1989–90 Eredivisie
# 1989–90 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1989–90 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ajax | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 49 | European Cup |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 94 | 36 | +58 | 48 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | FC Twente | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 42 | UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 41 | UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Roda JC | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 41 | UEFA Cup |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 39 | |
| 7 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 38 | |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | FC Groningen | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 35 | |
| 10 | FC Den Haag | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 33 | |
| 11 | Feyenoord | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 31 | |
| 12 | Sparta | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 31 | |
| 13 | Willem II | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 27 | |
| 14 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 27 | |
| 15 | MVV | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 27 | |
| 16 | NEC | 34 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 26 | Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | HFC Haarlem | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 74 | −52 | 15 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |

* ↑ Ajax did not qualify for the European Cup. On September 27, 1989, Austrian goalkeeper Franz Wohlfahrt was hit and injured by a bar, thrown by a home supporter at an Ajax-Austria Wien UEFA Cup match. Ajax subsequently were banned from European competition for a year.
* ↑ Winners of the 1989–90 KNVB Cup
* ↑ NEC remain in the eredivisie after winning the promotion/relegation play-offs

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | DBO | FEY | FOR | GRO | DHA | HFC | MVV | NEC | PSV | RKC | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | VOL | WIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajax | — | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Den Bosch | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Feyenoord | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Fortuna Sittard | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Groningen | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Den Haag | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Haarlem | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| MVV | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| NEC | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 9–2 | 4–0 | 8–1 | 6–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–4 | 9–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| RKC | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Roda | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Twente | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Utrecht | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Vitesse | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Volendam | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Willem II | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | — |

## Promotion/Relegation

Starting this season, the number 16 of the Eredivisie would play against relegation against the runners-up of the promotion/relegation play-offs of the Eerste Divisie. The Eerste Divisie league champions and winner of the play-offs would replace the numbers 17 and 18 of this league directly. See here for details of the system.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Emmen | 1-2 | NEC | 1-2 | 0-0 |

NEC: remain in Eredivisie

Emmen: remain in Eerste Divisie

