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2008–09 Eerste Divisie

53rd season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands

53rd season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands

FieldValue
competitionEerste Divisie
season2008–09
winnersVVV-Venlo
promotedVVV-Venlo
prevseason[2007–08](2007-08-eerste-divisie)
nextseason[2009–10](2009-10-eerste-divisie)

Eerste Divisie 2008–09 began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion playoffs. Sixteen clubs remained in the Eerste Divisie, whilst Excelsior and VVV-Venlo were relegated from the 2007–08 Eredivisie. VVV-Venlo won the league title and were promoted to the Eredivisie, the highest tier of football in the Netherlands, while eight other teams competed in a playoff with two Eredivisie sides for two Eredivisie places.

Standings

Period winners

The competition is divided into six periods () of six matches each. The winner of each period () qualifies for the playoffs at the end of the season. If the winner of a period has already won a prior period in the season, the second placed team in the period is awarded the playoff slot. If the second placed team has also won a prior period, no winner is called, and the playoff slot is decided by league standing at the end of the season.

Best Top Ranking Teams

Excelsior, Telstar, FC Zwolle, TOP Oss and Dordrecht were awarded play-off spot as their performance in the six periods, along with RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur, the two best placed team in Eerste Divisie who did not get a play-off spot via period route. As VVV-Venlo, one of the period winners, promoted as Eerste Divisie champions, MVV replaced them as the best placed team who did not qualify for play-off.

Results

Top scorers

GoalsPlayerTeam
25NED Sandro CalabroVVV-Venlo
20BEL Gunther ThiebautMVV
18NED Serhat KoçFC Eindhoven
NED Glynor PletTelstar
17NED Sjoerd ArsRBC Roosendaal
16JPN Keisuke HondaVVV-Venlo
14NED Jeremy BokilaAGOVV Apeldoorn
NED Ruud ter HeideSC Cambuur
13NED Marc HöcherHelmond Sport
BEL Dries MertensAGOVV Apeldoorn
NED Fred BensonRKC Waalwijk
NED Roy StroeveFC Emmen
NED Adnan BarakatFC Den Bosch
NED Koen van der BiezenGo Ahead Eagles / FC Den Bosch
12NED Samir El GaaouiriVVV-Venlo
NED Karim FachtaliTOP Oss
NED Ruud BergerRKC Waalwijk
CPV Cecilio LopesFC Dordrecht

Playoffs

Please note that the following teams: Roda JC & De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

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Round 2 (best of 3)

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Round 3 (best of 3)

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The 2 winners of Round 3 will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.

Overview

ClubLocationCurrent manager2008–09 season managers
AGOVV ApeldoornApeldoornNetherlands John van den Brom
SC CambuurLeeuwardenNetherlands Stanley MenzoNetherlands Jurrie Koolhof
FC Den Bosch's-HertogenboschVacantNetherlands Theo Bos
FC DordrechtDordrechtNetherlands Gert Kruys
FC EindhovenEindhovenBelgium Marc Brys
FC EmmenEmmenNetherlands Paul KrabbeNetherlands Gerry Hamstra
ExcelsiorRotterdamNetherlands Ton Lokhoff
Fortuna SittardSittardNetherlands Roger Reijners
Go Ahead EaglesDeventerNetherlands Andries Ulderink
HFC HaarlemHaarlemNetherlands Jan Zoutman
Helmond SportHelmondNetherlands Jurgen Streppel
MVVMaastrichtTurkey Fuat Çapa
FC OmniworldAlmereNetherlands Henk WismanNetherlands Peter Boeve
RBC RoosendaalRoosendaalNetherlands Rini CoolenNetherlands Rob Meppelink
RKC WaalwijkWaalwijkNetherlands Ruud Brood
TelstarVelsenNetherlands Edward Metgod
TOP OssOssNetherlands Hans de Koning
BV VeendamVeendamNetherlands Joop Gall
VVV-VenloVenloNetherlands Jan van Dijk
FC ZwolleZwolleNetherlands Marco RoelofsenNetherlands Jan Everse

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Cambuur7,887
2VVV6,035
3MVV5,903
4Zwolle5,290
5Go Ahead4,180
6Den Bosch4,150
7RKC3,949
8Helmond3,214
9Veendam3,076
10Fortuna3,042
11Emmen3,027
12RBC2,731
13Dordrecht2,390
14AGOVV2,377
15Oss2,120
16Excelsior2,096
17Haarlem1,927
18Eindhoven1,712
19Omniworld1,381
20Telstar1,251

Source:

References

References

  1. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened09.htm
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