2013–14 Eredivisie
# 2013–14 Eredivisie

The 2013–14 Eredivisie was the 58th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first match of the season and ended on 18 May 2014 with the returns of the finals of the European competition and relegation playoffs.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2012–13 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2012–13 Eerste Divisie champions.

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity | Average attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Kyocera Stadion | 15,000 | 10,854 |
| Ajax | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Arena | 53,052 | 50,907 |
| AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Stadion | 17,023 | 15,574 |
| Cambuur | Leeuwarden | Cambuur Stadion | 10,250 | 9,728 |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | Stadion Feijenoord | 51,177 | 45,757 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Deventer | Adelaarshorst | 8,000 | 7,630 |
| Groningen | Groningen | Euroborg | 22,550 | 19,780 |
| Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 26,100 | 22,781 |
| Heracles | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 8,500 | 8,339 |
| NAC | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,005 | 17,915 |
| N.E.C. | Nijmegen | Stadion de Goffert | 12,500 | 11,065 |
| Zwolle | Zwolle | IJsseldelta Stadion | 12,500 | 12,042 |
| PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 35,000 | 33,024 |
| RKC Waalwijk | Waalwijk | Mandemakers Stadion | 7,508 | 6,252 |
| Roda JC | Kerkrade | Parkstad Limburg Stadion | 18,936 | 13,952 |
| Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,014 | 29,546 |
| Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 | 16,938 |
| Vitesse | Arnhem | GelreDome | 25,000 | 18,989 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - |
| ADO Den Haag | Henk Fraser | Erreà | Basic-Fit Fitness |
| Ajax | Frank de Boer | adidas | Aegon |
| AZ | Dick Advocaat | Macron | AFAS software |
| Cambuur | Dwight Lodeweges | Quick | Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma |
| Feyenoord | Ronald Koeman | Puma | Opel |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Foeke Booy | hummel | vinden.nl |
| Groningen | Erwin van de Looi | Klupp | Essent |
| Heerenveen | Marco van Basten | Jako | Univé |
| Heracles | Jan de Jonge | Erima | TenCate |
| NAC | Nebojša Gudelj | Patrick | Into Telecom |
| N.E.C. | Anton Janssen | Jako | Scholten Awater |
| PEC Zwolle | Ron Jans | Patrick | Kraanwater graag |
| PSV | Phillip Cocu | Nike | Philips |
| RKC Waalwijk | Erwin Koeman | Hummel | Mandemakers Keukens |
| Roda JC | Jon Dahl Tomasson | Lotto | Toverland |
| Twente | Alfred Schreuder Michel Jansen (strawperson) | Nike | XXImo |
| Utrecht | Jan Wouters | hummel | HealthCity |
| Vitesse | Peter Bosz | Nike | Youfone |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zwolle | Art Langeler | End of contract | 1 July 2013 | Pre-season | Ron Jans | 1 July 2013 |
| Groningen | Robert Maaskant | End of contract | 1 July 2013 | Pre-season | Erwin van de Looi | 1 July 2013 |
| Cambuur | Henk de Jong | End of interim spell | 1 July 2013 | Pre-season | Dwight Lodeweges | 1 July 2013 |
| PSV | Dick Advocaat | End of contract | 1 July 2013 | Pre-season | Phillip Cocu | 1 July 2013 |
| Vitesse | Fred Rutten | End of contract | 1 July 2013 | Pre-season | Peter Bosz | 1 July 2013 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | Erik ten Hag | Signed by Bayern Munich II | 1 July 2013 | Pre-season | Foeke Booy | 1 July 2013 |
| Heracles Almelo | Peter Bosz | Signed by Vitesse | 1 July 2013 | Pre-season | Jan de Jonge | 1 July 2013 |
| N.E.C. | Alex Pastoor | Sacked | 19 August 2013 | 18th | Anton Janssen | 27 August 2013 |
| AZ | Gertjan Verbeek | Sacked | 29 September 2013 | 8th | Dick Advocaat | 16 October 2013 |
| Roda JC | Ruud Brood | Sacked | 15 December 2013 | 14th | Jon Dahl Tomasson | 26 December 2013 |
| ADO Den Haag | Maurice Steijn | Sacked | 5 February 2014 | 18th | Henk Fraser | 5 February 2014 |
| Cambuur | Dwight Lodeweges | Resigned | 1 April 2014 | 11th | Henk de Jong (interim) | 1 April 2014 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 69 | 28 | +41 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Twente | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | PSV | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Heerenveen | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 57 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 6 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 55 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 7 | Groningen (O) | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 51 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | AZ | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 47 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 43 | |
| 10 | Utrecht | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 41 | |
| 11 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 12 | Cambuur | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 39 | |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 38 | |
| 14 | Heracles | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 37 | |
| 15 | NAC Breda | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 35 | |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | NEC (R) | 34 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 82 | −28 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 18 | Roda JC (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 29 | Relegation to the Eerste Divisie |

* ↑ PEC Zwolle qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round by winning the 2013–14 KNVB Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADO | AJX | AZ | CAM | GRO | TWE | UTR | GAE | ZWO | FEY | HER | NAC | NEC | PSV | RKC | RJC | HEE | VIT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ADO Den Haag | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Ajax | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| AZ | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Cambuur | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| Groningen | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Twente | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Utrecht | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Zwolle | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Feyenoord | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Heracles | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| NAC Breda | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| NEC | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| PSV | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–6 |
| RKC Waalwijk | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| Roda JC | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Heerenveen | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | | 2–3 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alfreð Finnbogason | Heerenveen | 29 |
| 2 | Graziano Pellè | Feyenoord | 23 |
| 3 | Aron Jóhannsson | AZ | 17 |
| 4 | Dušan Tadić | Twente | 16 |
| 5 | Luc Castaignos | Twente | 14 |
| 5 | Michael Higdon | N.E.C. | 14 |
| 7 | Jürgen Locadia | PSV | 13 |
| 8 | Lex Immers | Feyenoord | 12 |
| 8 | Memphis Depay | PSV | 12 |
| 8 | Jens Toornstra | Utrecht | 12 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dušan Tadić | Twente | 14 |
| 2 | Alfreð Finnbogason | Heerenveen | 10 |
| 3 | Jean-Paul Boëtius | Feyenoord | 9 |
| 3 | Hakim Ziyech | Heerenveen | 9 |
| 5 | Lasse Schöne | Ajax | 8 |
| 5 | Nick van der Velden | Groningen | 8 |
| 5 | Youness Mokhtar | Zwolle | 8 |
| 5 | Quincy Promes | Twente | 8 |
| 5 | Lucas Piazon | Vitesse Arnhem | 8 |

## European competition

The teams finishing fifth through eight play-off for a berth in the Second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. Groningen won this berth after winning the four-team play-off.

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AZ | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Heerenveen | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Heerenveen | 0 | 1 | 1 | AZ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | $Groningen^*$ | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Groningen | 1 | 4 | 5 | $Groningen^*$ | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Vitesse | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |

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.

## Eredivisie play-offs

Ten teams played for two spots in the 2014–15 Eredivisie. Four teams from the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie entered in the first round, another four and the teams ranked 16th and 17th in the 2013–14 Eredivisie entered in the second round. Both winners of the third round, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior, played 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 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | RKC Waalwijk | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | $Excelsior^*$ | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | 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.

