2022–23 Eredivisie

This article is about the men's competition. For the women's competition, see 2022–23 Eredivisie (women).

The 2022–23 Eredivisie was the 67th season of the Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 5 August 2022 and concluded on 28 May 2023. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on 20 November, the last round before stoppage was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed games on 6 January.^[1]

Eredivisie

Season	2022–23
Dates	5 August 2022 – 28 May 2023
Champions	Feyenoord (16th title)
Relegated	Emmen Cambuur Groningen
Champions League	Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven
Europa League	Ajax
Europa Conference League	AZ Twente
Matches played	306
Goals scored	935 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anastasios Douvikas Xavi Simons (19 goals each)
Biggest home win	PSV Eindhoven 7–1 Volendam (31 August 2022) Ajax 7–1 Excelsior (16 October 2022) PSV Eindhoven 6–0 Groningen (11 February 2023) Vitesse 6–0 Groningen (21 May 2023)
Biggest away win	Excelsior 1–6 PSV Eindhoven (28 August 2022) Cambuur 0–5 Ajax (5 February 2023) RKC Waalwijk 0–5 Twente (21 May 2023) Groningen 0–5 Sparta Rotterdam (28 May 2023)
Highest scoring	AZ 5–5 Utrecht (28 January 2023)
Longest winning run	13 matches Feyenoord
Longest unbeaten run	26 matches Feyenoord
Longest winless run	11 matches Groningen Volendam
Longest losing run	9 matches Cambuur
Total attendance	5,121,730
Average attendance	16,738
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

Emmen (promoted after a one-year absence), Volendam (promoted after a thirteen-year absence) and Excelsior (promoted after a three-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie. Willem II (relegated after eight years in the top flight), PEC Zwolle (relegated after ten years in the top flight), and Heracles Almelo (relegated after seventeen years in the top flight) were relegated to the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie.

Ajax

AZ

Cambuur

Emmen

Rotterdam

Fortuna

GA
Eagles

Groningen

Heerenveen

NEC

PSV

RKC

Twente

Utrecht

Vitesse

Volendam

Rotterdam teams

Excelsior
Feyenoord
Sparta

Locations of the 2022–23 Eredivisie teams

Excelsior

Feyenoord

Sparta

Rotterdam Eredivisie football clubs

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2021–22 position
Ajax	Amsterdam	Johan Cruijff ArenA	55,865	1st
AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Stadion	19,478	5th
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuur Stadion	10,500	9th
Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	8,600	1D, 1st
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	4,500	1D, 6th (Play-off winner)
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	De Kuip	47,500	3rd
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard	Fortuna Sittard Stadion	10,300	15th
Go Ahead Eagles	Deventer	De Adelaarshorst	10,000	13th
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550	12th
Heerenveen	Heerenveen	Abe Lenstra Stadion	27,224	8th
NEC	Nijmegen	Goffertstadion	12,500	11th
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Philips Stadion	36,500	2nd
RKC Waalwijk	Waalwijk	Mandemakers Stadion	7,500	10th
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Spartastadion Het Kasteel	11,000	14th
Twente	Enschede	De Grolsch Veste	30,205	4th
Utrecht	Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	23,750	7th
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	21,248	6th
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	7,384	1D, 2nd

Number of teams by province

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
3	North Holland	Ajax, AZ, Volendam
	South Holland	Excelsior, Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam
2	Friesland	Cambuur, Heerenveen
	Gelderland	NEC, Vitesse
	North Brabant	PSV Eindhoven, RKC Waalwijk
	Overijssel	Go Ahead Eagles, Twente
1	Drenthe	Emmen
	Groningen	Groningen
	Limburg	Fortuna Sittard
	Utrecht	Utrecht

