The 2004–05 season of the Eredivisie started on August 13, 2004 and ended on May 22, 2005. The title was won by PSV. FC Den Bosch and De Graafschap were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season.

Eredivisie
Season2004–05
Dates13 August 2004 – 22 May 2005
ChampionsPSV (18th title)
PromotedFC Den Bosch
De Graafschap
RelegatedDe Graafschap
FC Den Bosch
Champions LeaguePSV
Ajax
UEFA CupAZ
Feyenoord
sc Heerenveen
Willem II
Intertoto CupRoda JC
Top goalscorerNetherlands Dirk Kuyt (29 goals)[1]

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Relegated at the end of the season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 PSV (C) 34 27 6 1 89 18 +71 87 Qualification to Champions League group stage[a]
2 Ajax 34 24 5 5 74 33 +41 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 AZ 34 19 7 8 71 41 +30 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Feyenoord 34 19 5 10 90 51 +39 62
5 Heerenveen 34 18 6 10 64 52 +12 60
6 Twente 34 15 9 10 48 38 +10 54
7 Vitesse Arnhem 34 16 6 12 53 49 +4 54
8 Roda JC 34 13 8 13 60 55 +5 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
9 RKC Waalwijk 34 13 8 13 44 51 −7 47
10 Willem II 34 13 6 15 44 56 −12 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
11 Utrecht 34 12 8 14 40 43 −3 44
12 Groningen 34 11 7 16 50 58 −8 40
13 NEC 34 9 10 15 41 47 −6 37
14 ADO Den Haag 34 10 6 18 44 59 −15 36
15 NAC Breda 34 9 8 17 43 67 −24 35
16 RBC Roosendaal 34 10 2 22 38 77 −39 32 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 De Graafschap (R) 34 4 7 23 32 78 −46 19
18 Den Bosch (R) 34 5 4 25 23 75 −52 19 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: Eredivisie
Rules for classification: 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, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b PSV also won the 2004–05 KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists Willem II could play in the UEFA Cup.

Results edit

Home \ Away ADO AJA AZA GRA DBO GRO TWE UTR FEY NAC NEC PSV RBC RKC RJC HEE VIT WIL
ADO Den Haag 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 6–2 1–2 0–2 5–1 0–0 1–4 0–2 0–4 0–1
Ajax 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 6–2 1–0 0–4 4–1 4–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0
AZ 2–0 0–0 3–2 5–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–1
De Graafschap 1–2 0–5 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–7 0–2 3–2 0–4 0–1 2–4 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2
Den Bosch 1–0 0–5 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 4–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–4 1–2 1–2
FC Groningen 4–3 0–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 4–4 1–2 0–0 1–1
FC Twente 2–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–3 4–1 1–4 0–0
FC Utrecht 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3
Feyenoord 6–3 2–3 4–2 6–1 4–2 1–2 3–1 0–3 4–0 2–1 3–3 3–0 4–0 4–1 1–3 1–2 7–0
NAC Breda 1–1 1–2 0–3 3–2 3–0 1–4 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–4 4–0 1–1 1–2 1–2
NEC 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 4–3 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–3 0–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0
PSV Eindhoven 4–0 2–0 5–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 4–0 3–0 1–0
RBC Roosendaal 2–0 1–4 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 2–5 0–1 3–1 1–3 4–1 2–0
RKC Waalwijk 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–4 1–0 2–2 1–4 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0
Roda JC 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–0 5–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 4–0
SC Heerenveen 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 7–1 1–2 3–4 0–3 2–2
Vitesse Arnhem 3–4 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–3 2–0
Willem II 1–0 1–3 1–3 4–1 2–1 4–2 0–3 0–0 0–4 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs edit

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 RBC Roosendaal 6 3 2 1 9 3 +6 11 Qualified for 2005–06 Eredivisie
2 FC Volendam 6 2 3 1 11 9 +2 9
3 Stormvogels Telstar 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 8
4 VVV-Venlo 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4
Source: [citation needed]
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Rotterdam 6 5 0 1 13 5 +8 15 Qualified for 2005–06 Eredivisie
2 Helmond Sport 6 2 3 1 11 6 +5 9
3 De Graafschap 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 Relegated to 2005–06 Eerste Divisie
4 FC Zwolle 6 0 1 5 6 20 −14 1
Source: [citation needed]

Top scorers edit

Pos. Player Club Goals
1.   Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord 29
2.   Salomon Kalou Feyenoord 20
3.   Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink PSV 19
4.   Klaas-Jan Huntelaar SC Heerenveen 16
  Erik Nevland FC Groningen
  Blaise Nkufo FC Twente
7.   Arouna Koné Roda JC 15
8.   Mark van Bommel PSV 14
9.   Matthew Amoah Vitesse Arnhem 13
  Ali Boussaboun NAC Breda
  Kenneth Perez AZ
12.   Rick Hoogendorp RKC Waalwijk 12
  Geert den Ouden ADO Den Haag
14.   Jason Čulina FC Twente 11
  Georgios Samaras SC Heerenveen
  Sérgio Roda JC

Awards edit

Dutch Footballer of the Year edit

See also edit

References edit