Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Organising body	KNVB
Founded	1956; 66 years ago (1956)
Country	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Eerste Divisie
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup Johan Cruyff Shield
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Ajax (35th title) (2020–21)
Most championships	Ajax (35 titles)
Most appearances	Pim Doesburg (687)
Top goalscorer	Willy van der Kuijlen (311)
TV partners	List of broadcasters
Website	Eredivisie.eu
Current: 2021–22 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːrədivizi]; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is considered one of the best European leagues and widely regarded as one of the better leagues in the world. As of the 2020–21 season, it is ranked the 7th best league in Europe by UEFA.^[1]

The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are automatically relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the Eerste Divisie are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with eight high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie.

The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. Ajax has won the most titles, with 35 national titles. PSV Eindhoven are next with 24, and Feyenoord follow with 15. Since 1965, these three clubs have won all but three Eredivisie titles (the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won the 2010 title). Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord are known as the "Big Three" or "Traditional Top Three" of Dutch football. They are the only clubs in their current forms to have never been relegated out of the Eredivisie since its formation. A fourth club, FC Utrecht, is the product of a 1970 merger between three of that city's clubs, one of which, VV DOS, had also never been relegated out of the Eredivisie.

From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie (after the sponsor, PTT Telecom), which was changed to KPN Telecompetitie (because PTT Telecom changed its name to KPN Telecom in 1999) and to KPN Eredivisie in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the league was called the Holland Casino Eredivisie. Since the 2005–06 season, the league has been sponsored by the Sponsorloterij (lottery), but for legal reasons its name could not be attached to the league (the Dutch government was against the name, because the Eredivisie would, after Holland Casino's sponsorship, yet again be sponsored by a company providing games of chance). On 8 August 2012 it was made public that tycoon Rupert Murdoch had secured the rights to the Eredivisie for 12 years at the expense of 1 billion euros, beginning in the 2013–14 season.^[2] Within this deal the five largest Eredivisie clubs should receive 5 million euros per year for the duration of the contract.^[3] In 2020, the Eredivisie was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

History[]

From the foundation of the Dutch national football championship in 1898 until 1954, the title was decided through play-offs by a handful of clubs who had previously won their regional league.^[4] The competition was purely an amateur one; the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) rejected any form of payment and suspended players who were caught receiving salary or transfer fees.^[5] The call for professional football grew in the early fifties after many national team members left to play abroad in search for financial benefits.^[6] The KNVB would usually suspend these players, preventing them from appearing for the Dutch national team. After the North Sea flood of 1953, the Dutch players abroad (mainly playing in the French league) organised a charity match against the French national team in Paris. The match was boycotted by the KNVB, but after the assembled Dutch players defeated the French (2–1), the Dutch public witnessed the heights that could be achieved through professional football.^[7] To serve the growing interest, a dissident professional football association (the NBVB) and league were founded for the 1954–55 season.^[8] On 3 July 1954, the KNVB met with a group of concerned amateur club chairmen, who feared the best players would join the professional teams. The meeting, dubbed the slaapkamerconferentie ('bedroom conference'), led to the Association reluctantly accepting semi-professionalism.^[5]

Meanwhile, both the KNVB and the NBVB started their separate competition. The first professional football match was contested between Alkmaar and Venlo.^[5] The leagues went on for eleven rounds, before a merger was negotiated between the two federations in November. Both leagues were cancelled and a new, combined competition emerged immediately. De Graafschap, Amsterdam, Alkmaar and Fortuna '54 from the NBVB were accepted to the new league. Other clubs merged, which led to new names like Rapid J.C., Holland Sport and Roda Sport. The first (semi-)professional league was won by Willem II.^[9] For the 1956–57 season, the KNVB abandoned the regional league system. The Eredivisie was founded, in which the eighteen best clubs nationwide directly played for the league title without play-offs. The inaugural members of the Eredivisie in 1956 were Ajax, BVC, BVV, DOS, EVV, Elinkwijk, SC Enschede, Feijenoord, Fortuna '54, GVAV, MVV, NAC, NOAD, PSV, Rapid J.C., Sparta, VVV '03 and Willem II.^[10] Ajax was the first team to claim the title that season.^[10]

