2009–10 Eredivisie

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This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2009–10 Eredivisie (women).
AZ 6–2 RKC (13 March 2010); Feyenoord 6–2 Heerenveen (2 May 2010)
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The 2009–10 Eredivisie was the 54th season of

AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in 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]

As of 2023, this is the last time that none of the big three Dutch teams have won the title.

Overview

Teams and stadia

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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 30,205
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 Netherlands Raymond Atteveld Hummel Fit For Free
Ajax Netherlands Martin Jol Adidas
Aegon
AZ
 Netherlands Dick Advocaat Quick
BUKO
Feyenoord Netherlands Mario Been
Puma
 ASR Verzekeringen
Groningen Netherlands Ron Jans Klupp Noord Lease
Heerenveen Netherlands Jan Everse Jako Univé
Heracles Almelo Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek Jako Ten Cate
NAC Breda Netherlands Robert Maaskant Klupp Sunweb Vakanties
NEC
 Netherlands Wiljan Vloet Nike Curaçao
PSV Netherlands Fred Rutten Nike Philips
RKC Netherlands Ruud Brood Nike Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC
Harm Van Veldhoven
 Diadora Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands Frans Adelaar
Patrick
 Graydon
Twente England Steve McClaren Diadora
Arke
Utrecht Netherlands Ton du Chatinier
Kappa
 Phanos
Vitesse Arnhem
 Netherlands Theo Bos Klupp AfAB
VVV-Venlo Netherlands Jan van Dijk Erima Seacon Logistics
Willem II
 Netherlands Arno Pijpers Masita Destil

Managerial changes

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Twente (C) 34 27 5 2 63 23 +40 86 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 27 4 3 106 20 +86 85 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 PSV 34 23 9 2 72 29 +43 78 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Feyenoord 34 17 12 5 54 31 +23 63
5
AZ
 34 19 5 10 64 34 +30 62 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Heracles 34 17 5 12 54 49 +5 56 Qualification to European competition play-offs
7 Utrecht (O) 34 14 11 9 39 33 +6 53
8 Groningen 34 14 7 13 48 47 +1 49
9 Roda JC 34 14 5 15 56 60 −4 47
10 NAC Breda 34 12 10 12 42 49 −7 46
11 Heerenveen 34 11 4 19 44 64 −20 37
12 VVV-Venlo 34 8 11 15 43 57 −14 35
13
NEC
 34 8 9 17 35 59 −24 33
14
Vitesse Arnhem
 34 8 8 18 38 62 −24 32
15 ADO Den Haag 34 7 9 18 38 59 −21 30
16 Sparta Rotterdam (R) 34 6 8 20 30 66 −36 26 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Willem II (O) 34 7 2 25 36 70 −34 23
18 RKC Waalwijk (R) 34 5 0 29 30 80 −50 15 Relegation to the Eerste Divisie
Source: eredivsie.nl (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJX
AZ
 FEY GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC SPA TWE UTR
VIT
 VVV WIL
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 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
 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Eindhoven 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 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 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 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 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 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
 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 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 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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet[permanent dead link], Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch)

Top scorers

Pos. Player Club Goals
1 Uruguay Luis Suárez Ajax 35
2 Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz Twente 24
3 Denmark Mads Junker
Roda JC
 21
4 Morocco Mounir El Hamdaoui
AZ
 20
5 Serbia Marko Pantelić Ajax 16
6 Netherlands Bas Dost Heracles 14
Everton
 Heracles
Hungary Balázs Dzsudzsák PSV
9 Slovenia Tim Matavž Groningen 13
Sweden Ola Toivonen PSV
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
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		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

  1. ^ AZ fire six past RKC Waalwijk – Soccerway Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Taylor, Louise (2 May 2010). "Steve McClaren goes from zero to hero as FC Twente win Dutch title". The Guardian. Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. 2 May 2010. Archived from the original
    on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.