2011–12 Eerste Divisie

The 2011–12 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the fifty-sixth season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2011 with the first matches of the season and ended in June 2012 with the nacompetitie, a promotion-and-relegation tournament also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2011–12 Eredivisie. The competition was won by FC Zwolle on 13 April 2012, after drawing FC Eindhoven 0–0 at home in their 32nd match of the season.[2]

Eerste Divisie
Season2011–12
ChampionsFC Zwolle
PromotedWillem II
Relegatednone
Top goalscorerJack Tuyp

On 1 March 2012, the Dutch football federation confirmed that no team would be relegated from the league at the end of the season, after all the 2011–12 Topklasse teams had decided against being eligible for promotion to the Eerste Divisie.[3]

Teams edit

A total of 18 teams took part in the league. Willem II were relegated as bottom-placed team in the 2010–11 Eredivisie, whereas FC Oss were promoted as 2010–11 Topklasse runners-up, as champions IJsselmeervogels opted to keep playing at amateur level instead. Following the disbandment and consequent exclusion of RBC Roosendaal in June 2011, last-placed 2010–11 Eerste Divisie club Almere City FC were readmitted in the league to fill the vacancy.[1]

The season also saw the participation of the old BV Veendam under their new denomination of SC Veendam.[4]

Club Location Venue Capacity
AGOVV Apeldoorn Apeldoorn Stadion Berg & Bos 3,250
Almere City FC Almere Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion 3,000
Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,250
FC Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch De Vliert 9,000
FC Dordrecht Dordrecht GN Bouw Stadion 4,100
FC Eindhoven Eindhoven Jan Louwers Stadion 4,600
FC Emmen Emmen Univé Stadion 8,600
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Wagner & Partners Stadion 12,500
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Adelaarshorst 6,700
Helmond Sport Helmond Stadion De Braak 4,100
MVV Maastricht De Geusselt 11,026
FC Oss Oss Heesen Yachts Stadion 4,700
Sparta Rotterdam Rotterdam Het Kasteel 11,026
Telstar Velsen TATA Steel Stadion 3,625
SC Veendam Veendam De Langeleegte 5,290
FC Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 6,260
Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,637
FC Zwolle Zwolle FC Zwolle Stadion 10,000

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
AGOVV Apeldoorn   Hans de Koning Mutual consent 1 July 2011[5] Pre-season   Hans van Arum 1 July 2011[6]
FC Dordrecht   Henny Lee Signed by FC Utrecht 1 July 2011[7] Pre-season   Theo Bos 1 July 2011[7]
Go Ahead Eagles   Andries Ulderink Signed by De Graafschap 1 July 2011[8] Pre-season   Joop Gall 1 July 2011[9]
Helmond Sport   Jurgen Streppel Signed by Willem II 1 July 2011[10] Pre-season   Hans de Koning 1 July 2011[11]
Sparta Rotterdam   Jos van Eck End of interim spell 1 July 2011 Pre-season   Michel Vonk 1 July 2011[12]
SC Veendam   Joop Gall Signed by Go Ahead Eagles 1 July 2011[9] Pre-season   Gert Heerkes 1 July 2011[13]
Willem II   John Feskens End of interim spell 1 July 2011 Pre-season   Jurgen Streppel 1 July 2011[10]
Fortuna Sittard   Wim Dusseldorp Signed by VVV-Venlo 28 December 2011[14] 14th   Tiny Ruys 29 December 2011[15]
FC Dordrecht   Theo Bos Sick leave 7 January 2012[16]   Virgil Breetveld (interim) 7 January 2012
FC Volendam   Gert Kruys Gardening leave 6 March 2012[17] 13th   Johan Steur (interim) 6 March 2012[18]
FC Eindhoven   Ernest Faber Hired by PSV Eindhoven 14 March 2012[19] 2nd   Erwin Koeman 17 March 2012[20]
Go Ahead Eagles   Joop Gall Resigned 24 March 2012[21] 11th   Jimmy Calderwood (interim) 30 March 2012[22]
AGOVV Apeldoorn   Hans van Arum Removed from managerial duties 26 April 2012[23] 17th   Marco Heering (interim) 26 April 2012[23]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Zwolle (C, P) 34 22 6 6 68 34 +34 72 Promotion to 2012–13 Eredivisie
2 Sparta Rotterdam 34 19 8 7 59 32 +27 65 Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round
3 Eindhoven 34 18 9 7 52 33 +19 63
4 Helmond Sport 34 18 8 8 62 50 +12 62
5 Willem II (P) 34 17 7 10 67 41 +26 58
6 Den Bosch 34 16 9 9 57 32 +25 57 Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
7 Cambuur 34 16 8 10 68 44 +24 56
8 MVV 34 14 9 11 59 55 +4 51
9 Go Ahead Eagles 34 14 8 12 65 56 +9 50
10 Dordrecht 34 13 11 10 56 62 −6 50
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 13 9 12 62 51 +11 48
12 Volendam 34 14 6 14 57 55 +2 48
13 Almere City 34 11 7 16 52 62 −10 40
14 Oss 34 10 5 19 56 76 −20 35
15 Telstar 34 9 5 20 45 70 −25 32
16 Veendam 34 4 10 20 42 67 −25 22
17 AGOVV 34 5 4 25 36 94 −58 19
18 Emmen[a] 34 6 5 23 24 73 −49 17
Source: Eerste divisie (official site) (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Emmen deducted six points due to financial irregularities.[24]

Results edit

Home \ Away AGO ALM CAM DBO DOR EIN EMM FOR GAE HEL MVV OSS SPA TEL VEE VOL WIL ZWO
AGOVV 1–1 2–4 2–3 2–3 0–0 0–1 2–4 3–1 0–3 1–1 3–2 0–6 2–3 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–4
Almere City 4–1 1–1 1–3 5–0 1–3 2–0 1–4 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–4 0–3
Cambuur 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 4–2 1–2 3–1 5–1 4–1 0–2 3–0
Den Bosch 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–2
Dordrecht 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 3–3 3–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–2
Eindhoven 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 4–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 2–2
Emmen 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–4 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–2 1–2
Fortuna Sittard 5–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–5 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–1
Go Ahead Eagles 3–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 7–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 5–0 1–3 0–1
Helmond Sport 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 5–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–2 3–2 1–0 0–7 3–1
MVV 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 6–0 3–1 1–2 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–3
Oss 1–0 3–4 3–2 0–2 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 5–3 3–1 0–2 1–5 3–1 4–4 1–3 1–1 1–0
Sparta Rotterdam 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Telstar 1–3 3–1 2–5 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–3
Veendam 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–1
Volendam 6–1 3–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–2
Willem II 5–0 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–1
Zwolle 3–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 7–3 2–0 3–1 1–0
Source: Eerste Divisie website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs edit

VVV-Venlo and De Graafschap joined the Eerste Divisie-teams for the playoffs, after finishing 16th and 17th in the Eredivisie.

Round 1 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Go Ahead Eagles 1–3 Den Bosch 1−1 0–2
MVV 1–2 Cambuur 0−2 1–0

Round 2 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Den Bosch 1–1 De Graafschap 0–0 1–1
Willem II 3–2 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 1–1
Helmond Sport 3–0 Eindhoven 1–0 2–0
Cambuur 3–4 VVV-Venlo 0–0 3–4

Round 3 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Den Bosch 1–2 Willem II 0–0 1–2
Helmond Sport 3–4 VVV-Venlo 1–2 2–2

Top goalscorers edit

Updated 27 January 2012[25]

17 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

References edit

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