The 2013–14 Eredivisie was the 58th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first match of the season and ended on 18 May 2014 with the returns of the finals of the European competition and relegation playoffs.[2]

Eredivisie
Season2013–14
Dates2 August 2013 – 18 May 2014
ChampionsAjax (33rd title)
RelegatedRoda JC
NEC
RKC Waalwijk
Champions LeagueAjax
Feyenoord
Europa LeaguePEC Zwolle
Twente
PSV
Groningen
Matches played306
Goals scored978 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerAlfreð Finnbogason
(29 goals)
Biggest home winTwente 6–0 Utrecht
Ajax 6–0 Go Ahead Eagles
Biggest away winN.E.C. 1–5 PEC Zwolle
ADO Den Haag 0–4 Roda JC
Roda JC 1–5 NAC Breda
ADO Den Haag 0–4 Ajax
PSV 2–6 Vitesse
Utrecht 1–5 PSV
AZ 1–5 Heerenveen
Highest scoringPSV 2–6 Vitesse
Longest winning run8 games
Ajax[1]
Longest unbeaten run22 games
Ajax[1]
Longest winless run11 games
NAC Breda[1]
Longest losing run6 games
Roda JC[1]
Total attendance5,954,320[1]
Average attendance19,458[1]

Teams edit

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2012–13 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2012–13 Eerste Divisie champions.

Club Location Venue Capacity Average attendance[3]
ADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000 10,854
Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam Arena 53,052 50,907
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023 15,574
Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,250 9,728
Feyenoord Rotterdam Stadion Feijenoord 51,177 45,757
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Adelaarshorst 8,000 7,630
Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,550 19,780
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100 22,781
Heracles Almelo Polman Stadion 8,500 8,339
NAC Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,005 17,915
N.E.C. Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500 11,065
Zwolle Zwolle IJsseldelta Stadion 12,500 12,042
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000 33,024
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,508 6,252
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 18,936 13,952
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,014 29,546
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750 16,938
Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,000 18,989

Personnel and kits edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag   Henk Fraser Erreà Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax   Frank de Boer adidas Aegon
AZ   Dick Advocaat Macron AFAS software
Cambuur   Dwight Lodeweges Quick Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Feyenoord   Ronald Koeman Puma Opel
Go Ahead Eagles   Foeke Booy hummel vinden.nl
Groningen   Erwin van de Looi Klupp Essent
Heerenveen   Marco van Basten Jako Univé
Heracles   Jan de Jonge Erima TenCate
NAC   Nebojša Gudelj Patrick Into Telecom
N.E.C.   Anton Janssen Jako Scholten Awater
PEC Zwolle   Ron Jans Patrick Kraanwater graag
PSV   Phillip Cocu Nike Philips
RKC Waalwijk   Erwin Koeman Hummel Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC   Jon Dahl Tomasson Lotto Toverland
Twente   Alfred Schreuder
  Michel Jansen (strawperson)
Nike XXImo
Utrecht   Jan Wouters hummel HealthCity
Vitesse   Peter Bosz Nike Youfone

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Zwolle   Art Langeler End of contract 1 July 2013[4] Pre-season   Ron Jans 1 July 2013[5]
Groningen   Robert Maaskant End of contract 1 July 2013[6] Pre-season   Erwin van de Looi 1 July 2013[7]
Cambuur   Henk de Jong End of interim spell 1 July 2013 Pre-season   Dwight Lodeweges 1 July 2013[8]
PSV   Dick Advocaat End of contract 1 July 2013[9] Pre-season   Phillip Cocu 1 July 2013[10]
Vitesse   Fred Rutten End of contract 1 July 2013[11] Pre-season   Peter Bosz 1 July 2013[12]
Go Ahead Eagles   Erik ten Hag Signed by Bayern Munich II 1 July 2013[13] Pre-season   Foeke Booy 1 July 2013[14]
Heracles Almelo   Peter Bosz Signed by Vitesse 1 July 2013 Pre-season   Jan de Jonge 1 July 2013[15]
N.E.C.   Alex Pastoor Sacked 19 August 2013[16] 18th   Anton Janssen 27 August 2013[17]
AZ   Gertjan Verbeek Sacked 29 September 2013[18] 8th   Dick Advocaat 16 October 2013
Roda JC   Ruud Brood Sacked 15 December 2013[19] 14th   Jon Dahl Tomasson 26 December 2013[20]
ADO Den Haag   Maurice Steijn Sacked 5 February 2014[21] 18th   Henk Fraser 5 February 2014
Cambuur   Dwight Lodeweges Resigned 1 April 2014[22] 11th   Henk de Jong (interim) 1 April 2014

