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2009–10 Eredivisie
54th season of the Eredivisie
54th season of the Eredivisie
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Eredivisie |
| season | 2009–10 |
| dates | 31 July 2009 – 16 May 2010 |
| winners | FC Twente |
| 1st title | |
| relegated | RKC Waalwijk |
| Sparta Rotterdam | |
| continentalcup1 | [Champions League](2009-10-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | FC Twente |
| Ajax | |
| continentalcup2 | [Europa League](2009-10-uefa-europa-league) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | PSV |
| Feyenoord | |
| AZ | |
| Utrecht (via play-offs) | |
| league topscorer | Luis Suárez (35) |
| biggest home win | Ajax 7–0 VVV Venlo (11 April 2010) |
| biggest away win | RKC 0–6 AZ (15 August 2009) |
| highest scoring | AZ 6–2 RKC (13 March 2010); Feyenoord 6–2 Heerenveen (2 May 2010) |
| matches | 306 |
| total goals | 892 |
| prevseason | [2008–09](2008-09-eredivisie) |
| nextseason | [2010–11](2010-11-eredivisie) |
1st title Sparta Rotterdam Ajax Feyenoord AZ Utrecht (via play-offs) The 2009–10 Eredivisie was the 54th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions VVV-Venlo and promotion/relegation play-off winners RKC Waalwijk.
The season started on 31 July 2009 and ended on 2 May 2010. FC Twente won their first ever Eredivisie title.
As of 2025, this is the last time that none of the big three Dutch teams have won the title.
Overview
Teams and stadia
Feyenoord
Sparta
| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Den Haag Stadion | 15,000 | |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | Amsterdam ArenA | 51,715 | |
| AZ | Alkmaar | AZ Stadion | 17,023 | |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | Stadion Feijenoord | 51,177 | |
| Groningen | Groningen | Euroborg | 22,329 | |
| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 26,000 | |
| Heracles Almelo | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 8,500 | |
| NAC Breda | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,000 | |
| NEC | Nijmegen | Stadion de Goffert | 12,470 | |
| PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 35,119 | |
| RKC | Waalwijk | Mandemakers Stadion | 7,500 | |
| Roda JC | Kerkrade | Parkstad Limburg Stadion | 19,979 | |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Het Kasteel | 11,026 | |
| Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 | |
| Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 24,426 | |
| Vitesse Arnhem | Arnhem | Gelredome | 25,000 | |
| VVV-Venlo | Venlo | De Koel | 7,500 | |
| Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,637 |
Personnel and sponsoring
a) Link only the first occurrence of a kitmaker to avoid overlinking. b) If there is no link to a sponsoring company in the English wiki, link to the Dutch wiki with the ":nl:" suffix and pipe the link (e.g. Phanos). If there is no article on the Dutch wiki as well, put the company without any link brackets.
| Club | Manager | Kit maker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | Netherlands Raymond Atteveld | Hummel | Fit For Free | |
| Ajax | Netherlands Martin Jol | Adidas | Aegon | |
| AZ | Netherlands Dick Advocaat | Quick | BUKO | |
| Feyenoord | Netherlands Mario Been | Puma | ASR Verzekeringen | |
| Groningen | Netherlands Ron Jans | Klupp | Noord Lease | |
| Heerenveen | Netherlands Jan Everse | Jako | Univé | |
| Heracles Almelo | Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek | Jako | Ten Cate | |
