2016–17 Eredivisie

Excelsior 2–0 Groningen
(13 August 2016)
Total attendance	5,841,335
Average attendance	19,089
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The 2016–17 Eredivisie season was the 61st season of the top-tier Dutch League Eredivisie since its establishment in 1956. The fixtures for this season were announced on 14 June 2016.^[4] PSV were the defending champions after winning the title for a record 23rd time.

At the end of the season, Feyenoord became the title-holders for a record 15th time and the first since the 1998–99 season.

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2015–16 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie champions.

Sparta Rotterdam, the champion of the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie, returned to the Eredivisie after spending six seasons in the Eerste Divisie, whereas play-off winner Go Ahead Eagles returned to the Eredivisie after just one season. They replaced relegated teams Cambuur and De Graafschap.

As a result of financial maladministration, the

2016-17 Eerste Divisie. However, FC Twente successfully appealed this decision and was therefore allowed to stay in the league.^[5]

Excelsior
Feyenoord
Sparta

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Location of teams in Eredivisie 2016–17

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Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	53,490
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,023
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	4,400
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,177
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	10,400
Groningen	Groningen	Noordlease Stadion	22,550
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,100
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	13,500
NEC	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,500
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	13,250
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,500
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,500
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,500

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Alfons Groenendijk	Erreà	Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax	Peter Bosz	Adidas	Ziggo
AZ	John van den Brom	Under Armour	AFAS Software
Excelsior	Mitchell van der Gaag	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Adidas	Opel
Go Ahead Eagles	Robert Maaskant	Hummel	Drukwerkdeal.nl
Groningen	Ernest Faber	Robey	Essent
Heerenveen	Jurgen Streppel	Jako	GroenLeven
Heracles	John Stegeman	Acerbis	Asito
NEC	Ron de Groot	Patrick	EnergieFlex
PEC Zwolle	Ron Jans	Robey	Molecaten
PSV	Phillip Cocu	Umbro	Energiedirect.nl
Roda JC	Giannis Anastasiou	Robey	KLG Europe
Sparta Rotterdam	Alex Pastoor	Robey	Axidus
Twente	René Hake	Sondico	Pure Energie
Utrecht	Erik ten Hag	Hummel	Zorg van de zaak
Vitesse	Henk Fraser	Macron	Truphone
Willem II	Erwin van de Looi	Robey	Tricorp

