2017–18 Eerste Divisie

The 2017–18 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixty-second season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began in August 2017 with the first matches of the season and ended in May 2018 with the returns of the finals of the promotion/relegation play-offs, involving also the 16th- and 17th-placed teams from the 2017–18 Eredivisie.

Eerste Divisie
Season2017–18
ChampionsJong Ajax (1st title)
PromotedFortuna Sittard
De Graafschap
FC Emmen
RelegatedNo teams relegated.[1]
Matches played380
Goals scored1,233 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerMart Lieder (30 goals)

Teams

A total of 20 teams took part in the league. 2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions VVV-Venlo gained promotion to the Eredivisie, and was replaced by Go Ahead Eagles, who finished bottom in the 2016–17 Eredivisie. NAC won the post-season playoff, and were replaced by NEC. Also, Achilles '29 were relegated and replaced by Tweede Divisie champions Jong AZ who became the fourth reserve side to make it to the second tier of Dutch football.

At an extraordinary KNVB federation meeting on 2 October 2017, representatives of amateur and professional football reached an agreement about the route to be taken to renew the football pyramid. Part of the agreement was that no promotion/relegation would take place between the Eerste and Tweede Divisie this season.[1]

Location of teams in the Eerste Divisie 2017–18
Club Location Venue Capacity
Jong Ajax Amsterdam Sportpark De Toekomst 4,000
Almere City Almere Yanmar Stadion 3,000
Jong AZ Alkmaar AZ's Trainingcomplex 1,500
Cambuur Leeuwarden Cambuur Stadion 10,500
De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch De Vliert 9,000
Dordrecht Dordrecht GN Bouw Stadion 4,088
FC Eindhoven Eindhoven Jan Louwers Stadion 4,600
Emmen Emmen De JENS Vesting 8,600
Fortuna Sittard Sittard Fortuna Sittard Stadion 10,300
Go Ahead Eagles Deventer Adelaarshorst 10,400
Helmond Sport Helmond Lavans Stadion 4,100
MVV Maastricht De Geusselt 10,000
NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,500
Oss Oss Frans Heesenstadion 4,700
Jong PSV Eindhoven De Herdgang 2,500
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk Mandemakers Stadion 7,508
Telstar Velsen Rabobank IJmond Stadion 3,625
Jong FC Utrecht Utrecht variable unknown
Volendam Volendam Kras Stadion 6,260

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Jong Ajax Michael Reiziger Adidas Ziggo
Almere City Jack de Gier Adidas Van Wijnen
Jong AZ Martin Haar Under Armour AFAS
Cambuur Marinus Dijkhuizen Nike Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma
De Graafschap Henk de Jong Nike flexfactory
Den Bosch Wil Boessen Macron Van Wanrooij
Dordrecht Gérard de Nooijer Macron Riwal Hoogwerkers
Eindhoven Wilfred van Leeuwen Joma VDL Groep
Emmen Dick Lukkien Robey Q&S Gartendeco
Fortuna Sittard Cláudio Braga (caretaker) Givova Fitland
Go Ahead Eagles Leon Vlemmings Hummel Drukwerkdeal[2]
Helmond Sport Roy Hendriksen Hummel Vescom[3]
MVV Ron Elsen Masita Drink Water[4]
NEC Pepijn Lijnders Legea Ouwehands Dierenpark[5]
Oss Klaas Wels Erima NGSN[6]
Jong PSV Dennis Haar Umbro Philips
RKC Waalwijk Peter van den Berg Hummel Mandemakers Keukens
Telstar Mike Snoei Hummel MPM Oil[7]
Jong FC Utrecht Robin Pronk Hummel Zorg van de Zaak
Volendam Misha Salden Jako HSB[8]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Jong Ajax[lower-alpha 1] (C) 38 25 4 9 89 54 +35 79
2 Fortuna Sittard[lower-alpha 2] (P) 38 24 6 8 81 41 +40 78 Promotion to the Eredivisie
3 NEC[lower-alpha 3] 38 22 8 8 82 46 +36 74 Qualification to promotion play-offs Second round
4 De Graafschap (O, P) 38 18 11 9 78 47 +31 65
5 Jong PSV[lower-alpha 1] 38 19 7 12 76 54 +22 64
6 Telstar 38 16 13 9 66 63 +3 61 Qualification to promotion play-offs Second round
7 Emmen (O, P) 38 14 16 8 58 50 +8 58 Qualification to promotion play-offs First round
8 Cambuur 38 16 10 12 58 53 +5 58
9 Almere City 38 15 7 16 70 76 −6 52
10 MVV 38 14 8 16 57 56 +1 50
11 Den Bosch 38 12 11 15 59 55 +4 47
12 Eindhoven 38 14 5 19 61 83 −22 47
13 Dordrecht[lower-alpha 4] 38 14 5 19 57 81 −24 47 Qualification to promotion play-offs First round
14 Volendam 38 13 7 18 59 67 −8 46
15 Oss 38 12 10 16 53 65 −12 46
16 Jong AZ[lower-alpha 1] 38 14 4 20 57 70 −13 46
17 Go Ahead Eagles 38 9 10 19 48 68 −20 37
18 RKC Waalwijk 38 8 13 17 37 61 −24 37
19 Helmond Sport 38 9 9 20 50 67 −17 36
20 Jong FC Utrecht[lower-alpha 1] 38 7 6 25 37 76 −39 27
Source: Soccerway, Jupiler League (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, international competitions and play-offs qualification, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off) [9]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Reserves teams aren't eligible to be promoted to the Eredivisie.
  2. Winner of the Second and Fourth Period (games 12-20 and 30-38).
  3. Winner of the First Period (games 3-11).
  4. Winner of the Third Period (games 21-29).

