2016–17 Eredivisie

61st season of the Eredivisie
Football league season
Eredivisie
Season2016–17
Dates5 August 2016 – 7 May 2017
ChampionsFeyenoord (15th title)
RelegatedNEC
Go Ahead Eagles
Champions LeagueFeyenoord
Ajax
Europa LeaguePSV
Vitesse
FC Utrecht
Matches played306
Goals scored884 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerNicolai Jørgensen
(21 goals)[1]
Biggest home winFeyenoord 8–0 Go Ahead Eagles
(5 April 2017)
Biggest away winGroningen 0–5 Feyenoord
(7 August 2016)
Highest scoringFeyenoord 8–0 Go Ahead Eagles
(5 April 2017)
Twente 3–5 Groningen
(15 May 2017)
Longest winning run10 matches[2]
Feyenoord
Longest unbeaten run17 matches[2]
PSV
Longest winless run12 matches[2]
Excelsior
Longest losing run7 matches[2]
NEC
Highest attendance51,998[3]
Ajax 1–1 PSV
(18 December 2016)
Lowest attendance3,200[3]
Excelsior 2–0 Groningen
(13 August 2016)
Total attendance5,841,335[3]
Average attendance19,089[3]

The 2016–17 Eredivisie season was the 61st season of the top-tier Dutch League Eredivisie since its establishment in 1956. The fixtures for this season were announced on 14 June 2016.[4] PSV were the defending champions after winning the title for a record 23th time.

At the end of the season, Feyenoord became the title-holders for a record 15th time and the first since the 1998–99 season.

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2015–16 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie champions.

Sparta Rotterdam, the champion of the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie, returned to the Eredivisie after spending six seasons in the Eerste Divisie, whereas play-off winner Go Ahead Eagles returned to the Eredivisie after just one season. They replaced relegated teams Cambuur and De Graafschap.

As a result of financial maladministration, the KNVB had originally taken FC Twente's license, causing them to relegate to the 2016-17 Eerste Divisie. However, FC Twente successfully appealed this decision and was therefore allowed to stay in the league.[5]

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Location of teams in Eredivisie 2016–17
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Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs
Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000
Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 53,490
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023
Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 4,400
Feyenoord Rotterdam De Kuip 51,177
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Adelaarshorst 10,400
Groningen Groningen Noordlease Stadion 22,550
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100
Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 13,500
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500
PEC Zwolle Zwolle MAC³PARK Stadion 13,250
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 36,500
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,026
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,205
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750
Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 25,500
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag Netherlands Alfons Groenendijk Erreà Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax Netherlands Peter Bosz Adidas Ziggo
AZ Netherlands John van den Brom Under Armour AFAS Software
Excelsior Netherlands Mitchell van der Gaag Quick DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst Adidas Opel
Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands Robert Maaskant Hummel Drukwerkdeal.nl
Groningen Netherlands Ernest Faber Robey Essent
Heerenveen Netherlands Jurgen Streppel Jako GroenLeven
Heracles Netherlands John Stegeman Acerbis Asito
NEC Netherlands Ron de Groot Patrick EnergieFlex
PEC Zwolle Netherlands Ron Jans Robey Molecaten
PSV Netherlands Phillip Cocu Umbro Energiedirect.nl
Roda JC Greece Giannis Anastasiou Robey KLG Europe
Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands Alex Pastoor Robey Axidus
Twente Netherlands René Hake Sondico Pure Energie
Utrecht Netherlands Erik ten Hag Hummel Zorg van de zaak
Vitesse Netherlands Henk Fraser Macron Truphone
Willem II Netherlands Erwin van de Looi Robey Tricorp

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Groningen Netherlands Erwin van de Looi End of contract 1 July 2016[6] Pre-season Netherlands Ernest Faber 1 July 2016[7]
NEC Netherlands Ernest Faber Signed by Groningen 1 July 2016 Germany Peter Hyballa 1 July 2016[8]
Heerenveen Netherlands Foppe de Haan End of contract 1 July 2016[9] Netherlands Jurgen Streppel 1 July 2016[10]
Willem II Netherlands Jurgen Streppel Signed by Heerenveen 1 July 2016 Netherlands Erwin van de Looi 1 July 2016
Vitesse Netherlands Rob Maas Resigned 1 July 2016[11] Netherlands Henk Fraser 1 July 2016[12]
Roda JC Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić Sacked 1 July 2016[13] Greece Giannis Anastasiou 1 July 2016[14]
Ajax Netherlands Frank de Boer Resigned 1 July 2016[15] Netherlands Peter Bosz 1 July 2016[16]
Excelsior Netherlands Alfons Groenendijk Mutual consent 1 July 2016[17] Netherlands Mitchell van der Gaag 1 July 2016[18]
ADO Den Haag Netherlands Henk Fraser Signed by Vitesse 1 July 2016 Montenegro Željko Petrović 1 July 2016[19]
ADO Den Haag Montenegro Željko Petrović Mutual consent 7 February 2017[20] 16th Netherlands Alfons Groenendijk 8 February 2017[21]
Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands Hans de Koning Sacked 22 March 2017[22] 18th Netherlands Robert Maaskant 25 March 2017[23]
NEC Germany Peter Hyballa Sacked 24 April 2017[24] 17th Netherlands Ron de Groot 25 April 2017
Roda JC Greece Giannis Anastasiou Sacked 23 May 2017[25] 17th Netherlands Huub Stevens 23 May 2017[25]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Feyenoord (C) 34 26 4 4 86 25 +61 82 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 25 6 3 79 23 +56 81 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 PSV Eindhoven 34 22 10 2 68 23 +45 76 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Utrecht (O) 34 18 8 8 54 38 +16 62 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
5 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 51 40 +11 51 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
6 AZ 34 12 13 9 56 52 +4 49 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
7 Twente[c] 34 12 9 13 48 50 −2 45
8 Groningen 34 10 13 11 55 51 +4 43 Qualification for the European competition play-offs[a]
9 Heerenveen 34 12 7 15 54 53 +1 43
10 Heracles Almelo 34 12 7 15 53 55 −2 43
11 ADO Den Haag 34 11 5 18 37 59 −22 38
12 Excelsior 34 9 10 15 43 60 −17 37
13 Willem II 34 9 9 16 29 44 −15 36
14 PEC Zwolle 34 9 8 17 39 67 −28 35
15 Sparta Rotterdam 34 9 7 18 42 61 −19 34
16 NEC (R) 34 9 7 18 32 59 −27 34 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17 Roda JC Kerkrade (O) 34 7 12 15 26 51 −25 33
18 Go Ahead Eagles (R) 34 6 5 23 32 73 −41 23 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: NUsport (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only for deciding champion and relegation); 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Draw. (Note: Criteria 5-8 is only used if deciding Europa League play-off places)[27]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Four teams played for a spot in the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. ^ Vitesse qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.
  3. ^ Twente was excluded from European football for 3 years on 15 December 2015.[26]

