Eredivisie

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Eredivisie
Country	Netherlands
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1956
Number of teams	18
Relegation to	Eerste Divisie
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Schaal
UEFA cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	Ajax (2012-13)
Most successful club	Ajax (32 times)
2012-13

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the 10th best league in Europe by UEFA.

The division consists of 18 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the bottom club is automatically relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the Eerste Divisie (First Division), with the champion of the Eerste Divisie automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The next two clubs from the bottom of the Eredivisie go to separate promotion/relegation playoffs. The playoffs are played in two groups. Each group has one Eredivisie club and three high-placed clubs from the Eerste Divisie. In both promotion/relegation playoff groups, each club plays a home-and-away series with the other clubs. The winner of each playoff group plays in the following season's Eredivisie, with the other teams going to the Eerste Divisie.

Eredivisie clubs

Eredivisie 2012-13

Club	Manager	Finishing position last season
ADO Den Haag	Maurice Steijn	15
Ajax	Frank de Boer	1
AZ	Gertjan Verbeek	4
Willem II	Jurgen Streppel	Winner Play-offs
Feyenoord	Ronald Koeman	2
PEC Zwolle	Art Langeler	Winner Eerste Divisie
FC Groningen	Robert Maaskant	14
SC Heerenveen	Marco van Basten	11
Heracles Almelo	Peter Bosz	12
NAC Breda	Robert Maaskant	13
NEC Nijmegen	Alex Pastoor	8
PSV	Dick Advocaat	3
Roda JC Kerkrade	Ruud Brood	10
FC Twente	Alfred Schreuder (caretaker)	6
FC Utrecht	Jan Wouters	11
Vitesse	Fred Rutten	7
VVV-Venlo	Ton Lokhoff	16
RKC Waalwijk	Erwin Koeman	9

Stadiums

Image	Venue	Location	Capacity	Club
File:SC Heerenveen - Abe Lenstra.jpg	Abe Lenstra Stadium	Heerenveen	26,100	SC Heerenveen
File:RTEmagicC grolsch veste.jpg.jpg	De Grolsch Veste	Enschede	30,014	FC Twente
	Amsterdam ArenA	Amsterdam	52,651	AFC Ajax
File:ADO Den Haag - Kyocera Stadion.jpg	Kyocera Stadium	The Hague	15000	ADO Den Haag
File:De Kuip A.jpg	Stadion Feijenoord	Rotterdam	51,177	Feyenoord
File:AFAS Stadion.png	AFAS Stadium	Alkmaar	17,023	AZ
File:6b1f2ddf-d271-4edd-9617-d4e698b7c246 1183029728064-PhilipsStadion468lucht.jpg	Philips Stadium	Eindhoven	35,150	PSV
File:Euroborg.jpg	Euroborg	Groningen	22,550	FC Groningen
File:Roda JC - Parkstad Stadion.jpg	Parkstad Limburg Stadium	Kerkrade	18,936	Roda JC
File:Vitesse - Gelredome.jpg	GelreDome	Arnhem	25,000	Vitesse
File:Media xll 1441505.jpg	Polman Stadium	Almelo	8,500	Heracles
File:Stadionnec.jpg	De Goffert	Nijmegen	12,500	NEC
File:Rat Verlegh Stadion.png	Rat Verlegh Stadium	Breda	19,005	NAC Breda
File:Stadionfotos van bovenaf 20090821 1060013415.jpg	Mandemakers Stadium	Waalwijk	7,508	RKC Waalwijk
File:8100 stadion03.jpg	Galgenwaard	Utrecht	23,750	FC Utrecht
File:Ssdk.jpg	De Koel	Venlo	8,000	VVV Venlo
File:79449173-f5fc-4238-b14d-c2be6081fba2 430 322.jpg	Koning Willem II Stadium	Tilburg	14,500	Willem II
File:18g.jpg	IJsseldelta Stadium	Zwolle	11,324	PEC Zwolle

External links and references

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