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2008–09 Eredivisie

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Season
  
2008-09

Average goals/game
  
2.84

Champion
  
AZ Alkmaar

Goals scored
  
870

Champions
  
AZ (2nd title)

Dates
  
29 Aug 2008 – 10 May 2009

Location
  
Netherlands

2008–09 Eredivisie

Champions League
  
AZ (Group stage)FC Twente (Third qualifying round)

Europa League
  
SC Heerenveen (Play-off round; via KNVB Cup)Ajax (Play-off round)PSV (Third qualifying round)NAC Breda (Second qualifying round; via playoff)

Top goalscorer
  
Mounir El Hamdaoui (23)

Relegated
  
FC Volendam, De Graafschap

Similar
  
2006–07 Eredivisie, 2009–10 Eredivisie, 2012–13 Eredivisie, 2013–14 Eredivisie, 2014–15 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie 2008–09 is the 53rd season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. PSV were the reigning champions. The season began on 29 August 2008 with a game between Vitesse Arnhem and FC Groningen and ended on 10 May 2009. A total of 18 teams take part in the league, consisting of 16 who competed the previous season and two promoted from the Eerste Divisie. The teams promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the previous season were champions FC Volendam, and play-off winners ADO Den Haag. AZ clinched their second title, their first coming in 1981.

Contents

League table

Source: ESPN Eredivisie Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Heerenveen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10 by winning the 2008–09 KNVB Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Source: Eredivisie.nl (Dutch)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 11 May 2009
Source: ESPN Top Scorers

European competition (best of 3)

Contrary to the play-offs of previous years, only teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.

Relegation

The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in Eredivisie 2009-10.

Round 3 (best of 3)

RKC Waalwijk and Roda JC will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.

Facts and statistics

  • Ajax lost the opening match 2–1 away at Willem II. This was Ajax' first opening round defeat since the 1988–89 season.
  • Ajax and Feyenoord both lost their opening matches. The last times this happened was in the 1965–66 season.
  • ADO Den Haag topped the league table after two matches. The last time ADO was in first place was on 16 January 1971.
  • NAC Breda led the Eredivisie after round six. This was the first time in club history that NAC were in first place of the Eredivisie.
  • A record 6,067,288 spectators passed through the turnstiles, an average of 19,827 per match.

    • Television rights

    The Dutch public broadcaster NOS broadcast the match highlights after beating rival broadcaster RTL for the contract. The new pay-per-view channel Eredivisie Live broadcast the live matches.

    In Australia the Eredivisie was broadcast live and exclusive by Setanta Sports.

    References

    2008–09 Eredivisie Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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