2021–22 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2021 – 2022
Dates	6 August 2021 – 6 May 2022
Champions	FC Emmen
Promoted	FC Emmen; FC Volendam; Excelsior
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,165 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thijs Dallinga; (32 goals)
Biggest home win	FC Emmen 7–1 MVV Maastricht; (10 September 2021)
Biggest away win	Jong FC Utrecht 0–6 FC Eindhoven; (5 November 2021)
Highest scoring	Jong Ajax 6–3 NAC Breda; (13 September 2021); Jong Ajax 6–3 ADO Den Haag; (7 March 2022)
Longest winning run	8 matches; FC Eindhoven; ADO Den Haag
Longest unbeaten run	26 matches; FC Volendam
Longest winless run	15 matches; TOP Oss
Longest losing run	7 matches; TOP Oss; MVV Maastricht
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 6 May 2022.

The 2021–22 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, was the 66th season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956.

It began on 6 August 2021, and ended with the promotion/relegation playoffs on 29 May 2022.^[1]

Relegation for reserve teams

On 1 August 2020, the KNVB detailed on its website in what scenarios will the reserve teams in the league be relegated from the Eerste Divisie.^[2]

Relegation to the Tweede Divisie

No reserve team from the Eerste Divisie can be relegated to the Tweede Divisie if the lowest classified reserves team in the Eerste Divisie is in the top 10.
If the lowest classified reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finishes between 11th through 18th and the highest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finishes first, the two teams play each other in a two-legged tie to decide which team will play in the Eerste Divisie the next season and which team will also play in the Tweede Divisie.
If the lowest classified reserves in the Eerste Divisie finish 19th or 20th and the highest classified reserves in the Tweede Divisie finish first or second, the lowest classified team from the Eerste Divisie is relegated to the Tweede Divisie while the highest classified reserves in the Tweede Divisie are promoted to the Eerste Divisie.
If a reserve team plays in the Eerste Divisie and the first team is relegated from the Eredivisie to the Eerste Divisie, the reserves are automatically relegated to the Tweede Divisie. In case this reserve team finished between first through third in the final ranking of reserves, the fourth-placed team is not relegated.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2020–21 Tweede Divisie	Relegated from 2020–21 Eredivisie	Promoted to 2021–22 Eredivisie	Relegated to 2021–22 Tweede Divisie
None	FC Emmen VVV-Venlo ADO Den Haag	SC Cambuur Go Ahead Eagles N.E.C.	None

A total of 20 teams will take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2020–21 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2020–21 Eredivisie.

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2020–21

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Cars Jeans Stadion	015,000
Almere City FC	Almere	Yanmar Stadion	04,501
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	08,713
FC Dordrecht	Dordrecht	Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion	04,235
FC Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	04,600
FC Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	08,600
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	04,500
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	012,600
Helmond Sport	Helmond	SolarUnie Stadion	012,600
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	02,050
Jong AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Trainingscomplex	0200
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	PSV Campus De Herdgang	02,500
Jong FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch	0550
MVV Maastricht	Maastricht	Stadion De Geusselt	010,000
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	019,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	019,979
Telstar	Velsen	Rabobank IJmond Stadion	03,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	04,560
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	07,384
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion - De Koel	08,000

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
6	North Brabant	FC Den Bosch, FC Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, Jong PSV, NAC Breda, TOP Oss
4	North Holland	Jong Ajax, Jong AZ, Telstar, FC Volendam
3	Limburg	MVV Maastricht, Roda JC Kerkrade, VVV-Venlo
3	South Holland	ADO Den Haag, FC Dordrecht, Excelsior
1	Drenthe	FC Emmen
	Flevoland	Almere City FC
	Gelderland	De Graafschap
	Utrecht	Jong FC Utrecht

