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The 2018–19 Eredivisie was the 63rd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019; the Europa League and relegation play-offs will take place later that month. PSV were the defending champions. Emmen, De Graafschap and Fortuna Sittard joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie. They replaced Sparta Rotterdam, Twente and Roda JC who were relegated to the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 10 August 2018 – 15 May 2019 |
Champions | Ajax (34th title) |
Relegated | NAC Breda De Graafschap Excelsior |
Champions League | Ajax PSV Eindhoven |
Europa League | Feyenoord AZ FC Utrecht |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 1,061 (3.47 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Luuk de Jong Dušan Tadić (28 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Ajax 8–0 De Graafschap (16 December 2018) |
Biggest away win | ADO Den Haag 0–7 PSV Eindhoven (15 September 2018) |
Highest scoring | Heracles Almelo 4–5 Excelsior (12 May 2019) |
Longest winning run | 13 matches PSV Eindhoven |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches PSV Eindhoven |
Longest winless run | 10 matches Excelsior NAC Breda |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Excelsior |
Highest attendance | 53,720 |
Lowest attendance | 3,811 |
Total attendance | 5,509,186 |
Average attendance | 18,004 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2017–18 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (FC Emmen and De Graafschap) and the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie runners-up (Fortuna Sittard). FC Emmen will play in the Eredivisie for the first time in their history.
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 |
Ajax | Amsterdam | Johan Cruyff Arena | 54,990 |
AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Stadion | 17,023 |
De Graafschap | Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12,600 |
Emmen | Emmen | De Oude Meerdijk | 8,600 |
Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 4,500 |
Feyenoord | Rotterdam | De Kuip | 51,177 |
Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | Fortuna Sittard Stadion | 10,300 |
Groningen | Groningen | Noordlease Stadion | 22,550 |
Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 27,224 |
Heracles Almelo | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 12,080 |
NAC Breda | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,000 |
PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | MAC³PARK Stadion | 14,000 |
PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 36,500 |
Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 |
Vitesse | Arnhem | GelreDome | 21,248 |
VVV-Venlo | Venlo | Seacon Stadion – De Koel | 8,000 |
Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,500 |
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 | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Excelsior | Mitchell van der Gaag | End of contract | 1 July 2018[1] | Pre-season | Adrie Poldervaart | 1 July 2018[2] |
Fortuna Sittard | Cláudio Braga | End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | René Eijer | 1 July 2018 | |
Groningen | Ernest Faber | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | Danny Buijs | 1 July 2018 | |
Heerenveen | Jurgen Streppel | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | Jan Olde Riekerink | 1 July 2018 | |
Heracles Almelo | John Stegeman | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | Frank Wormuth | 1 July 2018 | |
NAC Breda | Stijn Vreven | End of contract | 1 July 2018 | Mitchell van der Gaag | 1 July 2018 | |
PSV | Phillip Cocu | Signed by Fenerbahçe | 1 July 2018 | Mark van Bommel | 1 July 2018 | |
Vitesse | Edward Sturing | End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | Leonid Slutsky | 1 July 2018 | |
Willem II | Reinier Robbemond | End of interim spell | 1 July 2018 | Adrie Koster | 1 July 2018 | |
FC Utrecht | Jean-Paul de Jong | Sacked | 4 September 2018 | 11th | Dick Advocaat | 12 September 2018 |
PEC Zwolle | John van 't Schip | Sacked | 19 December 2018 | 15th | Jaap Stam | 28 December 2018 |
NAC Breda | Mitchell van der Gaag | Resigned | 18 March 2019 | 18th | Ruud Brood | 25 March 2019 |
Excelsior | Adrie Poldervaart | Resigned | 4 April 2019 [3] | 15th | André Hoekstra | 4 April 2019 |
Heerenveen | Jan Olde Riekerink | Sacked | 10 April 2019 [4] | 10th | Johnny Jansen (caretaker) | 10 April 2019 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 32 | +87 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
4 | AZ | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Vitesse | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 53 | Qualification for the European competition play-offs[lower-alpha 2] |
6 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | |
7 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 48 | |
8 | Groningen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 45 | |
9 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 45 | |
10 | Willem II | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 72 | −14 | 44 | |
11 | Heerenveen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 64 | 73 | −9 | 41 | |
12 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 41 | |
13 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 39 | |
14 | Emmen | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 72 | −31 | 38 | |
15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 34 | |
16 | Excelsior (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 33 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs[lower-alpha 3] |
17 | De Graafschap (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 29 | |
18 | NAC Breda (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 74 | −45 | 23 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AZ | EMM | EXC | FEY | FOR | GRA | GRO | HEE | HER | NAC | PEC | PSV | UTR | VIT | VVV | WIL |
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ADO Den Haag | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–7 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–2 | |