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	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor (chest)
Ajax	Edwin van der Sar	John Heitinga (a.i.)	Dušan Tadić	Adidas	Ziggo
AZ	René Neelissen	Pascal Jansen	Jordy Clasie	Nike	Kansino [2]
Cambuur	Ype Smid	Sjors Ultee	Alex Bangura	Craft	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Emmen	Ronald Lubbers	Dick Lukkien	Jeroen Veldmate	Hummel	EasyToys
Excelsior	Bob de Lange	Marinus Dijkhuizen	Stijn van Gassel	Quick	DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Feyenoord	Toon van Bodegom	Arne Slot	Orkun Kökçü	Adidas	EuroParcs
Fortuna Sittard	Özgür Işıtan Gün	Julio Velázquez	Burak Yılmaz	Masita	Hurkmans Groep
Go Ahead Eagles	Jan Willem van Dop	René Hake	Mats Deijl	Stanno	Jumper De diersuper
Groningen	Erik Mulder	Dennis van der Ree	Michael Verrips	Robey	Office Centre
Heerenveen	Cees Roozemond	Kees van Wonderen	Sven van Beek	Macron	Ausnutria
NEC	Ron van Oijen	Rogier Meijer	Lasse Schöne	Legea	KlokGroep
PSV Eindhoven	Robert van der Wallen	Fred Rutten (a.i.)	Luuk de Jong	Puma	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
RKC Waalwijk	Peter Konijnenburg	Joseph Oosting	Michiel Kramer	Stanno	Willy Naessens
Sparta Rotterdam	Leo Ruijs	Maurice Steijn	Adil Auassar	Robey	De Goudse Verzekeringen
Twente	Paul van der Kraan	Ron Jans	Wout Brama	Meyba	Pure Energie
Utrecht	Pieter Leyssius	Michael Silberbauer	Nick Viergever	Nike	T-Mobile
Vitesse	Henk Parren	Phillip Cocu	Matúš Bero	Nike	eToro
Volendam	Jan Smit	Wim Jonk	Carel Eiting	Robey	Bet City

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Ajax	Erik ten Hag	Signed by Manchester United	15 May 2022	Pre-season	Alfred Schreuder	1 July 2022
Go Ahead Eagles	Kees van Wonderen	Signed by Heerenveen	30 June 2022		René Hake
Groningen	Danny Buijs	End of contract			Frank Wormuth
Heerenveen	Ole Tobiasen	End of interim spell			Kees van Wonderen
PSV Eindhoven	Roger Schmidt	End of contract			Ruud van Nistelrooy
Utrecht	Rick Kruys	End of interim spell			Henk Fraser
Fortuna Sittard	Sjors Ultee	Sacked	22 August 2022	17th	Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.)	22 August 2022
	Dominik Vergoossen (a.i.)	End of interim spell	9 September 2022	18th	Julio Velázquez	9 September 2022
Vitesse	Thomas Letsch	Signed by VfL Bochum	19 September 2022	14th	Phillip Cocu	26 September 2022
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Resigned for health reasons	20 October 2022	14th	Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.)	20 October 2022
	Pascal Bosschaart & Martijn Barto (a.i.)	End of interim spell	13 November 2022	17th	Sjors Ultee	14 November 2022
Groningen	Frank Wormuth	Sacked	14 November 2022	15th	Dennis van der Ree	2 December 2022
Utrecht	Henk Fraser	Resigned	14 December 2022	7th	Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.)	14 December 2022
	Aleksandar Ranković (a.i.)	End of interim spell	28 December 2022	7th	Michael Silberbauer	28 December 2022
Ajax	Alfred Schreuder	Sacked	26 January 2023	5th	John Heitinga (a.i.)	27 January 2023
PSV Eindhoven	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Resigned	24 May 2023	2nd	Fred Rutten (a.i.)	24 May 2023

