2023–24 Eerste Divisie

The 2023–24 Eerste Divisie is be the 68th season of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands since its establishment in 1956.

Eerste Divisie

Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 10 May 2024
Champions	Willem II
Promoted	Willem II Groningen
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,149 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Henk Veerman (23 goals)
Biggest home win	ADO Den Haag 6–0 Jong FC Utrecht (27 November 2023)
Biggest away win	TOP Oss 1–8 Cambuur (6 November 2023)
Highest scoring	TOP Oss 1–8 Cambuur (6 November 2023)
Longest winning run	6 matches Willem II Groningen
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Groningen
Longest winless run	12 matches Jong FC Utrecht
Longest losing run	6 matches Emmen Telstar Jong FC Utrecht
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 10 May 2024.

Teams

A total of 20 teams take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2022–23 Eredivisie.

ADO

Cambuur

Den Bosch

Dordrecht

Eindhoven
Jong PSV

Emmen

De Graafschap

Groningen

Helmond Sport

Jong Ajax

Jong AZ

Jong Utrecht

MVV

NAC

Roda JC

Telstar

TOP

VVV

Willem II

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Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2023–24

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuurstadion	10,500
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	8,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	Matchoholic Stadion	4,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	8,600
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	12,600
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550
Helmond Sport	Helmond	GS Staalwerken Stadion	4,100
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	2,050
Jong AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Trainingscomplex	200
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	PSV Campus De Herdgang	2,500
Jong FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch	550
MVV Maastricht	Maastricht	Stadion De Geusselt	10,000
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Telstar	Velsen	BUKO Stadion	3,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	4,560
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion - De Koel	8,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,700

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
7	North Brabant	Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, Jong PSV, NAC Breda, TOP Oss, Willem II
3	Limburg	MVV Maastricht, Roda JC Kerkrade, VVV-Venlo
	North Holland	Jong Ajax, Jong AZ, Telstar
2	South Holland	ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht
1	Drenthe	Emmen
	Friesland	Cambuur
	Gelderland	De Graafschap
	Groningen	Groningen
	Utrecht	Jong FC Utrecht

Personnel

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	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Darije Kalezić	Kürşad Sürmeli	Erreà	Hommerson Casino
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Daniël van Kaam	Adidas	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Den Bosch	William van Overbeek (a.i.)	Victor van den Bogert	Robey	D-Reizen
Dordrecht	Michele Santoni	Mathis Suray	Capelli Sport	Keukenwarenhuis.nl
Eindhoven	Willem Weijs	Mawouna Amevor	Macron	VDL Groep
Emmen	Alfons Arts (a.i.)	Maikel Kieftenbeld	Hummel	EasyToys
De Graafschap	Jan Vreman	Jeffry Fortes	Robey	Onverwachte Hoek
Groningen	Dick Lukkien	Leandro Bacuna	Robey	OG Clean Fuels
Helmond Sport	Adrie Bogers (a.i.) and Tim Bakens (a.i.)	Wouter van der Steen	Saller	Vescom
Jong Ajax	Dave Vos	Gabriel Misehouy	Adidas	Ziggo
Jong AZ	Lee-Roy Echteld	Jorn Berkhout	Nike	CTS GROUP
Jong PSV	Wil Boessen	Jason van Duiven	Puma	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
Jong FC Utrecht	Ivar van Dinteren	Yannick Leliendal	Castore	Odido
MVV Maastricht	Maurice Verberne	Nicky Souren	Nike	OneCasino
NAC Breda	Jean-Paul van Gastel	Cuco Martina	Nike	OK tankstations
Roda JC Kerkrade	Bas Sibum	Rodney Kongolo	Kipsta	APS Groep
Telstar	Anthony Correia (a.i.) and Ulrich Landvreugd (a.i.)	Mitch Apau	Robey	711
TOP Oss	Ruud Brood	Calvin Mac-Intosh	Saller	Restaurant Quisine
VVV-Venlo	Rick Kruys	Rick Ketting	Craft	Seacon
Willem II	Peter Maes	Freek Heerkens	Robey	AVEC

