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Eredivisie
Season	2009–10
Matches played	145
Goals scored	426 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Suárez (18)
Biggest home win	Ajax 6-0 NAC Breda (13 September 2009)[citation needed]
Biggest away win	RKC 0-6 AZ (15 August 2009)[citation needed]
Highest scoring	PSV 4-3 Ajax (16 August 2009)[citation needed]; Roda JC 3-4 Vitesse (28 August 2009)[citation needed]; NEC 3-4 FC Twente (6 December 2009)[citation needed]
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Eredivisie 2009–10 is the fifty-fourth season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. AZ are the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed 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 VVV Venlo, and promotion/relegation play-off winners RKC Waalwijk.

The season started on 31 July 2009 and will end on 2 May 2010.

[edit] Overview

[edit] Teams and stadia

Location of teams in Eredivisie 2009–10

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Den Haag Stadion	15,000
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam ArenA	51,638
AZ	Alkmaar	DSB Stadion	17,150
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Stadion Feijenoord	51,137
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,329
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,800
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Polman Stadion	8,500
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	17,254
NEC	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,470
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,119
RKC	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	24,244
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	24,426
Vitesse	Arnhem	Gelredome	26,600
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	De Koel	7,500
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,637

[edit] Personnel and sponsoring

Club	Manager	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Raymond Atteveld	Hummel	Fit For Free
Ajax	Martin Jol	Adidas	Aegon
AZ	Dick Advocaat	Quick	DSB Bank
Feyenoord	Mario Been	Puma	ASR Verzekeringen
Groningen	Ron Jans	Umbro	Noordlease
Heerenveen	Jan de Jonge	Jako	Univé
Heracles Almelo	Gertjan Verbeek	Jako	Ten Cate
NAC Breda	Robert Maaskant	Klupp	Sunweb Vakanties
NEC	Wiljan Vloet	Nike	Curaçao
PSV	Fred Rutten	Nike	Philips
RKC	Ruud Brood	Nike	Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC	Harm Van Veldhoven	Diadora	Aevitae
Sparta Rotterdam	Frans Adelaar	Patrick	Graydon
Twente	Steve McClaren	Diadora	Arke
Utrecht	Ton du Chatinier	Kappa	Phanos
Vitesse	Theo Bos	Legea	AfAB
VVV-Venlo	Jan van Dijk	Erima	Seacon Logistics
Willem II	Alfons Groenendijk	Masita	Destil

[edit] Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Ajax	Marco van Basten	Resigned	Pre-Season	Martin Jol	25 May 2009
AZ	Louis van Gaal	Transfer to Bayern Munich	Pre-Season	Ronald Koeman	17 May 2009
AZ	Ronald Koeman	Sacked	5 December 2009	Dick Advocaat	8 December 2009
Heerenveen	Trond Sollied	Sacked	1 September 2009	Jan de Jonge	2 September 2009
Heracles Almelo	Gert Heerkes	Sacked	Pre-Season	Gertjan Verbeek	8 June 2009
NEC	Mario Been	Transfer to Feyenoord	Pre-Season	Dwight Lodeweges	9 April 2009
NEC	Dwight Lodeweges	Resigned	27 October 2009	Wiljan Vloet	14 November 2009
PSV	Dwight Lodeweges	Transfer to NEC	Pre-Season	Fred Rutten	17 April 2009
Sparta Rotterdam	Foeke Booy	Transfer to Utrecht	Pre-Season	Frans Adelaar	15 May 2009

