2013–14 Eredivisie

The 2013–14 Eredivisie was the 58th season of Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first match of the season and ended on 18 May 2014 with the returns of the finals of the European competition and relegation playoffs.^[2]

Eredivisie

Season	2013–14
Dates	2 August 2013 – 18 May 2014
Champions	Ajax (33rd title)
Relegated	Roda JC NEC RKC Waalwijk
Champions League	Ajax Feyenoord
Europa League	PEC Zwolle Twente PSV Groningen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	978 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alfreð Finnbogason (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Twente 6–0 Utrecht Ajax 6–0 Go Ahead Eagles
Biggest away win	N.E.C. 1–5 PEC Zwolle ADO Den Haag 0–4 Roda JC Roda JC 1–5 NAC Breda ADO Den Haag 0–4 Ajax PSV 2–6 Vitesse Utrecht 1–5 PSV AZ 1–5 Heerenveen
Highest scoring	PSV 2–6 Vitesse
Longest winning run	8 games Ajax[1]
Longest unbeaten run	22 games Ajax[1]
Longest winless run	11 games NAC Breda[1]
Longest losing run	6 games Roda JC[1]
Total attendance	5,954,320[1]
Average attendance	19,458[1]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Teams

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2012–13 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2012–13 Eerste Divisie champions.

ADO

Ajax

AZ

Cambuur

Feyenoord

GA Eagles

Groningen

Heerenveen

Heracles

NAC

NEC

PEC

PSV

RKC

Roda JC

Twente

Utrecht

Vitesse

Location of teams in Eredivisie 2013–14

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Average attendance[3]
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Kyocera Stadion	15,000	10,854
Ajax	Amsterdam	Amsterdam Arena	53,052	50,907
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	17,023	15,574
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,250	9,728
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Stadion Feijenoord	51,177	45,757
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	Adelaarshorst	8,000	7,630
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550	19,780
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	26,100	22,781
Heracles	Almelo	Polman Stadion	8,500	8,339
NAC	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,005	17,915
N.E.C.	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,500	11,065
Zwolle	Zwolle	IJsseldelta Stadion	12,500	12,042
PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000	33,024
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,508	6,252
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	18,936	13,952
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,014	29,546
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750	16,938
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	25,000	18,989

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Henk Fraser	Erreà	Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax	Frank de Boer	adidas	Aegon
AZ	Dick Advocaat	Macron	AFAS software
Cambuur	Dwight Lodeweges	Quick	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Feyenoord	Ronald Koeman	Puma	Opel
Go Ahead Eagles	Foeke Booy	Hummel	vinden.nl
Groningen	Erwin van de Looi	Klupp	Essent
Heerenveen	Marco van Basten	Jako	Univé
Heracles	Jan de Jonge	Erima	TenCate
NAC	Nebojša Gudelj	Patrick	Into Telecom
N.E.C.	Anton Janssen	Jako	Scholten Awater
PEC Zwolle	Ron Jans	Patrick	Kraanwater graag
PSV	Phillip Cocu	Nike	Philips
RKC Waalwijk	Erwin Koeman	Hummel	Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Lotto	Toverland
Twente	Alfred Schreuder Michel Jansen (strawperson)	Nike	XXImo
Utrecht	Jan Wouters	hummel	HealthCity
Vitesse	Peter Bosz	Nike	Youfone

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Zwolle	Art Langeler	End of contract	1 July 2013[4]	Pre-season	Ron Jans	1 July 2013[5]
Groningen	Robert Maaskant	End of contract	1 July 2013[6]	Pre-season	Erwin van de Looi	1 July 2013[7]
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	End of interim spell	1 July 2013	Pre-season	Dwight Lodeweges	1 July 2013[8]
PSV	Dick Advocaat	End of contract	1 July 2013[9]	Pre-season	Phillip Cocu	1 July 2013[10]
Vitesse	Fred Rutten	End of contract	1 July 2013[11]	Pre-season	Peter Bosz	1 July 2013[12]
Go Ahead Eagles	Erik ten Hag	Signed by Bayern Munich II	1 July 2013[13]	Pre-season	Foeke Booy	1 July 2013[14]
Heracles Almelo	Peter Bosz	Signed by Vitesse	1 July 2013	Pre-season	Jan de Jonge	1 July 2013[15]
N.E.C.	Alex Pastoor	Sacked	19 August 2013[16]	18th	Anton Janssen	27 August 2013[17]
AZ	Gertjan Verbeek	Sacked	29 September 2013[18]	8th	Dick Advocaat	16 October 2013
Roda JC	Ruud Brood	Sacked	15 December 2013[19]	14th	Jon Dahl Tomasson	26 December 2013[20]
ADO Den Haag	Maurice Steijn	Sacked	5 February 2014[21]	18th	Henk Fraser	5 February 2014
Cambuur	Dwight Lodeweges	Resigned	1 April 2014[22]	11th	Henk de Jong (interim)	1 April 2014

