2012–13 Eerste Divisie

The 2012–13 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-seventh season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 10 August 2012 with the first matches of the season and ended on 26 May 2013 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2012–13 Eredivisie. On 3 May 2013, during the last round of the regular season, SC Cambuur secured the championship and the only direct promotion berth. Go Ahead Eagles won promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs.

Eerste Divisie

Season	2012–13
Champions	SC Cambuur
Promoted	SC Cambuur, Go Ahead Eagles
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league. PEC Zwolle were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2011–12 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie SBV Excelsior, whereas Willem II won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing De Graafschap, who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season. No team was promoted from the Topklasse, thus allowing last-placed FC Emmen to keep their place in the second tier.

AGOVV

Almere City

Cambuur

Den Bosch

Dordrecht

Eindhoven

Emmen

Excelsior

Fortuna Sittard

Go Ahead Eagles

De Graafschap

Helmond Sport

MVV

Oss

Sparta

Telstar

Veendam

Volendam

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2011-2012

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
AGOVV Apeldoorn	Apeldoorn	Stadion Berg & Bos	3,250
Almere City FC	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250
FC Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
FC Dordrecht	Dordrecht	GN Bouw Stadion	4,100
FC Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
FC Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
SBV Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Trendwork Arena	12,500
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	6,700
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	12,600
Helmond Sport	Helmond	Stadion De Braak	4,100
MVV	Maastricht	De Geusselt	10,000
FC Oss	Oss	Heesen Yachts Stadion	4,700
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
SC Veendam	Veendam	De Langeleegte	5,290
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
AGOVV Apeldoorn	Marco Heering	End of interim spell	1 July 2012	Pre-season	Andries Ulderink	1 July 2012[1]
FC Den Bosch	Alfons Groenendijk	End of contract	1 July 2012[2]	Pre-season	Jan Poortvliet	1 July 2012[2]
FC Eindhoven	Erwin Koeman	End of contract	1 July 2012[3]	Pre-season	John Lammers	1 July 2012[3]
FC Emmen	René Hake	Mutual consent	1 July 2012[4]	Pre-season	Joop Gall	1 July 2012[5]
SBV Excelsior	John Lammers	End of contract	1 July 2012[6]	Pre-season	Leon Vlemmings	1 July 2012[7]
Fortuna Sittard	Tini Ruijs	Resigned	1 July 2012[8]	Pre-season	Wil Boessen	1 July 2012[9]
Go Ahead Eagles	Jimmy Calderwood	End of interim spell	1 July 2012[10]	Pre-season	Erik ten Hag	1 July 2012[10]
De Graafschap	Richard Roelofsen	End of interim spell	1 July 2012[11]	Pre-season	Pieter Huistra	1 July 2012[11]
Helmond Sport	Hans de Koning	Signed by FC Volendam	1 July 2012[12]	Pre-season	Eric Meijers	1 July 2012[13]
FC Oss	Dirk Heesen	End of contract	1 July 2012[14]	Pre-season	Anton Janssen	1 July 2012[14]
Telstar	Jan Poortvliet	End of contract	1 July 2012[2]	Pre-season	Marcel Keizer	1 July 2012[15]
FC Volendam	Johan Steur	End of interim spell	1 July 2012	Pre-season	Hans de Koning	1 July 2012[12]
FC Dordrecht	Theo Bos	Sick leave	14 July 2012[16]	Pre-season	Harry van den Ham (interim)	26 July 2012[17]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Cambuur (C, P)	30	19	4	7	59	33	+26	61	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Volendam	30	19	3	8	70	43	+27	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round
3	Sparta Rotterdam	30	16	7	7	59	36	+23	55
4	Helmond Sport	30	15	10	5	55	45	+10	55
5	MVV	30	14	8	8	56	44	+12	50
6	Go Ahead Eagles (P)	30	13	9	8	60	46	+14	48	Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
7	Fortuna Sittard	30	13	7	10	39	33	+6	46
8	De Graafschap	30	12	9	9	57	41	+16	45
9	Dordrecht	30	11	7	12	56	56	0	40
10	Oss	30	10	7	13	40	57	−17	37
11	Den Bosch	30	10	5	15	38	49	−11	35
12	Emmen	30	8	8	14	38	52	−14	32
13	Almere City	30	10	1	19	41	67	−26	31
14	Telstar	30	7	8	15	31	46	−15	29
15	Excelsior	30	4	9	17	39	63	−24	21
16	Eindhoven	30	5	6	19	40	67	−27	21
17	Veendam (D, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]	Club expelled in 2 April 2013
18	AGOVV (R, D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[b]	Club expelled in 18 January 2013

Source: Eerste Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Veendam were officially declared bankrupt on 2 April 2013.^[18]
2. AGOVV were initially deducted two points for entering administration,^[19] but were later expelled on 18 January 2013 and their record was expunged on the same day.^[20]

Playoffs

Roda JC and VVV-Venlo joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Dordrecht	3–6	Go Ahead Eagles	3–3	0–3
De Graafschap	5–2	Fortuna Sittard	2–1	3–1

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	4–0	VVV-Venlo	1–0	3–0
MVV Maastricht	1–4	FC Volendam	0–1	1–3
Helmond Sport	3–5	Sparta Rotterdam	2–4	1–1
De Graafschap	2-7	Roda JC	1–1	1–6

Round 3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles	3–1	FC Volendam	3–0	0–1
Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	Roda JC	0–0	1-2

Both winners qualify for 2013–14 Eredivisie.