2022–23 Eerste Divisie - Misplaced Pages

67th season of the second-tier football league in Netherlands Football league season

Eerste Divisie
Season	2022 – 2023
Dates	August 2022 – May 2023
Champions	Heracles Almelo
Promoted	Heracles Almelo PEC Zwolle Almere City
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,166 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lennart Thy (23 goals)
Biggest home win	PEC Zwolle 13–0 Den Bosch (3 March 2023)
Biggest away win	Telstar 0–5 PEC Zwolle (12 August 2022) TOP Oss 0–5 PEC Zwolle (4 November 2022) TOP Oss 0–5 Almere City (28 April 2023)
Highest scoring	PEC Zwolle 13–0 Den Bosch (3 March 2023)
Longest winning run	9 matches PEC Zwolle
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches PEC Zwolle
Longest winless run	10 matches Jong Ajax
Longest losing run	6 matches Dordrecht Jong FC Utrecht
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, is the 67th season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956.

Teams

A total of 20 teams will take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2021–22 Eredivisie.

Willem II class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2022–23

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
Almere City	Almere	Yanmar Stadion	4,501
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	8,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	Matchoholic Stadion	4,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	12,600
Helmond Sport	Helmond	GS Staalwerken Stadion	4,100
Heracles Almelo	Almelo	Erve Asito	12,080
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	2,050
Jong AZ	Wijdewormer	AFAS Trainingscomplex	1,000
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	PSV Campus De Herdgang	2,500
Jong FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch	550
MVV Maastricht	Maastricht	Stadion De Geusselt	10,000
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
PEC Zwolle	Zwolle	MAC³PARK stadion	14,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Telstar	Velsen	BUKO Stadion	3,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	4,560
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion - De Koel	8,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,500

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
7	North Brabant	Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, Jong PSV, NAC Breda, TOP Oss, Willem II
3	Limburg	MVV Maastricht, Roda JC Kerkrade, VVV-Venlo
3	North Holland	Jong Ajax, Jong AZ, Telstar
2	Overijssel	Heracles Almelo, PEC Zwolle
2	South Holland	ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht
1	Flevoland	Almere City
	Gelderland	De Graafschap
	Utrecht	Jong FC Utrecht

Personnel

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	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Dick Advocaat	Boy Kemper	Hommerson Casino
Almere City	Alex Pastoor	Tim Receveur	SenS Online Solutions
Den Bosch	Tomasz Kaczmarek	Wouter van der Steen	D-Reizen
Dordrecht	Michele Santoni	Jari Schuurman	Keukenwarenhuis.nl
Eindhoven	Rob Penders	Mawouna Amevor	VDL Groep
De Graafschap	Richard Roelofsen (a.i.)	Ted van de Pavert	AgriBioSource
Helmond Sport	Bob Peeters	Robin van der Meer	Vescom
Heracles Almelo	John Lammers	Justin Hoogma	Asito
Jong Ajax	Dave Vos	Youri Regeer	Ziggo
Jong AZ	Maarten Martens	Joey Jacobs	Kansino
Jong PSV	Adil Ramzi	Shurandy Sambo	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
Jong FC Utrecht	Darije Kalezić	Yuya Ikeshita	T-Mobile
MVV Maastricht	Maurice Verberne	Sven Blummel	SuperGame
NAC Breda	Peter Hyballa	Alex Plat	OK tankstations
PEC Zwolle	Dick Schreuder	Bram van Polen	VDK Groep
Roda JC Kerkrade	Remond Strijbosch (a.i.)	Richard Jensen	Flow Traders Foundation
Telstar	Mike Snoei	Glynor Plet	BUKO
TOP Oss	Klaas Wels	Rick Stuy van den Herik	Hendriks Bouw en Ontwikkeling
VVV-Venlo	Rick Kruys	Sven Braken	Seacon
Willem II	Reinier Robbemond	Pol Llonch	DESTIL