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	20	11	3	69	28	+41	71	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Feyenoord	34	20	7	7	76	40	+36	67	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Twente	34	17	12	5	72	37	+35	63	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	PSV	34	18	5	11	60	45	+15	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Heerenveen	34	16	9	9	72	51	+21	57	Qualification for the European competition play-offs
6	Vitesse Arnhem	34	15	10	9	65	49	+16	55
7	Groningen (O)	34	14	9	11	57	53	+4	51
8	AZ	34	13	8	13	54	50	+4	47
9	ADO Den Haag	34	12	7	15	45	64	−19	43
10	Utrecht	34	11	8	15	46	65	−19	41
11	PEC Zwolle	34	9	13	12	47	49	−2	40	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
12	Cambuur	34	10	9	15	40	50	−10	39
13	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	8	16	45	69	−24	38
14	Heracles	34	10	7	17	45	59	−14	37
15	NAC Breda	34	8	11	15	43	54	−11	35
16	RKC Waalwijk (R)	34	7	11	16	44	64	−20	32	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	NEC (R)	34	5	15	14	54	82	−28	30
18	Roda JC (R)	34	7	8	19	44	69	−25	29	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. PEC Zwolle qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round by winning the 2013–14 KNVB Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	AZ	CAM	GRO	TWE	UTR	GAE	ZWO	FEY	HER	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	RJC	HEE	VIT
ADO Den Haag		0–4	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–1
Ajax	3–2		4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	6–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–1
AZ	2–0	3–2		3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–5	1–1
Cambuur	1–2	1–2	0–0		4–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	3–1	4–3
Groningen	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	5–2	1–0	4–1	3–3	1–3	3–1
Twente	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	5–0		6–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	5–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Utrecht	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–2	2–5	2–1	4–2	2–0	1–5	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–1
Go Ahead Eagles	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	2–1		4–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–3	2–3	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–3
Zwolle	6–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2
Feyenoord	4–2	1–2	2–2	5–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	5–0	3–0		1–2	3–1	5–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1
Heracles	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–2		1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2
NAC Breda	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	5–0	1–2	1–1	2–1		1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–2
NEC	3–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	1–4	2–5	2–2	1–1	1–5	3–3	1–2	1–1		0–2	2–2	4–3	2–1	2–3
PSV	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	5–0		2–1	3–1	1–1	2–6
RKC Waalwijk	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–2	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	1–3	2–0		1–2	0–3	4–2
Roda JC	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–5	3–1	2–1	0–1		3–3	1–1
Heerenveen	3–0	3–3	4–2	2–1	4–2	0–2	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	2–4	0–0	2–2	3–0	5–2	2–2		2–3
Vitesse Arnhem	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–2

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[23]
1	Alfreð Finnbogason	Heerenveen	29
2	Graziano Pellè	Feyenoord	23
3	Aron Jóhannsson	AZ	17
4	Dušan Tadić	Twente	16
5	Luc Castaignos	Twente	14
	Michael Higdon	N.E.C.
7	Jürgen Locadia	PSV	13
8	Lex Immers	Feyenoord	12
	Memphis Depay	PSV
	Jens Toornstra	Utrecht

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[24]
1	Dušan Tadić	Twente	14
2	Alfreð Finnbogason	Heerenveen	10
3	Jean-Paul Boëtius	Feyenoord	9
	Hakim Ziyech	Heerenveen
5	Lasse Schöne	Ajax	8
	Nick van der Velden	Groningen
	Youness Mokhtar	Zwolle
	Quincy Promes	Twente
	Lucas Piazon	Vitesse Arnhem

European competition

The teams finishing fifth through eight play-off for a berth in the Second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.^[25] Groningen won this berth after winning the four-team play-off.

