The 2018–19 Eredivisie was the 63rd 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 10 August 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019; the Europa League and relegation play-offs will take place later that month. PSV were the defending champions. Emmen,

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and

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

joined as the promoted clubs from the

2017–18 Eerste Divisie The 2017–18 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-second season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2017 with the first matches of the season and ended in May 2018 with ...

. They replaced Sparta Rotterdam,

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and

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who were relegated to the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2017–18 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners ( FC Emmen and

) and the

runners-up (

). FC Emmen will play in the

for the first time in their history.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Standings

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source: nos.nl

Hat-tricks

Assists

Source: nos.nl

Discipline

Player with the most yellow cards: 11 * Tom Beugelsdijk (ADO Den Haag) Players with the most red cards: 2 * José Rodríguez (Fortuna Sittard) *

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(SC Heerenveen) *

Urby Emanuelson Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He is the currently assistant trainer of Utrecht. As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Emanuelson spent most of his career at Ajax playing as a l ...

(FC Utrecht) *

Fabian Serrarens Fabian Serrarens (born 9 February 1991) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Derde Divisie club TEC. He formerly played for Arka Gdynia, De Graafschap, Telstar, Almere City FC, Roda JC Kerkrade and HJK. Club career On 6 January ...

(De Graafschap) *

Jesper Drost Jesper Drost (born 11 January 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for HHC Hardenberg. Club career Drost was born in Nunspeet. He joined FC Groningen from PEC Zwolle in summer 2015. He then moved to Herac ...

(Heracles Almelo) *

Maikel van der Werff Maikel van der Werff (born 22 April 1989) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back. He has formerly played for FC Volendam, SBV Vitesse, Vitesse, FC Cincinna ...

(Vitesse) * Mounir El Allouchi (NAC Breda) * Danilho Doekhi (Vitesse) Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2019.

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Play-offs

European competition

Four teams will play for a spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of

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, (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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eredivisie, 2018-19 2018–19 Neth 1