2020–21 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season2020–21
Dates28 August 2020 – 12 May 2021
ChampionsSC Cambuur
PromotedSC Cambuur
Go Ahead Eagles
N.E.C.
RelegatedNone
Matches played380
Goals scored1,228 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Mühren
(38 goals)
Biggest home winFC Den Bosch 7–0 Roda JC Kerkrade
(23 April 2021)
Biggest away winHelmond Sport 0–7 N.E.C.
(5 March 2021)
Highest scoringExcelsior 4–6 Almere City
(6 September 2020)
Jong AZ 7–3 De Graafschap
(21 September 2020)
Longest winning run8 matches
SC Cambuur
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
NAC Breda
FC Volendam
Longest winless run20 matches
FC Den Bosch
Longest losing run7 matches
FC Dordrecht

The 2020–21 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-fifth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 28 August 2020, and came to an end on 12 May 2021.

Relegation for reserve teams

On 1 August 2020, the KNVB detailed on its website in what scenarios the reserve teams in the league would have been relegated from the Eerste Divisie.[1] However, on 24 February 2021, the KNVB eventually discontinued category A senior competitions in this season, including Tweede Divisie, thus no reserves would be relegated.[2]

Relegation to the Tweede Divisie

  • No reserve team from the Eerste Divisie could have been relegated to the Tweede Divisie if the lowest classified reserves team in the Eerste Divisie was to be in the top 10.
  • If the lowest classified reserve team in the Eerste Divisie finished between 11th through 18th and the highest classified reserve team in the Tweede Divisie finished first, the two teams were to play each other in a two-legged tie to decide which team would have played in the Eerste Divisie the next season and which team would have played in the Tweede Divisie.
  • If the lowest classified reserves in the Eerste Divisie finished 19th or 20th and the highest classified reserves in the Tweede Divisie finished first or second, the lowest classified team from the Eerste Divisie was to be relegated to the Tweede Divisie while the highest classified reserves in the Tweede Divisie was to be promoted to the Eerste Divisie.
  • If a reserve team played in the Eerste Divisie and the first team was to be relegated from the Eredivisie to the Eerste Divisie, the reserves were to be automatically relegated to the Tweede Divisie. In case this reserve team was to finish between first through third in the final ranking of reserves, the fourth-placed team would have not been relegated.

Teams

A total of 20 teams are taking part in the league. On 24 April 2020, the 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[3] As a result, there was no promotion or relegation for the 2019–20 season, and the same teams are competing in the 2020–21 season.

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Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2020–21
Club Location Venue Capacity
Almere City FC Almere Yanmar Stadion 04,501
SC Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuurstadion 10,250
De Graafschap Doetinchem Stadion De Vijverberg 12,600
FC Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Stadion De Vliert 08,713
FC Dordrecht Dordrecht Riwal Hoogwerkers Stadion 04,235
FC Eindhoven Eindhoven Jan Louwers Stadion 04,600
Excelsior Rotterdam Van Donge & De Roo Stadion 04,500
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer De Adelaarshorst 10,000
Helmond Sport Helmond SolarUnie Stadion 04,174
Jong Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst
Johan Cruijff ArenA 		02,050
53,502
Jong AZ Alkmaar AFAS Trainingscomplex
AFAS Stadion 		00,200
17,023
Jong PSV Eindhoven PSV Campus De Herdgang
Philips Stadion
Jan Louwers Stadion 		02,500
36,500
04,600
Jong FC Utrecht Utrecht Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch
Stadion Galgenwaard 		00,550
23,750
MVV Maastricht Maastricht Stadion De Geusselt 10,000
NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 19,000
N.E.C. Nijmegen Goffertstadion 12,500
Roda JC Kerkrade Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
Telstar Velsen Rabobank IJmond Stadion 03,060
TOP Oss Oss Frans Heesenstadion 04,560
FC Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 07,384

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Almere City FC Netherlands Jeroen Rijsdijk (ad int.) Craft Sens Online Solutions
SC Cambuur Netherlands Henk de Jong Craft Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
De Graafschap Netherlands Mike Snoei Hummel AgriBioSource
FC Den Bosch Netherlands Jack de Gier Masita Timmermans Infra
FC Dordrecht Netherlands Jan Zoutman Jartazi Keukenwarenhuis.nl
FC Eindhoven Netherlands Ernie Brandts Nike VDL Groep
Excelsior Netherlands Marinus Dijkhuizen Quick DSW Zorgverzekeraar
Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands Kees van Wonderen Stanno Jumper de Diersuper
Helmond Sport Netherlands Wil Boessen Saller Heel Helmond Sport
Jong Ajax Netherlands Mitchell van der Gaag Adidas Ziggo
Jong AZ Netherlands Michel Vonk Under Armour AFAS Software
Jong PSV Netherlands Peter Uneken Umbro Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
Jong FC Utrecht Netherlands Ab Plugboer [nl] (ad int.) Nike T-Mobile
MVV Maastricht Bosnia and Herzegovina Darije Kalezić Masita
NAC Breda Netherlands Maurice Steijn Legea OK Tankstations
N.E.C. Netherlands Rogier Meijer Legea De Klok Groep
Roda JC Kerkrade Netherlands Jurgen Streppel Legea Beleef Kerkrade
Telstar Netherlands Andries Jonker Robey
TOP Oss Netherlands Klaas Wels Stanno Hendriks Bouw en Ontwikkeling
FC Volendam Netherlands Wim Jonk Jako HSB Bouw