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Giovanni Franken	Boy Kemper	Cars Jeans
Almere City FC	Alex Pastoor	Tim Receveur	SenS Online Solutions
FC Den Bosch	Jack de Gier	Wouter van der Steen	Timmermans Infra
FC Dordrecht	Michele Santoni	Jari Schuurman	Keukenwarenhuis.nl
FC Eindhoven	Rob Penders	Mawouna Amevor	VDL Groep
FC Emmen	Dick Lukkien	Jeroen Veldmate	EasyToys
Excelsior	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Redouan El Yaakoubi	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
De Graafschap	Jan Vreman (a.i.)	Ted van de Pavert	AgriBioSource
Helmond Sport	Sven Winnen	Robin van der Meer	Vescom
Jong Ajax	John Heitinga	Youri Regeer	Ziggo
Jong AZ	Maarten Martens	Joey Jacobs	AFAS Software
Jong PSV	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Shurandy Sambo	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
Jong FC Utrecht	Darije Kalezić	Nick Venema	T-Mobile
MVV Maastricht	Klaas Wels	Sven Blummel	SuperGame
NAC Breda	Edwin de Graaf	Nick Olij	OK tankstations
Roda JC Kerkrade	Jurgen Streppel	Richard Jensen	Flow Traders Foundation
Telstar	Andries Jonker	Glynor Plet	BUKO
TOP Oss	Bob Peeters	Rick Stuy van den Herik	Hendriks Bouw en Ontwikkeling
FC Volendam	Wim Jonk	Damon Mirani	HSB
VVV-Venlo	Jos Luhukay	Kristopher Da Graca	Seacon

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Ref.
De Graafschap	Mike Snoei	Sacked	19 May 2021	Pre season	Reinier Robbemond	1 July 2021
FC Eindhoven	Ernie Brandts	Mutual consent	21 May 2021		Rob Penders	1 July 2021
NAC Breda	Maurice Steijn	Resigned	19 June 2021		Edwin de Graaf	14 July 2021
Almere City FC	Jeroen Rijsdijk	End of interim spell	30 June 2021		Gertjan Verbeek	1 July 2021
FC Dordrecht	Jan Zoutman	End of contract			Michele Santoni
Jong Ajax	Mitchell van der Gaag	Signed by Ajax			John Heitinga
Jong AZ	Michel Vonk	End of contract			Maarten Martens
Jong PSV	Peter Uneken	End of contract			Ruud van Nistelrooy
Jong FC Utrecht	Ab Plugboer	End of interim spell			Darije Kalezić
MVV Maastricht	Darije Kalezić	End of contract			Klaas Wels
TOP Oss	Klaas Wels	End of contract			Bob Peeters
Almere City FC	Gertjan Verbeek	Mutual consent	23 November 2021	18th	Tim Bakens (a.i.)	23 November 2021	^[3]
Almere City FC	Tim Bakens (a.i.)	End of interim spell	19 December 2021	19th	Alex Pastoor	19 December 2021	^[4]
Helmond Sport	Wil Boessen	Sacked	14 February 2022	19th	Sven Winnen	14 February 2022	^[5]
ADO Den Haag	Ruud Brood		28 February 2022	6th	Giovanni Franken	28 February 2022	^[6]
De Graafschap	Reinier Robbemond		16 March 2022	9th	Jan Vreman (a.i.)	16 March 2022	^[7]^[8]

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	FC Emmen^[a] (C, P)	38	26	5	7	64	24	+40	83	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	FC Volendam (P)	38	21	12	5	81	53	+28	75	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	FC Eindhoven	38	21	8	9	69	43	+26	71	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	ADO Den Haag^[b]	38	22	7	9	76	53	+23	67^[c]
5	Roda JC Kerkrade	38	18	12	8	77	50	+27	66
6	Excelsior^[d] (O, P)	38	19	9	10	82	57	+25	66
7	Jong Ajax	38	18	9	11	82	63	+19	63	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
8	NAC Breda	38	16	11	11	60	45	+15	59	Qualification to promotion play-offs
9	De Graafschap	38	15	11	12	52	43	+9	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
10	VVV-Venlo	38	14	6	18	50	64	−14	48
11	FC Den Bosch	38	14	5	19	42	61	−19	47
12	Jong PSV	38	11	11	16	61	63	−2	44	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
13	Jong AZ	38	12	6	20	39	50	−11	42
14	Almere City FC	38	11	8	19	57	69	−12	41
15	TOP Oss	38	11	8	19	48	62	−14	41
16	MVV Maastricht	38	12	4	22	43	75	−32	40
17	FC Dordrecht	38	10	9	19	53	77	−24	39
18	Jong FC Utrecht	38	11	5	22	43	67	−24	38	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
19	Telstar	38	8	11	19	47	74	−27	35
20	Helmond Sport	38	8	7	23	39	72	−33	28^[e]

