2018–19 Eredivisie

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Eredivisie 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Ajax (34th title)
Relegated	NAC Breda TBA
Domestic cup winners
KNVB Cup	Ajax
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Ajax PSV Eindhoven
Europa League	Feyenoord AZ
Season statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1061
Average	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)
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Eredivisie was the 63rd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 10 August 2018 and will conclude on 12 May 2019; the Europa League and relegation play-offs will take place later that month. PSV are the defending champions. Emmen, De Graafschap and Fortuna Sittard join as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie. They will replace Sparta Rotterdam, Twente and Roda JC who were relegated to the 2018-19 Eerste Divisie.

Teams

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 champions (Fortuna Sittard). FC Emmen will play in the Eredivisie for the first time in their history.

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Cars Jeans Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Johan Cruyff Arena	54,033
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	26,100
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	12,080
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	12,500
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,500
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,500
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Seacon Stadion – De Koel	8,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,500

Personnel and kits

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	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Alfons Groenendijk	Aaron Meijers	Erreà	Cars Jeans
Ajax	Erik ten Hag	Matthijs de Ligt	Adidas	Ziggo
AZ	John van den Brom	Ron Vlaar	Under Armour	AFAS Software
De Graafschap	Henk de Jong	Sven Nieuwpoort	Nike	Flexfactory
Emmen	Dick Lukkien	Dennis Telgenkamp	Beltona	Noordlease
Excelsior	Adrie Poldervaart	Ryan Koolwijk	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Robin van Persie	Adidas	Qurrent
Fortuna Sittard	René Eijer	TBD	Masita	Sparr Finance
Groningen	Danny Buijs	Sergio Padt	Puma	Payt
Heerenveen	Jan Olde Riekerink	Stijn Schaars	Jako	GroenLeven
Heracles	Frank Wormuth	TBD	Acerbis	Asito
NAC Breda	Mitchell van der Gaag	TBD	Legea	CM Payments
PEC Zwolle	John van 't Schip	Bram van Polen	Craft	Molecaten
PSV	Mark van Bommel	Luuk de Jong	Umbro	Energiedirect.nl
Utrecht	Jean-Paul de Jong	Willem Janssen	Hummel	Zorg van de zaak
Vitesse	Leonid Slutsky	Bryan Linssen	Macron	Droomparken
VVV-Venlo	Maurice Steijn	Danny Post	Masita	Seacon Logistics
Willem II	Adrie Koster	Jordens Peters	Robey	TBD

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Excelsior	van der Gaag, MitchellMitchell van der Gaag	End of contract	1 July 2018	Pre-season	Poldervaart, AdrieAdrie Poldervaart	1 July 2018
Fortuna Sittard	Braga, ClaudioClaudio Braga	End of interim spell	1 July 2018		Eijer, RenéRené Eijer	1 July 2018
Groningen	Faber, ErnestErnest Faber	End of contract	1 July 2018		Buijs, DannyDanny Buijs	1 July 2018
Heerenveen	Streppel, JurgenJurgen Streppel	End of contract	1 July 2018		Olde Riekerink, JanJan Olde Riekerink	1 July 2018
Heracles Almelo	Stegeman, JohnJohn Stegeman	End of contract	1 July 2018		Wormuth, FrankFrank Wormuth	1 July 2018
NAC Breda	Vreven, StijnStijn Vreven	End of contract	1 July 2018		van der Gaag, MitchellMitchell van der Gaag	1 July 2018
PSV	Cocu, PhillipPhillip Cocu	Signed by Fenerbahçe	1 July 2018		van Bommel, MarkMark van Bommel	1 July 2018
Vitesse	Sturing, EdwardEdward Sturing	End of interim spell	1 July 2018		Slutsky, LeonidLeonid Slutsky	1 July 2018
Willem II	Robbemond, ReinierReinier Robbemond	End of interim spell	1 July 2018		Koster, AdrieAdrie Koster	1 July 2018
FC Utrecht	de Jong, Jean-PaulJean-Paul de Jong	Sacked	4 September 2018	11th	Advocaat, DickDick Advocaat	12 September 2018
PEC Zwolle	van 't Schip, JohnJohn van 't Schip	Sacked	19 December 2018	15th	Stam, JaapJaap Stam	28 December 2018
Excelsior	Poldervaart, AdrieAdrie Poldervaart	Resigned	4 April 2019	15th	Hoekstra, AndréAndré Hoekstra	4 April 2019
Heerenveen	Olde Riekerink, JanJan Olde Riekerink	Sacked	10 April 2019	10th	Johnny Jansen (caretaker)	10 April 2019

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax  (C)	34	28	2	4	119	32	+87	86	UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	PSV	34	26	5	3	98	26	+72	83	UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	34	20	5	9	75	41	+34	65	Europa League Third qualifying round
4	AZ	34	17	7	10	64	43	+21	58	Europa League Second qualifying round
5	Vitesse	34	14	11	9	70	51	+19	53	Qualification to the European competition play-offs
6	Utrecht	34	15	8	11	60	51	+9	53
7	Heracles	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 to the Relegation play-offs
17	De Graafschap  (R)	34	8	5	21	29	74	−45	29
18	NAC Breda  (R)	34	5	8	21	29	74	−45	23	Relegation to the Eerste Divisie

