2009–10 Eredivisie

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Eredivisie
Season2009–10
Dates31 July 2009 – 16 May 2010
Champions FC Twente
1st title
Relegated RKC Waalwijk
Sparta Rotterdam
Champions League FC Twente
Ajax
Europa League PSV
Feyenoord
AZ
Utrecht (via play-offs)
Matches306
Goals892 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer Luis Suárez (35)
Biggest home win Ajax 7–0 VVV Venlo (11 April 2010)
Biggest away win RKC 0–6 AZ (15 August 2009) [1]
Highest scoring AZ 6–2 RKC (13 March 2010); Feyenoord 6–2 Heerenveen (2 May 2010)
2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Eredivisie was the 54th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions VVV-Venlo and promotion/relegation play-off winners RKC Waalwijk.

Contents

The season started on 31 July 2009 and ended on 2 May 2010. FC Twente won their first ever Eredivisie title. [2] [3]

As of 2025, this is the last time that none of the big three Dutch teams have won the title.

Overview

Teams and stadia

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Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs
ClubLocationVenueCapacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Den Haag Stadion 15,000
Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 51,715
AZ Alkmaar AZ Stadion 17,023
Feyenoord Rotterdam Stadion Feijenoord 51,177
Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,329
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,000
Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 8,500
NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,470
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,119
RKC Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,500
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,026
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 24,426
Vitesse Arnhem Arnhem Gelredome 25,000
VVV-Venlo Venlo De Koel 7,500
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,637

Personnel and sponsoring

ClubManagerKit makerShirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond Atteveld Hummel Fit For Free
Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Jol Adidas Aegon
AZ Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick Advocaat Quick BUKO
Feyenoord Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mario Been Puma ASR Verzekeringen
Groningen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Jans Klupp Noord Lease
Heerenveen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Everse Jako Univé
Heracles Almelo Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gertjan Verbeek Jako Ten Cate
NAC Breda Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert Maaskant Klupp Sunweb Vakanties
NEC Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wiljan Vloet Nike Curaçao
PSV Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fred Rutten Nike Philips
RKC Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Brood Nike Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Harm Van Veldhoven Diadora Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frans Adelaar Patrick Graydon
Twente Flag of England.svg Steve McClaren Diadora Arke
Utrecht Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ton du Chatinier Kappa Phanos
Vitesse Arnhem Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Bos Klupp AfAB
VVV-Venlo Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan van Dijk Erima Seacon Logistics
Willem II Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arno Pijpers Masita Destil

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marco van Basten ResignedPre-season Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Jol 25 May 2009
AZ Flag of the Netherlands.svg Louis van Gaal Signed by Bayern Munich Pre-season Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ronald Koeman 17 May 2009
AZ Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ronald Koeman Sacked5 December 2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick Advocaat 8 December 2009
Heerenveen Flag of Norway.svg Trond Sollied Sacked1 September 2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan de Jonge 2 September 2009
Heerenveen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan de Jonge Resigned Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Everse
Heracles Almelo Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gert Heerkes ResignedPre-season Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gertjan Verbeek 8 June 2009
NEC Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mario Been Signed by Feyenoord Pre-season Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dwight Lodeweges 9 April 2009
NEC Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dwight Lodeweges Resigned27 October 2009 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wiljan Vloet 14 November 2009
PSV Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dwight Lodeweges Signed by NEC Pre-season Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fred Rutten 17 April 2009
Sparta Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg Foeke Booy Signed by Utrecht Pre-season Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frans Adelaar 15 May 2009
Sparta Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frans Adelaar Sacked Flag of the Netherlands.svg Aad de Mos
ADO Den Haag Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond Atteveld Sacked Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maurice Steijn 30 March 2010
Willem II Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alfons Groenendijk Sacked Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arno Pijpers 27 February 2010
Willem II Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arno Pijpers Resigned Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo de Jong

