2012–13 BeNe League

The 2012–13 season of the Women's BeNe League was the first season of the Belgium and the Netherlands' women's football top level league. Since this was the first season, the league had no reigning champion, although both countries had reigning champions from their former top leagues—Standard Liège in Belgium and ADO Den Haag in the Netherlands. The season started on 24 August 2012. The championship was won by FC Twente.^[1][2]

Women's BeNe League

Season	2012/13
Champions	FC Twente
UEFA Women's Champions League	Standard Fémina FC Twente
Matches played	224
Goals scored	796 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vivianne Miedema (27)
Biggest home win	Zwolle 8-1 Zulte-Waregem
Biggest away win	Zulte-Waregem 1-9 Anderlecht
Highest scoring	Zulte-Waregem 1-9 Anderlecht
← NL 2011–12 BE 2011–12 2013–14 →

Format

The season began with a national phase, involving eight teams in each nation. The teams then played a double round-robin, resulting in 14 matches per team. The best four teams from each nation then qualified for the BeNe League A. The other teams joined the BeNe League B. The best team of each country in League A qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[3]

Teams

Teams were required to apply for league places. In Belgium, 11 teams asked for a license,^[4] and nine teams got a license.^[5] Dutch teams had until 31 May 2011 to apply. On 5 June, the KNVB announced that nine Dutch teams would join the BeNe league.^[6] On 11 June, VVV-Venlo decided with FCE/PSV to withdraw from the BeNe League.^[7][8]

Standard

Anderlecht

Lierse SK

Club Brugge

OH Leuven

AA Gent Ladies

Antwerp FC

ADO Den Haag

FC Twente

Telstar

PEC Zwolle

SC Heerenveen

Ajax

PSV/FC Eindhoven

BeNe League Teams for 2013-2014

Team	Country	Home city	Home ground
Standard Fémina de Liège	Belgium	Liège	Complexe Standard de Liège
RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	Anderlecht	RSCA Football Academy
WD Lierse SK	Belgium	Lier	Herman Vanderpoortenstadion
K. St-Truidense VV	Belgium	Sint-Truiden	Stayen
Dames SV Zulte-Waregem	Belgium	Zulte	Gemeentelijk Sportstadion
Club Brugge Dames	Belgium	Bruges	Olympiapark
Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgium	Heverlee	Gemeentelijk Stadion
Beerschot AD	Belgium	Antwerpen	Stadion FC Kontich
ADO Den Haag	Netherlands	Den Haag	Kyocera Stadion
FC Twente	Netherlands	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste
Telstar	Netherlands	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion
FC Utrecht	Netherlands	Utrecht	Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd (Kampong)
PEC Zwolle	Netherlands	Zwolle	IJsseldelta Stadion
SC Heerenveen	Netherlands	Heerenveen	Sportpark Skoatterwâld
AFC Ajax	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst
PSV/FC Eindhoven	Netherlands	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion

First stage

BeNe League Red (Belgium)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Standard Fémina	14	13	0	1	40	6	+34	39	BeNe League A
2	Anderlecht Féminin	14	8	1	5	43	21	+22	25
3	WD Lierse	14	7	2	5	26	14	+12	23
4	Beerschot	14	6	3	5	21	17	+4	21
5	Sint-Truiden	14	6	2	6	25	19	+6	20	BeNe League B
6	Club Brugge	14	5	3	6	23	35	−12	18
7	OH Leuven	14	4	1	9	10	34	−24	13
8	Zulte-Waregem	14	1	0	13	11	53	−42	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2012. Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl - BNL Red & Soccerway - BNL Red ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored ^[3]

Home \ Away	AND	BAC	CLU	OHL	LIE	STR	STA	ZWA
Anderlecht Féminin		3–2	2–4	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	7–1
Beerschot	0–3		3–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0
Club Brugge	0–5	0–0		1–1	0–2	4–3	1–4	3–2
OH Leuven	1–4	0–4	2–1		1–0	1–3	0–5	0–1
WD Lierse	1–2	2–2	7–0	2–1		1–1	1–2	6–2
Sint-Truiden	3–2	1–2	0–2	4–0	0–1		0–2	6–0
Standard Fémina	2–0	1–2	2–1	5–0	2–0	2–0		6–0
Zulte-Waregem	1–9	1–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–4

