2013–14 Eerste Divisie
# 2013–14 Eerste Divisie

The 2013–14 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-eight season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first matches of the season and ended on 26 May 2014 with the return of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2013–14 Eredivisie.

## Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league. SC Cambuur were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2012–13 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie Willem II, whereas Go Ahead Eagles won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing VVV-Venlo, who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season. Following the bankruptcy of SC Veendam and AGOVV in 2012-13 and RBC and HFC Haarlem in previous seasons, four teams were added to bring the division back up to 20 teams. Achilles '29 were promoted from the Topklasse with the reserve teams of Ajax, FC Twente and PSV being added as well. Topklasse champion Katwijk declined promotion. The reserve teams were not eligible for promotion or play-off participation.

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Achilles '29 | Groesbeek | Sportpark De Heikant | 4,500 |
| Jong Ajax | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 4,000 |
| Almere City FC | Almere | Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion | 3,000 |
| FC Den Bosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | De Vliert | 9,000 |
| FC Dordrecht | Dordrecht | GN Bouw Stadion | 4,100 |
| FC Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Jan Louwers Stadion | 4,600 |
| FC Emmen | Emmen | Univé Stadion | 8,600 |
| S.B.V. Excelsior | Rotterdam | Stadion Woudestein | 3,531 |
| Fortuna Sittard | Sittard | Trendwork Arena | 12,500 |
| De Graafschap | Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12,600 |
| Helmond Sport | Helmond | Stadion De Braak | 4,100 |
| MVV | Maastricht | De Geusselt | 10,000 |
| FC Oss | Oss | Heesen Yachts Stadion | 4,700 |
| Jong PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 35,000 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam | Het Kasteel | 11,026 |
| Telstar | Velsen | TATA Steel Stadion | 3,625 |
| Jong FC Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,014 |
| FC Volendam | Volendam | Kras Stadion | 6,260 |
| VVV-Venlo | Venlo | De Koel | 8,000 |
| Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Willem II (C, P) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 78 | 38 | +40 | 79 | Promotion to the Eredivisie |
| 2 | Dordrecht (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 83 | 50 | +33 | 73 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second round |
| 3 | Excelsior (O, P) | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 66 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second round |
| 4 | Den Bosch | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 62 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second round |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 61 | Qualification for promotion play-offs Second round |
| 6 | Eindhoven | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 7 | De Graafschap | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 56 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 9 | Volendam | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 67 | 71 | −4 | 56 | |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 54 | |
| 11 | MVV | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 53 | |
| 12 | Emmen | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 64 | 68 | −4 | 51 | |
| 13 | Helmond Sport | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 51 | |
| 14 | Jong Ajax | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 50 | |
| 15 | Telstar | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 50 | 79 | −29 | 45 | |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 44 | Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round |
| 17 | Jong FC Twente | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 43 | |
| 18 | Almere City | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 41 | |
| 19 | Oss | 38 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 49 | 78 | −29 | 31 | |
| 20 | Achilles '29 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 40 | 89 | −49 | 25 | |

* ↑ Sparta Rotterdam qualifies to the promotion play-offs after winning the second period title.

## Eredivisie play-offs

Ten teams play for two spots in the 2014–15 Eredivisie. Four teams from the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie enter in the first round, another four and the teams ranked 16th and 17th in the 2013–14 Eredivisie enter in the second round. Both winners of the third round, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior, play in the 2014–15 Eredivisie.

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| FC Eindhoven | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| FC Eindhoven | 1 | 0 | 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | NEC Nijmegen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | FC $Dordrecht^*$ | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | VVV-Venlo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | FC Dordrecht | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| De Graafschap | 4 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| De Graafschap | 4 | 3 | 7 | De Graafschap | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | $Excelsior^*$ | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | FC Den Bosch | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Excelsior | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |

Key: * = Play-off winners, a = Wins because of away goals rule, e = Wins after extra time in second leg, p = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

