2019–20 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie 2019–20
Season information
Relegated	No relegation
Season statistics
Matches played	290
Goals scored	953
Top goalscorer	Robert Mühren (26)
Biggest home win	Jong Ajax 6–0 Eindhoven (4 October 2019)
Biggest away win	Telstar 1–7 NEC (7 February 2020)
Highest scoring	Excelsior 6–4 Den Bosch (21 February 2020)
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, is the sixty-fourth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2019 with the first matches of the season and will end in May 2020 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th-placed team from the 2019–20 Eredivisie.

Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

On 12 March 2020, all football leagues were suspended until 31 March as the Dutch government forbade events due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. On 15 March this period was extended until 6 April. Due to the decision of the Dutch government to forbid all gatherings and events until 1 June 2020, this period was even further extended.

The Dutch government announced on 21 April that all events subject to authorization, would remain forbidden at least until 1 September 2020. As a result, the KNVB announced the same day, the intention not to continue all remaining suspended competitions. A final decision would be taken after consultation with the UEFA and next the consequences would be discussed with the clubs involved.

On 24 April 2020 the season was cancelled.

Teams

A total of 20 teams are taking part in the league. FC Twente gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by NAC Breda, who finished bottom in the 2018–19 Eredivisie. Sparta Rotterdam and RKC Waalwijk won the post-season playoff, and are replaced in the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie by Excelsior and De Graafschap.

At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 7 June 2018, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement to renew the football pyramid as of the 2019–20 season. Part of the Agreement was that no promotion/relegation would take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie this season.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Almere City	Almere	Yanmar Stadion	03,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	12,600
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	08,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion	04,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	04,600
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	04,500
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	De Adelaarshorst	10,000
Helmond Sport	Helmond	SolarUnie Stadion	04,174
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst Johan Cruijff ArenA	02,050 53,502
Jong AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Trainingscomplex AFAS Stadion	00,200 17,023
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	De Herdgang Philips Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion	02,500 36,500 04,600
Jong Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch Stadion Galgenwaard	00,550 23,750
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	10,000
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
NEC	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,500
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Telstar	Velsen	Rabobank IJmond Stadion	03,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	04,560
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	07,384

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Almere City	Ole Tobiasen (interim)	Inaria	S&S Online Marketing
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Craft	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
De Graafschap	Mike Snoei	Hummel	Agri Bio Source Europe B.V.
Den Bosch	Template:Ill	Masita	Timmermans Infra BV
Dordrecht	Template:Ill (ad int.)	Jartazi	Riwal Hoogwerkers
Eindhoven	Ernie Brandts	Nike	VDL Groep
Excelsior	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Go Ahead Eagles	Jack de Gier	Hummel	Thermen Bussloo
Helmond Sport	Wil Boessen	Saller	Vescom
Jong Ajax	Mitchell van der Gaag	Adidas	Ziggo
Jong AZ	Koen Stam Michel Vonk	Under Armour	AFAS Software
Jong PSV	Peter Uneken	Umbro	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
Jong Utrecht	René Hake	Nike	Zorg van de Zaak
MVV	Fuat Usta	Masita	Open Line
NAC Breda	Peter Hyballa	Legea	OK tankstations
NEC	Template:Ill	Legea	De Klok Groep
Roda JC Kerkrade	Vacant	Legea	MASCOT Workwear
Telstar	Andries Jonker	Robey
TOP Oss	Template:Ill	Erima	Best Practise
Volendam	Wim Jonk	Jako	HSB Bouw

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	SC Cambuur	29	21	3	5	68	25	+43	66	Champion and promotion to the Eredivisie
2	De Graafschap	29	17	11	1	63	28	+35	62	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	FC Volendam	29	16	7	6	57	42	+15	55	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Jong Ajax	29	16	6	7	72	47	+25	54
5	NAC Breda	29	14	8	7	48	30	+18	50	Qualification to promotion play-offs
6	Go Ahead Eagles	29	12	12	5	49	41	+8	48
7	Excelsior	29	13	8	8	65	55	+10	47
8	NEC Nijmegen	29	12	9	8	51	37	+14	45
9	Almere City FC	29	13	5	11	44	42	+2	44
10	Telstar	29	12	8	9	47	48	−1	44
11	FC Den Bosch	29	10	11	8	56	49	+7	38
12	Jong FC Utrecht	29	10	8	11	48	47	+1	38
13	FC Eindhoven	29	9	7	13	46	59	−13	34
14	Jong AZ	29	7	7	15	45	61	−16	28
15	MVV Maastricht	29	7	6	16	37	53	−16	27
16	TOP Oss	29	6	7	16	28	53	−25	25
17	Roda JC Kerkrade	29	5	10	14	36	52	−16	22
18	Jong PSV	29	5	7	17	34	56	−22	22
19	FC Dordrecht	29	4	8	17	34	66	−32	20
20	Helmond Sport	29	3	8	18	25	62	−37	17

