Eredivisie 2006/07

Clubs of the Eredivisie 2006/07

The 2006/07 Eredivisie was the 51st season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league . After the regular season, which lasted from August 18, 2006 to April 29, 2007, PSV Eindhoven were in first place in the final table and thus became Dutch champions for the 20th time , which also included participation in the 2007 UEFA Champions League / 08 meant.

The teams in places 2 to 13 identified 6 further European Cup participants in 20 play-off games . ADO Den Haag ended the season in last place in the table and had to relegate to the first division . The teams in places 16 and 17 played in another 19 play-off games against the teams in places 2 to 9 of the First Division to stay or move up to the Eredivisie. Excelsior Rotterdam was able to stay in the league, while RKC Waalwijk was relegated and replaced by VVV Venlo . The second promoted was De Graafschap , the first division table.

Championship decision

Leader of the table on the last day of the Eredivisie

The decision about the championship was just made on the last day of the match. With one matchday to go, AZ Alkmaar , Ajax Amsterdam and PSV Eindhoven each had 72 points, with Alkmaar having the best goal difference and leading the table at that time. In the 8th minute of the game, Eindhoven scored 1-0 against Vitesse Arnheim and took the lead. In the 19th minute, Amsterdam also took the lead 1-0 against Willem II Tilburg . Ajax and PSV each had 75 points, but Ajax had a better goal difference with +48 and were in first place. In the course of the game, Eindhoven scored the 4: 1, had a goal difference of +49 and pushed Amsterdam back from first place. When Ajax Amsterdam scored the 2-0, both teams had the same goal difference, but since Ajax had more goals this season, they took the lead again. With 13 minutes to go, PSV Eindhoven scored the 5-1 and thus finally secured the championship title. The decisive goal scored Phillip Cocu , who left the club after the season and moved to Al-Jazira Club . Since AZ Alkmaar lost 3-2 to Excelsior Rotterdam , they had to be satisfied with 3rd place.

Closing table

	team	Games	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff.	Points	comment
1	PSV Eindhoven	34	23	6th	5	75	25th	+50	75	Dutch champions, UEFA Champions League 2007/08
2	Ajax Amsterdam	34	23	6th	5	84	35	+49	75	Play-off I
3	AZ Alkmaar	34	21st	9	4th	83	31	+52	72
4th	FC Twente Enschede	34	19th	9	6th	67	37	+30	66
5	SC Heerenveen	34	16	7th	11	60	43	+17	55
6th	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	15th	9	10	47	36	+11	54	Play-off II
7th	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	15th	8th	11	56	66	−10	53
8th	FC Groningen	34	15th	6th	13	54	54	0	51
9	FC Utrecht	34	13	9	12	41	44	−3	48
10	NEC Nijmegen	34	12	8th	14th	36	44	−8	44	Play-off III
11	NAC Breda	34	12	7th	15th	43	54	−9	43
12	Vitesse Arnhem	34	10	8th	16	50	55	−5	38
13	Sparta Rotterdam	34	10	7th	17th	40	66	−26	37
14th	Heracles Almelo	34	7th	11	16	32	64	−32	32
15th	Willem II Tilburg	34	8th	7th	19th	31	64	−33	31
16	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	8th	6th	20th	43	65	−21	30th	Play-off against relegation
17th	RKC Waalwijk	34	6th	9	19th	33	60	−27	27	Play-off against relegation
18th	ADO The Hague	34	3	8th	23	40	72	−32	17th	Relegation to the first division

Play-offs

To international qualification

Play-off I

Participants: The teams in 2nd to 5th place

Round 1

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg
5th place	SC Heerenveen	1: 4	Ajax Amsterdam	2nd place	1-0	0: 4
4th Place	FC Twente Enschede	1: 3	AZ Alkmaar	3rd place	1: 1	0: 2

round 2

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg
Winner round 1	AZ Alkmaar	2: 4	Ajax Amsterdam	Winner round 1	2: 1	0: 3

Thus qualified Ajax Amsterdam for the third qualifying round of the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League . AZ Alkmaar , FC Twente Enschede and SC Heerenveen qualified for the 2007/08 UEFA Cup .

Play-off II

Participants: The teams in 6th to 9th place

Round 1

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg
9th place	FC Utrecht	( a ) 1: 1	Roda JC Kerkrade	6th place	0-0	1: 1
8th place	FC Groningen	3: 2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	7th place	2: 1	1: 1

round 2

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg
Winner round 1	FC Utrecht	1: 4	FC Groningen	Winner round 1	0: 2	1: 2

FC Groningen thus received a starting place for the 2007/08 UEFA Cup . FC Utrecht played against Vitesse Arnheim , the winner of Play-off III, for a place in the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup .

Play-off III

Participants: The teams in 10th to 13th place

Round 1

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg
13th place	Sparta Rotterdam	2: 3	NEC Nijmegen	10th place	1: 1	1: 2
12th place	Vitesse Arnhem	4: 2	NAC Breda	11th place	3: 2	1-0

round 2

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg
Winner round 1	Vitesse Arnhem	3-0	NEC Nijmegen	Winner round 1	1-0	2-0

Vitesse Arnheim was able to play for a place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup against FC Utrecht , the loser of the final of Play-off II .

Play-off IV

Participants: The winner of Play-off III and the loser of the final of Play-off II

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg
Winner Play-off III	Vitesse Arnhem	2: 2 ( a )	FC Utrecht	Second play-off II	2: 2	0-0

FC Utrecht thus received a starting place in the third round of the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup .

Descent / ascent

The teams in places 16 and 17 of the Eredivisie and 2 to 9 of the First Division played for two starting places in the following season in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Participants: The teams in positions 6 to 9 of the first division

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg	Playoff
9. First division	FC Zwolle	1: 2	FC Dordrecht	6. First division	0: 1	1: 1	-
8. First division	BV Veendam	5: 3	Go Ahead Eagles	7. First division	5: 1	0: 2	-

round 2

Participants: The winners from round 1, the teams in 16th and 17th place in the Eredivisie and the teams in 2nd to 5th place in the First Division

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg	Playoff
Winner round 1	FC Dordrecht	2: 5	RKC Waalwijk	17. Eredivisie	2-0	0: 2	0: 3
5. First division	FC Den Bosch	2: 3	VVV Venlo	2. First division	1: 2	1-0	0: 1
4. First division	FC Volendam	3: 6	RBC Roosendaal	3. First division	3: 5	0: 1	-
Winner round 1	BV Veendam	0: 4	Excelsior Rotterdam	16. Eredivisie	0: 1	0: 3	-

Round 3

Participants: The winners from round 3

Qualified by	Team # 1	total	Team # 2	Qualified by	First leg	Return leg	Playoff
Winner round 2	VVV Venlo	5: 1	RKC Waalwijk	Winner round 2	2-0	0: 1	3-0
Winner round 2	RBC Roosendaal	1: 2	Excelsior Rotterdam	Winner round 2	1: 1	0: 1	-

VVV Venlo was promoted and Excelsior Rotterdam remained in the Eredivisie. RKC Waalwijk had to relegate. The other participants of this play-off remained in the first division.

Crosstab

The cross table shows all results of the regular season. The home team is in the left column, the visiting team in the top.

	ADO	AJX	ALK	EXC	FEY	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	WIL
ADO The Hague		1: 2	1: 3	2: 2	3: 3	1: 3	2: 3	2-0	0: 2	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	0: 2	2: 4	1: 2	1: 1	0: 3	2: 1
Ajax Amsterdam	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 Alkmaar	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 Rotterdam	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 Rotterdam	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 Nijmegen	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 Eindhoven	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 Kerkrade	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 Enschede	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 Arnhem	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 Tilburg	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

List of goalscorers

Only goals in the regular season are taken into account.

position	Surname	Gates	team
1	Brazil Afonso Alves	34	SC Heerenveen
2	Netherlands Danny Koevermans	22nd	AZ Alkmaar
2	Switzerland Blaise Nkufo	22nd	FC Twente Enschede
4th	Peru Jefferson Farfan	21st	PSV Eindhoven
4th	Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	21st	Ajax Amsterdam
6th	Serbia Danko Lazović	19th	Vitesse Arnhem
7th	Netherlands Wesley Sneijder	18th	Ajax Amsterdam
8th	Sweden Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu	15th	FC Twente Enschede
9	Georgia Shota Arweladze	14th	AZ Alkmaar
10	Norway Erik Nevland	13	FC Groningen

Venues

society	Stadion	capacity
Ajax Amsterdam	Amsterdam arena	51,628
Feyenoord Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,177
PSV Eindhoven	Philips Stadium	35,000
Vitesse Arnhem	GelreDome	29,600
SC Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadium	26,800
FC Utrecht	Galgenwaard Stadium	24,500
FC Groningen	Euroborg	20,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadium	20,000
AZ Alkmaar	DSB stadium	17,100
NAC Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadium	17,000
Willem II Tilburg	Wilhelm II Stadium	14,700
Twente Enschede	Arke Stadium	13,500
NEC Nijmegen	Goffert Stadium	12,600
ADO The Hague	Zuiderpark Stadium	11,500
Sparta Rotterdam	Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel	11,000
Heracles Almelo	Polman Stadium	8,800
RKC Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadium	6,200
Excelsior Rotterdam	Woudestein Stadium	3,500

The PSV Eindhoven championship team

1.	PSV Eindhoven
	Goal : Heurelho Gomes (32 / -); Oscar Moens (2 / -) Defense : Carlos Salcido (33/1); Alex (29/6); Jan Kromkamp (28 / -); Manuel da Costa (15/1); Eric Addo (14 / -); Michael Reiziger (10/1); Alcides (9/1); Michael Lamey (7 / -); Xiang Sun (5 / -) Midfield : Timmy Simons (34/5); Phillip Cocu (32/7); Ibrahim Afellay (27/6); Edison Méndez (26/5); Jason Culina (27/1); Mika Väyrynen (17 / -); Ismaïl Aissati (10/1); Csaba Fehér (3 / -) Storm : Arouna Koné (31/10); Jefferson Farfan (30/21); Patrick Kluivert (16/3); Diego Tardelli (13/3); Roy Beerens (7/1); Género Zeefuik (3 / -) Coach : Ronald Koeman

* Jan Vennegoor (1 / -) left the club during the season.

Footnotes

↑ The game was abandoned due to crowd riots when the score was 0: 3 in the second half. The remaining playing time was played at a later date.
↑ The game was canceled when the score was 0: 3, as supporters of ADO Den Haag entered the field. The game was not kicked off again, but went into the scoring with this score.

Web links

Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)

[1] The game was abandoned due to crowd riots when the score was 0: 3 in the second half. The remaining playing time was played at a later date.

[2] The game was canceled when the score was 0: 3, as supporters of ADO Den Haag entered the field. The game was not kicked off again, but went into the scoring with this score.