Current teams (2021–22)[]

Club	City	Capacity	Position in 2020–21	1st season in Eredivisie	No. of seasons in Eredivisie	1st season of current spell	No. of seasons of current spell	Eredivisie titles	National titles	Last title
Ajaxa b	Amsterdam	54,990	1st	1956–57	66	1956–57	66	26	35	2021
AZ	Alkmaar	17,250	3rd	1968–69	44	1998–99	24	2	2	2009
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	10,500	promoted*	1992–93	8	2021–22	1	0	0	-
Feyenoorda b	Rotterdam	51,137	5th	1956–57	66	1956–57	66	10	15	2017
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	12,500	11th	1968–69	23	2018–19	4	0	0	-
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	10,000	promoted*	1963–64	32	2021–22	1	0	4	1933
FC Groningen	Groningen	22,579	7th	1971–72	43	2000–01	22	0	0	-
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	27,224	12th	1990–91	30	1993–94	29	0	0	-
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	12,080	9th	1962–63	22	2005–06	17	0	2	1941
NEC	Nijmegen	12,500	promoted*	1967–68	41	2021–22	1	0	0	-
PSVa b	Eindhoven	36,500	2nd	1956–57	66	1956–57	66	21	24	2018
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	7,508	15th	1988–89	26	2019–20	3	0	0	-
Sparta Rotterdama	Rotterdam	11,026	8th	1956–57	56	2019–20	3	1	6	1959
FC Twentec	Enschede	30,205	10th	1956–57	63	2019–20	3	1	1	2010
FC Utrechtb d	Utrecht	23,750	6th	1970–71	52	1970–71	52	0	0	-
Vitesse	Arnhem	21,248	4th	1971–72	37	1989–90	33	0	0	-
Willem IIa	Tilburg	14,500	14th	1956–57	45	2014–15	8	0	3	1955
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	14,000	13th	1978–79	22	2012–13	10	0	0	-

^* Cambuur finished first and Go Ahead Eagles finished second in the 2020-21 Eerste Divisie. NEC finished 7th and defeated NAC Breda in the playoff final.

^a Founding member of the Eredivisie
^b Never been relegated from the Eredivisie
^c Founding member of the Eredivisie (as Sportclub Enschede)
^d Founding member of the Eredivisie (as VV DOS and USV Elinkwijk)

Maps[]

Champions[]

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Winning years
Ajax	35	23	1917–18, 1918–19, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2020–21
PSV Eindhoven	24	14	1928–29, 1934–35, 1950–51, 1962–63, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
Feyenoord	15	21	1923–24, 1927–28, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2016–17
HVV Den Haag	10	1	1890–91, 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1913–14
Sparta Rotterdam	6	–	1908–09, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1958–59
RAP	5	3	1891–92, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99
Go Ahead Eagles	4	5	1916–17, 1921–22, 1929–30, 1932–33
Koninklijke HFC	3	3	1889–90, 1892–93, 1894–95
Willem II	3	1	1915–16, 1951–52, 1954–55
HBS Craeyenhout	3	–	1903–04, 1905–06, 1924–25
AZ	2	3	1980–81, 2008–09
Heracles Almelo	2	1	1926–27, 1940–41
ADO Den Haag	2	–	1941–42, 1942–43
RCH	2	–	1922–23, 1952–53
NAC Breda	1	4	1920–21
FC Twente	1	3	2009–10
DWS	1	3	1963–64
Roda JC Kerkrade*	1	2	1955–56
Be Quick	1	2	1919–20
FC Eindhoven	1	2	1953–54
SC Enschede	1	1	1925–26
DOS	1	1	1957–58
FC Den Bosch	1	1	1947–48
De Volewijckers	1	–	1943–44
HFC Haarlem	1	–	1945–46
Limburgia	1	–	1949–50
SVV	1	–	1948–49
Quick Den Haag	1	–	1907–08
	1	–	1888–89

^* As Rapid JC.