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie
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)

Period Tables

Period 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	NAC Breda	9	7	1	1	15	5	+10	22	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	SC Cambuur	9	7	0	2	24	6	+18	21
3	De Graafschap	9	5	4	0	17	4	+13	19
4	Jong Ajax	9	5	2	2	27	14	+13	17	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
5	Jong FC Utrecht	9	5	2	2	19	12	+7	17
6	Excelsior	9	5	1	3	19	17	+2	16
7	Almere City FC	9	4	3	2	15	14	+1	15
8	FC Eindhoven	9	4	2	3	15	17	−2	14
9	Go Ahead Eagles	9	3	4	2	17	17	0	13
10	FC Volendam	9	3	2	4	11	15	−4	11
11	FC Den Bosch	9	2	4	3	18	16	+2	10
12	NEC Nijmegen	9	2	4	3	16	17	−1	10
13	Telstar	9	3	1	5	11	15	−4	10
14	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	2	3	4	9	15	−6	9
15	Helmond Sport	9	2	3	4	10	19	−9	9
16	Jong AZ	9	1	4	4	11	14	−3	7	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	TOP Oss	9	2	1	6	8	14	−6	7
18	Jong PSV	9	2	1	6	12	20	−8	7	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19	MVV Maastricht	9	2	1	6	8	20	−12	7
20	FC Dordrecht	9	1	3	5	12	23	−11	6

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Volendam	10	8	1	1	23	12	+11	25	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Jong Ajax	10	7	1	2	25	12	+13	22	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
3	SC Cambuur	10	6	3	1	21	9	+12	21
4	Go Ahead Eagles	10	4	6	0	15	7	+8	18
5	Excelsior	10	5	3	2	21	16	+5	18
6	De Graafschap	10	4	5	1	21	12	+9	17
7	NEC Nijmegen	10	5	2	3	14	9	+5	17
8	Telstar	10	4	4	2	18	14	+4	16
9	FC Den Bosch	10	3	6	1	15	15	0	15
10	Jong AZ	10	4	1	5	19	20	−1	13	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11	Almere City FC	10	4	1	5	15	16	−1	13
12	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	2	5	3	15	15	0	11
13	Jong FC Utrecht	10	2	5	3	11	15	−4	11	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
14	NAC Breda	10	2	3	5	14	16	−2	9	Period 1 winner
15	MVV Maastricht	10	2	3	5	11	16	−5	9
16	Jong PSV	10	2	3	5	10	16	−6	9	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	Eindhoven	10	2	2	6	16	25	−9	8
18	TOP Oss	10	2	2	6	9	23	−14	8
19	FC Dordrecht	10	1	2	7	13	25	−12	5
20	Helmond Sport	10	1	2	7	11	24	−13	5

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	De Graafschap	9	7	2	0	23	11	+12	23	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	SC Cambuur	9	7	0	2	20	10	+10	21
3	Go Ahead Eagles	9	5	2	2	16	15	+1	17
4	NAC Breda	9	4	4	1	15	8	+7	16	Period 1 winner
5	FC Den Bosch	9	5	1	3	22	16	+6	16
6	FC Volendam	9	4	4	1	19	15	+4	16	Period 2 winner
7	NEC Nijmegen	9	4	3	2	19	10	+9	15
8	Jong Ajax	9	4	3	2	20	17	+3	15	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
9	Telstar	9	4	3	2	17	19	−2	15
10	Almere City FC	9	4	1	4	12	11	+1	13
11	MVV Maastricht	9	3	2	4	18	14	+4	11
12	FC Eindhoven	9	3	2	4	13	15	−2	11
13	Excelsior	9	2	4	3	22	22	0	10
14	Jong FC Utrecht	9	3	1	5	17	18	−1	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	TOP Oss	9	2	3	4	9	14	−5	9
16	Jong AZ	9	2	2	5	15	24	−9	8	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	FC Dordrecht	9	2	2	5	8	17	−9	8
18	Jong PSV	9	1	3	5	12	19	−7	6	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	1	2	6	11	18	−7	5
20	Helmond Sport	9	0	2	7	3	18	−15	2