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
ADO Den Haag	Giovanni Franken	End of contract	30 June 2022	Pre-season	Dirk Kuyt	1 July 2022
De Graafschap	Jan Vreman	End of interim spell			Adrie Poldervaart
Heracles Almelo	René Kolmschot	End of interim spell			John Lammers
Jong PSV	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Signed by PSV Eindhoven			Adil Ramzi
NAC Breda	Edwin de Graaf	End of contract			Robert Molenaar
Telstar	Andries Jonker				Mike Snoei
TOP Oss	Bob Peeters				Kristof Aelbrecht
VVV-Venlo	Jos Luhukay	Mutual consent			Rick Kruys
Helmond Sport	Sven Swinnen	Mutual consent	25 October 2022	19th	Tim Bakens (a.i.)	25 October 2022
ADO Den Haag	Dirk Kuyt	Sacked	24 November 2022	17th	Dick Advocaat	28 November 2022
Willem II	Kevin Hofland	Sacked	12 December 2022	8th	Reinier Robbemond	12 December 2022
Roda JC Kerkrade	Jurgen Streppel	Signed by Helmond Sport	15 December 2022	9th	Remond Strijbosch (a.i.)	16 December 2022
Helmond Sport	Tim Bakens (a.i.)	End of interim spell	23 December 2022	17th	Bob Peeters	23 December 2022
TOP Oss	Kristof Aelbrecht	Sacked	23 December 2022	19th	Marcel van der Sloot (a.i.)	23 December 2022
NAC Breda	Robert Molenaar	Sacked	27 December 2022	14th	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)	27 December 2022
Jong Ajax	John Heitinga	Signed by Ajax	27 January 2023	15th	Dave Vos	15 February 2023
NAC Breda	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)	End of interim spell	18 January 2023	12th	Peter Hyballa	21 January 2023
De Graafschap	Adrie Poldervaart	Health issues	6 February 2023	14th	Richard Roelofsen (a.i.)	6 February 2023
TOP Oss	Marcel van der Sloot (a.i.)	End of interim spell	8 February 2023	19th	Klaas Wels	8 February 2023
Den Bosch	Jack de Gier	Sacked	6 March 2023	18th	William van Overbeek (a.i.)	6 March 2023
Den Bosch	William van Overbeek (a.i.)	End of interim spell	10 April 2023	19th	Tomasz Kaczmarek	10 April 2023

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Heracles Almelo (C, P)	38	27	4	7	103	42	+61	85	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	PEC Zwolle (P)	38	27	4	7	99	43	+56	85	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	Almere City (O, P)	38	21	7	10	58	41	+17	70	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Willem II	38	19	11	8	68	40	+28	68
5	MVV Maastricht	38	18	5	15	65	65	0	59
6	NAC Breda	38	18	5	15	64	64	0	59
7	VVV-Venlo	38	16	10	12	56	51	+5	58
8	Eindhoven	38	16	10	12	58	54	+4	58
9	Telstar	38	14	11	13	39	52	−13	53
10	De Graafschap	38	15	7	16	64	54	+10	52
11	Jong AZ	38	14	9	15	60	58	+2	51	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
12	ADO Den Haag	38	13	12	13	51	57	−6	51
13	Jong Ajax	38	12	10	16	69	72	−3	46	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
14	Jong PSV	38	12	9	17	59	63	−4	45
15	Roda JC Kerkrade	38	12	7	19	49	59	−10	43
16	Helmond Sport	38	11	10	17	39	57	−18	43
17	TOP Oss	38	10	7	21	45	76	−31	37
18	Dordrecht	38	9	8	21	41	68	−27	35
19	Den Bosch	38	10	5	23	46	85	−39	35
20	Jong FC Utrecht	38	7	7	24	33	65	−32	28	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie

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)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Winner of the First and Fourth Period (Rounds 1–10 and 29–38)
Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 11–19)
Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 20–28)

Period tables

Period 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Heracles Almelo	10	8	1	1	27	12	+15	25	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	PEC Zwolle	10	6	2	2	24	14	+10	20
3	MVV Maastricht	10	6	2	2	20	17	+3	20
4	Eindhoven	10	5	4	1	18	9	+9	19
5	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	5	3	2	20	13	+7	18
6	VVV-Venlo	10	5	2	3	17	19	−2	17
7	Jong AZ	10	5	1	4	20	14	+6	16	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
8	Almere City	10	5	1	4	14	13	+1	16
9	Willem II	10	4	3	3	14	12	+2	15
10	NAC Breda	10	4	2	4	13	16	−3	14
11	Jong Ajax	10	3	3	4	16	15	+1	12	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	Jong PSV	10	3	3	4	12	17	−5	12
13	Telstar	10	3	3	4	10	16	−6	12
14	Dordrecht	10	3	2	5	12	14	−2	11
15	ADO Den Haag	10	3	2	5	12	17	−5	11
16	TOP Oss	10	3	1	6	12	16	−4	10
17	Helmond Sport	10	3	0	7	9	14	−5	9
18	Den Bosch	10	3	0	7	13	19	−6	9
19	De Graafschap	10	2	2	6	13	19	−6	8
20	Jong FC Utrecht	10	1	3	6	8	18	−10	6	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