Playoffs[]

European competition[]

Position	Playoff	Qualification to
1st	–	Champions League Group Stage
2nd	–	Champions League 3rd qualifying round of the League Path.
3rd/4th	–	Conference League 3rd qualifying round
4th–7th/5th–8th	Europa League	4th vs 7th and 5th vs 6th or 5th vs 8th and 6th vs 7th; the two winners play each other to qualify for: Europa Conference League 2nd qualifying round
KNVB Cup winners	–	Europa League Play-off Round (Group stage if the Europa Conference League winners have already qualified for the UCL through their domestic league)

Relegation[]

Position	Playoff	What happens next
16th	Nacompetitie	One Eredivisie team play the semi finals against an Eerste Divisie team. Who wins will compete in the poule final for a place in the Eredivisie.
17th-18th	–	Direct relegation to the Eerste Divisie

Attendance[]

2018–19 Attendance

Club	Attendance
Ajax	52,987
Feyenoord	42,065
PSV	34,071
FC Utrecht	18,846
SC Heerenveen	18,743
NAC Breda	18,262
FC Groningen	18,025
Vitesse	15,422
AZ	15,027
PEC Zwolle	13,478
Willem II	12,998
ADO Den Haag	12,561
De Graafschap	12,321
Heracles Almelo	10,993
Fortuna Sittard	9,100
FC Emmen	8,238
VVV Venlo	6,828
Excelsior	4,223
Average	18,010

Since the beginning of the league, there have been three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others: Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. Clubs like Heerenveen, FC Utrecht and FC Groningen also have fairly large fanbases. The regular season average league attendance was just over 7,000 in 1990, but this figure has risen sharply over the years thanks to the opening of new stadiums and the expansion of existing ones nationwide. Average attendance for the 2018–19 season was 18,010, with Ajax having the largest (52,987) and Excelsior having the smallest (4,223). Ajax's figures however differ from those provided by the Johan Cruyff Arena since the club counts all tickets sold instead of the number of people going through the turnstiles.

All-time ranking (since 1956)[]