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax (C) 34 20 11 3 69 28 +41 71 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Feyenoord 34 20 7 7 76 40 +36 67 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Twente 34 17 12 5 72 37 +35 63 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 PSV 34 18 5 11 60 45 +15 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Heerenveen 34 16 9 9 72 51 +21 57 Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6 Vitesse Arnhem 34 15 10 9 65 49 +16 55
7 Groningen (O) 34 14 9 11 57 53 +4 51
8 AZ 34 13 8 13 54 50 +4 47
9 ADO Den Haag 34 12 7 15 45 64 −19 43
10 Utrecht 34 11 8 15 46 65 −19 41
11 PEC Zwolle 34 9 13 12 47 49 −2 40 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
12 Cambuur 34 10 9 15 40 50 −10 39
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 8 16 45 69 −24 38
14 Heracles 34 10 7 17 45 59 −14 37
15 NAC Breda 34 8 11 15 43 54 −11 35
16 RKC Waalwijk (R) 34 7 11 16 44 64 −20 32 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17 NEC (R) 34 5 15 14 54 82 −28 30
18 Roda JC (R) 34 7 8 19 44 69 −25 29 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results edit

Home \ Away ADO AJX AZ CAM GRO TWE UTR GAE ZWO FEY HER NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC HEE VIT
ADO Den Haag 0–4 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–1
Ajax 3–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–1
AZ 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–5 1–1
Cambuur 1–2 1–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 4–3
Groningen 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 3–3 1–3 3–1
Twente 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 6–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 5–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0
Utrecht 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–5 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–5 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–1
Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–3 2–3 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–3
Zwolle 6–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–2
Feyenoord 4–2 1–2 2–2 5–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1
Heracles 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2
NAC Breda 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2
NEC 3–1 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–4 2–5 2–2 1–1 1–5 3–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 4–3 2–1 2–3
PSV 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–6
RKC Waalwijk 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–4 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–3 4–2
Roda JC 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–5 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–1
Heerenveen 3–0 3–3 4–2 2–1 4–2 0–2 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 2–4 0–0 2–2 3–0 5–2 2–2 2–3
Vitesse Arnhem 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[23]
1   Alfreð Finnbogason Heerenveen 29
2   Graziano Pellè Feyenoord 23
3   Aron Jóhannsson AZ 17
4   Dušan Tadić Twente 16
5   Luc Castaignos Twente 14
  Michael Higdon N.E.C.
7   Jürgen Locadia PSV 13
8   Lex Immers Feyenoord 12
  Memphis Depay PSV
  Jens Toornstra Utrecht

Assists edit

Rank Player Club Assists[24]
1   Dušan Tadić Twente 14
2   Alfreð Finnbogason Heerenveen 10
3   Jean-Paul Boëtius Feyenoord 9
  Hakim Ziyech Heerenveen
5   Lasse Schöne Ajax 8
  Nick van der Velden Groningen
  Youness Mokhtar Zwolle
  Quincy Promes Twente
  Lucas Piazon Vitesse Arnhem

European competition edit

The teams finishing fifth through eight play-off for a berth in the Second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.[25] Groningen won this berth after winning the four-team play-off.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
AZ 30 3
 
 
 
Heerenveen 01 1
 
AZ 00 0
 
 
 
Groningen* 03 3
 
Groningen 14 5
 
 
Vitesse 01 1
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, a = Wins because of away goals rule, e = Wins after extra time in second leg, p = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Semi-final edit

First leg edit

7 May 2014 Groningen 1–0 Vitesse Groningen
18:45 Burnet   88' Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Van Boekel
7 May 2014 AZ 3–0 Heerenveen Alkmaar
20:45 Ortiz   26'
Gudelj   38' (pen.)
Berghuis   39'
Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 12,298
Referee: Makkelie

Second leg edit

10 May 2014 Vitesse 1–4
(1–5 agg.)
Groningen Arnhem
18:45 Pröpper   63' Report Chery   25'
Zivkovic   64'
Kostić   83', 89'
Stadium: GelreDome
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Vink
10 May 2014 Heerenveen 1–0
(1–3 agg.)
AZ Heerenveen
20:45 Slagveer   47' Report Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion
Attendance: 18,100
Referee: Liesveld

Final edit

First leg edit

15 May 2014 AZ 0–0 Groningen Alkmaar
20:45 Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 14,222
Referee: Kevin Blom

Second leg edit

18 May 2014 Groningen 3–0
(3–0 agg.)
AZ Groningen
16:30 Chery   24', 61'
Hateboer   33'
Report Stadium: Euroborg
Attendance: 22,206
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

Eredivisie play-offs edit

Ten teams played for two spots in the 2014–15 Eredivisie. Four teams from the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie entered in the first round, another four and the teams ranked 16th and 17th in the 2013–14 Eredivisie entered in the second round. Both winners of the third round, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior, played in the 2014–15 Eredivisie.[26]

