1971–72 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season	1971–72
Champions	AFC Ajax (15th title)
Promoted	FC Groningen; FC Den Bosch; Vitesse Arnhem;
Relegated	FC Volendam; Vitesse Arnhem;
European Cup	Ajax
Cup Winners' Cup	FC Den Haag
UEFA Cup	Feyenoord; FC Twente;
Goals scored	812
Average goals/game	2.65
Top goalscorer	Johan Cruijff ; AFC Ajax 25 goals
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1971–72 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. FC Twente, finishing in third place, set an Eredivisie record-low for goals conceded with just 13 goals against.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Ajax	34	30	3	1	104	20	+84	63	Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup
2	Feijenoord	34	26	3	5	73	24	+49	55	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
3	FC Twente	34	17	14	3	50	13	+37	48	Qualified for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
4	Sparta Rotterdam	34	18	10	6	73	38	+35	46
5	FC Den Haag	34	17	10	7	59	33	+26	44	Qualified for 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
6	FC Utrecht	34	15	10	9	56	42	+14	40
7	NEC	34	15	8	11	43	43	0	38
8	PSV Eindhoven	34	13	10	11	47	32	+15	36
9	Go Ahead Eagles	34	13	8	13	48	49	−1	34
10	MVV Maastricht	34	10	10	14	36	47	−11	30
11	Telstar	34	9	11	14	39	52	−13	29
12	FC Groningen	34	8	12	14	37	55	−18	28
13	NAC	34	9	9	16	39	58	−19	27
14	DWS	34	7	6	21	28	54	−26	20	Merged with Blauw-Wit Amsterdam to form FC Amsterdam
15	SBV Excelsior	34	4	12	18	18	53	−35	20
16	FC Den Bosch	34	6	8	20	24	70	−46	20
17	FC Volendam	34	5	7	22	16	55	−39	17	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	Vitesse Arnhem	34	5	7	22	22	74	−52	17	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Home \ Away	AJA	DBO	DWS	EXC	FEY	GOA	GRO	DHA	MVV	NAC	NEC	PSV	SPA	TEL	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL
Ajax		5–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	7–0	1–0	8–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	5–2	1–0	4–0	12–1	2–0
FC Den Bosch '67	0–1		0–0	0–0	0–5	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–7	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–4	2–1	0–1
DWS	0–2	2–3		1–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–3	2–4	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Excelsior	0–4	0–0	0–2		0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	0–0	1–0
Feijenoord	1–5	5–0	4–0	1–1		1–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–0
Go Ahead	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1		2–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–4	1–1	5–1	3–0
FC Groningen	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–3	1–3	0–1		1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
FC Den Haag	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	5–0		3–3	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	4–0
MVV	0–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–0		2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0
NAC	2–5	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1		1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
N.E.C.	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0
PSV	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–1		0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–0
Sparta	1–1	0–0	3–1	5–1	3–5	3–1	3–3	5–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–1		4–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	4–1
Telstar	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–2		0–2	0–2	2–0	3–0
FC Twente '65	0–2	7–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–2	0–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	4–0
FC Utrecht	2–3	6–3	1–0	6–1	0–0	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		5–1	2–1
Vitesse	1–3	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–6	1–1	0–1	1–0		1–0
Volendam	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–5	0–0	3–1	0–0

1971–72 Eredivisie

League standings

Results

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References

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