2023–24 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 10 May 2024
Matches played	360
Goals scored	1,098 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Henk Veerman; Martijn Kaars; (21 goals each)
Biggest home win	ADO Den Haag 6–0 Jong FC Utrecht; (27 November 2023)
Biggest away win	TOP Oss 1–8 Cambuur; (6 November 2023)
Highest scoring	TOP Oss 1–8 Cambuur; (6 November 2023)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Willem II; Groningen
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches; Willem II; Groningen
Longest winless run	11 matches; Jong PSV; Den Bosch; Jong FC Utrecht
Longest losing run	6 matches; Emmen; Telstar; Jong FC Utrecht
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 29 April 2024.

The 2023–24 Eerste Divisie is be the 68th season of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands since its establishment in 1956.

Teams edit

A total of 20 teams take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2022–23 Eredivisie.

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2023–24

Stadiums and locations edit

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Cambuurstadion	10,500
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	8,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	Matchoholic Stadion	4,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	8,600
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	12,600
Groningen	Groningen	Euroborg	22,550
Helmond Sport	Helmond	GS Staalwerken Stadion	4,100
Jong Ajax	Amsterdam	Sportpark De Toekomst	2,050
Jong AZ	Alkmaar	AFAS Trainingscomplex	200
Jong PSV	Eindhoven	PSV Campus De Herdgang	2,500
Jong FC Utrecht	Utrecht	Sportcomplex Zoudenbalch	550
MVV Maastricht	Maastricht	Stadion De Geusselt	10,000
NAC Breda	Breda	Rat Verlegh Stadion	19,000
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Telstar	Velsen	BUKO Stadion	3,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	4,560
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion - De Koel	8,000
Willem II	Tilburg	Koning Willem II Stadion	14,700

Number of teams by provinces edit

Number of teams	Province	Team(s)
7	North Brabant	Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, Jong PSV, NAC Breda, TOP Oss, Willem II
3	Limburg	MVV Maastricht, Roda JC Kerkrade, VVV-Venlo
3	North Holland	Jong Ajax, Jong AZ, Telstar
2	South Holland	ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht
1	Drenthe	Emmen
	Friesland	Cambuur
	Gelderland	De Graafschap
	Groningen	Groningen
	Utrecht	Jong FC Utrecht

Personnel edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ADO Den Haag	Darije Kalezić	Kürşad Sürmeli	Erreà	Hommerson Casino
Cambuur	Henk de Jong	Daniël van Kaam	Adidas	Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
Den Bosch	William van Overbeek (a.i.)	Victor van den Bogert	Robey	D-Reizen
Dordrecht	Michele Santoni	Mathis Suray	Capelli Sport	Keukenwarenhuis.nl
Eindhoven	Willem Weijs	Mawouna Amevor	Macron	VDL Groep
Emmen	Alfons Arts (a.i.)	Maikel Kieftenbeld	Hummel	EasyToys
De Graafschap	Jan Vreman	Jeffry Fortes	Robey	Onverwachte Hoek
Groningen	Dick Lukkien	Leandro Bacuna	Robey	OG Clean Fuels
Helmond Sport	Adrie Bogers (a.i.) and Tim Bakens (a.i.)	Wouter van der Steen	Saller	Vescom
Jong Ajax	Dave Vos	Gabriel Misehouy	Adidas	Ziggo
Jong AZ	Lee-Roy Echteld	Jorn Berkhout	Nike	CTS GROUP
Jong PSV	Wil Boessen	Jason van Duiven	Puma	Metropoolregio Brainport Eindhoven
Jong FC Utrecht	Ivar van Dinteren	Yannick Leliendal	Castore	Odido
MVV Maastricht	Maurice Verberne	Nicky Souren	Nike	OneCasino
NAC Breda	Jean-Paul van Gastel	Cuco Martina	Nike	OK tankstations
Roda JC Kerkrade	Bas Sibum	Rodney Kongolo	Kipsta	APS Groep
Telstar	Anthony Correia (a.i.) and Ulrich Landvreugd (a.i.)	Mitch Apau	Robey	711
TOP Oss	Ruud Brood	Calvin Mac-Intosh	Saller	Restaurant Quisine
VVV-Venlo	Rick Kruys	Rick Ketting	Craft	Seacon
Willem II	Peter Maes	Freek Heerkens	Robey	AVEC

