2007–08 Eerste Divisie

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2007–08 Eerste Divisie
Champions FC Volendam
Promoted FC Volendam, ADO Den Haag
← 2006-07
2008-09 →

The 2007/2008 season of the Eerste Divisie began in August 2007 and will end in May 2008.

Contents

New teams

These teams were relegated from the Eredivisie at the start of the season:

Final league standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1 FC Volendam (C, P)38221159046+4477Promotion to the Eredivisie
2 RKC Waalwijk 38221158444+4077Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round
3 FC Den Bosch 38217106137+2470
4 FC Zwolle 38181377042+2867
5 MVV 381612106650+1660
6 ADO Den Haag (P)381610125850+858Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
7 Helmond Sport 38177145352+158
8 TOP Oss 381510135861−355
9 FC Emmen 381411136174−1353
10 Go Ahead Eagles 38163196064−451Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
11 RBC Roosendaal 381310154649−349
12 FC Dordrecht 381211155952+747
13 FC Omniworld 381114135655+147
14 Stormvogels Telstar 38144204151−1046
15 BV Veendam 381114135767−1044 [lower-alpha 1]
16 Fortuna Sittard 381010184869−2140
17 SC Cambuur 38109195068−1839
18 AGOVV Apeldoorn 38125216698−3238 [lower-alpha 1]
19 FC Eindhoven 3888224983−3432
20 HFC Haarlem 38514193960−2129
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. 1 2 BV Veendam and AGOVV Apeldoorn were docked three points for financial irregularities.

Period winners

The competition is divided into six periods (Dutch: periode) of six matches each. The winner of each period (Dutch: periodekampioen) qualifies for the playoffs at the end of the season. If the winner of a period has already won a prior period in the season, the second placed team in the period is awarded the playoff slot. If the second placed team has also won a prior period, no winner is called, and the playoff slot is decided by league standing at the end of the season.

PeriodTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC Den Bosch 6501148+615
2 RKC Waalwijk 6501126+615
3 Go Ahead Eagles 650173+415
4 FC Volendam 6330178+912
5 FC Zwolle 6420165+1114
6Not awarded [lower-alpha 1] 00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. ↑ FC Volendam, the winner of period 4, had finished first in this period. FC Den Bosch, winner of period 1, had finished second. This period has not been awarded, the playoff slot will be awarded to the highest-ranked team without a period title in the final standings.

Results

Home \ Away ADO AGO CAM DBO DOR EIN EMM FOR GAE HAA HEL MVV OMN RBC RKC STO TOP VEE VOL ZWO
ADO Den Haag 3–01–00–12–15–22–23–01–22–12–00–31–10–00–13–05–10–00–13–1
AGOVV Apeldoorn 1–12–20–13–22–04–52–32–04–33–14–15–12–12–60–11–45–03–60–1
SC Cambuur 2–10–10–22–11–10–12–20–21–35–10–11–02–22–00–11–21–12–11–1
FC Den Bosch 0–23–14–22–12–01–11–13–13–10–21–14–12–01–13–01–14–01–10–0
FC Dordrecht 5–01–12–31–01–12–11–05–01–10–11–23–31–00–11–01–12–21–11–1
FC Eindhoven 0–04–12–11–01–32–31–02–02–23–03–12–21–21–40–04–20–12–61–2
FC Emmen 1–23–32–00–31–02–11–13–13–02–11–10–01–21–21–12–13–22–20–1
Fortuna Sittard 2–25–22–00–12–53–03–32–21–00–10–73–10–01–10–30–12–00–10–3
Go Ahead Eagles 1–24–03–12–31–21–16–02–13–31–22–11–01–22–01–22–00–11–23–1
HFC Haarlem 2–02–10–10–21–13–11–21–20–10–10–02–21–12–20–10–03–12–21–1
Helmond Sport 2–05–01–10–12–14–10–31–13–01–12–22–12–03–32–10–11–22–10–2
MVV 2–12–32–22–13–24–15–14–10–12–00–10–01–11–12–12–21–12–04–1
FC Omniworld 4–05–01–21–01–03–14–11–10–42–03–11–12–32–21–24–00–01–11–3
RBC Roosendaal 0–12–11–00–11–23–04–01–00–21–11–41–22–10–42–00–14–11–22–1
RKC Waalwijk 2–23–06–33–24–11–03–12–17–22–02–11–01–12–01–23–05–22–32–0
Stormvogels Telstar 1–24–41–20–11–42–00–14–11–21–02–00–30–12–12–01–12–12–30–1
TOP Oss 1–32–03–22–11–13–14–42–01–04–11–14–11–23–32–21–01–20–22–4
BV Veendam 3–35–14–40–32–14–13–13–14–21–10–10–01–10–00–12–00–23–32–2
FC Volendam 2–21–23–04–12–06–25–12–35–11–04–01–03–01–11–12–03–02–22–2
FC Zwolle 2–15–04–14–11–13–31–12–31–03–01–17–01–11–10–01–01–03–11–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Round 1

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles 1–4 ADO Den Haag 1–10–3
TOP Oss 2–5 Helmond Sport 2–20–3

Round 2 (best of 3)

Team 1PtsTeam 2  1st leg    2nd leg    3rd leg  
ADO Den Haag 3–1 VVV-Venlo 1–00–12–0
MVV 1–6 RKC Waalwijk 1–00–20–4
FC Zwolle 3–2 FC Den Bosch 0–12–11–0
Helmond Sport 3–6 De Graafschap 2–31–3Not played

Round 3 (best of 3)

Team 1PtsTeam 2  1st leg    2nd leg    3rd leg  
ADO Den Haag 5–4 RKC Waalwijk 1–12–22–1
FC Zwolle 1–3 De Graafschap 1–30–0Not played

ADO Den Haag and De Graafschap will play in the 2008–09 Eredivisie.

Top scorers

GoalsPlayerTeam
26 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jack Tuyp FC Volendam
22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gunther Thiebaut MVV
19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud ter Heide AGOVV Apeldoorn
18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen van der Biezen FC Den Bosch
17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Fabio Caracciolo FC Eindhoven
16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erik Quekel TOP Oss

Last updated: April 18, 2008

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