2023–24 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 19 May 2024
Champions	PSV Eindhoven; (25th title)
Relegated	Volendam; Vitesse; Excelsior
Champions League	PSV Eindhoven; Feyenoord; Twente
Europa League	Ajax; AZ
Europa Conference League	Go Ahead Eagles
Matches played	306
Goals scored	992 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luuk de Jong; Vangelis Pavlidis; (29 goals each)
Biggest home win	PSV Eindhoven 6–0 Vitesse; (13 April 2024); Feyenoord 6–0 Ajax; (7 April 2024)
Biggest away win	Heerenveen 0–8 PSV Eindhoven; (25 April 2024)
Highest scoring	PEC Zwolle 1–7 PSV Eindhoven; (24 February 2024); Heerenveen 0–8 PSV Eindhoven; (25 April 2024)
Longest winning run	17 matches; PSV Eindhoven
Longest unbeaten run	26 matches; PSV Eindhoven
Longest winless run	12 matches; Volendam
Longest losing run	6 matches; Excelsior
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Eredivisie was the 68th season of Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 11 August 2023 and concluded on 19 May 2024. PSV Eindhoven broke the record for most points in an Eredivisie season, with 91, overtaking Ajax's 89-point season in 1997-98.

Since Netherlands ascended from seventh to sixth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of 2022–23 season, the three best-ranked teams could now qualify for the UEFA Champions League (the champions and runners-up entered directly into the league stage, and the third placed team entered the third qualifying round). The KNVB Cup winner qualified for UEFA Europa League groups while the fourth-placed team qualified for UEFA Europa League second qualifying round and fifth through eighth-placed teams qualified to the European competition play-offs.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Heracles Almelo, PEC Zwolle (both promoted after a one-year absence), and Almere City (promoted for the first time in their history to Eredivisie) were promoted from the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. After 23 years in the Eredivisie, Groningen were relegated to the Eerste Divisie, alongside Cambuur after two years and Emmen after one year.

Rotterdam

Rotterdam teams

Excelsior
Feyenoord
Sparta

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Locations of the 2023–24 Eredivisie teams

Excelsior

Feyenoord

Sparta

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Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2022–23 position
Ajax	Amsterdam	Johan Cruyff Arena	55,865	3rd
Almere City	Almere	Yanmar Stadion	4,501	1D, 3rd (Play-off winner)
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	19,478	4th
Excelsior	Rotterdam (Kralingen-Crooswijk)	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	4,500	15th
Feyenoord	Rotterdam (Feijenoord)	De Kuip	47,500	1st
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Fortuna Sittard Stadion	10,300	13th
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	De Adelaarshorst	10,000	11th
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	27,224	8th
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Erve Asito	12,080	1D, 1st
NEC	Nijmegen	Goffertstadion	12,500	12th
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK Stadion	13,250	1D, 2nd
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,500	2nd
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500	9th
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam (Delfshaven)	Spartastadion Het Kasteel	11,000	6th
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205	5th
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750	7th
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	21,248	10th
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	7,384	14th

Number of teams by province

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
4	Overijssel	Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles Almelo, PEC Zwolle, Twente
3	North Holland	Ajax, AZ, Volendam
3	South Holland	Excelsior, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam
2	North Brabant	PSV Eindhoven, RKC Waalwijk
2	Gelderland	NEC, Vitesse
1	Flevoland	Almere City
	Friesland	Heerenveen
	Limburg	Fortuna Sittard
	Utrecht	Utrecht

