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Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 5 August 2022 – 28 May 2023 |
Champions | Feyenoord (16th title) |
Relegated | Groningen Cambuur Emmen |
Champions League | Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven |
Europa League | Ajax |
Europa Conference League | AZ FC Twente |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 935 (3.06 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Anastasios Douvikas Xavi Simons (19 goals each) |
Biggest home win | PSV Eindhoven 7–1 Volendam (31 August 2022) Ajax 7–1 Excelsior (16 October 2022) PSV Eindhoven 6–0 Groningen (11 February 2023) Vitesse 6–0 Groningen (21 May 2023) |
Biggest away win | Excelsior 1–6 PSV Eindhoven (28 August 2022) Cambuur 0–5 Ajax (5 February 2023) RKC 0–5 Twente (21 May 2023) Groningen 0–5 Sparta Rotterdam (28 May 2023) |
Highest scoring | AZ 5–5 Utrecht (28 January 2023) |
Longest winning run | 13 matches Feyenoord |
Longest unbeaten run | 26 matches Feyenoord |
Longest winless run | 11 matches Volendam Groningen |
Longest losing run | 9 matches Cambuur |
Total attendance | 5,121,730 |
Average attendance | 16,738 |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → |
The 2022–23 Eredivisie was the 67th season of the Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 5 August 2022 and concluded on 28 May 2023. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on 20 November, the last round before stoppage was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed games on 6 January.[1]
Teams
[edit]FC Emmen (promoted after a one-year absence), FC Volendam (promoted after a thirteen-year absence) and Excelsior (promoted after a three-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie. Willem II (relegated after eight years in the top flight), PEC Zwolle (relegated after ten years in the top flight), and Heracles Almelo (relegated after seventeen years in the top flight) have been relegated to the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie.
Stadiums and locations
[edit]Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | 2021–22 position |
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Ajax | Amsterdam | Johan Cruijff ArenA | 55,865 | 1st |
AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Stadion | 19,478 | 5th |
SC Cambuur | Leeuwarden | Cambuur Stadion | 10,500 | 9th |
FC Emmen | Emmen | De Oude Meerdijk | 8,600 | 1D, 1st |
Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 4,500 | 1D, 6th (Play-off winner) |
Feyenoord | Rotterdam | De Kuip | 47,500 | 3rd |
Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | Fortuna Sittard Stadion | 10,300 | 15th |
Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | De Adelaarshorst | 10,000 | 13th |
FC Groningen | Groningen | Euroborg | 22,550 | 12th |
SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 27,224 | 8th |
NEC | Nijmegen | Goffertstadion | 12,500 | 11th |
PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 36,500 | 2nd |
RKC Waalwijk | Waalwijk | Mandemakers Stadion | 7,500 | 10th |
Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Spartastadion Het Kasteel | 11,000 | 14th |
FC Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 | 4th |
FC Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 | 7th |
Vitesse | Arnhem | GelreDome | 21,248 | 6th |
FC Volendam | Volendam | Kras Stadion | 7,384 | 1D, 2nd |
Number of teams by province
[edit]Personnel and kits
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Ajax | ![]() |
Signed by Manchester United | 15 May 2022 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2022 |
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Signed by SC Heerenveen | 30 June 2022 | ![]() | ||
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End of contract | ![]() | |||
SC Heerenveen | ![]() |
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PSV Eindhoven | ![]() |
End of contract | ![]() | |||
Utrecht | ![]() |
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Fortuna Sittard | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 August 2022 | 17th | ![]() |
22 August 2022 |
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End of interim spell | 9 September 2022 | 18th | ![]() |
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Vitesse | ![]() |
Signed by VfL Bochum | 19 September 2022 | 14th | ![]() |
26 September 2022 |
Cambuur | ![]() |
Resigned for health reasons | 20 October 2022 | 14th | ![]() ![]() |
20 October 2022 |
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End of interim spell | 13 November 2022 | 17th | ![]() |
14 November 2022 | |
Groningen | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 November 2022 | 15th | ![]() |
2 December 2022 |
Utrecht | ![]() |
Resigned | 14 December 2022 | 7th | ![]() |
14 December 2022 |
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End of interim spell | 28 December 2022 | 7th | ![]() |
28 December 2022 | |
Ajax | ![]() |
Sacked | 26 January 2023 | 5th | ![]() |
27 January 2023 |
PSV Eindhoven | ![]() |
Resigned | 24 May 2023 | 2nd | ![]() |
24 May 2023 |
Standings
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Feyenoord (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | +51 | 82 | Champions league group stage |
2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 75 | Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | +48 | 69 | Europa League play-off round |
4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 67 | Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
5 | Twente (O) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 64 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs |
6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 59 | |
7 | Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 54 | |
8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 46 | |
9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 41 | |
10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 40 | |
11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 40 | |
12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 39 | |
13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 36 | |
14 | Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 36 | |
15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 32 | |
16 | Emmen (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 28 | Relegation play-offs |
17 | Cambuur (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | −43 | 19 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
18 | Groningen (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | −44 | 18 |
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off Winner; (R) Relegated
Results
[edit]Fixtures and results
[edit]Results by round
[edit]Play-offs
[edit]All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
European competition play-offs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
5 | Twente | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
8 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Twente | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
6 | Sparta Rotterdam (p) | 2 | 0 | 2 (5) | |||||||||
7 | Utrecht | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) |
Semifinals
[edit]SC Heerenveen | 1–2 | Twente |
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Twente won 6–1 on aggregate.