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2012. Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl - BNL Red & Soccerway - BNL Red (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

BeNe League Orange (Netherlands)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Twente	14	10	4	0	30	12	+18	34	BeNe League A
2	ADO Den Haag	14	9	2	3	33	19	+14	29
3	PSV/FC Eindhoven	14	6	5	3	24	21	+3	23
4	Ajax	14	6	3	5	25	20	+5	21
5	Telstar	14	5	3	6	21	17	+4	18	BeNe League B
6	PEC Zwolle	14	4	2	8	23	37	−14	14
7	Utrecht	14	2	4	8	14	28	−14	10
8	Heerenveen	14	0	5	9	13	29	−16	5

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2012. Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl - BNL Orange & Soccerway - BNL Orange ^[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored ^[3]

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	P/F	HEE	TEL	TWE	UTR	ZWO
ADO Den Haag		2–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	4–2
Ajax	1–2		2–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–1	3–0
PSV/FC Eindhoven	1–3	3–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0
Heerenveen	1–1	1–2	1–1		0–2	0–0	3–3	0–2
Telstar	1–4	1–2	0–0	2–1		0–1	0–0	7–0
Twente	2–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	1–0		2–0	3–1
Utrecht	0–3	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2		1–0
PEC Zwolle	3–2	0–0	5–2	5–2	1–2	2–5	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2012. Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl - BNL Orange & Soccerway - BNL Orange (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

BeNe League A

Standard has secured the Champions League spot as best placed Belgium team.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Twente (C)	14	11	0	3	40	10	+30	33	Qualification to Champions League[a]
2	Standard Fémina	14	9	4	1	34	11	+23	31
3	PSV/FC Eindhoven	14	7	5	2	22	11	+11	26
4	Ajax	14	6	3	5	22	16	+6	21
5	ADO Den Haag	14	6	3	5	14	17	−3	21
6	WD Lierse	14	4	4	6	17	25	−8	16
7	Anderlecht Féminin	14	1	3	10	13	35	−22	6
8	Beerschot	14	0	2	12	8	45	−37	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2013. Source: women.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored ^[3]
Notes:

1. The highest-ranking Belgian team and the highest-ranking Dutch team qualify for the Champions League.

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	AND	BAC	P/F	LIE	STA	TWE
ADO Den Haag		2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–5
Ajax	2–1		0–0	2–0	1–2	5–0	0–4	0–1
Anderlecht Féminin	0–2	1–4		4–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–3
Beerschot	0–0	2–4	1–1		2–5	0–2	0–6	0–3
PSV/FC Eindhoven	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0		3–0	1–1	1–0
WD Lierse	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–0		1–1	1–4
Standard Fémina	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–2		3–1
Twente	1–2	1–0	6–0	7–0	2–0	3–0	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2013. Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl - BNL A & Soccerway - BNL A (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

BeNe League B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Telstar	14	11	1	2	50	12	+38	34
2	PEC Zwolle	14	11	1	2	52	21	+31	34
3	Heerenveen	14	9	1	4	42	21	+21	28
4	Utrecht	14	7	0	7	34	27	+7	21
5	OH Leuven	14	5	4	5	18	23	−5	19
6	Sint-Truiden	14	6	0	8	28	32	−4	18
7	Zulte-Waregem	14	1	2	11	11	55	−44	5
8	Club Brugge	14	1	1	12	9	53	−44	4

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2013. Source: women.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored ^[3]

