The 2017–18 Eerste Divisie, known as

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League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-second season of

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 ...

since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2017 with the first matches of the season and ended in May 2018 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2017–18 Eredivisie.

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league. 2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions

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gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by Go Ahead Eagles, who finished bottom in the 2016–17 Eredivisie. NAC won the post-season playoff, and were replaced by

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. Also, Achilles '29 were relegated and replaced by

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

champions Jong AZ who became the fifth reserve side to feature in the second tier of Dutch football. At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of the agreement was that no promotion/relegation would take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie this season.

Personnel and kits

Standings

Period tables

Period 1

Period 2

Period 3

Period 4

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source: soccerway, Jupiler League

Hat-tricks(+)

Assists

Source: Soccerway, Jupiler League

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two from 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 ...

and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie. Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of

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, (e) = Wins after

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in second leg, (p) = Wins after

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References

External links

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2017–18 in Dutch football