Utrecht | 1–2 | Sparta Rotterdam |
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2–2 on aggregate. Sparta Rotterdam won 5–4 on penalties.
Final
[edit]Sparta Rotterdam | 1–1 | Twente |
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Twente | 1–0 | Sparta Rotterdam |
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Brenet ![]() |
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Twente won 2–1 on aggregate.
Promotion/relegation play-offs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]First round | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
Emmen | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
NAC Breda | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
MVV Maastricht | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
NAC Breda | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Emmen | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Almere City | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Willem II | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
VVV-Venlo (a.e.t.) | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
VVV-Venlo | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Almere City (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Almere City (a.e.t.) | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Eindhoven | 1 | 1 | 2 |
First round
[edit]Eindhoven | 1–0 | Almere City |
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Almere City | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Eindhoven |
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Almere City won 3–2 on aggregate.
VVV-Venlo won 5–4 on aggregate.
NAC Breda won 5–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals
[edit]VVV-Venlo | 1–1 | Almere City |
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Almere City | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | VVV-Venlo |
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Penalties | ||
2–0 |
2–2 on aggregate. Almere City won 2–0 on penalties.
Emmen won 4–1 on aggregate.
Final
[edit]Almere City | 2–0 | Emmen |
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Emmen | 1–2 | Almere City |
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Almere City won 4–1 on aggregate.
Statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
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1 | ![]() |
Utrecht | 19 |
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PSV Eindhoven | ||
3 | ![]() |
SC Heerenveen | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Feyenoord | 15 |
5 | ![]() |
PSV Eindhoven | 14 |
6 | ![]() |
Ajax | 13 |
7 | ![]() |
Ajax | 12 |
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Twente | ||
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RKC Waalwijk | ||
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AZ | ||
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Groningen |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Rnd | Player | Club | Goals | Date | Home | Score | Away |
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2 | ![]() |
Ajax | 4', 45', 57' | 14 August 2022 | Ajax | 6–1 | Groningen |
3 | ![]() |
SC Heerenveen | 5', 72', 77' | 20 August 2022 | Vitesse | 0–4 | SC Heerenveen |
3 | ![]() |
PSV Eindhoven | 25' (p), 39', 51' | 31 August 2022 | PSV Eindhoven | 7–1 | Volendam |
5 | ![]() |
Utrecht | 71' (p), 77', 86' | 2 September 2022 | Fortuna Sittard | 3–4 | Utrecht |
19 | ![]() |
Utrecht | 12', 16', 65' | 28 January 2023 | AZ | 5–5 | Utrecht |
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AZ | 31', 34', 78' | |||||
30 | ![]() |
Emmen | 47', 75', 90+2' | 22 April 2023 | Heerenveen | 2–3 | Emmen |
33 | ![]() |
Vitesse | 4', 56', 74' | 21 May 2023 | Vitesse | 6–0 | Groningen |
Top assists
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Assists[3] |
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1 | ![]() |
Ajax | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
PSV Eindhoven | 12 |
3 | ![]() |
Volendam | 11 |
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Sparta Rotterdam | ||
5 | ![]() |
Twente | 10 |
6 | ![]() |
Ajax | 9 |
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RKC Waalwijk | ||
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Twente | ||
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NEC | ||
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PSV Eindhoven |
Clean sheets
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[3] |
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1 | ![]() |
Twente | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Feyenoord | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Utrecht | 10 |
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PSV Eindhoven | ||
6 | ![]() |
NEC | 9 |
7 | ![]() |
Go Ahead Eagles | 7 |
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SC Heerenveen | ||
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Fortuna Sittard | ||
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Ajax | ||
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Excelsior |
Discipline
[edit]Player
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 10
- Most red cards: 2
Club
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 60
- Most red cards: 5
- Fewest yellow cards: 41
Awards
[edit]Monthly awards
[edit]References
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- ^ a b c "NOS Sport - Voetbal - Uitslagen". NOS.nl.
- ^ "Dutch Eredivise Stats – Discipline". ohmyfootball.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Eredivisie cards shown". www.turboscores.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Xavi Simons named as Eredivisie Player of the Month August". Eredivisie. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Cody Gakpo named as Eredivisie Player Of The Month for September". Eredivisie. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Cody Gakpo is the Eredivisie Player of the Month for the second month running". Eredivisie. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Taylor Booth named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for November". Eredivisie. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Nick Olij named Eredivisie Player of the Month for January". Eredivisie. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Steven Berghuis named as Eredivisie Player of the Month for February". Eredivisie. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Sparta and AZ dominate Eredivisie team of the month in march". Eredivisie. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Eight club represent the Eredivisie team of the Month April". Eredivisie. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "FC Twente main supplier in May's Eredivisie team of the Month April". Eredivisie. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.