2022–23 Eredivisie
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 5 August 2022 – 28 May 2023 |
Champions | Feyenoord (16th title) |
Relegated | Emmen Cambuur Groningen |
Champions League | Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven |
Europa League | Ajax |
Europa Conference League | AZ 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 Waalwijk 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 Groningen Volendam |
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]Emmen (promoted after a one-year absence), 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) were 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 |
Cambuur | Leeuwarden | Cambuur Stadion | 10,500 | 9th |
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 |
Groningen | Groningen | Euroborg | 22,550 | 12th |
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 |
Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 | 4th |
Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 | 7th |
Vitesse | Arnhem | GelreDome | 21,248 | 6th |
Volendam | Volendam | Kras Stadion | 7,384 | 1D, 2nd |
Number of teams by province
[edit]Number of teams | Province | Team(s) |
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3 | North Holland | Ajax, AZ, Volendam |
South Holland | Excelsior, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam | |
2 | Friesland | Cambuur, Heerenveen |
Gelderland | NEC, Vitesse | |
North Brabant | PSV Eindhoven, RKC Waalwijk | |
Overijssel | Go Ahead Eagles, Twente | |
1 | Drenthe | Emmen |
Groningen | Groningen | |
Limburg | Fortuna Sittard | |
Utrecht | Utrecht |
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 | Erik ten Hag | Signed by Manchester United | 15 May 2022 | Pre-season | Alfred Schreuder | 1 July 2022 |
Go Ahead Eagles | Kees van Wonderen | Signed by Heerenveen | 30 June 2022 | René Hake | ||
Groningen | Danny Buijs | End of contract | Frank Wormuth | |||
Heerenveen | Ole Tobiasen | End of interim spell | Kees van Wonderen | |||
PSV Eindhoven | Roger Schmidt | End of contract | Ruud van Nistelrooy | |||
Utrecht | Rick Kruys | End of interim spell | Henk Fraser | |||
Fortuna Sittard | Sjors Ultee | Sacked | 22 August 2022 | 17th | Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.) | 22 August 2022 |
Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.) | End of interim spell | 9 September 2022 | 18th | Julio Velázquez | 9 September 2022 | |
Vitesse | Thomas Letsch | Signed by VfL Bochum | 19 September 2022 | 14th | Phillip Cocu | 26 September 2022 |
Cambuur | Henk de Jong | Resigned for health reasons | 20 October 2022 | 14th | Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.) | 20 October 2022 |
Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.) | End of interim spell | 13 November 2022 | 17th | Sjors Ultee | 14 November 2022 | |
Groningen | Frank Wormuth | Sacked | 14 November 2022 | 15th | Dennis van der Ree | 2 December 2022 |
Utrecht | Henk Fraser | Resigned | 14 December 2022 | 7th | Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.) | 14 December 2022 |
Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.) | End of interim spell | 28 December 2022 | 7th | Michael Silberbauer | 28 December 2022 | |
Ajax | Alfred Schreuder | Sacked | 26 January 2023 | 5th | John Heitinga (a.i.) | 27 January 2023 |
PSV Eindhoven | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Resigned | 24 May 2023 | 2nd | Fred Rutten (a.i.) | 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 | Qualification to Champions league group stage |
2 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | +48 | 69 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 67 | Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
5 | Twente (O) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 64 | Qualification to 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 | Qualification to 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 | 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) |
Semi-finals
[edit]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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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 | Anastasios Douvikas | Utrecht | 19 |
Xavi Simons | PSV Eindhoven | ||
3 | Sydney van Hooijdonk | Heerenveen | 16 |
4 | Santiago Giménez | Feyenoord | 15 |
5 | Luuk de Jong | PSV Eindhoven | 14 |
6 | Brian Brobbey | Ajax | 13 |
7 | Steven Bergwijn | Ajax | 12 |
Václav Černý | Twente | ||
Michiel Kramer | RKC Waalwijk | ||
Vangelis Pavlidis | AZ | ||
Ricardo Pepi | Groningen |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Rnd | Player | Club | Goals | Date | Home | Score | Away |
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2 | Steven Bergwijn | Ajax | 4', 45', 57' | 14 August 2022 | Ajax | 6–1 | Groningen |
3 | Sydney van Hooijdonk | Heerenveen | 5', 72', 77' | 20 August 2022 | Vitesse | 0–4 | Heerenveen |
3 | Cody Gakpo | PSV Eindhoven | 25' (p), 39', 51' | 31 August 2022 | PSV Eindhoven | 7–1 | Volendam |
5 | Anastasios Douvikas | Utrecht | 71' (p), 77', 86' | 2 September 2022 | Fortuna Sittard | 3–4 | Utrecht |
19 | Anastasios Douvikas | Utrecht | 12', 16', 65' | 28 January 2023 | AZ | 5–5 | Utrecht |
Vangelis Pavlidis | AZ | 31', 34', 78' | |||||
30 | Ole Romeny | Emmen | 47', 75', 90+2' | 22 April 2023 | Heerenveen | 2–3 | Emmen |
33 | Million Manhoef | Vitesse | 4', 56', 74' | 21 May 2023 | Vitesse | 6–0 | Groningen |
Top assists
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Assists[3] |
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1 | Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 17 |
2 | Cody Gakpo | PSV Eindhoven | 12 |
3 | Carel Eiting | Volendam | 11 |
Vito van Crooij | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
5 | Václav Černý | Twente | 10 |
6 | Steven Berghuis | Ajax | 9 |
Mats Seuntjens | RKC Waalwijk | ||
Gijs Smal | Twente | ||
Oussama Tannane | NEC | ||
Joey Veerman | PSV Eindhoven |
Clean sheets
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[3] |
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1 | Lars Unnerstall | Twente | 15 |
2 | Nick Olij | Sparta Rotterdam | 13 |
3 | Justin Bijlow | Feyenoord | 12 |
4 | Vasilis Barkas | Utrecht | 10 |
Walter Benítez | PSV Eindhoven | ||
6 | Jasper Cillessen | NEC | 9 |
7 | Jeffrey de Lange | Go Ahead Eagles | 7 |
Andries Noppert | Heerenveen | ||
Ivor Pandur | Fortuna Sittard | ||
Gerónimo Rulli | Ajax | ||
Stijn van Gassel | 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]Annual awards
[edit]Award | Player | Club | Ref. |
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Player of the Season | Orkun Kökçü | Feyenoord | [15] |
Talent of the Season | Xavi Simons | PSV Eindhoven | |
Goal of the Season | Michiel Kramer | RKC Waalwijk |
References
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- ^ "Kansino nieuwe hoofdpartner van AZ". www.az.nl. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Orkun Kökcü, Fenna Kalma, Xavi Simons and Esmee Brugts are the big winners of the Eredivisie Awards". Eredivisie. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.