Eredivisie 2010/11

Eredivisie 2010/11
master	Ajax Amsterdam
Champions League	Ajax Amsterdam , FC Twente Enschede
Europe League	PSV Eindhoven , AZ Alkmaar
Cup winners	FC Twente Enschede
Relegation ↓	Excelsior Rotterdam , VVV-Venlo , ADO The Hague
Relegated	Willem II Tilburg
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 8 relegation games, 4 play-off games
Gates	987  (ø 3.23 per game)
Top scorer	Björn Vleminckx ( NEC Nijmegen )
← Eredivisie 2009/10 Eredivisie 2011/12 →
First Divisie 2010/11 ↓

The 2010/11 season of the Eredivisie was the 55th season of the highest Dutch football league. It began on August 6, 2010 with the first matchday between Roda JC Kerkrade and FC Twente Enschede and ended on May 15, 2011 with the 34th matchday. The Dutch champions were for the 30th time AFC Ajax from Amsterdam , who only took the lead on the last match day after a 3-1 win in a direct duel against FC Twente Enschede. Most often at the top of the table was PSV Eindhoven , which led the table on 24 match days.

The Tilburg club Willem II rose after 24 seasons in the top division directly from the Eerste Divisie ; Excelsior Rotterdam and VVV-Venlo received the class in the relegation games .

table

An overview of the clubs in the 2010/11 season

	society	Sp	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Ajax Amsterdam (P)	34	22nd	7th	5	72:30	+42	73
02.	FC Twente Enschede (M)	34	21st	8th	5	65:34	+31	71
03.	PSV Eindhoven	34	20th	9	5	79:34	+45	69
04th	AZ Alkmaar	34	17th	8th	9	55:44	+11	59
05.	FC Groningen	34	17th	6th	11	65:52	+13	57
06th	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	14th	13	7th	65:50	+15	55
07th	ADO The Hague	34	16	6th	12	63:55	+8	54
08th.	Heracles Almelo	34	14th	7th	13	65:56	+9	49
09.	FC Utrecht	34	13	8th	13	55:51	+4	47
10.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	12	8th	14th	53:54	−1	44
11.	NEC Nijmegen	34	10	13	11	57:56	+1	43
12.	SC Heerenveen	34	10	11	13	60:54	+6	41
13.	NAC Breda 1	34	12	5	17th	44:60	−16	140 1
14th	De Graafschap (N)	34	9	11	14th	31:56	−25	38
15th	Vitesse Arnhem	34	9	8th	17th	42:61	−19	35
16.	Excelsior Rotterdam (N)	34	10	5	19th	45:66	−21	35
17th	VVV-Venlo	34	6th	3	25th	34:76	−42	21st
18th	Willem II Tilburg	34	3	6th	25th	37:98	−61	15th

¹ One point deduction for NAC Breda for violating licensing guidelines.

Legend

colour	qualification
	UEFA Champions League 2011/12 group stage
	UEFA Champions League 2011/12 3rd qualifying round
	UEFA Europa League 2011/12 Play-Off Round
	UEFA Europa League 2011/12 3rd qualifying round
	Play-off UEFA Europa League 2011/12 2nd qualifying round
	As the winner of the KNVB Cup, qualified for the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League play-off round
	Relegation
	Direct descent into the Eerste Divisie
(M)	reigning Dutch champion
(P)	reigning KNVB Cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Play-offs

UEFA Europa League

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Heracles Almelo	4: 4 ( a )	FC Groningen	3: 2	1: 2
ADO The Hague	6: 3	Roda JC Kerkrade	4: 2	2: 1

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
ADO The Hague	6: 6 (4: 3 in good condition)	FC Groningen	5: 1	1: 5 a.d.

Relegation

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Den Bosch	3: 1	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	1-0	2: 1
MVV Maastricht	2: 5	FC Volendam	2: 3	0: 2

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Volendam	1: 4	VVV-Venlo	1: 2	0: 2
BV Veendam	3: 4	Helmond Sport	3: 3	0: 1
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	3: 3 (6: 7 on behalf)	FC Zwolle	2: 1	1: 2 a.d.
FC Den Bosch	4: 6	Excelsior Rotterdam	3: 3	1: 3

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Zwolle	3: 4	VVV-Venlo	1: 2	2: 2
Helmond Sport	3: 9	Excelsior Rotterdam	1: 5	2: 4

