1982–83 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1982–83 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

Eredivisie

Season	1982–83
Champions	AFC Ajax (21st title)
Promoted	Fortuna Sittard SBV Excelsior Helmond Sport
Relegated	FC Twente NAC NEC
European Cup	Ajax
Cup Winners' Cup	NEC
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven Sparta Rotterdam FC Groningen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	965 (3.15 per match)
Average goals/game	3.15
Top goalscorer	Peter Houtman Feyenoord 30 goals [1]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Ajax[a]	34	26	6	2	106	41	+65	58	Qualified for 1983–84 European Cup
2	Feyenoord	34	22	10	2	72	39	+33	54	Qualified for 1983–84 UEFA Cup
3	PSV Eindhoven	34	21	9	4	80	34	+46	51
4	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	13	9	64	52	+12	37
5	FC Groningen	34	11	15	8	67	57	+10	37
6	Roda JC	34	13	9	12	56	52	+4	35
7	HFC Haarlem	34	13	9	12	49	53	−4	35
8	Fortuna Sittard	34	11	11	12	41	48	−7	33
9	SBV Excelsior	34	13	6	15	44	47	−3	32
10	FC Utrecht	34	11	9	14	51	57	−6	31
11	AZ '67	34	11	8	15	49	40	+9	30
12	Go Ahead Eagles	34	9	11	14	44	59	−15	29
13	PEC Zwolle	34	10	7	17	40	58	−18	27
14	Willem II	34	9	8	17	49	62	−13	26
15	Helmond Sport	34	8	10	16	44	70	−26	26
16	FC Twente	34	7	11	16	36	60	−24	25	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
17	NAC	34	6	12	16	39	75	−36	24
18	NEC[a]	34	4	14	16	34	61	−27	22	European Cup Winners' Cup and relegated to Eerste Divisie

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. AFC Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the European Cup, so runners-up NEC qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	EXC	FEY	FSI	GAE	GRO	HFC	HSP	NAC	NEC	PEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	WIL
Ajax		2–0	2–1	3–3	6–5	4–1	5–5	6–1	5–0	4–1	5–0	3–0	3–3	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	8–2
AZ '67	2–3		3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	3–3	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	3–1	3–0
Excelsior	0–3	1–4		2–3	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–3
Feyenoord	2–2	3–2	1–0		4–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	6–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–1	3–2
Fortuna Sittard	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	2–1
Go Ahead Eagles	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2		3–1	2–3	3–0	0–0	5–1	2–1	2–4	1–4	1–3	3–3	4–0	1–1
FC Groningen	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	6–0		2–2	4–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	6–1	2–1	4–3
FC Haarlem	0–2	3–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–2	3–2	2–0	5–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–0
Helmond Sport	1–4	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0		6–1	1–0	2–2	2–5	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
NAC	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–2		1–1	0–2	1–5	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2
N.E.C.	0–4	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–3	2–3	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–2
PEC Zwolle '82	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0		0–2	5–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–3
PSV	4–0	1–0	4–3	1–3	3–1	5–0	6–0	2–1	3–1	8–1	2–0	0–1		1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0
Roda JC	1–2	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2		1–1	3–1	3–3	1–0
Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–3	5–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		2–3	2–1	3–0
FC Twente	1–2	0–6	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–3	1–1		0–0	0–0
FC Utrecht	0–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–3	0–1	3–2	0–3	3–2		2–0
Willem II	0–3	0–3	3–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	4–3	4–0	3–1	4–0	5–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1982–83 Eerste Divisie
• 1982–83 KNVB Cup

References

1. EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

• Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)
• RSSSF