Last updated following the 2017–18 season

Playing in the Eredivisie

Playing in the Eerste Divisie

Playing in the amateur leagues

Club has been disestablished or merged into another club

Rank	Club	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points	Avg. Points	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference
1.	Ajax	62	2092	1385	379	325	4534	2,17	5267	2135	+3132
2.	PSV	62	2092	1272	448	372	4264	2,04	4814	2208	+2606
3.	Feyenoord	62	2092	1188	484	420	4048	1,93	4465	2399	+2066
4.	FC Twente	52	1764	771	475	518	2788	1,58	2806	2247	+559
5.	Sparta Rotterdam	53	1764	619	498	669	2355	1,32	2676	2801	-125
6.	FC Utrecht	48	1632	603	419	610	2228	1,37	2325	2454	-129
7.	AZ	40	1360	581	339	440	2082	1,53	2266	1874	+392
8.	Roda JC Kerkrade	44	1496	563	391	542	2080	1,39	2260	2208	+52
9.	NAC Breda	49	1654	524	432	698	2004	1,21	2210	2738	-528
10.	ADO Den Haag	44	1480	489	378	613	1845	1,25	2114	2423	-309
11.	FC Groningen	39	1326	451	369	506	1722	1,30	1886	2057	-171
12.	Willem II	42	1421	430	326	664	1616	1,14	1969	2536	-567
13.	Vitesse	33	1122	431	318	373	1611	1,44	1687	1554	+133
14.	N.E.C.	40	1360	379	382	599	1519	1,12	1565	2132	-567
15.	MVV Maastricht	36	1208	350	356	502	1406	1,16	1527	1992	-465
16.	sc Heerenveen	26	884	363	222	299	1311	1,48	1482	1356	+126
17.	Go Ahead Eagles	31	1042	325	268	449	1243	1,19	1399	1701	-302
18.	RKC Waalwijk	23	782	240	197	345	917	1,17	1014	1269	-255
19.	FC Volendam	25	842	228	215	399	899	1,07	994	1513	-519
20.	VVV-Venlo	21	714	196	189	329	777	1,09	921	1304	-383
21.	Fortuna Sittard	19	646	179	193	274	730	1,13	756	1005	-249
22.	HFC Haarlem	18	612	172	178	262	694	1,13	695	978	-283
23.	PEC Zwolle	18	612	169	169	274	676	1,10	781	1067	-286
24.	Heracles Almelo	18	596	178	140	278	674	1,13	799	1105	-306
25.	Excelsior	21	714	159	180	375	657	0,92	784	1320	-536
26.	De Graafschap	20	680	149	170	361	617	0,91	735	1298	-563
27.	DOS	14	460	168	109	183	613	1,33	790	848	-58
28.	AFC DWS	13	430	147	117	166	558	1,30	588	644	-56
29.	Fortuna '54	12	392	141	99	152	522	1,33	635	700	-65
30.	Telstar	14	468	118	140	210	494	1,06	530	754	-224
31.	GVAV	13	392	123	115	154	484	1,23	533	595	-62
32.	FC Den Bosch	12	442	114	123	205	465	1,05	491	756	-265
33.	SC Enschede	9	294	121	77	96	440	1,50	565	490	+75
34.	Rapid JC	6	204	73	47	84	266	1,30	307	350	-43
35.	USV Elinkwijk	7	234	65	50	119	245	1,05	306	483	-177
36.	FC Amsterdam	6	204	61	56	87	239	1,17	263	321	-58
37.	Blauw-Wit	6	196	65	42	89	237	1,21	334	401	-67
38.	SC Cambuur	7	238	49	64	125	211	0,89	258	437	-179
39.	Holland Sport	4	136	37	34	65	145	1,07	168	279	-111
40.	FC Dordrecht	6	204	31	46	127	139	0,68	208	463	-255
41.	RBC Roosendaal	5	170	35	26	109	131	0,77	164	358	-194
42.	NOAD	4	136	33	30	73	129	0,95	187	311	-124
43.	Sittardia	4	132	32	29	71	125	0,95	148	256	-108
44.	Xerxes/DHC	2	68	26	17	25	95	1,40	92	95	-3
45.	EVV	3	102	23	25	54	94	0,92	107	209	-102
46.	BVC Amsterdam	2	68	20	20	28	80	1,18	103	130	-27
47.	BVV	2	68	18	10	40	64	0,94	126	172	-46
48.	SC Veendam	2	68	12	23	33	59	0,87	74	127	-53
49.	FC Wageningen	2	68	13	18	37	57	0,84	72	137	-65
50.	De Volewijckers	2	64	15	10	39	55	0,86	99	189	-90
51.	Helmond Sport	2	68	12	18	38	54	0,79	93	162	-69
52.	SVV	2	68	13	13	42	52	0,76	62	142	-80
53.	Alkmaar '54	1	34	6	12	16	30	0,88	39	61	-22

Player records[]

Appearances[]

Rank	Name	Games	Playing position	First match	Last match
1	Pim Doesburg	687	Goalkeeper	1962–63	1986–87
2	Jan Jongbloed	684	Goalkeeper	1959–60	1985–86
3	Piet Schrijvers	576	Goalkeeper	1963–64	1984–85

Goals[]

Last updated following the 2019–20 season ^[11]

Rank	Name	Goals	Games	Goals per game	Playing position	First goal	Last goal
1	Willy van der Kuijlen	311	545	0.57	Forward	1964–65	1981–82
2	Ruud Geels	266	392	0.68	Forward	1964–65	1983–84
3	Johan Cruijff	216	309	0.70	Forward	1964–65	1983–84
4	Kees Kist	212	372	0.60	Forward	1972–73	1983–84
5	Tonny van der Linden	208	-	-	Forward	1956–57	1966–67

Top scorers[]

Last updated following the 2020–21 season.^[11]