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJX AZ EXC FEY GAE GRO HRV HRC NEC PEC PSV RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT WIL
ADO Den Haag 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 4–3 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0
Ajax 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 5–1 4–1 5–0 5–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–2
AZ 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–0
Excelsior 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–2
Feyenoord 3–1 1–1 5–2 4–1 8–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 6–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0
Go Ahead Eagles 3–1 0–3 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–4 2–2 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–1
Groningen 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–5 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–4 2–3 1–1 1–1
Heerenveen 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0
Heracles Almelo 4–0 0–2 1–2 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–4 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1
NEC 3–0 1–5 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 0–0
PEC Zwolle 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–4 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0
PSV Eindhoven 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 5–0
Roda JC Kerkrade 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–0
Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–2
Twente 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–5 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Utrecht 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–5 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0
Vitesse 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 0–2
Willem II 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–4
Source: Eredivisie (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Denmark Nicolai Jørgensen Feyenoord 21
2 Iran Reza Ghoochannejhad Heerenveen 20
Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel Vitesse
4 Sweden Samuel Armenteros Heracles 19
5 Turkey Enes Ünal Twente 18
6 Netherlands Mimoun Mahi Groningen 17
7 Denmark Kasper Dolberg Ajax 16
8 Netherlands Davy Klaassen Ajax 14
Netherlands Jens Toornstra Feyenoord
10 France Sébastien Haller Utrecht 13
Netherlands Wout Weghorst AZ

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Netherlands Eljero Elia Feyenoord Groningen 5–0 7 August 2016
Turkey Enes Ünal Twente Groningen 4–3 21 August 2016
Denmark Kasper Dolberg Ajax NEC 5–0 20 November 2016
Iran Reza Ghoochannejhad Heerenveen PSV 3–4 22 January 2017
Denmark Nicolai Jørgensen Feyenoord AZ 5–2 12 March 2017
Netherlands Jens Toornstra Feyenoord Go Ahead Eagles 8–0 5 April 2017
Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel Vitesse Heerenveen 4–2 8 April 2017
Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord Heracles 3–1 14 May 2017

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists[1]
1 Morocco Hakim Ziyech Twente / Ajax 12
2 Denmark Nicolai Jørgensen Feyenoord 11
Sweden Sam Larsson Heerenveen
4 Kosovo Milot Rashica Vitesse 10
Mexico Andrés Guardado PSV
6 Netherlands Davy Klaassen Ajax 9
Netherlands Jens Toornstra Feyenoord

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[1]
1 Australia Brad Jones Feyenoord 17
2 Cameroon André Onana Ajax 15
3 Netherlands Jeroen Zoet PSV 14
4 Denmark David Jensen Utrecht 10
Greece Kostas Lamprou Willem II

Discipline

Player

Play-offs

European competition

Four teams played for a spot in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Groningen 11 2
 
 
 
AZ 44 8
 
AZ 30 3
 
 
 
Utrecht (p) 03 3
 
Heerenveen 11 2
 
 
Utrecht 32 5
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two (NEC and Roda JC, as 16th- and 17th-placed teams) from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2017–18 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2017–18 Eerste Divisie.

 
First roundSecond roundThird round
 
                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MVV 12 3
 
 
Cambuur 11 2
 
 
 
 
 
MVV 00 0
 
 
Roda JC 01 1
 
 
 
 
 
Helmond Sport 01 1
 
 
 
Roda JC 11 2
 
Helmond Sport 4 2 6
 
 
Almere City 2 0 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volendam20 2
 
 
NAC 22 4
 
 
 
 
 
NAC 14 5
 
 
NEC 01 1
 
 
 
 
 
Emmen 10 1
 
 
 
NEC 31 4
 
RKC 1 1 2
 
 
Emmen 5 0 5
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

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