2013–14 Eerste Divisie

The 2013–14 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-eight season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first matches of the season and ended on 26 May 2014 with the return of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2013–14 Eredivisie.^[1]

Eerste Divisie

Season	2013–14
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league. SC Cambuur were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2012–13 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie Willem II, whereas Go Ahead Eagles won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing VVV-Venlo, who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season. Following the bankruptcy of SC Veendam and AGOVV in 2012-13 and RBC and HFC Haarlem in previous seasons, four teams were added to bring the division back up to 20 teams. Achilles '29 were promoted from the Topklasse with the reserve teams of Ajax, FC Twente and PSV being added as well. Topklasse champion Katwijk declined promotion. The reserve teams were not eligible for promotion or play-off participation.

Achilles '29

Jong Ajax

Almere City

Den Bosch

Dordrecht

Eindhoven
Jong PSV

Emmen

Excelsior
Sparta

Fortuna S

Graafschap

Helmond Sport

MVV

Oss

Telstar

Jong Twente

Volendam

VVV

Willem II

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2013-2014

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Achilles '29	Groesbeek	Sportpark De Heikant	4,500
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	4,000
Almere City FC	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
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
S.B.V. Excelsior	Rotterdam	Stadion Woudestein	3,531
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Trendwork Arena	12,500
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
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
Jong FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,014
FC Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	De Koel	8,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Willem II (C, P)	38	24	7	7	78	38	+40	79	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Dordrecht (O, P)	38	21	10	7	83	50	+33	73	Qualification for promotion play-offs Second round
3	Excelsior (O, P)	38	18	12	8	70	39	+31	66
4	Den Bosch	38	18	8	12	61	60	+1	62
5	VVV-Venlo	38	18	7	13	58	52	+6	61
6	Eindhoven	38	18	6	14	69	60	+9	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
7	De Graafschap	38	16	10	12	67	48	+19	58
8	Fortuna Sittard	38	15	11	12	59	45	+14	56
9	Volendam	38	16	8	14	67	71	−4	56
10	Jong PSV	38	15	9	14	62	57	+5	54
11	MVV	38	15	8	15	46	46	0	53
12	Emmen	38	14	9	15	64	68	−4	51
13	Helmond Sport	38	13	12	13	62	67	−5	51
14	Jong Ajax	38	15	5	18	57	72	−15	50
15	Telstar	38	13	6	19	50	79	−29	45
16	Sparta Rotterdam	38	12	8	18	58	51	+7	44	Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round[a]
17	Jong FC Twente	38	12	7	19	47	61	−14	43
18	Almere City	38	11	8	19	49	65	−16	41
19	Oss	38	9	4	25	49	78	−29	31
20	Achilles '29	38	6	7	25	40	89	−49	25

Source: Voetbal International
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Sparta Rotterdam qualifies to the promotion play-offs after winning the second period title.

Eredivisie play-offs

Ten teams play for two spots in the 2014–15 Eredivisie. Four teams from the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie enter in the first round, another four and the teams ranked 16th and 17th in the 2013–14 Eredivisie enter in the second round. Both winners of the third round, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior, play in the 2014–15 Eredivisie.^[2]

	First round						Second round						Third round
	Sparta Rotterdam	1	2	3
	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	0	1	1
							RKC Waalwijk	1	1	2
													Excelsior*	2	2	4
													RKC Waalwijk	0	2	2
							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.

First round

Match A

Sparta Rotterdam v FC Eindhoven

28 April 2014 (2014-04-28) First leg	Sparta Rotterdam	1 – 1	FC Eindhoven	Rotterdam
	Stokkers 72'	Report	van den Hurk 89'	Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Attendance: 5,992 Referee: Jeroen Sanders

FC Eindhoven v Sparta Rotterdam

2 May 2014 (2014-05-02) Second leg	FC Eindhoven	0 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Sparta Rotterdam	Eindhoven
		Report	Breuer 40' (pen.) Stokkers 89'	Stadium: Jan Louwers Stadion Referee: Dennis Higler

Match B

Fortuna Sittard v De Graafschap

28 April 2014 (2014-04-28) First leg	Fortuna Sittard	1 – 4	De Graafschap	Sittard
	Gulpen 80'	Report	Kabasele 45', 51' Koolhof 76' Vermeij 90'	Stadium: Offermans Joosten Stadion Attendance: 4,893 Referee: Jeroen Manschot

De Graafschap v Fortuna Sittard

2 May 2014 (2014-05-02) Second leg	De Graafschap	3 – 1 (7 – 2 agg.)	Fortuna Sittard	Doetinchem
	Koolhof 65' Will 79' Vermeij 87'	Report	Linssen 84'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 5350 Referee: Eric Braamhaar

Second round

Match C

Sparta Rotterdam v NEC Nijmegen

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg

Sparta Rotterdam

1-0

NEC Nijmegen

Rotterdam

NEC Nijmegen v Sparta Rotterdam

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg

NEC Nijmegen

1-3 (1-4 agg.)

Sparta Rotterdam

Nijmegen

Match D

VVV-Venlo v FC Dordrecht

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg	VVV-Venlo	1–3	FC Dordrecht	Venlo
	Wolters 56'	Report	Gladon 20' Vet 84' Mayele 90'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

FC Dordrecht v VVV-Venlo

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg	FC Dordrecht	2-1 (5-2 agg.)	VVV-Venlo	Dordrecht
	Gladon 6' Fortes 83'	Report	Reimerink 49'	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 3,198 Referee: Kevin Blom

Match E

De Graafschap v RKC Waalwijk

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg	De Graafschap	0–1	RKC Waalwijk	Doetinchem
		Report	Duits 31'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 7,803 Referee: Dennis Higler

RKC Waalwijk v De Graafschap

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg

RKC Waalwijk

1-1 (2-1 agg.)

De Graafschap

Waalwijk

Match F

FC Den Bosch v Excelsior

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg	FC Den Bosch	1–3	Excelsior	's-Hertogenbosch
	Quekel 14'	Report	Kruys 69' Fischer 77' Vermeulen 90'	Stadium: De Vliert Attendance: 5,484 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

Excelsior v FC Den Bosch

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg	Excelsior	2-1 (5-2 agg.)	FC Den Bosch	Rotterdam
		Report		Stadium: Stadion Woudestein

Third round

Match G

Sparta Rotterdam v FC Dordrecht

15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) First leg

Sparta Rotterdam

2-2

FC Dordrecht

FC Dordrecht v Sparta Rotterdam

18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) Second leg

FC Dordrecht

3-1 (5-3 agg.)

Sparta Rotterdam

Match H

Excelsior v RKC Waalwijk

15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) First leg

Excelsior

2-0

RKC Waalwijk

RKC Waalwijk v Excelsior

18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) Second leg

RKC Waalwijk

2-2 (2-4 agg.)

Excelsior