Season	Top Scorer(s)	Goals	Club(s)
1956–57	Coen Dillen	43	PSV
1957–58	Leo Canjels	32	NAC
1958–59	Leo Canjels	34	NAC
1959–60	Henk Groot[12]	37	Ajax
1960–61	Henk Groot	41	Ajax
1961–62	Dick Tol	27	FC Volendam
1962–63	Pierre Kerkhofs	22	PSV
1963–64	Frans Geurtsen	28	DWS
1964–65	Frans Geurtsen	23	DWS
1965–66	Willy van der Kuijlen Piet Kruiver	23	PSV Feyenoord
1966–67	Johan Cruijff	33	Ajax
1967–68	Ove Kindvall	28	Feyenoord
1968–69	Dick van Dijk Ove Kindvall	30	FC Twente Feyenoord
1969–70	Willy van der Kuijlen	26	PSV
1970–71	Ove Kindvall	24	Feyenoord
1971–72	Johan Cruijff	25	Ajax
1972–73	Cas Janssens Willy Brokamp	18	NEC MVV
1973–74	Willy van der Kuijlen	27	PSV
1974–75	Ruud Geels	30	Ajax
1975–76	Ruud Geels	29	Ajax
1976–77	Ruud Geels	34	Ajax
1977–78	Ruud Geels	30	Ajax
1978–79	Kees Kist	34	AZ'67
1979–80	Kees Kist	27	AZ'67
1980–81	Ruud Geels	22	Sparta
1981–82	Wim Kieft	32	Ajax
1982–83	Peter Houtman	30	Feyenoord
1983–84	Marco van Basten	28	Ajax
1984–85	Marco van Basten	22	Ajax
1985–86	Marco van Basten	37	Ajax
1986–87	Marco van Basten	31	Ajax
1987–88	Wim Kieft	29	PSV
1988–89	Romário	19	PSV
1989–90	Romário	23	PSV
1990–91	Romário[13] Dennis Bergkamp[13]	25	PSV Ajax
1991–92	Dennis Bergkamp[14]	24	Ajax
1992–93	Dennis Bergkamp[15]	26	Ajax
1993–94	Jari Litmanen	26	Ajax
1994–95	Ronaldo	30	PSV
1995–96	Luc Nilis	21	PSV
1996–97	Luc Nilis	21	PSV
1997–98	Nikos Machlas	34	Vitesse
1998–99	Ruud van Nistelrooy	31	PSV
1999–2000	Ruud van Nistelrooy	29	PSV
2000–01	Mateja Kežman	24	PSV
2001–02	Pierre van Hooijdonk	24	Feyenoord
2002–03	Mateja Kežman	35	PSV
2003–04	Mateja Kežman	31	PSV
2004–05	Dirk Kuyt	29	Feyenoord
2005–06	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	33	SC Heerenveen/Ajax
2006–07	Afonso Alves	34	SC Heerenveen
2007–08	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	33	Ajax
2008–09	Mounir El Hamdaoui	23	AZ
2009–10	Luis Suárez	35	Ajax
2010–11	Björn Vleminckx	23	NEC
2011–12	Bas Dost	32	SC Heerenveen
2012–13	Wilfried Bony	31	Vitesse
2013–14	Alfreð Finnbogason	29	SC Heerenveen
2014–15	Memphis Depay	22	PSV
2015–16	Vincent Janssen	27	AZ
2016–17	Nicolai Jørgensen	21	Feyenoord
2017–18	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	21	AZ
2018–19	Luuk de Jong Dušan Tadić	28	PSV Ajax
2019–20	Steven Berghuis Cyriel Dessers	15	Feyenoord Heracles Almelo
2020–21	Giorgos Giakoumakis	26	VVV-Venlo

Media coverage[]