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2022. Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[11]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Winner of the Third and Fourth Period (Rounds 20–28 and 29–38)
^ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)
^ ADO Den Haag were deducted a total of six points for breaking the financial standards set by the Royal Dutch Football Association.^[9]
^ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)
^ Helmond Sport were deducted a total of three points for failing to participate in the FC Emmen – Helmond Sport match, which was set on 14 January 2022.^[10]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
FC Emmen	12	15	12	17	19	13	9	6	3	7	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FC Volendam	9	18	17	10	12	8	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
FC Eindhoven	7	6	10	4	11	7	11	7	10	9	8	10	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
ADO Den Haag	2	1	3	8	3	4	4	2	8	6	7	9	11	8	7	6	6	6	5	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	7	7	6	6	5	4	4
Roda JC Kerkrade	1	7	2	6	8	11	8	12	7	5	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	6	6	5
Excelsior	16	8	13	5	2	2	3	1	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	6
Jong Ajax	19	20	14	18	13	15	13	10	11	12	9	5	5	5	3	5	4	3	4	5	5	4	5	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7
NAC Breda	8	11	18	12	16	16	17	18	17	18	15	13	9	12	11	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
De Graafschap	20	9	5	3	4	9	6	8	5	3	3	3	2	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
VVV-Venlo	10	13	9	15	10	6	10	9	9	8	10	11	13	15	16	15	14	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
FC Den Bosch	3	2	4	7	15	18	14	16	19	19	16	17	14	10	9	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	13	14	14	15	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	11	11	11	10	11
Jong PSV	13	16	11	16	18	14	16	17	14	15	17	15	12	13	12	13	11	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Jong AZ	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	5	2	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	17	13	14	14	13	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	13
Almere City FC	15	14	19	14	9	12	15	14	16	17	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	15	15	12	12	13	14	13	13	14
TOP Oss	6	4	6	2	5	5	12	13	15	16	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	17	15	12	12	14	16	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	15
MVV Maastricht	5	10	7	9	6	10	7	11	13	14	13	14	16	11	13	10	12	12	12	13	13	14	16	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	18	19	18	19	18	19	18	16
FC Dordrecht	11	5	8	13	17	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	15	16	16	17	16	16	18	19	17	17	17
Jong FC Utrecht	17	17	16	11	7	3	2	4	6	10	11	8	10	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	16	17	16	16	12	14	16	17	18	19	18	19	17	17	18	16	18
Telstar	14	12	15	20	20	20	18	15	12	11	12	12	15	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	13	12	13	13	13	15	17	15	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	19	19
Helmond Sport	18	19	20	19	14	17	19	20	18	13	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Promotion to the Eredivisie
	Qualification to promotion play-offs
	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the 2022–23 Eredivisie

Source: Flashscore

Period tables

Period 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ADO Den Haag	9	6	1	2	22	13	+9	19	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	FC Volendam	9	5	3	1	22	13	+9	18
3	Jong AZ	9	6	0	3	11	8	+3	18	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
4	FC Emmen	9	5	1	3	15	8	+7	16
5	Excelsior	9	5	1	3	18	12	+6	16
6	De Graafschap	9	5	1	3	16	12	+4	16
7	Jong FC Utrecht	9	4	3	2	14	8	+6	15	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
8	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	4	2	3	17	13	+4	14
9	VVV-Venlo	9	4	1	4	11	11	0	13
10	FC Eindhoven	9	4	1	4	13	14	−1	13
11	Jong Ajax	9	4	0	5	20	20	0	12	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	Telstar	9	3	3	3	10	14	−4	12
13	MVV Maastricht	9	4	0	5	13	26	−13	12
14	Jong PSV	9	3	1	5	10	13	−3	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	TOP Oss	9	3	1	5	11	16	−5	10
16	Almere City FC	9	2	3	4	17	18	−1	9
17	NAC Breda	9	2	3	4	15	17	−2	9
18	Helmond Sport	9	3	0	6	10	15	−5	9
19	FC Den Bosch	9	3	0	6	8	15	−7	9
20	FC Dordrecht	9	1	3	5	9	16	−7	6

