The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the

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 o ...

, the top division of

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

in the

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 ...

. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points.

Promoted teams

The following teams are promoted to the Eredivisie at the start of the season: *

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

League table

Match table

Top scorers

Last updated: April 20, 2008
Source
Eredivisie official website
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Play-offs

For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket
For one UEFA Cup playoff ticket
For one UEFA Cup ticket
The winner of match G,

FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...

, qualifies for

2008–09 UEFA Champions League The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 27 May 2009. ...

. The loser of match G,

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), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...

, qualifies for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. The losers of matches A and B,

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 Netherla ...

and NAC Breda, faced each other in match H. The winner,

, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The loser of match H, NAC Breda, faced

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...

, the winner of the playoffs featuring FC Groningen, NEC, Roda JC and FC Utrecht. NEC won that match, match J, and clinched the final UEFA Cup ticket, while the loser, NAC Breda, qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Relegation

Round 1

Round 2 (best of 3)

Round 3 (best of 3)

The winners of matches G and H will play in the 2008–09 Eredivisie.

Season statistics

''Last updated on April 20, 2008.''

Scoring

*First goal of the season: Kemy Agustien for AZ against

(18 August 2007) *Widest winning margin:

9-0

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...

(7 October 2007) *Most goals in a match:

9-0

(7 October 2007), De Graafschap 1-8

(August 19, 2007) *Fastest goal in a match: Roy Makaay for

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

against

(2 December 2007) *Best offensive team:

with 94 goals in 34 matches. *Worst offensive team:

Excelsior Excelsior may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * "Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by Bret Harte, published as an advertisement for the Sa ...

with 32 goals in 34 matches. *Best defensive team: PSV with 24 goals against in 34 matches. *Worst defensive team:

Sparta Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement in the Evrotas Valley, valley of Evrotas (river), Evrotas rive ...

and

with 76 goals against in 34 matches.

Cards

*First yellow card: Gianni Zuiverloon for

against Willem II (17 August 2007) *First red card: Patrick Mtiliga for NAC Breda against

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...

(18 August 2007)

Overview

Stadiums 2007-08

Kits 2007-2008

References

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