2017–18 Eredivisie

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]

Season2017–18

Dates11 August 2017 – 6 May 2018

ChampionsPSV (24th title)

RelegatedTwente
Sparta Rotterdam
Roda JC

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

Eredivisie

Season	2017–18
Dates	11 August 2017 – 6 May 2018
Champions	PSV (24th title)
Relegated	Twente Sparta Rotterdam Roda JC
Champions League	PSV Ajax
Europa League	AZ Feyenoord Vitesse
Matches	306
Goals	960 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alireza Jahanbakhsh (21 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Vitesse 7–0 Sparta (14 April 2018)
Biggest away win	NAC 0–8 Ajax (18 November 2017)
Highest scoring	Utrecht 1–7 PSV (24 September 2017) NAC 0–8 Ajax (18 November 2017)
Longest winning run	10 matches^[2] PSV
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches^[2] Ajax
Longest winless run	15 matches^[2] Twente
Longest losing run	8 matches^[2] Sparta
Highest attendance	53,320^[3] Ajax 2–0 Feyenoord (21 January 2018)
Lowest attendance	3,704^[3] Excelsior 0–2 VVV Venlo (30 September 2017)
Total attendance	5,818,306^[3]
Average attendance	19,014^[3]
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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Teams

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).

Rotterdam

Rotterdam teams

Excelsior
Feyenoord
Sparta

Locations of the 2017–18 Eredivisie teams

Excelsior

Feyenoord

Sparta

Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs

Stadiums and locations

More information Club, Location ...

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

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Personnel and kits

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

More information Team, Manager ...

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

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

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

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Standings

More information Pos, Team ...

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^[b]
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^[c]
17	Sparta Rotterdam (R)	34	7	6	21	34	75	−41	27	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs^[c]
18	Twente^[d] (R)	34	5	9	20	37	63	−26	24	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

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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:

[a]
Feyenoord qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 KNVB Cup.
[b]
Four teams play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
[c]
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.
[d]
Twente We're put at the bottom of the league at the start of the season and were excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.^[21]

Results

More information Home \ Away, ADO ...

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

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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

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...

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
3	Wout Weghorst	AZ	31	18	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

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

Hat-tricks

More information Round, Player ...

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

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Assists

More information Rank, Player ...

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

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

Discipline

Most yellow cards: 11^[23]
- Thomas Lam (Twente)

Most red cards: 2^[23]
- Adil Auassar (Roda JC)
- Wilfried Kanon (ADO Den Haag)
- Hirving Lozano (PSV)

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...

Month	Player of the Month		Talent of the Month		Reference
Month	Player	Club	Player	Club	Reference
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]

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Play-offs

European competition

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

Semi-finals				Final



ADO Den Haag	2	1	3

Vitesse	5	2	7
				Vitesse	3	2	5

				Utrecht	2	1	3
Heerenveen	4	1	5

Utrecht (a)	3	2	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

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 round				Second round				Third round






				Emmen	4	1	5

				NEC	0	4	4



								Emmen*	0	3	3

								Sparta Rotterdam	0	1	1
FC Dordrecht (p)	1	4	5

Cambuur	4	1	5
				FC Dordrecht	1	2	3

				Sparta Rotterdam	2	2	4






MVV	1	2	3

Almere City	3	3	6
				Almere City	0	2	2

				Roda JC	0	1	1



								Almere City	1	1	2

								De Graafschap*	1	2	3



				Telstar	3	2	5

				De Graafschap	2	4	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.

Attendances

Source:^[44]

More information No., Club ...

No.	Club	Average	Change	Highest
1	AFC Ajax	50,956	2,7%	53,320
2	Feyenoord	45,588	-4,0%	47,500
3	PSV	33,289	-1,3%	35,000
4	FC Twente	25,059	-1,4%	29,300
5	sc Heerenveen	20,379	-8,1%	25,600
6	FC Utrecht	18,971	3,8%	22,111
7	FC Groningen	18,613	-4,8%	22,568
8	NAC Breda	18,404	38,6%	18,969
9	SBV Vitesse	16,099	2,5%	19,876
10	AZ	14,797	-0,4%	17,002
11	PEC Zwolle	13,049	1,0%	13,250
12	Roda JC	12,613	-9,0%	15,383
13	Willem II	12,421	0,0%	14,400
14	ADO Den Haag	11,537	1,7%	14,031
15	Heracles Almelo	10,580	-4,8%	12,080
16	Sparta Rotterdam	10,150	-1,1%	10,606
17	VVV-Venlo	6,805	32,1%	8,000
18	SBV Excelsior	4,160	2,2%	4,400

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2017–18 Eredivisie

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Assists

Discipline

Awards

Monthly awards

Play-offs

European competition

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Attendances

References

External links

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