Personnel and kits

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	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeves)	Shorts sponsors
Ajax	Jan van Halst (int.)	John van 't Schip	Steven Bergwijn	Adidas	Ziggo	Ziggo Sport	Curaçao	None
Almere City	John Bes	Alex Pastoor	Sherel Floranus	Craft	OneCasino,^[3] Promo LED Systems	Kroonenberg Group, MASCOT Workwear	eFulfilment Europe	None
AZ	Robert Eenhoorn	Maarten Martens	Bruno Martins Indi	Nike	Kansino	Elfi Vastgoed	Cavallaro Napoli	None
Excelsior	Bob de Lange	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Stijn van Gassel	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar	CARU Containers, DSW Zorgverzekeraar	CARU Containers	CARU Containers
Feyenoord	Dennis te Kloese	Arne Slot	Gernot Trauner	Castore^[4]	EuroParcs	Prijsvrij	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	None
Fortuna Sittard	Işıtan Gün	Danny Buijs	Ivo Pinto	Robey^[5]	BetCity	Winkelhart sittard	None	None
Go Ahead Eagles	Jan Willem van Dop	René Hake	Bas Kuipers	Stanno	Betnation,^[6] Vierhouten Group	Validsign, DGS Processing Solutions	Looox, Contrall	Vierhouten Group, Loodgietersbedrijf M.Kramer
Heerenveen	Ferry de Haan	Kees van Wonderen	Sven van Beek	Macron	Ausnutria	MASCOT Workwear, Effektief	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	Veolia
Heracles Almelo	Bart Haverland	Erwin van de Looi	Justin Hoogma	Acerbis	Asito	Asito	Kans voor een Kind	Asito
NEC	Ron van Oijen	Rogier Meijer	Lasse Schöne	Robey^[7]	KlokGroep	NasWerkt	None	GX Software
PEC Zwolle	Erik van der Ham	Johnny Jansen^[8]	Bram van Polen	Adidas^[9]	Circus.nl Sport & Casino ^[10]	Molecaten	VDK Groep	Quades
PSV Eindhoven	Marcel Brands	Peter Bosz	Luuk de Jong	Puma	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven (Philips, one competition match)	GoodHabitz	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	None
RKC Waalwijk	Peter Konijnenburg	Henk Fraser	Michiel Kramer	Stanno	Willy Naessens, JM van Delft & zn	Mandemakers, Van Mossel	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij	DAS Bouwsystemen
Sparta Rotterdam	Leo Ruijs	Jeroen Rijsdijk	Bart Vriends	Robey	De Goudse Verzekeringen, D&S Group	Blue10, VNOM	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij, BICT Groep	Toll Global Forwarding, Trofi Pack
Twente	Paul van der Kraan	Joseph Oosting	Robin Pröpper	Castore^[11]	Elektramat^[12]	ThermoSolutions BV	TOTO Nederlandse Loterij, Taurus Corporate Finance	Elektramat
Utrecht	Thijs van Es	Ron Jans	Nick Viergever	Castore^[13]	T-Mobile (until 5 September 2023)/Odido (from 5 September 2023)^[14]	None	U4U	Dassy
Vitesse	Henk Parren	Edward Sturing	Marco van Ginkel	Robey^[15]	BetCity^[16]	50+ mobiel	Burgers' Zoo, Clean Mat Trucks	SMB Willems
Volendam	vacant	Regillio Simons	Xavier Mbuyamba	Robey	BetCity, Metafa Holland	Keukenloods, Timbo Afrika	Podobrace	Bevela, Dakluik van Gorter

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Ajax	John Heitinga	End of interim spell	30 June 2023	Pre-season	Maurice Steijn	1 July 2023
Fortuna Sittard	Julio Velázquez	End of contract			Danny Buijs
PSV Eindhoven	Fred Rutten	End of interim spell			Peter Bosz
RKC Waalwijk	Joseph Oosting	Signed by Twente			Henk Fraser
Sparta Rotterdam	Maurice Steijn	Signed by Ajax			Jeroen Rijsdijk	3 July 2023
Twente	Ron Jans	End of contract			Joseph Oosting	1 July 2023
Volendam	Wim Jonk	Moved into the role of technical manager			Matthias Kohler
PEC Zwolle	Dick Schreuder	Signed by Castellón			Johnny Jansen
Utrecht	Michael Silberbauer	Sacked	29 August 2023	16th	Rob Penders (a.i.)	29 August 2023
Utrecht	Rob Penders (a.i.)	End of interim spell	11 September 2023	16th	Ron Jans	11 September 2023
Ajax	Maurice Steijn	Sacked	23 October 2023	17th	Hedwiges Maduro (a.i.)	23 October 2023
Ajax	Hedwiges Maduro (a.i.)	End of interim spell	30 October 2023	18th	John van 't Schip	30 October 2023
Vitesse	Phillip Cocu	Resigned	11 November 2023	18th	Edward Sturing	20 November 2023
Volendam	Matthias Kohler	Resigned	3 December 2023	17th	Michael Dingsdag (a.i.)	5 December 2023
Heracles Almelo	John Lammers	Sacked	12 December 2023	14th	Hendrie Krüzen (a.i.)	12 December 2023
Heracles Almelo	Hendrie Krüzen (a.i.)	End of interim spell	21 December 2023	15th	Erwin van de Looi	21 December 2023
Volendam	Michael Dingsdag (a.i.)	End of interim spell	21 December 2023	17th	Regillio Simons	21 December 2023
AZ Alkmaar	Pascal Jansen	Sacked	17 January 2024	4th	Maarten Martens	17 January 2024

