The 2012–13 Eredivisie was the 57th season of Eredivisie, since its establishment in 1955. It began on 10 August 2012 with the first match of the season and ended on 26 May 2013, with the last matches of the European competition and relegation play-offs.[2] This is the first time VAR has been used for testing.[3]
Season | 2012–13 |
---|---|
Dates | 10 August 2012 – 5 May 2013 |
Champions | Ajax (32nd title) |
Relegated | Willem II VVV-Venlo |
Champions League | Ajax PSV |
Europa League | Feyenoord Vitesse Arnhem AZ Utrecht |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 964 (3.15 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Wilfried Bony (31 goals) |
Biggest home win | PSV 7–0 ADO Den Haag |
Biggest away win | VVV 0–6 PSV |
Highest scoring | Heracles Almelo 6–3 Heerenveen |
Longest winning run | 8 games PSV |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 games Ajax |
Longest winless run | 10 games NEC |
Longest losing run | 6 games VVV-Venlo |
Total attendance | 4,596,704[1] |
Average attendance | 18,838[1] |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
Teams
editA total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2011–12 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the 2011–12 Eerste Divisie champions.
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
ADO Den Haag | The Hague | Kyocera Stadion | 15,000 |
Ajax | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Arena | 52,651 |
AZ | Alkmaar | AFAS Stadion | 17,023 |
Feyenoord | Rotterdam | Stadion Feijenoord | 51,177 |
Groningen | Groningen | Euroborg | 22,550 |
Heerenveen | Heerenveen | Abe Lenstra Stadion | 26,100 |
Heracles | Almelo | Polman Stadion | 8,500 |
NAC | Breda | Rat Verlegh Stadion | 19,005 |
NEC | Nijmegen | Stadion de Goffert | 12,500 |
PEC Zwolle[4] | Zwolle | IJsseldelta Stadion | 11,324 |
PSV | Eindhoven | Philips Stadion | 35,000 |
RKC Waalwijk | Waalwijk | Mandemakers Stadion | 7,508 |
Roda JC | Kerkrade | Parkstad Limburg Stadion | 18,936 |
Twente | Enschede | De Grolsch Veste | 30,014 |
Utrecht | Utrecht | Stadion Galgenwaard | 23,750 |
Vitesse Arnhem | Arnhem | GelreDome | 25,000 |
VVV-Venlo | Venlo | De Koel | 8,000 |
Willem II | Tilburg | Koning Willem II Stadion | 14,500 |
Personnel and kits
editNote: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SC Heerenveen | Ron Jans | End of contract | 1 July 2012[5] | Pre-season | Marco van Basten | 1 July 2012[6] |
Roda JC Kerkrade | Harm van Veldhoven | End of contract | 1 July 2012[7] | Pre-season | Ruud Brood | 1 July 2012[8] |
RKC Waalwijk | Ruud Brood | Signed by Roda JC Kerkrade | 1 July 2012[8] | Pre-season | Erwin Koeman | 1 July 2012[9] |
PSV | Phillip Cocu | End of interim spell | 1 July 2012[10] | Pre-season | Dick Advocaat | 1 July 2012[11] |
FC Groningen | Pieter Huistra | Sacked | 10 May 2012[12] | Pre-season | Robert Maaskant | 1 July 2012[13] |
Vitesse Arnhem | John van den Brom | Signed by Anderlecht | 1 July 2012[14] | Pre-season | Fred Rutten | 1 July 2012[15] |
NAC Breda | John Karelse | Sacked | 23 October 2012[16] | 17th | Adri Bogers (caretaker) | 23 October 2012 |
NAC Breda | Adri Bogers | End of caretaker spell | 21 November 2012[17] | 15th | Nebojša Gudelj | 21 November 2012 |
FC Twente | Steve McClaren | Resigned | 26 February 2013[18] | 5th | Alfred Schreuder (caretaker) | 26 February 2013 |
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ajax (C) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 83 | 31 | +52 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | PSV | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 103 | 43 | +60 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 69 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
4 | Vitesse Arnhem | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
5 | Utrecht (O) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 63 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
6 | Twente | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 62 | |
7 | Groningen | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 43 | |
8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 42 | |
9 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 40 | |
10 | AZ | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a] |
11 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 39 | |
12 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 38 | |
13 | NAC Breda | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 38 | |
14 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 37 | |
15 | NEC Nijmegen | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 37 | |
16 | Roda JC (O) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
17 | VVV-Venlo (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 28 | |
18 | Willem II (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 76 | −43 | 23 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ AZ qualified for the play-off of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012–13 KNVB Cup.
