2010–11 Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie 2010–11 was the 55th season of the Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956.

Eerste Divisie

Season	2010–11
Champions	RKC Waalwijk
Promoted	RKC Waalwijk
Relegated	none
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The previous year's winners were De Graafschap, who were replaced by last-placed 2009–10 Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. The league featured 18 teams, two fewer than its previous season, following the exclusion of HFC Haarlem from professional football and the relegation of FC Oss to the 2010–11 Topklasse. On May 12, 2010 BV Veendam was declared bankrupt due to financial troubles, with FC Oss consequently expected to be readmitted into Eerste Divisie to replace it; however, the verdict was overturned later in June, and the club was thus allowed to play in the season with a reduced budget.

From this season on, the last-placed team would be relegated to the Topklasse, and replaced by the winner of the newly established third tier.

This season also featured the old Almere-based club FC Omniworld under the new denomination of Almere City FC.

Teams overview

Venues

 

 

AGOVV

 

Almere City

 

Cambuur

 

Den Bosch

 

Dordrecht

 

Eindhoven

 

Emmen

 

Fortuna Sittard

 

Go Ahead Eagles

 

Helmond Sport

 

MVV

 

RBC

 

RKC

 

Sparta

 

Telstar

 

Veendam

 

Volendam

 

Zwolle

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Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2010-2011

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AGOVV Apeldoorn	Apeldoorn	Stadion Berg & Bos	3,250
Almere City FC	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
FC Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,100
FC Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
FC Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Wagner & Partners Stadion	12,500
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	6,700
Helmond Sport	Helmond	Stadion De Braak	4,100
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	11,026
RBC	Roosendaal	RBC Stadion	4,995
RKC	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
BV Veendam	Veendam	De Langeleegte	5,290
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260
FC Zwolle	Zwolle	FC Zwolle Stadion	10,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	RKC Waalwijk (C, P)	34	22	7	5	85	40	+45	73	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Zwolle^[a]	34	20	10	4	69	27	+42	69	Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round^[b]
3	Helmond Sport	34	17	8	9	61	43	+18	59
4	Veendam^[c]	34	15	12	7	54	44	+10	53
5	Cambuur^[d]	34	15	9	10	64	52	+12	51
6	Volendam	34	14	9	11	56	50	+6	51	Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round^[b]
7	Go Ahead Eagles	34	13	11	10	58	43	+15	50
8	Den Bosch	34	11	14	9	56	47	+9	47
9	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	7	15	71	65	+6	43
10	MVV^[e]	34	14	8	12	44	50	−6	42	Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round^[b]
11	Dordrecht^[c]	34	12	9	13	52	56	−4	41
12	Eindhoven	34	10	10	14	41	49	−8	40
13	Emmen	34	8	11	15	48	64	−16	35
14	Telstar	34	8	10	16	43	54	−11	34
15	AGOVV^[f]	34	11	7	16	54	77	−23	31
16	Fortuna Sittard^[g]	34	7	7	20	42	70	−28	26
17	RBC Roosendaal^[h] (R, D)	34	7	8	19	38	66	−28	26	Bankrupt, team disbanded after season^[i]
18	Almere City^[j]	34	8	7	19	45	84	−39	25

Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Deducted 1 point by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
2. Zwolle, Volendam, MVV and RKC qualified as period champions.
3. Deducted 4 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
4. Deducted 3 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
5. Deducted 8 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
6. Deducted 9 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
7. Deducted 2 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.
8. After the season, RBC Roosendaal were dissolved and restarted in the lower leagues under a new look.
9. Almere City were originally relegated, but after the bankruptcy of RBC Roosendaal it was confirmed that they could keep their place in the Eerste Divisie.^[1]
10. Deducted 6 points by KNVB for financial irregularities the previous season.

Results

Home \ Away	AGO	ALM	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	FOR	GAE	HEL	MVV	RBC	RKC	SPA	TEL	VEE	VOL	ZWO
AGOVV		3–3	3–3	3–1	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–3	2–4	2–1	1–5
Almere City	1–6		0–4	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	2–4	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–3
Cambuur	0–1	4–0		2–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–3	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–3
Den Bosch	2–2	1–0	3–3		0–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1
Dordrecht	4–1	2–4	0–1	3–4		2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–2	4–1	1–2
Eindhoven	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–3	0–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	2–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–3	1–2
Emmen	6–0	0–0	0–4	0–3	2–2	2–2		0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	0–1	1–1	0–3
Fortuna Sittard	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–2	2–3	1–3		0–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–4	3–3	1–2	0–3
Go Ahead Eagles	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	8–0	2–1	1–0	3–0		2–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–0	4–3	1–3
Helmond Sport	1–0	2–4	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	5–2	0–0		1–0	3–1	1–2	5–2	5–1	3–1	0–2	2–2
MVV	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–3	1–4		1–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–2
RBC Roosendaal	2–2	4–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–2		2–4	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1
RKC Waalwijk	4–0	5–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	5–0	7–0		1–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	3–1
Sparta Rotterdam	3–3	12–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	3–1	5–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–4		0–2	4–2	1–1	1–2
Telstar	1–2	2–3	3–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–1		1–1	1–0	0–0
Veendam	1–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	3–1	2–1		0–0	1–0
Volendam	5–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–4	3–1	1–1	2–2		0–2
Zwolle	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–4	4–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–1

Source: Eerste Divisie website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Excelsior and VVV-Venlo joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Volendam	5–2	MVV	3–2	2–0
Go Ahead Eagles	1–3	Den Bosch	0–1	1–2

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Volendam	1−4	VVV-Venlo	1−2	0-2
Cambuur	3−3 (p. 6–7)	Zwolle	2−1	1-2
Veendam	3−4	Helmond Sport	3−3	0-1
Den Bosch	4−6	Excelsior	3−3	1-3

Round 3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zwolle	3-4	VVV-Venlo	1−2	2-2
Helmond Sport	3–9	Excelsior	1−5	2–4

VVV-Venlo and Excelsior will play in 2011–12 Eredivisie.

Top goalscorers

29 goals

•   Johan Voskamp (Sparta Rotterdam)

27 goals

•   Sjoerd Ars (FC Zwolle)

21 goals

•   Melvin Platje (FC Volendam)

20 goals

•   Donny de Groot (RKC Waalwijk)
•   Michiel Hemmen (AGOVV Apeldoorn)

18 goals

•   Derk Boerrigter (RKC Waalwijk)

17 goals

•   Fred Benson (RKC Waalwijk)

16 goals

•   Koen van der Biezen (Go Ahead Eagles)
•   Danny Schreurs (FC Zwolle)

15 goals

•   Ruud ter Heide (FC Emmen)
•   Marc Höcher (Helmond Sport)

See also

• 2010–11 Eredivisie
• 2010–11 Topklasse

References

1. "Almere City keert terug in Jupiler League". 17 June 2011.

External links

• (in Dutch)
• KNVB.nl - Official website KNVB (in Dutch and English)