Country	Network	Details
Netherlands	ESPN; NOS	ESPN airs all matches live and the NOS broadcasts match summaries on the open channels NPO 1 and 3
Azerbaijan	CBC Sport	Live Eredivisie matches
Belgium	Play Sports VOOSport World	Two matches per week, since 2015
Indian subcontinent	Dream11 and Eurosport	Two–three matches per week on Eurosport and FanCode
Italy	Mola TV
Albania	DigitAlb / SuperSport [1]	Two matches per week and highlights
Poland	Polsat Sport Polsat Sport Extra Polsat Sport News	2–5 matches (1–4 live) every week and highlights, since the 2002–03 season.
Turkey	Tivibu	Live Eredivisie matches
Russia	Telekanal Futbol	Live matches every week, two or three times
Balkans	Sport Klub	Live matches every week, two or three times
Portugal	Sport TV	Two or three live matches every week
Slovakia	Arena Sport	Two or three live matches every week
Austria, Germany	Sportdigital.tv, DAZN	Up to three matches per week, and highlights (mostly Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord matches)
South Korea	tvN	Live PSV matches
United Kingdom and Ireland	Mola TV	Live Eredivisie matches
United States	ESPN+	Three live matches every week
Norway	Viasat Fotball	One match live on Sunday 11.30 CET
Lithuania	Sport1	Up to two matches per week and highlights
Bulgaria	Max Sport	Two or three live matches every week
Sub-Saharan Africa	ESPN	Three live matches every week, sometimes four
Latin America	ESPN	Two matches every week are broadcast live, one only on ESPN Play (WatchESPN in Brazil).
Indonesia	Mola TV	Up to four matches per week live and on demand, from 2020 to 2021.[16]
Timor Leste
Malaysia	Astro SuperSport	Up to three live matches every week.
Philippines	Tap DMV	Up to three live matches every week.
Singapore	Singtel TV	Up to three live matches every week.
MENA	Abu Dhabi Sports	Up to three live matches every week.
Vietnam	VTVCab, HTV	1990-2002, HTV broadcasting all matches. 2019-present, Up to three live matches every week.

Eredivisie teams and major UEFA and FIFA competitions[]

The following sixteen international tournaments were won by Eredivisie teams:

• 1970 European Cup Final – Feyenoord
• 1970 Intercontinental Cup – Feyenoord
• 1971 European Cup Final – Ajax
• 1972 European Cup Final – Ajax
• 1972 Intercontinental Cup – Ajax
• 1973 European Cup Final – Ajax
• 1973 European Super Cup – Ajax
• 1974 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord
• 1978 UEFA Cup Final – PSV
• 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup Final – Ajax
• 1988 European Cup Final – PSV
• 1992 UEFA Cup Final – Ajax
• 1995 UEFA Champions League Final – Ajax
• 1995 UEFA Super Cup – Ajax
• 1995 Intercontinental Cup – Ajax
• 2002 UEFA Cup Final – Feyenoord

The UEFA Super Cup was founded by a Dutch reporter named Anton Witkamp and Ajax's 1973 win was the first time the tournament was contested officially.

The following 24 European finals took place at Dutch venues, or are scheduled to take place at them:

• 1962 European Cup Final, Olympisch Stadion – (Attendance: 65,000)
• 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 49,000)
• 1968 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 53,000)
• 1972 European Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 67,000)
• 1973 European Super Cup, Olympisch Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 25,000)
• 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 4,000)
• 1974 UEFA Cup Final, De Kuip – second leg (Attendance: 59,317)
• 1975 UEFA Cup Final, Diekman Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 21,767)
• 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Olympisch Stadion – (Attendance: 66,000)
• 1978 UEFA Cup Final, Philips Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 27,000)
• 1981 UEFA Cup Final, Olympisch Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 28,500)
• 1982 European Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 46,000)
• 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 38,500)
• 1987 European Super Cup, De Meer Stadium – first leg (Attendance: 27,000)
• 1988 European Super Cup, Philips Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 17,100)
• 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 43,500)
• 1992 UEFA Cup Final, Olympisch Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 42,000)
• 1995 UEFA Super Cup, Olympisch Stadion – second leg (Attendance: 23,000)
• 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 52,000)
• 1998 UEFA Champions League Final, Amsterdam Arena – (Attendance: 48,500)
• UEFA Euro 2000 Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 50,000)
• 2002 UEFA Cup Final, De Kuip – (Attendance: 45,611)
• 2006 UEFA Cup Final, Philips Stadion – (Attendance: 33,100)
• 2013 UEFA Europa League Final, Amsterdam Arena (Attendance: 46,163)

Sponsorship names for seasons[]

• Eredivisie (1956–1990)
• PTT-Telecompetitie (1990–1999)
• KPN-Telecompetitie (1999–2000)
• KPN Eredivisie (2000–2002)
• Holland Casino Eredivisie (2002–2005)
• Eredivisie (2005–present)

See also[]

• Eerste Divisie
• KNVB Cup
• Johan Cruyff Shield
• List of Dutch football champions
• List of foreign players in the Eredivisie
• List of sports attendance figures – Eredivisie in a global context

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eredivisie.

• Eredivisie.nl – Official website (in Dutch)