2009–10 Eredivisie
Season | 2009–10 |
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Dates | 31 July 2009 – 16 May 2010 |
Champions | FC Twente 1st title |
Relegated | RKC Waalwijk Sparta Rotterdam |
Champions League | FC Twente Ajax |
Europa League | PSV Feyenoord AZ Utrecht (via play-offs) |
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 2009–10 Eredivisie 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 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
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
Managerial changes
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
Goalscorers
Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet, 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 |
Brazil 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
- Netherlands Wesley Verhoek (ADO)
- Netherlands Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax)
- Netherlands Roy Makaay (Feyenoord)
- Czech Republic Michal Papadopulos (Heerenveen)
- Netherlands Anthony Lurling (NAC)
- Netherlands Derk Boerrigter (RKC)
- Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Santi Kolk (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Sweden Lasse Nilsson (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Netherlands Frank Demouge (Willem II)
- 6 goals
- Denmark Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax)
- Netherlands Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax)
- Denmark Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen)
- Sweden Andreas Granqvist (Groningen)
- Netherlands Edwin de Graaf (NAC)
- Netherlands Kees Kwakman (NAC)
- Netherlands Antilles Charlison Benschop (RKC)
- Belgium Dries Mertens (Utrecht)
- Japan Keisuke Honda (VVV)
- Morocco Saïd Boutahar (Willem II)
- 5 goals
- Netherlands Urby Emanuelson (Ajax)
- Australia Brett Holman (AZ)
- Belgium Maarten Martens (AZ)
- Ivory Coast Sekou Cissé (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Koen van de Laak (Groningen)
- Denmark Nicklas Pedersen (Groningen)
- Sweden Viktor Elm (Heerenveen)
- Netherlands Darl Douglas (Heracles)
- Burundi Saidi Ntibazonkiza (NEC)
- Serbia Danko Lazović (PSV)
- Hungary Boldizsár Bodor (Roda JC)
- Denmark Kenneth Perez (Twente)
- Mexico Héctor Moreno (AZ)
- Belgium Christophe Grégoire (Willem II)
- 4 goals
- Netherlands Danny Buijs (ADO)
- Montenegro Bogdan Milić (ADO)
- France Karim Soltani (ADO)
- Argentina Darío Cvitanich (Ajax)
- Belgium Mousa Dembélé (AZ)
- Netherlands Andwélé Slory (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Roy Beerens (Heerenveen)
- Argentina Hernán Losada (Heerenveen)
- Brazil Leonardo Santiago (NAC)
- Netherlands Ramon Zomer (NEC)
- Netherlands Ibrahim Afellay (PSV)
- Netherlands Fred Benson (RKC)
- Belgium Benjamin De Ceulaer (RKC)
- Denmark Morten Skoubo (Roda JC)
- Czech Republic Jacob Lensky (Utrecht)
- Brazil Claudemir (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Belgium Onur Kaya (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Netherlands Adil Auassar (VVV)
- Netherlands Ruud Boymans (VVV)
- Netherlands Stefan Nijland (Willem II)
- Netherlands Sergio Zijler (Willem II)
- 3 goals
- Netherlands Ricky van den Bergh (ADO)
- Morocco Ismaïl Aissati (Ajax)
- Belgium Jan Vertonghen (Ajax)
- Sweden Rasmus Elm (AZ)
- Brazil André Bahia (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Jonathan de Guzmán (Feyenoord)
- Nigeria Oluwafemi Ajilore (Groningen)
- Netherlands Michel Breuer (Heerenveen)
- Brazil Paulo Henrique (Heerenveen)
- Sweden Samuel Armenteros (Heracles)
- Netherlands Marko Vejinović (Heracles)
- Sweden Erton Fejzullahu (NEC)
- Netherlands John Goossens (NEC)
- Morocco Nordin Amrabat (PSV)
- Brazil Jonathan Reis (PSV)
- Netherlands Fouad Idabdelhay (RKC)
- Netherlands Anouar Hadouir (Roda JC)
- Belgium Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (Roda JC)
- Slovenia Dalibor Stevanovič (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Netherlands Ahmed Ahahaoui (VVV)
- Spain Gonzalo García (VVV)
- Netherlands Ruben Schaken (VVV)
- 2 goals
- Netherlands Timothy Derijck (ADO)
- Slovakia Csaba Horváth (ADO)
- Netherlands Kees Luijckx (ADO)
- Belgium Toby Alderweireld (Ajax)
- Sweden Kennedy Bakircioglu (Ajax)
- Netherlands Mitchell Donald (Ajax – 1/Willem II – 1)
- Serbia Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax)
- Italy Graziano Pellè (AZ)
- Netherlands Luigi Bruins (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Leroy Fer (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Denny Landzaat (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Leandro Bacuna (Groningen)
- Netherlands Danny Holla (Groningen)
- Serbia Goran Lovre (Groningen)
- Denmark Morten Nordstrand (Groningen)
- Sweden Fredrik Stenman (Groningen)
- Belgium Birger Maertens (Heracles)
- Netherlands Sebastiaan Steur (Heracles)
- Netherlands Donny Gorter (NAC)
- Netherlands Patrick Zwaanswijk (NAC)
- Morocco Youssef El Akchaoui (NEC)
- Netherlands Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
- Netherlands Patrick Pothuizen (NEC)
- Poland Arkadiusz Radomski (NEC)
- Netherlands Orlando Engelaar (PSV)
- Netherlands Zakaria Labyad (PSV)
- Bulgaria Stanislav Manolev (PSV)
- Belgium Davy De Fauw (Roda JC)
- Canada Marcel de Jong (Roda JC)
- Norway Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC)
- Netherlands Jan-Paul Saeijs (Roda JC)
