Football league
The Eredivisie ( dutch pronunciation : [ ˈeːrədivizi ] ; “Honour Division” or “Premier Division” ) is the highest flush of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the startle of professional football in the Netherlands. It is considered one of the best european leagues and widely regarded as one of the better leagues in the universe. As of the 2020–21 season, it is ranked the 7th best league in Europe by UEFA. [ 1 ]
Reading: Eredivisie
The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every early club doubly during the season, once at family and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are mechanically relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie ( First Division ), while the supporter and runner-up of the Eerste Divisie are mechanically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third gear from the bottomland of the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with eight high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie. The winner of the Eredivisie claims the dutch national championship. Ajax has won the most titles, with 35 home titles. PSV Eindhoven are next with 24, and Feyenoord follow with 15. Since 1965, these three clubs have won all but three Eredivisie titles ( the 1981 and 2009 titles went to AZ and FC Twente won the 2010 title ). Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord are known as the “ Big Three “ or “ traditional top Three ” of Dutch football. They are the only clubs in their current forms to have never been relegated out of the Eredivisie since its constitution. A fourth club, FC Utrecht, is the merchandise of a 1970 fusion between three of that city ‘s clubs, one of which, VV DOS, had besides never been relegated out of the Eredivisie. From 1990 to 1999, the official name of the league was PTT Telecompetitie ( after the sponsor, PTT Telecom ), which was changed to KPN Telecompetitie ( because PTT Telecom changed its name to KPN Telecom in 1999 ) and to KPN Eredivisie in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the league was called the Holland Casino Eredivisie. Since the 2005–06 season, the league has been sponsored by the Sponsorloterij ( lottery ), but for legal reasons its name could not be attached to the league ( the dutch government was against the name, because the Eredivisie would, after Holland Casino ‘s sponsorship, yet again be sponsored by a ship’s company providing games of luck ). On 8 August 2012 it was made public that baron Rupert Murdoch had secured the rights to the Eredivisie for 12 years at the expense of 1 billion euros, beginning in the 2013–14 season. [ 2 ] Within this bargain the five largest Eredivisie clubs should receive 5 million euros per year for the duration of the narrow. [ 3 ] In 2020, the Eredivisie was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
history [edit ]
From the basis of the Dutch home football championship in 1898 until 1954, the deed was decided through play-offs by a handful of clubs who had previously won their regional league. [ 4 ] The competition was strictly an amateur one ; the Royal Dutch Football Association ( KNVB ) rejected any human body of requital and suspended players who were caught receiving wage or transfer fees. [ 5 ] The call for professional football grew in the early fifties after many national team members left to play abroad in research for fiscal benefits. [ 6 ] The KNVB would normally suspend these players, preventing them from appearing for the Dutch national team. After the North Sea deluge of 1953, the dutch players overseas ( chiefly playing in the French league ) organised a charity match against the french national team in Paris. The catch was boycotted by the KNVB, but after the meet dutch players defeated the french ( 2–1 ), the Dutch populace witnessed the heights that could be achieved through professional football. [ 7 ] To serve the growing interest, a dissenter professional football association ( the NBVB ) and league were founded for the 1954–55 season. [ 8 ] On 3 July 1954, the KNVB met with a group of concerned amateur clubhouse chairmen, who feared the best players would join the professional teams. The meet, dubbed the slaapkamerconferentie ( ‘bedroom league ‘ ), led to the Association reluctantly accepting semi-professionalism. [ 5 ] interim, both the KNVB and the NBVB started their separate competition. The first master football match was contested between Alkmaar and Venlo. [ 5 ] The leagues went on for eleven rounds, before a fusion was negotiated between the two federations in November. Both leagues were cancelled and a new, combined competition emerged immediately. De Graafschap, Amsterdam, Alkmaar and Fortuna ’54 from the NBVB were accepted to the newfangled league. other clubs merged, which led to new names like Rapid J.C., Holland Sport and Roda Sport. The first ( semi- ) professional league was won by Willem II. [ 9 ] For the 1956–57 temper, the KNVB abandoned the regional league system. The Eredivisie was founded, in which the eighteen best clubs countrywide directly played for the league title without play-offs. The inaugural members of the Eredivisie in 1956 were Ajax, BVC, BVV, DOS, EVV, Elinkwijk, SC Enschede, Feijenoord, Fortuna ’54, GVAV, MVV, NAC, NOAD, PSV, Rapid J.C., Sparta, VVV ’03 and Willem II. [ 10 ] Ajax was the first team to claim the title that season. [ 10 ]
current teams ( 2021–22 ) [edit ]
* Cambuur finished foremost and Go Ahead Eagles finished second in the 2020-21 Eerste Divisie. NEC finished 7th and defeated NAC Breda in the playoff final. a establish member of the Eredivisie
bacillus Never been relegated from the Eredivisie
c Founding penis of the Eredivisie ( as Sportclub Enschede )
d Founding member of the Eredivisie ( as VV DOS and USV Elinkwijk )
Maps [edit ]
Champions [edit ]
* As Rapid JC.
Read more: France national football team
Playoffs [edit ]
european competition [edit ]
Position
Playoff
Qualification to
1st
–
Champions League Group Stage
2nd
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Champions League 3rd qualifying round of the League Path.
3rd/4th
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Conference League 3rd qualifying round
4th–7th/5th–8th
Europa League
4th vs 7th and 5th vs 6th or 5th vs 8th and 6th vs 7th; the two winners play each other to qualify for:
Europa Conference League 2nd qualifying round
KNVB Cup winners
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Europa League Play-off Round (Group stage if the Europa Conference League winners have already qualified for the UCL through their domestic league)
relegation [edit ]
Position
Playoff
What happens next
16th
Nacompetitie
One Eredivisie team play the semi finals against an Eerste Divisie team. Who wins will compete in the poule final for a place in the Eredivisie.
17th-18th
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Direct relegation to the Eerste Divisie
attendance [edit ]
Since the beginning of the league, there have been three clubs with an attendance much higher than the others : Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord. Clubs like Heerenveen, FC Utrecht and FC Groningen besides have fairly large fanbases. The regular temper average league attendance was barely over 7,000 in 1990, but this name has risen sharply over the years thanks to the afford of fresh stadiums and the expansion of existing ones nationally. median attendance for the 2018–19 season was 18,010, with Ajax having the largest ( 52,987 ) and Excelsior having the smallest ( 4,223 ). Ajax ‘s figures however differ from those provided by the Johan Cruyff Arena since the cabaret counts all tickets sold alternatively of the number of people going through the turnstiles .
all-time rank ( since 1956 ) [edit ]
- Last updated following the 2017–18 season
Playing in the Eredivisie
Playing in the Eerste Divisie
Playing in the amateur leagues
Club has been disestablished or merged into another club
player records [edit ]
Appearances [edit ]
Goals [edit ]
- Last updated following the 2019–20 season [11]
top scorers [edit ]
- Last updated following the 2020–21 season.[11]
Media coverage [edit ]
Eredivisie teams and major UEFA and FIFA competitions [edit ]
The following sixteen external tournaments were won by Eredivisie teams :
The UEFA Super Cup was founded by a dutch reporter named Anton Witkamp and Ajax ‘s 1973 gain was the first time the tournament was contested officially. The following 24 european finals took place at Dutch venues, or are scheduled to take place at them :
- Eredivisie (1956–1990)
- PTT-Telecompetitie (1990–1999)
- KPN-Telecompetitie (1999–2000)
- KPN Eredivisie (2000–2002)
- Holland Casino Eredivisie (2002–2005)
- Eredivisie (2005–present)
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
Read more: Lille OSC