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2010/11								ADO
01.	Ajax Amsterdam		3: 1	0-0	4-0	2-0	3-0	0: 1	3-0	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	2-0	4: 2	4: 1	1-0	2-0
02.	FC Twente Enschede	2: 2		2-0	1: 2	4: 2	1: 1	3: 2	5-0	4-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	4-0
03.	PSV Eindhoven	0-0	0: 1		3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	5: 2	1-0	10-0	3: 1	2: 2	4: 1	6-0	2: 1	4: 2	3-0	2: 1
04th	AZ Alkmaar	2-0	2: 1	0: 4		1: 1	1: 2	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	5: 1	3: 1	1: 1	6: 1	3-0
05.	FC Groningen	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	2-0		1: 4	3: 1	1: 4	1-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	3: 2	7: 1
06th	Roda JC Kerkrade	2: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0		1: 1	4: 2	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	0-0	5: 1	1: 1	4: 1	3-0	5: 2	2: 2
07th	ADO The Hague	3: 2	1: 2	2: 2	0: 2	2: 4	1: 3		3: 2	1-0	2: 2	5: 1	3: 1	3-0	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 1
08th.	Heracles Almelo	1: 4	0-0	0: 2	0-0	3-0	1-0	3-0		2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	4: 2	4: 1	2-0	6: 1	4: 1	2: 2	3-0
09.	FC Utrecht	3-0	1: 1	1: 2	5: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1		0: 4	4-0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 2	4: 2	2-0	3: 2	3-0
10.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 2	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	5: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1		1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	4-0	1-0	3-0	6: 1
11.	NEC Nijmegen	1: 2	2: 4	2: 2	0: 1	3: 2	5-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0		2: 2	2: 2	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1
12.	SC Heerenveen	1: 2	6: 2	1: 3	0: 2	1: 4	2: 2	0-0	3: 2	3-0	0: 1	0-0		3: 1	4-0	2: 1	2: 3	2-0	5-0
13.	NAC Breda	0: 3	2: 1	4: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	3: 2	1: 2	3: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 2		2-0	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 1
14th	De Graafschap	0: 5	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 4	3: 2	1: 3		1: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 1
15th	Vitesse Arnhem	0: 1	0: 3	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	5: 2	3: 1	2-0	1: 4	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0		1: 4	2-0	0-0
16.	Excelsior Rotterdam	2: 2	0: 2	2: 3	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1: 5	2: 1	3: 1	3: 2	4: 2	0: 2	1: 3	0-0	0: 2		1-0	4-0
17th	VVV-Venlo	0: 2	1: 2	0: 3	0: 1	3: 5	0: 4	2: 3	1-0	1: 2	3: 2	1: 4	2: 2	3-0	1-0	1: 5	1-0		0-0
18th	Willem II Tilburg	1: 3	1: 3	2: 4	2: 1	0: 3	4: 5	2: 4	2: 6	3: 3	1: 1	3: 5	4: 3	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 4

List of goalscorers

Björn Vleminckx, top scorer of the 2010/11 season

Only goals in the regular season are counted.

	player	team	Gates
1.	Bjorn Vleminckx	NEC Nijmegen	23
2.	Dmitri Bulykin	ADO The Hague	21st
3.	Mads Junker	Roda JC Kerkrade	20th
4th	Balázs Dzsudzsák	PSV Eindhoven	16
	Tim Matavž	FC Groningen	16
6th	Everton	Heracles Almelo	15th
	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	AZ Alkmaar	15th
	Ola Toivonen	PSV Eindhoven	15th
9.	Luc Castaignos	Feyenoord Rotterdam	14th
	Marc Janko	FC Twente Enschede	14th
	Georginio Wijnaldum	Feyenoord Rotterdam	14th
12.	Mounir El Hamdaoui	Ajax Amsterdam	13
	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	FC Utrecht	13
	Bas Dost	SC Heerenveen	13
15th	Theo Janssen	FC Twente Enschede	12
	Luuk de Jong	FC Twente Enschede	12
17th	Ruud Boymans	VVV-Venlo	11
	Andreas Granqvist	FC Groningen	11
	Rydell Poepon	De Graafschap	11

The championship team from Ajax Amsterdam

1.

Ajax Amsterdam

Gate : Maarten Stekelenburg (26 / -); Kenneth Vermeer (6 / -); Jeroen Verhoeven (3 / -) Defense : Jan Vertonghen (32/6); Gregory van der Wiel (32/1); Vurnon Anita (31/3); Toby Alderweireld (26/2); André Ooijer (13/1); Daley Blind (10 / -); Nicolai Boilesen (6 / -); Oleguer (3/1) Midfield : Siem de Jong (32/12); Christian Eriksen (28/6); Eyong Enoh (27/1); Demy de Zeeuw (27/1); Rasmus Lindgren (15/1); Ismaïl Aissati (2 / -); Jody Lukoki (2 / -); Roly Bonevacia (1 / -) Storm : Miralem Sulejmani (32/8); Mounir El Hamdaoui (26/13); Lorenzo Ebecilio (16/3); Macaws Ozbiliz (14/1); Mido (5/2); Darío Cvitanich (6 / -); Florian Jozefzoon (4 / -); Marvin Zeegelaar (2 / -); Geoffrey Castillion (1 / -) Trainer : Frank de Boer

* Urby Emanuelson (18/1), Luis Suárez (13/7) and Teemu Tainio (2 / -) left the club during the season.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Dutch Eredivisie 2010/2011 fussballdaten.de, accessed on July 17, 2010.
2. ↑ List of goalscorers on the Eredivisie homepage
3. ↑ Soccerway
4. ^ ESPN Soccernet

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)