2008–09 Eerste Divisie

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.

Eerste Divisie
Season2008–09
PromotedVVV-Venlo
Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2008-09

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 VVV-Venlo (C, P) 38 25 5 8 86 38 +48 80 Promotion to the Eredivisie
2 RKC Waalwijk (P) 38 18 17 3 68 31 +37 71 Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round
3 Cambuur 38 20 9 9 68 49 +19 69
4 Zwolle 38 18 9 11 58 49 +9 63
5 Excelsior 38 16 13 9 53 43 +10 61
6 MVV 38 16 12 10 60 42 +18 60 Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
7 Go Ahead Eagles 38 14 14 10 41 41 0 56
8 Dordrecht 38 15 10 13 51 39 +12 55 Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
9 Den Bosch 38 15 8 15 59 51 +8 53
10 Helmond Sport 38 14 11 13 50 48 +2 53
11 AGOVV 38 15 7 16 60 67 −7 52
12 Haarlem 38 15 5 18 43 56 −13 50
13 Emmen 38 13 8 17 48 68 −20 47
14 Oss 38 11 9 18 50 63 −13 42 Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
15 Fortuna Sittard 38 11 9 18 42 59 −17 42
16 RBC Roosendaal 38 11 7 20 43 55 −12 40
17 Telstar 38 9 12 17 42 56 −14 39 Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
18 Eindhoven 38 9 14 15 59 80 −21 38[lower-alpha 1]
19 Veendam 38 10 9 19 46 67 −21 36[lower-alpha 1]
20 Omniworld 38 8 6 24 40 65 −25 30
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted

Period winners

The competition is divided into six periods (Dutch: periode) of six matches each. The winner of each period (Dutch: periodekampioen) 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.

Period winners (Periodekampioenen)
Period Winning team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Excelsior 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15
2 VVV-Venlo 6 6 0 0 17 3 +14 18
3 Telstar 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13
4 FC Zwolle 6 5 0 1 13 11 +2 15
5 TOP Oss 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13
6 Dordrecht 6 6 0 0 15 3 +12 18
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AGO CAM DBO DOR EIN EMM EXC FOR GAE HAA HEL MVV OMN RBC RKC TEL OSS VEE VVV ZWO
AGOVV 0–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–5 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 2–1
Cambuur 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 6–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–2
Den Bosch 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–5 3–4
Dordrecht 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 4–0
Eindhoven 3–3 3–3 1–7 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–0
Emmen 2–3 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–4 3–2 2–4 1–0
Excelsior 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–5 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–2
Fortuna Sittard 2–4 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3
Go Ahead Eagles 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Haarlem 1–0 0–1 1–4 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–4 3–1
Helmond Sport 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 4–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–2 0–0
MVV 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–1
Omniworld 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–5 3–3
RBC Roosendaal 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–3
RKC Waalwijk 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 5–0 4–1 1–1 1–0
Telstar 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–2
Oss 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–3 3–0 2–3 4–2 3–1
Veendam 2–1 0–3 2–4 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
VVV-Venlo 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 6–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Zwolle 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–2
Source: www.nos.nl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Goals Player Team
25 Netherlands Sandro Calabro VVV-Venlo
20 Belgium Gunther Thiebaut MVV
18 Netherlands Serhat Koç FC Eindhoven
Netherlands Glynor Plet Telstar
17 Netherlands Sjoerd Ars RBC Roosendaal
16 Japan Keisuke Honda VVV-Venlo
14 Netherlands Jeremy Bokila AGOVV Apeldoorn
Netherlands Ruud ter Heide SC Cambuur
13 Netherlands Marc Höcher Helmond Sport
Belgium Dries Mertens AGOVV Apeldoorn
Netherlands Fred Benson RKC Waalwijk
Netherlands Roy Stroeve FC Emmen
Netherlands Adnan Barakat FC Den Bosch
Netherlands Koen van der Biezen Go Ahead Eagles / FC Den Bosch
12 Netherlands Samir El Gaaouiri VVV-Venlo
Netherlands Karim Fachtali TOP Oss
Netherlands Ruud Berger RKC Waalwijk
Cape Verde Cecilio Lopes FC 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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Telstar 0–1 MVV 0–0 0–1
TOP Oss 0–3 Dordrecht 0–2 0–1

Round 2 (best of 3)
Team 1 Pts Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
MVV 4–5 De Graafschap 2–3 2–2 not played
Excelsior 2–3 RKC Waalwijk 1–2 1–1 not played
FC Zwolle 3–6 Cambuur 2–1 1–3 0-2
Dordrecht 1–2 Roda JC 1–1 0–1 not played

Round 3 (best of 3)
Team 1 Pts Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg     3rd leg  
RKC Waalwijk 4–2 De Graafschap 2–0 1–2 1–0
Cambuur 3–3 (p. 1–3) Roda JC 0–0 1–1 2–2 (aet)

The 2 winners of Round 3 will play in Eredivisie 2009–10.

Overview
Club Location Current manager 2008–09 season managers
AGOVV Apeldoorn Apeldoorn Netherlands John van den Brom
SC Cambuur Leeuwarden Netherlands Stanley Menzo Netherlands Jurrie Koolhof
FC Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Vacant Netherlands Theo Bos
FC Dordrecht Dordrecht Netherlands Gert Kruys
FC Eindhoven Eindhoven Belgium Marc Brys
FC Emmen Emmen Netherlands Paul Krabbe Netherlands Gerry Hamstra
Excelsior Rotterdam Netherlands Ton Lokhoff
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Netherlands Roger Reijners
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Netherlands Andries Ulderink
HFC Haarlem Haarlem Netherlands Jan Zoutman
Helmond Sport Helmond Netherlands Jurgen Streppel
MVV Maastricht Turkey Fuat Çapa
FC Omniworld Almere Netherlands Henk Wisman Netherlands Peter Boeve
RBC Roosendaal Roosendaal Netherlands Rini Coolen Netherlands Rob Meppelink
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Netherlands Ruud Brood
Telstar Velsen Netherlands Edward Metgod
TOP Oss Oss Netherlands Hans de Koning
BV Veendam Veendam Netherlands Joop Gall
VVV-Venlo Venlo Netherlands Jan van Dijk
FC Zwolle Zwolle Netherlands Marco Roelofsen Netherlands Jan Everse

See also

References
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