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2017–18 Eredivisie

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2017–18 Eredivisie (women).

The 2017–18 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month. Feyenoord were the defending champions from the previous season.[4] On 15 April 2018, PSV became champions for the 24th time after defeating their closest rival Ajax 3–0 at the Philips Stadion.[5]

Eredivisie
Season2017–18
Dates11 August 2017 – 6 May 2018
ChampionsPSV (24th title)
RelegatedTwente
Sparta Rotterdam
Roda JC
Champions LeaguePSV
Ajax
Europa LeagueAZ
Feyenoord
Vitesse
Matches played306
Goals scored960 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerAlireza Jahanbakhsh
(21 goals)[1]
Biggest home winVitesse 7–0 Sparta
(14 April 2018)
Biggest away winNAC 0–8 Ajax
(18 November 2017)
Highest scoringUtrecht 1–7 PSV
(24 September 2017)
NAC 0–8 Ajax
(18 November 2017)
Longest winning run10 matches[2]
PSV
Longest unbeaten run14 matches[2]
Ajax
Longest winless run15 matches[2]
Twente
Longest losing run8 matches[2]
Sparta
Highest attendance53,320[3]
Ajax 2–0 Feyenoord
(21 January 2018)
Lowest attendance3,704[3]
Excelsior 0–2 VVV Venlo
(30 September 2017)
Total attendance5,818,306[3]
Average attendance19,014[3]

Teams

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A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2016–17 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (Roda JC and NAC Breda) and the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions (VVV-Venlo).

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Locations of the 2017–18 Eredivisie teams
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Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs

Stadiums and locations

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Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Cars Jeans Stadion 15,000
Ajax Amsterdam Johan Cruyff Arena 54,033
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023
Excelsior Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 4,500
Feyenoord Rotterdam De Kuip 51,177
Groningen Groningen Noordlease Stadion 22,550
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100
Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 12,080
NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion 12,500
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 36,500
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel 11,026
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750
Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,500
VVV-Venlo Venlo Seacon Stadion – De Koel 8,000
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,500

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag   Alfons Groenendijk   Aaron Meijers Erreà Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax   Erik ten Hag   Joël Veltman Adidas Ziggo
AZ   John van den Brom   Ron Vlaar Under Armour AFAS Software
Excelsior   Mitchell van der Gaag   Ryan Koolwijk Quick DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord   Giovanni van Bronckhorst   Karim El Ahmadi Adidas Qurrent
Groningen   Ernest Faber   Sergio Padt Puma Essent
Heerenveen   Jurgen Streppel   Stijn Schaars Jako GroenLeven
Heracles   John Stegeman   Joey Pelupessy Acerbis Asito
NAC Breda   Stijn Vreven   Pablo Marí Legea CM Payments
PEC Zwolle   John van 't Schip   Bram van Polen Craft Molecaten
PSV   Phillip Cocu   Marco van Ginkel Umbro Energiedirect.nl
Roda JC   Robert Molenaar   Ard van Peppen Masita MASCOT Workwear
Sparta Rotterdam   Dick Advocaat   Michel Breuer Robey Axidus
Twente     Marino Pusic   Stefan Thesker Sondico Pure Energie
Utrecht   Jean-Paul de Jong   Willem Janssen Hummel Zorg van de zaak
Vitesse   Edward Sturing   Guram Kashia Macron Truphone
VVV-Venlo   Maurice Steijn   Danny Post Masita Seacon Logistics
Willem II   Reinier Robbemond   Jordens Peters Robey Tricorp