Period tables

Period 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jong Ajax 9 6 2 1 21 10 +11 20 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
2 NEC 9 6 2 1 19 11 +8 20 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Telstar 9 5 3 1 22 18 +4 18
4 Fortuna Sittard 9 5 2 2 19 9 +10 17
5 Go Ahead Eagles 9 4 4 1 18 10 +8 16
6 Den Bosch 9 4 3 2 16 10 +6 15
7 De Graafschap 9 3 5 1 13 7 +6 14
8 Oss 9 3 4 2 16 19 −3 13
9 Emmen 9 2 6 1 12 9 +3 12
10 MVV 9 3 2 4 13 14 −1 11
11 Jong PSV 9 3 2 4 11 19 −8 11 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
12 Eindhoven 9 3 1 5 13 15 −2 10
13 Cambuur 9 2 4 3 10 12 −2 10
14 Dordrecht 9 2 4 3 13 17 −4 10
15 Jong FC Utrecht 9 2 3 4 10 15 −5 9 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
16 Almere City 9 2 3 4 12 18 −6 9
17 RKC Waalwijk 9 1 5 3 8 11 −3 8
18 Jong AZ 9 2 1 6 11 19 −8 7 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19 Helmond Sport 9 1 3 5 10 17 −7 6
20 Volendam 9 0 3 6 7 14 −7 3
Source: Jupiler League (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 Fortuna Sittard 9 8 0 1 27 9 +18 24 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Almere City 9 6 2 1 25 15 +10 20
3 NEC 9 6 1 2 29 13 +16 19 Period 1 winner
4 Jong PSV 9 5 1 3 21 11 +10 16 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
5 Cambuur 9 5 1 3 14 13 +1 16
6 Volendam 9 5 1 3 15 17 −2 16
7 Eindhoven 9 5 1 3 14 19 −5 16
8 RKC Waalwijk 9 4 2 3 11 14 −3 14
9 Telstar 9 4 2 3 12 17 −5 14
10 Jong Ajax 9 4 1 4 21 15 +6 13 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
11 Emmen 9 3 4 2 15 15 0 13
12 Den Bosch 9 3 3 3 17 14 +3 12
13 Helmond Sport 9 3 3 3 11 10 +1 12
14 De Graafschap 9 3 2 4 18 13 +5 11
15 MVV 9 3 2 4 13 13 0 11
16 Oss 9 3 2 4 10 14 −4 11
17 Dordrecht 9 3 0 6 12 24 −12 9
18 Jong AZ 9 1 0 8 10 23 −13 3 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19 Go Ahead Eagles 9 0 3 6 6 20 −14 3
20 Jong FC Utrecht 9 0 1 8 6 18 −12 1 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
Source: Jupiler League (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dordrecht 9 7 0 2 16 10 +6 21 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Emmen 9 6 2 1 16 10 +6 20
3 Jong Ajax 9 6 1 2 21 12 +9 19 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
4 Telstar 9 5 2 2 25 18 +7 17
5 Jong AZ 9 5 2 2 14 9 +5 17 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
6 De Graafschap 9 5 1 3 22 12 +10 16
7 NEC 9 5 1 3 14 9 +5 16 Period 1 winner
8 Volendam 9 5 1 3 22 19 +3 16
9 Jong PSV 9 4 2 3 15 13 +2 14 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
10 MVV 9 4 1 4 16 14 +2 13
11 Helmond Sport 9 4 0 5 15 15 0 12
12 Cambuur 9 3 3 3 12 12 0 12
13 Den Bosch 9 2 4 3 11 10 +1 10
14 Oss 9 3 1 5 13 14 −1 10
15 Go Ahead Eagles 9 3 1 5 11 15 −4 10
16 Fortuna Sittard 9 2 3 4 10 13 −3 9 Period 2 winner
17 Almere City 9 3 0 6 13 20 −7 9
18 Jong FC Utrecht 9 2 1 6 10 23 −13 7 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
