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Exciting finishPSV Eindhoven clinched the Dutch title for the third season in a row thanks to a goal difference. PSV began the final day of the 2006/07 campaign level on 72 points with AZ Alkmaar and Ajax, with an inferior goal difference to both, but a 5-1 home victory over Vitesse moved them on to +50. Ajax finished the season with +49 in goal difference after they could only win 2-0 at Willem II. AZ Alkmaar, who had started the day in pole position, suffered a 3-2 defeat at lowly Excelsior to finish third. So, AZ Alkmaar, Twente and Heerenveen played the play-offs for the Netherlands' second UEFA Champions League spot.
Ajax won the Dutch UEFA Champions League play-off tie for the second season running as a 3-0 victory against AZ Alkmaar in Amsterdam earned them a 4-2 aggregate win. The Dutch giants overhauled a 2-1 first-leg deficit and progress to this summer's third qualifying round. Alkmaar will play in the UEFA Cup for the fourth season in a row. Waalwijk dropped to the second division and Excelsior retained their top-flight spot, both following a relegation play-off. Den Haag were relegated automatically.
* 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. Return homeFeyenoord have strengthened their team ahead of the 2007/08 season with several new players, including experienced Roy Makaay, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Kevin Hofland. Striker Makaay has left Bayern Munich after the two clubs agreeing undisclosed terms for his move back to the Netherlands. The 32-year-old Dutchman, who has scored 102 goals in 178 competitive games for Bayern, signed a three-year contract in Rotterdam. Barcelona have also agreed to release Dutch defender Giovanni van Bronckhorst, 32, from his contract to allow him to join his first club on a three-year deal. Dutch defender Hofland, 28, has signed a four-year contract with Feyenoord after the club paid Wolfsburg an undisclosed fee for his services. This page is introduction to the 2007/2008 Dutch First Division season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Netherlands page. Bert van Marwijk is also returning for a second stint as coach of Feyenoord, the club he led to the UEFA Cup in 2002. He coached the Rotterdam team from 2000 to 2004, then left to take over at Borussia Dortmund but was dismissed by the German club in December 2006. Van Marwijk has signed a two-year contract following the departure of Erwin Koeman, who resigned after they finished a disappointing seventh in the Dutch First Division, their worst season since 1991.
* The table displays Holland Casino Eredivisie standings for season 2006/2007. Ronald Koeman will remain as coach of PSV Eindhoven this campaign, ending speculation he would leave after winning the Dutch league in his first season in charge. His position had been in doubt after a dispute with club chairman Frits Schuitema. Coach Louis van Gaal has agreed a new two-year contract with AZ Alkmaar, which will keep him with the club until 2010. Included in the contract is a clause that the 55-year-old can leave the team if he is offered a job as national coach of Argentina, Germany, Spain, England or the Netherlands. Van Gaal took over as AZ Alkmaar coach in 2005. Last season, he led the club to a third -placed finish in the Dutch league. Willem van Hanegem has signed a two-year contract to coach Utrecht, returning to the club for a third spell. The 63-year-old, a former assistant coach with the Netherlands national team, succeeds Foeke Booy, who left after a four-year spell to join Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia. Van Hanegem has also coached Feyenoord, Sparta Rotterdam and AZ Alkmaar.
