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Dutch football : Holland Casino Eredivisie league 2009/2010 season preview

AZ Alkmaar clinch Dutch title

AZ Alkmaar clinched the Dutch league championship for the second time in their history with three games remaining last term. Coach Louis van Gaal's side were crowned champions for the first time since 1981 and secured a place in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage. PSV and Ajax outscored their 66 goals, but no one came close to their defensive record. Alkmaar conceded just 22 all season. Runners up Twente qualified for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, while Heerenveen reached the UEFA Europe League by winning the Dutch Cup. The traditional giants of Dutch football, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, had a pretty miserable season.

  • Champions: AZ Alkmaar (UEFA Champions League group stage)
  • Runners up: Twente (Champions League 3rd q. round)
  • Third place: Ajax Amsterdam (UEFA Europe League)
  • Fourth place: PSV Eindhoven (UEFA Europe League)
  • Playoff winners: NAC Breda (UEFA Europe League)
  • Dutch Cup winners: Heerenveen (UEFA Europe League)
  • Relegated: De Graafschap, Volendam
  • Promoted: Venlo, Waalwijk.

AZ Alkmaar forward Mounir El Hamdaoui has been named Dutch Player of the Season, ahead of Groningen goalkeeper Luciano and Twente attacker Eljero Elia.

Dutch play-offs

Introduced in 2005/06 for the second to ninth placed clubs, the playoff system is almost completely removed last season. Only the teams ending in the fifth through eighth place played for the Eredivisie's final qualification berth for this season's inaugural UEFA Europa League. Groningen and NAC Breda reached the playoff final with victories against Utrecht and Feyenoord respectively. Breda booked themselves European football this season with a 3-1 aggregate win over Groningen.

Roda preserved their top flight status after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Cambuur Leeuwarden in a promotion/relegation play-off. Waalwijk booked their place in Holland's top division after a victory over De Graafschap. Volendam were automatically relegated and switched places with second division champions Venlo.

teamstitles2004/052005/062006/072007/082008/09
Ajax2924223
PSV Eindhove2111114
Feyenoord1443767
Sparta6-14131313
Willem II31017151512
AZ Alkmaar2323111
Den Haag2141518-14
Heracles2-13141415
NAC Breda115161138
Twente-69442
Heerenveen-57555
Groningen-125876
Utrecht-1169109
Roda-886916
Vitesse-711121210
NEC Nijmegen-131010811
Waalwijk-91217--
Venlo----17-

The table shows the overall number of titles for each club in Dutch First Division (Holland Casino Eredivisie) since 1897, and their league standings in the last five seasons.

Ronald Koeman succeeds Van Gaal at Alkmaar

Ronald Koeman has signed a two-year contract to become coach of AZ Alkmaar. The 46-year-old succeeds Loius van Gaal, who left the Dutch champions to take over at Bayern Munich. Koeman was fired by Valencia in April 2008 after just five months in charge despite leading the team to the King's Cup title. He joined Valencia after winning the Dutch league title with PSV in 2007. He also won two league crowns with Ajax.

This page is introduction to the 2009/2010 Dutch First Division season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Netherlands page.

Ajax name Martin Jol as head coach

Ajax Amsterdam have appointed Martin Jol as coach after reaching an agreement with his former club Hamburger. The 53-year-old Dutchman replaces Marco van Basten, who resigned after leading Ajax to third place in his sole season in charge. Jol has signed a three-year contract with Ajax. The former Roda, Waalkwijk and Tottenham coach moved to Hamburg last summer and led them to the UEFA Cup and German Cup semi-finals.

Fred Rutten to coach PSV this season

PSV, whose run of four successive Dutch titles was ended by Alkmaar last season, also have a new coach, Fred Rutten. The 49-year-old was sacked by German club Schalke at the end of March. Rutten first arrived at PSV in 2001 as their youth coach, before being appointed Hiddink's assistant the next season. He takes over a PSV role that became vacant in January when Huub Stevens stepped down, since when Dwight Lodeweges has been in caretaker charge.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Alkmaar804425-5-4 (34)
2Twente693120-9-5 (34)
3Ajax683321-5-8 (34)
4PSV Eindhoven653819-8-7 (34)
5Heerenveen60917-9-8 (34)
6Groningen561717-5-12 (34)
7Feyenord45812-9-13 (34)
8Breda45-1013-6-15 (34)
9Utrecht44-311-11-12 (34)
10Vitese43-711-10-13 (34)
11Nijmegen4219-15-10 (34)
12Willem II37-2310-7-17 (34)
13Sparta35-209-8-17 (34)
14Haag32-178-8-18 (34)
15Heracles32-187-11-16 (34)
16Roda30-207-9-18 (34)
17De Graafschap30-347-9-18 (34)
18Volendam29-297-8-19 (34)

The 2008/2009 regular season standings.

