2007–08 Eredivisie

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2007–08 Eredivisie (women).

The 2007–08 Eredivisie was the 52nd season of the Eredivisie, the top division of association football in the Netherlands. The season began in August 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008, with defending champions PSV retaining their title with 72 points.

Eredivisie

Season	2007–08
Dates	17 August 2007 – 20 April 2008
Champions	PSV (21st title)
Promoted	De Graafschap VVV-Venlo
Relegated	Excelsior VVV-Venlo
Champions League	PSV FC Twente
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord Ajax SC Heerenveen NEC
UEFA Intertoto Cup	NAC Breda
Top goalscorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (33 goals)
Biggest home win	SC Heerenveen 9–0 Heracles Almelo (7 October 2007)
Biggest away win	De Graafschap 1–8 Ajax (19 August 2007)
Highest scoring	SC Heerenveen 9–0 Heracles Almelo (7 October 2007) De Graafschap 1–8 Ajax (19 August 2007)
Average attendance	19,090
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Promoted teams

The following teams are promoted to the Eredivisie at the start of the season:

• VVV-Venlo

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV (C)	34	21	9	4	65	24	+41	72	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Ajax	34	20	9	5	94	45	+49	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff
3	NAC Breda	34	19	6	9	48	40	+8	63
4	Twente	34	17	11	6	52	32	+20	62
5	Heerenveen	34	18	6	10	88	48	+40	60
6	Feyenoord	34	18	6	10	64	41	+23	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Groningen	34	15	6	13	53	54	−1	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff
8	NEC	34	14	7	13	49	50	−1	49
9	Roda JC	34	12	11	11	55	55	0	47
10	Utrecht	34	13	7	14	59	55	+4	46
11	AZ	34	11	10	13	48	53	−5	43
12	Vitesse Arnhem	34	12	7	15	46	55	−9	43
13	Sparta Rotterdam	34	9	7	18	52	76	−24	34
14	Heracles	34	8	8	18	34	64	−30	32
15	Willem II	34	8	7	19	40	49	−9	31
16	De Graafschap	34	7	9	18	33	64	−31	30	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	VVV-Venlo (R)	34	7	8	19	44	76	−32	29
18	Excelsior (R)	34	7	6	21	32	75	−43	27	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Match table

Home \ Away	AJX	AZ	EXC	FEY	GRA	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VVV	WIL
Ajax		6–1	4–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	4–1	5–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	4–2	6–2	2–2	2–0	4–1	6–1	4–1
AZ	2–3		3–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0
Excelsior	2–1	1–1		2–1	1–1	1–3	2–5	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–4	1–2	4–3	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Feyenoord	2–2	2–2	1–0		2–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	5–0	1–3	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–0
De Graafschap	1–8	1–2	1–1	1–3		1–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	3–2	1–2
FC Groningen	1–2^[a]	2–1	3–2	3–2	0–2		0–1	1–2	1–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0
Heerenveen	2–4	4–0	5–0	1–1	2–3	4–2		9–0	3–0	2–3	2–1	4–3	3–3	1–2	2–3	7–0	5–1	0–0
Heracles Almelo	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	2–2		0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0
NAC Breda	2–3	2–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–3	1–5	4–1		1–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0
NEC	1–1	5–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	5–1	0–1	3–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	4–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0
PSV	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	5–0		2–4	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–0
Roda JC	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–3	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1		2–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	2–2	0–1	3–2	6–1	1–3	4–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–4	4–1		1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–2
FC Twente	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–2		2–2	4–3	1–1	2–0
FC Utrecht	0–1	2–2	4–1	0–3	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	3–1	7–1	0–1		2–4	1–4	2–0
Vitesse Arnhem	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–2		1–3	1–0
VVV-Venlo	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–5	0–4	0–5	1–3	1–2	1–1	3–5	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–0		1–1
Willem II	2–3	3–0	6–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–4	4–0	1–2

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

1. The match was played on April 16. It had originally been scheduled for April 13, but was suspended and then postponed due to a fire on one of the stands shortly before the match.

Top scorers

 

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, the top scorer of the 2007–08 season.

Goals	Player	Team
33	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax
22	Blaise Nkufo	FC Twente
17	Luis Suárez	Ajax
16	Robin Nelisse	FC Utrecht
15	Marcus Berg	FC Groningen
	Michael Bradley	SC Heerenveen
	Kenneth Perez	Ajax/PSV
14	Danny Koevermans	PSV
	Miralem Sulejmani	SC Heerenveen

Last updated: April 20, 2008
Source:

Play-offs

For UEFA competitions

For one Champions League ticket

	Matches A and B							Match G
	2	SC Heerenveen	1	1	2
	5	Ajax	2	3	5
								2	Ajax	1	0	1
								4	FC Twente	2	0	2
	4	FC Twente	3	5	8
	3	NAC Breda	0	1	1

For one UEFA Cup playoff ticket

	Matches C and D							Match I
	10	FC Utrecht	2	1	3
	7	FC Groningen	2	3	5
								7	FC Groningen	0	1	1
								8	NEC	1	3	4
	9	Roda JC	0	0	0
	8	NEC	1	2	3