| NAC Breda | Netherlands Robert Maaskant | Klupp | Sunweb Vakanties | |
| NEC | Netherlands Wiljan Vloet | Nike | Curaçao | |
| PSV | Netherlands Fred Rutten | Nike | Philips | |
| RKC | Netherlands Ruud Brood | Nike | Mandemakers Keukens | |
| Roda JC | Belgium Harm Van Veldhoven | Diadora | Aevitae | |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Netherlands Frans Adelaar | Patrick | Graydon | |
| Twente | England Steve McClaren | Diadora | Arke | |
| Utrecht | Netherlands Ton du Chatinier | Kappa | Phanos | |
| Vitesse Arnhem | Netherlands Theo Bos | Klupp | AfAB | |
| VVV-Venlo | Netherlands Jan van Dijk | Erima | Seacon Logistics | |
| Willem II | Netherlands Arno Pijpers | Masita | Destil |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | Netherlands Marco van Basten | Resigned | Pre-season | Netherlands Martin Jol | 25 May 2009 |
| AZ | Netherlands Louis van Gaal | Signed by Bayern Munich | Pre-season | Netherlands Ronald Koeman | 17 May 2009 |
| AZ | Netherlands Ronald Koeman | Sacked | 5 December 2009 | Netherlands Dick Advocaat | 8 December 2009 |
| Heerenveen | Norway Trond Sollied | Sacked | 1 September 2009 | Netherlands Jan de Jonge | 2 September 2009 |
| Heerenveen | Netherlands Jan de Jonge | Resigned | Netherlands Jan Everse | ||
| Heracles Almelo | Netherlands Gert Heerkes | Resigned | Pre-season | Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek | 8 June 2009 |
| NEC | Netherlands Mario Been | Signed by Feyenoord | Pre-season | Netherlands Dwight Lodeweges | 9 April 2009 |
| NEC | Netherlands Dwight Lodeweges | Resigned | 27 October 2009 | Netherlands Wiljan Vloet | 14 November 2009 |
| PSV | Netherlands Dwight Lodeweges | Signed by NEC | Pre-season | Netherlands Fred Rutten | 17 April 2009 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Netherlands Foeke Booy | Signed by Utrecht | Pre-season | Netherlands Frans Adelaar | 15 May 2009 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Netherlands Frans Adelaar | Sacked | Netherlands Aad de Mos | ||
| ADO Den Haag | Netherlands Raymond Atteveld | Sacked | Netherlands Maurice Steijn | 30 March 2010 | |
| Willem II | Netherlands Alfons Groenendijk | Sacked | Netherlands Arno Pijpers | 27 February 2010 | |
| Willem II | Netherlands Arno Pijpers | Resigned | Netherlands Theo de Jong |
League table
Results
Goalscorers
*Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet, Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site) *
Top scorers
| Pos. | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | URU Luis Suárez | Ajax | 35 | ||
| 2 | CRC Bryan Ruiz | Twente | 24 | ||
| 3 | DEN Mads Junker | Roda JC | 21 | ||
| 4 | MAR Mounir El Hamdaoui | AZ | 20 | ||
| 5 | SRB Marko Pantelić | Ajax | 16 | ||
| 6 | NED Bas Dost | Heracles | 14 | ||
| BRA Everton | Heracles | ||||
| HUN Balázs Dzsudzsák | PSV | ||||
| 9 | SLO Tim Matavž | Groningen | 13 | ||
| SWE Ola Toivonen | PSV | ||||
| 11 | *2 players* | 12 | |||
| 13 | *4 players* | 11 | |||
| 17 | *4 players* | 10 | |||
| 21 | *2 players* | 9 | |||
| 23 | *4 players* | 8 | |||
| 27 | *10 players* | 7 | |||
| 37 | *10 players* | 6 | |||
| 47 | *14 players* | 5 | |||
| 60 | *23 players* | 4 | |||
| 84 | *22 players* | 3 | |||
| 106 | *50 players* | 2 | |||
| 156 | *71 players* | 1 | |||
| *Own goals* | 23 | ||||
| **Total:** | **892** | ||||
| **Games:** | **306** | ||||
| **Average:** | **** |
Other scorers
;12 goals
- NED Jeremain Lens (AZ)
- SUI Blaise Nkufo (Twente) ;11 goals
- DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord)
- NED Gerald Sibon (Heerenveen)
- NED Otman Bakkal (PSV)
- NED Danny Koevermans (PSV) ;10 goals
- NED Siem de Jong (Ajax)
- NED Erik Falkenburg (Sparta)
- NED Rydell Poepon (Sparta)
- SVK Miroslav Stoch (Twente) ;9 goals
- GHA Matthew Amoah (NAC)
- NED Sandro Calabro (VVV) ;8 goals
- NED Willie Overtoom (Heracles)
- BEL Bjorn Vleminckx (NEC)
- NED Willem Janssen (Roda JC)
- ZAM Jacob Mulenga (Utrecht) ;7 goals
- NED Wesley Verhoek (ADO)
- NED Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax)
- NED Roy Makaay (Feyenoord)
- CZE Michal Papadopulos (Heerenveen)
- NED Anthony Lurling (NAC)
- NED Derk Boerrigter (RKC)
- NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Utrecht)
- NED Santi Kolk (Vitesse Arnhem)
- SWE Lasse Nilsson (Vitesse Arnhem)
- NED Frank Demouge (Willem II) ;6 goals
- DEN Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax)
- NED Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax)
- DEN Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen)
- SWE Andreas Granqvist (Groningen)
- NED Edwin de Graaf (NAC)
- NED Kees Kwakman (NAC)
- AHO Charlison Benschop (RKC)
- BEL Dries Mertens (Utrecht)
- JPN Keisuke Honda (VVV)
- MAR Saïd Boutahar (Willem II) ;5 goals
- NED Urby Emanuelson (Ajax)
- AUS Brett Holman (AZ)
- BEL Maarten Martens (AZ)
- CIV Sekou Cissé (Feyenoord)
- NED Koen van de Laak (Groningen)
- DEN Nicklas Pedersen (Groningen)
- SWE Viktor Elm (Heerenveen)
- NED Darl Douglas (Heracles)
- BDI Saidi Ntibazonkiza (NEC)
- SRB Danko Lazović (PSV)
- HUN Boldizsár Bodor (Roda JC)
- DEN Kenneth Perez (Twente)
- MEX Héctor Moreno (AZ)
- BEL Christophe Grégoire (Willem II) ;4 goals
- NED Danny Buijs (ADO)
- MNE Bogdan Milić (ADO)
- FRA Karim Soltani (ADO)
- ARG Darío Cvitanich (Ajax)
- BEL Mousa Dembélé (AZ)
- NED Andwélé Slory (Feyenoord)
- NED Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord)
- NED Georginio Wijnaldum (Feyenoord)
- NED Roy Beerens (Heerenveen)
- ARG Hernán Losada (Heerenveen)
- BRA Leonardo Santiago (NAC)
- NED Ramon Zomer (NEC)
- NED Ibrahim Afellay (PSV)
- NED Fred Benson (RKC)
- BEL Benjamin De Ceulaer (RKC)
- DEN Morten Skoubo (Roda JC)
- CZE Jacob Lensky (Utrecht)
- BRA Claudemir (Vitesse Arnhem)
- BEL Onur Kaya (Vitesse Arnhem)
- NED Adil Auassar (VVV)
- NED Ruud Boymans (VVV)
- NED Stefan Nijland (Willem II)
- NED Sergio Zijler (Willem II) ;3 goals
- NED Ricky van den Bergh (ADO)
- MAR Ismaïl Aissati (Ajax)
- BEL Jan Vertonghen (Ajax)
- SWE Rasmus Elm (AZ)
- BRA André Bahia (Feyenoord)
- NED Jonathan de Guzmán (Feyenoord)
- NGR Oluwafemi Ajilore (Groningen)
- NED Michel Breuer (Heerenveen)
- BRA Paulo Henrique (Heerenveen)
- SWE Samuel Armenteros (Heracles)
- NED Marko Vejinović (Heracles)
- SWE Erton Fejzullahu (NEC)
- NED John Goossens (NEC)
- MAR Nordin Amrabat (PSV)
- BRA Jonathan Reis (PSV)
- NED Fouad Idabdelhay (RKC)
- NED Anouar Hadouir (Roda JC)
- BEL Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (Roda JC)
- SLO Dalibor Stevanovič (Vitesse Arnhem)
- NED Ahmed Ahahaoui (VVV)
- ESP Gonzalo García (VVV)
- NED Ruben Schaken (VVV) ;2 goals
- NED Timothy Derijck (ADO)
- SVK Csaba Horváth (ADO)
- NED Kees Luijckx (ADO)
- BEL Toby Alderweireld (Ajax)
- SWE Kennedy Bakircioglu (Ajax)
- NED Mitchell Donald (Ajax – 1/Willem II – 1)
- SRB Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax)
- ITA Graziano Pellè (AZ)
- NED Luigi Bruins (Feyenoord)
- NED Leroy Fer (Feyenoord)
- NED Denny Landzaat (Feyenoord)
