2023–24 Eredivisie

Eredivisie 2023–24
Season information
Dates	11 August 2023–19 May 2024
Winners	PSV Eindhoven (25th title)
Relegated	Excelsior Volendam Vitesse
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	PSV Eindhoven Feyenoord Twente
Europa League	AZ Ajax
Conference League	Go Ahead Eagles
Season statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	992
Top goalscorer	Luuk de Jong Vangelis Pavlidis (29 goals each)
Biggest home win	Feyenoord 6–0 Ajax (7 April 2024) PSV Eindhoven 6–0 Vitesse (13 April 2024)
Biggest away win	Heerenveen 0–8 PSV Eindhoven (25 April 2024)
Highest scoring	Twente 7–2 Volendam (12 May 2024)
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Eredivisie was the 68th season of Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 11 August 2023 and concluded on 19 May 2024. PSV Eindhoven broke the record for most points in an Eredivisie season, with 91, overtaking Ajax's 89-point season in 1997–98.

Since Netherlands ascended from seventh to sixth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2022–23 season, the three best-ranked teams could now qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions and runners-up entered directly into the group stage, and the third placed team entered the third qualifying round). The KNVB Cup winner qualified for UEFA Europa League groups while the fourth-placed team qualified for UEFA Europa League second qualifying round and fifth through eighth-placed teams qualified to the European competition play-offs.

Teams

Heracles Almelo, PEC Zwolle (both promoted after a one-year absence), and Almere City (promoted for the first time in their history to Eredivisie) were promoted from the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. After 23 years in the Eredivisie, FC Groningen were relegated to the Eerste Divisie, alongside SC Cambuur after two years and FC Emmen after one year.

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2022–23 position
Ajax	Amsterdam	Johan Cruijff ArenA	55,865	3 !3rd
Almere City	Almere	Yanmar Stadion	4,501	18 !1D, 3rd (Play-off winner)
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	19,478	4 !4th
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	4,500	15 !15th
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	47,500	1 !1st
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Fortuna Sittard Stadion	10,300	13 !13th
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	De Adelaarshorst	10,000	11 !11th
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	27,224	8 !8th
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Erve Asito	12,080	16 !1D, 1st
NEC	Nijmegen	Goffertstadion	12,500	12 !12th
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	13,250	17 !1D, 2nd
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,500	2 !2nd
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500	9 !9th
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Spartastadion Het Kasteel	11,000	6 !6th
FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205	5 !5th
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750	7 !7th
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	21,248	10 !10th
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	7,384	14 !14th

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	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeves)	Shorts sponsors
Ajax	Jan van Halst	Maurice Steijn	Steven Bergwijn	Adidas	Ziggo	Ziggo Sport	Curaçao	None
Almere City	John Bes	Roel Coumans	Damian van Bruggen	Craft	OneCasino,Promo LED Systems	Kroonenberg Group, MASCOT Workwear	eFulfilment Europe	None
AZ	René Neelissen	Pascal Jansen	Bruno Martins Indi	Nike	Kansino	Elfi Vastgoed	Cavallaro Napoli	None
Excelsior	Bob de Lange	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Stijn van Gassel	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar	CARU Containers, DSW Zorgverzekeraar	CARU Containers	CARU Containers
Feyenoord	Dennis te Kloese	Arne Slot	Gernot Trauner	Castore	EuroParcs	Prijsvrij	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	None
Fortuna Sittard	Işıtan Gün	Danny Buijs	Ivo Pinto	Robey	BetCity	Winkelhart sittard	None	None
Go Ahead Eagles	Jan Willem van Dop	René Hake	Bas Kuipers	Stanno	Betnation, Vierhouten Group	Validsign, DGS Processing Solutions	Looox, Contrall	Vierhouten Group, Loodgietersbedrijf M.Kramer
SC Heerenveen	Cees Roozemond	Kees van Wonderen	Sven van Beek	Macron	Ausnutria	MASCOT Workwear, Effektief	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	Veolia
Heracles Almelo	Bart Haverland	John Lammers	Justin Hoogma	Acerbis	Asito	Asito	Kans voor een Kind	Asito
NEC	Ron van Oijen	Rogier Meijer	Lasse Schöne	Robey	KlokGroep	NasWerkt	None	GX Software
PEC Zwolle	Erik van der Ham	Johnny Jansen	Bram van Polen	Adidas	Circus.nl Sport & Casino	Molecaten	VDK Groep	Quades
PSV	Marcel Brands	Peter Bosz	Luuk de Jong	Puma	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven/Philips (in UEFA matches)	GoodHabitz	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	None
RKC Waalwijk	Peter Konijnenburg	Henk Fraser	Michiel Kramer	Stanno	Willy Naessens, JM van Delft & zn	Mandemakers, Van Mossel	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	DAS Bouwsystemen
Sparta Rotterdam	Leo Ruijs	Jeroen Rijsdijk	Bart Vriends	Robey	De Goudse Verzekeringen, D&S Group	Blue10, VNOM	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij, BICT Groep	Toll Global Forwarding, Trofi Pack
Twente	Paul van der Kraan	Joseph Oosting	Robin Pröpper	Castore	Elektramat	ThermoSolutions BV	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij, Taurus Corporate Finance	Elektramat
Utrecht	Thijs van Es	Ron Jans	Nick Viergever	Castore	T-Mobile (until 5 september 2023)/Odido (from 5 september 2023)	None	U4U	Dassy
Vitesse	Henk Parren	Peter Hyballa	Marco van Ginkel	Robey	BetCity	50+ mobiel	Burgers' Zoo, Clean Mat Trucks	SMB Willems
Volendam	Jan Smit	Kevin Hofland	Xavier Mbuyamba	Robey	BetCity, Metafa Holland	Keukenloods, Timbo Afrika	Podobrace	Bevela, Dakluik van Gorter