Feyenoord out of Europe

Feyenoord Rotterdam finished a disappointing season in seventh place. The Rotterdam side were also dumped out of the Eredivisie Europa League play-offs by NAC Breda. Feyenoord lost 3-2 in the first game and were hammered 4-0 at home to confirm their humiliation. A painful defeat at their own stadium left the fans angry and disappointed. In January, Feyenoord have confirmed the appointment of Mario Been as their new coach for 2009/10 season.

Been, who led legaue rivals NEC Nijmegen last term, reached an agreement on a three-year contract, starting July 1. The 45-year-old replaces Leon Vlemmings, who was handed the role on an interim basis following the dismissal of Gertjan Verbeek. His first head coaching job was at Excelsior Rotterdam, where he won the second division title in 2006, before he left to join Breda. Been played football for Feyenoord in the past and knows too well the challenges involved. Clubs like Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord will always have to play for the title.

teamoddsteamodds
Ajax Amsterdam2.95PSV Eindhoven2.95
AZ Alkmaar4.95Twente8.5
Feyenoord Rotterdam12Heerenveen22
Groningen45NAC Breda65
Utrecht75NEC Nijmegen75
Vitesse Arnhem75Sparta Rotterdam250
Willem II Tilburg250Roda350
Den Haag500Heracles Almelo500
Waalwijk1500Venlo1500
The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2009/10 Dutch football league

Dutch Cup finals in last five years

2005   PSV Eindhoven - Willem II   4:0
2006   Ajax - PSV Eindhoven   2:1
2007   Ajax - AZ Alkmaar   1:1   (8:7 on penalties)
2008   Feyenoord - Roda   2:0
2009   Heerenveen - Twente   2:2   (5-4 on penalties)

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key players (transfer market value)

Ajax Amsterdam

Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (€5.5m); Defense: Jan Vertonghen (€5.5m), Gregory van der Wiel (€4m), Thimothee Atouba (€3.5m); Midfield: Urby Emanuelson (€7m), Demy de Zeeuw (€6.5m), Rasmus Lindgren (€4.5m), Gabri (€3.8m); Forward: Luis Suarez (€15m), Miralem Sulejmani (€8.5m), Dario Cvitanich (€5m).

AZ Alkmaar

Goalkeeper Sergio German Romero (€5.5m); Defense: Sebastien Pocognoli (€4.8m), Kew Jaliens (€4.5m), Hector Moreno (€3.5m), Niklas Moisander (€3m); Midfield: Stijn Schaars (€6.8m), Maarten Martens (€6.5m), David Mendes da Silva (€4.8m); Forward: Moussa Dembele (€8.5m), Mounir El Hamdaoui (€8m), Ari (€4m).

Breda

Goalkeeper Jelle ten Rouwelaar (€1.5m); Defense: Kees Kwakman (€1.5m), Kurt Elshot (€1m), Patrick Zwaanswijk (€1m), Rob Penders (€0.9m); Midfield: Edwin de Graaf (€1.2m), Tom van der Leegte (€1m), Robbert Schilder (€0.9m); Forward: Matthew Amoah (€2.5m), Anthony Lurling (€1.3m), Joonas Kolkka (€1m).

Den Haag

Goalkeeper Boy Waterman (€1m); Defense: Timothy Derijck (€0.8m), Ahmed Ammi (€0.7m), Christiaan Kum (€0.5m); Midfield: Ricky van den Bergh (€1.2m), Danny Buijs (€1.2m), Richard Knopper (€1m), Yuri Cornelisse (€0.9m); Forward: Berry Powel (€1.3m), Lex Immers (€0.8m), Wesley Verhoek (€0.7m).

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Goalkeeper Erwin Mulder (€0.6m); Defense: Andre Bahia (€4m), Tim de Cler (€3.8m), Kevin Hofland (€3m); Midfield: Jonathan Alexander de Guzman (€6.5m), Georginio Wijnaldum (€4.5m), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (€4.3m), Karim El Ahmadi (€4m), Leroy Fer (€4m); Forward: Roy Makaay (€7.5m), Jon Dahl Tomasson (€3.5m).

Groningen

Goalkeeper Luciano Da Silva (€2.5m); Defense: Andreas Granqvist (€3.5m), Gibril Sankoh (€2m), Sepp De Roover (€1.8m), Fredrik Stenman (€1.5m); Midfield: Femi (€2m), Petter Andersson (€2m), Goran Lovre (€1.8m), Danny Holla (€1.8m); Forward: Gonzalo Garcia (€1.5m), Nicklas Pedersen (€1.5m).

Heerenveen

Goalkeeper Kenny Steppe (€1.5m); Defense: Kristian Bak Nielsen (€3m), Michael Dingsdag (€2.5m), Igor Djuric (€2m), Goran Popov (€1.5m); Midfield: Christian Grindheim (€3.8m), Viktor Elm (€3.3m), Mika Vayrynen (€2m); Forward: Roy Beerens (€5m), Paulo Henrique (€2m), Patrik Ingelsten (€2m).