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
ADO Den Haag	Dick Advocaat	End of interim spell	30 June 2023	Pre-season	Darije Kalezić	1 July 2023
Emmen	Dick Lukkien	End of contract			Fred Grim
De Graafschap	Adrie Poldervaart	Health issues			Jan Vreman
Eindhoven	Rob Penders	Signed by Utrecht			Willem Weijs
Groningen	Dennis van der Ree	End of contract			Dick Lukkien
Jong AZ	Maarten Martens				Jan Sierksma
Jong FC Utrecht	Darije Kalezić	Mutual consent			Ivar van Dinteren
Roda JC Kerkrade	Edwin de Graaf	End of contract			Bas Sibum
TOP Oss	Klaas Wels	Mutual consent			Ruud Brood
Jong PSV	Adil Ramzi	Signed by Wydad	23 July 2023		Wil Boessen	4 August 2023
Willem II	Reinier Robbemond	Sacked	5 September 2023	15th	Peter van den Berg (a.i.)	5 September 2023
NAC Breda	Peter Hyballa		13 September 2023	10th	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)	13 September 2023
Willem II	Peter van den Berg (a.i.)	End of interim spell	18 September 2023	7th	Peter Maes	18 September 2023
NAC Breda	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)		25 September 2023	15th	Jean-Paul van Gastel	25 September 2023
Cambuur	Sjors Ultee	Sacked	9 October 2023	11th	Henk de Jong	10 October 2023
Jong AZ	Jan Sierksma	Moved to AZ	18 January 2024	12th	Lee-Roy Echteld	20 January 2024
Telstar	Mike Snoei	Sacked	5 February 2024	20th	Anthony Correia (a.i.) and Ulrich Landvreugd (a.i.)	6 February 2024
Helmond Sport	Bob Peeters		8 April 2024	13th	Adrie Bogers (a.i.) and Tim Bakens (a.i.)	9 April 2024
Emmen	Fred Grim		9 April 2024	12th	Alfons Arts (a.i.)	13 April 2024
Den Bosch	Tomasz Kaczmarek		11 April 2024	19th	William van Overbeek (a.i.)	11 April 2024

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Willem II (C, P)	38	23	10	5	76	34	+42	79	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Groningen (P)	38	22	9	7	70	29	+41	75
3	Roda JC Kerkrade	38	21	12	5	69	34	+35	75	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Dordrecht	38	18	15	5	73	50	+23	69
5	ADO Den Haag	38	17	12	9	70	48	+22	63
6	De Graafschap	38	19	6	13	61	52	+9	63
7	Emmen	38	17	6	15	59	60	−1	57
8	NAC Breda	38	15	11	12	61	54	+7	56
9	MVV Maastricht	38	16	8	14	64	60	+4	56
10	Jong AZ	38	16	8	14	62	61	+1	56	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
11	Helmond Sport	38	14	9	15	52	55	−3	51
12	VVV-Venlo	38	13	9	16	51	58	−7	48
13	Cambuur	38	13	8	17	71	74	−3	47
14	Eindhoven	38	9	16	13	45	57	−12	43
15	Jong Ajax	38	10	10	18	54	67	−13	40	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
16	Jong PSV	38	11	7	20	63	81	−18	40
17	Telstar	38	9	8	21	46	67	−21	35
18	TOP Oss	38	10	4	24	32	66	−34	34
19	Den Bosch	38	8	9	21	38	68	−30	33
20	Jong FC Utrecht	38	5	11	22	32	74	−42	26

Source: Flashscore, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Period tables

Period 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	7	1	1	22	5	+17	22	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Emmen	9	5	3	1	18	12	+6	18
3	ADO Den Haag	9	5	3	1	14	8	+6	18
4	Eindhoven	9	4	5	0	9	4	+5	17
5	Willem II	9	5	2	2	14	10	+4	17
6	Dordrecht	9	3	5	1	18	14	+4	14
7	De Graafschap	9	4	2	3	11	11	0	14
8	VVV-Venlo	9	4	2	3	14	15	−1	14
9	Helmond Sport	9	4	1	4	16	12	+4	13
10	Groningen	9	4	1	4	14	10	+4	13
11	Cambuur	9	4	1	4	21	21	0	13
12	Jong PSV	9	4	1	4	13	19	−6	13	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
13	Jong AZ	9	3	2	4	12	14	−2	11
14	NAC Breda	9	3	2	4	15	18	−3	11
15	Jong FC Utrecht	9	3	2	4	10	17	−7	11	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
16	MVV Maastricht	9	3	1	5	14	17	−3	10
17	Den Bosch	9	3	0	6	11	15	−4	9
18	Jong Ajax	9	1	2	6	16	24	−8	5	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19	TOP Oss	9	1	1	7	7	13	−6	4
20	Telstar	9	1	1	7	8	18	−10	4