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Ajax	John Heitinga	End of interim spell	30 June 2023	Pre-season	Maurice Steijn	1 July 2023
Fortuna Sittard	Julio Velázquez	End of contract			Danny Buijs
PSV	Fred Rutten	End of interim spell			Peter Bosz
RKC Waalwijk	Joseph Oosting	Signed by Twente			Henk Fraser
Sparta Rotterdam	Maurice Steijn	Signed by Ajax			Jeroen Rijsdijk	3 July 2023
Twente	Ron Jans	End of contract			Joseph Oosting	1 July 2023
Volendam	Wim Jonk	Moved into the role of technical manager			Matthias Kohler
PEC Zwolle	Dick Schreuder	Signed by Castellón			Johnny Jansen
Utrecht	Michael Silberbauer	Sacked	29 August 2023	16th	Rob Penders (a.i.)	29 August 2023
Utrecht	Rob Penders (a.i.)	End of interim spell	11 September 2023	16th	Ron Jans	11 September 2023
Ajax	Maurice Steijn	Sacked	23 October 2023	17th	Hedwiges Maduro (a.i.)	23 October 2023
Ajax	Hedwiges Maduro (a.i.)	End of interim spell	30 October 2023	18th	John van 't Schip	30 October 2023
Vitesse	Phillip Cocu	Resigned	11 November 2023	18th	Edward Sturing	20 November 2023
Volendam	Matthias Kohler		3 December 2023	17th	Michael Dingsdag (a.i.)	5 December 2023
Heracles	John Lammers	Sacked	12 December 2023	14th	Hendrie Krüzen (a.i.)	12 December 2023
Heracles	Hendrie Krüzen (a.i.)	End of interim spell	21 December 2023	15th	Erwin van de Looi	21 December 2023
Volendam	Michael Dingsdag (a.i.)	End of interim spell	21 December 2023	17th	Regillio Simons	21 December 2023
AZ Alkmaar	Pascal Jansen	Sacked	17 January 2024	4th	Maarten Martens	17 January 2024

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV Eindhoven (C)	34	29	4	1	111	21	+90	91	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Feyenoord	34	26	6	2	92	26	+66	84
3	Twente	34	21	6	7	69	36	+33	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	AZ	34	19	8	7	70	39	+31	65	Qualification for the Europa League league stage
5	Ajax	34	15	11	8	74	61	+13	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	NEC	34	14	11	9	68	51	+17	53	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
7	Utrecht	34	13	11	10	49	47	+2	50
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	14	7	13	51	48	+3	49
9	Go Ahead Eagles (O)	34	12	10	12	47	46	+1	46
10	Fortuna Sittard	34	9	11	14	37	56	−19	38
11	Heerenveen	34	10	7	17	53	70	−17	37
12	PEC Zwolle	34	9	9	16	45	67	−22	36
13	Almere City	34	7	13	14	33	59	−26	34
14	Heracles Almelo	34	9	6	19	41	74	−33	33
15	RKC Waalwijk	34	7	8	19	38	56	−18	29
16	Excelsior (R)	34	6	11	17	50	73	−23	29	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Volendam (R)	34	4	7	23	34	88	−54	19	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	Vitesse (R)	34	6	6	22	30	74	−44	6

