Eredivisie 2016/17

Eredivisie 2016/17
master	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Champions League	Feyenoord Rotterdam
Champions League qualification	Ajax Amsterdam
Europe League	Vitesse Arnhem
Europa League qualification	PSV Eindhoven FC Utrecht
Cup winners	Vitesse Arnhem
Relegation ↓	NEC Nijmegen Roda JC Kerkrade
Relegated	NEC Nijmegen Go Ahead Eagles Deventer
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	921  (ø 3.01 per game)
spectator	5,841,521  (ø 19,090 per game)
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First Divisie 2016/17 ↓

The Eredivisie 2016/17 was the 61st season of the highest Dutch football league and the 128th competition for the Dutch national championship . PSV Eindhoven from Eindhoven started the season as defending champions . It started on August 5, 2016 and ended on May 14, 2017.

Participants and their venues

The hague Amsterdam Alkmaar E. Rotterdam Deventer Groningen Enschede Utrecht F. Rotterdam Almelo Nijmegen Zwolle Eindhoven Kerkrade Heerenveen S. Rotterdam Arnhem Tilburg

Venues of the Eredivisie 2016/17

team	city	Home stadium	capacity
ADO The Hague	The hague	Kyocera Stadium	15,000
Ajax Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Amsterdam arena	53,052
AZ Alkmaar	Alkmaar	AFAS stadium	17,023
Excelsior Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Woudestein Stadium	3,531
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	Deventer	De Adelaarshorst Stadium	9,800
FC Groningen	Groningen	Noordlease Stadium	22,500
FC Twente Enschede	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30.205
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Galgenwaard Stadium	24,426
Feyenoord Rotterdam	Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,177
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadium	13,500
NEC Nijmegen	Nijmegen	Goffert Stadium	12,500
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	Mac3Park Stadium	12,500
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Philips Stadium	35,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadium	19,979
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadium	26,000
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Sparta Stadium Het Kasteel	11,000
Vitesse Arnhem	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,000
Willem II Tilburg	Tilburg	King Wilhelm II Stadium	14,750

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Feyenoord Rotterdam (P)	34	26th	4th	4th	086:250	+61	82
2.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	25th	6th	3	079:230	+56	81
3.	PSV Eindhoven (M)	34	22nd	10	2	068:230	+45	76
4th	FC Utrecht	34	18th	8th	8th	054:380	+16	62
5.	Vitesse Arnhem	34	15th	6th	13	051:400	+11	51
6th	AZ Alkmaar	34	12	13	9	056:520	+4	49
7th	FC Twente Enschede 1	34	12	9	13	048:500	−2	45
8th.	FC Groningen	34	10	13	11	055:510	+4	43
9.	SC Heerenveen	34	12	7th	15th	054:530	+1	43
10.	Heracles Almelo	34	12	7th	15th	053:550	−2	43
11.	ADO The Hague	34	11	5	18th	037:590	−22	38
12.	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	9	10	15th	043:600	−17	37
13.	Willem II Tilburg (R)	34	9	9	16	029:440	−15	36
14th	PEC Zwolle	34	9	8th	17th	039:670	−28	35
15th	Sparta Rotterdam (N)	34	9	7th	18th	042:610	−19	34
16.	NEC Nijmegen	34	9	7th	18th	032:590	−27	34
17th	Roda JC Kerkrade	34	7th	12	15th	026:510	−25	33
18th	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer (R)	34	6th	5	23	032:730	−41	23

¹ FC Twente Enschede was excluded from the European Cup for three years.

At the end of the 2016/17 season:
Dutch champions and participation in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League Cup winners and participation in the group stage of the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League Play-off for participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League Participation in the relegation Relegation to the Eerste Divisie 2017/18
At the end of the 2015/16 season:
(M)	Reigning champion : PSV Eindhoven
(P)	Reigning cup winner : Feyenoord Rotterdam
(R)	Relegation winner : Go Ahead Eagles Deventer & Willem II Tilburg
(N)	Newcomer from the Eerste Divisie 2015/16: Sparta Rotterdam

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.