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Willem II	10	8	1	1	25	7	+18	25	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	NAC Breda	10	6	2	2	21	10	+11	20
3	De Graafschap	10	6	1	3	15	12	+3	19
4	Cambuur	10	5	3	2	24	15	+9	18
5	Jong AZ	10	5	2	3	15	16	−1	17	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
6	ADO Den Haag	10	4	4	2	22	14	+8	16
7	Dordrecht	10	4	4	2	21	14	+7	16
8	Groningen	10	4	4	2	16	9	+7	16
9	Jong Ajax	10	4	4	2	15	14	+1	16	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
10	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	16	Period 1 winner
11	Emmen	10	4	2	4	11	13	−2	14
12	MVV Maastricht	10	3	4	3	13	12	+1	13
13	Eindhoven	10	3	3	4	18	18	0	12
14	VVV-Venlo	10	3	3	4	16	16	0	12
15	Helmond Sport	10	3	2	5	13	19	−6	11
16	Telstar	10	3	1	6	10	17	−7	10
17	Jong FC Utrecht	10	1	4	5	8	19	−11	7	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18	TOP Oss	10	2	1	7	5	18	−13	7
19	Jong PSV	10	1	2	7	12	22	−10	5	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
20	Den Bosch	10	0	3	7	8	24	−16	3

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Groningen	10	8	1	1	23	4	+19	25	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Dordrecht	10	7	1	2	16	13	+3	22
3	ADO Den Haag	10	6	2	2	24	14	+10	20
4	De Graafschap	10	6	1	3	18	14	+4	19
5	Willem II	10	5	3	2	19	10	+9	18	Period 2 winner
6	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	4	5	1	19	12	+7	17	Period 1 winner
7	VVV-Venlo	10	4	4	2	15	14	+1	16
8	Jong AZ	10	4	3	3	18	14	+4	15	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
9	NAC Breda	10	4	3	3	15	13	+2	15
10	MVV Maastricht	10	4	2	4	22	20	+2	14
11	Helmond Sport	10	3	5	2	13	12	+1	14
12	TOP Oss	10	4	0	6	11	19	−8	12
13	Den Bosch	10	2	5	3	8	13	−5	11
14	Jong PSV	10	2	4	4	19	21	−2	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	Telstar	10	2	4	4	11	16	−5	10
16	Jong Ajax	10	2	3	5	11	14	−3	9	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	Cambuur	10	2	2	6	17	23	−6	8
18	Emmen	10	2	1	7	10	20	−10	7
19	Jong FC Utrecht	10	1	2	7	7	17	−10	5	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
20	Eindhoven	10	0	5	5	8	21	−13	5

