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The Dutch Eredivisie has seen some of the world
greatest players grace its stadiums. However, in recent times it has
ceased to be the footballing super power of years gone by, with the
leagues best players being quickly snapped up by other members of
Europe's elite. This is not helped by the baffling structure of the
league; with three end of season play offs determining European
qualification and relegation.
League Structure:
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Champions qualify for Champions League
- Dutch Cup winners qualify for UEFA Cup
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Sides finishing 2nd - 5th contest play offs with the semi final
winners meeting in the final
- The winners of the final qualify for the Champions
League, whilst the runners up qualify for the UEFA Cup
- The two sides who lost in the semi finals play each other with the winner
qualifying for the UEFA Cup
- The losers play the winners of the play offs from the
sides finishing 6th - 9th for the final UEFA Cup place
- Sides
finishing 6th - 9th contest play offs - the winners of the semi final play
in the final
- The winners of this final meet the losers of the match
between the two
losing semi finalists from the 2nd - 5th placed play off
- The winners of this match qualify for the UEFA Cup,
whilst the
losers qualify for the Intertoto Cup
- Sides finishing 16th and 17th
enter into two groups of four with three other teams from the sides finishing 2nd - 7th in
the Dutch First Division
- The two group
winners are promoted/stay in the Eredivisie - whilst the six remaining teams
are relegated/stay in the Dutch First Division
- Bottom
side relegated
| Club |
Expectations |
Budget |
Star Players |
| Ajax |
Title Challenge |
8.75m |
Jaap Stam, Gabri, Edgar Davids, Klaas-Jan
Huntelaar, Urzaiz |
| PSV Eindhoven |
Title Challenge |
3.2m |
Gomes, Alcides (L), Slobodan Rajkovic(L),
Jefferson Farfan |
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| AZ Alkmaar |
European Qualification |
2.3m |
Sergio Romero, Ryan Donk, Demy de Zeeuw, Maarten
Martens |
| Feyenoord |
European Qualification |
4.3m |
Giovanni van Brockhorst, Kevin Hofland, Nuri Sahin
(L), Cheon-Soo Lee, Roy Makaay |
| Heerenveen |
European Qualification |
2.6m |
Niek Loohuis, Radoslaw Matusiak, Afonso Alves |
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| Groningen |
Mid Table |
1.1m |
Luciano, Gibril Sankoh, Ondrej Svejdik, Erik Nevland |
| Twente |
Mid Table |
900k |
Niels Oude Kamphuis, Orlando Engelaar, Blasie N'Kufo |
| Utrecht |
Mid Table |
1.5m |
Michel Vorm, Francis Dickoh, Lucian Sanmartean |
| Vitesse |
Mid Table |
1.6m |
Wilson Junior, Haim Magralishvili, Giovanny Espinoza,
Juan Lorca (L) |
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| De Graafschap |
Avoid Relegation |
1.2m |
Nicolas Alejandro Cinalli, Donny de Groot |
| Excelsior |
Avoid Relegation |
275k |
Arjan van Dijk, Ryan Koolwijk |
| Heracles |
Avoid Relegation |
275k |
Remko Pasveer, Everton, Srdjan Lakic (L) |
| NAC Breda |
Avoid Relegation |
950k |
Johan Jansen, Kurt Elshot, Matthew Amoah |
| NEC Nijmegen |
Avoid Relegation |
900k |
Gabor Babos, Jonas Olsson, Adam Hrepka |
| Roda |
Avoid Relegation |
2m |
Jan-Paul Saeijs, Roland Lamah (L), Jeanvion
Yulu-Matondo |
| Sparta Rotterdam |
Avoid Relegation |
700k |
Olaf Lindenbergh, Ayodele Adelaye |
| VVV Venlo |
Avoid Relegation |
450k |
Paul Ketelaers, Nordin Amrabat |
| Willem II |
Avoid Relegation |
750k |
Kenneth Vermeer (L), Ibrahim Kargbo, Jonathan Wilmet,
Mohammed Messoudi |
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