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Excelsior	10	8	1	1	29	13	+16	25	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	FC Volendam	10	7	3	0	25	12	+13	24
3	Jong Ajax	10	7	3	0	24	11	+13	24	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
4	ADO Den Haag	10	7	1	2	22	10	+12	22	Period 1 winner
5	FC Emmen	10	6	2	2	14	7	+7	20
6	NAC Breda	10	5	3	2	16	6	+10	18
7	FC Eindhoven	10	5	2	3	20	13	+7	17
8	De Graafschap	10	5	2	3	15	11	+4	17
9	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	4	4	2	20	14	+6	16
10	FC Den Bosch	10	5	1	4	14	19	−5	16
11	Jong PSV	10	3	3	4	19	19	0	12	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	MVV Maastricht	10	3	2	5	9	13	−4	11
13	VVV-Venlo	10	3	1	6	10	14	−4	10
14	Helmond Sport	10	2	4	4	7	14	−7	10
15	Almere City FC	10	2	2	6	14	22	−8	8
16	Telstar	10	1	4	5	12	25	−13	7
17	Jong FC Utrecht	10	2	1	7	10	23	−13	7	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18	TOP Oss	10	0	5	5	9	15	−6	5
19	FC Dordrecht	10	1	1	8	13	32	−19	4
20	Jong AZ	10	0	3	7	5	14	−9	3	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Emmen	9	7	1	1	16	5	+11	22	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	FC Eindhoven	9	6	3	0	18	5	+13	21
3	FC Volendam	9	6	2	1	16	10	+6	20
4	FC Dordrecht	9	5	3	1	19	11	+8	18
5	ADO Den Haag	9	5	2	2	15	13	+2	17	Period 1 winner
6	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	4	4	1	17	7	+10	16
7	VVV-Venlo	9	5	1	3	19	13	+6	16
8	NAC Breda	9	4	3	2	14	10	+4	15
9	TOP Oss	9	5	0	4	15	13	+2	15
10	Jong PSV	9	4	1	4	17	12	+5	13	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11	De Graafschap	9	3	4	2	9	6	+3	13
12	Jong Ajax	9	4	1	4	13	15	−2	13	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
13	Excelsior	9	3	2	4	13	14	−1	11	Period 2 winner
14	Telstar	9	2	3	4	8	14	−6	9
15	Jong AZ	9	2	1	6	11	17	−6	7	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
16	Almere City FC	9	1	3	5	8	17	−9	6
17	Jong FC Utrecht	9	2	0	7	6	21	−15	6	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18	FC Den Bosch	9	1	2	6	8	16	−8	5
19	MVV Maastricht	9	1	0	8	7	19	−12	3
20	Helmond Sport	9	1	2	6	10	21	−11	2^[a]

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

^ Helmond Sport were deducted a total of three points for failing to participate in the FC Emmen – Helmond Sport match, which was set on 14 January 2022.^[12]

Period 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Emmen	10	8	1	1	19	4	+15	25	Period 3 winner
2	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	6	2	2	23	16	+7	20	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	FC Eindhoven	10	6	2	2	18	11	+7	20
4	Almere City FC	10	6	0	4	18	12	+6	18
5	NAC Breda	10	5	2	3	15	12	+3	17
6	FC Den Bosch	10	5	2	3	12	11	+1	17
7	ADO Den Haag	10	4	3	3	17	17	0	15	Period 1 winner
8	Jong Ajax	10	3	5	2	25	17	+8	14	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
9	Excelsior	10	3	5	2	22	18	+4	14	Period 2 winner
10	Jong AZ	10	4	2	4	12	11	+1	14	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11	MVV Maastricht	10	4	2	4	14	17	−3	14
12	FC Volendam	10	3	4	3	18	18	0	13
13	TOP Oss	10	3	2	5	13	18	−5	11
14	FC Dordrecht	10	3	2	5	12	18	−6	11
15	Jong FC Utrecht	10	3	1	6	13	15	−2	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
16	De Graafschap	10	2	4	4	12	14	−2	10
17	Jong PSV	10	1	6	3	15	19	−4	9	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18	VVV-Venlo	10	2	3	5	10	26	−16	9
19	Telstar	10	2	1	7	17	21	−4	7
20	Helmond Sport	10	2	1	7	12	22	−10	7