 
First roundSecond roundThird round
 
                
 
 
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam 12 3
 
 
 
FC Eindhoven 10 1
 
Sparta Rotterdam 13 4
 
 
NEC Nijmegen 01 1
 
 
 
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam 21 3
 
 
FC Dordrecht* 23 5
 
 
 
 
 
VVV-Venlo 11 2
 
 
FC Dordrecht 32 5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fortuna Sittard 11 2
 
 
 
De Graafschap43 7
 
De Graafschap 01 1
 
 
RKC Waalwijk 11 2
 
 
 
 
 
RKC Waalwijk 02 2
 
 
Excelsior* 22 4
 
 
 
 
 
FC Den Bosch 11 2
 
 
Excelsior 32 5
 
 
 
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, a = Wins because of away goals rule, e = Wins after extra time in second leg, p = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

First round edit

Match A edit

28 April 2014 (2014-04-28) First leg Sparta Rotterdam 1 – 1 FC Eindhoven Rotterdam
Stokkers   72' Report Van den Hurk   89' Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Attendance: 5,992
Referee: Jeroen Sanders
2 May 2014 (2014-05-02) Second leg FC Eindhoven 0 – 2
(1 – 3 agg.)
Sparta Rotterdam Eindhoven
Report Breuer   40' (pen.)
Stokkers   89'
Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion
Referee: Dennis Higler

Match B edit

28 April 2014 (2014-04-28) First leg Fortuna Sittard 1 – 4 De Graafschap Sittard
Gulpen   80' Report Kabasele   45', 51'
Koolhof   76'
Vermeij   90'
Stadium: Offermans Joosten Stadion
Attendance: 4,893
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
2 May 2014 (2014-05-02) Second leg De Graafschap 3 – 1
(7 – 2 agg.)
Fortuna Sittard Doetinchem
Koolhof   65'
Will   79'
Vermeij   87'
Report Linssen   84' Stadium: De Vijverberg
Attendance: 5350
Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Second round edit

Match C edit

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg Sparta Rotterdam 1–0 N.E.C. Rotterdam
Boukhari   85' Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Referee: Tom van Sichem
11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg N.E.C. 1–3
(1–4 agg.)
Sparta Rotterdam Nijmegen
Koolwijk   67' Van Hout   4'
Mahi   27'
Nieuwendaal   42'
Stadium: Stadion de Goffert
Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Match D edit

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg VVV-Venlo 1–3 FC Dordrecht Venlo
Wolters   56' Report Gladon   20'
Vet   85'
Mayele   90'
Stadium: De Koel
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Bas Nijhuis
11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg FC Dordrecht 2–1
(5–2 agg.)
VVV-Venlo Dordrecht
Gladon   6'
Fortes   83'
Report Reimerink   49' Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion
Attendance: 3,198
Referee: Kevin Blom

Match E edit

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg De Graafschap 0 – 1 RKC Waalwijk Doetinchem
Report Duits   31' Attendance: 7,803
Referee: Dennis Higler
11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg RKC Waalwijk 1–1
(2–1 agg.)
De Graafschap Waalwijk
Beauguel   58' Koolhof   56' Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

Match F edit

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg FC Den Bosch 1–3 Excelsior 's-Hertogenbosch
Quekel   14' Report Kruys   69'
Fischer   77'
Vermeulen   90'
Stadium: De Vliert
Attendance: 5,484
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis
11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg Excelsior 2–1
(5–2 agg.)
FC Den Bosch Rotterdam
Veldwijk   71', 89' Report Seuntjens   17' Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Attendance: 2,774
Referee: Ed Janssen

Third round edit

Match G edit

15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) First leg Sparta Rotterdam 2 – 2 FC Dordrecht Rotterdam
M. Mahi   55'
J.Bruinier   80'
Report D. Deekman   29'
G. Korte   63'
Stadium: Het Kasteel
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Pol van Boekel
18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) Second leg FC Dordrecht 3 - 1
(5 - 3 agg.)
Sparta Rotterdam Dordrecht
F. Ojo   5'
P. Gladon   44'
G. Korte   90+4'
Report M. Mahi   55' Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion
Attendance: 4,143
Referee: Pieter Vink

Match H edit

15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) First leg Excelsior 2 – 0 RKC Waalwijk Rotterdam
K. Karami   3'
L. Veldwijk   40'
Report Stadium: Stadion Woudesteijn
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: B. Nijhuis
18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) Second leg RKC Waalwijk 2 - 2
(2 - 4 agg.)
Excelsior Waalwijk
J. Beauguel   38'
P. Jungschläger   44'
Report L. Veldwijk   4'
S. Fischer   25'
Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion
Referee: D. Makkelie

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