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Eerste Divisie
Season	2024–25
Dates	9 August 2024 – 9 May 2025
Matches played	176
Goals scored	526 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Henk Veerman Robert Mühren Zakaria Eddahchouri (11 goals each)
Biggest home win	Den Bosch 6–0 Jong AZ (16 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Vitesse 0–6 Cambuur (22 November 2024)
Highest scoring	De Graafschap 4–3 Volendam (11 August 2024) Jong AZ 6–1 Roda JC Kerkrade (12 August 2024) Jong FC Utrecht 4–3 MVV Maastricht (4 November 2024)
Longest winning run	5 matches Cambuur
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Volendam
Longest winless run	12 matches Jong FC Utrecht
Longest losing run	5 matches Eindhoven
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 7 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Eerste Divisie is the 69th season of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands since its establishment in 1956.

Teams

A total of 20 teams take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Eredivisie.

VVV class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 2024–25 Eerste Divisie

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Kooi Stadion [nl]	15,000
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	12,600
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	8,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	M-Scores Stadion	4,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	8,600
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	4,500
Helmond Sport	Helmond	GS Staalwerken Stadion	4,100
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	2,050
Jong AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Trainingscomplex	200
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	PSV Campus De Herdgang	2,500
Jong FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch	550
MVV Maastricht	Maastricht	Stadion De Geusselt	10,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Telstar	Velsen	BUKO Stadion	3,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	4,560
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	21,248
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	7,384
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion - De Koel	8,000

Number of teams by provinces

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
5	North Brabant	Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, Jong PSV, TOP Oss
4	North Holland	Jong Ajax, Jong AZ, Telstar, Volendam
3	Limburg	MVV Maastricht, Roda JC Kerkrade, VVV-Venlo
3	South Holland	ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht, Excelsior
2	Gelderland	De Graafschap, Vitesse
1	Drenthe	Emmen
	Friesland	Cambuur
	Utrecht	Jong FC Utrecht

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Excelsior	20	11	6	3	39	20	+19	39	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Volendam (X)	19	11	4	4	42	24	+18	37	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	Dordrecht	20	10	6	4	37	29	+8	36	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Den Bosch (X)	20	9	6	5	34	22	+12	33
5	Cambuur	20	10	2	8	28	19	+9	32
6	De Graafschap	19	9	5	5	40	30	+10	32
7	Emmen	20	9	5	6	32	24	+8	32
8	Helmond Sport	20	9	4	7	29	30	−1	31
9	Roda JC Kerkrade	19	8	6	5	25	24	+1	30
10	ADO Den Haag	19	7	7	5	32	25	+7	28
11	Telstar	19	6	8	5	30	24	+6	26
12	Eindhoven	20	7	5	8	28	33	−5	26
13	Jong AZ	20	6	4	10	33	38	−5	22	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
14	TOP Oss	19	5	7	7	16	32	−16	22
15	Jong PSV	20	6	3	11	33	39	−6	21	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
16	MVV Maastricht	19	4	8	7	25	31	−6	20
17	Jong Ajax	19	4	6	9	20	24	−4	18	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
18	VVV-Venlo	20	4	4	12	18	36	−18	16
19	Jong FC Utrecht	20	2	7	11	19	39	−20	13	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
20	Vitesse	20	4	7	9	28	45	−17	−8

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: Flashscore, 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)
(X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs
Notes:

Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)
Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)
Vitesse were deducted six points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association in September 2024, and were deducted another twenty-one points in November 2024 for multiple violations.

Period tables

Period 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Den Bosch	9	5	3	1	17	6	+11	18	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Helmond Sport	9	5	3	1	15	8	+7	18
3	Excelsior	9	5	2	2	23	14	+9	17
4	De Graafschap	9	4	3	2	22	17	+5	15
5	Eindhoven	9	4	3	2	13	8	+5	15
6	Dordrecht	9	4	3	2	11	9	+2	15
7	Volendam	9	4	1	4	19	16	+3	13
8	Telstar	9	3	4	2	13	10	+3	13
9	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	3	4	2	10	12	−2	13
10	Emmen	9	3	3	3	12	12	0	12
11	Jong PSV	9	3	2	4	14	14	0	11	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	Jong AZ	9	3	2	4	17	19	−2	11
13	ADO Den Haag	9	2	5	2	13	15	−2	11
14	Jong Ajax	9	2	4	3	11	10	+1	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	Cambuur	9	3	1	5	7	8	−1	10
16	Vitesse	9	2	4	3	13	15	−2	10
17	MVV Maastricht	9	1	5	3	9	14	−5	8
18	VVV-Venlo	9	2	2	5	9	17	−8	8
19	TOP Oss	9	2	2	5	7	20	−13	8
20	Jong FC Utrecht	9	0	4	5	8	19	−11	4	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	Volendam	10	7	3	0	23	8	+15	24	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Cambuur	10	7	1	2	23	9	+14	22
3	Excelsior	10	6	3	1	15	5	+10	21
4	Emmen	10	6	2	2	20	9	+11	20
5	Dordrecht	10	6	2	2	22	17	+5	20
6	ADO Den Haag	10	5	2	3	19	10	+9	17
7	De Graafschap	10	5	2	3	18	13	+5	17
8	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	5	2	3	15	13	+2	17
9	TOP Oss	10	3	5	2	9	12	−3	14
10	Telstar	10	3	4	3	17	14	+3	13
11	Helmond Sport	10	4	1	5	13	19	−6	13
12	MVV Maastricht	10	3	3	4	16	17	−1	12
13	Den Bosch	10	3	3	4	14	16	−2	12	Period 1 winner
14	Eindhoven	10	3	1	6	12	22	−10	10
15	Vitesse	10	2	3	5	11	24	−13	9
16	Jong AZ	10	2	2	6	14	19	−5	8	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	Jong Ajax	10	2	2	6	9	14	−5	8
18	Jong PSV	10	2	1	7	13	21	−8	7
19	VVV-Venlo	10	2	1	7	8	18	−10	7
20	Jong FC Utrecht	10	1	3	6	8	19	−11	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 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Den Bosch	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Period 1 winner
2	Jong PSV	1	1	0	0	6	4	+2	3	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
3	Jong FC Utrecht	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
4	Jong AZ	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
5	Dordrecht	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1
6	Eindhoven	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	1
7	Excelsior	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
8	VVV-Venlo	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
9	ADO Den Haag	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	De Graafschap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jong Ajax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12	MVV Maastricht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Roda JC Kerkrade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Telstar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	TOP Oss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Period 2 winner
16	Volendam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Vitesse	1	0	0	1	4	6	−2	0
18	Helmond Sport	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
19	Cambuur	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
20	Emmen	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 4

