2006–07 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	2006–07
Champions	PSV; (20th title)
Promoted	Excelsior
Relegated	Den Haag; RKC Waalwijk
Champions League	PSV; Ajax
UEFA Cup	FC Groningen; AZ; SC Heerenveen; FC Twente
Intertoto Cup	Utrecht
Top goalscorer	Afonso Alves (Heerenveen, 34)
Biggest home win	AZ 8–1 NAC (2007-10-07)
Biggest away win	PSV 1–5 Ajax (2007-08-19)
Highest scoring	AZ 8–1 NAC (2007-10-07)
Average attendance	18,078/game
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006/2007 season of the Eredivisie 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 at 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.

Promoted team

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

Excelsior (Eerste Divisie champions)

Relegated teams

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

Promoted teams

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

Ranking

Final League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	PSV	34	23	6	5	75	25	+50	75
2	Ajax ¹	34	23	6	5	84	35	+49	75
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
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
11	NAC Breda	34	12	7	15	43	54	-9	43
12	Vitesse	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	64	-21	30
17	RKC Waalwijk	34	6	9	19	33	60	-27	27
18	ADO Den Haag	34	3	8	23	40	72	-32	17

Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses;
GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal difference


	Team will win the league and qualifies for the UEFA Champions League
	Teams qualify for the UEFA Champions League qualifying round playoffs. The winner of the playoff will play in the qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, the rest of the teams will play in UEFA CUP.
	Teams qualify for the UEFA Cup playoffs
	Teams qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup playoffs
	Teams remain in the Eredivisie
	Teams forced to play relegation playoffs
	Team relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 2007/2008
¹	Ajax won the KNVB Cup 2006-07

Eredivisie 2006–07 Winners
PSV 20th Title

Play-offs

For UEFA competitions

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

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 UEFA Cup 2007-08. 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

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 amount 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 amount 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 amount 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

Match table

H \ A	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^[1]	2-3	2-0	0-2	0-2	0-2	1-1	0-2	2-4	1-2	1-1	0-3 ^[2]	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

Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Afonso Alves	SC Heerenveen	34
2.	Blaise Kufo	FC Twente	22
2.	Danny Koevermans	AZ	22
4.	Jefferson Farfán	PSV	21
4.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax	21
6.	Danko Lazović	Vitesse	19
7.	Wesley Sneijder	Ajax	18
8.	Kennedy Bakircioglü	FC Twente	14
9.	Shota Arveladze	AZ	14
10.	Erik Nevland	FC Groningen	13

Awards

Dutch Footballer of the Year

2006 / 2007 — Afonso Alves (SC Heerenveen)

Stadiums 2006/2007

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

References

^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

[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.

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