Eredivisie 2007/08 (women's football)

Eredivisie 2007/08 (women's football)
master	AZ Alkmaar
UEFA Women's Cup	AZ Alkmaar
Relegated	no
Teams	6th
Games	60
Gates	169  (ø 2.82 per game)
Top scorer	Karin Stevens ( Willem II Tilburg )
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The 2007/08 eredivisie was the first season of the Dutch women's eredivisie . AZ Alkmaar became the champion .

Season overview

The 2007-08 season was the first women's football season in the history of Dutch professional football. The league started with six teams, each of which played the first women's football champion in four matches against each other. With a total of eleven wins, four draws and only five defeats, AZ Alkmaar prevailed ahead of Willem II Tilburg . The worst team was the SC Heerenveen , which could only achieve two wins. ADO Den Haag had to be content with eight draws during the entire competition . The most aggressive team was Willem II, who scored 41 goals. They had the best storm with Karin Stevens and Dominique Vugts , who together scored 29 goals for their team. Stevens was also the top scorer in the league, ten goals ahead of FC Twente Enschede's Sylvia Smit . With 40 goals conceded, ADO was as bad as any other team. The champions had the best defense with only sixteen goals against. The Belgian Femke Maes was named the best player of the season . She was also the best foreign goalscorer with four goals. The record was broken the following season.

Participating teams

Season opening between FC Twente and SC Heerenveen

society	Hometown	Stadion
ADO The Hague	The hague	Youth sports complex "De Aftrap"
AZ Alkmaar	Alkmaar	'T Lood sports complex
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Skoatterwâld sports park
FC Twente Enschede	Enschede	FC Twente training center ( Hengelo )
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Zoudenbalch sports complex
Willem II Tilburg	Tilburg	Sports complex Bijstervelden

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	AZ Alkmaar	20th	11	4th	5	29:16	+13	37
2	Willem II	20th	10	4th	6th	41:21	+20	34
3	FC Utrecht	20th	10	2	8th	35:29	+6	32
4th	ADO The Hague	20th	7th	8th	5	25:27	−2	29
5	FC Twente Enschede	20th	7th	3	10	27:36	−9	24
6th	SC Heerenveen	20th	2	5	13	12:40	−28	11

Legend
	Dutch champion and participant in the UEFA Women's Cup

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.

2007/08	ADO
ADO The Hague	-	0-1 0-0	1-1 0-0	1-1 2-0	3-0 2-2	1-0 1-4
AZ Alkmaar	0-1 1-1	-	4-0 2-1	0-1 3-1	2-0 2-3	2-1 1-0
SC Heerenveen	1-2 1-2	0-1 1-0	-	0-2 0-2	0-1 0-3	0-5 1-1
FC Twente Enschede	3-2 2-2	1-2 0-2	2-3 0-0	-	2-3 3-2	2-0 0-5
FC Utrecht	4-0 2-3	0-2 3-2	4-1 0-0	0-2 2-1	-	1-0 0-3
Willem II Tilburg	1-1 3-0	0-0 2-2	3-0 5-2	5-2 2-0	0-5 1-0	-

List of goalscorers

Item	Player	society	Gates
1	Karin Stevens	Willem II Tilburg	20th
2	Sylvia Smit	FC Twente Enschede	10
3	Claudia van den Heiligenberg	AZ Alkmaar	9
	Dominique Vugts	Willem II Tilburg	9
5	Shirley Smith	FC Utrecht	8th
6th	Anouk Dekker	FC Twente Enschede	6th
	Nangila van Eyck	ADO The Hague	6th
8th	Chantal de Ridder	AZ Alkmaar	5
9	Sheila van den Bulk	ADO The Hague	4th
	Dionne Demarteau	AZ Alkmaar	4th
	Merel van Nes	AZ Alkmaar	4th
	Marieke van Ottele	FC Twente Enschede	4th
	Gilanne Louwaars	FC Utrecht	4th
	Roos Kwakkenbos	FC Utrecht	4th
	Tessa Oudejans	FC Utrecht	4th
	Femke Maes	Willem II Tilburg	4th

Web links

• www.vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.