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, who were replaced by last-placed

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club RKC Waalwijk. The league featured 18 teams, two fewer than its previous season, following the exclusion of

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from professional football and the relegation of

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

to the

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. On May 12, 2010 BV Veendam was declared bankrupt due to financial troubles, with FC Oss consequently expected to be readmitted into Eerste Divisie to replace it; however, the verdict was overturned later in June, and the club was thus allowed to play in the season with a reduced budget. From this season on, the last-placed team would be relegated to the Topklasse, and replaced by the winner of the newly established third tier. This season also featured the old Almere-based club FC Omniworld under the new denomination of Almere City FC.

Teams overview

Venues

League table

Results

Playoffs

Excelsior and VVV-Venlo joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

VVV-Venlo and Excelsior will play in

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Top goalscorers

;29 goals * Johan Voskamp ''(

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)'' ;27 goals *

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''( FC Zwolle)'' ;21 goals *

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)'' ;20 goals * Donny de Groot ''( RKC Waalwijk)'' * Michiel Hemmen ''( AGOVV Apeldoorn)'' ;18 goals *

Derk Boerrigter Derk Boerrigter (; born 16 October 1986) is a retired Dutch footballer, who played most of his career as a winger. He began his professional career with Ajax, but did not make any first team appearances and was eventually loaned to Haarlem. He ...

''( RKC Waalwijk)'' ;17 goals * Fred Benson ''( RKC Waalwijk)'' ;16 goals * Koen van der Biezen ''(

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)'' * Danny Schreurs ''( FC Zwolle)'' ;15 goals *

Ruud ter Heide Ruud ter Heide (born 15 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Enschede, Overijssel, Ter Heide started his career with FC Twente. He made five appearances from 2001 until 2003. In the 2 ...

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FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. I ...

)'' * Marc Höcher ''( Helmond Sport)''

References

External links

JupilerLeague.nl - Official website Eerste Divisie

KNVB.nl - Official website KNVB
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