2024–25 Eerste Divisie

Eerste Divisie
Season	2024–25
Dates	9 August 2024 – 9 May 2025
Matches played	152
Goals scored	459 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zakaria Eddahchouri; (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Den Bosch 6–0 Jong AZ; (16 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Vitesse 0–6 Cambuur; (22 November 2024)
Highest scoring	De Graafschap 4–3 Volendam; (11 August 2024); Jong AZ 6–1 Roda JC Kerkrade; (12 August 2024); Jong FC Utrecht 4–3 MVV Maastricht; (4 November 2024)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Cambuur
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; De Graafschap; Den Bosch
Longest winless run	12 matches; Jong FC Utrecht
Longest losing run	5 matches; Eindhoven
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 22 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Eerste Divisie is the 69th season of the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of football in the Netherlands since its establishment in 1956.

Teams

A total of 20 teams take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2023–24 Eerste Divisie and 3 teams relegated from the 2023–24 Eredivisie.

Location of teams in the 2024–25 Eerste Divisie

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
ADO Den Haag	The Hague	Bingoal Stadion	15,000
Cambuur	Leeuwarden	Kooi Stadion [nl]	15,000
De Graafschap	Doetinchem	Stadion De Vijverberg	12,600
Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Stadion De Vliert	8,713
Dordrecht	Dordrecht	M-Scores Stadion	4,235
Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Jan Louwers Stadion	4,600
Emmen	Emmen	De Oude Meerdijk	8,600
Excelsior	Rotterdam	Van Donge & De Roo Stadion	4,500
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
Roda JC Kerkrade	Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	19,979
Telstar	Velsen	BUKO Stadion	3,060
TOP Oss	Oss	Frans Heesenstadion	4,560
Vitesse	Arnhem	GelreDome	21,248
Volendam	Volendam	Kras Stadion	7,384
VVV-Venlo	Venlo	Covebo Stadion - De Koel	8,000

Number of teams by provinces

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

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Excelsior	15	10	2	3	35	18	+17	32	Promotion to the Eredivisie
2	Volendam	16	10	2	4	39	23	+16	32	Promotion to the Eredivisie
3	Emmen	16	9	3	4	29	17	+12	30	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Helmond Sport	16	9	3	4	27	22	+5	30
5	De Graafschap	16	8	5	3	37	25	+12	29
6	Dordrecht	16	7	5	4	27	22	+5	26
7	Den Bosch^[a] (X)	15	7	4	4	26	17	+9	25
8	Cambuur	15	8	1	6	21	12	+9	25
9	Roda JC Kerkrade	15	6	5	4	18	20	−2	23
10	ADO Den Haag	16	5	7	4	27	22	+5	22
11	Telstar	16	5	7	4	23	19	+4	22
12	Eindhoven	16	5	4	7	19	27	−8	19
13	Jong AZ	16	5	3	8	28	32	−4	18	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
14	Jong PSV	16	5	2	9	24	30	−6	17
15	TOP Oss	16	4	5	7	13	30	−17	17
16	MVV Maastricht	16	3	7	6	20	25	−5	16
17	Jong Ajax	16	3	6	7	17	20	−3	15	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
18	VVV-Venlo	16	3	2	11	13	31	−18	11
19	Jong FC Utrecht	15	1	5	9	14	31	−17	8	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie
20	Vitesse^[b]	15	2	6	7	18	32	−14	6

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 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)^[2]
(X) Assured of at least promotion play-offs
Notes:

^ Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)
^ Vitesse were deducted six points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association.^[1]

Period tables

Period 1

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

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

Period 2

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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2024. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	ADO Den Haag	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Cambuur
3	Den Bosch	Period 1 winner
4	Dordrecht
5	Eindhoven
6	Emmen
7	Excelsior
8	De Graafschap
9	Helmond Sport
10	Jong Ajax	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11	Jong AZ
12	Jong PSV
13	Jong FC Utrecht
14	MVV Maastricht
15	Roda JC Kerkrade
16	Telstar
17	TOP Oss
18	Vitesse
19	Volendam
20	VVV-Venlo