- NED Leandro Bacuna (Groningen)
- NED Danny Holla (Groningen)
- SRB Goran Lovre (Groningen)
- DEN Morten Nordstrand (Groningen)
- SWE Fredrik Stenman (Groningen)
- BEL Birger Maertens (Heracles)
- NED Sebastiaan Steur (Heracles)
- NED Donny Gorter (NAC)
- NED Patrick Zwaanswijk (NAC)
- MAR Youssef El Akchaoui (NEC)
- NED Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
- NED Patrick Pothuizen (NEC)
- POL Arkadiusz Radomski (NEC)
- NED Orlando Engelaar (PSV)
- NED Zakaria Labyad (PSV)
- BUL Stanislav Manolev (PSV)
- BEL Davy De Fauw (Roda JC)
- CAN Marcel de Jong (Roda JC)
- NOR Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC)
- NED Jan-Paul Saeijs (Roda JC)
- FRA Edouard Duplan (Sparta)
- NED Joshua John (Sparta)
- NED Kevin Strootman (Sparta)
- BRA Douglas (Twente)
- NED Luuk de Jong (Twente)
- NED Nicky Kuiper (Twente)
- NED Sander Keller (Utrecht)
- DEN Michael Silberbauer (Utrecht)
- BEL Jan Wuytens (Utrecht)
- NED Alexander Büttner (Vitesse Arnhem)
- NED Serginho Greene (Vitesse Arnhem)
- TUR Sinan Kaloğlu (Vitesse Arnhem)
- NED Wiljan Pluim (Vitesse Arnhem)
- NED Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
- BEL Ken Leemans (VVV)
- NED Ferry de Regt (VVV)
- BEL Bart Biemans (Willem II)
- NED Gerson Sheotahul (Willem II)
- NED Arjan Swinkels (Willem II) ;1 goal
- NED Santy Hulst (ADO)
- NED Lex Immers (ADO)
- NED Christian Kum (ADO)
- EST Andres Oper (ADO)
- NED Charlton Vicento (ADO)
- CMR Eyong Enoh (Ajax)
- SWE Rasmus Lindgren (Ajax)
- BRA Jonathas (AZ)
- FIN Niklas Moisander (AZ)
- BEL Sébastien Pocognoli (AZ)
- DEN Simon Poulsen (AZ)
- NED David Mendes da Silva (AZ)
- SWE Pontus Wernbloom (AZ)
- SRB Stefan Babović (Feyenoord)
- NED Diego Biseswar (Feyenoord)
- NED Kevin Hofland (Feyenoord)
- NED Stefan de Vrij (Feyenoord)
- NED Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen)
- SRB Filip Đuričić (Heerenveen)
- MKD Samir Fazli (Heerenveen)
- NOR Christian Grindheim (Heerenveen)
- MKD Goran Popov (Heerenveen)
- FIN Mika Väyrynen (Heerenveen)
- POL Paweł Wojciechowski (Heerenveen)
- NED Mark-Jan Fledderus (Heracles)
- NED Antoine van der Linden (Heracles)
- NED Mark Looms (Heracles)
- NED Ellery Cairo (NAC)
- NED Kurt Elshot (NAC)
- HUN Csaba Feher (NAC)
- NED Robbert Schilder (NAC)
- NED Ferne Snoyl (NAC)
- NED Lorenzo Davids (NEC)
- NED Bas Sibum (NEC)
- NED Rick ten Voorde (NEC)
- MEX Francisco Rodríguez (PSV)
- SRB Jagoš Vuković (PSV)
- NED Kemy Agustien (RKC)
- NED Ruud Berger (RKC)
- NED Dustley Mulder (RKC)
- NED Hans Mulder (RKC)
- BEL Arnaud Sutchuin (Roda JC)
- NED Ruud Vormer (Roda JC)
- NGR Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)
- CRO Darko Bodul (Sparta)
- NED Sander van Gessel (Sparta)
- NED Milano Koenders (Sparta)
- NED Wout Brama (Twente)
- NED Theo Janssen (Twente)
- NED Ronnie Stam (Twente)
- NED Dwight Tiendalli (Twente)
- CIV Cheick Tioté (Twente)
- NED Peter Wisgerhof (Twente)
- GHA Nana Asare (Utrecht)
- NED Tim Cornelisse (Utrecht)
- NED Erixon Danso (Utrecht)
- GHA Francis Dickoh (Utrecht)
- NED Gregoor van Dijk (Utrecht)
- NED Gianluca Nijholt (Utrecht)
- NED Alje Schut (Utrecht)
- BEL Kevin Vandenbergh (Utrecht)
- NED Nicky Hofs (Vitesse Arnhem)
- ANT Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
- BEL Kevin Van Dessel (VVV)
- NED Frank van Kouwen (VVV)
- NED Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
- NED Michael Timisela (VVV)
- NGR Michael Uchebo (VVV)
- NGR Alex Nkume (VVV)
- NED Jan-Arie van der Heijden (Willem II)
- NED Marlon Pereira (Willem II)
;Own goals
