2006–07 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season2006–07
Dates18 August 2006 – 29 April 2007
ChampionsPSV
(20th title)
PromotedExcelsior
RelegatedADO Den Haag
RKC Waalwijk
Champions LeaguePSV
Ajax
UEFA CupFC Groningen
AZ
SC Heerenveen
FC Twente
Intertoto CupUtrecht
Top goalscorerAfonso Alves (34 goals)
Biggest home winAZ 8–1 NAC (2006-10-07)
Biggest away winPSV 1–5 Ajax (2006-08-19)
Highest scoringAZ 8–1 NAC (2006-10-07)
Average attendance18,078
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Locations of the 2006–07 Eredivisie teams
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Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs

The 2006–07 Eredivisie season began on August 18, 2006. The season saw PSV Eindhoven quickly building a gap with the other teams. After 20 matches, the club was 11 points ahead of AZ and 12 points ahead of Ajax. The lead quickly dissipated in the 13 matches that followed. A draw of PSV at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round saw AZ and Ajax catching up. The three clubs were all on 72 points from 33 matches, with the AZ on top due to goal difference. Ajax were second, PSV were third. AZ suffered a shock defeat at league minnows Excelsior Rotterdam in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0–2 against Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5–1. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a better goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.

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This team was promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

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The following teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:

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The following teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV (C) 34 23 6 5 75 25 +50 75 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Ajax 34 23 6 5 84 35 +49 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round playoff
3 AZ 34 21 9 4 83 31 +52 72
4 Twente 34 19 9 6 67 37 +30 66
5 Heerenveen 34 16 7 11 60 43 +17 55
6 Roda JC 34 15 9 10 47 36 +11 54 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff
7 Feyenoord 34 15 8 11 56 66 −10 53
8 Groningen 34 15 6 13 54 54 0 51
9 Utrecht 34 13 9 12 41 44 −3 48
10 NEC 34 12 8 14 36 44 −8 44 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff
11 NAC Breda 34 12 7 15 43 54 −11 43
12 Vitesse Arnhem 34 10 8 16 50 55 −5 38
13 Sparta Rotterdam 34 10 7 17 40 66 −26 37
14 Heracles Almelo 34 7 11 16 32 64 −32 32
15 Willem II 34 8 7 19 31 64 −33 31
16 Excelsior 34 8 6 20 43 65 −22 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 RKC Waalwijk (R) 34 6 9 19 33 60 −27 27
18 ADO Den Haag (R) 34 3 8 23 40 72 −32 17 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ADO AJX AZ EXC FEY GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC SPA TWE UTR VIT WIL
ADO Den Haag 1–2 1–3 2–2 3–3 1–3[a] 2–3 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–1 0–3[b] 2–1
Ajax 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–0
AZ 2–2 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 8–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 5–1 1–0 2–0
Excelsior 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–3 0–2 3–1 6–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–2
Feyenoord 3–1 0–4 3–2 1–0 0–4 4–3 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
FC Groningen 2–5 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 4–3 4–1
SC Heerenveen 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–0 5–1 4–2 5–1 4–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 5–0
Heracles Almelo 4–3 0–3 0–0 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–2
NAC Breda 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0
NEC 3–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–2
PSV 2–1 1–5 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 7–0 2–0 5–0 5–1 4–0
RKC Waalwijk 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1
Roda JC 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 7–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–1
Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
FC Twente 3–1 1–4 3–0 4–1 3–0 7–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0
FC Utrecht 2–0 2–3 0–4 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0
Vitesse 2–2 4–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–3 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 1–0
Willem II 2–1 0–2 0–4 2–1 3–5 3–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was suspended for crowd trouble 4 minutes into the second half, while FC Groningen were leading 0-3. The remaining minutes were played three days later.
  2. ^ The match was suspended after 63 minutes, after ADO supporters had invaded the pitch. The Royal Dutch Football Association decided ten days later that the game would not be finished, making the score at the time of the suspension the final score.

Play-offs

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For UEFA competitions

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For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets

Matches A and B Match E
      
5 SC Heerenveen 1
2 Ajax 4
A Ajax 4
B AZ 2
4 FC Twente 1
3 AZ 3

Ajax have qualified for 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. AZ, FC Twente and Heerenveen have qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket

Matches C and D Match G
      
9 FC Utrecht (advances on away goals) 1
6 Roda JC 1
C FC Utrecht 1
D FC Groningen 4
8 FC Groningen 3
7 Feyenoord 2

FC Groningen have qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. FC Utrecht faced Vitesse (the team winning match J) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.

For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket

Matches H and I Match J
      
13 Sparta Rotterdam 2
10 NEC 3
H NEC 0
I Vitesse 3
12 Vitesse 4
11 NAC Breda 2

Vitesse faced FC Utrecht (the team losing match G) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.

For the Intertoto Cup ticket

Match K
   
G FC Utrecht 2 (a)
J Vitesse 2

FC Utrecht have qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.

Relegation playoffs

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Round 1
Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
FC Zwolle 1-2 FC Dordrecht 0-1 1-1 Not played
BV Veendam 5-3 Go Ahead Eagles 5-1 0-2 Not played

All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.

Round 2
Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
FC Dordrecht 2-5 RKC Waalwijk 2-0 0-2 0-3
FC Den Bosch 2-3 VVV-Venlo 1-2 1-0 0-1
FC Volendam 3-6 RBC Roosendaal 3-5 0-1 Not played
BV Veendam 0-4 Excelsior 0-1 0-3 Not played

All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.

Round 3
Team #1 Aggregate Team #2 Match 1 Match 2 Match 3
VVV-Venlo 5-1 RKC Waalwijk 2-0 0-1 3-0
RBC Roosendaal 1-2 Excelsior 1-1 0-1 Not played

All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal number of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.
The winners of matches G and H will play in the Eredivisie 2007/2008

Top scorers

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Pos. Player Club Goals
1. Brazil Afonso Alves SC Heerenveen 34
2. Switzerland Blaise Nkufo FC Twente 22
Netherlands Danny Koevermans AZ 22
4. Peru Jefferson Farfán PSV 21
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax 21
6. Serbia Danko Lazović Vitesse 19
7. Netherlands Wesley Sneijder Ajax 18
8. Sweden Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu FC Twente 15
9. Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze AZ 14
10. Norway Erik Nevland FC Groningen 13

Awards

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Dutch Footballer of the Year

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See also: Dutch Footballer of the Year

Stadiums

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Team Stadium Capacity
Ajax Amsterdam ArenA 51,628
Feyenoord Feijenoord Stadion 51,177
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
NEC Stadion de Goffert 12,470
ADO Zuiderpark Stadion 10,500
Sparta Sparta Stadion / Het Kasteel 11,026
Heracles Polman Stadion 8,500
RKC Mandemakers Stadion 7,500
Excelsior Stadion Woudestein 3,527

See also

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