2011–12 Eredivisie

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2011–12 Eredivisie (women).
Eredivisie
Season2011–12
Dates5 August 2011 – 6 May 2012
ChampionsAjax (31st title)
RelegatedExcelsior
De Graafschap
Champions LeagueAjax
Feyenoord
Europa LeaguePSV
AZ
Heerenveen
Vitesse Arnhem
Twente
Matches played306
Top goalscorerBas Dost
(32 goals)
Biggest home winHeracles Almelo 7–0 VVV-Venlo
Roda JC 7–0 Excelsior
Biggest away winADO Den Haag 0–6 AZ
Highest scoringUtrecht 6–4 Ajax
Longest winning run14 games
Ajax
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Ajax
Longest winless run10 games
Excelsior
Longest losing run7 games
VVV-Venlo
Total attendance5,171,797[1]
Average attendance19,516[1]

The 2011–12 Eredivisie is the 56th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season [2] and ended in June with the last matches of the European competition and relegation playoffs. AFC Ajax had the highest average attendance, around 49,000.

Teams

A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league, the best 15 teams from the 2010–11 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2010–11 Eerste Divisie champions.

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Location of teams in Eredivisie 2011–12
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Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs
Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000
AFC Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 52,342
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,000
Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 3,531
Feyenoord Rotterdam De Kuip 51,577
De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
FC Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,580
SC Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,800
Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 8,500
NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,470
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,500
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
FC Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 32,000
FC Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 24,426
Vitesse Arnhem Arnhem GelreDome 25,000
VVV-Venlo Venlo De Koel 8,000

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
N.E.C. Netherlands Wiljan Vloet Signed by Sparta Rotterdam 1 July 2011[3] Pre-season Netherlands Alex Pastoor 1 July 2011[3]
SBV Excelsior Netherlands Alex Pastoor Signed by NEC 1 July 2011[3] Pre-season Netherlands John Lammers 1 July 2011[4]
FC Utrecht Netherlands Ton du Chatinier Mutual consent 1 July 2011[5] Pre-season Netherlands Erwin Koeman 1 July 2011[6]
De Graafschap Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić End of contract 1 July 2011[7] Pre-season Netherlands Andries Ulderink 1 July 2011[8]
VVV-Venlo Netherlands Wil Boessen End of interim spell 1 July 2011[9] Pre-season Belgium Glen De Boeck 15 June 2011[10]
FC Twente Belgium Michel Preud'homme Signed by Al-Shabab 1 July 2011[11] Pre-season Netherlands Co Adriaanse 1 July 2011[12]
SBV Vitesse Spain Albert Ferrer End of contract 1 July 2011[13][14] Pre-season Netherlands John van den Brom 1 July 2011[14]
ADO Den Haag Netherlands John van den Brom Signed by Vitesse 1 July 2011[15] Pre-season Netherlands Maurice Steijn 1 July 2011[15]
Feyenoord Netherlands Mario Been Resigned 13 July 2011[16] Pre-season Netherlands Ronald Koeman 21 July 2011[17]
FC Utrecht Netherlands Erwin Koeman Resigned 18 October 2011[18] 10th Netherlands Jan Wouters 18 October 2011[19]
VVV-Venlo Belgium Glen De Boeck Resigned 6 December 2011[20] 17th Netherlands Wil Boessen
Netherlands Ben van Dael (joint caretakers)		 8 December 2011[21]
VVV-Venlo Netherlands Wil Boessen
Netherlands Ben van Dael		 End of caretaker spell 24 December 2011[22] 17th Netherlands Ton Lokhoff 24 December 2011[22]
FC Twente Netherlands Co Adriaanse Dismissed 3 January 2012[23] 3rd England Steve McClaren 5 January 2012[24]
De Graafschap Netherlands Andries Ulderink Dismissed 19 February 2012[25] 18th Netherlands Richard Roelofsen (caretaker) 20 February 2012[26]
PSV Netherlands Fred Rutten Sacked 12 March 2012[27] 4th Netherlands Phillip Cocu (caretaker) 12 March 2012[28]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax (C) 34 23 7 4 93 36 +57 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Feyenoord 34 21 7 6 70 37 +33 70 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 PSV 34 21 6 7 87 47 +40 69 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
4 AZ 34 19 8 7 64 35 +29 65
5 Heerenveen 34 18 10 6 79 59 +20 64 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6 Twente 34 17 9 8 82 46 +36 60 Qualification to European competition play-offs and Europa League first qualifying round[b]
7 Vitesse Arnhem (O) 34 15 8 11 48 43 +5 53 Qualification to European competition play-offs[a]
8 NEC 34 13 6 15 42 45 −3 45
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 13 6 15 40 49 −9 45
10 Roda JC 34 14 2 18 55 70 −15 44
11 Utrecht 34 11 10 13 55 58 −3 43
12 Heracles 34 11 7 16 52 62 −10 40
13 NAC Breda 34 10 8 16 45 54 −9 38
14 Groningen 34 10 7 17 41 61 −20 37
15 ADO Den Haag 34 8 8 18 38 67 −29 32
16 VVV-Venlo (O) 34 9 4 21 42 78 −36 31 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 De Graafschap (R) 34 6 6 22 36 74 −38 24
18 Excelsior (R) 34 4 7 23 28 76 −48 19 Relegation to the Eerste Divisie
Source: Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c PSV qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2011–12 KNVB Cup. As they finished third in the league, all Europa League berths and play-off places were moved down one spot from the original scheme.
  2. ^ Twente qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League based on the 2011–12 UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking, which awarded one extra qualifying spot to the Netherlands. This allowed qualification for Twente despite their loss in the European competition Playoffs.[29][30]