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	ADO	ALM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	EXC	GRA	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	NAC	RJC	TEL	TOP	VOL	VVV
ADO Den Haag		1–0	3–2	5–1	4–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
Almere City FC	1–3		2–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–4	0–3	3–5	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	0–0	3–0	2–3	0–1
FC Den Bosch	0–1	1–0		3–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	3–2	2–1	3–1	0–5	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0
FC Dordrecht	3–1	2–2	3–3		0–1	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–5	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–1
FC Eindhoven	1–1	3–1	1–0	5–1		1–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–0
FC Emmen	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1		0–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	7–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–0
Excelsior	2–3	4–4	4–0	3–1	3–4	0–1		0–0	3–0	6–2	3–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–4	0–1	1–1	3–0
De Graafschap	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1		0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–2
Helmond Sport	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–5	0–4		3–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–2	4–0	0–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	0–3
Jong Ajax	6–3	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	6–3	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–4	6–1
Jong AZ	0–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1		2–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–0
Jong PSV	0–1	5–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	3–0	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–0		0–2	2–2	0–0	3–3	2–3	2–2	2–2	2–1
Jong FC Utrecht	1–4	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–6	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–1		0–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–3
MVV Maastricht	2–6	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–4		1–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–5
NAC Breda	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–0		2–2	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1
Roda JC Kerkrade	5–0	3–4	3–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	5–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0		4–3	2–0	1–1	0–0
Telstar	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–5	0–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–4	3–4		2–2	1–5	1–3
TOP Oss	3–3	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1		2–3	2–1
FC Volendam	1–3	3–2	3–0	4–2	2–2	2–2	5–2	3–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–2		2–1
VVV-Venlo	0–5	2–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–4	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–0

Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
ADO Den Haag	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L
Almere City FC	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L
FC Den Bosch	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D
FC Dordrecht	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D
FC Eindhoven	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D
FC Emmen	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Excelsior	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	D
De Graafschap	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	D
Helmond Sport	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D
Jong Ajax	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D
Jong AZ	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W
Jong PSV	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	D
Jong FC Utrecht	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L
MVV Maastricht	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W
NAC Breda	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D
Roda JC Kerkrade	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W
Telstar	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
TOP Oss	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L
FC Volendam	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	D
VVV-Venlo	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W

Source: Flashscore

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The seeds are assigned based on the final ranking after the regular season. The best ranked team will get the highest seed (lowest number). Eredivisie teams are considered to be better ranked than eerste divisie teams.

In the second leg, if a match is leveled at the end of the normal playing time, extra time will be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Seven teams, six from the Eerste Divisie and one from the Eredivisie, will play for a spot in the 2022–23 Eredivisie. The remaining six teams will play in the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. The highest seeded team or the team from the Eredivisie will always host the second leg.

Qualified teams

Team	Rank	seed
Heracles Almelo	16	1
FC Eindhoven	3	2
ADO Den Haag	4	3
Roda JC Kerkrade	5	4
Excelsior	6	5
NAC Breda	8	6
De Graafschap	9	7

Bracket

First round					Semifinals					Final

					5	Excelsior	3	3	6

					1	Heracles Almelo	0	1	1
4	Roda JC Kerkrade	2	0	2

5	Excelsior	2	2	4
										5	Excelsior (p)	1	4	5 (8)

										3	ADO Den Haag	1	4	5 (7)
2	FC Eindhoven	1	3	4

7	De Graafschap	1	1	2
					2	FC Eindhoven	1	1	2

					3	ADO Den Haag	2	2	4
3	ADO Den Haag	2	2	4

6	NAC Breda	1	1	2

First round

First legs

9 May 2022	De Graafschap	1–1	FC Eindhoven	De Vijverberg, Doetinchem
20:00 CEST	Gravenberch 73' (pen.)	Report	Sleegers 12' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Alex Bos