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Volendam	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Period 2 winner
2	NAC Breda	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3	Period 1 winner
3	Excelsior	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
4	SC Cambuur	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
5	Almere City FC	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	De Graafschap	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Period 3 winner
7	NEC Nijmegen	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
8	Telstar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
9	FC Eindhoven	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
10	TOP Oss	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
11	FC Dordrecht	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
12	Helmond Sport	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
13	FC Den Bosch	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
14	Go Ahead Eagles	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
15	Jong FC Utrecht	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
16	Jong PSV	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
17	Roda JC Kerkrade	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0
18	Jong AZ	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19	MVV Maastricht	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0
20	Jong Ajax	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Games			avg.
1	Robert Mühren	Cambuur	29	26	9	0.9
2	Reda Kharchouch	Telstar	28	20	2	0.71
3	Anthony van den Hurk	MVV	27	17	2	0.63
4	Ralf Seuntjens	De Graafschap	28	16	2	0.57
5	Pedro Marques	Den Bosch (Dordrecht)	26	14	5	0.54
	Rai Vloet	Excelsior	29		0	0.48
7	Lassina Traoré	Jong Ajax	17	13	1	0.76
	Zian Flemming	NEC	24		4	0.54
9	Jamie Jacobs	Cambuur	23	12	0	0.52
	Rúben Rodrigues	Den Bosch	27		0	0.44
	Elías Már Ómarsson	Excelsior	28		0	0.43
	Ike Ugbo	Roda JC Kerkrade	28		0	0.43

Source: nos.nl

Hat-tricks(+)

Rnd	Player	Club	Goals	Date	Home	Score	Away
2	Marcelo Lopes	Eindhoven	45'  62'  81'	16 August 2019	Eindhoven	5–1	Dordrecht
8	Robert Mühren	Cambuur	19' (p)  45'+1'  69'	27 September 2019	Volendam	0–4	Cambuur
9	Hicham Acheffay	Jong Utrecht	4'  29'  66'	4 October 2019	Dordrecht	2–5	Jong Utrecht
10	Lassina Traoré	Jong Ajax	15'  63'  69'	21 October 2019	Jong Ajax	4–0	Jong Utrecht
10	Roland Alberg	Roda JC Kerkrade	14'  47'  48'	12 October 2019	Roda JC Kerkrade	4–0	Helmond Sport
11	Issa Kallon	Cambuur	10'  49'  73'  79'	18 October 2019	Cambuur	5–1	TOP Oss
18	Zakaria Aboukhlal	Jong AZ	61'  73'  85' (p)  86'	9 December 2019	Jong AZ	4–1	Helmond Sport
24	Anthony van den Hurk	MVV	50'  71'  89'	31 January 2020	MVV	3–1	Jong PSV
24	Danilo	Jong Ajax	12' (p)  33'  55'	3 February 2020	Jong Ajax	5–1	Go Ahead Eagles
27	Pedro Marques	Den Bosch	49'  62'  71'	21 February 2020	Excelsior	6–4	Den Bosch

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Games		avg.
1	Danny Verbeek	Den Bosch	29	13	0.45
2	Ralf Seuntjens	De Graafschap	28	10	0.36
	Gijs Smal	Volendam	28		0.36
4	Branco van den Boomen	De Graafschap (Eindhoven)	27	09	0.33
5	Derry Murkin	Volendam	20	07	0.35
	Robin Maulun	Cambuur	23		0.3
	Joshua Holtby	MVV	25		0.28
	Jonas Arweiler	Jong Utrecht	26		0.27
	Rúben Rodrigues	Den Bosch	27		0.26
	Joël Zwarts	Excelsior	28		0.25
	Robert Mühren	Cambuur	29		0.24
	Jaroslav Navrátil	Go Ahead Eagles	29		0.24