- Scored for ADO (5): NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord); SLE Gibril Sankoh (Groningen); NED Antoine van der Linden (Heracles); NED Mark Looms (Heracles); NED Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
- Scored for Ajax (2): NED Hans Mulder (RKC); NED Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for AZ (4): CZE Martin Lejsal (Heerenveen); NOR Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC); NED Peter Wisgerhof (Twente – 2 goals)
- Scored for Feyenoord (3): SWE Pontus Wernbloom (AZ); NED Toni Varela (RKC); NED Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
- Scored for NAC (1): NED Niels Wellenberg (NEC)
- Scored for NEC (1): NED Christiaan Kum (ADO)
- Scored for RKC (2): SRB Marko Pantelić (Ajax); NED Calvin Jong-a-Pin (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for Roda JC (2): NED Jurgen Colin (RKC); NED Frank van der Struijk (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for Vitesse Arnhem (1): NED Dustley Mulder (RKC)
- Scored for VVV (1): ANT Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
- Scored for Willem II (1): NGR Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)
Play-offs
European competition
The teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.
Semi-finals
Final
Relegation
The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in 2010–11 Eredivisie.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Willem II and Excelsior will play in 2010–11 Eredivisie.
Attendances
Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2009-10 edition of the Eredivisie. !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AFC Ajax || 17 || 48,681 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Feyenoord || 17 || 43,882 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || PSV || 17 || 33,471 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || sc Heerenveen || 17 || 25,691 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || FC Twente || 17 || 23,641 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || FC Groningen || 17 || 21,828 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || FC Utrecht || 17 || 21,199 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Vitesse || 17 || 16,980 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || NAC Breda || 17 || 16,567 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || AZ || 17 || 16,503 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Roda JC || 17 || 14,749 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Willem II || 17 || 12,821 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || NEC || 17 || 12,379 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || ADO Den Haag || 17 || 11,720 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Sparta Rotterdam || 17 || 10,155 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || Heracles Almelo || 17 || 8,457 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || VVV-Venlo || 17 || 7,465 |- | style"text-align:center;"| _row_count || RKC Waalwijk || 17 || 6,388 |- |} }}
References
References
- [https://int.soccerway.com/news/2010/March/13/az-fire-six-past-rkc-waalwijk/ AZ fire six past RKC Waalwijk – Soccerway] {{webarchive. link. (1 March 2012)
- Taylor, Louise. (2 May 2010). "Steve McClaren goes from zero to hero as FC Twente win Dutch title". [[The Guardian]].
- (2 May 2010). "First title for Twente". [[ESPN]].
- (August 2025). "Eredivisie 2009/2010 - Attendance".
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