1959–60 Eredivisie

4th season of the Eredivisie

Football league season

FC Volendam
Sittardia

Relegated

Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
FC Volendam
Sittardia

European CupAFC AjaxGoals scored1,132Average goals/game3.69Top goalscorer

Henk Groot - AFC Ajax
38 goals ^[1]Biggest home winAjax - FC Volendam: 9-0Biggest away winSittardia - SC Enschede: 1-10Highest scoringSittardia - SC Enschede: 1-10

← 1958–59

1960–61 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1959–60 season was contested by 18 teams. AFC Ajax won the championship, after a decision match against Feijenoord which was won by 5–1.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Ajax	34	22	6	6	109	44	+65	50	Championship play-off as level on points
2	Feijenoord	34	20	10	4	94	32	+62	50	Championship play-off as level on points
3	PSV Eindhoven	34	18	9	7	72	48	+24	45
4	DOS	34	18	4	12	75	57	+18	40
5	NAC	34	15	9	10	56	53	+3	39
6	VVV '03	34	12	12	10	57	60	−3	36
7	Sparta	34	14	6	14	53	52	+1	34
8	Willem II	34	11	11	12	65	69	−4	33
9	SC Enschede	34	14	4	16	81	76	+5	32
10	DWS	34	13	6	15	51	59	−8	32
11	Rapid JC	34	10	12	12	46	55	−9	32
12	ADO Den Haag	34	13	5	16	62	68	−6	31
13	MVV Maastricht	34	13	5	16	60	69	−9	31
14	Fortuna '54	34	11	8	15	67	81	−14	30
15	Elinkwijk	34	9	11	14	37	48	−11	29	Relegation play-off as level on points
16	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	34	12	5	17	53	82	−29	29	Relegation play-off as level on points
17	FC Volendam	34	10	3	21	54	88	−34	23	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18	Sittardia	34	5	6	23	40	91	−51	16	Relegated to Eerste Divisie

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AFC Ajax	5–1	Feijenoord

AFC Ajax qualified for the 1960–61 European Cup.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Elinkwijk	1–0	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

Blauw-Wit Amsterdam are relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Note: No edition of the KNVB Cup was held this year.

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	BLW	DOS	DWS	ELI	ENS	FEY	FOR	MVV	NAC	PSV	RJC	SIT	SPA	VOL	VVV	WIL
ADO Den Haag		2–1	4–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–2	5–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–4	3–3
AFC Ajax	3–0		8–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	5–1	0–1	3–0	6–2	3–2	4–2	5–0	9–0	5–2	2–2
Blauw Wit Ams'dam	2–1	1–0		0–5	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–7	1–4	0–2	4–3	1–1	3–1	5–2	2–1	2–3	2–0	0–1
DOS	3–1	2–2	3–2		4–2	3–2	3–3	0–1	8–0	7–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1
DWS	2–4	1–0	2–0	0–4		0–1	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–5	1–2	2–3	2–2	4–2	1–0	4–0
Elinkwijk	1–3	2–4	1–3	0–0	0–2		3–1	0–0	2–4	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0
SC Enschede	4–1	3–3	6–3	5–0	1–3	2–0		0–4	5–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	3–1	0–2	3–1	3–2	3–2	4–2
Feijenoord	5–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	6–2	2–1	4–1		7–1	6–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	4–2	0–1	6–1	2–2	0–0
Fortuna '54	1–1	2–7	5–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–2	1–3		1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	4–2	4–1	2–2
MVV Maastricht	1–1	3–6	4–2	2–3	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–6		0–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	5–3	1–2	2–3
NAC	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–4	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–5	3–1		1–3	1–1	5–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	3–1
PSV Eindhoven	0–3	1–1	6–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	5–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–0		3–3	4–1	1–2	3–2	4–1	2–2
Rapid JC	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0		3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–2
Sittardia	3–2	1–4	1–1	2–5	0–2	2–1	1–10	1–5	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1		0–1	1–5	1–1	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	6–0	0–4	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–5	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	4–2		3–2	6–0	2–0
FC Volendam	0–2	0–3	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–4		1–2	2–2
VVV '03	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	4–2		2–2
Willem II	3–0	2–4	2–2	4–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–4	5–1	3–1	3–4	3–4	3–2	2–1	3–3	2–1	0–2

Source: ^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
^ "EredivisieStats.nl score matrices". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

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