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJX AZ EXC FEY GRA GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PSV RKC RJC TWE UTR VIT VVV
ADO Den Haag 0–2 0–6 1–1 1–2 3–5 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0
Ajax 4–0 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 5–1 6–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–0
AZ 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–3 3–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 2–1
Excelsior 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–5 0–2 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 3–1
Feyenoord 0–3 4–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 4–0
De Graafschap 0–3 1–4 0–2 2–2 0–3 2–3 0–2 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–4
Groningen 4–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 6–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1
Heerenveen 4–0 0–5 5–1 4–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–5 1–1 4–3 1–5 2–0 1–1 4–1
Heracles 0–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 7–0
NAC Breda 4–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
N.E.C. 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 2–4 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–0
PSV Eindhoven 5–0 2–2 3–2 6–1 3–2 4–1 6–1 5–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 7–1 2–6 1–0 3–1 2–0
RKC Waalwijk 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 0–4 0–2 1–0 4–0
Roda JC 4–1 0–4 2–0 7–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 4–3 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 3–1
Twente 5–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 4–0 4–1 3–4 2–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1
Utrecht 1–1 6–4 3–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–4 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–6 2–2 4–2
Vitesse Arnhem 1–0 1–3 2–2 3–2 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 5–0 1–4 2–1 4–0
VVV-Venlo 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–3 4–1 2–0 4–2 0–0 1–3
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

European competition

The teams placed sixth through ninth compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Teams on the left played the first leg at home.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 10 May 2012, while the return legs were competed on 13 May 2012.[31]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
NEC 3–4 Vitesse Arnhem 3–2 0–2
RKC Waalwijk 2–1 Twente 1–1 1–0

Finals

The first leg was played on 17 May 2012, while the return leg was competed on 20 May 2012.[32]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RKC Waalwijk 2–5 Vitesse Arnhem 1–3 1–2

Relegation

VVV-Venlo and De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie. Teams on the left played the first leg at home.

Round 1

The first legs were played on 1 May 2012, while the return legs were competed on 5 May 2012.[33]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles 1–3 Den Bosch 1–1 0–2
MVV 1–2 Cambuur 0–2 1–0

Round 2

The first legs were played on 10 May 2012, with the return legs were competed on 13 May 2012.[34]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Den Bosch 1–1 De Graafschap 0–0 1–1
Willem II 3–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 1–1
Helmond Sport 3–0 Eindhoven 1–0 2–0
Cambuur 3–4 VVV-Venlo 0–0 3–4

Round 3

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Den Bosch 1–2 Willem II 0−0 1–2
Helmond Sport 3–4 VVV-Venlo 1−2 2–2

Top goalscorers

Source: Eredivisie (official site) (in Dutch), Soccerway

Pos. Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Bas Dost Heerenveen 32
2 Netherlands Luuk de Jong Twente 25
Syria Sanharib Malki Roda 25
4 Belgium Dries Mertens PSV 21
5 Sweden John Guidetti Feyenoord 20
6 Sweden Ola Toivonen PSV 18
7 United States Jozy Altidore AZ Alkmaar 15
8 Slovenia Tim Matavž Groningen / PSV 14
9 Netherlands Siem de Jong Ajax 13
10 Netherlands Glynor Plet Heracles / Twente 12
Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony Vitesse Arnhem 12

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012 (end of competition)

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