This is highest football division in Netherlands, created in 1956 year and contains 18 teams. Each team plays 34 matches during the season, 1 “home” and 1 “away” against every other team from the division. Ranking is changed after each match and teams are arranged according points won. At the end of the season top 2 teams are qualified for UEFA Champion League. The 3rd is qualified for UEFA Europa League, and depending from UEFA ranking 4th team qualifies directly for UEFA Europa League or plays a play-off with next 3 teams for a spot in UEFA Europa League. Last team in the division is directly relegated to lower Eerste Divisie and it`s spot is taken by the winner of Eerste Divisie. Clubs ranked at 16th and 17th place are participating in play-offs with teams taking place 2nd to 8th from Eerste Divisie to determine which 2 teams will play in highest football division for next season.

Eredivisie - Standing

N	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	PSV	33	28	4	1	88
2	Feyenoord	33	25	6	2	81
3	FC Twente	33	20	6	7	66
4	AZ	33	19	7	7	64
5	Ajax	33	15	10	8	55
6	NEC	33	13	11	9	50
7	FC Utrecht	33	13	10	10	49
8	Sparta Rotterdam	33	13	7	13	46
9	Go Ahead Eagles	33	11	10	12	43
10	Heerenveen	33	10	7	16	37
11	Fortuna Sittard	33	9	10	14	37
12	PEC Zwolle	33	9	9	15	36
13	Almere City	33	7	13	13	34
14	Heracles	33	9	5	19	32
15	RKC Waalwijk	33	7	8	18	29
16	Excelsior	33	6	11	16	29
17	FC Volendam	33	4	7	22	19
18	Vitesse	33	6	5	22	5

UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play-off
Relegation Play-off
Relegation