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Twente (C)3427526323+4086Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34274310620+8685Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 PSV 3423927229+4378Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Feyenoord 34171255431+2363
5 AZ 34195106434+3062Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Heracles 34175125449+556Qualification to European competition play-offs
7 Utrecht (O)34141193933+653
8 Groningen 34147134847+149
9 Roda JC 34145155660−447
10 NAC Breda 341210124249−746
11 Heerenveen 34114194464−2037
12 VVV-Venlo 34811154357−1435
13 NEC 3489173559−2433
14 Vitesse Arnhem 3488183862−2432
15 ADO Den Haag 3479183859−2130
16 Sparta Rotterdam (R)3468203066−3626Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Willem II (O)3472253670−3423
18 RKC Waalwijk (R)3450293080−5015Relegation to the Eerste Divisie
Source: eredivsie.nl (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJX AZ FEY GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT VVV WIL
ADO Den Haag 0–12–10–21–12–11–41–22–31–54–01–22–30–10–11–10–03–0
Ajax 3–01–0 5–1 3–05–14–06–03–04–14–14–00–03–04–04–07–04–0
AZ 3–02–41–10–14–13–21–00–11–16–22–02–01–02–01–22–02–1
Feyenoord 2–2 1–1 1–23–16–21–10–02–0 1–3 3–04–0 3–0 1–10–02–11–01–0
Groningen 2–00–20–12–3 2–0 4–11–22–20–22–11–03–10–00–01–01–04–0
Heerenveen 3–00–20–20–2 0–1 1–20–04–12–23–10–04–10–22–01–01–14–2
Heracles 4–20–33–20–14–33–13–02–00–14–13–21–1 1–3 3–11–21–03–2
NAC Breda 3–01–11–10–20–32–00–03–32–11–01–02–20–20–24–02–0 4–0
NEC 1–11–40–00–00–24–10–24–20–40–10–21–03–41–1 2–1 1–12–1
PSV Eindhoven 2–04–31–0 0–0 3–11–04–03–13–05–13–01–11–12–11–03–33–1
RKC Waalwijk 0–21–50–60–13–11–20–10–10–10–24–14–10–10–14–11–20–1
Roda JC 1–12–22–42–41–14–22–12–01–00–15–12–11–22–03–44–23–2
Sparta Rotterdam 0–00–30–1 2–1 2–40–21–12–22–02–31–01–20–20–31–12–02–1
Twente 3–11–03–22–04–02–0 2–0 3–12–11–12–12–03–03–21–02–11–0
Utrecht 0–22–01–00–01–12–30–03–11–00–02–02–12–00–02–22–21–0
Vitesse Arnhem 1–31–50–30–03–00–10–21–1 2–2 0–03–12–52–01–22–22–02–1
VVV-Venlo 2–20–43–31–12–23–11–01–12–02–43–01–15–00–20–12–02–1
Willem II 1–10–20–32–32–14–10–1 1–2 1–10–12–11–33–11–30–33–12–1
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet, Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch)

Top scorers

Pos.PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez Ajax 35
2 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Bryan Ruiz Twente 24
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Junker Roda JC 21
4 Flag of Morocco.svg Mounir El Hamdaoui AZ 20
5 Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Pantelić Ajax 16
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bas Dost Heracles 14
Flag of Brazil.svg Everton Heracles
Flag of Hungary.svg Balázs Dzsudzsák PSV
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Tim Matavž Groningen 13
Flag of Sweden.svg Ola Toivonen PSV
112 players12
134 players11
174 players10
212 players9
234 players8
2710 players7
3710 players6
4714 players5
6023 players4
8422 players3
10650 players2
15671 players1
Own goals23
Total:892
Games:306
Average:2.92

Other scorers

12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Play-offs

European competition

The teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Roda JC 3–2 Heracles Almelo 1–12–1
FC Utrecht 5–1 FC Groningen 3–12–0

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Roda JC 1–6 FC Utrecht 0–21–4

Relegation

The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FC Eindhoven 4–2 AGOVV Apeldoorn 1–03–2
Helmond Sport 3–3 (p. 5–4) FC Den Bosch 1–22–1

Round 2

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FC Eindhoven 2–3 Willem II 1–21–1
Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 SC Cambuur 2–00–1
FC Zwolle 3–5 Excelsior 0–13–4
Helmond Sport 2–3 Sparta Rotterdam 2–10–2

Round 3

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles 1–3(aet) Willem II 1–00–3
Excelsior 1–1(ag) Sparta Rotterdam 0–01–1

Willem II and Excelsior will play in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

Attendances

Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2009-10 edition of the Eredivisie.

#Football clubHome gamesAverage attendance [4]
1 AFC Ajax 1748,681
2 Feyenoord 1743,882
3 PSV 1733,471
4 sc Heerenveen 1725,691
5 FC Twente 1723,641
6 FC Groningen 1721,828
7 FC Utrecht 1721,199
8 Vitesse 1716,980
9 NAC Breda 1716,567
10 AZ 1716,503
11 Roda JC 1714,749
12 Willem II 1712,821
13 NEC 1712,379
14 ADO Den Haag 1711,720
15 Sparta Rotterdam 1710,155
16 Heracles Almelo 178,457
17 VVV-Venlo 177,465
18 RKC Waalwijk 176,388

References

  1. ↑ AZ fire six past RKC Waalwijk – Soccerway Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Taylor, Louise (2 May 2010). "Steve McClaren goes from zero to hero as FC Twente win Dutch title". The Guardian . Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda . Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "First title for Twente". ESPNsoccernet . ESPN. 2 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Eredivisie 2009/2010 - Attendance". August 2025.
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