1957–58 Eredivisie

The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1957–58 season was contested by 18 teams. At the end of the competition, Door Oefening Sterk (DOS) and SC Enschede shared the lead with 47 points. According to the rules, an extra match was required. It was played at a neutral field (De Goffert, Nijmegen) and Door Oefening Sterk won the championship by winning 1-0 after extra time.

Eredivisie

Season	1957–58
Champions	DOS (1st title)
Promoted	ADO Den Haag Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
Relegated	GVAV BVV
European Cup	DOS
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,135 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leo Canjels - NAC 32 goals
Biggest home win	MVV 9–0 BVV
Biggest away win	SC Enschede 0–7 Fortuna '54
Highest scoring	Fortuna '54 5–5 NAC
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

Another play-off was held to determine which team had to relegate. Elinkwijk played GVAV at neutral terrain and won 2–1. Therefore, GVAV relegated.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	DOS	34	19	9	6	84	52	+32	47	Championship play-off required as level on points
2	SC Enschede	34	19	9	6	75	48	+27	47
3	AFC Ajax	34	17	8	9	62	44	+18	42
4	Fortuna '54	34	16	8	10	72	53	+19	40
5	MVV	34	15	7	12	57	50	+7	37
6	ADO Den Haag	34	14	7	13	68	56	+12	35
7	VVV '03	34	14	7	13	61	59	+2	35
8	NAC	34	15	5	14	69	70	−1	35
9	Sparta Rotterdam	34	11	12	11	63	62	+1	34	Winners of the 1957–58 KNVB Cup
10	PSV Eindhoven	34	13	6	15	73	70	+3	32
11	Feijenoord	34	13	6	15	74	76	−2	32
12	Rapid JC	34	13	5	16	56	67	−11	31
13	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam	34	11	8	15	56	59	−3	30
14	BVC Amsterdam	34	9	12	13	54	63	−9	30	Played as DWS next season after a merger
15	TSV NOAD	34	11	7	16	50	76	−26	29
16	GVAV	34	10	8	16	58	63	−5	28	Relegation play-off required as level on points
17	Elinkwijk	34	10	8	16	47	71	−24	28
18	BVV	34	7	6	21	56	96	−40	20	Relegated to Eerste Divisie

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Championship play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
DOS	1–0 (a.e.t.)	SC Enschede

DOS won the championship, and qualified for 1958–59 European Cup.

Relegation play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Elinkwijk	2–1	GVAV

GVAV were relegated to Eerste Divisie.

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	AJX	AMS	BLW	BVV	DOS	ELI	FEY	FOR	GVA	MVV	NAC	NOA	PSV	RJC	ENS	SPA	VVV
ADO Den Haag		3–1	3–3	1–0	0–1	6–2	1–0	6–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	5–0	0–4	2–0	2–1	2–4	3–3	1–0
AFC Ajax	1–1		3–4	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
BVC Amsterdam	2–1	0–2		1–3	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	2–2	6–1
Blauw-Wit Ams'dam	3–2	2–1	1–1		1–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	3–3	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	6–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–1
BVV	2–4	0–1	3–3	1–2		2–4	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–2	0–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	6–4	3–3
DOS	4–2	5–1	3–1	0–0	2–1		4–1	6–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	5–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	6–1
Elinkwijk	1–4	0–3	2–1	0–5	0–4	2–3		1–0	1–1	2–3	3–3	2–1	1–2	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–2
Feijenoord	0–1	2–3	3–1	3–1	2–4	4–4	5–2		1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	5–1	1–1	1–2	1–3
Fortuna '54	2–1	1–1	3–1	6–2	3–2	1–0	2–2	2–1		1–2	0–1	5–5	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	2–2
GVAV	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–7		0–0	1–3	5–0	7–1	2–3	2–2	4–0	1–3
MVV	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	9–0	0–4	6–2	0–4	1–2	1–1		2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1
NAC	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–5	4–2	4–0	1–2	3–1	4–3	4–1	0–1		4–0	1–6	0–3	1–2	4–1	4–1
NOAD	2–3	1–3	0–2	1–0	3–3	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–3	2–4		3–1	2–0	2–6	0–3	2–1
PSV Eindhoven	1–1	0–5	6–1	2–3	5–3	2–3	1–0	6–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2		4–2	1–1	1–1	3–0
Rapid JC	0–4	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–1		3–4	1–1	2–1
SC Enschede	4–3	0–3	0–0	3–2	4–0	0–0	5–2	4–2	0–7	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	5–4	4–0		2–0	3–0
Sparta Rotterdam	2–2	4–4	5–1	0–0	3–1	1–7	0–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	8–1	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–2
VVV '03	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	0–0	3–2	4–0	0–1	2–3	0–1	3–3	2–2	4–1	4–1	3–1	1–0

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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1957–58 Eerste Divisie
• 1957–58 Tweede Divisie

References

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