Season 2014–15 Champions League PSV
Ajax Champion PSV Eindhoven Matches played 306 | Champions PSV (22nd title) Dates 8 Aug 2014 – 17 May 2015 Goals scored 942 | |
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Europa League AZ
Groningen
Go Ahead Eagles
Vitesse Arnhem Top goalscorer Memphis Depay
(22 goals) Biggest home win PSV 6–1 NAC Breda
(16 August 2014)
Vitesse Arnhem 6–1
ADO Den Haag
(3 October 2014)
Heracles 6–1
NAC Breda
(4 October 2014)
Ajax 5–0 Willem II
(6 December 2014)
PSV 5–0 Go Ahead Eagles
(20 December 2014)
Utrecht 6–1 Dordrecht
(15 February 2015) Relegated NAC Breda, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Dordrecht Similar 2015–16 Eredivisie, 2013–14 Eredivisie, 2012–13 Eredivisie, 2016–17 Eredivisie, 2009–10 Eredivisie | ||
The 2014–15 Eredivisie season was the 59th season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. On 18 April 2015, PSV were confirmed as champions of the season, thus ending the four-year reign of Ajax.
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Teams
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2013–14 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie champions.
There are three teams that played in the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie that were promoted to the Eredivisie for the 2014–15 season. Willem II returned to the Eredivisie after just one season by winning its first Eerste Divisie title in 49 years. Meanwhile, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior navigated to the promotion/relegation playoffs to reach the Eredivisie, with both clubs having received byes after finishing second and third in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht swept both legs against VVV-Venlo 5–2 on aggregate in the second round before facing another Eerste Divisie club for a spot in the Eredivisie (after Sparta Rotterdam sent NEC Nijmegen into relegation). FC Dordrecht won 5–3 on aggregate to return to the Eredivisie for the first time in 19 years.
Excelsior returned after two seasons in the Eerste Divisie by first overcoming FC Den Bosch 5–2 on aggregate before relegating RKC Waalwijk from the league by winning 4–2 on aggregate.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Positions by round
Last updated: 11 May 2015
Source: NUsport
European competition
Four teams played for a spot in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
Promotion/relegation play-offs
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie.