2015–16 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2015–16
Champions	Sparta Rotterdam
Promoted	Sparta Rotterdam Go Ahead Eagles
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, is the sixtieth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2015 with the first matches of the season and will end in May 2016 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2015–16 Eredivisie.

This season was the last where promotion and relegation are optional. No club will be relegated to the new third-tier division Tweede Divisie (Second Division). This change in the league system was approved in a KNVB assembly in December 2014. Thus, the Topklasse and leagues below it will decrement by one level, and furthermore, promotion and relegation between the Eerste Divisie and Tweede Divisie will be mandatory from 2016–17.^[1]^[2]

Teams

A total of 19 teams are taking part in the league. 2014–15 Eerste Divisie champion NEC gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by Dordrecht, that finished last in the 2014–15 Eredivisie. Roda JC Kerkrade and De Graafschap won the post-season playoff, and are replaced in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie by NAC Breda and Go Ahead Eagles. No teams were relegated, but Jong FC Twente voluntarily withdrew from the league.^[3]

Den Bosch

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2015-2016

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Achilles '29	Groesbeek	Sportpark De Heikant	4,500
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	4,000
Almere City	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,088
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Trendwork Arena	12,500
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	8,000
Helmond Sport	Helmond	Stadion De Braak	4,100
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	10,000
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
Oss	Oss	Heesen Yachts Stadion	4,700
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	De Herdgang	2,500
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,508
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	De Koel	8,000

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Achilles '29	Eric Meijers	Klupp	Van Helden Relatiegeschenken
Jong Ajax	Jaap Stam	Adidas	Ziggo
Almere City	Jack de Gier	Adidas	Van Wijnen
Den Bosch	René van Eck	Macron	Van Wanrooij
Dordrecht	Harry van den Ham	Macron	Riwal Hoogwerkers
Eindhoven	Mitchell van der Gaag	Joma	VDL Groep
Emmen	Gert Heerkes	Robey	Q&S Gartendeco
Fortuna Sittard	Ben van Dael	Macron	Fitland
Go Ahead Eagles	Hans de Koning	Hummel	Drukwerkdeal
Helmond Sport	Remond Strijbosch	Hummel	Vescom
MVV	Ron Elsen	Masita	Drink Water
NAC	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Legea	cm. Payments
Oss	Reinier Robbemond	Erima	NGSN
Jong PSV	Pascal Jansen	Umbro	Philips
RKC Waalwijk	Peter van den Berg	Hummel	Mandemakers Keukens
Sparta Rotterdam	Alex Pastoor	Robey	Axidus
Telstar	Michel Vonk	Hummel	MPM Oil
Volendam	Robert Molenaar	Jako	HSB
VVV-Venlo	Maurice Steijn	Masita	Seacon Logistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Rotterdam (C, P)	36	24	7	5	83	40	+43	79	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	VVV-Venlo	36	23	6	7	84	39	+45	75	Qualification to promotion play-offs Second round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	NAC Breda	36	20	7	9	84	42	+42	67
4	Eindhoven	36	19	6	11	55	44	+11	63
5	Go Ahead Eagles (P)	36	18	7	11	61	41	+20	61
6	Volendam	36	14	10	12	54	40	+14	52	Qualification to promotion play-offs First round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Emmen	36	15	6	15	58	57	+1	51
8	Almere City	36	14	8	14	68	66	+2	50
9	Jong Ajax^{[lower-alpha 2]}	36	13	11	12	59	57	+2	50
10	MVV	36	14	8	14	52	60	−8	50	Qualification to promotion play-offs First round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Jong PSV^{[lower-alpha 2]}	36	13	9	14	51	71	−20	48
12	Telstar	36	12	8	16	57	64	−7	44
13	Helmond Sport	36	11	9	16	52	59	−7	42
14	Dordrecht	36	11	7	18	47	67	−20	40
15	Achilles '29	36	10	9	17	43	61	−18	39
16	Fortuna Sittard	36	11	6	19	41	74	−33	39
17	Den Bosch	36	9	11	16	47	53	−6	38
18	RKC Waalwijk	36	7	11	18	41	66	−25	32
19	Oss	36	7	8	21	43	80	−37	29