Ajax | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | |
AZ | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
Emmen | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Excelsior | 2–4 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Feyenoord | 0–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | |
Fortuna Sittard | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | |
De Graafschap | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Groningen | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
Heerenveen | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
Heracles Almelo | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | |
NAC Breda | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
PEC Zwolle | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | |
PSV Eindhoven | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | |
Utrecht | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
Vitesse | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
VVV-Venlo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
Willem II | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Average |
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1 | Luuk de Jong | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0.82 |
Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 34 | 11 | 0.82 | ||
3 | Adrián Dalmau | Heracles Almelo | 31 | 19 | 0 | 0.61 |
4 | Hirving Lozano | PSV Eindhoven | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0.57 |
Abdenasser El Khayati | ADO Den Haag | 33 | 6 | 0.52 | ||
6 | Robin van Persie | Feyenoord | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0.64 |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Ajax | 28 | 1 | 0.57 | ||
Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | 29 | 0 | 0.55 | ||
Sam Lammers | Heerenveen | 31 | 5 | 0.52 | ||
Michel Vlap | Heerenveen | 34 | 0 | 0.47 |
Source: nos.nl[6]
Rank | Player | Club | Games | Assists | Average |
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1 | Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | 29 | 13 | 0.45 |
Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 34 | 0.38 | ||
3 | Steven Berghuis | Feyenoord | 33 | 12 | 0.36 |
Steven Bergwijn | PSV Eindhoven | 33 | 0.36 | ||
Abdenasser El Khayati | ADO Den Haag | 33 | 0.36 | ||
6 | Martin Ødegaard | Vitesse | 31 | 10 | 0.32 |
Brandley Kuwas | Heracles Almelo | 33 | 0.3 | ||
Donny van de Beek | Ajax | 34 | 0.29 | ||
9 | Arbër Zeneli | Heerenveen | 17 | 9 | 0.53 |
Angeliño | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 0.26 |
Source: nos.nl[7]
Player with the most yellow cards: 11[8]
Players with the most red cards: 2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2019.
Month | Player of the Month | Talent of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Robin van Persie | Feyenoord | Steven Bergwijn | PSV | [9] |
September | Kristoffer Peterson | Heracles | Angeliño | PSV | [10] |
October | Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | Michel Vlap | Heerenveen | [11] |
November | Nicolás Tagliafico | Ajax | Noussair Mazraoui | Ajax | [12] |
December | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | Steven Bergwijn | PSV | [13] |
January | Patrick Joosten | VVV-Venlo | Sam Lammers | Heerenveen | [14] |
February | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | Lazaros Lamprou | Fortuna Sittard | [15] |
March | Dušan Tadić | Ajax | Alexander Isak | Willem II | [16] |
April | Martin Ødegaard | Vitesse | Tyrell Malacia | Feyenoord | [17] |
May | Elías Már Ómarsson | Excelsior | Martin Ødegaard | Vitesse | [18] |
Award | Player | Club | Ref. |
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Player of the Season | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | [19] |
Talent of the Season | Angeliño | PSV |
Team of the Season[19] | |||||
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Goalkeeper | André Onana (Ajax) | ||||
Defence | Denzel Dumfries (PSV) | Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax) | Daley Blind (Ajax) | Angeliño (PSV) | |
Midfield | Martin Ødegaard (Vitesse) | Lasse Schöne (Ajax) | Frenkie de Jong (Ajax) | ||
Attack | Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) | Luuk de Jong (PSV) | Dušan Tadić (Ajax) | ||
Bench | Marco Bizot (AZ) Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax) Nick Viergever (PSV) Abdenasser El Khayati (ADO Den Haag) Thulani Serero (Vitesse) Younes Namli (PEC Zwolle) Adrián Dalmau (Heracles) Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) Steven Bergwijn (PSV) |
Four teams played for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
Heracles Almelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
FC Utrecht | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
FC Utrecht* | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Vitesse | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
FC Groningen | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Vitesse | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
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.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.
First round | Second round | Third round | ||||||||||||||
NEC | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Excelsior | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
RKC Waalwijk* | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
FC Den Bosch | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
TOP Oss | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Sparta Rotterdam* | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
De Graafschap | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
SC Cambuur | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Almere City | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
SC Cambuur | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
De Graafschap | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
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.
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