2016–17 Eredivisie (women)

The 2016–17 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the seventh season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The season took place from 2 September 2016 to 26 May 2017 with eight teams.^[1] Defending champions FC Twente^[2] finished second behind Ajax, who won their first Dutch championship.^[3][4]

Eredivisie Vrouwen

Season	2016–17
Dates	2 September 2016 – 26 May 2017
Champions	Ajax (1st title)
UEFA Women's Champions League	Ajax
Matches played	108
Goals scored	416 (3.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Katja Snoeijs (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Twente 7–0 Achilles '29
Biggest away win	ADO 1–7 Telstar
Highest scoring	Telstar 2–7 Twente Telstar 3–6 Ajax
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

Achilles

ADO

Ajax

Heerenveen

PSV

Telstar

Twente

Zwolle

Location of teams in the Eredivisie 2016–17

On 16 June 2016, Achilles '29 was confirmed as the eighth team of the season.^[5][6][7]

Team	City / Town	Venue(s)	Capacity
Achilles '29	Groesbeek	Sportpark De Heikant	4,500
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
		Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg	1,500
AFC Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	2,000
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Sportpark Skoatterwâld	3,000
		Zuidersportpark (Sneek)	3,150
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
		Sportcomplex De Herdgang	2,500
Telstar	Velsen	Rabobank IJmond Stadion	3,625
		Sportpark De Wending (Heerhugowaard)	1,000
		AFAS Trainingscomplex (Wormerland)	1,000
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
		Sportpark Slangenbeek (Hengelo)	2,000
		FC Twente-trainingscentrum (Hengelo)	1,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	12,500
		Sportpark Ceintuurbaan	3,000

Source: Soccerway^[8]

Format

The league adopted a new split-season format, which was used through the 2020–21 season. In the regular season, the eight teams played each other three times, for a total of 21 matches each. After those matches, the top four teams would qualify for a championship play-off and the bottom four teams would play a placement play-off. Teams played the other teams in their group twice, for a total of 6 matches. Points accumulated in the regular season were halved and added to the points of the play-off stage rounds for the final point total.^[9] At the time, KNVB women's football manager Minke Booij said the new format would strengthen competition and create more top matches.^[10]

The champion qualified to the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax	21	17	3	1	49	11	+38	54	Qualification to Championship play-off
2	Twente	21	13	4	4	62	25	+37	43
3	PSV Eindhoven	21	12	3	6	56	26	+30	39
4	ADO	21	12	3	6	43	35	+8	39
5	Telstar	21	6	4	11	42	52	−10	22	Qualification to Placement play-off
6	Heerenveen	21	5	3	13	32	47	−15	18
7	Achilles '29	21	5	1	15	21	68	−47	16
8	Zwolle	21	2	3	16	24	65	−41	9

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	ADO	AJX	HEE	PSV	TEL	TWE	ZWO	ACH	ADO	AJX	HEE	PSV	TEL	TWE	ZWO
Achilles '29		0–4	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–1	1–2	3–1		0–5		5–0				3–2
ADO Den Haag	4–1		0–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	4–3				2–2	1–0	1–7	0–2
Ajax	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	5–0	6–1	1–0					1–0
Heerenveen	6–0	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–2	1–3	3–4			0–1		1–2	2–3		4–0
PSV/FCE	0–0	3–3	1–2	6–0		5–1	2–5	6–0	5–0		1–0			4–0
Telstar	6–1	1–2	3–6	2–0	1–3		1–3	1–1	1–2		1–1				2–7
Twente	7–1	3–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	7–0			3–0	3–4			2–2
PEC Zwolle	0–2	0–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–4	1–4			2–3	0–5		1–3	4–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Championship

The top four were set after matchday 18. Points from the regular season were halved.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	27	41	2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League
2	Twente	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	22	36
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	0	5	4	8	−4	20	23
4	ADO	6	1	0	5	4	13	−9	20	23

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	PSV	TWE
ADO Den Haag		0–1	2–1	1–2
Ajax	2–1		1–0	1–1
PSV/FCE	2–0	0–2		0–1
Twente	5–0	1–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Placement

The bottom four were set after matchday 18. Points from the regular season were halved.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Telstar	6	5	0	1	19	13	+6	11	26
2	Heerenveen	6	4	0	2	21	13	+8	9	21
3	Achilles '29	6	2	0	4	8	16	−8	8	14
4	Zwolle	6	1	0	5	11	17	−6	5	8

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ACH	HEE	TEL	ZWO
Achilles '29		1–3	3–0	2–1
Heerenveen	5–0		2–5	5–1
Telstar	4–1	4–3		4–3
PEC Zwolle	3–1	2–3	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Overall Rank Player Club Goals 1 Katja Snoeijs Telstar 21 2 Marjolijn van den Bighelaar AFC Ajax 19 Ellen Jansen FC Twente 4 Simone Kets Heerenveen 16 5 Babiche Roof Telstar 15 6 Vanity Lewerissa PSV Eindhoven 13 7 Linda Bakker Telstar 12 8 Jassina Blom Heerenveen 10 Pia Rijsdijk ADO 10 Lineth Beerensteyn FC Twente 9 Desiree van Lunteren AFC Ajax Myrthe Moorrees PSV Eindhoven Jill Roord FC Twente Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl[11]

Regular season Rank Player Club Goals 1 Ellen Jansen FC Twente 17 2 Katja Snoeijs Telstar 16 3 Vanity Lewerissa PSV Eindhoven 13 Marjolijn van den Bighelaar AFC Ajax 5 Pia Rijsdijk ADO 10 Babiche Roof Telstar 7 Linda Bakker Telstar 9 Jill Roord FC Twente Desiree van Lunteren AFC Ajax 10 Lineth Beerensteyn FC Twente 8 Jassina Blom Heerenveen Simone Kets Heerenveen 13 Rebecca Doejaaren Zwolle 7 Myrthe Moorrees PSV Eindhoven Victoria Pelova ADO As of 1 April 2017.[12]

Play-offs

Championship group As of 26 May 2017.[13] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Marjolijn van den Bighelaar AFC Ajax 5 2 Ellen Jansen FC Twente 3 4 Eshley Bakker FC Twente 2 Marthe van Erk ADO

Placement group As of 26 May 2017.[14] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Simone Kets Heerenveen 8 2 Babiche Roof Telstar 5 Katja Snoeijs Telstar 4 Tiny Hoekstra Heerenveen 4 Yvette van Daelen Zwolle 6 Linda Bakker Telstar 3 Fenna Kalma Heerenveen Michelle van der Laan Achilles '29 9 Jassina Blom Heerenveen 2 Esmee de Graaf Zwolle Judith Frijlink Zwolle Elze Huls Heerenveen Cherise Schelts Telstar Sanne van der Velden Telstar