2024–25 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season2024–25
Dates9 August 2024 – 9 May 2025
ChampionsVolendam
PromotedVolendam
Excelsior
Telstar
RelegatedVitesse (lost professional license)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,146 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerHenk Veerman
(26 goals)
Biggest home winDen Bosch 6–0 Jong AZ
(16 August 2024)
Telstar 6–0 Jong FC Utrecht
(9 February 2025)
Biggest away winVitesse 0–6 Cambuur
(22 November 2024)
Highest scoringJong PSV 6–4 Vitesse
(20 December 2024)
Longest winning run9 matches
Volendam
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Volendam
Longest winless run13 matches
Jong PSV
Longest losing run8 matches
Jong PSV
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2025.

The 2024–25 Eerste Divisie was the 69th season of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands since its establishment in 1956.

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league: 17 teams from the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Eredivisie.

Location of teams in the 2024–25 Eerste Divisie

Stadiums and locations

Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Bingoal Stadion 15,000
Cambuur Leeuwarden Kooi Stadion 15,000
De Graafschap Doetinchem Stadion De Vijverberg 12,600
Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Stadion De Vliert 8,713
Dordrecht Dordrecht M-Scores Stadion 4,235
Eindhoven Eindhoven Jan Louwers Stadion 4,600
Emmen Emmen De Oude Meerdijk 8,600
Excelsior Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 4,500
Helmond Sport Helmond GS Staalwerken Stadion 3,600
Jong Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst 2,050
Jong AZ Alkmaar AFAS Trainingscomplex 200
Jong PSV Eindhoven PSV Campus De Herdgang 2,500
Jong FC Utrecht Utrecht Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch 550
MVV Maastricht Maastricht Stadion De Geusselt 10,000
Roda JC Kerkrade Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
Telstar Velsen 711 Stadion 3,060
TOP Oss Oss Frans Heesenstadion 4,560
Vitesse Arnhem GelreDome 21,248
Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 7,384
VVV-Venlo Venlo Covebo Stadion - De Koel 8,000

Number of teams by provinces

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

Standings

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Volendam[a] (C, P) 38 26 4 8 87 48 +39 82 Promotion to the Eredivisie
2 Excelsior[b] (P) 38 22 8 8 74 38 +36 74
3 Cambuur 38 22 5 11 63 42 +21 71 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 ADO Den Haag[c] 38 20 10 8 69 47 +22 70
5 Dordrecht 38 20 8 10 69 46 +23 68
6 De Graafschap 38 19 8 11 73 50 +23 65
7 Telstar (O, P) 38 17 10 11 69 47 +22 61
8 Emmen 38 17 5 16 56 53 +3 56
9 Den Bosch[d] 38 15 10 13 53 48 +5 55 Qualification for promotion play-offs
10 Jong AZ 38 14 10 14 69 63 +6 52 Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
11 Eindhoven 38 14 9 15 58 64 −6 51
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 13 10 15 49 57 −8 49
13 Helmond Sport 38 12 10 16 52 60 −8 46
14 VVV-Venlo 38 11 8 19 43 69 −26 41
15 MVV Maastricht 38 10 10 18 52 59 −7 40
16 TOP Oss 38 8 14 16 31 60 −29 38
17 Jong Ajax 38 9 9 20 37 52 −15 36 Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
18 Jong PSV 38 8 6 24 55 86 −31 30
19 Jong FC Utrecht 38 4 11 23 31 82 −51 23
20 Vitesse[e] (D) 38 11 11 16 54 73 −19 17 Lost professional license at the end of the season
Source: Flashscore, 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)[6]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)
  2. ^ Winner of the Fourth Period (Rounds 30–38)
  3. ^ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 20–29)
  4. ^ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)
  5. ^ Vitesse were deducted six points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association in September 2024, and were deducted another twenty-one points in November 2024 for multiple violations. In April 2025, Vitesse were deducted three points for withholding information.[1][2][3] Later in April 2025, Vitesse was once again deducted three points due to late submission of required documentation, and another six points due to previous administrative shortcomings. These six points were drawn up in September 2024 as a conditional sanction, but were subsequently put into effect due to failure to comply with the set conditions.[4] Vitesse appealed the decisions of the deductions of the final 12 points, and due to the decision of the rejection of the appeal coming after the end of the season, the penalty was instead moved to next season.[5]

