The Eredivisie 2008–09 is the 53rd season of
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
since its establishment in 1955.
PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between
Vitesse Arnhem and
FC Groningen
Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, province of Groningen. Founded on 16 June 1971 as the successor of GVAV, the team compete in the Eredivisie, the highest tier of Dutch football. G ...
and ended on 10 May 2009. A total of 18 teams take part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...
. The teams promoted from the
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...
at the end of the previous season were champions
FC Volendam, and play-off winners
ADO Den Haag.
AZ clinched their second title, their first coming in 1981.
Overview
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 11 May 2009
Source
ESPN Top Scorers
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Play-offs
European competition (best of 3)
Contrary to the play-offs of previous years, only teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the
second qualifying round
The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each ...
of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.
Semi-finals
Final
Relegation
The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...
, participate in a play-off for two spots in
2009–10 Eredivisie.
Round 1
Round 2 (best of 3)
Round 3 (best of 3)
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...
and
Roda JC
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi ...
will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.
Facts and statistics
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Ajax
Ajax may refer to:
Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek ...
lost the opening match 2–1 away at
Willem II. This was Ajax' first opening round defeat since the
1988–89 season.
* Ajax and
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
both lost their opening matches. The last times this happened was in the
1965–66 season.
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ADO Den Haag topped the league table after two matches. The last time ADO was in first place was on 16 January 1971.
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NAC Breda led the Eredivisie after round six. This was the first time in club history that NAC were in first place of the Eredivisie.
* A record 6,067,288 spectators passed through the turnstiles, an average of 19,827 per match.
Television rights
The Dutch public broadcaster
NOS broadcast the match highlights after beating rival broadcaster
RTL for the contract. The new
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
channel
Eredivisie Live
Fox Sports Eredivisie was a Dutch premium television service owned by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV in which Fox Networks Group Benelux (part of Fox) has 51% share. The football clubs (Eredivisie CV) together with Endemol own 49%. There were 3 c ...
broadcast the live matches.
In Australia the Eredivisie was broadcast live and exclusive by
Setanta Sports
Setanta Sports is a sports television company based in Dublin, Ireland broadcasting throughout select Eurasian. The company was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events to international audiences. The company previo ...
.
See also
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2008–09 Eerste Divisie
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2008–09 KNVB Cup
References
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