10 May 2022	NAC Breda	1–2	ADO Den Haag	Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda
18:45 CEST	Maria 74'	Report	Steijn 34' Komljenovic 90+3'	Attendance: 16,728 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

10 May 2022	Excelsior	2–2	Roda JC Kerkrade	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam
21:00 CEST	Goudmijn 9' Dallinga 42' (pen.)	Report	Vente 67' Marzo 68'	Attendance: 3,178 Referee: Rob Dieperink

Second legs

13 May 2022	FC Eindhoven	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	De Graafschap	Jan Louwers Stadion, Eindhoven
20:00 CEST	Ogenia 10' Brym 22' Sleegers 24'	Report	Kaandorp 16'	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

14 May 2022	ADO Den Haag	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	NAC Breda	Cars Jeans Stadion, Den Haag
16:30 CEST	Malone 76' (o.g.) Moreo Klas 79'	Report	Banzuzi 90+3'	Attendance: 10,379 Referee: Allard Lindhout

14 May 2022	Roda JC Kerkrade	0–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 agg.)	Excelsior	Parkstad Limburg Stadion, Kerkrade
20:00 CEST		Report	Driouech 95' Agrafiotis 120+3'	Attendance: 14,763 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Semifinals

First legs

17 May 2022	ADO Den Haag	2–1	FC Eindhoven	Cars Jeans Stadion, Den Haag
20:00 CEST	Moreo Klas 15' Verheydt 28'	Report	Sleegers 74' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,475 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

18 May 2022	Excelsior	3–0	Heracles Almelo	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam
18:45 CEST	Azarkan 21' Dallinga 74' Driouech 85'	Report		Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

Second legs

21 May 2022	FC Eindhoven	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	ADO Den Haag	Jan Louwers Stadion, Eindhoven
16:30 CEST	Amevor 89'	Report	Verheydt 16' Seedorf 26' (o.g.)	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

21 May 2022	Heracles Almelo	1–3 (1–6 agg.)	Excelsior	Erve Asito, Almelo
20:00 CEST	Bakış 28'	Report	Dallinga 47' Wieffer 63' Agrafiotis 83'	Attendance: 6,924 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

Final

First leg

24 May 2022	Excelsior	1–1	ADO Den Haag	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam
20:00 CEST	Azarkan 47'	Report	Steijn 90+2'	Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Dennis Higler

Second leg

29 May 2022	ADO Den Haag	4–4 (a.e.t.) (5–5 agg.) (7–8 p)	Excelsior	Cars Jeans Stadion, Den Haag
18:00 CEST	Verheydt 35' Pires 40' Steijn 47' Komljenovic 97'	Report	Azarkan 79' Niemeijer 83' Dallinga 90+3' El Yaakoubi 109'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Danny Makkelie
	Penalties
	Kemper Matthys Moreo Klas Asante Komljenovic Puclin Ćatić Esajas Amofa		El Yaakoubi Baas Eyongo Nieuwpoort Driouech Ormonde-Ottewill Admiraal Wieffer Horemans

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 May 2022^[13]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Thijs Dallinga	Excelsior	32
2	Thomas Verheydt	ADO Den Haag	30
3	Robert Mühren	FC Volendam	29
4	Dylan Vente	Roda JC Kerkrade	23
5	Joey Sleegers	FC Eindhoven	21
6	Reuven Niemeijer	Excelsior	17
6	Johan Bakayoko	Jong PSV	17
8	Naci Ünüvar	Jong Ajax	16
9	Rui Mendes	FC Emmen	15
	Sem Steijn	ADO Den Haag
	Nick Venema	VVV-Venlo