Results

Home \ Away ADO CAM DBO DOR EIN EMM EXC GRA HEL JAJ JAZ JPS JUT MVV RJC TEL TOP VIT VOL VVV
ADO Den Haag 3–4 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–5 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Cambuur 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 5–0
Den Bosch 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–0 3–1 6–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 0–0
Dordrecht 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–3 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 4–0
Eindhoven 0–4 4–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–4 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–4 3–0 3–3 1–3 1–3
Emmen 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 4–2 1–4 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 3–3 1–2 2–1
Excelsior 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 5–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 4–0
De Graafschap 1–2 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 4–3 3–1
Helmond Sport 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–4 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–0
Jong Ajax 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1
Jong AZ 3–3 2–3 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 5–1 2–3 6–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0
Jong PSV 2–2 1–4 2–4 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 6–4 1–4 1–2
Jong FC Utrecht 1–1 0–4 0–3 1–0 0–4 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 4–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–0
MVV Maastricht 1–4 0–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–2 5–0 3–2 5–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0
Roda JC Kerkrade 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–4 3–2 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–4
Telstar 1–1 2–2 0–0 5–0 0–3 3–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 6–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 4–0
TOP Oss 1–5 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–4 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1
Vitesse 0–1 0–6 3–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–4
Volendam 1–2 4–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–4 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 2–4
VVV-Venlo 2–7 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Bracket

First round Semi-finals Final
            
Willem II (p) 1 3 4 (5)
Dordrecht 2 2 4 (4)
Dordrecht 0 2 2
De Graafschap 0 0 0
Willem II 2 1 3
Telstar 2 3 5
ADO Den Haag 0 0 0
Telstar 2 1 3
Telstar (a.e.t.) 0 2 2
Den Bosch 0 1 1
Cambuur 0 1 1
Den Bosch (a.e.t.) 1 1 2

First round

Den Bosch1–0Cambuur
  • Doumtsios 20'
 Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Alex Bos
Cambuur1–1 (a.e.t.)Den Bosch
 Report
Attendance: 14,027
Referee: Jannick van der Laan

Den Bosch won 2–1 on aggregate.

Telstar2–0ADO Den Haag
 Report
Attendance: 4,177
Referee: Rob Dieperink
ADO Den Haag0–1Telstar
Report
Attendance: 8,793
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

Telstar won 3–0 on aggregate.

De Graafschap0–0FC Dordrecht
Report
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Martijn Vos
Dordrecht2–0De Graafschap
 Report
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Robin Hensgens

Dordrecht won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Den Bosch0–0Telstar
Report
Attendance: 6,737
Referee: Allard Lindhout
Telstar2–1 (a.e.t.)Den Bosch
 Report
Attendance: 4,077
Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Telstar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dordrecht2–1Willem II
 Report
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Rob Dieperink
Willem II3–2 (a.e.t.)Dordrecht
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Dennis Higler

4–4 on aggregate. Willem II won 5–4 on penalties.

Final

Telstar2–2Willem II
 Report
Attendance: 4,177
Referee: Jeroen Manschot
Willem II1–3Telstar
 Report
Attendance: 14,500

Telstar won 5–3 on aggregate.


Statistics

Top scorers

As of 9 May 2025[7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Henk Veerman Volendam 26
2 Morocco Youssef El Kachati Telstar 19
3 Netherlands Robert Mühren Volendam 18
4 Netherlands Remco Balk Cambuur 17
Netherlands Zakaria Eddahchouri Telstar
6 Netherlands Ro-Zangelo Daal Jong AZ 15
Curaçao Anthony van den Hurk Helmond Sport
8 Israel Tai Abed Jong PSV 14
9 France Kélian Nsona Emmen 13
10 Netherlands Devin Haen Dordrecht 12

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wederom puntenstraf; zes punten in mindering" [Another penalty; six points deducted]. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Volgende straf Vitesse: 21 punten in mindering" [Next punishment Vitesse: 21 points deducted]. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Weer puntenstraf Vitesse, KNVB krijgt belangrijke informatie over overname niet" [Another penalty for Vitesse, KNVB does not receive important information about takeover]. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Vitesse mist weer deadline: negen punten aftrek" [Vitesse misses deadline again: nine points deduction] (in Dutch). 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Beroepscommissie: Beroep van Vitesse tegen uitspraak licentiecommissie ongegrond" [Appeals Commission: Vitesse's appeal against decision of the licensing commission unfounded] (in Dutch). 9 July 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2024-25" [Regulations professional football season 2024-25] (in Dutch). KNVB. January 2025.
  7. ^ Flashscore
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.