2020–21 Eerste Divisie

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Eerste Divisie 2020–21
Season information
Dates	28 August 2020–12 May 2021
Winners	SC Cambuur
Promoted	SC Cambuur Go Ahead Eagles N.E.C.
Relegated	None
Season statistics
Goals scored	1,228
Top goalscorer	Robert Mühren (38 goals)
Highest scoring	Excelsior 4–6 Almere City (6 September 2020) Jong AZ 7–3 De Graafschap (21 September 2020)
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, was the 65th season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It will begin in August 2020 with the first matches of the season and will end in May 2021 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2020–21 Eredivisie.

Relegation for reserve teams

On 1 August 2020, the KNVB detailed on its website in what scenarios the reserve teams in the league would have been relegated from the Eerste Divisie. However, on 24 February 2021, the KNVB eventually discontinued category A senior competitions in this season, including Tweede Divisie, thus no reserves would be relegated.

Relegation to the Tweede Divisie

• No reserve team from the Eerste Divisie could have been relegated to the Tweede Divisie if the lowest classified reserves team in the Eerste Divisie was to be in the top 10.
• If the lowest classified reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finished between 11th through 18th and the highest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finished first, the two teams were to play each other in a two-legged tie to decide which team would have played in the Eerste Divisie the next season and which team would have played in the Tweede Divisie.
• If the lowest classified reserves in the Eerste Divisie finished 19th or 20th and the highest classified reserves in the Tweede Divisie finished first or second, the lowest classified team from the Eerste Divisie was to be relegated to the Tweede Divisie while the highest classified reserves in the Tweede Divisie was to be promoted to the Eerste Divisie.
• If a reserve team played in the Eerste Divisie and the first team was to be relegated from the Eredivisie to the Eerste Divisie, the reserves were to be automatically relegated to the Tweede Divisie. In case this reserve team was to finish between first through third in the final ranking of reserves, the fourth-placed team would have not been relegated.

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 (C, P)	38	29	5	4	109	36	+73	92	Champion and promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Go Ahead Eagles (P)	38	23	8	7	62	25	+37	77	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	De Graafschap	38	23	8	7	67	47	+20	77	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Almere City FC	38	22	9	7	75	48	+27	75
5	NAC Breda	38	22	7	9	75	41	+34	73
6	FC Volendam	38	19	9	10	79	52	+27	66
7	N.E.C. (O, P)	38	20	6	12	68	45	+23	66
8	Roda JC Kerkrade	38	15	12	11	67	61	+6	57
9	Excelsior	38	14	6	18	65	66	−1	48
10	TOP Oss	38	13	8	17	40	57	−17	47
11	MVV Maastricht	38	13	7	18	50	72	−22	46
12	Helmond Sport	38	11	12	15	51	68	−17	45
13	Telstar	38	10	11	17	57	61	−4	41
14	Jong PSV	38	10	10	18	54	65	−11	40	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the 2021–22 Eredivisie
15	FC Eindhoven	38	10	10	18	50	62	−12	40
16	Jong Ajax	38	10	10	18	55	71	−16	40	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the 2021–22 Eredivisie
17	Jong AZ	38	11	5	22	56	92	−36	38
18	Jong FC Utrecht	38	11	2	25	53	77	−24	35
19	FC Den Bosch	38	8	8	22	59	85	−26	32
20	FC Dordrecht	38	8	3	27	36	97	−61	27

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)
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

Fixtures/results

Home \ Away	ALM	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EXC	GAE	GRA	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	NAC	NEC	RJC	TEL	TOP	VOL
Almere City FC		0–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–2
SC Cambuur	7–2		3–1	5–0	3–0	7–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	5–1	5–2	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–1
FC Den Bosch	1–1	3–5		2–1	1–1	0–1	3–3	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	7–0	4–1	1–0	1–5
FC Dordrecht	2–2	0–1	2–6		1–5	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–3	0–1	2–3	1–2	0–5	1–0	1–3	0–0
FC Eindhoven	1–3	2–5	1–0	5–1		1–1	0–2	3–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–4	0–1	3–3	2–3	0–0	1–1
Excelsior	4–6	0–1	4–4	3–0	1–0		0–1	1–2	0–3	5–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	3–0	2–3
Go Ahead Eagles	3–0	0–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	0–0		0–0	5–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3
De Graafschap	2–2	0–2	4–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–5
Helmond Sport	2–1	1–5	4–0	5–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–2		1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–7	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1
Jong Ajax	1–4	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–2		3–2	1–2	3–2	4–3	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–1	1–1
Jong AZ	2–5	2–4	2–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	0–3	7–3	2–2	2–1		1–4	3–2	3–3	2–3	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–6
Jong PSV	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–6	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–2	3–0		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1
Jong FC Utrecht	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–6		0–1	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–3
MVV Maastricht	2–0	1–7	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–5	3–2	3–3	0–2		1–4	2–1	2–4	2–0	3–0	2–2
NAC Breda	4–0	0–4	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–2	4–0	6–1	2–1	3–1	2–0		0–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0
N.E.C.	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	6–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–2		1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Roda JC Kerkrade	0–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	1–3		1–1	3–0	1–1
Telstar	2–3	1–2	6–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	5–2	3–1		1–1	2–2
TOP Oss	2–4	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–2	1–0	6–0	3–2	0–4	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–4		2–0
FC Volendam	2–2	0–3	6–0	7–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–4	5–1	3–2	2–1	5–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–4	2–0	1–1

Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robert Mühren	SC Cambuur	38
2	Elías Már Ómarsson	Excelsior	22
3	Thomas Verheydt	Almere City	20
	Jizz Hornkamp	FC Den Bosch
5	Jeredy Hilterman	Jong FC Utrecht	19
	Glynor Plet	Telstar
7	Samuele Mulattieri	FC Volendam	18
8	Sydney van Hooijdonk	NAC Breda	15
9	Ralf Seuntjens	De Graafschap	14
10	Mounir El Allouchi	NAC Breda	13

External links

• Official website (Dutch)