- France Edouard Duplan (Sparta)
- Netherlands Joshua John (Sparta)
- Netherlands Kevin Strootman (Sparta)
- Brazil Douglas (Twente)
- Netherlands Luuk de Jong (Twente)
- Netherlands Nicky Kuiper (Twente)
- Netherlands Sander Keller (Utrecht)
- Denmark Michael Silberbauer (Utrecht)
- Belgium Jan Wuytens (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Alexander Büttner (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Netherlands Serginho Greene (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Turkey Sinan Kaloğlu (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Netherlands Wiljan Pluim (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Netherlands Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Belgium Ken Leemans (VVV)
- Netherlands Ferry de Regt (VVV)
- Belgium Bart Biemans (Willem II)
- Netherlands Gerson Sheotahul (Willem II)
- Netherlands Arjan Swinkels (Willem II)
- 1 goal
- Netherlands Santy Hulst (ADO)
- Netherlands Lex Immers (ADO)
- Netherlands Christian Kum (ADO)
- Estonia Andres Oper (ADO)
- Netherlands Charlton Vicento (ADO)
- Cameroon Eyong Enoh (Ajax)
- Sweden Rasmus Lindgren (Ajax)
- Brazil Jonathas (AZ)
- Finland Niklas Moisander (AZ)
- Belgium Sébastien Pocognoli (AZ)
- Denmark Simon Poulsen (AZ)
- Netherlands David Mendes da Silva (AZ)
- Sweden Pontus Wernbloom (AZ)
- Serbia Stefan Babović (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Diego Biseswar (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Kevin Hofland (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord)
- Netherlands Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen)
- Serbia Filip Đuričić (Heerenveen)
- North Macedonia Samir Fazli (Heerenveen)
- Norway Christian Grindheim (Heerenveen)
- North Macedonia Goran Popov (Heerenveen)
- Finland Mika Väyrynen (Heerenveen)
- Poland Paweł Wojciechowski (Heerenveen)
- Netherlands Mark-Jan Fledderus (Heracles)
- Netherlands Antoine van der Linden (Heracles)
- Netherlands Mark Looms (Heracles)
- Netherlands Ellery Cairo (NAC)
- Netherlands Kurt Elshot (NAC)
- Hungary Csaba Feher (NAC)
- Netherlands Robbert Schilder (NAC)
- Netherlands Ferne Snoyl (NAC)
- Netherlands Lorenzo Davids (NEC)
- Netherlands Bas Sibum (NEC)
- Netherlands Rick ten Voorde (NEC)
- Mexico Francisco Rodríguez (PSV)
- Serbia Jagoš Vuković (PSV)
- Netherlands Kemy Agustien (RKC)
- Netherlands Ruud Berger (RKC)
- Netherlands Dustley Mulder (RKC)
- Netherlands Hans Mulder (RKC)
- Belgium Arnaud Sutchuin (Roda JC)
- Netherlands Ruud Vormer (Roda JC)
- Nigeria Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)
- Croatia Darko Bodul (Sparta)
- Netherlands Sander van Gessel (Sparta)
- Netherlands Milano Koenders (Sparta)
- Netherlands Wout Brama (Twente)
- Netherlands Theo Janssen (Twente)
- Netherlands Ronnie Stam (Twente)
- Netherlands Dwight Tiendalli (Twente)
- Ivory Coast Cheick Tioté (Twente)
- Netherlands Peter Wisgerhof (Twente)
- Ghana Nana Asare (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Tim Cornelisse (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Erixon Danso (Utrecht)
- Ghana Francis Dickoh (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Gregoor van Dijk (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Gianluca Nijholt (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Alje Schut (Utrecht)
- Belgium Kevin Vandenbergh (Utrecht)
- Netherlands Nicky Hofs (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Netherlands Antilles Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Belgium Kevin Van Dessel (VVV)
- Netherlands Frank van Kouwen (VVV)
- Netherlands Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
- Netherlands Michael Timisela (VVV)
- Nigeria Michael Uchebo (VVV)
- Nigeria Alex Nkume (VVV)
- Netherlands Jan-Arie van der Heijden (Willem II)
- Netherlands Marlon Pereira (Willem II)
- Own goals
- Scored for ADO (5): Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord); Sierra Leone Gibril Sankoh (Groningen); Netherlands Antoine van der Linden (Heracles); Netherlands Mark Looms (Heracles); Netherlands Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
- Scored for Ajax (2): Netherlands Hans Mulder (RKC); Netherlands Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for AZ (4): Czech Republic Martin Lejsal (Heerenveen); Norway Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC); Netherlands Peter Wisgerhof (Twente – 2 goals)
- Scored for Feyenoord (3): Sweden Pontus Wernbloom (AZ); Netherlands Toni Varela (RKC); Netherlands Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
- Scored for NAC (1): Netherlands Niels Wellenberg (NEC)
- Scored for NEC (1): Netherlands Christiaan Kum (ADO)
- Scored for RKC (2): Serbia Marko Pantelić (Ajax); Netherlands Calvin Jong-a-Pin (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for Roda JC (2): Netherlands Jurgen Colin (RKC); Netherlands Frank van der Struijk (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for Vitesse Arnhem (1): Netherlands Dustley Mulder (RKC)
- Scored for VVV (1): Netherlands Antilles Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for Willem II (1): Nigeria 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 Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "First title for Twente". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN. 2 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.