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 | |
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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
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.