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2005–06 Eredivisie

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Season
  
2005-06

Champions League
  
PSV Ajax

Start date
  
August 2005

Relegated
  
RBC

Champions
  
PSV (19th title)

Intertoto Cup
  
FC Twente

Champion
  
PSV Eindhoven

UEFA Cup
  
FC Groningen AZ Feyenoord sc Heerenveen

Top goalscorer
  
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Heerenveen/Ajax 33 goals

Promoted
  
Similar
  
2006–07 Eredivisie, 2009–10 Eredivisie, 2011–12 Eredivisie, 2012–13 Eredivisie

The 2005/06 season of the Eredivisie began in August 2005 and ended in May 2006. PSV Eindhoven became champions on April 9, 2006. The season was overshadowed by the death of FC Utrecht player David di Tommaso.

Contents

These teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:

  • Heracles Almelo (First Division champion)
  • Sparta Rotterdam (playoffs)

    • Relegated teams

    These teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:

  • RBC Roosendaal

    • Final league table

    P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
    1 Ajax won the KNVB Cup 2005-06.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 19 December 2008.
    Source: vi.nl (Dutch)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Dutch Footballer of the Year

  • 2005 / 2006 — Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord Rotterdam)

    • Dutch Golden Shoe Winner

  • 2005 — Mark van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven)

    • The 2005-06 Eredivisie play-offs

    Prior to finishing on 4th place in the regular season, Ajax had already reached the KNVB Cup final. In this final, they faced and defeated Eredivisie champions PSV. Ajax would have qualified for the UEFA Cup via the cup even if they had lost the final. This had consequences for the play-off schedule. Games F and H were not played. The teams ranked 2 to 5 instead played for one Champions League qualifier ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets. The fourth and final UEFA Cup ticket went to the winner of matches C, D and G, between the teams who finished from 6th to 9th place in the regular season. The loser of match G played the winner of a play-off between positions 10 to 13 of the regular league for a place in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. All rounds were played in two legs, one home match and one away match, with away goals as the first tiebreaker.

    For UEFA competitions

    For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets

    For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket

    For possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket

    For the Intertoto Cup ticket

    Overview

    For promotion and relegation

    For two Eredivisie tickets
    Round 1

    Round 2 (best of 3)

    Round 3 (best of 3)

    NAC Breda and Willem II remained in the Eredivisie.

    References

    2005–06 Eredivisie Wikipedia
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