The 2008–09

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was the second season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The league took place from 21 August 2008 to 31 May 2009 with seven teams. AZ successfully defended the title and became champions for a second year running. AZ won the title in its final match day, defeating Willem II 6–0 to get 3 points clear of Willem and ADO Den Haag. The 84 matches of the season had a 56,365 total attendance.

Teams

On 15 April 2008,

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was confirmed as the league's seventh team. The team announced in May 2009 that it would disband after the season. Source: Soccerway

Format

The season was played in a quadruple round-robin format, where all seven participating teams played each other four times (twice away and twice at home), a total of 24 matches each. The champion qualified for the newly created

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. There was no relegation system in place.

Standings

Results

;Season's first half ;Season's second half

Top scorers

Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl

References

External links

Official websiteSeason
on soccerway.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Eredivisie Women, 2008-09 Net 1

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