2006–07 Eredivisie

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AZ 8–1 NAC (2006-10-07)
Average attendance18,078

The 2006–07

Willem II
, and PSV beat Vitesse 5–1. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a better goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.

This team was promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

The following teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:

The following teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV (C) 34 23 6 5 75 25 +50 75 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 23 6 5 84 35 +49 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff
3
AZ
34 21 9 4 83 31 +52 72
4 Twente 34 19 9 6 67 37 +30 66
5 Heerenveen 34 16 7 11 60 43 +17 55
6
Roda JC
34 15 9 10 47 36 +11 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff
7
Feyenoord
34 15 8 11 56 66 −10 53
8 Groningen 34 15 6 13 54 54 0 51
9 Utrecht 34 13 9 12 41 44 −3 48
10 NEC 34 12 8 14 36 44 −8 44 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff
11 NAC Breda 34 12 7 15 43 54 −11 43
12
Vitesse Arnhem
34 10 8 16 50 55 −5 38
13 Sparta Rotterdam 34 10 7 17 40 66 −26 37
14 Heracles Almelo 34 7 11 16 32 64 −32 32
15
Willem II
34 8 7 19 31 64 −33 31
16 Excelsior 34 8 6 20 43 65 −22 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 RKC Waalwijk (R) 34 6 9 19 33 60 −27 27
18 ADO Den Haag (R) 34 3 8 23 40 72 −32 17 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJX
AZ
EXC FEY GRO HEE HER NAC
NEC
PSV RKC
RJC
SPA TWE UTR
VIT
WIL
ADO Den Haag 1–2 1–3 2–2 3–3 1–3[a] 2–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–1 0–3[b] 2–1
Ajax 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–0
AZ
2–2 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 8–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 5–1 1–0 2–0
Excelsior 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–3 0–2 3–1 6–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–2
Feyenoord 3–1 0–4 3–2 1–0 0–4 4–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
FC Groningen 2–5 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 4–3 4–1
SC Heerenveen 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 5–1 4–2 5–1 4–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 5–0
Heracles Almelo 4–3 0–3 0–0 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–2
NAC Breda 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0
NEC
3–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–2
PSV 2–1 1–5 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 7–0 2–0 5–0 5–1 4–0
RKC Waalwijk 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1
Roda JC
1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 7–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–1
Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
FC Twente 3–1 1–4 3–0 4–1 3–0 7–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0
FC Utrecht 2–0 2–3 0–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0
Vitesse
2–2 4–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–3 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 1–0
Willem II
2–1 0–2 0–4 2–1 3–5 3–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was suspended for crowd trouble 4 minutes into the second half, while FC Groningen were leading 0-3. The remaining minutes were played three days later.
  2. ^ The match was suspended after 63 minutes, after ADO supporters had invaded the pitch. The Royal Dutch Football Association decided ten days later that the game would not be finished, making the score at the time of the suspension the final score.

Play-offs

For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets

Matches A and B Match E
      
5 SC Heerenveen 1
2 Ajax 4
A Ajax 4
B
AZ
2
4 FC Twente 1
3
AZ
3

Ajax have qualified for 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. AZ, FC Twente and Heerenveen have qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket

Matches C and D Match G
      
9 FC Utrecht (advances on away goals) 1
6
Roda JC
1
C FC Utrecht 1
D FC Groningen 4
8 FC Groningen 3
7
Feyenoord
2

FC Groningen have qualified for the

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
.

For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket

Matches H and I Match J
      
13 Sparta Rotterdam 2
10 NEC 3
H NEC 0
I
Vitesse
3
12
Vitesse
4
11 NAC Breda 2

Vitesse faced FC Utrecht (the team losing match G) for one ticket to the

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
.

For the Intertoto Cup ticket

Match K
   
G FC Utrecht 2 (a)
J
Vitesse
2

FC Utrecht have qualified for the

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
.

Relegation playoffs

Round 1
Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
FC Zwolle
1-2 FC Dordrecht 0-1 1-1 Not played
BV Veendam
5-3 Go Ahead Eagles 5-1 0-2 Not played

All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.

Round 2
Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
FC Dordrecht 2-5 RKC Waalwijk 2-0 0-2 0-3
FC Den Bosch 2-3 VVV-Venlo 1-2 1-0 0-1
FC Volendam 3-6 RBC Roosendaal 3-5 0-1 Not played
BV Veendam
0-4 Excelsior 0-1 0-3 Not played

All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.

Round 3
Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
VVV-Venlo 5-1 RKC Waalwijk 2-0 0-1 3-0
RBC Roosendaal 1-2 Excelsior 1-1 0-1 Not played

All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.
The winners of matches G and H will play in the

Eredivisie 2007/2008

Top scorers

Pos. Player Club Goals
1. Brazil Afonso Alves SC Heerenveen 34
2. Switzerland Blaise Nkufo FC Twente 22
Netherlands Danny Koevermans
AZ
22
4. Peru Jefferson Farfán PSV 21
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax 21
6. Serbia Danko Lazović
Vitesse
19
7. Netherlands Wesley Sneijder Ajax 18
8. Sweden Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu FC Twente 15
9. Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze
AZ
14
10. Norway Erik Nevland FC Groningen 13

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

Stadiums

Team Stadium Capacity
Ajax
Amsterdam ArenA
51,628
Feyenoord
Feijenoord Stadion
51,177
PSV Philips Stadion 35,119
Vitesse
Gelredome
26,600
Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,000
Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 24,426
Groningen Euroborg 19,814
Roda JC Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
AZ
DSB Stadion
17,023
NAC Rat Verlegh Stadion 17,064
Willem II
Willem II Stadion
14,637
Twente
Arke Stadion
13,740
NEC
Stadion de Goffert
12,470
ADO
Zuiderpark Stadion
10,500
Sparta Sparta Stadion / Het Kasteel 11,026
Heracles
Polman Stadion
8,500
RKC Mandemakers Stadion 7,500
Excelsior Stadion Woudestein 3,527

See also

External links