB District Cup KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium)

Others

2009–10 in Dutch football

« 2008–09 2010–11 »

League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Women's Eredivisie

Cup competitions	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Schaal KNVB Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Women's Champions League

Related to national team	2010 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification Group 9 Group E Squad

Club seasons

Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag Ajax AZ Feyenoord Groningen Heerenveen Heracles Almelo NAC Breda NEC PSV RKC Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse VVV‑Venlo Willem II

Eerste Divisie	AGOVV Cambuur Den Bosch Dordrecht Eindhoven Emmen Excelsior Fortuna Sittard Go Ahead Eagles De Graafschap Haarlem Helmond Sport MVV Omniworld Oss RBC Roosendaal Telstar Veendam Volendam Zwolle

List of summer transfers List of winter transfers

2009–10 in European football (UEFA)

« 2008–09 2010–11 »

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '09 '10 Finland '09 '10 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '09 '10 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '09 '10 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '09 '10 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '09 '10 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '09 '10 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '09 '10 France Hungary Iceland '09 '10 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '09 '10 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup

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