Eredivisie 2007/08

The 2007/08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league .

The Dutch champions were - for the 21st time - PSV Eindhoven . Descent had VVV Venlo and Excelsior Rotterdam .

Closing table

rank	society	Sp	G	U	V	Points	T	GT	Diff.
1	PSV Eindhoven	34	21st	9	4th	72	65	24	+41
2	Ajax Amsterdam	34	20th	9	5	69	94	45	+49
3	NAC Breda	34	19th	6th	9	63	48	40	+ 08
4th	FC Twente Enschede	34	17th	11	6th	62	52	32	+20
5	SC Heerenveen	34	18th	6th	10	60	88	48	+40
6th	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	18th	6th	10	60	64	41	+23
7th	FC Groningen	34	15th	6th	13	51	53	54	- 01
8th	NEC Nijmegen	34	14th	7th	13	49	49	50	- 01
9	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	12	11	11	47	55	55	0
10	FC Utrecht	34	13	7th	14th	46	59	55	+ 04
11	AZ Alkmaar	34	11	10	13	43	48	53	- 05th
12	Vitesse Arnhem	34	12	7th	15th	43	46	55	- 09
13	Sparta Rotterdam	34	9	7th	18th	34	52	76	−24
14th	Heracles Almelo	34	8th	8th	18th	32	34	64	−30
15th	Willem II Tilburg	34	8th	7th	19th	31	40	49	- 09
16	VBV De Graafschap	34	7th	9	18th	30th	33	64	−31
17th	VVV Venlo	34	7th	8th	19th	29	44	76	−32
18th	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	7th	6th	21st	27	32	75	−43

Play-offs

Relegation

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.

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

	total		1st game	2nd game
Go Ahead Eagles	1: 4	ADO The Hague	1: 1	0: 3
TOP Oss	2: 5	Helmond Sport	2: 2	0: 3

2nd round: 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

	total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
ADO The Hague	3: 1	VVV Venlo	1-0	0: 1	2-0
MVV Maastricht	1: 6	RKC Waalwijk	1-0	0: 2	0: 4
FC Zwolle	3: 2	FC Den Bosch	0: 1	2: 1	1-0
Helmond Sport	3: 6	VBV De Graafschap	2: 3	1: 3	not played

This means that VVV Venlo has already been relegated .

3rd round: Participants: The winners from round 3

	total		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
ADO The Hague	5: 4	RKC Waalwijk	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1
FC Zwolle	1: 3	VBV De Graafschap	1: 3	0-0	not played

Play with ADO Den Haag and VBV De Graafschap in the Eredivisie 2008/09 .

Crosstab

	AJX	AZ	EXC	FEY	GRA	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VVV	WIL
Ajax		6-1	4-0	3-0	4-1	2-2	4-1	5-1	1-3	0-0	0-2	4-2	6-2	2-2	2-0	4-1	6-1	4-1	AJX
AZ	2-3		3-0	0-1	0-0	2-2	0-1	1-0	1-2	4-0	0-2	1-1	1-0	0-0	2-1	2-1	4-0	2-0	AZ
Excelsior	2-1	1-1		2-1	1-1	1-3	2-5	1-1	0-3	2-0	1-4	1-2	4-3	0-2	0-2	1-2	2-1	0-0	EXC
Feyenoord	2-2	2-2	1-0		2-0	1-1	2-0	6-0	5-0	1-3	0-1	3-0	2-0	3-1	3-1	1-0	4-1	2-0	FEY
VBV De Graafschap	1-8	1-2	1-1	1-3		1-1	0-3	0-0	0-1	1-1	0-1	2-1	4-0	0-0	1-1	0-3	3-2	1-2	GRA
FC Groningen	1-2	2-1	3-2	3-2	0-2		0-1	1-2	1-2	5-1	2-1	1-1	1-0	1-0	0-2	0-0	1-0	1-0	GRO
Heerenveen	2-4	4-0	5-0	1-1	2-3	4-2		9-0	3-0	2-3	2-1	4-3	3-3	1-2	2-3	7-0	5-1	0-0	HEE
Heracles Almelo	0-1	2-1	2-0	3-3	2-0	1-2	2-2		0-1	0-2	0-2	0-0	2-0	0-3	2-1	2-2	0-0	1-0	HER
NAC Breda	2-3	2-3	2-0	3-1	1-0	0-3	1-5	4-1		1-3	1-1	0-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	1-2	0-0	1-0	NAC
NEC	1-1	5-2	0-1	0-2	3-1	5-1	0-1	3-0	0-1		0-0	1-1	4-2	2-2	2-0	1-0	2-2	1-0	NEC
PSV	0-0	1-1	2-1	4-0	4-1	3-0	1-1	2-0	2-0	5-0		2-4	3-1	1-1	4-1	1-0	3-1	3-0	PSV
Roda JC Kerkrade	2-1	1-1	3-3	1-3	1-0	5-1	1-0	2-1	0-2	0-2	1-1		2-3	3-1	1-1	3-2	4-1	1-1	RJC
Sparta Rotterdam	2-2	2-2	0-1	3-2	6-1	1-3	4-2	1-1	0-1	1-0	1-4	4-1		1-1	2-1	1-2	2-0	2-2	SPA
FC Twente	2-1	2-1	1-0	2-0	2-0	3-1	1-0	2-1	1-1	3-0	0-0	0-1	1-2		2-2	4-3	1-1	2-0	TWE
FC Utrecht	0-1	2-2	4-1	0-3	2-2	1-0	2-2	3-1	0-1	3-2	3-1	3-1	7-1	0-1		2-4	1-4	2-0	UTR
Vitesse Arnhem	2-2	1-0	3-0	0-1	0-2	2-1	0-1	2-0	3-3	1-0	0-1	1-1	3-0	2-2	2-2		1-3	1-0	VIT
VVV Venlo	2-2	2-3	3-1	0-0	3-0	2-5	0-4	0-5	1-3	1-2	1-1	3-5	2-0	0-2	1-2	2-0		1-1	VVV
Willem II	2-3	3-0	6-0	3-1	1-2	1-2	2-3	2-1	0-0	3-0	0-1	1-0	2-2	1-3	1-4	4-0	1-2		WIL
	AJX	AZ	EXC	FEY	GRA	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VVV	WIL

