This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2008–09 Eredivisie (women).
The 2008–09 Eredivisie was the 53rd season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse Arnhem and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009. A total of 18 teams take part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions FC Volendam, and play-off winners ADO Den Haag. AZ clinched their second title, their first coming in 1981.
Last updated: 11 May 2009 Source: ESPN Top Scorers
Play-offsedit
European competition (best of 3)edit
Contrary to the play-offs of previous years, only teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.
Ajax lost the opening match 2–1 away at Willem II. This was Ajax' first opening round defeat since the 1988–89 season.
Ajax and Feyenoord both lost their opening matches. The last times this happened was in the 1965–66 season.
ADO Den Haag topped the league table after two matches. The last time ADO was in first place was on 16 January 1971.
NAC Breda led the Eredivisie after round six. This was the first time in club history that NAC were in first place of the Eredivisie.
A record 6,067,288 spectators passed through the turnstiles, an average of 19,827 per match.
Television rightsedit
The Dutch public broadcaster NOS broadcast the match highlights after beating rival broadcaster RTL for the contract. The new pay-per-view channel Eredivisie Live broadcast the live matches.[1]
In Australia the Eredivisie was broadcast live and exclusive by Setanta Sports.
^"Eredivisie Live launches 29 August". Broadband TV News. 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
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This article is about the men s competition For the women s competition see 2008 09 Eredivisie women The 2008 09 Eredivisie was the 53rd season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955 PSV were the reigning champions The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse Arnhem and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009 A total of 18 teams take part in the league consisting of 16 who competed in the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions FC Volendam and play off winners ADO Den Haag AZ clinched their second title their first coming in 1981 EredivisieSeason2008 09Dates29 August 2008 10 May 2009ChampionsAZ 2nd title RelegatedFC VolendamDe GraafschapChampions LeagueAZ group stage FC Twente third qualifying round Europa LeagueSC Heerenveen play off round via KNVB Cup Ajax play off round PSV third qualifying round NAC Breda second qualifying round via playoff Goals scored870Average goals game2 84Top goalscorerMounir El Hamdaoui 23 Biggest home winAjax 7 0 Willem II 12 April 2009 Biggest away winDe Graafschap 0 6 Ajax 21 December 2008 Highest scoringPSV 6 2 Ajax 19 April 2009 Volendam 3 5 PSV 8 February 2009 Twente 6 2 Sparta 6 December 2008 2007 082009 10 ADOAjaxAZFeyenoordSpartaGraafschapGroningenHeerenveenHeraclesNACN E C PSVRoda JCTwenteUtrechtVitesse ArnhemVolendamWillem IIclass notpageimage Location of teams in the Eredivisie 2008 09 Contents 1 Overview 2 League table 3 Results 4 Top goalscorers 5 Play offs 5 1 European competition best of 3 5 1 1 Semi finals 5 1 2 Final 5 2 Relegation 5 2 1 Round 1 5 2 2 Round 2 best of 3 5 2 3 Round 3 best of 3 6 Facts and statistics 7 Television rights 8 See also 9 ReferencesOverview editClub Location Manager Previous managers during 2008 09 season Kit maker Shirt sponsorADO Den Haag The Hague nbsp Raymond Atteveld nbsp Andre Wetzel Hummel Fit For FreeAjax Amsterdam nbsp John van t Schip nbsp Marco van Basten Adidas AegonAZ Alkmaar nbsp Louis van Gaal Canterbury of New Zealand DSB BankFeyenoord Rotterdam nbsp Leon Vlemmings nbsp Gertjan Verbeek Kappa FortisDe Graafschap Doetinchem nbsp Darije Kalezic nbsp Henk van Stee kwd CentricFC Groningen Groningen nbsp Ron Jans Klupp Noord LeaseSC Heerenveen Heerenveen nbsp Trond Sollied Jako UniveHeracles Almelo Almelo nbsp Gert Heerkes Jako Koninklijke Ten CateNAC Breda Breda nbsp Robert Maaskant Klupp SunwebN E C Nijmegen nbsp Mario Been Nike CuracaoPSV Eindhoven nbsp Dwight Lodeweges nbsp Huub Stevens Nike PhilipsRoda JC Kerkrade nbsp nbsp Harm van Veldhoven nbsp Martin Koopman nbsp Raymond Atteveld Diadora AevitaeSparta Rotterdam Rotterdam nbsp Foeke Booy Patrick GraydonFC Twente Enschede nbsp Steve McClaren Diadora ArkeFC Utrecht Utrecht nbsp Ton du Chatinier nbsp Willem van Hanegem Puma PhanosVitesse Arnhem Arnhem nbsp Theo Bos nbsp Hans Westerhof Legea AFABFC Volendam Volendam nbsp Frans Adelaar Jako Cafe BarWillem II Tilburg nbsp Alfons Groenendijk nbsp Andries Jonker Masita DestilLeague table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 AZ C 34 25 5 4 66 22 44 80 Qualification to Champions League group stage2 Twente 34 20 9 5 62 31 31 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round3 Ajax 34 21 5 8 74 41 33 68 Qualification to Europa League play off round4 PSV 34 19 8 7 71 33 38 65 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round5 Heerenveen 34 17 9 8 66 57 9 60 Qualification to Europa League play off round a 6 Groningen 34 17 5 12 53 36 17 56 Qualification to European competition play offs7 Feyenoord 34 12 9 13 54 46 8 458 NAC Breda O 34 13 6 15 44 54 10 459 