Home \ Away	CLU	HEE	OHL	STR	TEL	UTR	ZWA	ZWO
Club Brugge		3–4	0–4	1–4	0–6	0–1	1–0	0–7
Heerenveen	5–1		1–1	3–4	3–1	3–1	5–0	3–1
OH Leuven	2–0	0–1		1–0	3–3	2–1	4–2	1–1
Sint-Truiden	3–1	0–3	1–0		1–3	1–7	4–0	2–3
Telstar	7–0	3–1	3–0	2–1		1–0	4–0	5–0
Utrecht	3–1	3–2	5–0	4–1	0–5		1–2	2–4
Zulte-Waregem	0–0	1–7	0–0	0–5	1–6	2–5		2–5
PEC Zwolle	7–1	2–1	5–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	8–1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl - BNL B & Soccerway - BNL B (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Below are the scorers of the single stages. There was no official top-scorer award given this year.

First stage

BeNe League Orange Pos. Player Club Goals 1 Renate Jansen ADO Den Haag 10 2 Danielle van de Donk FCE/PSV 8 Desiree van Lunteren AFC Ajax Lisanne Vermeulen PEC Zwolle 5 Anouk Dekker Twente 7 Sheila van den Bulk ADO Den Haag Mandy Versteegt AFC Ajax 8 Maayke Heuver Twente 6 Marianne van Brummelen PEC Zwolle 10 Vivianne Miedema SC Heerenveen 5 Sylvia Smit PEC Zwolle Sherida Spitse Twente 13 7 players 4 20 7 players 3 27 14 players 2 41 22 players 1 Total: 183 Games: 56 Average: 3.27 Updated to games played on 21 December 2012 Source: uk.women.soccerway.com[11]

BeNe League Red Pos. Player Club Goals 1 Stephanie van Gils Anderlecht Féminin 17 2 Elke Meers Sint-Truiden 8 3 Lotte Aertsen WD Lierse 7 Kristien Elsen Sint-Truiden Riana Nainggolan Beerschot Lenie Onzia WD Lierse Marte van de Wouw Beerschot Anaelle Wiard Anderlecht Féminin Aline Zeler Standard Fémina 10 Maud Coutereels Standard Fémina 6 Cécile de Gernier Standard Fémina Angélique de Wulf Club Brugge Vanity Lewerissa Standard Fémina Tessa Wullaert Anderlecht Féminin 15 1 players 5 16 6 players 4 22 6 players 3 28 13 players 2 41 21 players 1 Total: 199 Games: 56 Average: 3.55 Updated to games played on 22 December 2012 Source: uk.women.soccerway.com[12]

Second stage

BeNe League A Pos. Player Club Goals 1 Sherida Spitse FC Twente 11 2 Aline Zeler Standard Fémina 10 3 Ellen Jansen FC Twente 9 4 Lotte Aertsen WD Lierse 8 5 Chantal de Ridder AFC Ajax 7 6 Marlous Pieëte FC Twente 6 Danielle van de Donk PSV / FC Eindhoven Mauri van de Wetering PSV / FC Eindhoven 9 Anouk Dekker FC Twente 5 Renate Jansen ADO Den Haag Stephanie van Gils Anderlecht Féminin 12 6 players 4 18 3 players 3 21 16 players 2 37 25 players 1 Total: 170 Games: 56 Average: 3.04 Updated to games played on 27 May 2013 Source: uk.women.soccerway.com[13]

BeNe League B Pos. Player Club Goals 1 Vivianne Miedema SC Heerenveen 22 2 Sylvia Smit PEC Zwolle 12 3 Lisanne Vermeulen PEC Zwolle 11 4 Priscilla de Vos Telstar 10 Tessa Oudejans FC Utrecht 6 Pauline Crammer Zulte-Waregem 8 Kristien Elsen Sint Truiden Judith Frijlink PEC Zwolle Elke Meers Sint Truiden Marianne van Brummelen PEC Zwolle 11 2 players 7 13 4 players 6 16 1 players 5 17 4 players 4 22 8 players 3 30 11 players 2 41 30 players 1 Total: 244 Games: 56 Average: 4.36 Updated to games played on 26 May 2013 Source: uk.women.soccerway.com[14]