2023–24 Eredivisie (women)

The 2023–24 Eredivisie Vrouwen, known as Azerion Vrouwen Eredvisie for sponsorship reasons, is the fourteenth season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. Ajax are the defending champions. The season saw FC Utrecht enter the league, meaning the league was expanded to include twelve teams.

Eredivisie Vrouwen
Season2023–24
Dates8 September 2023 – 11 May 2024
ChampionsTwente
Women's Champions LeagueTwente
Ajax
Matches played132
Goals scored433 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerTessa Wullaert
(26 goals)
All statistics correct as of 11 May 2024.

Format edit

The teams FC Utrecht joined the league after 10 years, expanding it to twelve teams. Furthermore, AZ took the license of Alkmaar[1] Each team will play all of the other teams twice over 22 rounds.[2]

Teams edit

Location of teams in the Eredivisie Vrouwen 2022–23
Team City / Town Venue(s) Capacity
ADO Den Haag Den Haag Bingoal Stadion 15,000
Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst 05,000
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Trainingscomplex 03,000
Excelsior Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 04,500
Feyenoord Rotterdam Sportcomplex Varkenoord 02,500
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Fortuna Sittard Stadion 12,500
Heerenveen Heerenveen Sportcomplex Nieuwehorne 01,000
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion 14,000
PSV Eindhoven Sportcomplex De Herdgang 02,500
Telstar Velsen BUKO Stadion 05,200
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
FC Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Twente (C) 22 18 2 2 56 21 +35 56 UEFA Champions League
first qualifying round
2 Ajax 22 17 3 2 62 20 +42 54
3 PSV 22 12 5 5 52 24 +28 41
4 Fortuna Sittard 22 12 4 6 57 27 +30 40
5 ADO Den Haag 22 9 5 8 31 23 +8 32
6 PEC Zwolle 22 9 4 9 36 41 −5 31
7 Utrecht 22 8 6 8 34 45 −11 30
8 Feyenoord 22 7 3 12 26 34 −8 24
9 AZ 22 5 6 11 28 38 −10 21
10 Heerenveen 22 5 4 13 15 38 −23 19
11 Telstar 22 3 3 16 16 69 −53 12
12 Excelsior 22 2 5 15 20 53 −33 11
Source: Flashscore[3]
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 otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[4]
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away ADO AJA AZ EXC FEY FOR HEE PEC PSV TEL TWE UTR
ADO Den Haag 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–0 2–3 2–1
Ajax 3–0 3–0 6–1 4–0 1–1 5–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 5–2
AZ 2–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 0–1 2–2 0–0
Excelsior 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–4
Feyenoord 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 4–0 0–2 3–0 0–3 1–2
Fortuna Sittard 0–4 0–4 0–1 5–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 7–1 2–0 2–2
Heerenveen 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0
PEC Zwolle 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–7 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–4 3–4
PSV 3–1 3–3 5–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 5–0 3–1 5–0 1–2 4–0
Telstar 1–0 2–5 2–6 1–1 0–2 0–8 2–1 0–4 1–3 0–7 1–2
Twente 1–0 0–3 2–1 5–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–0
Utrecht 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 4–2 0–6 1–0 2–4 0–2 4–2 2–2
Source: Flashscore[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 11 May 2024[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Tessa Wullaert Fortuna Sittard 26
2   Romée Leuchter Ajax 20
3   Joëlle Smits PSV 17
4   Lobke Loonen ADO Den Haag 13
5   Floor Spaan AZ 11
6   Liz Rijsbergen Twente 10
  Eshley Bakker Utrecht
8   Chimera Ripa PSV 9
  Tiny Hoekstra Ajax
  Taylor Ziemer Twente
  Desiree van Lunteren AZ

References edit

  1. ^ "Speelronde 1: Welkom terug AZ en FC Utrecht!" [Matchday 1: Welcome back AZ and FC Utrecht] (in Dutch). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Competitieprogramma Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie 2023/'24 definitief" [Competition program Azerion Women Eredivisie 2023/'24 final] (in Dutch). Vrouwen Eredivisie. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Eredivisie Women 2023/2024 - Tables". Flashscore. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2021-22" [Regulations professional football] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Eredivisie vrouwen 2023/2024 - Results". Flashscore. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Azerion Vrouwen Eredivisie 2023/2024 live scores, results, Football Netherlands". Flashscore.

External links edit