2023–24 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 10 May 2024
Matches played	109
Goals scored	333 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jayden Addai; Martijn Kaars; Milan Smit; (8 goals each)
Biggest home win	Groningen 4–0 Jong PSV; (18 September 2023); Helmond Sport 4–0 Jong FC Utrecht; (6 October 2023); Dordrecht 4–0 Jong Ajax; (20 October 2023)
Biggest away win	VVV-Venlo 0–4 Helmond Sport; (1 October 2023)
Highest scoring	Jong AZ 5–2 Jong Ajax; (18 September 2023); Cambuur 3–4 Jong PSV; (29 September 2023); Dordrecht 5–2 Cambuur; (6 October 2023); Jong PSV 3–4 Eindhoven; (23 October 2023)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Willem II
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; Eindhoven
Longest winless run	8 matches; Jong Ajax; TOP Oss
Longest losing run	6 matches; Telstar
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 23 October 2023.

The 2023–24 Eerste Divisie will be the 68th season of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands since its establishment in 1956.

Teams

A total of 20 teams will take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2022–23 Eredivisie.

2023–24 Eerste Divisie is located in Netherlands

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2023–24

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuurstadion	10,500
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	8,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	Matchoholic Stadion	4,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	8,600
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	12,600
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550
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
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
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	14,700

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	South Holland	ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht
1	Drenthe	Emmen
	Friesland	Cambuur
	Gelderland	De Graafschap
	Groningen	Groningen
	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	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Darije Kalezić	Kürşad Sürmeli	Erreà	Hommerson Casino
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Daniël van Kaam	Adidas	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Den Bosch	Tomasz Kaczmarek	Victor van den Bogert	Robey	D-Reizen
Dordrecht	Michele Santoni	Mathis Suray	Capelli Sport	Keukenwarenhuis.nl
Eindhoven	Willem Weijs	Mawouna Amevor	Macron	VDL Groep
Emmen	Fred Grim	Jari Vlak	Hummel	EasyToys
De Graafschap	Jan Vreman	Jeffry Fortes	Robey	Onverwachte Hoek
Groningen	Dick Lukkien	Leandro Bacuna	Robey	OG Clean Fuels
Helmond Sport	Bob Peeters	Wouter van der Steen	Saller	Vescom
Jong Ajax	Dave Vos	Gabriel Misehouy	Adidas	Ziggo
Jong AZ	Jan Sierksma	Jorn Berkhout	Nike	CTS GROUP
Jong PSV	Wil Boessen	Jason van Duiven	Puma	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
Jong FC Utrecht	Ivar van Dinteren	Yannick Leliendal	Castore	Odido
MVV Maastricht	Maurice Verberne	Nicky Souren	Nike	OneCasino
NAC Breda	Jean-Paul van Gastel	Cuco Martina	Nike	OK tankstations
Roda JC Kerkrade	Bas Sibum	Rodney Kongolo	Kipsta	APS Groep
Telstar	Mike Snoei	Mitch Apau	Robey	711
TOP Oss	Ruud Brood	Calvin Mac-Intosh	Saller	Restaurant Quisine
VVV-Venlo	Rick Kruys	Rick Ketting	Craft	Seacon
Willem II	Peter Maes	Freek Heerkens	Robey	AVEC

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
ADO Den Haag	Dick Advocaat	End of interim spell	30 June 2023	Pre-season	Darije Kalezić	1 July 2023
Emmen	Dick Lukkien	End of contract			Fred Grim
De Graafschap	Adrie Poldervaart	Health issues			Jan Vreman
Eindhoven	Rob Penders	Signed by Utrecht			Willem Weijs
Groningen	Dennis van der Ree	End of contract			Dick Lukkien
Jong AZ	Maarten Martens	End of contract			Jan Sierksma
Jong FC Utrecht	Darije Kalezić	Mutual consent			Ivar van Dinteren
Roda JC Kerkrade	Edwin de Graaf	End of contract			Bas Sibum
TOP Oss	Klaas Wels	Mutual consent			Ruud Brood
Jong PSV	Adil Ramzi	Signed by Wydad	23 July 2023		Wil Boessen	4 August 2023
Willem II	Reinier Robbemond	Sacked	5 September 2023	15th	Peter van den Berg (a.i.)	5 September 2023
NAC Breda	Peter Hyballa	Sacked	13 September 2023	10th	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)	13 September 2023
Willem II	Peter van den Berg (a.i.)	End of interim spell	18 September 2023	7th	Peter Maes	18 September 2023
NAC Breda	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)	End of interim spell	25 September 2023	15th	Jean-Paul van Gastel	25 September 2023
Cambuur	Sjors Ultee	Sacked	9 October 2023	11th	Henk de Jong	10 October 2023

