Eredivisie_2008–09

Eredivisie
Season	2008–09
Dates	29 August 2008 – 10 May 2009
Champions	AZ (2nd title)
Relegated	FC Volendam; De Graafschap
Champions League	AZ (group stage); FC Twente (third qualifying round)
Europa League	SC Heerenveen (play-off round; via KNVB Cup); Ajax (play-off round); PSV (third qualifying round); NAC Breda (second qualifying round; via playoff)
Goals scored	870
Average goals/game	2.84
Top goalscorer	Mounir El Hamdaoui (23)
Biggest home win	Ajax 7-0 Willem II (12 April 2009)
Biggest away win	De Graafschap 0-6 Ajax (21 December 2008)
Highest scoring	PSV 6-2 Ajax (19 April 2009); Volendam 3-5 PSV (8 February 2009); Twente 6-2 Sparta (6 December 2008)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Eredivisie

53rd season of the Eredivisie

The 2008–09 Eredivisie was the 53rd season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse Arnhem and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009. A total of 18 teams take 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 FC Volendam, and play-off winners ADO Den Haag. AZ clinched their second title, their first coming in 1981.

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Location of teams in the Eredivisie 2008–09

Results

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Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	AZ	FEY	GRA	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL	WIL
ADO Den Haag		1–1	3–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–1
Ajax	3–0		1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	7–0
AZ	4–1	2–0		0–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	6–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–1
Feyenoord	3–1	2–2	0–1		1–3	0–0	2–2	5–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	5–2	2–2	5–0	1–1
De Graafschap	2–0	0–6	0–2	0–2		0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	3–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0
Groningen	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–0		2–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–4	2–0	2–3	5–0	0–0
Heerenveen	2–2	5–2	3–3	3–1	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	5–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–0	3–1
Heracles	3–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0
NAC Breda	0–4	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–2	3–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3
NEC	0–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3		1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	6–1	0–0
PSV Eindhoven	6–0	6–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	4–2	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–1		2–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Roda JC	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–4	3–1	2–5	2–2	3–1	0–3	3–0	1–1		0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1
Sparta Rotterdam	2–5	4–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–2	2–2		1–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–1
Twente	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	6–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	6–2		0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Utrecht	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–5	3–1	3–3	3–0		4–0	0–0	1–0
Vitesse Arnhem	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	6–1		3–1	2–2
Volendam	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	2–4	1–1	3–5	3–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0		2–2
Willem II	3–3	2–1	2–5	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	0–3	2–0	1–2	0–3	2–1	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2

Source: Eredivisie.nl (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Club	Location	Manager	Previous managers during 2008–09 season	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Raymond Atteveld	André Wetzel	Hummel	Fit For Free
Ajax	Amsterdam	John van 't Schip	Marco van Basten	Adidas	Aegon
AZ	Alkmaar	Louis van Gaal		Canterbury of New Zealand	DSB Bank
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Leon Vlemmings	Gertjan Verbeek	Kappa	Fortis
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Darije Kalezić	Henk van Stee	kwd	Centric
FC Groningen	Groningen	Ron Jans		Klupp	Noord Lease
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Trond Sollied		Jako	Univé
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Gert Heerkes		Jako	Koninklijke Ten Cate
NAC Breda	Breda	Robert Maaskant		Klupp	Sunweb
N.E.C.	Nijmegen	Mario Been		Nike	Curaçao
PSV	Eindhoven	Dwight Lodeweges	Huub Stevens	Nike	Philips
Roda JC	Kerkrade	/ Harm van Veldhoven	Martin Koopman, Raymond Atteveld	Diadora	Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Foeke Booy		Patrick	Graydon
FC Twente	Enschede	Steve McClaren		Diadora	Arke
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Ton du Chatinier	Willem van Hanegem	Puma	Phanos
Vitesse Arnhem	Arnhem	Theo Bos	Hans Westerhof	Legea	AFAB
FC Volendam	Volendam	Frans Adelaar		Jako	Café Bar
Willem II	Tilburg	Alfons Groenendijk	Andries Jonker	Masita	Destil

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AZ (C)	34	25	5	4	66	22	+44	80	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Twente	34	20	9	5	62	31	+31	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Ajax	34	21	5	8	74	41	+33	68	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	PSV	34	19	8	7	71	33	+38	65	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Heerenveen	34	17	9	8	66	57	+9	60	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Groningen	34	17	5	12	53	36	+17	56	Qualification to European competition play-offs
7	Feyenoord	34	12	9	13	54	46	+8	45
8	NAC Breda (O)	34	13	6	15	44	54	−10	45
9	Utrecht	34	11	11	12	41	44	−3	44
10	Vitesse Arnhem	34	11	10	13	41	48	−7	43
11	NEC	34	9	15	10	41	40	+1	42
12	Willem II	34	10	7	17	35	58	−23	37
13	Sparta Rotterdam	34	9	8	17	46	66	−20	35
14	ADO Den Haag	34	8	8	18	41	58	−17	32
15	Heracles	34	7	11	16	35	53	−18	32
16	Roda JC	34	7	9	18	38	58	−20	30	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	De Graafschap (R)	34	7	9	18	24	58	−34	30	Qualification to relegation play-offs
18	Volendam (R)	34	7	8	19	38	67	−29	29	Relegation to the Eerste Divisie

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mounir El Hamdaoui	AZ	23
2	Luis Suárez	Ajax	22
3	Marcus Berg	Groningen	17
4	Roy Makaay	Feyenoord	16
	Danijel Pranjić	Heerenveen
	Blaise N'Kufo	Twente
7	Frank Demouge	Willem II	14
8	Ibrahim Afellay	PSV	13
9	Matthew Amoah	NAC Breda	12
9	Marko Arnautović	Twente	12
Total:			870
Games:			306
Average:			2.84

Team 1	Pts	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Utrecht	3–7	Groningen	3–3	0–4	not played
NAC Breda	7–2	Feyenoord	3–2	4–0	not played

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telstar	0–1	MVV	0–0	0–1
TOP Oss	0–3	Dordrecht	0–2	0–1

Eredivisie_2008–09

2008–09 Eredivisie

Overview

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Play-offs

European competition (best of 3)

Semi-finals

Final

Relegation

Round 1

Round 2 (best of 3)

Round 3 (best of 3)

Facts and statistics

Television rights

See also

References

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Team 1	Pts	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
MVV	1–4	De Graafschap	2–3	2–2	not played
Excelsior	1–4	RKC Waalwijk	1–2	1–1	not played
FC Zwolle	3–6	Cambuur	2–1	1–3	0–2
Dordrecht	1–4	Roda JC	1–1	0–1	not played

Team 1	Pts	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
RKC Waalwijk	6–3	De Graafschap	2–0	1–2	1–0
Cambuur	3–3 (p. 1–3)	Roda JC	0–0	1–1	2–2 (aet)