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53rd season of the Eredivisie
Football league season
Location of teams in the
Eredivisie 2008?09
The
2008?09 Eredivisie
was 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 in 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.
Overview
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League table
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Source:
ESPN Eredivisie Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C)
Champions;
(O)
Play-off winners;
(R)
Relegated
Notes:
Results
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Source:
Eredivisie.nl
(in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
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Last updated: 11 May 2009
Source:
ESPN Top Scorers
Play-offs
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European competition (best of 3)
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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.
Semi-finals
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Final
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Relegation
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The 16th and 17th placed teams, along with the teams from
Eerste Divisie
, participate in a play-off for two spots in
2009?10 Eredivisie
.
Round 1
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Round 2 (best of 3)
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Round 3 (best of 3)
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RKC Waalwijk
and
Roda JC
will play in Eredivisie 2009?10.
Facts and statistics
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- 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
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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.
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In Australia the Eredivisie was broadcast live and exclusive by
Setanta Sports
.
See also
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