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Feyenoord (C)	34	25	7	2	81	30	+51	82	Qualification to Champions league group stage
2	PSV Eindhoven	34	23	6	5	89	40	+49	75	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Ajax	34	20	9	5	86	38	+48	69	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	AZ	34	20	7	7	68	35	+33	67	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Twente (O)	34	18	10	6	66	27	+39	64	Qualification to European competition play-offs
6	Sparta Rotterdam	34	17	8	9	60	37	+23	59
7	Utrecht	34	15	9	10	55	50	+5	54
8	Heerenveen	34	12	10	12	44	50	−6	46
9	RKC Waalwijk	34	11	8	15	50	64	−14	41
10	Vitesse	34	10	10	14	45	50	−5	40
11	Go Ahead Eagles	34	10	10	14	46	56	−10	40
12	NEC	34	8	15	11	42	45	−3	39
13	Fortuna Sittard	34	10	6	18	39	62	−23	36
14	Volendam	34	10	6	18	42	71	−29	36
15	Excelsior	34	9	5	20	32	71	−39	32
16	Emmen (R)	34	6	10	18	33	65	−32	28	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17	Cambuur (R)	34	5	4	25	26	69	−43	19	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18	Groningen (R)	34	4	6	24	31	75	−44	18

Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off Winner; (R) Relegated

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	AJA	AZ	CAM	EMM	EXC	FEY	FOR	GAE	GRO	HEE	NEC	PSV	RKC	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL
Ajax		0–0	4–0	3–1	7–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	6–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–1
AZ	2–1		2–1	5–1	5–0	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	5–5	1–1	2–1
Cambuur	0–5	0–1		1–2	0–2	0–3	1–2	4–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	0–3	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–3
Emmen	3–3	0–3	0–0		2–0	1–3	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	3–2	2–2	1–1
Excelsior	1–4	2–1	4–1	2–1		0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–6	0–0	1–4	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0
Feyenoord	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	5–1		1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	5–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1
Fortuna Sittard	2–3	0–3	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–4		0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–4	2–0	2–0
Go Ahead Eagles	0–0	1–4	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–4	2–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	2–5	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–0
Groningen	2–3	1–4	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	2–3	1–0		0–2	0–1	4–2	2–3	0–5	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2
Heerenveen	2–4	0–2	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1		0–0	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1
NEC	1–1	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–3		2–4	6–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–4	3–0
PSV Eindhoven	3–0	0–1	5–2	4–1	4–0	4–3	2–1	2–0	6–0	3–3	3–0		1–0	0–0	3–1	6–1	1–0	7–1
RKC Waalwijk	1–4	3–1	5–1	2–0	5–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–1		2–2	0–5	2–2	1–0	4–1
Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–3	3–1	4–0
Twente	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–3		2–0	3–0	3–0
Utrecht	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	0–0
Vitesse	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–5	1–2	2–0	6–0	0–4	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0		1–1
Volendam	2–4	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–0

Source: worldfootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ajax	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L
AZ	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L
Cambuur	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Emmen	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L
Excelsior	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	L
Feyenoord	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Fortuna Sittard	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D
Go Ahead Eagles	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L
Groningen	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Heerenveen	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	W
NEC	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D
PSV Eindhoven	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W
RKC Waalwijk	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L
Sparta Rotterdam	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W
Twente	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W
Utrecht	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Vitesse	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Volendam	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W

Source: worldfootball.net

Play-offs

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

European competition play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
	5	Twente	2	4	6
	8	Heerenveen	1	0	1
								5	Twente	1	1	2
								6	Sparta Rotterdam	1	0	1
	6	Sparta Rotterdam (p)	2	0	2 (5)
	7	Utrecht	1	1	2 (4)

Semi-finals

1 June 2023 (2023-06-01)

18:45

Heerenveen	1–2	Twente
Haye 45+1'	Report	Černý 19' Ugalde 90+3'

Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen

Attendance: 21,360

Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

14:30

Twente	4–0	Heerenveen
Vlap 11' Pröpper 22' Brenet 45' Misidjan 68'	Report

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Pol van Boekel

Twente won 6–1 on aggregate.