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PSV Eindhoven (C)	34	29	4	1	111	21	+90	91	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Feyenoord	34	26	6	2	92	26	+66	84	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
3	Twente	34	21	6	7	69	36	+33	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	AZ	34	19	8	7	70	39	+31	65	Qualification for the Europa League league stage^[a]
5	Ajax	34	15	11	8	74	61	+13	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	NEC	34	14	11	9	68	51	+17	53	Qualification for the Conference League play-off
7	Utrecht	34	13	11	10	49	47	+2	50
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	14	7	13	51	48	+3	49
9	Go Ahead Eagles (O)	34	12	10	12	47	46	+1	46
10	Fortuna Sittard	34	9	11	14	37	56	−19	38
11	Heerenveen	34	10	7	17	53	70	−17	37
12	PEC Zwolle	34	9	9	16	45	67	−22	36
13	Almere City	34	7	13	14	33	59	−26	34
14	Heracles Almelo	34	9	6	19	41	74	−33	33
15	RKC Waalwijk	34	7	8	19	38	56	−18	29
16	Excelsior (R)	34	6	11	17	50	73	−23	29	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
17	Volendam (R)	34	4	7	23	34	88	−54	19	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	Vitesse^[b] (R)	34	6	6	22	30	74	−44	6	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: Eredivisie
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)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	ALM	AZ	EXC	FEY	FOR	GAE	HEE	HER	NEC	PEC	PSV	RKC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL
Ajax		3–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–0	2–0
Almere City	2–2		0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–5	1–4	1–2	0–4	1–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–0	1–1
AZ	2–0	4–1		4–0	0–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–4	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	3–0
Excelsior	2–2	0–0	1–1		2–4	2–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	4–0
Feyenoord	6–0	6–1	1–0	4–0		0–0	3–1	6–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–1
Fortuna Sittard	0–0	2–1	1–2	5–2	0–1		0–0	3–3	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	0–0	3–1	3–1
Go Ahead Eagles	2–3	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–3	3–0		3–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	5–1	4–1
Heerenveen	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–3	2–3	3–0	0–2		3–0	1–1	2–0	0–8	3–1	1–3	3–3	2–3	1–3	1–2
Heracles Almelo	2–4	2–2	5–0	3–1	0–4	0–0	2–0	0–2		2–1	2–1	0–6	0–5	0–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	1–1
NEC	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–4	2–3	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–1		2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–3
PEC Zwolle	1–3	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3		1–7	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1
PSV Eindhoven	5–2	2–0	5–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0		3–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	6–0	3–1
RKC Waalwijk	2–3	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–4		1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1
Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–0		2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0
Twente	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	0–3	3–0	2–1		0–1	1–0	7–2
Utrecht	4–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–5	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	4–2
Vitesse	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–4	1–2	0–0		1–1
Volendam	1–4	0–1	0–4	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–4	2–2	2–5	0–5	1–5	3–2	1–4	0–2	1–0	1–2

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

European competition play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals			Final

7	Utrecht	3

8	Sparta Rotterdam	1
			7	Utrecht	1

			9	Go Ahead Eagles	2
6	NEC	1

9	Go Ahead Eagles	2

Semifinals

23 May 2024

18:45

NEC	1–2	Go Ahead Eagles
Sano 57'	Report	Stokkers 77' Rommens 86'

De Goffert, Nijmegen

Referee: Bas Nijhuis

23 May 2024

21:00

Utrecht	3–1	Sparta Rotterdam
Flamingo 41' Lammers 70' Jensen 90+3'	Report	Lauritsen 38'

Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Referee: Danny Makkelie

Final

26 May 2024

18:00

Utrecht	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Go Ahead Eagles
Viergever 31'	Report	Viergever 90+1' (o.g.) Kramer 117'

Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Referee: Allard Lindhout

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Bracket

First round				Semifinals				Final

				Excelsior	2	7	9

				ADO Den Haag	1	1	2
ADO Den Haag	3	2	5

De Graafschap	2	2	4
								Excelsior	2	4	6

								NAC Breda	6	1	7
Dordrecht	2	0	2

Emmen	2	1	3
				Emmen	1	0	1

				NAC Breda	1	3	4
Roda JC Kerkrade	1	0	1

NAC Breda	3	5	8

First round

13 May 2024