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
PEC Zwolle   Ron Jans End of contract 1 July 2017[6] Pre-season   John van 't Schip 1 July 2017[7]
Roda JC Kerkrade   Rick Plum End of interim spell 1 July 2017[8]   Robert Molenaar 1 July 2017[9]
Ajax   Peter Bosz Signed by Borussia Dortmund 1 July 2017[10]   Marcel Keizer 1 July 2017
Twente   René Hake Sacked 18 October 2017 [11] 15th   Gertjan Verbeek 30 October 2017[12]
Sparta Rotterdam   Alex Pastoor Sacked 17 December 2017 [13] 17th   Dick Advocaat 25 December 2017[14]
Ajax   Marcel Keizer Sacked 21 December 2017[15] 2nd   Erik ten Hag 1 January 2018
FC Utrecht   Erik ten Hag Signed by Ajax 1 January 2018[16] 6th   Jean-Paul de Jong 4 January 2018
Willem II   Erwin van de Looi Resigned 8 March 2018[17] 15th   Reinier Robbemond (caretaker) 8 March 2018[18]
FC Twente   Gertjan Verbeek Sacked 26 March 2018[19] 18th     Marino Pusic 26 March 2018
Vitesse   Henk Fraser Sacked 11 April 2018[20] 7th   Edward Sturing 11 April 2018

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV Eindhoven (C) 34 26 5 3 87 39 +48 83 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
2 Ajax 34 25 4 5 89 33 +56 79 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 AZ 34 22 5 7 72 38 +34 71 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Feyenoord 34 20 6 8 76 39 +37 66 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5 Utrecht 34 14 12 8 58 53 +5 54 Qualification to European competition play-offs
6 Vitesse (O) 34 13 10 11 63 47 +16 49
7 ADO Den Haag 34 13 8 13 45 53 −8 47
8 Heerenveen 34 12 10 12 48 53 −5 46
9 PEC Zwolle 34 12 8 14 42 54 −12 44
10 Heracles Almelo 34 11 9 14 50 64 −14 42
11 Excelsior 34 11 7 16 41 56 −15 40
12 Groningen 34 8 14 12 50 50 0 38
13 Willem II 34 10 7 17 50 63 −13 37
14 NAC Breda 34 9 7 18 41 57 −16 34
15 VVV-Venlo 34 7 13 14 35 54 −19 34
16 Roda JC Kerkrade (R) 34 8 6 20 42 69 −27 30 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs[b]
17 Sparta Rotterdam (R) 34 7 6 21 34 75 −41 27
18 Twente[c] (R) 34 5 9 20 37 63 −26 24 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: eredivisie.nl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.
  2. ^ Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2018–19 Eredivisie. The remaining eight teams play in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
  3. ^ Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.[21]

Results

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Home \ Away ADO AJA AZ EXC FEY GRO HEE HER NAC PEC PSV RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT VVV WIL
ADO Den Haag 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 4–1 0–2 4–0 3–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1
Ajax 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 3–1
AZ 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–4 3–2 3–1 5–0 2–1 6–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–3 0–0 3–2
Excelsior 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–1
Feyenoord 3–1 1–4 2–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 5–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 5–0
Groningen 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 0–1
Heerenveen 2–0 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–4 2–2 2–0
Heracles Almelo 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 2–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0
NAC Breda 0–1 0–8 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 6–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–2
PEC Zwolle 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1
PSV Eindhoven 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 5–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–0
Roda JC Kerkrade 2–3 2–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–3 0–1 1–3
Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 2–5 0–2 2–3 0–7 2–1 0–0 2–5 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–0
Twente 2–3 3–3 0–4 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–2
Utrecht 3–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–7 2–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 1–0 2–0
Vitesse 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–4 0–3 7–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
VVV-Venlo 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–5 1–4 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–3
Willem II 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–3 5–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–2 3–0
Source: eredivisie.nl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Games Goals Penalties Average
1   Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ 33 21 4 0.64
2   Bjørn Maars Johnsen ADO Den Haag 34 19 0 0.56
3   Steven Berghuis Feyenoord 31 18 0 0.58
  Wout Weghorst AZ 31 2 0.58
5   Hirving Lozano PSV Eindhoven 29 17 0 0.59
6   Fran Sol Willem II 32 16 2 0.5
7   Bryan Linssen Vitesse 33 15 0 0.45
8   Marco van Ginkel PSV Eindhoven 28 14 9 0.5
  Tim Matavž Vitesse 30 2 0.47
  David Neres Ajax 32 0 0.44

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018.
Source: nos.nl (reliable) (in Dutch), Soccerway (unreliable)

