Eredivisie 1976/77

Eredivisie 1976/77
master	Ajax Amsterdam
European Cup of National Champions	Ajax Amsterdam
Uefa cup	PSV Eindhoven , AZ Alkmaar
Cup winners	FC Twente Enschede
European Cup Winners' Cup	FC Twente Enschede
Relegated	FC Eindhoven , De Graafschap
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	862  (ø 2.81 per game)
Top scorer	Ruud Geels (34)
← Eredivisie 1975/76 Eredivisie 1977/78 →
First Divisie (II) ↓

The 1976/77 season was the 21st season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. Champion was Ajax Amsterdam for the 17th time . FC Eindhoven and VBV De Graafschap Doetinchem had to relegate .

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Points
01.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	23	6th	5	62:26	+36	52:16
02.	PSV Eindhoven	34	20th	7th	7th	64:31	+33	47:21
03.	AZ Alkmaar	34	19th	8th	7th	75:29	+46	46:22
04th	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	16	12	6th	65:35	+30	44:24
05.	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	17th	8th	9	53:35	+18	42:26
06th	FC Utrecht	34	16	6th	12	59:66	- 07th	38:30
07th	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	12	10	52:47	+ 05	36:32
08th.	NAC Breda	34	11	12	11	41:53	−12	34:34
09.	FC Twente Enschede	34	12	9	13	52:40	+12	33:35
010.	FC The Hague	34	10	12	12	50:42	+ 08	32:36
011.	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	11	13	43:63	−20	31:37
012.	HFC Haarlem	34	11	7th	16	35:47	−12	29:39
013.	VVV-Venlo	34	8th	11	15th	37:60	−23	27:41
014th	Telstar	34	7th	12	15th	35:57	−22	26:42
015th	FC Amsterdam	34	7th	11	16	41:58	−17	25:43
016.	NEC Nijmegen	34	6th	12	16	41:54	−13	24:44
017th	FC Eindhoven	34	6th	12	16	28:63	−35	24:44
018th	De Graafschap	34	6th	10	18th	29:56	−27	22:46

Legend

colour	qualification
	European Champion Clubs' Cup 1977/78
	1977/78 UEFA Cup
	As a KNVB Cup winner qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup 1977/78
	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.

1976/1977								SPA								AMS
1.	Ajax Amsterdam		1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 2	7-0	1: 3	4-0	1: 1	2: 1	4-0	2-0	1-0	4-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 2	1-0
2.	PSV Eindhoven	3: 1		2-0	2: 3	2: 1	3-0	2-0	5: 1	3-0	1: 1	2-0	4-0	1-0	5: 2	1-0	3-0	3-0	1: 1
3.	AZ Alkmaar	0: 3	4-0		1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	4-0	4: 1	3-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	6-0	5: 1	2-0	4: 1	3-0	4: 1
4th	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2		0: 2	5: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	3: 2	3: 1	7-0	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 1	5-0
5.	Roda JC Kerkrade	2: 3	2-0	0: 2	1: 1		1: 1	1: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 2	4: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	2-0	3-0
6th	FC Utrecht	0: 2	1-0	3: 2	0: 2	2: 6		1-0	3: 1	1-0	5: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	2: 1	6: 1	3: 2
7th	Sparta Rotterdam	0: 3	0: 2	1: 1	1: 3	3: 1	3-0		3: 3	1: 1	1-0	4-0	3: 1	3: 2	3: 1	0: 1	5-0	3-0	3-0
8th.	NAC Breda	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	0-0		3: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	1-0	4: 1	1-0
9.	FC Twente Enschede	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1-0	8-0	1: 1	5-0		1: 1	4: 2	0: 1	3: 1	3-0	4-0	2: 3	4-0	0-0
10.	FC The Hague	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	0-0	3-0	0: 3	1: 1	4-0	1: 1		8: 2	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	3-0
11.	Go Ahead Eagles	1-0	2: 5	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	4: 2	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	1-0		2: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 1
12.	HFC Haarlem	2-0	0: 1	2: 1	0: 3	2-0	3-0	4-0	0: 2	1: 2	0-0	0-0		1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1
13.	VVV-Venlo	2: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0	1: 2	1: 5	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	2-0	0-0		0-0	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1
14th	Telstar	0-0	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	0: 1	0: 1	3: 1		0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1
15th	FC Amsterdam	2: 3	0-0	2: 6	1: 2	1: 2	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	8: 3	1: 1		2: 2	0-0	2: 1
16.	NEC Nijmegen	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	0: 1	3-0	2: 2	4-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	7: 1	2: 2	1: 1		2-0	0-0
17th	FC Eindhoven	0: 1	2: 2	0: 7	0: 4	0-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 1		1-0
18th	De Graafschap	0-0	0: 3	0-0	2: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	3: 1	0: 2	0: 3	1: 2	2: 2	0: 1	0-0	1: 5	3-0	2-0

The championship team from Ajax Amsterdam

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

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Ajax Amsterdam

Goal: Piet Schrijvers (32 / -); Robertus Tervoort (2 / -) Defense: Johnny Dusbaba (34/2); Ruud Krol (33/1); Pim van Dord (27 / -); Barry Hulshoff (25/1); Wim Suurbier (22 / -) Midfield: Dick Schoenaker (33/6); Johan Zuidema (32/4); René Notten (26/2); Frank Arnesen (23/2); Soren Lerby (16/3); Ronald Klinkenberg (1 / -); Freek Lamain (1 / -) Storm: Ruud Geels (34/34); Tscheu La Ling (29/3); Hans Erkens (28/4); Simon Tahamata (15 / -); Joško Gluić (9 / -); Geert Meijer (7 / -); Aitze Bouma (2 / -) Coach: Tomislav Ivić

List of goalscorers

space	player	Nat.	society	Gates
1.	Ruud Geels		Ajax Amsterdam	34
2.	Kees Kist		AZ Alkmaar	27
3.	Willy van der Kuijlen		PSV Eindhoven	24
4th	Nico Jansen		Feyenoord Rotterdam	23
"	Dick Nanninga		Roda JC Kerkrade	23

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-1976-1977/