	Semi-finals						Final
	AZ	3	0	3
	Heerenveen	0	1	1
							AZ	0	0	0
							Groningen*	0	3	3
	Groningen	1	4	5
	Vitesse	0	1	1

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.

Semi-final

First leg

Groningen v Vitesse

7 May 2014	Groningen	1–0	Vitesse	Groningen
18:45	Burnet 88'	Report		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Van Boekel

AZ v Heerenveen

7 May 2014	AZ	3–0	Heerenveen	Alkmaar
20:45	Ortiz 26' Gudelj 38' (pen.) Berghuis 39'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 12,298 Referee: Makkelie

Second leg

Vitesse v Groningen

10 May 2014	Vitesse	1–4 (1–5 agg.)	Groningen	Arnhem
18:45	Pröpper 63'	Report	Chery 25' Zivkovic 64' Kostić 83', 89'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Vink

Heerenveen v AZ

10 May 2014	Heerenveen	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	AZ	Heerenveen
20:45	Slagveer 47'	Report		Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Liesveld

Final

First leg

AZ v Groningen

15 May 2014	AZ	0–0	Groningen	Alkmaar
20:45		Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,222 Referee: Kevin Blom

Second leg

Groningen v AZ

18 May 2014	Groningen	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	AZ	Groningen
16:30	Chery 24', 61' Hateboer 33'	Report		Stadium: Euroborg Attendance: 22,206 Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

Eredivisie play-offs

Ten teams played for two spots in the 2014–15 Eredivisie. Four teams from the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie entered in the first round, another four and the teams ranked 16th and 17th in the 2013–14 Eredivisie entered in the second round. Both winners of the third round, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior, played in the 2014–15 Eredivisie.^[26]

	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
													RKC Waalwijk	0	2	2
													Excelsior*	2	2	4
							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 N.E.C.

8 May 2014 (2014-05-08) First leg	Sparta Rotterdam	1–0	N.E.C.	Rotterdam
	Boukhari 85'			Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel Referee: Tom van Sichem

N.E.C. v Sparta Rotterdam

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) Second leg	N.E.C.	1–3 (1–4 agg.)	Sparta Rotterdam	Nijmegen
	Koolwijk 67'		Van Hout 4' Mahi 27' Nieuwendaal 42'	Stadium: Stadion de Goffert Referee: Eric Braamhaar

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 85' 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'	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
	Beauguel 58'		Koolhof 56'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Referee: Reinold Wiedemeijer

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
	Veldwijk 71', 89'	Report	Seuntjens 17'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Attendance: 2,774 Referee: Ed Janssen

Third round

Match G

Sparta Rotterdam v FC Dordrecht

15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) First leg	Sparta Rotterdam	2 – 2	FC Dordrecht	Rotterdam
	M. Mahi 55' J.Bruinier 80'	Report	D. Deekman 29' G. Korte 63'	Stadium: Het Kasteel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Pol van Boekel

FC Dordrecht v Sparta Rotterdam

18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) Second leg	FC Dordrecht	3 - 1 (5 - 3 agg.)	Sparta Rotterdam	Dordrecht
	F. Ojo 5' P. Gladon 44' G. Korte 90+4'	Report	M. Mahi 55'	Stadium: GN Bouw Stadion Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Pieter Vink

Match H

Excelsior v RKC Waalwijk

15 May 2014 (2014-05-15) First leg	Excelsior	2 – 0	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
	K. Karami 3' L. Veldwijk 40'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Woudesteijn Attendance: 3,600 Referee: B. Nijhuis

RKC Waalwijk v Excelsior

18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) Second leg	RKC Waalwijk	2 - 2 (2 - 4 agg.)	Excelsior	Waalwijk
	J. Beauguel 38' P. Jungschläger 44'	Report	L. Veldwijk 4' S. Fischer 25'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Referee: D. Makkelie