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 4

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	ADO Den Haag	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Cambuur
3	Den Bosch	Period 1 winner
4	Dordrecht
5	Eindhoven
6	Emmen
7	Excelsior
8	De Graafschap
9	Helmond Sport
10	Jong Ajax	Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11	Jong AZ
12	Jong PSV
13	Jong FC Utrecht
14	MVV Maastricht
15	Roda JC Kerkrade
16	Telstar
17	TOP Oss
18	Vitesse
19	Volendam
20	VVV-Venlo

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ADO	CAM	DBO	DOR	EIN	EMM	EXC	GRA	HEL	JAJ	JAZ	JPS	JUT	MVV	RJC	TEL	TOP	VIT	VOL	VVV
ADO Den Haag						29 Nov	0–5	1–2					1–1		3–0	1–1		2–0	2–1	1–1
Cambuur	7 Dec		26 Nov		2–0	1–3			0–1	0–1		1–0			0–0				1–2
Den Bosch	2–0			1 Dec		1–0	0–3	2–2			6–0			1–1	1–1			4–2
Dordrecht	1–1	2–0					2–2		4–0			2–0	3–1			6 Dec	2–2	2–2
Eindhoven	0–4		2–0	0–0		0–3				0–3		29 Nov		1–1	0–0
Emmen				1–2			8 Dec	3–0	0–0	4–2				1–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	3–3
Excelsior		0–1			2–0			3–1		29 Nov	4–2			3–2		3–2				4–0
De Graafschap				4–1	2–0				2–3			3–1	2–2				4–0	3–1	4–3	1 Dec
Helmond Sport	2–1		6 Dec		3–4		0–1			1–1			1–1		2–1		1–0		2–3	3–0
Jong Ajax	0–0		1–2	0–1				9 Dec			1–2		0–0	0–0		3–0				0–1
Jong AZ	3–3	2–3		3–1	2–3			2–2	2–3					2 Dec	6–1			0–1
Jong PSV	2–2					2–3	1–3		1–3	2–2	2–1				9 Dec	0–2			1–4
Jong FC Utrecht		0–4	0–3		9 Dec	1–2	26 Nov				0–1	0–2		4–3	1–3	1–1
MVV Maastricht		0–1		2–1				0–0	1–2			3–2					2–2	6 Dec	2–2	2–0
Roda JC Kerkrade							3–0	1–4		2–1				1–0		1–0	0–0	26 Nov	29 Nov
Telstar		29 Nov	0–0		0–3			2–2			0–0			4–0					2–2	4–0
TOP Oss	1–5	1–0	1–0		0–4		3–1				2–1	0–3	30 Nov			1–1
Vitesse		0–6			1–1		1–1		29 Nov	2–2		1–3				2–3	0–0		1–2
Volendam			3–2	2–0	4–1	0–1				3–0	6 Dec		2–0				4–0			2–4
VVV-Venlo		0–1	1–2	2–3		0–2					0–1	0–2	3–2		1–1		6 Dec	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2024. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 November 2024^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zakaria Eddahchouri	Telstar	10
2	Henk Veerman	Volendam	9
	Robert Mühren	Volendam
	Richie Omorowa	Excelsior
5	Miliano Jonathans	Vitesse	8
6	Kélian Nsona	Emmen	7
	Tristan van Gilst	De Graafschap
	Jesper Uneken	Jong PSV
9	Jayden Addai	Jong AZ	6
	Tai Abed	Jong PSV
	Lee Bonis	ADO Den Haag

References

^ "Wederom puntenstraf; zes punten in mindering" [Another penalty; six points deducted]. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021.
^ Flashscore

[table_note_DBO0.12530408526086-1] Winner of the First Period (Rounds 1–9)

[table_note_VIT0.12530408526086-3] Vitesse were deducted six points for breaking the license requirements set by the Royal Dutch Football Association.^[1]

[2] "Wederom puntenstraf; zes punten in mindering" [Another penalty; six points deducted]. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[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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