2009–10 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2009–10
Champions	De Graafschap
Promoted	De Graafschap; Excelsior
Relegated	FC Oss
Matches played	70
Goals scored	233 (3.33 per match)
Biggest home win	Den Bosch 6-0 MVV
Biggest away win	Eindhoven 0-8 Dordrecht
Highest scoring	Zwolle 3-5 Dordrecht; Eindhoven 0-8 Dordrecht
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Eerste Divisie 2009–10 was the 54th season of the Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956. The previous year's winners were VVV-Venlo; they, with runner-up RKC Waalwijk, after a promotion/relegation playoff win over De Graafschap, were promoted to the Eredivisie. Twenty teams took part: eighteen from the 2008–2009 season and relegated teams FC Volendam and De Graafschap. The season's champion was promoted to the Eredivisie, while eight other teams, the second- through fifth-place finishers and period winners, faced the Eredivisie's sixteenth- and seventeenth-place finishers in promotion/relegation playoffs. For the first time since 1971, Eerste Divisie clubs also faced relegation; the last- and second-to-last-place teams were relegated to the new Topklasse, in which the best teams from Dutch amateur football play. The 2009–10 Eerste Divisie was sponsored by the Belgian beer brand Jupiler and so the official name of the league was Jupiler League.

The league started with twenty teams, but was reduced to nineteen in January 2010 following the disbandment of debt-ridden HFC Haarlem. All league games involving HFC Haarlem were cancelled and the number of teams that was relegated was consequently reduced to one.

Teams overview

Venues

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2009-2010

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AGOVV Apeldoorn	Apeldoorn	Stadion Berg & Bos	3,250
BV Veendam	Veendam	De Langeleegte	6,500
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	12,600
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Woudestein	3,531
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
FC Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,077
FC Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
FC Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
FC Omniworld	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000 (2,500 seats)
FC Oss	Oss	TOP Oss Stadion	4,700
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,984
FC Zwolle	Zwolle	Oosterenk Stadion	10,000
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Wagner & Partners Stadion	12,500
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	6,750
Helmond Sport	Helmond	Stadion De Braak	4,100
HFC Haarlem	Haarlem	Haarlem Stadion	3,442
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	10,000
RBC	Roosendaal	RBC Stadion	4,995
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
Telstar	Velsen	Schoonenberg Stadion	3,250

Coaches and budget

Club	Coach	Budget (€)
AGOVV Apeldoorn	John van den Brom	2,500,000
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	Stanley Menzo	4,500,000
FC Den Bosch	Marc Brys	3,400,000
FC Dordrecht	Gert Kruys	2,100,000
FC Eindhoven	Jan Poortvliet	1,700,000
FC Emmen	Harry Sinkgraven	3,100,000
Excelsior	Alex Pastoor	2,400,000
Fortuna Sittard	Roger Reijners	2,100,000
Go Ahead Eagles	Andries Ulderink	3,200,000
De Graafschap	Darije Kalezić	5,800,000
HFC Haarlem	Jan Zoutman	1,700,000
Helmond Sport	Jurgen Streppel	2,700,000
MVV	Fuat Çapa	3,500,000
FC Omniworld	Henk Wisman	2,100,000
FC Oss	Hans de Koning	2,200,000
RBC Roosendaal	Rini Coolen	3,200,000
Telstar	Edward Metgod	1,700,000
BV Veendam	Joop Gall	1,800,000
FC Volendam	Edward Sturing	4,100,000
FC Zwolle	Jan Everse	3,500,000

Standings and results

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	De Graafschap (C, P)	36	25	6	5	85	34	+51	81	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	Cambuur	36	21	8	7	78	48	+30	71	Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round
3	Excelsior (P)	36	20	5	11	77	49	+28	65
4	Zwolle	36	19	8	9	59	37	+22	65
5	Go Ahead Eagles	36	18	9	9	53	33	+20	63
6	AGOVV^[a]	36	16	9	11	63	52	+11	55	Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
7	Den Bosch	36	14	12	10	66	54	+12	54
8	Helmond Sport	36	16	6	14	63	53	+10	54
9	Veendam^[b]	36	14	11	11	57	48	+9	52
10	MVV^[b]	36	14	7	15	59	67	−8	48
11	RBC Roosendaal	36	12	10	14	47	53	−6	46
12	Eindhoven	36	13	7	16	63	81	−18	46	Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round^[c]
13	Dordrecht	36	13	4	19	54	59	−5	43
14	Omniworld	36	11	7	18	40	65	−25	40
15	Emmen	36	10	8	18	51	79	−28	38
16	Volendam	36	8	11	17	61	81	−20	35
17	Fortuna Sittard	36	7	9	20	31	57	−26	30
18	Telstar	36	7	8	21	45	65	−20	29
19	Oss (R)	36	6	11	19	42	79	−37	29	Relegation to the Topklasse
20	Haarlem (D, R)	23	3	4	16	26	61	−35	13	Excluded from professional football after bankruptcy

Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted
^ ^a ^b 1 point deducted
^ As period champion. De Graafschap, Excelsior and Go Ahead Eagles are also period champions.

