Eerste Divisie 2008–09 began in August 2008 and concluded in May 2009, with the promotion playoffs. Sixteen clubs remained in the Eerste Divisie, whilst Excelsior and VVV-Venlo were relegated from the 2007–08 Eredivisie. VVV-Venlo won the league title and were promoted to the Eredivisie, the highest tier of football in the Netherlands, while eight other teams competed in a playoff with two Eredivisie sides for two Eredivisie places.
Standings
Period winners The competition is divided into six periods () of six matches each. The winner of each period () qualifies for the playoffs at the end of the season. If the winner of a period has already won a prior period in the season, the second placed team in the period is awarded the playoff slot. If the second placed team has also won a prior period, no winner is called, and the playoff slot is decided by league standing at the end of the season.
Best Top Ranking Teams Excelsior, Telstar, FC Zwolle, TOP Oss and Dordrecht were awarded play-off spot as their performance in the six periods, along with RKC Waalwijk and Cambuur, the two best placed team in Eerste Divisie who did not get a play-off spot via period route. As VVV-Venlo, one of the period winners, promoted as Eerste Divisie champions, MVV replaced them as the best placed team who did not qualify for play-off.
Results
Top scorers
GoalsPlayerTeam 25 Sandro CalabroVVV-Venlo 20 Gunther ThiebautMVV 18 Serhat KoçFC Eindhoven Glynor PletTelstar 17 Sjoerd ArsRBC Roosendaal 16 Keisuke HondaVVV-Venlo 14 Jeremy BokilaAGOVV Apeldoorn Ruud ter HeideSC Cambuur 13 Marc HöcherHelmond Sport Dries MertensAGOVV Apeldoorn Fred BensonRKC Waalwijk Roy StroeveFC Emmen Adnan BarakatFC Den Bosch Koen van der BiezenGo Ahead Eagles / FC Den Bosch 12 Samir El GaaouiriVVV-Venlo Karim FachtaliTOP Oss Ruud BergerRKC Waalwijk Cecilio LopesFC Dordrecht
Playoffs
Please note that the following teams: Roda JC & De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.
Round 1
Round 2 (best of 3)
Round 3 (best of 3)
The 2 winners of Round 3 will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.
Overview Club Location Current manager 2008–09 season managersAGOVV ApeldoornApeldoorn John van den BromSC CambuurLeeuwarden Stanley Menzo Jurrie KoolhofFC Den Bosch's-HertogenboschVacant Theo BosFC DordrechtDordrecht Gert KruysFC EindhovenEindhoven Marc BrysFC EmmenEmmen Paul Krabbe Gerry HamstraExcelsiorRotterdam Ton LokhoffFortuna SittardSittard Roger ReijnersGo Ahead EaglesDeventer Andries UlderinkHFC HaarlemHaarlem Jan ZoutmanHelmond SportHelmond Jurgen StreppelMVVMaastricht Fuat ÇapaFC OmniworldAlmere Henk Wisman Peter BoeveRBC RoosendaalRoosendaal Rini Coolen Rob MeppelinkRKC WaalwijkWaalwijk Ruud BroodTelstarVelsen Edward MetgodTOP OssOss Hans de KoningBV VeendamVeendam Joop GallVVV-VenloVenlo Jan van DijkFC ZwolleZwolle Marco Roelofsen Jan Everse
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Cambuur 7,887 2 VVV 6,035 3 MVV 5,903 4 Zwolle 5,290 5 Go Ahead 4,180 6 Den Bosch 4,150 7 RKC 3,949 8 Helmond 3,214 9 Veendam 3,076 10 Fortuna 3,042 11 Emmen 3,027 12 RBC 2,731 13 Dordrecht 2,390 14 AGOVV 2,377 15 Oss 2,120 16 Excelsior 2,096 17 Haarlem 1,927 18 Eindhoven 1,712 19 Omniworld 1,381 20 Telstar 1,251Source:
See also 2008–09 Eredivisie 2008–09 KNVB Cup
References
External links JupilerLeague.nl - Official website Eerste Divisie