Hat-tricks

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Round Player Club Goals Date Home Score Away
6   Jürgen Locadia PSV Eindhoven 15', 49', 68', 85' (p) 24 September 2017 Utrecht 1–7 Archived 2020-11-23 at the Wayback Machine PSV Eindhoven
12   Donny van de Beek Ajax 18', 27', 75' 18 November 2017 NAC Breda 0–8 Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine Ajax
13   Bartholomew Ogbeche Willem II 62', 74', 90+2' 25 November 2017 VVV-Venlo 3–3 Archived 2020-11-24 at the Wayback Machine Willem II
13   Justin Kluivert Ajax 45', 60', 85' 26 November 2017 Ajax 5–1 Archived 2020-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Roda JC Kerkrade
18   Lennart Thy VVV-Venlo 17', 54', 76' 24 December 2017 VVV-Venlo 3–1 Archived 2020-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Heracles Almelo
21   Luuk de Jong PSV Eindhoven 45+3', 65', 72' 3 February 2018 PSV Eindhoven 4–0 Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine PEC Zwolle
27   Fran Sol Willem II 59', 70' (p), 90' (p) 10 March 2018 Willem II 5–0 Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine PSV Eindhoven
32   Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ 12', 45+2', 53' 18 April 2018 AZ 4–3 Archived 2020-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Vitesse
34   Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ 13', 52', 88' 6 May 2018 AZ 6–0 Archived 2020-11-22 at the Wayback Machine PEC Zwolle

Assists

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Rank Player Club Games Assists Average
1   Hakim Ziyech Ajax 34 15 0.44
2   Brandley Kuwas Heracles Almelo 30 13 0.43
3   Steven Berghuis Feyenoord 31 12 0.39
  David Neres Ajax 32 0.38
  Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ 33 0.36
6   Abdenasser El Khayati ADO Den Haag 32 11 0.34
7   Jens Toornstra Feyenoord 32 10 0.31
8   Hirving Lozano PSV Eindhoven 29 9 0.31
9   Zakaria Labyad Utrecht 29 8 0.28
  Mason Mount Vitesse 29 0.28
  Steven Bergwijn PSV Eindhoven 32 0.25

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018.
Source: nos.nl (reliable) (in Dutch), Soccerway (unreliable)

Discipline

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Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month Talent of the Month Reference
Player Club Player Club
August   Hirving Lozano PSV   Denzel Dumfries Heerenveen [24][25]
September   Steven Berghuis Feyenoord   Angeliño NAC Breda [26][27]
October   Gastón Pereiro PSV   David Neres Ajax [28][29][30]
November   Zakaria Labyad Utrecht   Donny van de Beek Ajax [31][32][33]
December   Steven Berghuis Feyenoord   Angeliño NAC Breda [34][35][36]
January   Jonas Svensson AZ   Mason Mount Vitesse [37][38]
February   Steven Bergwijn PSV   Angeliño NAC Breda [39][40]
March   Santiago Arias PSV   Kostas Tsimikas Willem II [41]
April   David Neres Ajax   Angeliño NAC Breda [42][43]

Play-offs

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European competition

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Four teams will play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
ADO Den Haag 213
 
 
 
Vitesse 52 7
 
Vitesse 325
 
 
 
Utrecht 21 3
 
Heerenveen 4 15
 
 
Utrecht (a) 32 5
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, will play for two spots in the 2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams will play in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.

 
First roundSecond roundThird round
 
                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emmen 41 5
 
 
NEC 04 4
 
 
 
 
 
Emmen* 03 3
 
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam 01 1
 
FC Dordrecht (p) 1 4 5
 
 
 
Cambuur 4 1 5
 
FC Dordrecht 12 3
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam 22 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MVV 1 2 3
 
 
 
Almere City 3 3 6
 
Almere City 02 2
 
 
Roda JC 01 1
 
 
 
 
 
Almere City 11 2
 
 
De Graafschap* 12 3
 
 
 
 
 
Telstar32 5
 
 
De Graafschap 24 6
 
 
 
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

References

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