Eredivisie 1971/72

Eredivisie 1971/72
master	Ajax Amsterdam
European Cup of National Champions	Ajax Amsterdam
Uefa cup	Feyenoord Rotterdam , FC Twente Enschede
Cup winners	Ajax Amsterdam
European Cup Winners' Cup	FC The Hague
Relegated	FC Volendam , Vitesse Arnhem
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	812  (ø 2.65 per game)
Top scorer	Johan Cruyff (25)
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First Divisie (II) ↓

The 1971/72 season was the 16th season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. Ajax Amsterdam won the championship for the 15th time . FC Volendam and Vitesse Arnhem had to relegate .

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Points
01.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	30th	3	1	104: 200	+84	63: 05
02.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	26th	3	5	73:24	+49	55:13
03.	FC Twente Enschede	34	17th	14th	3	50:13	+37	48:20
04th	Sparta Rotterdam	34	18th	10	6th	73:38	+35	46:22
05.	FC Den Haag a	34	17th	10	7th	59:33	+26	44:24
06th	FC Utrecht	34	15th	10	9	56:42	+14	40:28
07th	NEC Nijmegen	34	15th	8th	11	43:43	± 00	38:30
08th.	PSV Eindhoven	34	13	10	11	47:32	+15	36:32
09.	Go Ahead Eagles	34	13	8th	13	48:49	- 01	34:34
010.	MVV Maastricht	34	10	10	14th	36:47	−11	30:38
011.	Telstar	34	9	11	14th	39:52	−13	29:39
012.	FC Groningen	34	8th	12	14th	37:55	−18	28:40
013.	NAC Breda	34	9	9	16	39:58	−19	27:41
014th	DWS Amsterdam	34	7th	6th	21st	28:54	−26	20:48
015th	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	4th	12	18th	18:53	−35	20:48
016.	FC Den Bosch	34	6th	8th	20th	24:70	−46	20:48
017th	FC Volendam	34	5	7th	22nd	16:55	−39	17:51
018th	Vitesse Arnhem	34	5	7th	22nd	22:74	−52	17:51

^a ADO Den Haag and Holland Sport merged to form FC Den Haag.

Legend

colour	qualification
	European Champion Clubs' Cup 1972/73
	1972/73 UEFA Cup
	As a KNVB-Pokal finalist qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972/73
	Direct descent into the Eerste Divisie

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

1971/1972					SPA												BOS
1.	Ajax Amsterdam		2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	4-0	1-0	4: 1	4: 1	8-0	5: 2	7-0	5-0	2-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	12: 1
2.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 5		0: 1	2-0	2: 1	0-0	5: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	4: 1	3: 1	4-0	1: 1	5-0	2-0	4-0
3.	FC Twente Enschede	0: 2	1-0		1-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	4-0	2-0	1-0	4: 2	5: 1	0-0	3-0	7-0	4-0	0-0
4th	Sparta Rotterdam	1: 1	3: 5	1: 1		5: 2	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	4: 1	3: 3	4: 1	3: 1	5: 1	0-0	4: 1	4-0
5.	FC The Hague	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	1: 1		1: 1	4-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 3	2: 2	5-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0	2: 1	4-0	4-0
6th	FC Utrecht	2: 3	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1		3: 1	1-0	3: 3	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1-0	6: 1	6: 3	2: 1	5: 1
7th	NEC Nijmegen	0: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	3: 1		1-0	3-0	0-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	2-0
8th.	PSV Eindhoven	1: 1	2-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1		2-0	0: 1	3-0	2: 1	2: 2	1-0	1: 2	2-0	4-0	2: 1
9.	Go Ahead Eagles	3: 2	0: 1	1: 4	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1		1: 1	5-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	1-0	1-0	3-0	5: 1
10.	MVV Maastricht	0: 3	0: 2	1: 1	3-0	2-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1		1: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0
11.	Telstar	1: 2	1: 3	0: 2	1: 2	1: 2	0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1-0		0-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3-0	2-0
12.	FC Groningen	0-0	1: 3	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1		1-0	4-0	2: 3	1-0	1: 1	1-0
13.	NAC Breda	2: 5	1: 2	0-0	3: 3	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1		1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	1-0
14th	DWS Amsterdam	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2-0	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 3	0: 1	3-0	2: 4		1-0	2: 3	1-0	1-0
15th	Excelsior Rotterdam	0: 4	0: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 4	2: 1	0: 3	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2		0-0	1-0	0-0
16.	FC Den Bosch	0: 1	0: 5	0-0	0: 3	2: 3	1: 4	1: 1	0: 7	2: 1	2: 3	1-0	1: 1	3: 2	0-0	0-0		0: 1	2: 1
17th	FC Volendam	0: 1	0: 3	0-0	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 5	0: 2	1: 1	3-0	1-0	0: 1		0-0
18th	Vitesse Arnhem	1: 3	0: 2	0: 1	0: 6	0: 2	1-0	2: 3	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	3: 2	1-0	2-0	1-0

The championship team from Ajax Amsterdam

(The number of appearances and goals in the championship season are given in brackets after the player names)

1.

Ajax Amsterdam

Goal: Heinz Stuy (32 / -); Sies Wever (2 / -) Defense: Horst Blankenburg (33 / -); Ruud Krol (33 / -); Barry Hulshoff (32/5); Wim Suurbier (25/1) Midfield: Arie Haan (33/3); Gerrie Mühren (28/9); Johan Neeskens (28/10); Heinz Schilcher (12/1); Arnold Mühren (9/2) Forward: Sjaak Swart (33/11); Johan Cruyff (32/25); Piet Keizer (31/14); Dick van Dijk (23/16); Johnny Rep (9/1); Gerrit Kleton (1 / -) Coach: Ștefan Kovács

• Ruud Suurendonk (6/1) left the club this season.

List of goalscorers

space	player	Nat.	society	Gates
1.	Johan Cruyff		Ajax Amsterdam	25th
2.	Janusz Kowalik		Sparta Rotterdam	20th
3.	Ruud Geels		Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	18th
4th	Dick van Dijk		Ajax Amsterdam	16
5.	Jan Groenendijk		FC Utrecht	15th
"	Lex Schoenmaker		Feyenoord Rotterdam	15th

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)
• www.rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.weltfussball.de/team_einsaetze/afc-ajax/ned-eredivisie-1971-1972/
2. ↑ https://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/ned-eredivisie-1971-1972/