Source: nos.nl

Attendance

Home ╲ Away	ALM	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EXC	GAE	GRA	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	NAC	NEC	RJC	TEL	TOP	VOL	Tot	Avg	Max	Min
Almere City		2,840	2,000	1,837	1,821		2,264	3,484	2,589		2,376	1,884			2,255		1,999	2,339	1,626	1,866	31,180	2,227	3,484	1,626
Cambuur	9,264		7,242			8,742	7,531		7,432	8,763	7,532	8,326	8,265	8,174		8,675	8,421		8,243	9,163	115,773	8,270	9,264	7,242
Den Bosch	2,019			2,593	2,852	3,178	3,122	3,123	3,041		2,674	3,023	2,373	2,937		3,398	3,970	2,855	3,833		44,991	2,999	3,970	2,019
Dordrecht	1,650	1,578			2,022	2,225		2,022	1,450	1,972			1,450	1,331	2,525	1,718	1,185	1,490	1,322		23,940	1,710	2,525	1,185
Eindhoven		2,192		2,381		1,957	2,381	2,128	3,011		2,148	2,831		2,532	3,251	2,048	2,732	1,934	3,842	1,878	37,246	2,483	3,842	1,878
Excelsior	2,975	3,612	2,815	3,300	3,165				2,683	3,571	2,712	2,715	3,062	2,750	4,046	3,384		2,722		3,504	47,016	3,134	4,046	2,683
Go Ahead Eagles	8,467		8,423	8,109	8,231	7,897		9,463		8,271	8,103	7,446	8,023	8,221	8,855	8,162	8,688			8,287	124,646	8,310	9,463	7,446
De Graafschap	9,232	9,702		9,053	9,065	9,511	11,123			9,504	9,945	9,210	9,511	9,509			9,711	9,311		9,503	133,890	9,564	11,123	9,053
Helmond Sport	1,652		1,524	1,554	1,735	1,337	1,241	1,656		1,467		1,209		1,134	2,314	1,705		1,732	1,346	1,200	22,806	1,520	2,314	1,134
Jong Ajax	1,000		555	517	590		902		410			1,450	840		1,452	800	641	1,051	588	734	11,530	824	1,452	410
Jong AZ	450	700	400	400	350	500		500	300	750				400	500	450		850	350	800	7,700	513	850	300
Jong PSV		550	953	357	803	506		879		1,285	412			593	250		748	412	385	463	8,596	614	1,285	250
Jong Utrecht	400	566	602	403	423		314	693	343	488	458	423				463	439		364	327	6,706	447	693	314
MVV	3,394	3,372	3,331			3,494	3,601	3,919	3,207	3,512		3,343	3,104			3,461	5,812	3,403	3,210		50,163	3,583	5,812	3,104
NAC Breda	15,824	16,434	17,823	16,889		17,156	18,165	17,312	16,968	18,212	16,328		16,786	17,521		18,427	14,792		16,727		255,364	17,024	18,427	14,792
NEC	8,024	8,235	9,192		6,713		7,356	7,960	7,673	9,080		6,589	7,159	6,822	8,325			6,734	6,723		106,585	7,613	9,192	6,589
Roda JC Kerkrade	6,480	6,227	5,455	4,459		8,247		5,453	5,408		4,039		4,150	8,547	10,387	6,048			5,049	4,977	84,926	6,066	10,387	4,039
Telstar	1,946	2,685			1,980	2,362	2,701			3,063	2,044	2,401	1,995	1,763	2,064	2,401	2,120		1,883	2,782	34,190	2,279	3,063	1,763
TOP Oss		1,709		1,012	1,189	1,028	1,803	2,500		2,541	1,211	1,753	1,085		2,514		1,478	1,239		1,411	22,473	1,605	2,541	1,012
Volendam		4,041	4,292	3,174			4,022	4,231	3,929	6,263	3,196	3,543	3,133	4,087	5,036	4,145	3,380	3,978			60,450	4,030	6,263	3,133
Total	72,777	64,443	64,607	56,038	40,939	68,140	66,526	65,323	58,444	78,742	63,178	56,146	70,936	76,321	53,774	65,285	66,116	40,050	55,491	46,895	1,230,171
Average	4,852	4,296	4,615	3,736	2,924	4,867	4,752	4,355	4,175	5,249	4,513	3,743	5,067	5,088	3,841	4,352	4,408	2,861	3,699	3,350		4,242
Maximum	15,824	16,434	17,823	16,889	9,065	17,156	18,165	17,312	16,968	18,212	16,328	9,210	16,786	17,521	10,387	18,427	14,792	9,311	16,727	9,503			18,427
Minimum	400	550	400	357	350	500	314	500	300	488	412	423	840	400	250	450	439	412	350	327				250

Source: nos.nl

External links

• Official website (Dutch)