2012–13 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season2012–13
Dates10 August 2012 – 5 May 2013
ChampionsAjax (32nd title)
RelegatedWillem II
VVV-Venlo
Champions LeagueAjax
PSV
Europa LeagueFeyenoord
Vitesse Arnhem
AZ
Utrecht
Matches played306
Goals scored964 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorerWilfried Bony
(31 goals)
Biggest home winPSV 7–0 ADO Den Haag
Biggest away winVVV 0–6 PSV
Highest scoringHeracles Almelo 6–3 Heerenveen
Longest winning run8 games
PSV
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Ajax
Longest winless run10 games
NEC
Longest losing run6 games
VVV-Venlo
Total attendance4,596,704[1]
Average attendance18,838[1]

The 2012–13 Eredivisie was the 57th season of Eredivisie, since its establishment in 1955. It began on 10 August 2012 with the first match of the season and ended on 26 May 2013, with the last matches of the European competition and relegation play-offs.[2] This is the first time VAR has been used for testing.[3]

Teams

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Location of teams in Eredivisie 2012–13

A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2011–12 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2011–12 Eerste Divisie champions.

Club Location Venue Capacity
ADO Den Haag The Hague Kyocera Stadion 15,000
Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam Arena 52,651
AZ Alkmaar AFAS Stadion 17,023
Feyenoord Rotterdam Stadion Feijenoord 51,177
Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,550
Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,100
Heracles Almelo Polman Stadion 8,500
NAC Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,005
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500
PEC Zwolle[4] Zwolle IJsseldelta Stadion 11,324
PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,000
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,508
Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 18,936
Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 30,014
Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 23,750
Vitesse Arnhem Arnhem GelreDome 25,000
VVV-Venlo Venlo De Koel 8,000
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,500

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 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag Netherlands Maurice Steijn Netherlands Danny Holla Erreà Basic-Fit Fitness
Ajax Netherlands Frank de Boer Netherlands Siem de Jong adidas Aegon
AZ Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek Netherlands Nick Viergever Macron AFAS software
Feyenoord Netherlands Ronald Koeman Netherlands Stefan de Vrij Puma ASR
Groningen Netherlands Robert Maaskant Netherlands Kees Kwakman Klupp Essent
Heerenveen Netherlands Marco van Basten Netherlands Ramon Zomer Jako Univé
Heracles Netherlands Peter Bosz Ghana Kwame Quansah Erima TenCate
NAC Serbia Nebojša Gudelj Netherlands Jelle ten Rouwelaar Patrick SunWeb
NEC Netherlands Alex Pastoor Hungary Gábor Babos Jako Scholten Awater
PEC Zwolle Netherlands Art Langeler Netherlands Arne Slot Patrick Beaphar
PSV Netherlands Dick Advocaat Netherlands Mark van Bommel Nike Philips
RKC Waalwijk Netherlands Erwin Koeman Netherlands Ard van Peppen Nike Mandemakens Keukens
Roda JC Netherlands Ruud Brood Syria Sanharib Malki Lotto Toverland
Twente Netherlands Alfred Schreuder (caretaker) Netherlands Wout Brama Nike Arke
Utrecht Netherlands Jan Wouters Ghana Nana Akwasi Asare hummel HealthCity
Vitesse Netherlands Fred Rutten Georgia (country) Guram Kashia Nike —
VVV-Venlo Netherlands Ton Lokhoff Netherlands Jeffrey Leiwakabessy Masita Seacon Logistics
Willem II Netherlands Jurgen Streppel Netherlands Hans Mulder Macron Pondres

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
SC Heerenveen Netherlands Ron Jans End of contract 1 July 2012[5] Pre-season Netherlands Marco van Basten 1 July 2012[6]
Roda JC Kerkrade Belgium Harm van Veldhoven End of contract 1 July 2012[7] Pre-season Netherlands Ruud Brood 1 July 2012[8]
RKC Waalwijk Netherlands Ruud Brood Signed by Roda JC Kerkrade 1 July 2012[8] Pre-season Netherlands Erwin Koeman 1 July 2012[9]
PSV Netherlands Phillip Cocu End of interim spell 1 July 2012[10] Pre-season Netherlands Dick Advocaat 1 July 2012[11]
FC Groningen Netherlands Pieter Huistra Sacked 10 May 2012[12] Pre-season Netherlands Robert Maaskant 1 July 2012[13]
Vitesse Arnhem Netherlands John van den Brom Signed by Anderlecht 1 July 2012[14] Pre-season Netherlands Fred Rutten 1 July 2012[15]
NAC Breda Netherlands John Karelse Sacked 23 October 2012[16] 17th Netherlands Adri Bogers (caretaker) 23 October 2012
NAC Breda Netherlands Adri Bogers End of caretaker spell 21 November 2012[17] 15th Serbia Nebojša Gudelj 21 November 2012
FC Twente England Steve McClaren Resigned 26 February 2013[18] 5th Netherlands Alfred Schreuder (caretaker) 26 February 2013

