1996–97 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996–97 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship. League standings Results Promotion/relegation play-offs See also * 1996–97 Eerste Divisie * 1996–97 KNVB Cup References External links Results by round at weltfussball.de {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Eredivisie Eredivisie seasons Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ... 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2024–25 season, it is UEFA coefficient#Men's association coefficient, ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by UEFA. The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are Promotion and relegation, relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with six high-placed clubs from the . The winner of the Eredivisie claims the List of Dutch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. The club is known for its Frisian nationalism, Frisian identity. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July 1920 in the town of Heerenveen, Friesland, as Athleta. It changed name twice, first to Spartaan and then to v.v. Heerenveen in 1922. While the Netherlands was German occupation of the Netherlands, occupied by Germany, Heerenveen won three successive North of the Netherlands championships, and following the end of World War II it went on to win the same title six times in a row; the club's dominance partly ascribed to the presence of Abe Lenstra. During this period, Lenstra led Heerenveen to a famous victory over AFC Ajax, Ajax in one of the most noted games in Dutch domestic football history. Trailing 5–1 with 25 minu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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AZ Alkmaar
Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan#The Zaan district, Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands. AZ won the Eredivisie in 1980–81 Eredivisie, 1980–81 and 2008–09 Eredivisie, 2008–09. In the same season as their first league title, they also reached the 1981 UEFA Cup Final, UEFA Cup Final, which they lost to Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town. The team has won the KNVB Cup on four occasions, and one Johan Cruyff Shield. History 1910–1972: Foundation and first years AZ was founded on 10 May 1967 as AZ '67, the result of a merger of Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek. Alkmaar '54 was founded as a professional team in April 1954 to play in the 10-team NBVB league, created because the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1997–98 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1997–98 season was contested by 18 teams. AZ won the championship. New entrants Relegated from the 1996–97 Eredivisie * AZ League standings Promotion/relegation play-offs In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from this league and two from the Eredivisie) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to the Eredivisie. See also * 1997–98 Eredivisie The 1997–98 Eredivisie season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. League standings Results Promotion/relegation play-offs In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from ... * 1997–98 KNVB Cup ReferencesNetherlands - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1997-98 Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie seasons 2 Neth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1996–97 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1996–97 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship. League standings Results Promotion/relegation play-offs See also * 1996–97 Eerste Divisie * 1996–97 KNVB Cup References External links Results by round at weltfussball.de {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Eredivisie Eredivisie seasons Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ... 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by three French teams – Lyon, Bastia, and Auxerre. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. Qualified teams Group stage Group 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 3 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 4 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 5 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 6 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 7 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 8 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 9 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 10 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 11 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 12 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals Summary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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NEC (football Club)
NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion from the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie. The club has reached the final of the KNVB Cup on five occasions – in 1973, 1983, 1994, 2000 and 2024 – and has never won the cup. History 1900–1919: Merger and early years The oldest remnant of NEC Nijmegen, Eendracht, was formed on 15 November 1900 by three men – August Lodenstijn, Antoon Kuypers and Wouter de Lent – representing the people from the ''benedenstad'' (lower town) who, due to their working class status, were not able to play for the major club in the city, Quick 1888. Due to a lack of funds, Eendracht initially played only friendly matches against teams from other parts of the city until 1903, when the local league in Nijmegen was formed. Eendracht was the first champion and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2024–25 Eredivisie, 2024–25 season. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie Waalwijk' ('Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Combination Waalwijk' in Dutch) and was established as a merger of HEC, WVB and Hercules. History The club was formed on 26 August 1940 and used to play its home games at Sportpark Olympia. Its new stadium, the 7,500 seater Mandemakers Stadion was opened in 1996 and featured the home match against Roda JC. RKC's clubname was also expanded with the name of the town before that 1996–97 season. While considered one of the Eredivisie's smaller clubs, it nevertheless maintained its top flight status for many years. Its home colors are yellow and blue. At the end of the 2006–07 season, RKC Waa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Willem II Tilburg
Willem II Tilburg (), commonly known simply as Willem II, is a Dutch football club (association football), football club based in Tilburg, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2024–25 Eredivisie, 2024–25 season. The club was founded on 12 August 1896 as ''Tilburgia''. On 12 January 1898, the club was renamed ''Willem II'' after List of Dutch monarchs, Dutch king William II of the Netherlands, William II (1792–1849), who, as Prince of House of Orange-Nassau, Orange and commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, Dutch army, had his military headquarters in Tilburg during the Belgian Revolution, Belgian uprising of 1830, spent much time in the city after becoming king, and died there. Notable former players for the club include Dutch internationals Jan van Roessel, Joris Mathijsen, Jaap Stam, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Overmars, Virgil Van Dijk and Finland's Sami ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Volendam
Football Club Volendam () is a professional association football, football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024–25 Eerste Divisie, 2024–25 season. Nicknamed "de Palingboeren", the club was founded as Victoria in 1920, changed its name to RKSV Volendam in 1923 and emerged as an exclusively professional club, FC Volendam, in 1977, following a split from its parent club. The team plays its home matches in the 6,984-capacity Kras Stadion, where it has been based since 1975. The club has a reputation as the ''heen-en-weer club'' ("the back-and-forth club") due to its numerous Promotion and relegation, promotions and relegations between the first and second tiers of Football in the Netherlands, Dutch football. They had achieved ten promotions to the Eredivisie; a record. The botter (a fishing boat - Volendam is a fishing village) with which the play ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flight of Dutch professional football, which they have won six times, having earned promotion from the Eerste Divisie in 2018–19. The club is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior (est. 1902) and Feyenoord (est. 1908). History Origins On the Easter Sunday of 1 April 1888, eight students from Rotterdam founded a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta. It was established in the garden of the house of the first treasurer, Hartevelt Hoos Oostvestple, a building located on the 11 in Rotterdam. The club was founded by eight students between the ages of 13 and 16. Five of them were students of the then HBS at the Van Alkemadeplein, and the remaining three were students of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Utrecht
Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion Galgenwaard. The club was formed in 1970 as a merger between local clubs VV DOS, USV Elinkwijk and Velox. Since then, the club has won three national KNVB Cup, cup tournaments: in 1984–85 KNVB Cup, 1985, 2002–03 KNVB Cup, 2003 and 2003–04 KNVB Cup, 2004, also winning the Johan Cruyff Shield in 2004 Johan Cruyff Shield, 2004 as the first club outside the traditional Dutch Big Three (Netherlands), Big Three. Utrecht is also the only club outside the Big Three which has never suffered relegation from the top-flight Eredivisie. Utrecht have competed in 15 European campaigns, reaching the group stages of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, their best European results. History 1970–1979: Merger and early years ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |