1989–90 Eredivisie

34th season of the Eredivisie

Football league season

Vitesse Arnhem
FC Den Haag
NEC

Relegated

BVV Den Bosch
HFC Haarlem

Cup Winners' CupPSVUEFA Cup

FC Twente
Vitesse Arnhem
Roda JC

Goals scored842Average goals/game2.75Top goalscorer

Romário
PSV 23 goals ^[1]

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The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1989–90 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	19	11	4	67	23	+44	49	Banned from European Cup^[a]
2	PSV^[b]	34	20	8	6	94	36	+58	48	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	FC Twente	34	16	10	8	48	43	+5	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vitesse Arnhem	34	15	11	8	49	31	+18	41
5	Roda JC	34	14	13	7	53	39	+14	41
6	FC Volendam	34	15	9	10	43	38	+5	39
7	Fortuna Sittard	34	12	14	8	42	35	+7	38
8	RKC Waalwijk	34	13	11	10	45	47	−2	37
9	FC Groningen	34	10	15	9	50	46	+4	35
10	FC Den Haag	34	13	7	14	58	63	−5	33
11	Feyenoord	34	9	13	12	51	45	+6	31
12	Sparta	34	12	7	15	51	61	−10	31
13	Willem II	34	7	13	14	42	49	−7	27
14	FC Utrecht	34	8	11	15	27	45	−18	27
15	MVV	34	7	13	14	38	61	−23	27
16	NEC	34	5	16	13	32	55	−23	26	Qualification to Relegation play-offs^[c]
17	FC Den Bosch (R)	34	6	13	15	30	51	−21	25	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	HFC Haarlem (R)	34	4	7	23	22	74	−52	15	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ajax did not qualify for the European Cup. On September 27, 1989, Austrian goalkeeper Franz Wohlfahrt was hit and injured by a bar, thrown by a home supporter at an Ajax-Austria Wien UEFA Cup match. Ajax subsequently were banned from European competition for a year.^[2]
^ Winners of the 1989–90 KNVB Cup
^ NEC remain in the eredivisie after winning the promotion/relegation play-offs

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	DBO	FEY	FOR	GRO	DHA	HFC	MVV	NEC	PSV	RKC	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL	WIL
Ajax	—	6–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	5–0	5–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	3–0	5–2	0–0	1–0
Den Bosch	0–1	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1
Feyenoord	0–1	2–0	—	0–2	3–3	0–2	5–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	5–0	2–2	6–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–1
Fortuna Sittard	0–0	2–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–0
Groningen	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	2–1	3–3	5–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	5–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–1
FC Den Haag	0–4	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	—	6–1	6–1	2–2	1–5	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–3
Haarlem	0–4	2–0	3–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2
MVV	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	—	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–5	0–1	2–1
NEC	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	3–1	0–0	—	1–4	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–4	2–2	2–2
PSV Eindhoven	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	9–2	4–0	8–1	6–0	—	4–0	3–4	9–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1
RKC	0–3	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–3	—	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–2
Roda	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–1
Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	4–2	2–2	4–1	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	2–1	3–1	—	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
Twente	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0
Utrecht	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–7	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–2	0–3	2–1
Vitesse	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	5–1	—	0–1	2–0
Volendam	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	2–1
Willem II	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–4	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	—

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

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Starting this season, the number 16 of the Eredivisie would play against relegation against the runners-up of the promotion/relegation play-offs of the Eerste Divisie. The Eerste Divisie league champions and winner of the play-offs would replace the numbers 17 and 18 of this league directly. See here for details of the system.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Emmen	1-2	NEC	1-2	0-0

NEC: remain in Eredivisie
Emmen: remain in Eerste Divisie

References

^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
^ A black day for Ajax - Volkskrant (in Dutch)

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1989–90 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

v t e 1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania