1977–78 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season1977–78
ChampionsPSV Eindhoven (7th title)
Promoted
Relegated
European CupPSV Eindhoven
Cup Winners' CupAZ '67
UEFA Cup
Goals scored899
Average goals/game2.93
Top goalscorerNetherlands Ruud Geels
AFC Ajax 30 goals [1]

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1977–78 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship and also won the UEFA Cup that season to complete a Double.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV Eindhoven 34 21 11 2 74 21 +53 53 Qualified for 1978–79 European Cup
2 AFC Ajax 34 20 9 5 85 36 +49 49 Qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
3 AZ '67 34 19 9 6 75 30 +45 47 Qualified for 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
4 FC Twente 34 18 9 7 61 32 +29 45 Qualified for 1978–79 UEFA Cup
5 Sparta Rotterdam 34 14 12 8 54 33 +21 40
6 Roda JC 34 12 12 10 41 40 +1 36
7 FC Volendam 34 13 8 13 50 58 −8 34
8 FC Utrecht 34 11 11 12 40 45 −5 33
9 Vitesse Arnhem 34 10 13 11 48 62 −14 33
10 Feyenoord 34 10 12 12 52 47 +5 32
11 NAC 34 10 11 13 37 51 −14 31
12 FC Den Haag 34 11 6 17 45 57 −12 28
13 HFC Haarlem 34 8 12 14 37 55 −18 28
14 VVV-Venlo 34 9 10 15 46 66 −20 28
15 NEC 34 10 8 16 39 59 −20 28
16 Go Ahead Eagles 34 11 5 18 49 53 −4 27
17 FC Amsterdam 34 9 8 17 41 73 −32 26 Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18 Telstar 34 3 8 23 25 81 −56 14
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away AJA AMS AZ FEY GAE DHA HFC NAC NEC PSV RJC SPA TEL TWE UTR VIT VOL VVV
Ajax 5–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 6–1 1–4 2–0 0–0 7–0 4–1 6–0 3–1 1–2 5–0
FC Amsterdam 1–3 2–9 1–2 4–4 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–3 0–7 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0
AZ '67 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 4–1
Feyenoord 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 6–0
Go Ahead Eagles 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–4 1–2 1–2 5–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1
FC Den Haag 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–2
Haarlem 0–2 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–1
NAC 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–3 0–2
N.E.C. 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–0
PSV 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–1
Roda JC 4–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–1
Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 6–0 2–1 2–3 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–1
Telstar 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–6 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–5 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–5 0–2 5–1 1–0 1–3
FC Twente '65 2–2 0–2 1–4 1–1 3–1 6–1 0–0 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
FC Utrecht 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1
Vitesse 2–2 0–4 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1
FC Volendam 1–6 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–5 3–3 1–1 2–0
FC VVV 2–2 3–0 2–2 4–3 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–5 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

PSV drew the highest average home attendance in the Dutch top-flight football league.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[2]
1 PSV 17 22,824
2 Feyenoord 17 18,886
3 AZ '67 17 12,059
4 AFC Ajax 17 11,659
5 VVV 17 11,647
6 Roda JC 17 10,082
7 FC Twente 17 9,859
8 Vitesse 17 9,665
9 NEC 17 9,294
10 NAC 17 8,653
11 Sparta Rotterdam 17 8,647
12 Go Ahead Eagles 17 7,841
13 FC Den Haag 17 7,824
14 FC Volendam 17 7,147
15 FC Utrecht 17 7,118
16 HFC Haarlem 17 5,776
17 Telstar 17 4,307
18 FC Amsterdam 17 3,212

See also

References

  1. ^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers
  2. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ned/avened78.htm