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	PEC Zwolle	9	8	0	1	22	8	+14	24	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Heracles Almelo	9	6	1	2	29	11	+18	19	Period 1 winner
3	Almere City	9	5	1	3	16	12	+4	16
4	Willem II	9	4	3	2	14	9	+5	15
5	VVV-Venlo	9	4	3	2	12	8	+4	15
6	Jong AZ	9	4	3	2	13	10	+3	15	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
7	MVV Maastricht	9	4	2	3	16	14	+2	14
8	De Graafschap	9	4	2	3	15	13	+2	14
9	Eindhoven	9	4	2	3	13	15	−2	14
10	Telstar	9	3	4	2	12	12	0	13
11	Jong PSV	9	3	3	3	19	14	+5	12	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	Jong Ajax	9	2	5	2	18	18	0	11
13	Den Bosch	9	3	1	5	14	18	−4	10
14	NAC Breda	9	3	1	5	12	16	−4	10
15	Helmond Sport	9	3	1	5	6	18	−12	10
16	Jong FC Utrecht	9	3	0	6	11	14	−3	9	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	ADO Den Haag	9	2	3	4	9	13	−4	9
18	Dordrecht	9	2	2	5	11	22	−11	8
19	TOP Oss	9	2	1	6	7	17	−10	7
20	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	2	0	7	8	15	−7	6

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	Almere City	9	6	2	1	10	4	+6	20	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	PEC Zwolle	9	6	1	2	32	10	+22	19	Period 2 winner
3	NAC Breda	9	6	1	2	22	14	+8	19
4	ADO Den Haag	9	5	3	1	13	10	+3	18
5	De Graafschap	9	5	2	2	18	6	+12	17
6	Heracles Almelo	9	5	1	3	22	9	+13	16	Period 1 winner
7	VVV-Venlo	9	5	1	3	15	10	+5	16
8	Willem II	9	4	2	3	18	12	+6	14
9	Telstar	9	4	2	3	6	11	−5	14
10	Helmond Sport	9	3	4	2	11	11	0	13
11	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	4	1	4	10	11	−1	13
12	TOP Oss	9	4	1	4	14	16	−2	13
13	Eindhoven	9	4	0	5	11	16	−5	12
14	Jong AZ	9	2	3	4	15	22	−7	9	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	Jong PSV	9	2	2	5	12	17	−5	8
16	Den Bosch	9	2	2	5	10	32	−22	8
17	Dordrecht	9	2	1	6	8	12	−4	7
18	MVV Maastricht	9	2	1	6	16	21	−5	7
19	Jong FC Utrecht	9	1	2	6	8	17	−9	5	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
20	Jong Ajax	9	1	2	6	11	21	−10	5

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	Heracles Almelo	10	8	1	1	25	10	+15	25	Period 1 winner
2	Willem II	10	7	3	0	22	7	+15	24	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	PEC Zwolle	10	7	1	2	21	11	+10	22	Period 2 winner
4	Jong Ajax	10	6	0	4	24	18	+6	18	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
5	Almere City	10	5	3	2	18	12	+6	18	Period 3 winner
6	MVV Maastricht	10	6	0	4	13	13	0	18
7	NAC Breda	10	5	1	4	17	18	−1	16
8	Telstar	10	4	2	4	11	13	−2	14
9	De Graafschap	10	4	1	5	18	16	+2	13
10	Eindhoven	10	3	4	3	16	14	+2	13
11	Jong PSV	10	4	1	5	16	15	+1	13	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	ADO Den Haag	10	3	4	3	17	17	0	13
13	Jong AZ	10	3	2	5	12	12	0	11	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
14	Helmond Sport	10	2	5	3	13	14	−1	11
15	VVV-Venlo	10	2	4	4	12	14	−2	10
16	Dordrecht	10	2	3	5	10	20	−10	9
17	Den Bosch	10	2	2	6	9	16	−7	8
18	Jong FC Utrecht	10	2	2	6	6	16	−10	8	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19	TOP Oss	10	1	4	5	12	27	−15	7
20	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	1	3	6	11	20	−9	6