Heracles

Goalkeeper Martin Pieckenhagen (€0.8m); Defense: Birger Maertens (€1m), Antoine van der Linden (€0.7m), Resit Schuurman (€0.7m), Mark Looms (€0.5m); Midfield: Kwame Quansah (€0.9m), Mark-Jan Fledderus (€0.7m), Juha Hakola (€0.6m); Forward: Everton (€0.9m), Darl Douglas (€0.8m), Vojtech Schulmeister (€0.6m).

Nijmegen

Goalkeeper Gabor Babos (€2m); Defense: Youssef El-Akchaoui (€1.8m), Ramon Zomer (€0.9m), Rens van Eijden (€0.8m); Midfield: Lasse Schone (€2m), Lorenzo Davids (€1.5m), Bas Sibum (€1.3m), Arkadiusz Radomski (€1m); Forward: Saidi Ntibazonkiza (€1.5m), Bjorn Vleminckx (€1.5m), Erton Fejzullahu (€1.2m).

PSV Eindhoven

Goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson (€4m); Defense: Dirk Marcellis (€6.3m), Carlos Salcido (€5m), Erik Pieters (€2.5m); Midfield: Ibrahim Afellay (€10m), Timmy Simons (€5.5m), Balazs Dzsudzsak (€4.5m), Edison Mendez (€3.8m); Forward: Danko Lazovic (€5m), Ola Toivonen (€4.5m), Danny Koevermans (€4.5m).

Roda Kerkrade

Goalkeeper Bram Castro (€1m); Defense: Davy De Fauw (€1.5m), Pa-Modou Kah (€1.4m), Laurent Delorge (€0.9m); Midfield: Willem Janssen (€1.3m), Boldizsar Bodor (€0.9m), Edwin Linssen (€0.9m); Forward: Anouar Hadouir (€1.5m), Morten Skoubo (€1m), Mads Junker (€1m), Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (€1m).

Sparta Rotterdam

Goalkeeper Cor Varkevisser (€0.4m); Defense: Dele Adeleye (€1m), Emmanuel Boakye (€0.9m), Sander van Gessel (€0.8m), Ruud Knol (€0.7m); Midfield: Arne Slot (€1m), Kevin Strootman (€1m), Yuri Rose (€0.8m), Karim Touzani (€0.8m); Forward: Rydell Poepon (€1.5m), Charles Dissels (€1m).

Twente

Goalkeeper Sander Boschker (€0.8m); Defense: Douglas (€3.8m), Ron Stam (€2.8m), Slobodan Rajkovic (€2.3m); Midfield: Theo Janssen (€3.3m), Kenneth Perez (€3m), Ismael Cheikh Tiote (€2.7m), Wout Brama (€2.5m); Forward: Marko Arnautovic (€5.3m), Bryan Ruiz (€5m), Blaise Nkufo (€4m).

Utrecht

Goalkeeper Michel Vorm (€2.5m); Defense: Tim Cornelisse (€1.8m), Nana Asare (€1.5m), Mihai Nesu (€1.3m), Jan Wuytens (€1.3m); Midfield: Michael Silberbauer (€2.3m), Gregoor van Dijk (€2m), Barry Maguire (€0.9m); Forward: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (€2m), Leroy George (€1.3m), Kevin Vandenbergh (€1m).

Venlo

Goalkeeper Dennis Gentenaar (€0.7m); Defense: Henrico Drost (€0.5m), Sjors Verdellen (€0.5m), Frank van Kouwen (€0.5m), Niels Fleuren (€0.5m); Midfield: Keisuke Honda (€1m), Patrick Paauwe (€1m), Ken Leemans (€0.6m), Kevin van Dessel (€0.4m); Forward: Sandro Calabro (€0.8m), Achmed Ahahaoui (€0.5m).

Vitesse Arnheim

Goalkeeper Piet Velthuizen (€2.8m); Defense: Paul Verhaegh (€1.5m), Frank van der Struijk (€1m); Midfield: Nicky Hofs (€3.5m), Claudemir (€2m), Santi Kolk (€2m), Rogier Molhoek (€1.3m), Dalibor Stevanovic (€1.3m); Forward: Sinan Kaloglu (€1.5m), Julian Jenner (€1.5m), Lasse Nilsson (€1m).

Waalwijk

Goalkeeper Jurgen Wevers (€0.4m); Defense: Igor Pita (€0.6m), Wouter Gudde (€0.6m), Dustley Mulder (€0.5m), Frank van Mosselveld (€0.5m); Midfield: Anthony Obodai (€0.9m), Ruud Berger (€0.7m), Anton Jongsma (€0.4m); Forward: Fred Benson (€0.8m), Benjamin De Ceulaer (€0.7m), Charlison Benschop (€0.6m).

Willem II Tilburg

Goalkeeper Maikel Aerts (€0.6m); Defense: Jens Janse (€0.8m), Arjan Swinkels (€0.7m), Leo Veloso (€0.5m); Midfield: Said Boutahar (€1.5m), Christophe Gregoire (€1.3m), Mehmet Akgun (€1.3m), Ibrahim Kargbo (€1m), Boy Deul (€0.8m); Forward: Frank Demouge (€1.8m), George Mourad (€0.8m).

 
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