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Groningen	Erwin van de Looi	End of contract	1 July 2016^[6]	Pre-season	Ernest Faber	1 July 2016^[7]
NEC	Ernest Faber	Signed by Groningen	1 July 2016		Peter Hyballa	1 July 2016^[8]
Heerenveen	Foppe de Haan	End of contract	1 July 2016^[9]		Jurgen Streppel	1 July 2016^[10]
Willem II	Jurgen Streppel	Signed by Heerenveen	1 July 2016		Erwin van de Looi	1 July 2016
Vitesse	Rob Maas	Resigned	1 July 2016^[11]		Henk Fraser	1 July 2016^[12]
Roda JC	Darije Kalezić	Sacked	1 July 2016^[13]		Giannis Anastasiou	1 July 2016^[14]
Ajax	Frank de Boer	Resigned	1 July 2016^[15]		Peter Bosz	1 July 2016^[16]
Excelsior	Alfons Groenendijk	Mutual consent	1 July 2016^[17]		Mitchell van der Gaag	1 July 2016^[18]
ADO Den Haag	Henk Fraser	Signed by Vitesse	1 July 2016		Željko Petrović	1 July 2016^[19]
ADO Den Haag	Željko Petrović	Mutual consent	7 February 2017^[20]	16th	Alfons Groenendijk	8 February 2017^[21]
Go Ahead Eagles	Hans de Koning	Sacked	22 March 2017^[22]	18th	Robert Maaskant	25 March 2017^[23]
NEC	Peter Hyballa	Sacked	24 April 2017^[24]	17th	Ron de Groot	25 April 2017
Roda JC	Giannis Anastasiou	Sacked	23 May 2017^[25]	17th	Huub Stevens	23 May 2017^[25]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Feyenoord (C)	34	26	4	4	86	25	+61	82	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Ajax	34	25	6	3	79	23	+56	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	PSV Eindhoven	34	22	10	2	68	23	+45	76	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Utrecht (O)	34	18	8	8	54	38	+16	62	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
5	Vitesse	34	15	6	13	51	40	+11	51	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
6	AZ	34	12	13	9	56	52	+4	49	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
7	Twente^[c]	34	12	9	13	48	50	−2	45
8	Groningen	34	10	13	11	55	51	+4	43	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
9	Heerenveen	34	12	7	15	54	53	+1	43	Qualification for the European competition play-offs^[a]
10	Heracles Almelo	34	12	7	15	53	55	−2	43
11	ADO Den Haag	34	11	5	18	37	59	−22	38
12	Excelsior	34	9	10	15	43	60	−17	37
13	Willem II	34	9	9	16	29	44	−15	36
14	PEC Zwolle	34	9	8	17	39	67	−28	35
15	Sparta Rotterdam	34	9	7	18	42	61	−19	34
16	NEC (R)	34	9	7	18	32	59	−27	34	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Roda JC Kerkrade (O)	34	7	12	15	26	51	−25	33	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
18	Go Ahead Eagles (R)	34	6	5	23	32	73	−41	23	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	AZ	EXC	FEY	GAE	GRO	HRV	HRC	NEC	PEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	WIL
ADO Den Haag		0–2	0–1	4–1	0–1	3–0	4–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0
Ajax	3–0		4–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	5–1	4–1	5–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–2
AZ	4–0	2–2		1–1	0–4	2–2	0–0	2–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Excelsior	1–2	1–1	3–3		3–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–2
Feyenoord	3–1	1–1	5–2	4–1		8–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	6–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0
Go Ahead Eagles	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–0	1–0		2–3	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–1
Groningen	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–1		0–3	0–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–4	2–3	1–1	1–1
Heerenveen	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0		3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
Heracles Almelo	4–0	0–2	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–4	4–1		2–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1
NEC	3–0	1–5	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1		1–1	0–4	2–0	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–1	0–0
PEC Zwolle	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–4	2–1	1–2	2–0		0–4	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–0
PSV Eindhoven	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	4–3	1–1	3–1	4–1		4–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	5–0
Roda JC Kerkrade	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0		3–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–0
Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	2–2		1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2
Twente	4–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–5	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–1		1–1	2–1	2–1
Utrecht	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–3	3–0	1–5	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–0		1–0	2–0
Vitesse	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	3–0	5–0	3–1	1–1		0–2
Willem II	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–4

2016–17 Eredivisie

Teams

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Play-offs

European competition

Promotion/relegation play-offs

References

External links

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Nicolai Jørgensen	Feyenoord	21
2	Reza Ghoochannejhad	Heerenveen	20
2	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Vitesse	20
4	Samuel Armenteros	Heracles	19
5	Enes Ünal	Twente	18
6	Mimoun Mahi	Groningen	17
7	Kasper Dolberg	Ajax	16
8	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	14
8	Jens Toornstra	Feyenoord	14
10	Sébastien Haller	Utrecht	13
10	Wout Weghorst	AZ	13

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[1]
1	Hakim Ziyech	Twente / Ajax	12
2	Nicolai Jørgensen	Feyenoord	11
2	Sam Larsson	Heerenveen	11
4	Milot Rashica	Vitesse	10
4	Andrés Guardado	PSV	10
6	Davy Klaassen	Ajax	9
6	Jens Toornstra	Feyenoord	9

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[1]
1	Brad Jones	Feyenoord	17
2	André Onana	Ajax	15
3	Jeroen Zoet	PSV	14
4	David Jensen	Utrecht	10
4	Kostas Lamprou	Willem II	10

Semi-finals				Final



Groningen	1	1	2

AZ	4	4	8
				AZ	3	0	3

				Utrecht (p)	0	3	3
Heerenveen	1	1	2

Utrecht	3	2	5