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	ADO	ALM	DBO	DOR	EIN	GRA	HEL	HER	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	NAC	PEC	RJC	TEL	TOP	VVV	WIL
ADO Den Haag		2–3	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–3	4–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–3	1–3
Almere City	4–1		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–3	1–0
Den Bosch	0–0	2–2		3–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	3–0	1–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–1	4–1	0–2	0–2
Dordrecht	0–1	0–1	2–1		4–0	0–4	0–0	1–3	3–4	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–2
Eindhoven	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–1		0–4	0–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	5–0	1–2	4–2	3–3	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–1
De Graafschap	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–2		2–0	5–3	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–3
Helmond Sport	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2		0–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–3
Heracles Almelo	4–0	1–1	3–2	8–1	3–0	3–2	2–0		2–0	2–0	3–0	6–1	2–2	5–1	0–3	1–0	7–0	3–0	5–3	1–1
Jong Ajax	4–2	0–2	4–4	4–1	1–1	5–1	0–1	4–0		1–2	5–4	1–2	4–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2
Jong AZ	0–2	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		2–3	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–3	2–2
Jong PSV	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	6–0	0–3	2–2	3–3		2–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	5–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	3–2
Jong FC Utrecht	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	0–2	0–1		3–0	4–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–0
MVV Maastricht	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–0		3–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–1	3–2
NAC Breda	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–6	5–1	2–1	3–1	4–1		0–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1
PEC Zwolle	1–2	3–2	13–0	4–0	5–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	0–1	2–0		3–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–2
Roda JC Kerkrade	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	1–2		1–2	1–1	4–1	2–2
Telstar	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	5–3	2–1	0–5	2–1		1–0	1–0	0–0
TOP Oss	2–3	0–5	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–3	2–2	1–5	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–5	3–0	2–1		1–2	1–3
VVV-Venlo	0–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–0
Willem II	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	5–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1

Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
ADO Den Haag	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W
Almere City	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W
Den Bosch	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L
Dordrecht	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D
Eindhoven	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D
De Graafschap	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W
Helmond Sport	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	L
Heracles Almelo	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Jong Ajax	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L
Jong AZ	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L
Jong PSV	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D
Jong FC Utrecht	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D
MVV Maastricht	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L
NAC Breda	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L
PEC Zwolle	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W
Roda JC Kerkrade	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D
Telstar	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W
TOP Oss	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	D
VVV-Venlo	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D
Willem II	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D

Source: Flashscore

Play-offs

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, EindhovenAttendance: 3,518Referee: 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, AlmereAttendance: 3,622Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

Almere City won 3–2 on aggregate.

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, VenloAttendance: 5,392Referee: 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, TilburgAttendance: 13,326Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

VVV-Venlo won 5–4 on aggregate.

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)21:00

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

Rat Verlegh Stadion, BredaAttendance: 14,361Referee: 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, MaastrichtAttendance: 8,223Referee: 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, VenloAttendance: 7,201Referee: 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, AlmereAttendance: 4,019Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

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

31 May 2023 (2023-05-31)18:45

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

Rat Verlegh Stadion, BredaAttendance: 18,596Referee: Joey Kooij 3 June 2023 (2023-06-03)20:00

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

De Oude Meerdijk, EmmenAttendance: 8,309Referee: 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, AlmereAttendance: 4,121Referee: 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, EmmenReferee: Allard Lindhout

Almere City won 4–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 19 May 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lennart Thy	PEC Zwolle	23
2	Dylan Vente	Roda JC Kerkrade	21
3	Samuel Armenteros	Heracles Almelo	17
4	Emil Hansson	Heracles Almelo	16
	Nikolai Laursen	Heracles Almelo
	Thomas van den Belt	PEC Zwolle
7	Ruben van Bommel	MVV Maastricht	15
7	Jason van Duiven	Jong PSV	15
9	Odysseus Velanas	NAC Breda	14
	Martijn Kaars	Helmond Sport
	Thomas Verheydt	ADO Den Haag
	Jeredy Hilterman	Almere City
	Younes Taha	PEC Zwolle

Top assists

As of 12 May 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Emil Hansson	Heracles Almelo	19
1	Koen Kostons	MVV Maastricht	19
3	Jort van der Sande	NAC Breda	10
3	Bart van Hintum	PEC Zwolle	10
5	Charles-Andreas Brym	Eindhoven	9
	Danny Verbeek	Den Bosch
	Christos Giousis	Telstar
	Alexander Büttner	De Graafschap
	Jarne Steuckers	MVV Maastricht
	Kristian Hlynsson	Jong Ajax

Clean sheets

As of 12 May 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Jasper Schendelaar	PEC Zwolle	15
1	Michael Brouwer	Heracles Almelo	15
3	Nordin Bakker	Almere City	13
4	Hidde Jurjus	De Graafschap	11
5	Kostas Lamprou	Willem II	10
	Ronald Koeman Jr.	Telstar
	Mike Havekotte	Helmond Sport
8	Liam Bossin	Dordrecht	9
9	Nigel Bertrams	Eindhoven	8
10	Thijs Jansen	TOP Oss	7

Discipline

As of 12 May 2023

Player

Most yellow cards: 10
- Niek Vossebelt (Roda JC Kerkrade)
Most red cards: 2

Club

Most yellow cards: 73
- Dordrecht
Most red cards: 7
- Eindhoven
- ADO Den Haag

References

"Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
Flashscore
^ "NOS Sport - Voetbal - Uitslagen". NOS.nl.

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