Results
editPlay-offs
editEuropean competition
editThe teams placed fifth through eighth competed in a play-off tournament for one spot in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. Teams on the left played the first leg at home.
Semi-finals
editThe first legs were played on 16 May 2013, while the return legs were played on 19 May 2013.[19]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Groningen | 2–4 | Twente | 0–1 | 2–3 |
SC Heerenveen | 1–3 | Utrecht | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Twente | 2–3 | Utrecht | 0–2 | 2–1 |
Relegation
editRoda JC and VVV-Venlo joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the play-offs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.
Round 1
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
FC Dordrecht | 3–6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3–3 | 0–3 |
De Graafschap | 5–2 | Fortuna Sittard | 2–1 | 3–1 |
Round 2
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Go Ahead Eagles | 4–0 | VVV-Venlo | 1–0 | 3–0 |
MVV Maastricht | 1–4 | FC Volendam | 0–1 | 1–3 |
Helmond Sport | 3–5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2–4 | 1–1 |
De Graafschap | 2–7 | Roda JC | 1–1 | 1–6 |
Round 3
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Go Ahead Eagles | 3–1 | FC Volendam | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Sparta Rotterdam | 1–2 | Roda JC | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Season statistics
editTop scorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals[20] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wilfried Bony | Vitesse Arnhem | 31 |
2 | Graziano Pellè | Feyenoord | 27 |
3 | Alfreð Finnbogason | Heerenveen | 24 |
4 | Jozy Altidore | AZ | 23 |
5 | Sanharib Malki | Roda JC | 17 |
6 | Dries Mertens | PSV | 16 |
7 | Jeremain Lens | PSV | 15 |
8 | Jacob Mulenga | Utrecht | 14 |
Georginio Wijnaldum | PSV | 14 | |
10 | Luc Castaignos | Twente | 13 |
References
edit- ^ a b "2012–13 Dutch Eredivisie statistics". ESPN FC. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Speeldagenkalender Betaald Voetbal 2012/'13" (PDF). KNVB (in Dutch). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "The inside story of how FIFA's controversial VAR system was born". Wired UK.
- ^ "FC Zwolle definitief als PEC Zwolle terug in de Eredivisie". VI (in Dutch). 15 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Ron Jans na dit seizoen weg als trainer SC Heerenveen". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 5 January 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Van Basten coach Heerenveen". NOS (in Dutch). 13 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Harm van Veldhoven vertrekt bij Roda JC Kerkrade". Roda JC Kerkrade (in Dutch). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Ruud Brood nieuwe trainer Roda JC". Eredivisie Live (in Dutch). 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Erwin Koeman trainer RKC Waalwijk". AD (in Dutch). 23 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Cocu definitief geen hoofdtrainer van PSV". AD (in Dutch). 9 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Dick Advocaat tekent contract bij PSV". PSV (in Dutch). 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ "FC Groningen besluit tot ontslag oefenmeester Huistra". VI (in Dutch). 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ "Maaskant trainer FC Groningen". NOS (in Dutch). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Anderlecht strikt Van den Brom". NOS (in Dutch). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "Rutten definitief naar Vitesse". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "NAC ontslaat John Karelse". AD (in Dutch). 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ "Gudelj nieuwe hoofdtrainer NAC". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 21 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Trainer McClaren weg bij Twente". NOS (in Dutch). 26 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Europa League Play-offs - Semi-finals - Netherlands". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Topscorers". Eredivisie official website (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
External links
edit- Official website (in Dutch)