List of goalscorers

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Top scorer of the 2007/08 season

Only goals in the regular season are taken into account.

Gates	Sagittarius	society
33	Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax
22nd	Switzerland Blaise Nkufo	FC Twente Enschede
17th	Uruguay Luis Suarez	Ajax
16	Netherlands Antilles Robin Nelisse	FC Utrecht
15th	Sweden Marcus Berg	FC Groningen
	United States Michael Bradley	SC Heerenveen
	Denmark Kenneth Perez	Ajax / PSV
14th	Netherlands Danny Koevermans	PSV
14th	Serbia Miralem Suleymani	SC Heerenveen

Venues

society	Stadion	capacity
Ajax	Amsterdam arena	51,628
Feyenoord	De Kuip	51,137
PSV	Philips Stadium	35,119
Vitesse Arnhem	GelreDome	26,600
Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadium	26,000
Utrecht	Galgenwaard Stadium	24,426
Groningen	Euroborg	19,814
Roda JC Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadium	19,979
AZ	DSB stadium	17,024
NAC	Rat Verlegh Stadium	17,063
Willem II	Wilhelm II Stadium	14,637
Twente	Arke Stadium	13,740
NEC	Goffert Stadium	12,470
Sparta	Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel	11,026
VBV De Graafschap	De Vijverberg	12,600
Heracles	Polman Stadium	08,498
VVV Venlo	De Koel	05,900
Excelsior	Woudestein Stadium	03,527

The PSV Eindhoven championship team

1.	PSV Eindhoven
	Goal : Heurelho Gomes (34 / -) Defense : Carlos Salcido (33 / -); Jan Kromkamp (26/1); Dirk Marcellis (26 / -); Mike Zonneveld (21/2); Alcides (21/1); Slobodan Rajković (13 / -); Eric Addo (12/1); Fagner (3/1); Manuel da Costa (1 / -) Midfield : Timmy Simons (33/4); Otman Bakkal (31/8); Ibrahim Afellay (24/2); Edison Mendez (20/1); Jason Culina (18/1), Balázs Dzsudzsák (17/3); Ismaïl Aissati (16 / -); Tom van der Leegte (2 / -); Mika Väyrynen (1 / -) Forward : Danko Lazović (31/11); Danny Koevermans (29/13); Jefferson Farfan (27/9); Kenneth Perez (14/8); Jonathan Reis (3 / -); Género Zeefuik (2 / -); Arouna Koné (1 / -) Trainer : Sef Vergoossen

Individual evidence

↑ The match was played on April 16. It had originally been scheduled for April 13. but was suspended and then postponed due to a fire on one of the stands shortly before the match.

Web links

Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)

[1] The match was played on April 16. It had originally been scheduled for April 13. but was suspended and then postponed due to a fire on one of the stands shortly before the match.