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2016. Source: Soccerway^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1 2 3 Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2016–17 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie. The season is subdivided in periods consisting of games 1–9, 10–18, 19–27 and 28–36. The top finisher in each period (that has not won a previous period) is a period winner and qualifies for the promotion play-offs first round even if they finish the season outside of the top nine.
1 2 Youth teams cannot be promoted and cannot participate in the promotion play-offs.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Achilles '29 !ACH	Almere City !ALM	Den Bosch !DBO	Dordrecht !DOR	Eindhoven !EIN	Emmen !EMM	Fortuna Sittard !FOR	Go Ahead Eagles !GAE	Helmond Sport !HEL	Jong Ajax !JAJ	Jong PSV !JPS	MVV !MVV	NAC Breda !NAC	Oss !OSS	RKC Waalwijk !RKC	Sparta Rotterdam !SPA	Telstar !TEL	Volendam !VOL	VVV-Venlo !VVV
Achilles '29 !Achilles '29		1–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–3
Almere City !Almere City	2–1		1–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	0–3	3–4	2–2	2–1	7–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–3
Den Bosch !Den Bosch	1–2	1–2		2–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–4	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–6	4–2	1–1	1–2	5–0	0–0	0–1
Dordrecht !Dordrecht	3–3	3–1	1–2		3–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–0
Eindhoven !Eindhoven	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–1		1–1	3–1	0–0	1–4	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0
Emmen !Emmen	3–1	5–6	1–0	1–0	4–2		1–2	4–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	6–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–4
Fortuna Sittard !Fortuna Sittard	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–1	2–2		0–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–4	0–3	0–6	0–5
Go Ahead Eagles !Go Ahead Eagles	3–2	4–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–2		1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	3–2	0–3
Helmond Sport !Helmond Sport	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–2	0–4		2–3	4–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	1–4
Jong Ajax !Jong Ajax	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1		1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–2
Jong PSV !Jong PSV	1–1	3–4	2–1	1–4	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–3		2–0	0–3	3–1	3–1	0–3	4–3	2–2	1–5
MVV !MVV	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	4–1	1–3	1–2	1–4	0–0	2–3		1–1	4–2	6–2	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–3
NAC Breda !NAC Breda	3–1	1–1	3–0	7–0	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	5–2	1–1		5–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–4	0–1
Oss !Oss	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	0–4	0–3	4–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–6		0–0	1–2	3–3	1–2	2–1
RKC Waalwijk !RKC Waalwijk	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–5	1–2	1–3	2–0	3–2		1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
Sparta Rotterdam !Sparta Rotterdam	3–0	3–2	5–2	2–3	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	6–0	1–1	3–1	5–2		2–1	3–1	3–1
Telstar !Telstar	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	4–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–3		1–1	2–2
Volendam !Volendam	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–0		1–1
VVV-Venlo !VVV-Venlo	3–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–3	1–2	4–3	1–1	1–2	3–0

Updated to games played on 15 April 2016.
Source: Jupiler League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2016–17 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie.

First round				Second round				Third round



MVV Maastricht	2	2	4

Volendam	1	1	2
				MVV Maastricht	0	1	1

				De Graafschap	1	2	3



								De Graafschap	1	1	2

								Go Ahead Eagles*	4	1	5



				Go Ahead Eagles	1	2	3

				VVV-Venlo	0	2	2






Almere City	4	4	8

Emmen	1	1	2
				Almere City	0	2	2

				Willem II	1	5	6



								Willem II*	1	3	4

								NAC Breda	2	1	3



				Eindhoven	1	0	1

				NAC Breda	0	2	2

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

References

↑ "Plannen tweede divisie gaan door". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
↑ "Vanaf seizoen 2016/17: promotie/degradatie tussen amateurvoetbal en betaald voetbal". KNVB.nl (in Dutch). 2 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
↑ "Jong FC Twente niet langer in eerste divisie". Tubantia. De Twentsche Courant Tubantia. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
↑ "Eerste Divisie". http://soccerway.com. Soccerway. External link in |website= (help)

External links

Official website (Dutch)

Eerste Divisie · 2016–17

Clubs	Achilles '29 Jong Ajax Almere City FC SC Cambuur De Graafschap FC Den Bosch FC Dordrecht FC Eindhoven FC Emmen Fortuna Sittard Helmond Sport MVV Maastricht NAC Breda FC Oss Jong PSV RKC Waalwijk Telstar Jong FC Utrecht FC Volendam VVV-Venlo

2015–16 in Dutch football

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