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Groningen	9	6	3	0	18	7	+11	21	Period 3 winner
2	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	6	2	1	19	9	+10	20	Period 1 winner
3	Willem II	9	5	4	0	19	8	+11	19	Period 2 winner
4	MVV Maastricht	9	6	1	2	15	11	+4	19
5	Emmen	9	6	0	3	20	15	+5	18
6	Dordrecht	9	4	5	0	19	10	+9	17
7	Jong AZ	9	4	1	4	17	17	0	13	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
8	Helmond Sport	9	4	1	4	10	12	−2	13
9	Jong PSV	9	4	0	5	19	19	0	12	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
10	De Graafschap	9	3	2	4	17	15	+2	11
11	Telstar	9	3	2	4	18	17	+1	11
12	TOP Oss	9	3	2	4	9	16	−7	11
13	NAC Breda	9	2	4	3	12	15	−3	10
14	Jong Ajax	9	3	1	5	12	17	−5	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	Den Bosch	9	3	1	5	11	16	−5	10
16	ADO Den Haag	9	2	3	4	12	14	−2	9
17	Eindhoven	9	2	3	4	10	14	−4	9
18	Cambuur	9	2	2	5	9	15	−6	8
19	VVV-Venlo	9	2	0	7	8	13	−5	6
20	Jong FC Utrecht	9	0	3	6	7	21	−14	3	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	GRA	GRO	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	NAC	RJC	TEL	TOP	VVV	WIL
ADO Den Haag		1–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	5–3	0–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–3	6–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Cambuur	0–2		3–1	3–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–4	2–4	5–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	1–0
Den Bosch	1–2	3–1		0–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–4	0–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–4
Dordrecht	2–2	5–2	5–1		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–4	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1
Eindhoven	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–1		3–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–5	3–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Emmen	2–3	2–0	1–0	2–4	0–0		2–1	0–3	3–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0
De Graafschap	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	0–2
Groningen	0–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–2		0–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0
Helmond Sport	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–2		3–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2
Jong Ajax	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–2	0–1	4–1		1–4	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–0
Jong AZ	1–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–5	2–1	5–2		4–1	1–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	0–2
Jong PSV	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–4	3–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–2		2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1
Jong FC Utrecht	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–5	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–1
MVV Maastricht	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	3–3	3–0		1–4	0–3	6–1	2–0	2–0	1–1
NAC Breda	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–2		1–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2
Roda JC Kerkrade	2–2	2–0	4–1	4–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1		3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1
Telstar	3–1	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–5
TOP Oss	1–3	1–8	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–0		2–1	0–5
VVV-Venlo	2–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–4	2–0	2–2	3–2	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–3
Willem II	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–3	3–2	2–1	2–0

Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Bracket

First round

Semifinals

Final

16th-placed team Eredivisie

ADO Den Haag

De Graafschap

Dordrecht

Emmen

Roda JC Kerkrade

1

NAC Breda

3

First round

13 May 2024 (2024-05-13)

20:00

NAC Breda	3–1	Roda JC Kerkrade
Haugen 16' Janošek 56' (pen.), 58'		Koglin 87'

Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda

17 May 2024 (2024-05-17)

20:00

Roda JC Kerkrade	Match A	NAC Breda

Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade

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14 May 2024 (2024-05-14)

18:45

Emmen	Match B	Dordrecht

De Oude Meerdijk, Emmen

18 May 2024 (2024-05-18)

16:30

Dordrecht	Match B	Emmen

Matchoholic Stadion, Dordrecht

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14 May 2024 (2024-05-14)

21:00

De Graafschap	Match C	ADO Den Haag

De Vijverberg, Doetinchem

18 May 2024 (2024-05-18)

20:00

ADO Den Haag	Match C	De Graafschap

Bingoal Stadium, The Hague

Semifinals

21 May 2024 (2024-05-21)

20:00

Winner Match A/B	Match D	Winner Match A/B

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)

16:30

Winner Match A/B	Match D	Winner Match A/B

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22 May 2024 (2024-05-22)

18:45

Winner Match C	Match E	16th-placed team Eredivisie

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)

20:00

16th-placed team Eredivisie	Match E	Winner Match C

Final

28 May 2024 (2024-05-28)

20:00

Winner Match D/E	Match F	Winner Match D/E

2 June 2024 (2024-06-02)

18:00

Winner Match D/E	Match F	Winner Match D/E

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 10 May 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henk Veerman	ADO Den Haag	23
2	Martijn Kaars	Helmond Sport	21
3	Milan Smit	Cambuur	19
4	Romano Postema	Groningen	18
5	Jeredy Hilterman	Willem II	16
	Kacper Kostorz	Den Bosch
	Dailon Livramento	MVV Maastricht
8	Zakaria Eddahchouri	Telstar	14
9	Mathis Suray	Dordrecht	13
10	Roberts Uldriķis	Cambuur	12
	Walid Ould-Chikh	Roda JC Kerkrade
	Thijs Oosting	Willem II
	Ozan Kökçü	Eindhoven
	Enrique Peña Zauner	Roda JC Kerkrade
	Ernest Poku	Jong AZ