1956–57 Eredivisie

The 1956–57 season of the Eredivisie was the first edition of a national professional men's football team competition in the Netherlands.^[2] It was contested by 18 teams, and Ajax won the championship.

Eredivisie

Season	1956–57
Champions	AFC Ajax (9th title)
Promoted	New league
Relegated	Willem II Eindhoven
European Cup	AFC Ajax
Goals scored	1,139
Average goals/game	3.72
Top goalscorer	Coen Dillen PSV Eindhoven - 43 goals [1]
Biggest home win	BVV - NAC: 8-0
Biggest away win	Multiple
Highest scoring	PSV - Eindhoven: 7-4
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Ajax	34	22	5	7	64	40	+24	49	Qualified for 1957–58 European Cup
2	Fortuna '54	34	20	5	9	76	48	+28	45	Winners of the 1956–57 KNVB Cup
3	SC Enschede	34	15	11	8	81	47	+34	41
4	MVV Maastricht	34	15	10	9	53	42	+11	40
5	PSV Eindhoven	34	18	3	13	93	71	+22	39
6	Feijenoord	34	15	9	10	79	58	+21	39
7	VVV '03	34	16	6	12	50	53	−3	38
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	12	12	10	66	59	+7	36
9	NAC	34	14	8	12	59	61	−2	36
10	DOS	34	17	1	16	79	75	+4	35
11	Rapid JC	34	13	7	14	64	63	+1	33
12	NOAD	34	12	7	15	54	64	−10	31
13	BVC Amsterdam	34	11	8	15	49	67	−18	30
14	GVAV	34	9	10	15	52	66	−14	28
15	BVV	34	11	4	19	70	76	−6	26
16	Elinkwijk	34	10	4	20	52	87	−35	24
17	Willem II	34	8	6	20	59	79	−20	22	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18	FC Eindhoven	34	8	4	22	39	83	−44	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	AJX	AMS	BVV	DOS	EIN	ELI	FEI	FOR	GVA	MVV	NAC	NOA	PSV	RJC	ENS	SPA	VVV	WIL
Ajax		2–3	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–0
Amsterdam	1–5		3–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–5	0–2	1–1	4–1	0–6
BVV	3–1	5–2		4–0	1–3	1–2	0–5	1–3	1–2	2–0	8–0	6–0	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–4	3–2
DOS	0–2	3–2	1–3		0–1	2–3	4–0	3–1	7–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	2–8	2–0	1–4	2–3	1–3	4–1
Eindhoven	0–3	1–1	2–3	0–1		1–0	0–1	1–5	1–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–2	0–2	2–3
Elinkwijk	1–2	0–2	4–2	1–6	5–2		5–1	2–2	0–5	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–6	1–4	2–5	1–3	2–2	3–1
Feijenoord	7–3	2–2	5–1	5–1	4–0	3–1		4–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	5–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	0–3	3–0	2–1
Fortuna '54	2–3	3–0	4–1	4–1	4–1	8–1	3–2		3–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–3	5–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	0–1
GVAV	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–0	1–5	1–3	0–3	2–2	5–3	0–3
MVV	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–5	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0		1–3	3–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0
NAC	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–4	3–1	2–1
NOAD	1–4	1–3	0–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–1		2–3	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–0
PSV	2–3	2–2	2–5	3–2	7–4	0–3	3–1	1–2	5–2	1–3	2–5	3–3		4–1	1–5	3–1	0–1	3–1
Rapid JC	4–2	2–2	4–3	0–3	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	1–3	3–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	3–3
SC Enschede	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	6–1	4–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	7–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	5–2		1–1	0–0	5–1
Sparta	1–2	1–1	3–3	4–2	6–0	3–0	0–4	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–4	2–1	3–4	4–3	2–0		1–1	3–1
VVV '03	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–5	2–1	0–1	2–1		3–1
Willem II	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–3	3–2	4–0	3–3	2–3	0–0	5–2	2–4	1–2	0–6	1–2	2–2	0–0	6–3

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1956–57 Eerste Divisie
• 1956–57 Tweede Divisie