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 SC Cambuur[a] (C, P) 38 29 5 4 109 36 +73 92 Champion and promotion to the Eredivisie
2 Go Ahead Eagles (P) 38 23 8 7 62 25 +37 77 Promotion to the Eredivisie
3 De Graafschap[b] 38 23 8 7 67 47 +20 77 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Almere City FC 38 22 9 7 75 48 +27 75
5 NAC Breda 38 22 7 9 75 41 +34 73
6 FC Volendam 38 19 9 10 79 52 +27 66
7 N.E.C. (O, P) 38 20 6 12 68 45 +23 66
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 15 12 11 67 61 +6 57
9 Excelsior 38 14 6 18 65 66 −1 48
10 TOP Oss 38 13 8 17 40 57 −17 47
11 MVV Maastricht 38 13 7 18 50 72 −22 46
12 Helmond Sport 38 11 12 15 51 68 −17 45
13 Telstar 38 10 11 17 57 61 −4 41
14 Jong PSV 38 10 10 18 54 65 −11 40 Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the 2021–22 Eredivisie
15 FC Eindhoven 38 10 10 18 50 62 −12 40
16 Jong Ajax 38 10 10 18 55 71 −16 40 Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the 2021–22 Eredivisie
17 Jong AZ 38 11 5 22 56 92 −36 38
18 Jong FC Utrecht 38 11 2 25 53 77 −24 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 8 8 22 59 85 −26 32
20 FC Dordrecht 38 8 3 27 36 97 −61 27
Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
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)[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Winner of the First, Second and Fourth Period (rounds 1–9, 10–19 and 29–38).
  2. ^ Winner of the Third Period (rounds 20–28).


Period tables

Period 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SC Cambuur 9 7 1 1 33 8 +25 22 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 De Graafschap 9 7 1 1 20 12 +8 22
3 Almere City FC 9 6 3 0 19 8 +11 21
4 NAC Breda 9 6 0 3 18 10 +8 18
5 N.E.C. 9 5 1 3 18 10 +8 16
6 FC Volendam 9 4 3 2 23 11 +12 15
7 Telstar 9 4 3 2 18 13 +5 15
8 Jong Ajax 9 5 0 4 19 17 +2 15 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
9 Excelsior 9 4 1 4 19 16 +3 13
10 Roda JC Kerkrade 9 3 3 3 17 14 +3 12
11 Go Ahead Eagles 9 3 3 3 10 8 +2 12
12 FC Eindhoven 9 3 3 3 13 18 −5 12
13 TOP Oss 9 3 2 4 9 14 −5 11
14 Jong PSV 9 3 1 5 15 20 −5 10 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15 MVV Maastricht 9 2 2 5 10 22 −12 8
16 FC Den Bosch 9 2 1 6 10 19 −9 7
17 Helmond Sport 9 2 1 6 6 16 −10 7
18 Jong AZ 9 2 1 6 18 31 −13 7 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19 Jong FC Utrecht 9 2 0 7 11 21 −10 6
20 FC Dordrecht 9 1 2 6 7 25 −18 5
Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored


Period 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SC Cambuur 10 8 0 2 25 10 +15 24 Period 1 winner
2 Almere City FC 10 7 2 1 23 14 +9 23 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Go Ahead Eagles 10 6 2 2 14 7 +7 20
4 Jong FC Utrecht 10 6 1 3 19 14 +5 19 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
5 NAC Breda 10 5 3 2 17 7 +10 18
6 FC Volendam 10 5 3 2 21 12 +9 18
7 N.E.C. 10 5 3 2 18 15 +3 18
8 De Graafschap 10 5 1 4 18 16 +2 16
9 FC Eindhoven 10 4 3 3 19 16 +3 15
10 Helmond Sport 10 3 5 2 18 16 +2 14
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 10 3 5 2 12 12 0 14
12 TOP Oss 10 4 2 4 7 10 −3 14
13 Telstar 10 4 1 5 16 15 +1 13
14 Jong PSV 10 2 3 5 15 18 −3 9 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15 Jong Ajax 10 1 5 4 14 20 −6 8
16 MVV Maastricht 10 2 2 6 12 22 −10 8
17 Jong AZ 10 2 2 6 7 17 −10 8 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18 Excelsior 10 2 1 7 15 19 −4 7
19 FC Dordrecht 10 2 0 8 11 26 −15 6
20 FC Den Bosch 10 0 4 6 9 24 −15 4
Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored


Period 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 De Graafschap 9 8 1 0 19 8 +11 25 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 NAC Breda 9 7 2 0 22 10 +12 23
3 Go Ahead Eagles 9 7 1 1 17 3 +14 22
4 SC Cambuur 9 6 3 0 19 4 +15 21 Period 1 & 2 winner
5 N.E.C. 9 6 1 2 21 6 +15 19
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 9 6 1 2 25 15 +10 19
7 Excelsior 9 5 1 3 19 14 +5 16
8 MVV Maastricht 9 5 1 3 10 10 0 16
9 Almere City FC 9 5 0 4 21 16 +5 15
10 FC Volendam 9 4 2 3 18 16 +2 14
11 FC Dordrecht 9 3 1 5 9 19 −10 10
12 Helmond Sport 9 2 3 4 14 19 −5 9
13 Jong Ajax 9 2 2 5 12 19 −7 8 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
14 FC Den Bosch 9 2 2 5 14 23 −9 8
15 Jong AZ 9 2 2 5 15 27 −12 8 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
16 Telstar 9 1 3 5 11 15 −4 6
17 TOP Oss 9 2 0 7 14 24 −10 6
18 Jong PSV 9 1 2 6 7 19 −12 5 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19 Jong FC Utrecht 9 1 0 8 8 19 −11 3
20 FC Eindhoven 9 0 2 7 6 15 −9 2
Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored


Period 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SC Cambuur 10 8 1 1 32 14 +18 25 Period 1 & 2 winner
2 Go Ahead Eagles 10 7 2 1 21 7 +14 23 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 FC Volendam 10 6 1 3 17 13 +4 19
4 Jong PSV 10 4 4 2 17 8 +9 16 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
5 Almere City FC 10 4 4 2 12 10 +2 16
6 TOP Oss 10 4 4 2 10 9 +1 16
7 Jong AZ 10 5 0 5 16 17 −1 15 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
8 Helmond Sport 10 4 3 3 13 17 −4 15
9 NAC Breda 10 4 2 4 18 14 +4 14
10 MVV Maastricht 10 4 2 4 18 18 0 14
11 De Graafschap 10 3 5 2 10 11 −1 14 Period 3 winner
12 FC Den Bosch 10 4 1 5 26 19 +7 13
13 N.E.C. 10 4 1 5 11 14 −3 13
14 Excelsior 10 3 3 4 12 17 −5 12
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 10 3 3 4 13 20 −7 12
16 FC Eindhoven 10 3 2 5 12 13 −1 11
17 Jong Ajax 10 2 3 5 10 15 −5 9 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18 Telstar 10 1 4 5 12 18 −6 7
19 Jong FC Utrecht 10 2 1 7 15 23 −8 7 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
20 FC Dordrecht 10 2 0 8 9 27 −18 6
Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored


Fixtures/results

Home \ Away ALM CAM DBO DOR EIN EXC GAE GRA HEL JAJ JAZ JPS JUT MVV NAC NEC RJC TEL TOP VOL
Almere City FC 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2
SC Cambuur 7–2 3–1 5–0 3–0 7–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–3 2–0 5–1 5–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–1
FC Den Bosch 1–1 3–5 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 2–3 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 7–0 4–1 1–0 1–5
FC Dordrecht 2–2 0–1 2–6 1–5 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–2 0–5 1–0 1–3 0–0
FC Eindhoven 1–3 2–5 1–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 4–0 2–4 0–1 3–3 2–3 0–0 1–1
Excelsior 4–6 0–1 4–4 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 5–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–3
Go Ahead Eagles 3–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 5–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–3 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3
De Graafschap 2–2 0–2 4–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–5
Helmond Sport 2–1 1–5 4–0 5–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–7 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1
Jong Ajax 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 3–2 4–3 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–1
Jong AZ 2–5 2–4 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 0–3 7–3 2–2 2–1 1–4 3–2 3–3 2–3 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–6
Jong PSV 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–6 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1
Jong FC Utrecht 1–3 1–3 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–6 0–1 0–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–3
MVV Maastricht 2–0 1–7 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–5 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–4 2–0 3–0 2–2
NAC Breda 4–0 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–2 4–0 6–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–0
N.E.C. 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 6–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Roda JC Kerkrade 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 0–3 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–1
Telstar 2–3 1–2 6–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 5–2 3–1 1–1 2–2
TOP Oss 2–4 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–0 6–0 3–2 0–4 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–0
FC Volendam 2–2 0–3 6–0 7–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–4 5–1 3–2 2–1 5–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–4 2–0 1–1
Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Robert Mühren SC Cambuur 38
2 Iceland Elías Már Ómarsson Excelsior 22
3 Netherlands Thomas Verheydt Almere City 20
Netherlands Jizz Hornkamp FC Den Bosch
5 Suriname Jeredy Hilterman Jong FC Utrecht 19
Netherlands Glynor Plet Telstar
7 Italy Samuele Mulattieri FC Volendam 18
8 Netherlands Sydney van Hooijdonk NAC Breda 15
9 Netherlands Ralf Seuntjens De Graafschap 14
10 Netherlands Mounir El Allouchi NAC Breda 13

References

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