For one UEFA Cup ticket

	Matches H and I							Match J
	5	SC Heerenveen	2	2	4
	3	NAC Breda	0	2	2
								3	NAC Breda	0	0	0
								8	NEC	6	1	7
	7	FC Groningen	0	1	1
	8	NEC	1	3	4

The winner of match G, FC Twente, qualifies for 2008–09 UEFA Champions League. The loser of match G, Ajax, qualifies for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. The losers of matches A and B, SC Heerenveen and NAC Breda, faced each other in match H. The winner, SC Heerenveen, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The loser of match H, NAC Breda, faced NEC, the winner of the playoffs featuring FC Groningen, NEC, Roda JC and FC Utrecht. NEC won that match, match J, and clinched the final UEFA Cup ticket, while the loser, NAC Breda, qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Team	Tournament
FC Twente	3rd Qualifying round 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
Ajax	2008–09 UEFA Cup
SC Heerenveen	2008–09 UEFA Cup
NEC	2008–09 UEFA Cup
NAC Breda	UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008

Relegation

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	1–4	ADO Den Haag	1–1	0–3
TOP Oss	2–5	Helmond Sport	2–2	0–3

Round 2 (best of 3)

Team 1	Pts	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
ADO Den Haag	3–1	VVV-Venlo	1–0	0–1	2–0
MVV	1–6	RKC Waalwijk	1–0	0–2	0–4
FC Zwolle	3–2	FC Den Bosch	0–1	2–1	1–0
Helmond Sport	3–6	De Graafschap	2–3	1–3	Not played

Round 3 (best of 3)

Team 1	Pts	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
ADO Den Haag	5–4	RKC Waalwijk	1–1	2–2	2–1
FC Zwolle	1–3	De Graafschap	1–3	0–0	Not played

The winners of matches G and H will play in the 2008–09 Eredivisie.

Season statistics

Last updated on April 20, 2008.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Kemy Agustien for AZ against VVV-Venlo (18 August 2007)
• Widest winning margin: SC Heerenveen 9-0 Heracles Almelo (7 October 2007)
• Most goals in a match: SC Heerenveen 9-0 Heracles Almelo (7 October 2007), De Graafschap 1-8 Ajax (August 19, 2007)
• Fastest goal in a match: Roy Makaay for Feyenoord against Heracles Almelo (2 December 2007)
• Best offensive team: Ajax with 94 goals in 34 matches.
• Worst offensive team: Excelsior with 32 goals in 34 matches.
• Best defensive team: PSV with 24 goals against in 34 matches.
• Worst defensive team: Sparta and VVV-Venlo with 76 goals against in 34 matches.

Cards

• First yellow card: Gianni Zuiverloon for SC Heerenveen against Willem II (17 August 2007)
• First red card: Patrick Mtiliga for NAC Breda against FC Groningen (18 August 2007)

Overview

Club	Location	Current manager	Previous managers during 2007–08 season
Ajax	Amsterdam	Adrie Koster	Henk ten Cate
AZ	Alkmaar	Louis van Gaal
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Ton Lokhoff
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Bert van Marwijk
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Jan de Jonge
FC Groningen	Groningen	Ron Jans
SC Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Gertjan Verbeek
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Gert Heerkes	Hendrie Krüzen,   Ruud Brood
NAC Breda	Breda	Ernie Brandts
NEC	Nijmegen	Mario Been
PSV	Eindhoven	Sef Vergoossen	Jan Wouters,   Ronald Koeman
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Raymond Atteveld
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Foeke Booy	Adri van Tiggelen,   Gert Aandewiel
FC Twente	Enschede	Fred Rutten
FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Willem van Hanegem
Vitesse	Arnhem	Aad de Mos
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	André Wetzel
Willem II	Tilburg	Andries Jonker	Dennis van Wijk

Stadiums 2007-08

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Ajax	Amsterdam ArenA	51,628
Feyenoord	Feijenoord Stadion	51,137
PSV	Philips Stadion	35,119
Vitesse	Gelredome	26,600
Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,000
Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	24,426
Groningen	Euroborg	19,814
Roda JC	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
AZ	DSB Stadion	17,023
NAC	Rat Verlegh Stadion	17,064
Willem II	Willem II Stadion	14,637
Twente	Arke Stadion	13,740^[1]
NEC	Stadion de Goffert	12,470
Sparta	Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel	11,026
De Graafschap	De Vijverberg	12,600
Heracles	Polman Stadion	8,500
VVV-Venlo	De Koel	5,998
Excelsior	Stadion Woudestein	3,527

Kits 2007-2008

Team	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor	Notes
Ajax	Adidas	ABN Amro
AZ	Quick	DSB Bank
Excelsior	Masita	DSW
Feyenoord	Kappa	Fortis
De Graafschap	kwd	Centric
FC Groningen	Umbro	Noord Lease
SC Heerenveen	Umbro	Univé
Heracles Almelo	Ben Barton	Koninklijke Ten Cate
NAC Breda	Umbro	Sunweb
NEC	Nike	Jiba
PSV	Nike	Philips
Roda JC	Umbro	Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam	Kelme	Graydon
FC Twente	Umbro	Arke
FC Utrecht	Puma	Phanos
Vitesse	Legea	AFAB
VVV Venlo	Erima	Seacon Logistics
Willem II	Masita	Interpolis

References

1. An expansion of the stadium started in January 2008 and increased capacity to 24,000