1971–72 Eredivisie
16th season of the Eredivisie
Football league season
- FC Groningen
- FC Den Bosch
- Vitesse Arnhem
- FC Volendam
- Vitesse Arnhem
- Feyenoord
- FC Twente
Johan Cruijff AFC Ajax 25 goals [1]
← 1970–71
1972–73 →
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1971–72 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. FC Twente, finishing in third place, set an Eredivisie record-low for goals conceded with just 13 goals against.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 104 | 20 | +84 | 63 | Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 24 | +49 | 55 | Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | FC Twente | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 50 | 13 | +37 | 48 | |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 46 | |
| 5 | FC Den Haag | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 44 | Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 6 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 40 | |
| 7 | NEC | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 38 | |
| 8 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 36 | |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 34 | |
| 10 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 30 | |
| 11 | Telstar | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 29 | |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 28 | |
| 13 | NAC | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 27 | |
| 14 | DWS | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 20 | Merged with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam to form FC Amsterdam |
| 15 | SBV Excelsior | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 53 | −35 | 20 | |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 70 | −46 | 20 | |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 55 | −39 | 17 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 74 | −52 | 17 |
Source: rsssf.com
Results
| Home \ Away | AJA | DBO | DWS | EXC | FEY | GOA | GRO | DHA | MVV | NAC | NEC | PSV | SPA | TEL | TWE | UTR | VIT | VOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 12–1 | 2–0 | |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| DWS | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Excelsior | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Feijenoord | 1–5 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |
| Go Ahead | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | |
| FC Groningen | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| FC Den Haag | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| MVV | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| NAC | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| N.E.C. | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| PSV | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| Sparta | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
| Telstar | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| FC Twente '65 | 0–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
| FC Utrecht | 2–3 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
| Vitesse | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Volendam | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
See also
References
- ^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
- Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)
- RSSSF
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