2016/17	ADO													SPA
ADO The Hague		0: 2	0: 1	4: 1	0: 1	3-0	4: 3	0: 3	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	4: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1-0
Ajax Amsterdam	3-0		4: 1	1-0	2: 1	4-0	2-0	5: 1	4: 1	5-0	5: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	3-0	3: 2	1-0	1: 2
AZ Alkmaar	4-0	2: 2		1: 1	0: 4	2: 2	0-0	2: 2	5: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 4	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 3	2: 2	2-0
Excelsior Rotterdam	1: 2	1: 1	3: 3		3-0	1: 1	2-0	4: 1	3: 1	2: 2	0: 2	1: 3	0: 1	3: 2	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	0: 2
Feyenoord Rotterdam	3: 1	1: 1	5: 2	4: 1		8-0	2-0	2: 2	3: 1	4-0	3-0	2: 1	5-0	6: 1	2-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	3: 1	0: 3	1: 3	3-0	1-0		2: 3	1: 3	1: 4	2: 2	1: 3	1: 3	2-0	1: 3	0: 2	0: 1	1: 3	0: 1
FC Groningen	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 5	1: 1		0: 3	0-0	2-0	5: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	3: 4	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1
SC Heerenveen	2-0	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0-0		3: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	3-0	3-0	3: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1-0
Heracles Almelo	4-0	0: 2	1: 2	4-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 4	4: 1		2-0	3-0	1: 2	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3: 1
NEC Nijmegen	3-0	1: 5	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1		1: 1	0: 4	2-0	0: 1	3: 2	0: 3	1: 1	0-0
PEC Zwolle	2: 1	1: 3	0: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	0: 4	2: 1	1: 2	2-0		0: 4	0-0	0: 3	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0-0
PSV Eindhoven	3: 1	1-0	1-0	2-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0	4: 3	1: 1	3: 1	4: 1		4-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	1-0	5-0
Roda JC Kerkrade	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	4-0	0: 2	1-0	3: 1	0: 3	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0-0		3: 1	0: 3	0-0	0: 1	1-0
Sparta Rotterdam	0: 1	1: 3	1: 1	2: 3	1-0	1-0	2: 2	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	2: 3	0: 2	2: 2		1-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 2
FC Twente Enschede	4: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2	3: 5	1-0	1-0	3-0	2: 2	2: 2	0-0	3: 1		1: 1	2: 1	2: 1
FC Utrecht	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	3: 3	3-0	1: 5	1-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	2-0	3-0		1-0	2-0
Vitesse Arnhem	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2	0: 2	2-0	2: 1	4: 2	1: 2	2: 1	3: 1	0: 2	3-0	5-0	3: 1	1: 1		0: 2
Willem II Tilburg	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 3	0: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	3: 2	0-0	0: 1	1: 4
As of May 14, 2017

	Home team victory
	draw
	Visiting team victory

List of goalscorers

space	player	team	Gates
01	Nicolai Jørgensen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	21st
02	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Vitesse Arnhem	20th
03	Samuel Armenteros	Heracles Almelo	19th
	Reza Ghoochannejhad	SC Heerenveen	19th
05	Enes Ünal	FC Twente Enschede	18th
06th	Mimoun Mahi	FC Groningen	17th
07th	Kasper Dolberg	Ajax Amsterdam	16
08th	Jens Toornstra	Feyenoord Rotterdam	14th
	Davy Klaassen	Ajax Amsterdam	14th
010	Sébastien Haller	FC Utrecht	13
Status: end of the season

The championship team from Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Goal : Brad Jones (32 / -); Pär Hansson (1 / -); Kenneth Vermeer (1 / -) Defense : Eric Botteghin (34/1); Jan-Arie van der Heijden (31/2); Rick Karsdorp (30/1); Terence Kongolo (23/1); Miquel Nelom (17 / -); Bart Nieuwkoop (13 / -); Lucas Woudenberg (8 / -) Midfield : Jens Toornstra (34/14); Karim El Ahmadi (30/5); Tonny Vilhena (29/4); Eljero Elia (24/9); Renato Tapia (8/1); Simon Gustafson (2 / -); Gustavo Hamer (2 / -); Emil Hansson (2 / -); Marko Vejinović (2 / -) Forward : Nicolai Jørgensen (32/21); Dirk Kuyt (31/12); Steven Berghuis (30/7); Bilal Başacıkoğlu (24 / -); Michiel Kramer (17/4); Mon El Hankouri (1 / -) Coach : Giovanni van Bronckhorst

Qualifying matches

UEFA Europa League

Places 5 to 8 in the Eredivisie play another starting place in the UEFA Europa League in two play-off rounds, each with a return leg . The two winners of the first round meet in the second round. The winner of this game will then start in the third qualifying round of the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League .

Round 1

The first legs will take place on May 17 and the second legs on May 20, 2017.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Heerenveen	2: 5	FC Utrecht	1: 3	1: 2
FC Groningen	2: 8	AZ Alkmaar	1: 4	1: 4

round 2

The first leg will take place on May 25 and the second leg on May 28, 2017.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AZ Alkmaar	3: 3 (3: 4 in good condition)	FC Utrecht	3-0	0: 3 a.d.

Relegation

Places 16 and 17 of the Eredivisie and places 2 to 9 of the Eerste Divisie played for the relegation in three play-off rounds, each with a round trip . The two winners of the first round met in Round 2 against the 16th and 17th of the Eredivisie. At the same time, places 2 to 5 of the Eerste Divisie played against each other. In round 3, the four winners from the second round met each other. The two winners of the third round qualified for the 2017/18 Eredivisie .

Round 1

	total		First leg	Return leg
Helmond Sport	6: 2	Almere City FC	4: 2	2-0
RKC Waalwijk	3: 5	FC Emmen	1-0	2: 5

round 2

	total		First leg	Return leg
Helmond Sport	1: 2	Roda JC Kerkrade	0: 1	1: 1
MVV Maastricht	3: 2	SC Cambuur	1: 1	2: 1
FC Emmen	1: 4	NEC Nijmegen	1: 3	0: 1
FC Volendam	2: 4	NAC Breda	2: 2	0: 2

Round 3

	total		First leg	Return leg
MVV Maastricht	0: 1	Roda JC Kerkrade	0-0	0: 1
NAC Breda	5: 1	NEC Nijmegen	1-0	4: 1

Web links

• Official website of the Eredivisie

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.transfermarkt.de/eredivisie/torschuetzenliste/wettbewerb/NL1/saison_id/2016