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Roda JC Kerkrade[lower-alpha 1] (X)	11	7	2	2	23	7	+16	23	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Willem II	11	7	2	2	18	11	+7	23	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	ADO Den Haag	11	6	4	1	17	10	+7	22	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Eindhoven	11	5	5	1	14	9	+5	20
5	Emmen	11	5	4	2	20	15	+5	19
6	Dordrecht	11	4	6	1	23	15	+8	18
7	VVV-Venlo	11	5	3	3	17	17	0	18
8	Helmond Sport	11	5	2	4	19	14	+5	17
9	Jong AZ	11	5	2	4	18	14	+4	17	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
10	NAC Breda	11	5	2	4	21	21	0	17
11	De Graafschap	11	5	2	4	13	15	−2	17
12	Groningen	11	4	2	5	15	12	+3	14
13	Cambuur	11	4	2	5	24	25	−1	14
14	Jong PSV	10	4	1	5	16	23	−7	13	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
15	Jong FC Utrecht	10	3	2	5	10	19	−9	11
16	MVV Maastricht	11	3	2	6	16	20	−4	11
17	Den Bosch	11	3	0	8	13	20	−7	9
18	TOP Oss	11	2	1	8	9	16	−7	7
19	Telstar	11	2	1	8	11	22	−11	7
20	Jong Ajax	11	1	3	7	16	28	−12	6	Possible relegation to Tweede Divisie

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2023. 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)[1]
(X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs
Notes:

Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

Period tables

Period 1

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

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

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2023. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	ADO Den Haag	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Cambuur
3	Den Bosch
4	Dordrecht
5	Eindhoven
6	Emmen
7	De Graafschap
8	Groningen
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	NAC Breda
16	Roda JC Kerkrade	Period 1 winner
17	Telstar
18	TOP Oss
19	VVV-Venlo
20	Willem II

First match(es) will be played: 22 December 2023. 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
4	Dordrecht
5	Eindhoven
6	Emmen
7	De Graafschap
8	Groningen
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	NAC Breda
16	Roda JC Kerkrade	Period 1 winner
17	Telstar
18	TOP Oss
19	VVV-Venlo
20	Willem II

