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Season
  
2009–10

Top goalscorer
  
Luis Suárez (35)

Champion
  
FC Twente

Matches played
  
306

Champions
  
FC Twente 1st title

Dates
  
31 Jul 2009 – 2 May 2010

Goals scored
  
892

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Champions League
  
FC Twente (group stage) Ajax (3rd qualifying round)

Europa League
  
PSV (play-off round) Feyenoord (play-off round) AZ (3rd qualifying round) Utrecht (2nd qualifying round; via play-off)

Biggest home win
  
Ajax 7–0 VVV Venlo (11 April 2010)

Relegated
  
RKC Waalwijk, Sparta Rotterdam

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

The Eredivisie 2009–10 was the 54th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. AZ were the reigning champions. A total of 18 teams is taking 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 VVV Venlo, and promotion/relegation play-off winners RKC Waalwijk.

Contents

The season started on 31 July 2009 and ended on 2 May 2010. FC Twente won their first ever Eredivisie title. During the halfway break PSV Eindhoven had been evenly matched with Twente, however towards the end AFC Ajax had climbed up the table with remarkable wins and many goals scored, taken second from PSV Eindhoven, and PSV's falter landed them in third.

League table

Source: eredivsie.nl (Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Source: news.bbc.co.uk
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

Including games played on 2 May 2010; Source: Yahoo Sport, ESPN Soccernet, Soccerway, Eredivisie (official site) (Dutch)

Other scorers

Own goals
  • Scored for ADO (5): Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord); Gibril Sankoh (Groningen); Antoine van der Linden (Heracles); Mark Looms (Heracles); Bram Nuytinck (NEC)
  • Scored for Ajax (2): Hans Mulder (RKC); Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem)
  • Scored for AZ (4): Martin Lejsal (Heerenveen); Pa Modou Kah (Roda JC); Peter Wisgerhof (Twente – 2 goals)
  • Scored for Feyenoord (3): Pontus Wernbloom (AZ); Toni Varela (RKC); Patrick Paauwe (VVV)
  • Scored for NAC (1): Niels Wellenberg (NEC)
  • Scored for NEC (1): Christiaan Kum (ADO)
  • Scored for RKC (2): Marko Pantelić (Ajax); Calvin Jong-a-Pin (Vitesse Arnhem)
  • Scored for Roda JC (2): Jurgen Colin (RKC); Frank van der Struijk (Vitesse Arnhem)
  • Scored for Vitesse Arnhem (1): Dustley Mulder (RKC)
  • Scored for VVV (1): Civard Sprockel (Vitesse Arnhem)
  • Scored for Willem II (1): Ayodele Adeleye (Sparta)

    • European competition

    The teams placed 6th through 9th compete in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.

    Relegation

    The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from Eerste Divisie, participate in a play-off for two spots in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

    Round 3

    Willem II and Excelsior will play in 2010–11 Eredivisie.

    References

    2009–10 Eredivisie Wikipedia
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