Results table

Home \ Away	AGO	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	EXC	FOR	GAE	GRA	HAA	HEL	MVV	OMN	OSS	RBC	TEL	VEE	VOL	ZWO
AGOVV Apeldoorn		3–4	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–2		0–0	5–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0
SC Cambuur	1–1		1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	8–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–0
FC Den Bosch	1–0	2–4		2–1	1–1	4–4	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–3		2–1	6–0	4–0	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1
FC Dordrecht	1–2	2–3	1–3		0–3	5–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–2	0–3
FC Eindhoven	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–8		1–2	4–4	2–2	1–2	2–6		3–2	4–3	2–0	4–0	1–3	1–2	3–2	2–3	0–1
FC Emmen	3–1	2–4	0–0	1–1	4–1		4–2	0–0	0–1	1–2		1–3	2–1	1–3	3–3	0–4	3–2	2–2	2–4	0–3
Excelsior	0–1	3–0	5–1	4–0	4–1	4–1		1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	4–4	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	3–0
Fortuna Sittard	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–3	0–2	2–1		2–0	0–2	5–1	0–4	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	0–2
Go Ahead Eagles	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–0	2–0		1–0	3–2	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0
De Graafschap	3–5	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–2		4–1	4–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–4
HFC Haarlem	1–2	0–4	3–2	0–3	2–1	4–0	0–1					1–4			1–1			1–6	1–2	1–2
Helmond Sport	4–4	2–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	0–2			2–4	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	5–2	2–0
MVV	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	3–1		1–0	5–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	5–2	0–2
FC Omniworld	1–2	1–5	3–4	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–5	0–0	2–0	0–5	4–2	1–0	1–1		0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
FC Oss	1–0	4–5	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	3–2	2–2		0–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1
RBC Roosendaal	0–2	1–0	0–3	4–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–3		0–3	2–2	2–2	0–0
Telstar	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–3	1–2	4–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2		1–1	1–1	2–3
BV Veendam	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1		4–0	2–1
FC Volendam	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	0–2	6–0	1–0	0–0	2–6	0–1	5–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–3	6–2	4–3		0–3
FC Zwolle	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–5	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2		3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	6–1	1–0	1–2	4–2

Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings 1st Period

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Go Ahead Eagles	9	7	1	1	16	4	+12	22

2	SC Cambuur	9	5	4	0	22	13	+9	19
3	De Graafschap	9	5	3	1	20	7	+13	18
4	Helmond Sport	9	5	3	1	23	11	+12	18
5	FC Dordrecht	9	5	2	2	24	12	+12	17
6	AGOVV Apeldoorn	9	5	2	2	16	12	+4	17
7	BV Veendam	9	4	2	3	20	13	+7	14
8	Telstar	9	3	4	2	16	13	+3	13
9	Excelsior	9	3	4	2	16	14	+2	13
10	RBC Roosendaal	9	3	3	3	12	11	+1	12
10	FC Zwolle	9	3	3	3	12	11	+1	12
12	FC Den Bosch	9	2	4	3	21	18	+3	10
13	FC Volendam	9	2	4	3	12	18	−6	10
14	FC Oss	9	2	3	4	12	18	−6	9
15	MVV	9	2	3	4	12	20	−8	9
16	HFC Haarlem	9	2	2	5	14	25	−11	8
17	FC Omniworld	9	2	1	6	9	17	−8	7
18	FC Eindhoven	9	1	4	4	15	27	−12	7
19	Fortuna Sittard	9	1	2	6	9	20	−11	5
20	FC Emmen	9	0	2	7	4	21	−17	2

Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)

Standings 2nd Period

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Excelsior	9	7	0	2	15	9	+6	21

2	De Graafschap	9	6	2	1	16	7	+9	20
3	SC Cambuur	9	6	1	2	22	16	+6	19
4	FC Den Bosch	9	5	3	1	17	8	+9	18
5	MVV	9	6	0	3	20	14	+6	18
6	Go Ahead Eagles	9	5	2	2	18	10	+8	17
7	FC Zwolle	9	5	2	2	13	11	+2	17
8	BV Veendam	9	3	4	2	13	10	+3	13
9	Helmond Sport	9	4	1	4	16	18	−2	13
10	FC Emmen	9	4	1	4	15	19	−4	13
11	FC Dordrecht	9	4	0	5	15	12	+3	12
12	AGOVV Apeldoorn	9	3	3	3	19	17	+2	12
13	FC Volendam	9	3	2	4	20	21	−1	11
14	Fortuna Sittard	9	2	3	4	9	14	−5	9
15	RBC Roosendaal	9	2	3	4	8	13	−5	9
16	FC Omniworld	9	2	2	5	10	15	−5	8
17	Telstar	9	2	1	6	12	17	−5	7
18	FC Eindhoven	9	2	1	6	13	21	−8	7
19	FC Oss	9	2	0	7	11	19	−8	6
20	HFC Haarlem	9	1	1	7	10	21	−11	4

Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)

Standings 3rd Period

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Eindhoven	8	7	0	1	21	9	+12	21

2	De Graafschap	8	6	1	1	16	6	+10	19
3	FC Zwolle	8	6	0	2	17	6	+11	18
4	Excelsior	8	5	0	3	18	6	+12	15
5	Go Ahead Eagles	8	3	4	1	11	7	+4	13
6	BV Veendam	8	4	1	3	15	12	+3	13
7	RBC Roosendaal	8	4	1	3	12	12	0	13
8	FC Omniworld	8	4	1	3	11	16	−5	13
9	SC Cambuur	8	3	3	2	11	10	+1	12
10	AGOVV Apeldoorn	8	3	3	2	9	9	0	12
11	Fortuna Sittard	8	3	1	4	9	9	0	10
12	Helmond Sport	8	3	1	4	12	13	−1	10
13	FC Volendam	8	2	3	3	12	11	+1	9
14	FC Den Bosch	8	2	2	4	11	13	−2	8
15	MVV	8	2	1	5	10	15	−5	7
16	FC Dordrecht	8	2	1	5	8	17	−9	7
17	FC Emmen	8	1	2	5	12	22	−10	5
18	FC Oss	8	0	4	4	7	17	−10	4
19	Telstar	8	1	1	6	7	18	−11	4
20	HFC Haarlem	5	0	1	4	2	15	−13	1

Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)

Standings 4th Period

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	De Graafschap^[a]	8	8	0	0	26	5	+21	24

2	SC Cambuur	8	6	0	2	24	9	+15	18
3	FC Emmen	8	4	3	1	18	14	+4	15
4	FC Den Bosch	8	4	3	1	15	11	+4	15
5	FC Omniworld	8	4	2	2	11	10	+1	14
6	AGOVV Apeldoorn	8	4	1	3	15	10	+5	13
7	FC Zwolle	8	3	3	2	11	9	+2	12
8	BV Veendam	8	3	3	2	13	12	+1	12
9	Helmond Sport	8	3	1	4	13	10	+3	10
10	Excelsior	8	3	1	4	15	16	−1	10
11	Go Ahead Eagles	8	3	1	4	7	10	−3	10
12	Fortuna Sittard	8	2	3	3	8	9	−1	9
13	MVV	8	2	3	3	9	15	−6	9
14	FC Oss	8	2	3	3	10	19	−9	9
15	FC Eindhoven	8	2	2	4	10	15	−5	8
16	RBC Roosendaal	8	1	4	3	13	15	−2	7
17	FC Volendam	8	1	2	5	12	25	−13	5
18	Telstar	8	1	1	6	9	15	−6	4
19	FC Dordrecht	8	1	1	6	4	13	−9	4

Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Notes:

^ Since De Graafschap has won the Eerste Divisie Title, there will not be any team from the 4th Period participating in the Promotion/relegation play-offs for Eredivisie.

Playoffs

Please note that the following teams: Sparta Rotterdam & Willem II joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Eindhoven	4–2	AGOVV Apeldoorn	1–0	3–2
Helmond Sport	3–3 (p. 5–4)	FC Den Bosch	1–2	2–1

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Eindhoven	2–3	Willem II	1–2	1–1
Go Ahead Eagles	2–1	SC Cambuur	2–0	0–1
FC Zwolle	3–5	Excelsior	0–1	3–4
Helmond Sport	2–3	Sparta Rotterdam	2–1	0–2

Round 3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	1–3	Willem II	1–0	0–1 (0-3 a.e.t.)
Excelsior	1–1	Sparta Rotterdam	0–0	1–1

Willem II and Excelsior will play in Eredivisie 2010–11.

Statistics

Last updated: 9 April 2010; Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)

Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael de Leeuw	Veendam	23
2	Mark de Vries	Cambuur	21
2	Johan Voskamp	Helmond Sport	21
4	Glynor Plet	Telstar	20
5	Fabio Caracciolo	Den Bosch	19
6	Hugo Bargas	Graafschap	16
7	Nacer Chadli	AGOVV	15
	Nassir Maachi	Cambuur
	Diangi Matusiwa	Den Bosch
	Ruud ter Heide	Emmen
	Sjoerd Ars	RBC
	Jack Tuyp	Volendam
13	Daniel Gomez	MVV	14
14	Edgar Manucharyan	AGOVV	12
	Sandor van der Heide	Cambuur
	Moussa Kalisse	Dordrecht
	Leon Kantelberg	Eindhoven
	Tim Nelemans	Eindhoven
	Hans Denissen	Emmen
	Berry Powel	De Graafschap
	Yuri Rose	Graafschap
	Melvin Platje	Volendam
23	Karim Fachtali	Omniworld	11
24	9 players		10
33	5 players		9
38	4 players		8
42	11 players		7
53	8 players		6
61	17 players		5
78	22 players		4
100	35 players		3
135	46 players		2
181	89 players		1
Own goals			23
Total:			1113
Games:			340
Average:			3.27