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1 June 2023 (2023-06-01)

21:00

Utrecht	1–2	Sparta Rotterdam
Douvikas 70'	Report	Van Crooij 29' (pen.) Lauritsen 39'

Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

Attendance: 16,841

Referee: Sander van der Eijk

4 June 2023 (2023-06-04)

18:00

Sparta Rotterdam	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Utrecht
	Report	Viergever 80'
Penalties
Van Crooij Verschueren Abels Kitolano Auassar Sambo	5–4	Dost Booth Van De Streek Brouwers Bozdoğan Van der Hoorn

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 10,599

Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

2–2 on aggregate. Sparta Rotterdam won 5–4 on penalties.

Final

8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)

20:00

Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	Twente
Van Crooij 47' (pen.)	Report	Zerrouki 90+3'

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 10,349

Referee: Jeroen Manschot

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

14:30

Twente	1–0	Sparta Rotterdam
Brenet 53'	Report

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Danny Makkelie

Twente won 2–1 on aggregate.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Bracket

	First round						Semifinals						Final
							Emmen	2	2	4
							NAC Breda	1	0	1
	MVV Maastricht	0	1	1
	NAC Breda	1	4	5
													Emmen	0	1	1
													Almere City	2	2	4
	Willem II	2	2	4
	VVV-Venlo (a.e.t.)	3	2	5
							VVV-Venlo	1	1	2
							Almere City (p)	1	1	2
	Almere City (a.e.t.)	0	3	3
	Eindhoven	1	1	2

First round

22 May 2023 (2023-05-22)

20:00

Eindhoven	1–0	Almere City
Dorenbosch 76'	Report

Jan Louwers Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 3,518

Referee: Jannick van der Laan

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)

20:00

Almere City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Eindhoven
Hilterman 80' Limbombe 90+4' Van La Parra 109'	Report	84' (pen.) Amevor

Yanmar Stadion, Almere

Attendance: 3,622

Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

Almere City won 3–2 on aggregate.

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23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)

18:45

VVV-Venlo	3–2	Willem II
Braken 41', 45+3' (pen.) Venema 65'	Report	13', 36' Hornkamp

De Koel, Venlo

Attendance: 5,392

Referee: Rob Dieperink

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)

16:30

Willem II	2–2 (a.e.t.)	VVV-Venlo
Kabangu 7' Bosch 22'	Report	74' Venema 120+1' Yasar

Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Attendance: 13,326

Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

VVV-Venlo won 5–4 on aggregate.

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23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)

21:00

NAC Breda	1–0	MVV Maastricht
Velanas 40' (pen.)	Report

Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda

Attendance: 14,361

Referee: Alex Bos

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)

20:00

MVV Maastricht	1–4	NAC Breda
Livramento 67'	Report	20' Ómarsson 29' Agougil 38' Banzuzi 90+3' Herrmann

De Geusselt, Maastricht

Attendance: 8,223

Referee: Erwin Blank

NAC Breda won 5–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)

20:00

VVV-Venlo	1–1	Almere City
Van Rooijen 7'	Report	29' Limbombe

De Koel, Venlo

Attendance: 7,201

Referee: Martin van den Kerkhof

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

16:30

Almere City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	VVV-Venlo
Duijvestijn 50'	Report	62' Allouch
Penalties
Van La Parra Alhaft Duijvestijn Peña	2–0	Venema Allouch Koglin De Boer

Yanmar Stadion, Almere

Attendance: 4,019

Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

2–2 on aggregate. Almere City won 2–0 on penalties.

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31 May 2023 (2023-05-31)

18:45

NAC Breda	1–2	Emmen
Omgba 90+4'	Report	24' Burnet 39' Romeny

Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda

Attendance: 18,596

Referee: Joey Kooij

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)

20:00

Emmen	2–0	NAC Breda
Živković 62' Assehnoun 90+4'	Report

De Oude Meerdijk, Emmen

Attendance: 8,309

Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Emmen won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)

