Eredivisie 2008/09

The players of AZ Alkmaar celebrate the Dutch championship title.

The 2008/09 season was the 53rd season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. The AZ Alkmaar became champion for the second time . FC Volendam and De Graafschap had to relegate .

Closing table

society Sp G U V Gates Diff. Points 01. AZ Alkmaar 34 25th 5 4th 66:22 +44 80 02. Twente Enschede 34 20th 9 5 62:31 +31 69 03. Ajax Amsterdam 34 21st 5 8th 74:41 +33 68 04th PSV Eindhoven (M) 34 19th 8th 7th 71:33 +38 65 05. SC Heerenveen 34 17th 9 8th 66:57 +9 60 06th FC Groningen 34 17th 5 12 53:36 +17 56 07th Feyenoord Rotterdam (P) 34 12 9 13 54:46 +8 45 08th. NAC Breda 34 13 6th 15th 44:54 −10 45 09. FC Utrecht 34 11 11 12 41:44 −3 44 10. Vitesse Arnhem 34 11 10 13 41:48 −7 43 11. NEC Nijmegen 34 9 15th 10 41:40 +1 42 12 Willem II Tilburg 34 10 7th 17th 35:58 −23 37 13. Sparta Rotterdam 34 9 8th 17th 46:66 −20 35 14th ADO The Hague (A) 34 8th 8th 18th 41:58 −17 32 15th SC Heracles Almelo 34 7th 11 16 35:53 −18 32 16. Roda JC Kerkrade 34 7th 9 18th 38:58 −20 30th 17th De Graafschap 34 7th 9 18th 24:58 −34 30th 18th FC Volendam (A) 34 7th 8th 19th 38:67 −29 29 As of May 10, 2009

Legend colour qualification UEFA Champions League 2009/10 group stage UEFA Champions League 2009/10 3rd qualifying round UEFA Europa League 2009/10 Play-Off Round UEFA Europa League 2009/10 3rd qualifying round Play-off UEFA Europa League 2009/10 2nd qualifying round As the winner of the KNVB Cup, qualified for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League play-off round Relegation Direct descent into the Eerste Divisie

Play-offs

UEFA Europa League

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Utrecht	3: 7	FC Groningen	3: 3	0: 4
NAC Breda	7: 2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	3: 2	4-0

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Groningen	1: 3	NAC Breda	1: 1	0: 2

This means that NAC Breda will play in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League .

Relegation

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Telstar Ijmuiden	0: 1	MVV Maastricht	0-0	0: 1
TOP Oss	0: 3	FC Dordrecht	0: 2	0: 1

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg	Game 3
Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 3	RKC Waalwijk	1: 2	1: 1	-
MVV Maastricht	4: 5	De Graafschap	2: 3	2: 2	-
FC Zwolle	3: 6	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	2: 1	1: 3	0: 2
FC Dordrecht	1: 2	Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 1	0: 1	-

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg	Game 3
RKC Waalwijk	4: 2	De Graafschap	2-0	1: 2	1-0
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	6: 8	Roda JC Kerkrade	0-0	1: 1	5: 7 n.e.

Play with VVV-Venlo , as a direct Movers and RKC Waalwijk by relegation in the 2009-10 Eredivisie .

