2011–12_Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	2011–12
Dates	5 August 2011 – 6 May 2012
Champions	Ajax (31st title)
Relegated	Excelsior; De Graafschap
Champions League	Ajax; Feyenoord
Europa League	PSV; AZ; Heerenveen; Vitesse Arnhem; Twente
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Bas Dost; (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Heracles Almelo 7–0 VVV-Venlo; Roda JC 7–0 Excelsior
Biggest away win	ADO Den Haag 0–6 AZ
Highest scoring	Utrecht 6–4 Ajax
Longest winning run	14 games; Ajax
Longest unbeaten run	14 games; Ajax
Longest winless run	10 games; Excelsior
Longest losing run	7 games; VVV-Venlo
Total attendance	5,171,797
Average attendance	19,516
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2011–12 Eredivisie

56th season of the Eredivisie

The 2011–12 Eredivisie is the 56th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season ^[2] and ended in June with the last matches of the European competition and relegation playoffs. AFC Ajax had the highest average attendance, around 49,000.

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Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	AZ	EXC	FEY	GRA	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	RJC	TWE	UTR	VIT	VVV
ADO Den Haag		0–2	0–6	1–1	1–2	3–5	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0
Ajax	4–0		2–2	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	2–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–0
AZ	3–0	1–1		2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–1
Excelsior	1–1	1–4	0–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	0–5	0–2	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	3–1
Feyenoord	0–3	4–2	1–0	3–0		4–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	4–0
De Graafschap	0–3	1–4	0–2	2–2	0–3		2–3	0–2	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–4
Groningen	4–2	1–0	0–3	2–0	6–0	1–1		1–3	2–1	1–1	3–3	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–1
Heerenveen	4–0	0–5	5–1	4–2	2–3	1–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–2	1–5	1–1	4–3	1–5	2–0	1–1	4–1
Heracles	0–2	2–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–4		2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	7–0
NAC Breda	4–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2		1–1	3–1	3–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1
N.E.C.	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–4	2–1	1–2		0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–0
PSV Eindhoven	5–0	2–2	3–2	6–1	3–2	4–1	6–1	5–1	4–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	7–1	2–6	1–0	3–1	2–0
RKC Waalwijk	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1		5–2	0–4	0–2	1–0	4–0
Roda JC	4–1	0–4	2–0	7–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–3	1–0	1–3	0–2		2–1	1–3	3–1	3–1
Twente	5–2	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	4–0	4–1	3–4	2–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	5–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	4–1
Utrecht	1–1	6–4	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–4	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–6		2–2	4–2
Vitesse Arnhem	1–0	1–3	2–2	3–2	0–4	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	5–0	1–4	2–1		4–0
VVV-Venlo	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	0–2	3–3	4–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	1–3

Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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[table_note_res_ECP0.79470614706851-29] PSV qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 KNVB Cup. As they finished third in the league, all Europa League berths and play-off places were moved down one spot from the original scheme.

[table_note_res_EL10.79470614706851-32] Twente qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League based on the 2011–12 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking, which awarded one extra qualifying spot to the Netherlands. This allowed qualification for Twente despite their loss in the European competition Playoffs.^[29]^[30]

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Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
AFC Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	52,342
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,000
SBV Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	51,577
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	12,600
FC Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,580
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,800
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	8,500
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
N.E.C.	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,470
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	32,000
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	24,426
SBV Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,000
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	De Koel	8,000