20:00

Almere City	2–0	Emmen
Duijvestijn 65' (pen.), 77'	Report

Yanmar Stadion, Almere

Attendance: 4,121

Referee: Danny Makkelie

11 June 2023 (2023-06-11)

18:00

Emmen	1–2	Almere City
Vlak 58'	Report	50' Van La Parra 53' Smeets

De Oude Meerdijk, Emmen

Referee: Allard Lindhout

Almere City won 4–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Anastasios Douvikas	Utrecht	19
	Xavi Simons	PSV Eindhoven
3	Sydney van Hooijdonk	Heerenveen	16
4	Santiago Giménez	Feyenoord	15
5	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	14
6	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	13
7	Steven Bergwijn	Ajax	12
	Václav Černý	Twente
	Michiel Kramer	RKC Waalwijk
	Vangelis Pavlidis	AZ
Ricardo Pepi	Groningen

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Eredivisie hat-tricks

Rnd	Player	Club	Goals	Date	Home	Score	Away
2	Steven Bergwijn	Ajax	4', 45', 57'	14 August 2022	Ajax	6–1	Groningen
3	Sydney van Hooijdonk	Heerenveen	5', 72', 77'	20 August 2022	Vitesse	0–4	Heerenveen
3	Cody Gakpo	PSV Eindhoven	25' (p), 39', 51'	31 August 2022	PSV Eindhoven	7–1	Volendam
5	Anastasios Douvikas	Utrecht	71' (p), 77', 86'	2 September 2022	Fortuna Sittard	3–4	Utrecht
19	Anastasios Douvikas	Utrecht	12', 16', 65'	28 January 2023	AZ	5–5	Utrecht
	Vangelis Pavlidis	AZ	31', 34', 78'
30	Ole Romeny	Emmen	47', 75', 90+2'	22 April 2023	Heerenveen	2–3	Emmen
33	Million Manhoef	Vitesse	4', 56', 74'	21 May 2023	Vitesse	6–0	Groningen

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[3]
1	Dušan Tadić	Ajax	17
2	Cody Gakpo	PSV Eindhoven	12
3	Carel Eiting	Volendam	11
	Vito van Crooij	Sparta Rotterdam
5	Václav Černý	Twente	10
6	Steven Berghuis	Ajax	9
	Mats Seuntjens	RKC Waalwijk
	Gijs Smal	Twente
	Oussama Tannane	NEC
	Joey Veerman	PSV Eindhoven

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[3]
1	Lars Unnerstall	Twente	15
2	Nick Olij	Sparta Rotterdam	13
3	Justin Bijlow	Feyenoord	12
4	Vasilis Barkas	Utrecht	10
	Walter Benítez	PSV Eindhoven
6	Jasper Cillessen	NEC	9
7	Jeffrey de Lange	Go Ahead Eagles	7
	Andries Noppert	Heerenveen
	Ivor Pandur	Fortuna Sittard
	Gerónimo Rulli	Ajax
Stijn van Gassel	Excelsior

Discipline

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Player

• Most yellow cards: 10
  • Edson Álvarez (Ajax)

• Most red cards: 2
  • Carlens Arcus (Vitesse)
  • Iliass Bel Hassani (RKC Waalwijk)
  • Doğan Erdoğan (Fortuna Sittard)
  • Mees Hoedemakers (Cambuur)
  • Shurandy Sambo (Sparta Rotterdam)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 60
  • Fortuna Sittard

• Most red cards: 5
  • Vitesse

• Fewest yellow cards: 41
  • Emmen
  • PSV Eindhoven
  • Sparta Rotterdam
  • Volendam