Dutch Cup finals in last five years2003 Utrecht - Feyenoord 4:1 |
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key playersAjax AmsterdamGoalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg (€4m); Defense: John Heitinga (€7m), Urby Emanuelson (€4.5m), Jaap Stam (€3m), Thomas Vermaelen (€3m), Gheorghe Ogararu (€3m); Midfield: Gabri (€4.5m), Dennis Rommedahl (€3m), Hedwiges Maduro (€3m); Forward: Klaas Jan Huntelaar (€13m), Luis Suarez (€7.5m). AZ AlkmaarGoalkeeper Boy Waterman (€2.5m); Defense: Kew Jaliens (€4m), Ryan Donk (€3.5m), Gretar Steinsson (€2.5m); Midfield: Maarten Martens (€5.5m), Stijn Schaars (€4.5m), Demy de Zeeuw (€4.5m), David Mendes da Silva (€3.3m); Forward: Danny Koevermans (€6.5m), Moussa Dembele (€5.3m), Julian Jenner (€2.5m). De GraafschapGoalkeeper Jimmy van Fessem (€0.5m); Defense: Stephan Keller (€1.5m), Cerezo Fung a Wing (€0.4m), Rene Bot (€0.4m), Joost Volmer (€0.3m); Midfield: Arnar Vidarsson (€0.7m), John van Loenhout (€0.7m), Resit Schuurman (€0.4m), Reinier Robbemond (€0.3m); Forward: Donny de Groot (€0.8m), Niklas Tarvajarvi (€0.4m). Excelsior RotterdamGoalkeeper Roland Graafland (€0.3m); Defense: Jos van Nieuwstadt (€0.8m), Christian Gyan (€0.7m), Sieme Zijm (€0.3m), Sigourney Bandjar (€0.3m); Midfield: Daniel Guijo-Velasco (€0.5m), Jarda Simr (€0.4m), Rene van Dieren (€0.4m), Mitchell Pique (€0.2m); Forward: Elridge Rojer (€0.6m), Johan Voskamp (€0.2m). FeyenoordGoalkeeper Henk Timmer (€2.5m); Defense: Kevin Hofland (€5m), Tim de Cler (€5m), Andre Bahia (€3.5m), Serginho Greene (€3m); Midfield: Giovanni van Bronckhorst (€5.2m), Nicky Hofs (€5m), Jonathan de Guzman (€5m), Theo Lucius (€3m), Danny Buijs (€2.5m); Forward: Roy Makaay (€11.5m). GroningenGoalkeeper Luciano (€2m); Defense: Arnold Kruiswijk (€1.5m), Fredrik Stenman (€1m), Bruno Ramon Silva (€0.8m), Gibril Sankoh (€0.5m); Midfield: Koen Van de Laak (€1.3m), Goran Lovre (€0.7m), Rasmus Lindgren (€0.6m), Evgeniy Levchenko (€0.6m); Forward: Marcus Berg (€4.5m), Erik Nevland (€2.5m). HeerenveenGoalkeeper Brian Vandenbussche (€1.5m); Defense: Michael Dingsdag (€3m), Gianni Zuiverloon (€0.7m), Michel Breuer (€0.4m); Midfield: Danijel Pranjic (€1.7m), Thomas Pragueer (€0.8m), Michael Bradley (€0.6m), Jacob Poulsen (€0.5m), Andre Hanssen (€0.2m); Forward: Afonso Alves (€9m), Gerald Sibon (€0.4m). HeraclesGoalkeeper Martin Pieckenhagen (€1.3m); Defense: Eddy Bosnar (€0.7m), Marnix Smit (€0.4m), Ragnar Klavan (€0.4m), Mark Looms (€0.4m); Midfield: Ricky van den Bergh (€1.5m), Kwame Quansah (€0.6m), Remon de Vries (€0.3m), Rob Maas (€0.2m); Forward: Igor Gluscevic (€0.8m), Everton (€0.6m). NAC BredaGoalkeeper Edwin Zoetebier (€0.9m); Defense: Patrick Zwaanswijk (€1.3m), Rob Penders (€0.8m), Ron Stam (€0.6m), Patrick Mtiliga (€0.6m); Midfield: Sander van Gessel (€1m), Edwin de Graaf (€0.8m); Forward: Joonas Kolkka (€1.5m), Victor Sikora (€1m), Anthony Lurling (€0.8m), Matthew Amoah (€0.7m). NEC NijmegenGoalkeeper Gabor Babos (€2.2m); Defense: Jonas Olsson (€1.3m), Youssef El Akchaoui (€0.8m), Peter Wisgerhof (€0.7m), Muslu Nalbantoglu (€0.5m), Patrick Pothuizen (€0.2m); Midfield: Ferne Snoyl (€0.5m), Mark Otten (€0.5m), Dominique Kivuvu (€0.1m); Forward: Brett Holman (€0.8m), Rutger Worm (€0.2m). PSV EindhovenGoalkeeper Gomes (€5.5m); Defense: Carlos Salcido (€5m), Jan Kromkamp (€4.7m); Midfield: Timmy Simons (€5.5m), Ibrahim Afellay (€5m), Edison Mendez (€4.5m), Jason Culina (€3m); Forward: Farfan (€14.5m), Arouna Kone (€8.5m), Danko Lazovic (€5.5m), Kenneth Perez (€3.5m). Roda KerkradeGoalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton (€0.3m); Defense: Pa-Modou Kah (€1.3m), Fatih Sonkaya (€1m), Jan Paul Saeijs (€0.7m), Davy De Fauw (€0.6m); Midfield: Ismael Cheikh Tiote (€1m), Boldiszar Bodor (€0.7m), Marcel Meeuwis (€0.3m); Forward: Andres Oper (€2.2m), Jamaique Vandamme (€0.5m), Sekou Cisse (€0.4m). Sparta RotterdamGoalkeeper Harald Wapenaar (€0.8m); Defense: Sjaak Polak (€0.5m), Danny Schenkel (€0.4m), Sepp De Roover (€0.4m), Steve Olfers (€0.4m); Midfield: Yuri Rose (€1.5m), Arne Slot (€0.9m), Edwin van Bueren (€0.2m), Jeffrey Vlug (€0.1m); Forward: Nourdin Boukhari (€1.3m), Rachid Bouaouzan (€0.3m). TwenteGoalkeeper Sander Boschker (€0.9m); Defense: Ramon Zomer (€1.3m), Rob Wielaert (€1m), Luke Wilkshire (€0.7m), Jeroen Heubach (€0.3m); Midfield: Orlando Engelaar (€2.5m), Youssouf Hersi (€1.8m), Karim El Ahmadi (€0.7m); Forward: Stijn Huysegems (€2.7m), Blaise Nkufo (€2.2m), Romano Denneboom (€2m). UtrechtGoalkeeper Michel Vorm (€0.8m); Defense: Tim Cornelisse (€1.8m), Joost Broerse (€0.8m), Francis Dickoh (€0.5m), Erik Pieters (€0.4m); Midfield: Hans Somers (€1.2m), Tom Caluwe (€1m), Gregoor van Dijk (€1m), Rick Kruys (€0.1m); Forward: Cedric van der Gun (€2.5m), Peter Kopteff (€0.4m). VenloGoalkeeper Kevin Begois (€0.6m); Defense: Sjors Verdellen (€0.5m), Peter Reekers (€0.5m), Frank Broers (€0.3m); Midfield: Ken Leemans (€0.4m), Edwin Linssen (€0.4m), Ekrem Kahya (€0.2m); Forward: Jason Oost (€0.8m), Samir el Gaaouiri (€0.5m), Paul Jans (€0.5m), Sandro Calabro (€0.4m). Vitesse ArnheimGoalkeeper Piet Velthuizen (€0.1m); Defense: Purrel Frankel (€1m), Civard Sprockel (€0.5m), Paul Verhaegh (€0.4m); Midfield: Theo Janssen (€3m), Anders Due (€1.4m), Onur Kaya (€0.1m); Forward: Mads Junker (€2m), Santi Kolk (€0.8m), Fred Benson (€0.5m), Anduele Pryor (€0.5m). Willem II TilburgGoalkeeper Maikel Aerts (€1.5m); Defense: Thomas Baelum (€1m), Ibrahim Kargbo (€1m), Valencia (€1m), Frank van der Struijk (€0.8m), Nuelson Wau (€0.6m); Midfield: Danny Mathijssen (€1.5m), Said Boutahar (€0.9m), Kristof Imschoot (€0.7m); Forward: Kevin Bobson (€1.5m), Anouar Hadouir (€0.8m). |
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