The 2017–18 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of the
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. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month.
Feyenoord
Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), 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 bef ...
were the defending champions from the
previous season. On 15 April 2018,
PSV became champions for the 24th time after defeating their closest rival Ajax 3–0 at the
Philips Stadion
The Philips Stadion () is a football stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands. As the home of PSV Eindhoven (Philips Sport Vereniging), it is therefore also known as PSV Stadion. With a capacity of 36,500, it is the third-largest football stadium in th ...
.
Teams
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the
2016–17 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (
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 ...
and
NAC Breda) and the
2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions (
VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, followin ...
).
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Standings
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018.
Source
nos.nl
(reliable)
Soccerway
(unreliable)
Hat-tricks
Assists
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018.
Source
nos.nl
(reliable)
Soccerway
(unreliable)
Discipline
*Most yellow cards: 11
**
Thomas Lam
Thomas Anton Rudolph Lam (born 18 December 1993), is a Finnish-Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Melbourne City and the Finland national football team. He began his senior club career playing f ...
(Twente)
*Most red cards: 2
**
Adil Auassar (Roda JC)
**
Wilfried Kanon
Serge Wilfried Kanon (born 6 July 1993) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays mainly as a centre-back for Finnish club HIFK and the Ivory Coast national team.
Club career
Early career
Born in Taabo, Ivory Coast, Kanon made his debu ...
(ADO Den Haag)
**
Hirving Lozano
Hirving Rodrigo Lozano Bahena (born 30 July 1995) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Napoli and the Mexico national team. He is popularly known by his nickname Chucky.
Lozano began his career with Pachuca, w ...
(PSV)
Awards
Monthly awards
Play-offs
European competition
Four teams will play for a spot in the
2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
, (e) = Wins after
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
in second leg, (p) = Wins after
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
Promotion/relegation play-offs
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight 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 ...
, will play for two spots in the
2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams will play in the
2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
, (e) = Wins after
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
in second leg, (p) = Wins after
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
References
External links
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