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
N.E.C.	Wiljan Vloet	Signed by Sparta Rotterdam	1 July 2011^[3]	Pre-season	Alex Pastoor	1 July 2011^[3]
SBV Excelsior	Alex Pastoor	Signed by NEC	1 July 2011^[3]	Pre-season	John Lammers	1 July 2011^[4]
FC Utrecht	Ton du Chatinier	Mutual consent	1 July 2011^[5]	Pre-season	Erwin Koeman	1 July 2011^[6]
De Graafschap	Darije Kalezić	End of contract	1 July 2011^[7]	Pre-season	Andries Ulderink	1 July 2011^[8]
VVV-Venlo	Wil Boessen	End of interim spell	1 July 2011^[9]	Pre-season	Glen De Boeck	15 June 2011^[10]
FC Twente	Michel Preud'homme	Signed by Al-Shabab	1 July 2011^[11]	Pre-season	Co Adriaanse	1 July 2011^[12]
SBV Vitesse	Albert Ferrer	End of contract	1 July 2011^[13]^[14]	Pre-season	John van den Brom	1 July 2011^[14]
ADO Den Haag	John van den Brom	Signed by Vitesse	1 July 2011^[15]	Pre-season	Maurice Steijn	1 July 2011^[15]
Feyenoord	Mario Been	Resigned	13 July 2011^[16]	Pre-season	Ronald Koeman	21 July 2011^[17]
FC Utrecht	Erwin Koeman	Resigned	18 October 2011^[18]	10th	Jan Wouters	18 October 2011^[19]
VVV-Venlo	Glen De Boeck	Resigned	6 December 2011^[20]	17th	Wil Boessen Ben van Dael (joint caretakers)	8 December 2011^[21]
VVV-Venlo	Wil Boessen Ben van Dael	End of caretaker spell	24 December 2011^[22]	17th	Ton Lokhoff	24 December 2011^[22]
FC Twente	Co Adriaanse	Dismissed	3 January 2012^[23]	3rd	Steve McClaren	5 January 2012^[24]
De Graafschap	Andries Ulderink	Dismissed	19 February 2012^[25]	18th	Richard Roelofsen (caretaker)	20 February 2012^[26]
PSV	Fred Rutten	Sacked	12 March 2012^[27]	4th	Phillip Cocu (caretaker)	12 March 2012^[28]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	1–3	Den Bosch	1–1	0–2
MVV	1–2	Cambuur	0–2	1–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Den Bosch	1–2	Willem II	0−0	1–2
Helmond Sport	3–4	VVV-Venlo	1−2	2–2

2011–12_Eredivisie

2011–12 Eredivisie

Teams

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Play-offs

European competition

Semi-finals

Finals

Relegation

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Top goalscorers

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	23	7	4	93	36	+57	76	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Feyenoord	34	21	7	6	70	37	+33	70	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	PSV	34	21	6	7	87	47	+40	69	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	AZ	34	19	8	7	64	35	+29	65
5	Heerenveen	34	18	10	6	79	59	+20	64	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Twente	34	17	9	8	82	46	+36	60	Qualification to European competition play-offs and Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Vitesse Arnhem (O)	34	15	8	11	48	43	+5	53	Qualification to European competition play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	NEC	34	13	6	15	42	45	−3	45
9	RKC Waalwijk	34	13	6	15	40	49	−9	45
10	Roda JC	34	14	2	18	55	70	−15	44
11	Utrecht	34	11	10	13	55	58	−3	43
12	Heracles	34	11	7	16	52	62	−10	40
13	NAC Breda	34	10	8	16	45	54	−9	38
14	Groningen	34	10	7	17	41	61	−20	37
15	ADO Den Haag	34	8	8	18	38	67	−29	32
16	VVV-Venlo (O)	34	9	4	21	42	78	−36	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	De Graafschap (R)	34	6	6	22	36	74	−38	24	Qualification to relegation play-offs
18	Excelsior (R)	34	4	7	23	28	76	−48	19	Relegation to the Eerste Divisie

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NEC	3–4	Vitesse Arnhem	3–2	0–2
RKC Waalwijk	2–1	Twente	1–1	1–0

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bas Dost	Heerenveen	32
2	Luuk de Jong	Twente	25
2	Sanharib Malki	Roda	25
4	Dries Mertens	PSV	21
5	John Guidetti	Feyenoord	20
6	Ola Toivonen	PSV	18
7	Jozy Altidore	AZ Alkmaar	15
8	Tim Matavž	Groningen / PSV	14
9	Siem de Jong	Ajax	13
10	Glynor Plet	Heracles / Twente	12
10	Wilfried Bony	Vitesse Arnhem	12