2014–15 Eredivisie

Eredivisie 2014–15
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The 2014–15 Eredivisie season will be the fifty-ninth season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955.

Teams

A total of 18 teams will be taking part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2013–14 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie champions.

There are three teams that played in the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie that were promoted to the Eredivise for the 2014-15 season. Willem II returned back to the Eredivisie after just one by winning its first Eerste Divisie title in 49 years. Meanwhile, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior navigated to the promotion/relegation playoffs to reach the Eredivisie, with both clubs having received byes after finishing second and third in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht swept both legs against VVV-Venlo 5-2 on aggregate in the second round before facing another Eerste Divisie club for a spot in the Eredivisie (after Sparta Rotterdam sent NEC Nijmegen into relegation). FC Dordrecht won 5-3 on aggregate to return to the Eredivisie for the first time in 19 years.

Excelsior returned after two seasons in the Eerste Divisie by first overcoming FC Den Bosch 5-2 on aggregate before relegating RKC Waalwijk from the league by winning 4-2 on aggregate.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam Arena	53,052
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,023
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,235
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Stadion Feijenoord	51,177
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	8,000
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,100
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	8,500
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,005
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	IJsseldelta Stadion	12,500
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,014
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,000
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	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Henk Fraser	Erreà	Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax	Frank de Boer	adidas	Aegon
AZ	Marco van Basten	Macron	AFAS software
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Quick	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Dordrecht	Ernie Brandts	Stadio	Riwal
Excelsior	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Masita	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord	Fred Rutten	adidas	Opel
Go Ahead Eagles	Foeke Booy	hummel	vinden.nl
Groningen	Erwin van de Looi	Masita	Essent
Heerenveen	Dwight Lodeweges	Jako	Univé
Heracles Almelo	Jan de Jonge	Erima	TenCate
NAC Breda	Nebojša Gudelj	Patrick	Into Telecom
PEC Zwolle	Ron Jans	Patrick	Compello
PSV	Phillip Cocu	Nike	Philips
Twente	Alfred Schreuder	Nike	XXImo
Utrecht	Rob Alflen	hummel	HealthCity
Vitesse	Peter Bosz	Macron	Truphone
Willem II	Jurgen Streppel	Robey	johnbeerens.com

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Heerenveen	van Basten, MarcoMarco van Basten	End of contract	1 July 2014	Pre-season	Lodeweges, DwightDwight Lodeweges	1 July 2014
AZ	Advocaat, DickDick Advocaat	End of contract	1 July 2014	Pre-season	van Basten, MarcoMarco van Basten	1 July 2014
Feyenoord	Koeman, RonaldRonald Koeman	End of contract	1 July 2014	Pre-season	Rutten, FredFred Rutten	1 July 2014
Utrecht	Wouters, JanJan Wouters	Mutual consent	1 July 2014	Pre-season	Alflen, RobRob Alflen	1 July 2014
Dordrecht	van den Ham, HarryHarry van den Ham	End of contract	1 July 2014	Pre-season	Brandts, ErnieErnie Brandts	1 July 2014

League table

2014–15 Eredivisie table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV	23	20	1	2	62	19	+43	61	UEFA Champions League group stage
2	Ajax	23	15	4	4	51	22	+29	49	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Feyenoord	23	12	5	6	38	23	+15	41	2015–16 UEFA Europa League play-off round
4	AZ	23	12	5	6	39	33	+6	41	Qualification to the European competition play-offs
5	Zwolle	23	12	3	8	42	28	+14	39
6	Heerenveen	23	9	8	6	35	26	+9	35
7	Vitesse	23	9	7	7	42	32	+10	34
8	Twente	23	9	7	7	39	34	+5	34
9	Cambuur	23	8	6	9	34	36	−2	30
10	Willem II	23	9	3	11	31	33	−2	30
11	Groningen	23	7	9	7	28	35	−7	30
12	Utrecht	23	8	3	12	40	44	−4	27
13	Excelsior	23	5	11	7	30	39	−9	26
14	ADO Den Haag	23	5	9	9	30	36	−6	24
15	Go Ahead Eagles	23	6	5	12	25	41	−16	23
16	Heracles	23	6	2	15	32	49	−17	20	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
17	NAC Breda	23	3	6	14	19	47	−28	15
18	Dordrecht	23	2	6	15	14	54	−40	12	Relegation to the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie

Updated to games played on 15 February 2015
Source: Kicker.de
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

Positions by round

Results

External links

• Official website (Dutch)

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