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(Redirected from Eredivisie 1997-98) 42nd season of the Eredivisie Football league season

Eredivisie
Season	1997–98
Dates	19 August 1997 – 10 May 1998
Champions	Ajax (27th title)
Promoted	MVV
Relegated	FC Groningen FC Volendam
Champions League	Ajax PSV
Cup Winners' Cup	SC Heerenveen
UEFA Cup	Vitesse Arnhem Feyenoord Willem II
Intertoto Cup	Fortuna Sittard FC Twente
Goals scored	1,002
Average goals/game	3.27
Top goalscorer	Nikos Machlas (34 goals)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Eredivisie season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ajax (C)	34	29	2	3	112	22	+90	89	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	PSV	34	21	9	4	95	44	+51	72	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Vitesse Arnhem	34	21	7	6	85	48	+37	70	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Feyenoord	34	18	7	9	62	40	+22	61
5	Willem II	34	17	4	13	66	58	+8	55
6	SC Heerenveen	34	16	7	11	56	59	−3	55	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Fortuna Sittard	34	14	6	14	51	53	−2	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8	NEC	34	14	2	18	40	57	−17	44
9	FC Twente	34	11	10	13	41	42	−1	43	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10	FC Utrecht	34	13	4	17	56	64	−8	43
11	De Graafschap	34	11	9	14	45	49	−4	42
12	NAC	34	12	6	16	41	49	−8	42
13	Sparta	34	10	11	13	50	59	−9	41
14	Roda JC	34	10	8	16	44	45	−1	38
15	MVV	34	9	5	20	35	75	−40	32
16	RKC Waalwijk	34	8	7	19	48	71	−23	31	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17	FC Groningen (R)	34	7	10	17	42	65	−23	31	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
18	FC Volendam (R)	34	5	6	23	33	102	−69	21	Relegation to Eerste Divisie

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, just like finalists PSV. SC Heerenveen, the winner of the third place match, would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	FEY	FOR	GRA	GRO	HEE	MVV	NAC	NEC	PSV	RKC	ROD	SPA	TWE	UTR	VIT	VOL	WIL
Ajax	—	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	7–2	7–0	1–0	3–0	3–4	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	5–0	6–1	6–1
Feyenoord	0–1	—	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	5–1	5–0	4–2
Fortuna Sittard	0–5	0–2	—	1–0	4–1	3–1	4–1	4–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–7	3–0	2–1
De Graafschap	1–8	0–0	1–0	—	2–3	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–1
Groningen	2–4	2–0	1–0	0–3	—	0–1	2–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–2
Heerenveen	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	—	3–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–3
MVV	0–3	0–3	1–4	2–1	1–0	1–2	—	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	1–3	4–1	1–0
NAC	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	—	0–1	3–3	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	0–2
NEC	1–4	3–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	—	0–4	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–3
PSV	1–1	3–3	3–2	0–0	6–2	3–1	5–0	5–1	2–1	—	5–1	2–0	4–2	3–0	4–1	3–2	10–0	3–0
RKC	1–5	3–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	3–3	1–3	5–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–4
Roda	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	—	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1
Sparta Rotterdam	0–5	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	—	1–1	4–2	1–1	5–0	4–1
Twente	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Utrecht	1–7	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–4	6–1	1–3	2–4	0–1	6–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	—	5–3	4–1	2–2
Vitesse	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	5–1	4–2	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	—	6–0	3–1
Volendam	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–5	3–1	4–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	0–6	3–4	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	4–1
Willem II	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–2	2–4	3–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	5–2	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RKC Waalwijk	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14	Remain in Eredivisie
2	FC Eindhoven	6	1	3	2	8	11	−3	6	Remain in Eerste Divisie
3	ADO Den Haag	6	0	5	1	5	8	−3	5
4	FC Emmen	6	0	4	2	11	15	−4	4

Source: rsssf.com

Group 2
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cambuur Leeuwarden	6	4	2	0	15	8	+7	14	Promotion to Eredivisie
2	FC Zwolle	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8
3	FC Groningen	6	1	2	3	9	12	−3	5	Relegation to Eerste Divisie
4	FC Den Bosch	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5

Source: rsssf.com

References

EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers

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1997–98 in Dutch football

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League competitions	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse
Cup competitions	KNVB Cup (Final) Johan Cruyff Shield KNVB Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Eredivisie	Ajax Feyenoord Fortuna Sittard De Graafschap Groningen Heerenveen MVV NAC Breda NEC PSV RKC Roda JC Sparta Rotterdam Twente Utrecht Vitesse Volendam Willem II

v t e 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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League standings

Results

Promotion/relegation play-offs

See also

References