Source: Eredivisie
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; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	ALM	AZ	EXC	FEY	FOR	GAE	HEE	HER	NEC	PEC	PSV	RKC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL
Ajax		3–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–0	2–0
Almere City	2–2		0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–5	1–4	1–2	0–4	1–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–0	1–1
AZ	2–0	4–1		4–0	0–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–4	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	3–0
Excelsior	2–2	0–0	1–1		2–4	2–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	4–0
Feyenoord	6–0	6–1	1–0	4–0		0–0	3–1	6–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–1
Fortuna Sittard	0–0	2–1	1–2	5–2	0–1		0–0	3–3	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	0–0	3–1	3–1
Go Ahead Eagles	2–3	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–3	3–0		3–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	5–1	4–1
Heerenveen	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–3	2–3	3–0	0–2		3–0	1–1	2–0	0–8	3–1	1–3	3–3	2–3	1–3	1–2
Heracles Almelo	2–4	2–2	5–0	3–1	0–4	0–0	2–0	0–2		2–1	2–1	0–6	0–5	0–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	1–1
NEC	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–4	2–3	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–1		2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–3
PEC Zwolle	1–3	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3		1–7	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1
PSV Eindhoven	5–2	2–0	5–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0		3–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	6–0	3–1
RKC Waalwijk	2–3	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–4		1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1
Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–0		2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0
Twente	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	0–3	3–0	2–1		0–1	1–0	7–2
Utrecht	4–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–5	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	4–2
Vitesse	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–4	1–2	0–0		1–1
Volendam	1–4	0–1	0–4	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–4	2–2	2–5	0–5	1–5	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–0	1–2

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

European competition play-offs

Bracket

		Semi-finals				Final
	7	Utrecht	3
	8	Sparta Rotterdam	1
						7	Utrecht	1
						9	Go Ahead Eagles (a.e.t.)	2
	6	NEC	1
	9	Go Ahead Eagles	2

Semi-finals

23 May 2024 (2024-05-23) 18:45	NEC	1–2	Go Ahead Eagles	De Goffert Attendance: 12,036 Referee: Bas Nijhuis
	Sano  57'	Report	Stokkers  77' Rommens  86'

23 May 2024 (2024-05-23) 21:00	Utrecht	3–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 20,092 Referee: Danny Makkelie
	Flamingo  41' Lammers  70' Jensen  90+3'	Report	Lauritsen  38'

Final

26 May 2024 (2024-05-26) 18:00	Utrecht	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Go Ahead Eagles	Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 22,574 Referee: Allard Lindhout
	Viergever  31'	Report	Viergever  90+1' (o.g.) Kramer  117'

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Bracket

	First round						Semi-finals						Final
							Excelsior	2	7	9
							ADO Den Haag	1	1	2
	ADO Den Haag	3	2	5
	De Graafschap	2	2	4
													Excelsior	2	4	6
													NAC Breda	6	1	7
	Dordrecht	2	0	2
	Emmen	2	1	3
							Emmen	1	0	1
							NAC Breda	1	3	4
	Roda JC Kerkrade	1	0	1
	NAC Breda	3	5	8

First round

13 May 2024 (2024-05-13) 20:00	NAC Breda	3–1	Roda JC Kerkrade	Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,153 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom
	Haugen  16' Janošek  56' (pen.), 58'	Report	Koglin  87'

17 May 2024 (2024-05-17) 20:00	Roda JC Kerkrade	0–5	NAC Breda	Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 11,523 Referee: Jannick van der Laan
		Report	Kemper  44' Janošek  49' Kuijpers  59' Koscelník  75' Haugen  79'

NAC Breda won 8–1 on aggregate.

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14 May 2024 (2024-05-14) 18:45	Emmen	2–2	Dordrecht	De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 6,945 Referee: Sander van der Eijk
	Parzyszek  11' Besuijen  38'	Report	Suray  26' Bronkhorst  50'

18 May 2024 (2024-05-18) 16:30	Dordrecht	0–1	Emmen	M-Scores Stadion Attendance: 3,980 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof
		Report	Besuijen  88'

Emmen won 3–2 on aggregate.

