1987–88 Eredivisie

32nd season of the Eredivisie

Football league season

Willem II
FC Volendam
DS '79

Relegated

AZ
FC Den Haag
DS '79

European CupPSVCup Winners' CupRoda JCUEFA Cup

Ajax
FC Groningen

Goals scored963Average goals/game3.14Top goalscorer

Wim Kieft
PSV Eindhoven 29 goals ^[1]

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The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1987–88 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV Eindhoven won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV Eindhoven	34	27	5	2	117	28	+89	59	Entered 1988–89 European Cup^[a]
2	AFC Ajax	34	23	4	7	78	40	+38	50	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
3	FC Twente	34	16	9	9	63	40	+23	41	Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
4	Willem II	34	14	10	10	60	46	+14	38
5	VVV-Venlo	34	13	12	9	43	35	+8	38
6	Feyenoord	34	14	8	12	63	57	+6	36
7	FC Den Bosch	34	15	6	13	46	46	0	36
8	Fortuna Sittard	34	11	13	10	51	48	+3	35
9	HFC Haarlem	34	14	6	14	42	46	−4	34
10	FC Utrecht	34	11	11	12	41	55	−14	33
11	FC Groningen (O)	34	13	6	15	54	52	+2	32	Qualified for Play-offs for 1988–89 UEFA Cup
12	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	8	14	44	50	−6	32
13	PEC Zwolle	34	10	9	15	40	64	−24	29
14	FC Volendam	34	10	9	15	40	66	−26	29
15	Roda JC	34	10	8	16	46	54	−8	28	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup^[b]
16	AZ	34	9	10	15	44	64	−20	28	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
17	FC Den Haag	34	7	8	19	50	72	−22	22
18	DS '79	34	2	8	24	41	100	−59	12

Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ PSV Eindhoven competed in the 1988–89 European Cup as defending champions.
^ PSV also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. Therefore, beaten finalists Roda JC would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	DBO	DS	FEY	FSI	GRO	DHA	HFC	PEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VOL	VVV	WIL
Ajax		3–0	4–0	5–3	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	6–4	0–1	1–0	4–0	6–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1
AZ	1–2		0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0
FC Den Bosch '67	0–2	2–1		1–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1
DS '79	1–3	1–1	1–4		1–1	1–5	0–4	0–3	2–2	2–2	0–4	4–4	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–1	3–3	1–2
Feyenoord	1–3	7–2	1–4	8–2		2–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–2
Fortuna Sittard	3–3	3–0	3–2	4–1	1–2		4–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–4	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
FC Groningen	2–1	4–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2		2–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–4
FC Den Haag	1–1	4–1	2–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	0–3		0–3	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0
FC Haarlem	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	5–1		0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–5	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–3
PEC Zwolle '82	2–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		0–6	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–4
PSV	4–2	1–0	6–1	7–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	9–1	1–0	5–1		2–1	6–2	2–2	9–0	4–1	5–0	3–1
Roda JC	0–3	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1		1–3	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1
Sparta Rotterdam	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0		1–5	6–2	4–0	0–1	2–1
FC Twente	1–1	5–0	1–1	7–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
FC Utrecht	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	3–2		0–0	1–0	1–1
FC Volendam	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–5	0–0	3–1	1–6	5–4	2–1	1–3	3–1		3–3	1–5
VVV	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–3	5–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–2		1–1
Willem II	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–6	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

This year, play-offs were held for one UEFA-Cup spot.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Groningen	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	7	Qualified for 1988–89 UEFA Cup.
2	Willem II	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6
3	FC Twente	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	6
4	VVV-Venlo	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
^ RSSSF

Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)

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1987–88 in Dutch football

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax AZ Den Bosch DS '79 Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard Groningen FC Den Haag Haarlem PSV Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Volendam VVV-Venlo Willem II Zwolle

v t e 1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup