1968–69 Eredivisie
# 1968–69 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1968–69 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league.

| Club | Location |
| - | - |
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague |
| AFC Ajax | Amsterdam |
| AZ '67 | Alkmaar |
| DOS | Utrecht |
| DWS | Amsterdam |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam |
| Fortuna Sittard | Sittard |
| Go Ahead | Deventer |
| GVAV | Groningen |
| Holland Sport | The Hague |
| MVV | Maastricht |
| NAC Breda | Breda |
| N.E.C. | Nijmegen |
| PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
| Telstar | IJmuiden |
| FC Twente | Enschede |
| FC Volendam | Volendam |

## Managers

| Club | Managers |
| - | - |
| ADO Den Haag | Ernst Happel |
| AFC Ajax | Rinus Michels |
| AZ '67 | Wim Blokland |
| DOS | Co Stijger |
| DWS | Les Talbot |
| Feyenoord | Ben Peeters |
| Fortuna Sittard | Frans de Bruyn |
| Go Ahead | František Fadrhonc |
| GVAV | Ludwig Veg |
| Holland Sport | Cor van der Hart |
| MVV | Jung Schlangen |
| NAC Breda | Leo Canjels |
| N.E.C. | Jan Remmers |
| PSV Eindhoven | Kurt Linder |
| Sparta Rotterdam | Wiel Coerver |
| Telstar | Piet de Visser |
| FC Twente | Kees Rijvers |
| FC Volendam | Ron Dellow |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Feijenoord | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 21 | +52 | 57 | Qualified for 1969–70 European Cup. |
| 2 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 90 | 34 | +56 | 54 | Qualified for 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. |
| 3 | FC Twente | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 47 | Qualified for 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. |
| 4 | Go Ahead | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 45 | |
| 5 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 44 | Qualified for 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup. |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 37 | |
| 7 | NAC | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 34 | |
| 9 | DWS | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 34 | |
| 10 | Holland Sport | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 33 | |
| 11 | GVAV | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 28 | |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 27 | |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 26 | |
| 14 | Telstar | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 24 | |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 23 | Relegation play-off as level on points. |
| 16 | AZ '67 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 23 | Relegation play-off as level on points. |
| 17 | DOS | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 74 | −37 | 23 | Relegation play-off as level on points. |
| 18 | Fortuna SC | 34 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 61 | −43 | 18 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie. |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AZ | DOS | DWA | FEY | FOR | GOA | GVA | HOL | MVV | NAC | NEC | PSV | SPA | TEL | TWE | VOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ADO | | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 |
| Ajax | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 9–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| AZ '67 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| DOS | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 |
| DWS/A | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Feijenoord | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Fortuna SC | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Go Ahead | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| GVAV | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| Holland Sport | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| MVV | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| NAC | 0–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| N.E.C. | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| PSV | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Sparta | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Telstar | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| FC Twente | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 |
| Volendam | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs

Since FC Volendam, AZ '67 and DOS had an equal number of points at the end of the competition, extra matches were played.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | DOS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | AZ '67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie. |
