2022–23 Eredivisie (women)

This article is about the women's competition. For the men's competition, see 2022–23 Eredivisie.

The 2022–23 Eredivisie Vrouwen is the thirteenth season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. Ajax won the league title, its third. The season saw Fortuna Sittard and Telstar enter the league, which grew to 11 teams.

Eredivisie Vrouwen

Season	2022–23
Dates	16 September 2022 – 7 May 2023
Champions	Ajax
Women's Champions League	Ajax Twente
Matches played	110
Goals scored	388 (3.53 per match)
Best Player	Fenna Kalma
Top goalscorer	Fenna Kalma (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Twente 9–0 Excelsior (20 November 2022)
Biggest away win	Heerenveen 0–9 Twente (16 October 2022)
Longest winning run	14 - Twente
Longest unbeaten run	14 - Twente
Longest winless run	14 - Excelsior
Longest losing run	11 - Excelsior
Total attendance	104,954[1]
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Twente's Fenna Kalma repeated as the top goal scorer and Player of the Year. Esmee Brugts of PSV was named the Talent of the Year.^[2][3]

Format

Each team played all other teams twice over 22 rounds, with one team having a bye each round due to the odd number of teams in the league.^[4]

Teams

ADO

Ajax

Alkmaar

Excelsior

Feyenoord

Fortuna

Heerenveen

PSV

Telstar

Twente

PEC

Location of teams in the Eredivisie Vrouwen 2022–23

Fortuna Sittard and Telstar joined the league, expanding it to 11 teams. Fortuna joined the league for the first time, while Telstar returned after last playing in the 2016–17 season.^[5][6]

Team	City / Town	Venue(s)	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	Den Haag	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
AFC Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	05,000
VV Alkmaar	Alkmaar	Sportpark AFC '34 [nl]	02,500
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	04,500
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Sportcomplex Varkenoord	02,500
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Fortuna Sittard Stadion	12,500
sc Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Sportpark Skoatterwâld [nl]	03,000
		Sportcomplex Nieuwehorne (Nieuwehorne)	01,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	14,000
		Sportpark De Vegtlust [nl]	03,000
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	035,119
		Sportcomplex De Herdgang	02,500
Telstar	Velsen	BUKO Stadion (Velsen)	05,200
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205
		Sportpark Het Diekman	04,000

Source: Soccerway,^[7] Football Reference^[8]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ajax (C)	20	18	1	1	67	15	+52	55	UEFA Champions League first qualifying round
2	Twente	20	18	0	2	81	6	+75	54
3	Fortuna Sittard	20	11	3	6	49	27	+22	36
4	PSV	20	11	2	7	36	23	+13	35
5	ADO Den Haag	20	10	2	8	42	21	+21	32
6	PEC Zwolle	20	7	5	8	26	37	−11	26
7	Feyenoord	20	6	6	8	18	24	−6	24
8	Heerenveen	20	7	1	12	24	56	−32	22
9	Alkmaar	20	3	3	14	11	55	−44	12
10	Telstar	20	3	3	14	18	65	−47	12
11	Excelsior	20	2	2	16	14	57	−43	8

Source: Soccerway^[9]
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 otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[10]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	ALK	EXC	FEY	FOR	HEE	PEC	PSV	TEL	TWE
ADO Den Haag		0–3	5–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	0–1
Ajax	3–2		5–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	7–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Alkmaar	0–3	1–6		1–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–5
Excelsior	0–6	0–3	1–2		1–0	0–5	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–3
Feyenoord	1–0	0–4	3–0	2–1		0–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1
Fortuna Sittard	3–0	1–2	4–0	3–1	0–1		5–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–1
Heerenveen	0–5	2–5	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–3		1–2	0–2	4–1	0–9
PEC Zwolle	0–3	1–6	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–5	2–0		4–0	1–0	0–2
PSV	1–1	1–2	4–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	4–0		6–1	0–3
Telstar	1–4	2–7	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–7	0–4	0–4	2–0		0–4
Twente	2–0	3–1	5–0	9–0	2–1	6–0	7–0	6–0	3–1	9–0

Source: Soccerway^[11]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 May 2023^[12]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fenna Kalma	Twente	30
2	Tessa Wullaert	Fortuna Sittard	20
3	Romée Leuchter	Ajax	18
4	Tiny Hoekstra	Ajax	14
5	Liz Rijsbergen	ADO Den Haag	11
6	Janneke Ennema [nl]	sc Heerenveen	10
	Jaimy Ravensbergen	ADO Den Haag
8	Elena Dhont	Twente	8
	Esmee Brugts	PSV
10	Renate Jansen	Twente	7
	Evi Maatman [nl]	PEC Zwolle

References

1. "Dutch Vrouwen Eredivisie Performance Stats - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
2. "Hall of Fame 2022/23". Eredivisie. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
3. "Orkun Kökcü, Fenna Kalma, Xavi Simons and Esmee Brugts are the big winners of the Eredivisie Awards". Eredivisie. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
4. "Competitieprogramma Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie 2022-2023 definitief" [Competition program Azerion Women Eredivisie 2022-2023 final] (in Dutch). Vrouwen Eredivisie. 11 August 2022.
5. "Fortuna Sittard en Telstar treden toe tot Eredivisie Vrouwen" [Fortuna Sittard and Telstar join Eredivisie Women]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 25 January 2022.
6. Lamberts, Marc (27 February 2022). "Eredivisie: Fortuna Sittard and Telstar added to Dutch 2022/23 roster". Her Football Hub.
7. "Eredivisie Women 2022/2023 - Venues". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
8. "2022-2023 Eredivisie Vrouwen Scores & Fixtures". Retrieved 23 September 2024.
9. "Eredivisie Women 2022/2023 - Tables". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
10. "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2021-22" [Regulations professional football] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
11. "Eredivisie vrouwen 2022/2023 - Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
12. "Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie 2022/2023 live scores, results, Football Netherlands". Flashscore.

External links

• Official website
• Season on Soccerway