The 2021–22 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the twelfth season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. Defending champions Twente[1] won the league title for the third time in a row. The season saw Feyenoord entering the league, which expanded to nine teams. Feyenoord's final home game of the season, against AFC Ajax, attracted 14,618 fans, more than four times any other match in the season.[2]
| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 August 2021 – 20 May 2022 |
| Champions | FC Twente |
| Women's Champions League | Twente Ajax |
| Matches played | 108 |
| Goals scored | 392 (3.63 per match) |
| Best Player |  Fenna Kalma |
| Top goalscorer | Fenna Kalma (33 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Twente 8–0 Alkmaar (27 August 2021) Twente 8–0 Heerenveen (29 October 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Excelsior 1–9 Twente (19 December 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Excelsior 1–9 Twente (19 December 2021) Excelsior 2–8 Ajax (24 April 2022) |
| Longest winning run | 13 matches Twente |
| Longest unbeaten run | 20 matches Twente |
| Longest winless run | 9 matches Excelsior |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Excelsior |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2022. | |
Twente's Fenna Kalma, the top goal scorer for the season, was named the Women's Eredivisie Player of the Year.[3] Her teammate Wieke Kaptein was named Talent of the Year.[4]
Format
editThe league changed its format, dropped the split-season scheduling used for several years. All nine teams played each teams three times. Because of the odd number of teams, one team had a bye each round.[5][6] The league stated that the change was to increase the number of games each team played and reduce the gap between the Eredivisie and top foreign women's leagues.[7] The top two teams qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Teams
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Location of teams in the Eredivisie Vrouwen 2021–22
Four years after creating its women's program, Feyenoord joined the league, expanding the league to nine teams.[8]
| Team | City / Town | Venue(s) | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | Den Haag | Cars Jeans Stadion | 15,000 |
| Sportpark Prinses Irene | 3,000 | ||
| AFC Ajax | Amsterdam | Sportpark De Toekomst | 5,000 |
| VV Alkmaar | Alkmaar | Sportpark AFC '34 | 2,500 |
| Excelsior | Rotterdam | Van Donge & De Roo Stadion | 4,500 |
| Feyenoord | Rotterdam | Sportcomplex Varkenoord | 2,500 |
| De Kuip | 47,500 | ||
| SC Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Sportpark Skoatterwâld | 3,000 |
| Abe Lenstra Stadion | 27,224 | ||
| PEC Zwolle | Zwolle | MAC³PARK Stadion | 14,000 |
| Sportpark Be Quick '28 | 3,000 | ||
| PSV Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Sportcomplex De Herdgang | 2,500 |
| FC Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,205 |
| Sportpark Het Diekman | 4,000 |
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twente (C) | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 95 | 26 | +69 | 60 | UEFA Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Ajax | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 22 | +48 | 54 | |
| 3 | PSV | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 43 | |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 39 | |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 35 | |
| 6 | PEC Zwolle | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 28 | |
| 7 | Heerenveen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 18 | |
| 8 | Alkmaar | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 68 | −39 | 17 | |
| 9 | Excelsior | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 83 | −55 | 11 |
Source: Soccerway[11]
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 otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[12]
(C) Champions
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 otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)[12]
(C) Champions
Results
editStatistics
editTop scorers
edit| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fenna Kalma
|
Twente | 24 | 33 | 3 | 1.38 |
| 2. | Romée Leuchter
|
Ajax | 24 | 25 | 3 | 1.04 |
| 3. | Renate Jansen
|
Twente | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0.74 |
| 4. | Kayleigh van Dooren
|
Twente | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0.54 |
| 5. | Jaimy Ravensbergen
|
ADO Den Haag | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0.46 |
| 6. | Sanne Koopman
|
VV Alkmaar | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0.43 |
| Chasity Grant
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Ajax | 24 | 0 | 0.42 | ||
| Desiree van Lunteren
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PSV | 24 | 5 | 0.42 | ||
| 9. | Liz Rijsbergen
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ADO Den Haag | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0.35 |
| 10. | Nikita Tromp
|
Ajax | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0.44 |
 Anna-Lena Stolze
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Twente | 22 | 0 | 0.32 | ||
| Chimera Ripa
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Heerenveen | 22 | 0 | 0.32 | ||
 Sabrine Ellouzi
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Excelsior | 23 | 2 | 0.3 |
Source: Soccerway[14]
Hat-tricks(+)
edit| Rnd. | Player | Club | Goals | Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Fenna Kalma
|
Twente |  3', 34', 50', 78'
|
1 Oct 2021 | Twente | 7 – 1 | Excelsior |
| 7 | Jaimy Ravensbergen
|
ADO Den Haag | 4', 41', 78'
|
17 Oct 2021 | ADO Den Haag | 4 – 4 | Twente |
| 8 | Fenna Kalma
|
Twente | 31', 38', 69', 76'
|
29 Oct 2021 | Twente | 8 – 0 | Heerenveen |
| Renate Jansen
|
Twente | 7', 26', 55'
| |||||
| 14 | Fenna Kalma
|
Twente | 50', 72', 85'
|
19 Dec 2021 | Excelsior | 1 – 9 | Twente |
| 20 | Fenna Kalma
|
Twente | 49', 90', 90+3'
|
13 Mar 2022 | Twente | 6 – 0 | Feyenoord |
| 21 | Jannette van Belen
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ADO Den Haag | 24', 26', 61'
|
25 Mar 2022 | Heerenveen | 0 – 4 | ADO Den Haag |
| 23 | Romée Leuchter
|
Ajax | 6', 34', 55', 90'
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24 Apr 2022 | Excelsior | 2 – 8 | Ajax |
References
edit- ^ "Eredivisie Women 2020/2021 - Championship round - Tables". soccerway.com. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "2021-2022 Eredivisie Vrouwen Scores & Fixtures". FBref.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ Rooseboom, Jeroen (30 August 2022). "Fenna Kalma gekozen tot Vrouwen Eredivisie Speler van het Jaar, Wieke Kaptein is Talent van het Jaar". SportNieuws.nl. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Jurriën Timber and Fenna Kalma big winners of Eredivisie Awards". Eredivisie. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Competitieprogramma Pure Energie Eredivisie Vrouwen bekend". pure-energie-eredivisievrouwen.nl. Archived from the original on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "COMPETITIEPROGRAMMA PURE ENERGIE EREDIVISIE VROUWEN SEIZOEN 2021/'22". KNVB. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Nieuwe competitieopzet Pure Energie Eredivisie Vrouwen". Pure Energie Eredivisie Vrouwen. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Feyenoord gaat meedoen aan Pure Energie Eredivisie Vrouwen" [Feyenoord will participate in Pure Energie Women's Eredivisie] (in Dutch). Feyenoord. 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Eredivisie Women 2021/2022 - Venues". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "2021-2022 Eredivisie Vrouwen Scores & Fixtures". Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Eredivisie Women 2021/2022 - Tables". soccerway.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2021-22" [Regulations professional football] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Eredivisie vrouwen 2021/2022 - Matches". soccerway.com. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Eredivisie Women 2021/2022 - Players". soccerway.com. 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
External links
edit- Official website
- Season on soccerway.com