First match(es) will be played: 8 March 2024. 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	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	GRA	GRO	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	NAC	RJC	TEL	TOP	VVV	WIL
ADO Den Haag		12 Nov	11 Feb	11 Mar	20 Apr	26 Jan	12 Jan	29 Mar	12 Apr	1 Mar	4–1	10 May	27 Nov	23 Feb	15 Dec	0–3	1–1	2–1	27 Oct	8 Dec
Cambuur	5 Apr		3–1	26 Apr	1 Dec	2–2	8 Mar	29 Oct	10 May	4–2	15 Dec	3–4	16 Feb	12 Jan	2–3	19 Nov	24 Mar	26 Jan	9 Feb	1–0
Den Bosch	1–2	22 Dec		29 Mar	0–1	3 May	15 Dec	1 Mar	2 Feb	1 Dec	16 Feb	1–2	3 Nov	3–2	19 Apr	19 Jan	17 Nov	1–0	1–2	15 Mar
Dordrecht	24 Nov	5–2	27 Oct		15 Mar	23 Dec	5 Apr	2 Feb	12 Jan	4–0	0–0	10 Nov	3–3	2–2	2–2	1 Dec	8 Mar	19 Apr	16 Feb	3 May
Eindhoven	1–1	29 Mar	10 May	1–1		8 Dec	19 Jan	16 Feb	1–2	23 Dec	1 Mar	12 Apr	11 Mar	26 Jan	2–0	3 Nov	28 Apr	27 Nov	10 Nov	1–1
Emmen	2–3	23 Feb	10 Nov	2–4	2 Feb		10 May	19 Jan	26 Apr	29 Mar	27 Oct	27 Nov	2–0	12 Apr	12 Jan	15 Dec	2–0	11 Mar	2–2	1 Mar
De Graafschap	0–0	8 Dec	23 Feb	27 Nov	27 Oct	0–1		2–1	2–1	11 Mar	29 Mar	22 Dec	3 May	26 Apr	3 Nov	0–0	12 Apr	1 Mar	26 Jan	9 Feb
Groningen	0–1	20 Apr	0–3	3 Nov	24 Nov	0–0	15 Mar		23 Feb	4–1	26 Jan	4–0	23 Dec	8 Mar	7 Apr	10 May	8 Dec	9 Feb	1 Dec	0–0
Helmond Sport	1 Dec	2–1	1–0	1–1	3 May	24 Nov	16 Feb	1–2		19 Apr	11 Mar	19 Jan	4–0	8 Dec	26 Jan	23 Dec	3 Nov	1–1	1 Mar	29 Mar
Jong Ajax	0–0	15 Apr	8 Apr	29 Jan	1–1	3–3	1–2	15 Jan	27 Nov		10 May	15 Mar	11 Dec	12 Feb	8 Mar	26 Apr	26 Feb	24 Nov	3–0	6 Nov
Jong AZ	22 Dec	15 Mar	11 Dec	22 Jan	0–0	8 Apr	3–0	27 Nov	10 Nov	5–2		8 Mar	1–0	3 May	26 Feb	5 Feb	3–1	3–0	22 Apr	0–2
Jong PSV	6 Nov	4 Mar	15 Jan	26 Feb	3–4	9 Feb	1–3	11 Mar	2–1	15 Dec	24 Nov		22 Apr	2–3	4 Dec	1 Apr	1–0	3 May	0–0	29 Jan
Jong FC Utrecht	29 Apr	3–2	15 Apr	10 May	15 Dec	15 Mar	24 Nov	1–0	8 Mar	5 Feb	12 Feb	~~20 Oct~~		30 Oct	1–1	1–0	4 Dec	26 Feb	15 Jan	8 Apr
MVV Maastricht	0–3	1–1	24 Mar	1 Mar	0–1	3 Nov	1–2	15 Dec	5 Apr	2–1	1 Dec	19 Feb	19 Jan		19 Nov	17 Mar	2 Feb	22 Dec	10 May	20 Apr
NAC Breda	3 May	19 Jan	24 Nov	12 Apr	9 Feb	1–3	2 Feb	3–2	27 Oct	10 Nov	2–1	28 Apr	1 Mar	29 Mar		1–3	3–1	8 Dec	15 Mar	22 Dec
Roda JC Kerkrade	8 Mar	3 May	4–1	9 Feb	12 Jan	16 Feb	19 Apr	12 Nov	4–1	27 Oct	3–1	8 Dec	26 Jan	26 Nov	24 Mar		3–0	2–0	7 Apr	0–1
Telstar	15 Mar	2–3	26 Jan	15 Dec	0–1	19 Apr	10 Nov	3 May	9 Feb	3–2	12 Jan	5 Apr	29 Mar	2–1	16 Feb	1 Mar		27 Oct	1–2	24 Nov
TOP Oss	2 Feb	3 Nov	8 Mar	0–1	5 Apr	0–1	1 Dec	0–2	15 Mar	16 Feb	26 Apr	4–1	2–0	10 Nov	10 May	12 Apr	19 Jan		15 Dec	12 Jan
VVV-Venlo	19 Jan	24 Nov	26 Apr	8 Dec	23 Feb	8 Mar	2–0	14 Apr	0–4	3 May	3 Nov	2 Feb	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	22 Dec	29 Mar		17 Nov
Willem II	16 Feb	2 Feb	3–1	2–0	8 Mar	1 Dec	4–2	26 Apr	15 Dec	19 Jan	12 Apr	27 Oct	10 Nov	2–1	1–4	23 Feb	10 May	2–1	24 Mar

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2023. Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 October 2023[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jayden Addai	Jong AZ	8
	Martijn Kaars	Helmond Sport
	Milan Smit	Cambuur
4	Michael Breij	Cambuur	6
	Koen Kostons	MVV Maastricht
	Henk Veerman	ADO Den Haag
7	Dominik Janošek	NAC Breda	5
	Gabriel Misehouy	Jong Ajax
	Walid Ould-Chikh	Roda JC Kerkrade
	Zakaria Eddahchouri	Telstar
	Kacper Kostorz	Den Bosch
	Enrique Peña Zauner	Roda JC Kerkrade
	Jeremy Bokila	Willem II
	Kevin van Veen	Groningen

References

"Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.
Flashscore

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[table_note_RJC0.88610625215159-1] Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

[rules-2] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.

[3] Flashscore