1968–69 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1968–69 season was contested by 18 teams. Feijenoord won the championship.

Eredivisie

Season	1968–69
Champions	Feijenoord (9th title)
Promoted	Holland Sport AZ '67
Relegated	FC Volendam Fortuna SC
European Cup	Feijenoord
Cup Winners' Cup	PSV Eindhoven
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	AFC Ajax FC Twente
Goals scored	797
Average goals/game	2.60
Top goalscorer	Dick van Dijk FC Twente; Ove Kindvall Feijenoord 30 goals [1]
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

Teams

A total of 18 teams are taking part in the league.

ADO

Ajax

AZ'67

DOS

DWS

Feyenoord

Fortuna

Go
Ahead

GVAV

Holland Sport

MVV

NAC

N.E.C.

PSV

Sparta

Telstar

FC
Twente

FC Volendam

Location of teams in Eredivisie 1968–69

Club	Location
ADO Den Haag	The Hague
AFC Ajax	Amsterdam
AZ '67	Alkmaar
DOS	Utrecht
DWS	Amsterdam
Feyenoord	Rotterdam
Fortuna Sittard	Sittard
Go Ahead	Deventer
GVAV	Groningen
Holland Sport	The Hague
MVV	Maastricht
NAC Breda	Breda
N.E.C.	Nijmegen
PSV Eindhoven	Eindhoven
Sparta Rotterdam	Rotterdam
Telstar	IJmuiden
FC Twente	Enschede
FC Volendam	Volendam

Managers

Club Managers ADO Den Haag Ernst Happel AFC Ajax Rinus Michels AZ '67 Wim Blokland DOS Co Stijger DWS Les Talbot Feyenoord Ben Peeters Fortuna Sittard Frans de Bruyn Go Ahead František Fadrhonc GVAV Ludwig Veg Holland Sport Cor van der Hart MVV Jung Schlangen NAC Breda Leo Canjels N.E.C. Jan Remmers PSV Eindhoven Kurt Linder Sparta Rotterdam Wiel Coerver Telstar Piet de Visser FC Twente Kees Rijvers FC Volendam Ron Dellow

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Feijenoord	34	26	5	3	73	21	+52	57	Qualified for 1969–70 European Cup.
2	AFC Ajax	34	25	4	5	90	34	+56	54	Qualified for 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
3	FC Twente	34	21	5	8	69	38	+31	47
4	Go Ahead	34	19	7	8	63	34	+29	45
5	PSV Eindhoven	34	17	10	7	54	36	+18	44	Qualified for 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.
6	ADO Den Haag	34	12	13	9	45	37	+8	37
7	NAC	34	10	15	9	50	48	+2	35
8	Sparta Rotterdam	34	11	12	11	45	33	+12	34
9	DWS	34	13	8	13	42	41	+1	34
10	Holland Sport	34	12	9	13	32	45	−13	33
11	GVAV	34	8	12	14	32	48	−16	28
12	NEC	34	9	9	16	29	38	−9	27
13	MVV Maastricht	34	7	12	15	34	46	−12	26
14	Telstar	34	7	10	17	33	65	−32	24
15	FC Volendam	34	6	11	17	24	45	−21	23	Relegation play-off as level on points.
16	AZ '67	34	5	13	16	27	53	−26	23
17	DOS	34	7	9	18	37	74	−37	23
18	Fortuna SC	34	3	12	19	18	61	−43	18	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJA	AZ	DOS	DWA	FEY	FOR	GOA	GVA	HOL	MVV	NAC	NEC	PSV	SPA	TEL	TWE	VOL
ADO		2–5	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	4–0
Ajax	1–0		4–0	7–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	4–3	6–0	2–2	2–1	8–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	9–2	2–0	2–0
AZ '67	1–1	0–3		2–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0
DOS	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–2	0–3	1–2	0–4	1–0	4–1	2–2	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–5	0–0
DWS/A	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		0–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–1
Feijenoord	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0		5–0	4–0	3–0	6–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–0
Fortuna SC	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–4	1–1
Go Ahead	2–1	2–1	5–0	7–0	2–1	3–1	2–0		3–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–0
GVAV	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1		1–0	3–0	4–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–4	0–0
Holland Sport	1–3	0–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1
MVV	1–2	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0		1–2	0–0	2–4	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
NAC	0–1	0–2	6–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0		2–0	2–2	1–0	4–4	0–0	3–0
N.E.C.	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–0
PSV	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2
Sparta	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–3	0–3	2–3		2–0	0–0	1–1
Telstar	1–1	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1		4–2	2–0
FC Twente	2–0	5–1	1–0	3–2	4–1	0–1	3–0	4–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	2–1		1–0
Volendam	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–5	3–1	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Since FC Volendam, AZ '67 and DOS had an equal number of points at the end of the competition, extra matches were played.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	DOS	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	3
2	AZ '67	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	FC Volendam	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Source: rsssf.com

See also

• 1968–69 Eerste Divisie
• 1968–69 Tweede Divisie