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	ADO Den Haag	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Cambuur
3	Den Bosch	Period 1 winner
4	Dordrecht
5	Eindhoven
6	Emmen
7	Excelsior
8	De Graafschap
9	Helmond Sport
10	Jong Ajax	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11	Jong AZ
12	Jong PSV
13	Jong FC Utrecht
14	MVV Maastricht
15	Roda JC Kerkrade
16	Telstar
17	TOP Oss
18	Vitesse
19	Volendam	Period 2 winner
20	VVV-Venlo

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	EXC	GRA	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	RJC	TEL	TOP	VIT	VOL	VVV
ADO Den Haag						2–1	0–5	1–2					1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	20 Dec	2–0	2–1	1–1
Cambuur	2–1		1–2		2–0	1–3			0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0			0–0				1–2
Den Bosch	2–0			2–3		1–0	0–3	2–2			6–0	1–1	10 Jan	1–1	1–1			4–2
Dordrecht	1–1	2–0			3–3		2–2		4–0			2–0	3–1			3–2	2–2	2–2
Eindhoven	0–4		2–0	0–0		0–3				0–3		1–0		1–1	0–0				10 Jan	1–3
Emmen			0–3	1–2			1–1	3–0	0–0	4–2				1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	3–3
Excelsior		0–1		10 Jan	2–0			3–1		2–0	4–2			3–2		3–2			0–0	4–0
De Graafschap	10 Jan	0–2		4–1	2–0				2–3			3–1	2–2				4–0	3–1	4–3	3–1
Helmond Sport	2–1		0–0		3–4	11 Jan	0–1			1–1			1–1		2–1		1–0		2–3	3–0
Jong Ajax	0–0		1–2	0–1				2–0			1–2		0–0	0–0	20 Dec	3–0				0–1
Jong AZ	3–3	2–3		3–1	2–3	1–1		2–2	2–3	13 Jan				2 Dec	6–1			0–1
Jong PSV	2–2					2–3	1–3		1–3	2–2	2–1				2–3	0–2		6–4	1–4
Jong FC Utrecht		0–4	0–3		0–4	1–2	0–0		3–1		0–1	0–2		4–3	1–3	1–1
MVV Maastricht		0–1		2–1				0–0	1–2			3–2				20 Dec	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0
Roda JC Kerkrade		10 Jan		0–1			3–0	1–4		2–1				1–0		1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1
Telstar		2–2	0–0		0–3			2–2	3–0		0–0	12 Jan		4–0					2–2	4–0
TOP Oss	1–5	1–0	1–0		0–4		3–1			2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	10 Jan		1–1
Vitesse		0–6			1–1		1–1		2–1	2–2		1–3	2–1			2–3	0–0		1–2	12 Jan
Volendam			3–2	2–0	4–1	0–1		20 Dec		3–0	2–0		2–0				4–0			2–4
VVV-Venlo		0–1	1–2	2–3		0–2	1–1				0–1	0–2	3–2		1–1		0–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 13 December 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zakaria Eddahchouri	Telstar	14
2	Henk Veerman	Volendam	11
2	Robert Mühren	Volendam	11
4	Miliano Jonathans	Vitesse	10
5	Richie Omorowa	Excelsior	9
6	Tai Abed	Jong PSV	8
	Devin Haen	Dordrecht
	Jesper Uneken	Jong PSV
9	Jayden Addai	Jong AZ	7
	Kélian Nsona	Emmen
	Lee Bonis	ADO Den Haag
	Tristan van Gilst	De Graafschap

References

"Wederom puntenstraf; zes punten in mindering" [Another penalty; six points deducted]. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
"Volgende straf Vitesse: 21 punten in mindering" [Next punishment Vitesse: 21 points deducted]. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
"Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.
Flashscore

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