Managerial changes edit

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
ADO Den Haag	Dick Advocaat	End of interim spell	30 June 2023	Pre-season	Darije Kalezić	1 July 2023
Emmen	Dick Lukkien	End of contract			Fred Grim
De Graafschap	Adrie Poldervaart	Health issues			Jan Vreman
Eindhoven	Rob Penders	Signed by Utrecht			Willem Weijs
Groningen	Dennis van der Ree	End of contract			Dick Lukkien
Jong AZ	Maarten Martens	End of contract			Jan Sierksma
Jong FC Utrecht	Darije Kalezić	Mutual consent			Ivar van Dinteren
Roda JC Kerkrade	Edwin de Graaf	End of contract			Bas Sibum
TOP Oss	Klaas Wels	Mutual consent			Ruud Brood
Jong PSV	Adil Ramzi	Signed by Wydad	23 July 2023		Wil Boessen	4 August 2023
Willem II	Reinier Robbemond	Sacked	5 September 2023	15th	Peter van den Berg (a.i.)	5 September 2023
NAC Breda	Peter Hyballa	Sacked	13 September 2023	10th	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)	13 September 2023
Willem II	Peter van den Berg (a.i.)	End of interim spell	18 September 2023	7th	Peter Maes	18 September 2023
NAC Breda	Ton Lokhoff (a.i.)	End of interim spell	25 September 2023	15th	Jean-Paul van Gastel	25 September 2023
Cambuur	Sjors Ultee	Sacked	9 October 2023	11th	Henk de Jong	10 October 2023
Jong AZ	Jan Sierksma	Moved to AZ	18 January 2024	12th	Lee-Roy Echteld	20 January 2024
Telstar	Mike Snoei	Sacked	5 February 2024	20th	Anthony Correia (a.i.) and Ulrich Landvreugd (a.i.)	6 February 2024
Helmond Sport	Bob Peeters		8 April 2024	13th	Adrie Bogers (a.i.) and Tim Bakens (a.i.)	9 April 2024
Emmen	Fred Grim		9 April 2024	12th	Alfons Arts (a.i.)	13 April 2024
Den Bosch	Tomasz Kaczmarek		11 April 2024	19th	William van Overbeek (a.i.)	11 April 2024

Standings edit

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Willem II^[a] (X)	36	22	9	5	73	32	+41	75	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Roda JC Kerkrade^[b] (X)	36	20	12	4	67	32	+35	72	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	Groningen^[c] (X)	36	21	8	7	68	29	+39	71	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Dordrecht (X)	36	18	13	5	72	49	+23	67
5	ADO Den Haag (Q)	36	17	11	8	68	45	+23	62
6	De Graafschap (Q)	36	19	5	12	58	48	+10	62
7	NAC Breda	36	15	9	12	60	53	+7	54
8	Jong AZ	36	15	8	13	56	57	−1	53	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
9	Emmen	36	15	6	15	55	58	−3	51	Qualification for promotion play-offs
10	MVV Maastricht	36	14	8	14	59	58	+1	50
11	Helmond Sport	36	13	8	15	49	54	−5	47
12	Cambuur	36	13	7	16	70	71	−1	46
13	VVV-Venlo	36	12	9	15	51	56	−5	45
14	Jong Ajax	36	10	10	16	53	63	−10	40	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
15	Eindhoven	36	8	16	12	43	55	−12	40
16	Telstar	36	9	7	20	44	64	−20	34
17	Jong PSV	36	9	7	20	56	78	−22	34	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
18	TOP Oss	36	10	3	23	30	61	−31	33
19	Den Bosch	36	8	9	19	37	64	−27	33
20	Jong FC Utrecht	36	5	9	22	29	71	−42	24	Possible relegation to Tweede Divisie

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Flashscore, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 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)^[1]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs
Notes:

^ Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)
^ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)
^ Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 20–29)

Period tables edit

Period 1 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roda JC Kerkrade	9	7	1	1	22	5	+17	22	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Emmen	9	5	3	1	18	12	+6	18
3	ADO Den Haag	9	5	3	1	14	8	+6	18
4	Eindhoven	9	4	5	0	9	4	+5	17
5	Willem II	9	5	2	2	14	10	+4	17
6	Dordrecht	9	3	5	1	18	14	+4	14
7	De Graafschap	9	4	2	3	11	11	0	14
8	VVV-Venlo	9	4	2	3	14	15	−1	14
9	Helmond Sport	9	4	1	4	16	12	+4	13
10	Groningen	9	4	1	4	14	10	+4	13
11	Cambuur	9	4	1	4	21	21	0	13
12	Jong PSV	9	4	1	4	13	19	−6	13	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
13	Jong AZ	9	3	2	4	12	14	−2	11
14	NAC Breda	9	3	2	4	15	18	−3	11
15	Jong FC Utrecht	9	3	2	4	10	17	−7	11	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
16	MVV Maastricht	9	3	1	5	14	17	−3	10
17	Den Bosch	9	3	0	6	11	15	−4	9
18	Jong Ajax	9	1	2	6	16	24	−8	5	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19	TOP Oss	9	1	1	7	7	13	−6	4
20	Telstar	9	1	1	7	8	18	−10	4

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 2 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Willem II	10	8	1	1	25	7	+18	25	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	NAC Breda	10	6	2	2	21	10	+11	20
3	De Graafschap	10	6	1	3	15	12	+3	19
4	Cambuur	10	5	3	2	24	15	+9	18
5	Jong AZ	10	5	2	3	15	16	−1	17	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
6	ADO Den Haag	10	4	4	2	22	14	+8	16
7	Dordrecht	10	4	4	2	21	14	+7	16
8	Groningen	10	4	4	2	16	9	+7	16
9	Jong Ajax	10	4	4	2	15	14	+1	16	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
10	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	4	4	2	9	8	+1	16	Period 1 winner
11	Emmen	10	4	2	4	11	13	−2	14
12	MVV Maastricht	10	3	4	3	13	12	+1	13
13	Eindhoven	10	3	3	4	18	18	0	12
14	VVV-Venlo	10	3	3	4	16	16	0	12
15	Helmond Sport	10	3	2	5	13	19	−6	11
16	Telstar	10	3	1	6	10	17	−7	10
17	Jong FC Utrecht	10	1	4	5	8	19	−11	7	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18	TOP Oss	10	2	1	7	5	18	−13	7
19	Jong PSV	10	1	2	7	12	22	−10	5	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
20	Den Bosch	10	0	3	7	8	24	−16	3

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Groningen	10	8	1	1	23	4	+19	25	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Dordrecht	10	7	1	2	16	13	+3	22
3	ADO Den Haag	10	6	2	2	24	14	+10	20
4	De Graafschap	10	6	1	3	18	14	+4	19
5	Willem II	10	5	3	2	19	10	+9	18	Period 2 winner
6	Roda JC Kerkrade	10	4	5	1	19	12	+7	17	Period 1 winner
7	VVV-Venlo	10	4	4	2	15	14	+1	16
8	Jong AZ	10	4	3	3	18	14	+4	15	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
9	NAC Breda	10	4	3	3	15	13	+2	15
10	MVV Maastricht	10	4	2	4	22	20	+2	14
11	Helmond Sport	10	3	5	2	13	12	+1	14
12	TOP Oss	10	4	0	6	11	19	−8	12
13	Den Bosch	10	2	5	3	8	13	−5	11
14	Jong PSV	10	2	4	4	19	21	−2	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
15	Telstar	10	2	4	4	11	16	−5	10
16	Jong Ajax	10	2	3	5	11	14	−3	9	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
17	Cambuur	10	2	2	6	17	23	−6	8
18	Emmen	10	2	1	7	10	20	−10	7
19	Jong FC Utrecht	10	1	2	7	7	17	−10	5	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
20	Eindhoven	10	0	5	5	8	21	−13	5

Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 4 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roda JC Kerkrade	7	5	2	0	17	7	+10	17	Period 1 winner
2	Groningen	7	5	2	0	15	6	+9	17	Period 3 winner
3	Willem II	7	4	3	0	15	5	+10	15	Period 2 winner
4	Dordrecht	7	4	3	0	17	8	+9	15
5	MVV Maastricht	7	4	1	2	10	9	+1	13
6	Emmen	7	4	0	3	16	13	+3	12
7	De Graafschap	7	3	1	3	14	11	+3	10
8	Telstar	7	3	1	3	15	13	+2	10
9	Jong Ajax	7	3	1	3	11	11	0	10	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
10	Jong AZ	7	3	1	3	11	13	−2	10
11	Den Bosch	7	3	1	3	10	12	−2	10
12	TOP Oss	7	3	1	3	7	11	−4	10
13	Helmond Sport	7	3	0	4	7	11	−4	9
14	ADO Den Haag	7	2	2	3	8	9	−1	8
15	NAC Breda	7	2	2	3	9	12	−3	8
16	Cambuur	7	2	1	4	8	12	−4	7
17	Jong PSV	7	2	0	5	12	16	−4	6	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
18	Eindhoven	7	1	3	3	8	12	−4	6
19	VVV-Venlo	7	1	0	6	6	11	−5	3
20	Jong FC Utrecht	7	0	1	6	4	18	−14	1	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results edit

Home \ Away	ADO	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	GRA	GRO	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	NAC	RJC	TEL	TOP	VVV	WIL
ADO Den Haag		1–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	5–3	0–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	10 May	6–0	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Cambuur	0–2		3–1	3–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	10 May	4–2	1–2	3–4	2–4	5–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	1–0
Den Bosch	1–2	3–1		0–3	0–1	3 May	2–1	1–4	0–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–4
Dordrecht	2–2	5–2	5–1		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–4	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3 May
Eindhoven	1–1	0–3	10 May	1–1		3–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–5	3–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Emmen	2–3	2–0	1–0	2–4	0–0		10 May	0–3	3–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0
De Graafschap	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1		2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	3 May	3–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	0–2
Groningen	0–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–2		0–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	10 May	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0
Helmond Sport	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3 May	1–2	3–1	1–2		3–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2
Jong Ajax	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–2	0–1	4–1		10 May	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–0
Jong AZ	1–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	0–5	2–1	5–2		4–1	1–0	3 May	2–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	0–2
Jong PSV	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–4	3–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–2		2–0	2–3	0–5	2–3	1–0	3 May	0–0	1–1
Jong FC Utrecht	0–2	3–2	0–2	10 May	2–5	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–1
MVV Maastricht	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	3–3	3–0		1–4	0–3	6–1	2–0	10 May	1–1
NAC Breda	3 May	1–2	1–0	1–4	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–2		1–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2
Roda JC Kerkrade	2–2	3 May	4–1	4–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1		3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1
Telstar	3–1	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–2	3 May	3–2	3–2	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–5
TOP Oss	1–3	1–8	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	10 May	1–4	1–0		2–1	0–5
VVV-Venlo	2–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–4	3 May	2–2	3–2	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–3
Willem II	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–3	10 May	2–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2024. Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 29 April 2024^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henk Veerman	ADO Den Haag	21
1	Martijn Kaars	Helmond Sport	21
3	Milan Smit	Cambuur	19
4	Romano Postema	Groningen	18
5	Jeredy Hilterman	Willem II	16
5	Kacper Kostorz	Den Bosch	16
7	Dailon Livramento	MVV Maastricht	14
8	Mathis Suray	Dordrecht	13
8	Zakaria Eddahchouri	Telstar	13
10	Walid Ould-Chikh	Roda JC Kerkrade	12
	Enrique Peña Zauner	Roda JC Kerkrade
	Ernest Poku	Jong AZ

References edit

^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.
^ Flashscore

[table_note_WIL0.48198158456105-1] Winner of the Second Period (Rounds 10–19)

[table_note_RJC0.48198158456105-2] Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

[table_note_GRO0.48198158456105-3] Winner of the Third Period (Rounds 20–29)

[rules-4] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.

[5] Flashscore

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