Source: NUSport (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Play-offs

European competition

Four teams will play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Semifinals

Final

Heracles Almelo

Utrecht

Groningen

Vitesse

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2019–20 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Games			avg.
1.	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	34	28	00	0.82
	Dušan Tadić	Ajax	34		11	0.82
3.	Adrián Dalmau	Heracles Almelo	31	19	00	0.61
4.	Hirving Lozano	PSV Eindhoven	30	17	04	0.57
	Abdenasser El Khayati	ADO Den Haag	33		06	0.52
6.	Robin van Persie	Feyenoord	25	16	00	0.64
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax	28		01	0.57
	Hakim Ziyech	Ajax	29		00	0.55
	Sam Lammers	Heerenveen	31		05	0.52
	Michel Vlap	Heerenveen	34		00	0.47

Source: nos.nl

Hat-tricks(+)

Rnd	Player	Club	Goals	Date	Home	Score	Away
3	Fran Sol	Willem II	34'  52' (p)  70'	26 August 2018	Willem II	5–0	Heracles Almelo
4	Abdenasser El Khayati	ADO Den Haag	21' (p)  45'+1'  65'  69'	1 September 2018	Excelsior	2–4	ADO Den Haag
16	Daley Blind	Ajax	65'  74'  90'	16 December 2018	Ajax	8–0	De Graafschap
16	Hakim Ziyech	Ajax	32'  62'  69'	16 December 2018	Ajax	8–0	De Graafschap
18	Fabian Serrarens	De Graafschap	27'  30'  66'	20 January 2019	De Graafschap	5–1	Fortuna Sittard
20	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	54'  76'  87'	3 February 2019	PSV Eindhoven	5–0	Fortuna Sittard
22	Adrián Dalmau	Heracles Almelo	1'  51'  60'  78'	16 February 2019	Heracles Almelo	6–0	Fortuna Sittard
24	Robin van Persie	Feyenoord	38'  52'  62'	3 March 2019	Feyenoord	4–0	Emmen
27	Alexander Isak	Willem II	44' (p)  58' (p)  61' (p)	30 March 2019	Willem II	3–2	Fortuna Sittard
27	Thomas Buitink	Vitesse	21'  27'  43'	30 March 2019	ADO Den Haag	3–3	Vitesse
30	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax	10'  40'  65'	13 April 2019	Ajax	6–2	Excelsior
31	Bryan Linssen	Vitesse	9'  47'  77'	20 April 2019	Vitesse	4–1	PEC Zwolle
33	Adrián Dalmau	Heracles Almelo	23'  51'  59'	12 May 2019	Heracles Almelo	4–5	Excelsior
33	Elías Már Ómarsson	Excelsior	4'  45'  90'+1'	12 May 2019	Heracles Almelo	4–5	Excelsior
33	Peniel Mlapa	VVV-Venlo	54'  57'  75'	12 May 2019	PEC Zwolle	2–4	VVV-Venlo

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Games		avg.
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	09	0.53
	Angeliño	PSV Eindhoven	34		0.26

Discipline

Player with the most yellow cards: 11

• Tom Beugelsdijk (ADO Den Haag)

Players with the most red cards: 2

• José Rodríguez (Fortuna Sittard)
• Morten Thorsby (sc Heerenveen)
• Urby Emanuelson (FC Utrecht)
• Fabian Serrarens (De Graafschap)
• Jesper Drost (Heracles Almelo)
• Maikel van der Werff (Vitesse)
• Mounir El Allouchi (NAC Breda)
• Danilho Doekhi (Vitesse)

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2019.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Talent of the Month
	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Robin van Persie	Feyenoord	Steven Bergwijn	PSV
September	Kristoffer Peterson	Heracles	Angeliño	PSV
October	Hakim Ziyech	Ajax	Michel Vlap	Heerenveen
November	Nicolás Tagliafico	Ajax	Noussair Mazraoui	Ajax
December	Frenkie de Jong	Ajax	Steven Bergwijn	PSV
January	Patrick Joosten	VVV-Venlo	Sam Lammers	Heerenveen
February	Frenkie de Jong	Ajax	Lazaros Lamprou	Fortuna Sittard
March	Dušan Tadić	Ajax	Alexander Isak	Willem II
April	Martin Ødegaard	Vitesse	Tyrell Malacia	Feyenoord

External links

• Official website (Dutch)

2018–19 in Dutch football
Domestic leagues
Eredivisie · Eerste Divisie · Tweede Divisie · Derde Divisie · Hoofdklasse
Domestic cups
KNVB Cup · Johan Cruyff Shield
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
2017-18                                                        2019-20