• Fewest red cards: 0
  • Feyenoord
  • Utrecht

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Talent of the Month		Ref.	Team of the Month
	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Xavi Simons	PSV Eindhoven	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	[6]	Noppert (Heerenveen); Smal (Twente), Trauner (Feyenoord), Van Ewijk (Heerenveen); J. Veerman (PSV Eindhoven), Clasie (AZ), Simons (PSV Eindhoven); Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Bergwijn (Ajax), Brobbey (Ajax), Van Hooijdonk (Heerenveen)
September	Cody Gakpo	PSV Eindhoven	Nathan Tjoe-A-On	Excelsior	[7]	Cillessen (NEC); Chatzidiakos (AZ), Blind (Ajax), Tjoe-A-On (Excelsior); Anita (RKC Waalwijk), Reijnders (AZ), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Kudus (Ajax); Odgaard (AZ), Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Bergwijn (Ajax)
October	Cody Gakpo	PSV Eindhoven	Brian Brobbey	Ajax	[8]	Pandur (Fortuna Sittard); Veldmate (Emmen), Hancko (Feyenoord), Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam); Verschueren (Sparta Rotterdam), Berghuis (Ajax), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Köhlert (Heerenveen); Misidjan (Twente), Brobbey (Ajax), Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven)
November	Taylor Booth	Utrecht	Kenneth Taylor	Ajax	[9]	Virgínia (Cambuur); Van Ewijk (Heerenveen), Hancko (Feyenoord), Smal (Twente); Taylor (Ajax), Rommens (Go Ahead Eagles), Kökçü (Feyenoord), El Karouani (NEC); Szymański (Feyenoord), Lauritsen (Sparta Rotterdam), Booth (Utrecht)
January	Nick Olij	Sparta Rotterdam	Xavi Simons	PSV Eindhoven	[10]	Olij (Sparta Rotterdam); Smal (Twente), Álvarez (Ajax), Arcus (Vitesse), Teze (PSV Eindhoven); Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Zerrouki (Twente), Klaassen (Ajax); Douvikas (Utrecht), Pavlidis (AZ), Adekanye (Go Ahead Eagles)
February	Steven Berghuis	Ajax	Johan Bakayoko	PSV Eindhoven	[11]	Cillessen (NEC); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Timber (Ajax), Álvarez (Ajax); Bakayoko (PSV Eindhoven), Berghuis (Ajax), Veerman (PSV Eindhoven), Simons (PSV Eindhoven); Kudus (Ajax), Pepi (Groningen), Tadić (Ajax)
March	Xavi Simons	PSV Eindhoven	Manfred Ugalde	Twente	[12]	Stanković (Volendam); Sugawara (AZ), Geertruida (Feyenoord), Chatzidiakos (AZ), Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam); Kökçü (Feyenoord), Simons (PSV Eindhoven), Saito (Sparta Rotterdam); Van Crooij (Sparta Rotterdam), Ugalde (Twente), Karlsson (AZ)
April	Luuk de Jong	PSV Eindhoven	Santiago Giménez	Feyenoord	[13]	Van Gassel (Excelsior); Pinto (Sparta Rotterdam), Mirani (Volendam), Sánchez (Ajax); Reijnders (AZ), Kökçü (Feyenoord), Til (PSV Eindhoven); Paixão (Feyenoord), De Jong (PSV Eindhoven), Kramer (RKC Waalwijk), Giménez (Feyenoord)
May	Václav Černý	Twente	Million Manhoef	Vitesse	[14]	Unnerstall (Twente); Geertruida (Feyenoord), Beukema (AZ), Hato (Ajax); Manhoef (Vitesse), Clasie (AZ), Vlap (Twente), Antonucci (Volendam); Černý (Twente), Douvikas (Utrecht), Simons (PSV Eindhoven)

Annual awards

Award	Player	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Orkun Kökçü	Feyenoord	[15]
Talent of the Season	Xavi Simons	PSV Eindhoven
Goal of the Season	Michiel Kramer	RKC Waalwijk

Attendances

Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2022-23 edition of the Eredivisie.

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[16]
1	AFC Ajax	17	53,582
2	Feyenoord	17	47,500
3	PSV	17	31,923
4	FC Twente	17	29,212
5	sc Heerenveen	17	21,030
6	FC Utrecht	17	19,769
7	FC Groningen	17	18,521
8	AZ	17	16,967
9	Vitesse	17	15,129
10	NEC	17	12,405
11	Sparta Rotterdam	17	10,229
12	Fortuna Sittard	17	10,187
13	Cambuur Leeuwarden	17	9,822
14	Go Ahead Eagles	17	9,679
15	FC Emmen	17	8,152
16	FC Volendam	17	6,663
17	RKC Waalwijk	17	5,980
18	Excelsior	17	4,336