Top assists

As of 6 May 2022^[14]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Daryl van Mieghem	FC Volendam	14
2	Naci Ünüvar	Jong Ajax	12
2	Patrick Pflücke	Roda JC Kerkrade	12
4	Amar Ćatić	ADO Den Haag	11
	Joey Sleegers	FC Eindhoven
	Lance Duijvestijn	Almere City FC
	Robert Mühren	FC Volendam
	Reuven Niemeijer	Excelsior
9	Johan Bakayoko	Jong PSV	10
10	Ralf Seuntjens	NAC Breda	9

Clean sheets

As of 6 May 2022^[15]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Michael Brouwer	FC Emmen	17
2	Nigel Bertrams	FC Eindhoven	14
	Hidde Jurjus	De Graafschap
	Nick Olij	NAC Breda
4	Rody de Boer	Roda JC Kerkrade	12
5	Stijn van Gassel	Excelsior	10
5	Wouter van der Steen	FC Den Bosch	10
7	Mike Havekotte	Helmond Sport	8
8	Delano van Crooij	VVV-Venlo	7
	Luuk Koopmans	ADO Den Haag
	Filip Stanković	FC Volendam

Discipline

As of 6 May 2022

Player

Most yellow cards: 9
Most red cards: 1
- 20 players

Club

Most yellow cards: 87
- FC Dordrecht
Most red cards: 4
- Jong PSV

References

^ "Wedstrijdschema 2021/'22 bekend | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl (in Dutch). 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "PROMOTIE–/DEGRADATIEREGELINGBELOFTENTEAMS IN DE 1E EN 2E DIVISIE EN DE COMPETITIE ONDER 21, DIVISIE 1 MANNEN" (in Dutch). KNVB. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Gertjan Verbeek en Almere City FC uit elkaar" (in Dutch). Almere City FC. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "Almere City FC kiest voor Alex Pastoor" (in Dutch). Almere City FC. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "Sven Winnen vervangt Wil Boessen als hoofdtrainer Helmond Sport" (in Dutch). Helmond Sport. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ "Giovanni Franken neemt taken als hoofdcoach van Ruud Brood over" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "De Graafschap neemt afscheid van trainer Reinier Robbemond" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ "Jan Vreman interim-trainer van De Graafschap" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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[table_note_EMM0.54731979060328-9] Winner of the Third and Fourth Period (Rounds 20–28 and 29–38)

[table_note_ADO0.54731979060328-10] Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

[table_hth_ADO0.54731979060328-12] ADO Den Haag were deducted a total of six points for breaking the financial standards set by the Royal Dutch Football Association.^[9]

[table_note_EXC0.54731979060328-13] Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)

[table_hth_HEL0.54731979060328-15] Helmond Sport were deducted a total of three points for failing to participate in the FC Emmen – Helmond Sport match, which was set on 14 January 2022.^[10]

[table_hth_HEL0.02248237050254-18] Helmond Sport were deducted a total of three points for failing to participate in the FC Emmen – Helmond Sport match, which was set on 14 January 2022.^[12]

[1] "Wedstrijdschema 2021/'22 bekend | Eredivisie". eredivisie.nl (in Dutch). 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[2] "PROMOTIE–/DEGRADATIEREGELINGBELOFTENTEAMS IN DE 1E EN 2E DIVISIE EN DE COMPETITIE ONDER 21, DIVISIE 1 MANNEN" (in Dutch). KNVB. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[3] "Gertjan Verbeek en Almere City FC uit elkaar" (in Dutch). Almere City FC. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[4] "Almere City FC kiest voor Alex Pastoor" (in Dutch). Almere City FC. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[5] "Sven Winnen vervangt Wil Boessen als hoofdtrainer Helmond Sport" (in Dutch). Helmond Sport. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[6] "Giovanni Franken neemt taken als hoofdcoach van Ruud Brood over" (in Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[7] "De Graafschap neemt afscheid van trainer Reinier Robbemond" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[8] "Jan Vreman interim-trainer van De Graafschap" (in Dutch). De Graafschap. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[11] "ADO Den Haag krijgt definitief zes punten in mindering" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[14] "Drie winstpunten in mindering Helmond Sport" (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[rules-16] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[17] "Drie winstpunten in mindering Helmond Sport" (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[19] Flashscore

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