Utrecht 34 11 11 12 41 44 3 4410 Vitesse Arnhem 34 11 10 13 41 48 7 4311 NEC 34 9 15 10 41 40 1 4212 Willem II 34 10 7 17 35 58 23 3713 Sparta Rotterdam 34 9 8 17 46 66 20 3514 ADO Den Haag 34 8 8 18 41 58 17 3215 Heracles 34 7 11 16 35 53 18 3216 Roda JC 34 7 9 18 38 58 20 30 Qualification to relegation play offs17 De Graafschap R 34 7 9 18 24 58 34 3018 Volendam R 34 7 8 19 38 67 29 29 Relegation to the Eerste DivisieSource ESPN Eredivisie TableRules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champions O Play off winners R RelegatedNotes Heerenveen qualified for the play off round of the UEFA Europa League 2009 10 by winning the 2008 09 KNVB Cup Results editHome Away ADO AJX AZ FEY GRA GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT VOL WILADO Den Haag 1 1 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1Ajax 3 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 7 0AZ 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 3 1Feyenoord 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 5 2 2 2 5 0 1 1De Graafschap 2 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 0Groningen 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 4 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0Heerenveen 2 2 5 2 3 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 5 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 3 1Heracles 3 1 1 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0NAC Breda 0 4 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3NEC 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 6 1 0 0PSV Eindhoven 6 0 6 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 2 3 4 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0Roda JC 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 3 1 2 5 2 2 3 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1Sparta Rotterdam 2 5 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1Twente 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 6 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0Utrecht 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 3 1 3 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0Vitesse Arnhem 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 3 1 2 2Volendam 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 3 3 1 2 4 1 1 3 5 3 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 2Willem II 3 3 2 1 2 5 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2Source Eredivisie nl in Dutch Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Top goalscorers editPos Player Club Goals1 nbsp Mounir El Hamdaoui AZ 232 nbsp Luis Suarez Ajax 223 nbsp Marcus Berg Groningen 174 nbsp Roy Makaay Feyenoord 16 nbsp Danijel Pranjic Heerenveen nbsp Blaise N Kufo Twente7 nbsp Frank Demouge Willem II 148 nbsp Ibrahim Afellay PSV 139 nbsp Matthew Amoah NAC Breda 12 nbsp Marko Arnautovic TwenteTotal 870Games 306Average 2 84Last updated 11 May 2009 Source ESPN Top ScorersPlay offs editEuropean competition best of 3 edit Contrary to the play offs of previous years only teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009 10 Semi finals edit Team 1 Pts Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg Utrecht 3 7 Groningen 3 3 0 4 not playedNAC Breda 7 2 Feyenoord 3 2 4 0 not playedFinal edit Team 1 Pts Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg NAC Breda 3 1 Groningen 1 1 2 0 not playedRelegation edit The 16th and 17th placed teams along with the teams from Eerste Divisie participate in a play off for two spots in 2009 10 Eredivisie Round 1 edit Team 1 Agg Team 2 1st leg 2nd legTelstar 0 1 MVV 0 0 0 1TOP Oss 0 3 Dordrecht 0 2 0 1Round 2 best of 3 edit Team 1 Pts Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg MVV 1 4 De Graafschap 2 3 2 2 not playedExcelsior 1 4 RKC Waalwijk 1 2 1 1 not playedFC Zwolle 3 6 Cambuur 2 1 1 3 0 2Dordrecht 1 4 Roda JC 1 1 0 1 not playedRound 3 best of 3 edit Team 1 Pts Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg RKC Waalwijk 6 3 De Graafschap 2 0 1 2 1 0Cambuur 3 3 p 1 3 Roda JC 0 0 1 1 2 2 aet RKC Waalwijk and Roda JC will play in Eredivisie 2009 10 Facts and statistics editAjax lost the opening match 2 1 away at Willem II This was Ajax first opening round defeat since the 1988 89 season Ajax and Feyenoord both lost their opening matches The last times this happened was in the 1965 66 season ADO Den Haag topped the league table after two matches The last time ADO was in first place was on 16 January 1971 NAC Breda led the Eredivisie after round six This was the first time in club history that NAC were in first place of the Eredivisie A record 6 067 288 spectators passed through the turnstiles an average of 19 827 per match Television rights editThe Dutch public broadcaster NOS broadcast the match highlights after beating rival broadcaster RTL for the contract The new pay per view channel Eredivisie Live broadcast the live matches 1 In Australia the Eredivisie was broadcast live and exclusive by Setanta Sports See also edit2008 09 Eerste Divisie 2008 09 KNVB CupReferences edit Eredivisie Live launches 29 August Broadband TV News 2008 07 10 Retrieved 2008 07 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 09 Eredivisie amp oldid 1174622475, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,