2014–15 Eerste Divisie

The 2014–15 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League^[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-ninth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2014 with the first matches of the season and will end in May 2015 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2014–15 Eredivisie.

Eerste Divisie

Season	2014–15
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league. Willem II were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2013–14 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie Roda JC Kerkrade, whereas Dordrecht and Excelsior won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing NEC and RKC Waalwijk who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season.

Stadia and locations

Achilles '29

Jong Ajax

Almere City

      Den Bosch

FC Eindhoven
Jong PSV

FC Emmen

Fortuna

De Graafschap

Helmond Sport

MVV

N.E.C.

Oss

RKC

Roda JC

Sparta

Telstar

Jong Twente

Volendam

VVV-Venlo

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Eerste Divisie

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Achilles '29	Groesbeek	Sportpark De Heikant	4,500
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	4,000
Almere City	Almere	Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion	3,000
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	De Vliert	9,000
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	Univé Stadion	8,600
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
NEC	Nijmegen	Stadion de Goffert	12,500
Oss	Oss	Heesen Yachts Stadion	4,700
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	35,000
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,508
Roda JC	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	18,936
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Het Kasteel	11,026
Telstar	Velsen	TATA Steel Stadion	3,625
Jong FC Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,014
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	6,260
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	De Koel	8,000

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Achilles '29	François Gesthuizen	Klupp	Van Helden Relatiegeschenken
Jong Ajax	Jaap Stam	Adidas	Ziggo
Almere City	Fred Grim	Adidas	Van Wijnen
Den Bosch	Ruud Kaiser	Macron	Van Wanrooij
Eindhoven	Jean-Paul de Jong	Joma	VDL Groep
Emmen	Joop Gall	Masita	Sunoil Biodiesel
Fortuna Sittard	Peter van Vossen	Macron	Fitland
De Graafschap	Jan Vreman	Quick	ATAG
Helmond Sport	Jan van Dijk	Masita	Vescom
MVV	Ron Elsen	Masita	Drink Water
NEC	Ruud Brood	Patrick	Scholten Awater
Oss	Willy Boessen	Masita	Clubmobiel
Jong PSV	Darije Kalezić	Nike	Philips
RKC Waalwijk	Martin Koopman	Hummel	Mandemakers Keukens
Roda JC	René Trost	Robey	Various*
Sparta Rotterdam	Gert Kruys	Robey	Axidus
Telstar	Michel Vonk	Hummel	Various*
Jong FC Twente	Jan Zoutman	Nike	XXImo
Volendam	Hans de Koning	Jako	VintyKids.com
VVV-Venlo	Maurice Steijn	Masita	Seacon Logistics

• Roda JC and Telstar are using match-day sponsorship system, so they have different sponsor every time they play.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	N.E.C.[a] (C, P)	38	33	2	3	107	32	+75	101	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Eindhoven[a]	38	26	2	10	70	39	+31	80	Qualification to promotion play-offs Second round[b]
3	Roda JC Kerkrade (O, P)	38	21	6	11	69	58	+11	69
4	Emmen	38	19	10	9	88	57	+31	67
5	Volendam	38	18	8	12	83	68	+15	62
6	De Graafschap (O, P)	38	18	7	13	73	48	+25	61	Qualification to promotion play-offs First round[b]
7	VVV-Venlo	38	16	12	10	48	43	+5	60
8	Sparta Rotterdam	38	16	10	12	72	46	+26	58
9	Oss[a]	38	17	5	16	73	67	+6	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs First round[b]
10	Almere City[a]	38	13	9	16	64	63	+1	48
11	MVV	38	14	6	18	51	70	−19	48
12	Jong Ajax[c]	38	12	11	15	64	67	−3	47
13	Jong FC Twente[c]	38	12	11	15	49	64	−15	47
14	Jong PSV[c]	38	11	13	14	50	56	−6	46
15	Telstar	38	12	6	20	53	68	−15	42
16	Den Bosch	38	10	9	19	46	61	−15	39
17	Helmond Sport	38	10	8	20	52	85	−33	38
18	Achilles '29	38	8	9	21	44	78	−34	33
19	Fortuna Sittard	38	7	8	23	30	72	−42	29
20	RKC Waalwijk	38	7	8	23	39	82	−43	29

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2015. Source: Soccerway^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. N.E.C. won the first period and was league leader over the other three periods as well. Almere City, FC Oss and FC Eindhoven won the second, third and fourth period titles respectively, because they were league runners-up during those periods.
2. Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, play for two spots in the 2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the 2015–16 Eerste Divisie. The season is subdivided into periods consisting of games 1–9, 10–18, 19–27 and 28–36. The top finisher in each period (that has not won a previous period) is a period winner and qualifies for the promotion play-offs first round even if they finish the season outside of the top nine.
3. Youth teams cannot be promoted and cannot participate in the promotion play-offs.

Winners by period

• First period (Weeks 1–9): N.E.C.^[3]
• Second period (Weeks 10–18): Almere City^[4]
• Third period (Weeks 19-27): Oss
• Fourth period (Weeks 28-38): Eindhoven