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax (C) 34 22 10 2 83 31 +52 76 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 PSV 34 22 3 9 103 43 +60 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Feyenoord 34 21 6 7 64 38 +26 69 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Vitesse Arnhem 34 19 7 8 68 42 +26 64 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Utrecht (O) 34 19 6 9 55 41 +14 63 Qualification to European competition play-offs
6 Twente 34 17 11 6 60 33 +27 62
7 Groningen 34 12 7 15 36 53 −17 43
8 Heerenveen 34 11 9 14 50 63 −13 42
9 ADO Den Haag 34 9 13 12 49 63 −14 40
10 AZ 34 10 9 15 56 54 +2 39 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
11 PEC Zwolle 34 10 9 15 42 55 −13 39
12 Heracles Almelo 34 9 11 14 58 71 −13 38
13 NAC Breda 34 10 8 16 40 56 −16 38
14 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 10 15 39 48 −9 37
15 NEC Nijmegen 34 10 7 17 44 66 −22 37
16 Roda JC (O) 34 7 12 15 51 69 −18 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 VVV-Venlo (R) 34 6 10 18 33 62 −29 28
18 Willem II (R) 34 5 8 21 33 76 −43 23 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. ^ AZ qualified for the play-off of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 KNVB Cup.

Results

Home \ Away ADO AJX AZ FEY GRO HEE HER NAC NEC PEC PSV RKC RJC TWE UTR VIT VVV WIL
ADO Den Haag 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–6 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–0
Ajax 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 5–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 5–0
AZ 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–3 3–3 4–0 0–3 6–0 4–1 1–2 0–0
Feyenoord 3–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 6–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0
Groningen 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–2 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–1
Heerenveen 1–3 2–2 0–4 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–4 2–1 2–4 2–1 2–2 3–2
Heracles 3–3 3–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 6–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–5 4–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–5 1–1 4–1
NAC Breda 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–6 2–1 5–3 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 4–0
N.E.C. 1–1 1–6 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0
PEC Zwolle 4–2 2–4 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0
PSV Eindhoven 7–0 2–3 5–1 3–0 5–2 5–1 4–0 4–0 4–2 1–3 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–2
RKC Waalwijk 4–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–2 1–1 0–0
Roda JC 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 3–0 3–0
Twente 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 5–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–1
Utrecht 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1
Vitesse Arnhem 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1
VVV-Venlo 2–4 0–3 1–4 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 2–2 0–2 0–6 1–0 2–4 2–2 1–3 3–1 4–1
Willem II 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–3 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–6 1–5 0–2 1–0
Source: Eredivisie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

European competition

The teams placed fifth through eighth competed in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. Teams on the left played the first leg at home.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 16 May 2013, while the return legs were played on 19 May 2013.[19]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Groningen 2–4 Twente 0–1 2–3
SC Heerenveen 1–3 Utrecht 0–1 1–2

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Twente 2–3 Utrecht 0–2 2–1

Relegation

Roda JC and VVV-Venlo joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the play-offs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Dordrecht 3–6 Go Ahead Eagles 3–3 0–3
De Graafschap 5–2 Fortuna Sittard 2–1 3–1

Round 2

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles 4–0 VVV-Venlo 1–0 3–0
MVV Maastricht 1–4 FC Volendam 0–1 1–3
Helmond Sport 3–5 Sparta Rotterdam 2–4 1–1
De Graafschap 2–7 Roda JC 1–1 1–6

Round 3

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles 3–1 FC Volendam 3–0 0–1
Sparta Rotterdam 1–2 Roda JC 0–0 1–2

Season statistics

Top scorers

Wilfried Bony
Rank Player Club Goals[20]
1 Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony Vitesse Arnhem 31
2 Italy Graziano Pellè Feyenoord 27
3 Iceland Alfreð Finnbogason Heerenveen 24
4 United States Jozy Altidore AZ 23
5 Syria Sanharib Malki Roda JC 17
6 Belgium Dries Mertens PSV 16
7 Netherlands Jeremain Lens PSV 15
8 Zambia Jacob Mulenga Utrecht 14
Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum PSV 14
10 Netherlands Luc Castaignos Twente 13

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