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14 May 2024 (2024-05-14) 21:00	De Graafschap	2–3	ADO Den Haag	De Vijverberg Attendance: 10,083 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
	Büttner  13' Fortes  90+7' (pen.)	Report	Absalem  30' Van Mieghem  58' Schalk  66'

18 May 2024 (2024-05-18) 20:00	ADO Den Haag	2–2	De Graafschap	Bingoal Stadium Attendance: 9,195 Referee: Alex Bos
	Schalk  23', 36'	Report	Seuntjens  67' Fortes  74'

ADO Den Haag won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

21 May 2024 (2024-05-21) 20:00	NAC Breda	1–1	Emmen	Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,361 Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
	Haugen  38'	Report	Besuijen  82' (pen.)

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) 16:30	Emmen	0–3	NAC Breda	De Oude Meerdijk Attendance: 8,309 Referee: Rob Dieperink
		Report	Haugen  12' Van den Bergh  14' Kuijpers  56'

NAC Breda won 4–1 on aggregate.

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22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) 18:45	ADO Den Haag	1–2	Excelsior	Bingoal Stadium Attendance: 11,935 Referee: Sander van der Eijk
	Veerman  71'	Report	Driouech  16' Duijvestijn  23'

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25) 20:00	Excelsior	7–1	ADO Den Haag	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Jeroen Manschot
	Parrott  3', 27', 31' (pen.) Driouech  40' Baas  55' (pen.) Goudmijn  71' Lamprou  72'	Report	Veerman  45+2'

Excelsior won 9–2 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 2024 (2024-05-28) 20:00	NAC Breda	6–2	Excelsior	Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dennis Higler
	Omgba  12' Janošek  39' (pen.) Van den Bergh  42' Koscelník  74' Ómarsson  78', 90+4'	Report	Duijvestijn  25' Parrott  45+6' (pen.)

2 June 2024 (2024-06-02) 18:00	Excelsior	4–1	NAC Breda	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie
	Parrott  20', 35' (pen.), 50' Kemper  42' (o.g.)	Report	Staring  58'

NAC Breda won 7–6 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	29
	Vangelis Pavlidis	AZ
3	Santiago Giménez	Feyenoord	23
4	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	18
5	Sem Steijn	Twente	17
6	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	Twente	16
7	Lennart Thy	PEC Zwolle	13
8	Johan Bakayoko	PSV Eindhoven	12
	Steven Bergwijn	Ajax
	Tobias Lauritsen	Sparta Rotterdam
	Kaj Sierhuis	Fortuna Sittard

Hat-tricks

Rnd	Player	Club	Goals	Date	Home	Score	Away
6	Santiago Giménez	Feyenoord	9', 18', 59'	27 September 2023	Ajax	0–4	Feyenoord
9	Vangelis Pavlidis	AZ	11', 59', 76'	21 October 2023	AZ	3–0	Heerenveen
10	Hirving Lozano	PSV Eindhoven	20', 60', 72'	29 October 2023	PSV Eindhoven	5–2	Ajax
13	Santiago Giménez	Feyenoord	6', 61', 82'	25 November 2023	Excelsior	2–4	Feyenoord
13	Mohamed Sankoh	Heracles Almelo	4', 64', 87'	26 November 2023	Almere City	0–5	Heracles Almelo
14	Ferdy Druijf	PEC Zwolle	62', 67', 87'	2 December 2023	Volendam	0–5	PEC Zwolle
17	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	13', 17', 69'	13 January 2024	PSV Eindhoven	3–1	Excelsior
20	Taylor Booth	Utrecht	38', 57', 84'	4 February 2024	Utrecht	4–2	Volendam
23	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	32', 51', 71'	24 February 2024	PEC Zwolle	1–7	PSV Eindhoven
24	Kaj Sierhuis	Fortuna Sittard	15', 29', 34'	3 March 2024	Fortuna Sittard	5–2	Excelsior
32	David Min	RKC Waalwijk	7', 67', 82'	5 May 2024	Heracles Almelo	0–5	RKC Waalwijk
33	Steven Bergwijn	Ajax	29', 34', 38'	12 May 2024	Ajax	3–0	Almere City
33	Sem Steijn	Twente	43', 69', 73'	12 May 2024	Twente	7–2	Volendam

External links

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