2012–13 Eerste Divisie

The 2012–13 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-seventh season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 10 August 2012 with the first matches of the season and ended on 26 May 2013 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, also involving the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2012–13 Eredivisie. On 3 May 2013, during the last round of the regular season, SC Cambuur secured the championship and the only direct promotion berth. Go Ahead Eagles won promotion to the Eredivisie in the play-offs.

Eerste Divisie
Season2012–13
ChampionsSC Cambuur
PromotedSC Cambuur, Go Ahead Eagles

Teams edit

A total of 18 teams took part in the league. PEC Zwolle were promoted from the Eerste Divisie as 2011–12 champions and replaced by bottom-placed Eredivisie SBV Excelsior, whereas Willem II won a top flight place in the nacompetitie, replacing De Graafschap, who were eliminated from the post-season playoff and therefore relegated to Eerste Divisie for this season. No team was promoted from the Topklasse, thus allowing last-placed FC Emmen to keep their place in the second tier.

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
SBV Excelsior Rotterdam Stadion Woudestein 3,531
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Trendwork Arena 12,500
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Adelaarshorst 6,700
De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
Helmond Sport Helmond Stadion De Braak 4,100
MVV Maastricht De Geusselt 10,000
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

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
AGOVV Apeldoorn   Marco Heering End of interim spell 1 July 2012 Pre-season   Andries Ulderink 1 July 2012[1]
FC Den Bosch   Alfons Groenendijk End of contract 1 July 2012[2] Pre-season   Jan Poortvliet 1 July 2012[2]
FC Eindhoven   Erwin Koeman End of contract 1 July 2012[3] Pre-season   John Lammers 1 July 2012[3]
FC Emmen   René Hake Mutual consent 1 July 2012[4] Pre-season   Joop Gall 1 July 2012[5]
SBV Excelsior   John Lammers End of contract 1 July 2012[6] Pre-season   Leon Vlemmings 1 July 2012[7]
Fortuna Sittard   Tini Ruijs Resigned 1 July 2012[8] Pre-season   Wil Boessen 1 July 2012[9]
Go Ahead Eagles   Jimmy Calderwood End of interim spell 1 July 2012[10] Pre-season   Erik ten Hag 1 July 2012[10]
De Graafschap   Richard Roelofsen End of interim spell 1 July 2012[11] Pre-season   Pieter Huistra 1 July 2012[11]
Helmond Sport   Hans de Koning Signed by FC Volendam 1 July 2012[12] Pre-season   Eric Meijers 1 July 2012[13]
FC Oss   Dirk Heesen End of contract 1 July 2012[14] Pre-season   Anton Janssen 1 July 2012[14]
Telstar   Jan Poortvliet End of contract 1 July 2012[2] Pre-season   Marcel Keizer 1 July 2012[15]
FC Volendam   Johan Steur End of interim spell 1 July 2012 Pre-season   Hans de Koning 1 July 2012[12]
FC Dordrecht   Theo Bos Sick leave 14 July 2012[16] Pre-season   Harry van den Ham (interim) 26 July 2012[17]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Cambuur (C, P) 30 19 4 7 59 33 +26 61 Promotion to the Eredivisie
2 Volendam 30 19 3 8 70 43 +27 60 Qualification for promotion play-offs Second Round
3 Sparta Rotterdam 30 16 7 7 59 36 +23 55
4 Helmond Sport 30 15 10 5 55 45 +10 55
5 MVV 30 14 8 8 56 44 +12 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles (P) 30 13 9 8 60 46 +14 48 Qualification for promotion play-offs First Round
7 Fortuna Sittard 30 13 7 10 39 33 +6 46
8 De Graafschap 30 12 9 9 57 41 +16 45
9 Dordrecht 30 11 7 12 56 56 0 40
10 Oss 30 10 7 13 40 57 −17 37
11 Den Bosch 30 10 5 15 38 49 −11 35
12 Emmen 30 8 8 14 38 52 −14 32
13 Almere City 30 10 1 19 41 67 −26 31
14 Telstar 30 7 8 15 31 46 −15 29
15 Excelsior 30 4 9 17 39 63 −24 21
16 Eindhoven 30 5 6 19 40 67 −27 21
17 Veendam (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Club expelled in 2 April 2013
18 AGOVV (R, D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b] Club expelled in 18 January 2013
Source: Eerste Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Veendam were officially declared bankrupt on 2 April 2013.[18]
  2. ^ AGOVV were initially deducted two points for entering administration,[19] but were later expelled on 18 January 2013 and their record was expunged on the same day.[20]

Playoffs edit

Roda JC and VVV-Venlo 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
FC Dordrecht 3–6 Go Ahead Eagles 3–3 0–3
De Graafschap 5–2 Fortuna Sittard 2–1 3–1

Round 2 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Both winners qualify for 2013–14 Eredivisie.

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c "Jan Poortvliet verlaat Telstar en tekent voor Den Bosch" [Poortvliet leaves Telstar and signs for Den Bosch] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Lammers wordt bij FC Eindhoven opvolger van Koeman" [Lammers succeeds Koeman at FC Eindhoven] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Emmen en trainer Hake gaan in goed overleg uit elkaar" [Emmen and coach Hake part company amicably] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Gall tekent eenjarig contract bij eerstedivisionist Emmen" [Gall signs year contract for Eerste Divisie club Emmen] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Coach Lammers is bezig aan laatste weken bij Excelsior" [Coach Lammers at his final weeks at Excelsior] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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  8. ^ "Fortuna-trainer Ruijs ziet weinig perspectief en stapt op" [Fortuna coach Ruijs sees little perspective and resigns] (in Dutch). 28 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Fortuna Sittard stelt Boessen aan als opvolger van Ruijs" [Fortuna Sittard hires Boessen as successor of Ruijs] (in Dutch). 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Go Ahead Eagles legt Ten Hag voor twee seizoenen vast" [Go Ahead agrees two-year contract with Ten Hag] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Huistra nieuwe coach van gedegradeerd De Graafschap" [Huistra new coach of relegated De Graafschap] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Trainer De Koning wordt opvolger Kruys bij Volendam" [Coach De Koning succeeds Kruys at Volendam] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Meijers maakt alsnog gewenste overstap naar Helmond" [Meijers makes desired move to Helmond] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  14. ^ a b "FC Oss presenteert Janssen als opvolger van Heesen" [FC Oss presents Janssen as successor of Heesen] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  15. ^ "Oud-Ajacied Keizer opvolger van Poortvliet bij Telstar" [Former Ajax player Keizer substitute of Poortvliet at Telstar] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  16. ^ "Bos stopt noodgedwongen als trainer van FC Dordrecht" [Bos forced to stop as FC Dordrecht coach] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  17. ^ "Van den Ham tijdelijk opvolger Bos als trainer Dordrecht" [Van den Ham temporary successor of Bos as FC Dordrecht coach] (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  18. ^ "Reddingsactie mislukt: SC Veendam is definitief failliet". VI.nl. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ "AGOVV krijgt punten in mindering". NOS. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  20. ^ "KNVB bekrachtigt 'onwenselijk' faillissement van AGOVV". VI. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.[permanent dead link]

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