Crosstab

2008/09 As of May 10, 2009														SPA				ADO
01.	PSV Eindhoven		6: 2	2: 2	0-0	2: 3	1-0	4: 2	1: 1	2: 3	2-0	2: 2	2-0	1-0	4-0	2-0	3-0	6-0	1-0
02.	Ajax Amsterdam	4: 1		3-0	1-0	0: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	5: 2	2: 2	7-0	3-0	3-0	2: 1
03.	NAC Breda	2: 1	0: 3		0: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	3: 1	3-0	1: 3	0: 1	0: 4	1: 1
04th	Twente Enschede	1: 1	0: 2	4: 1		6-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4: 2	0-0	3-0	2: 1	6: 2	2-0	2-0	3-0	1-0	2: 1
05.	SC Heerenveen	2: 2	5: 2	3: 1	1: 1		3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	3: 3	0: 2	5: 1	2: 2	3: 1	2-0	2: 2	1-0
06th	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1-0	2: 2	3: 1	1-0	2: 2		0-0	0: 2	2: 3	5: 2	0: 1	2: 2	1-0	5: 1	1: 1	1: 3	3: 1	5-0
07th	FC Groningen	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 4	2: 3	3: 1		2-0	2-0	2-0	0: 2	2: 3	3-0	2-0	0-0	3-0	3-0	5-0
08th.	NEC Nijmegen	1-0	2: 4	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 2		1: 1	1: 2	0: 4	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	6: 1
09.	Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 1	1: 2	0: 3	1: 1	2: 2	0: 4	2: 5	3-0		0-0	0: 2	3-0	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	3: 1	2-0	1: 1
10.	FC Utrecht	1: 5	0: 2	0-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 2	0: 1	0: 2	3: 1		0: 1	4-0	3: 3	2-0	1-0	3-0	3: 1	0-0
11.	AZ Alkmaar	1-0	2-0	1: 2	3-0	3: 1	0-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	2-0		1: 2	6-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	4: 1	3-0
12.	Vitesse Arnhem	1: 1	4: 1	0: 3	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	0: 4	0-0	3-0	6: 1	1: 1		1: 1	1-0	2: 2	0-0	3: 1	3: 1
13.	Sparta Rotterdam	0: 2	4-0	4-0	1: 2	4: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 2	0-0		1-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 5	4-0
14th	Heracles Almelo	0: 2	1: 3	4-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	2: 1		1-0	0-0	3: 1	1: 1
15th	Willem II Tilburg	0: 3	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	1: 3	1-0	3-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2	2: 5	0: 2	3: 2	0: 3		1: 1	3: 3	1: 2
16.	De Graafschap	0: 3	0: 6	0: 2	2: 2	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	3: 3	1-0	1-0		2-0	2: 2
17th	ADO The Hague	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2: 3	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	0-0	3-0	3: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1-0		2-0
18th	FC Volendam	3: 5	1: 2	2: 4	1: 2	2: 3	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	3-0	3: 1	2: 2	3: 1	0: 1

List of goalscorers

Mounir El Hamdaoui top scorer of the 2008/09 season

Only goals in the regular season are taken into account.

	player	team	Gates
1.	Mounir El Hamdaoui	AZ Alkmaar	23
	Luis Suarez	Ajax Amsterdam	22nd
3.	Marcus Berg	FC Groningen	17th
4th	Danijel Pranjić	SC Heerenveen	16
	Blaise Nkufo	Twente Enschede	16
	Roy Makaay	Feyenoord Rotterdam	16
7th	Frank Demouge	Willem II Tilburg	14th
8th.	Ibrahim Afellay	PSV Eindhoven	13
9.	Matthew Amoah	NAC Breda	12
	Marko Arnautović	Twente Enschede	12

The AZ Alkmaar championship team

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AZ Alkmaar

Goal : Sergio Romero (28 / -); Joey Didulica (8 / -) Defense : David Mendes da Silva (29/2); Gil Swerts (27/2); Sébastien Pocognoli (25/2); Kew Jaliens (24/1); Niklas Moisander (22/1); Héctor Moreno (15 / -); Ragnar Klavan (12 / -); Milano Koenders (8 / -); Gijs Luirink (1 / -) Midfield : Maarten Martens (32/7); Demy de Zeeuw (30/3); Stijn Schaars (29 / -); Nick van der Velden (20/1); Brett Holman (15/1); Kees Luijckx (15 / -); Simon Poulsen (11 / -); Marko Vejinović (3 / -) Storm : Mounir El Hamdaoui (32/23); Mousa Dembélé (23/10); Ari (20/9); Graziano Pellè (20/3); Jeremain Lens (8/1) Coach : Louis van Gaal

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)