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Twente	17	15	2	0	38	15	+23	47	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	PSV	17	14	3	0	43	13	+30	45	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Ajax	17	12	2	3	53	15	+38	38	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4	Feyenoord	17	10	4	3	28	15	+13	34	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5	Utrecht	17	8	6	3	23	16	+7	30	Qualification to European competition Playoffs
6	Heracles	17	9	2	6	25	24	+1	29
7	AZ	17	8	1	8	29	21	+8	25
8	NAC Breda	17	6	4	7	24	28	−4	22
9	VVV-Venlo	17	4	8	5	25	25	0	20
10	Vitesse	17	5	3	9	20	30	−10	18
11	Sparta Rotterdam	17	5	3	9	18	31	−13	18
12	Groningen	17	4	5	8	20	28	−8	17
13	Roda JC	17	4	5	8	23	33	−10	17
14	Heerenveen	17	5	2	10	17	30	−13	17
15	Willem II	17	4	2	11	20	33	−13	14
16	ADO Den Haag	17	3	5	9	18	32	−14	14	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
17	NEC	17	2	7	8	19	31	−12	13	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
18	RKC Waalwijk	17	3	0	14	12	35	−23	9	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Updated to games played on 13 December 2009
Source: eredivsie.nl (Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹Winners of the KNVB Cup 2009-10 competition will qualify for the play-off round of UEFA Europa League 2010-11.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

Home \ Away¹	ADO	AJX	AZ	FEY	GRO	HEE	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	RJC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VVV	WIL
ADO Den Haag			2–1	0–2	1–1		1–4	1–2		1–5			2–3	0–1	0–1
Ajax	3–0			5–1		5–1		6–0	3–0		4–1		0–0					4–0
AZ		2–4		1–1				1–0	0–1				2–0			1–2	2–0	2–1
Feyenoord		a			3–1				2–0	1–3	3–0	4–0	a	1–1	0–0		1–0
Groningen		0–2	0–1			a	4–1	1–2	2–2	0–2					0–0	1–0
Heerenveen	3–0		0–2	0–2	0–1						3–1	0–0		0–2		1–0	1–1
Heracles		0–3	3–2	0–1		3–1						3–2	1–1	1–3	3–1
NAC Breda				0–2		2–0	0–0		3–3		1–0		2–2			4–0		4–0
NEC	1–1					4–1	0–2			0–4	0–1			3–4	1–1	a	1–1
PSV		4–3	1–0	a		1–0	4–0	3–1				3–0				1–0	3–3	3–1
RKC Waalwijk	0–2		0–6		3–1		0–1			0–2		4–1			0–1			0–1
Roda JC	1–1	2–2	2–4		1–1			2–0	1–0					1–2		3–4
Sparta Rotterdam				2–1	2–4	0–2			2–0	2–3	1–0	1–2		0–2				2–1
Twente		1–0	3–2		4–0		a	3–1		1–1	2–1				3–2	1–0	2–1
Utrecht		2–0	1–0			2–3		3–1		0–0		2–1	2–0				2–2	1–0
Vitesse	1–3	1–5		0–0			0–2		2–2		3–1		2–0		2–2		2–0
VVV-Venlo	2–2	0–4			2–2		1–0	1–1			3–0	1–1	5–0					2–1
Willem II	1–1			2–3	2–1	4–1	0–1	a	1–1			1–3		1–3		3–1

Updated to games played on 13 December 2009
Source:^{[citation needed]}
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Goalscorers

Including games played on 11 December 2009; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet, Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site) (Dutch)

[edit] Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luis Suárez	Ajax	18
2	Bryan Ruiz	Twente	12
3	Balázs Dzsudzsák	PSV	8
	Blaise Kufo	Twente	8
	Miroslav Stoch	Twente	8
6	Mounir El Hamdaoui	AZ	7
	Jeremain Lens	AZ	7
	Michal Papadopulos	Heerenveen	7
	Otman Bakkal	PSV	7
	Ola Toivonen	PSV	8
	Mads Junker	Roda JC	7
	Rydell Poepon	Sparta	7
	Sandro Calabro	VVV	7
14	8 players		6
22	4 players		5
26	14 players		4
40	20 players		3
60	35 players		2
95	58 players		1
Own goals			6
Total:			426
Games:			145
Average:			2.94