19 RKC Waalwijk 9 1 2 6 9 19 −10 5
20 Eindhoven 9 1 0 8 9 27 −18 3
Source: Jupiler League (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Period 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortuna Sittard 9 8 1 0 18 5 +13 25 Period 2 winner
2 Jong Ajax 9 7 0 2 20 14 +6 21 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
3 Cambuur 9 6 2 1 21 12 +9 20
4 De Graafschap 9 6 2 1 21 13 +8 20
5 Jong PSV 9 6 1 2 25 8 +17 19 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
6 Eindhoven 9 5 1 3 22 19 +3 16
7 NEC 9 4 3 2 16 11 +5 15 Period 1 winner
8 Jong AZ 9 4 1 4 17 17 0 13 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
9 Almere City 9 4 1 4 18 19 −1 13
10 MVV 9 3 2 4 11 12 −1 11
11 Volendam 9 3 1 5 13 14 −1 10
12 Telstar 9 2 4 3 5 8 −3 10
13 Jong FC Utrecht 9 3 1 5 10 15 −5 10 Reserves teams cannot participate in the promotion play-offs
14 RKC Waalwijk 9 2 4 3 8 13 −5 10
15 Emmen 9 2 3 4 12 15 −3 9
16 Den Bosch 9 3 0 6 13 17 −4 9
17 Go Ahead Eagles 9 2 1 6 9 18 −9 7
18 Oss 9 1 3 5 10 18 −8 6
19 Helmond Sport 9 1 2 6 11 21 −10 5
20 Dordrecht 9 1 1 7 13 24 −11 4 Period 3 winner
Source: Jupiler League (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results
Home \ Away ALM CAM DBO DOR EIN EMM FOR GAE GRA HEL JAJ JAZ JPS JUT MVV NEC OSS RKC TEL VOL
Almere City 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 3–2 2–3 2–0
Cambuur 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–2
Den Bosch 1–3 1–2 4–1 4–0 1–2 2–4 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–5 1–3 5–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–1
Dordrecht 1–1 0–3 0–3 4–3 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 3–2 2–3 2–1 2–4 3–3 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2
Eindhoven 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–4 3–2 2–3 1–3 1–2 5–2 3–2 3–2 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–0
Emmen 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 5–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–3
Fortuna Sittard 2–1 3–2 2–0 5–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 4–0 6–0 1–1 1–0
Go Ahead Eagles 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–4 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
De Graafschap 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–4 1–0 2–3 7–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Helmond Sport 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–4 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–4
Jong Ajax 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 4–2 0–2 0–5 2–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 7–0
Jong AZ 4–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 4–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–7 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–2
Jong PSV 3–2 1–1 2–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 2–3 6–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 5–1 3–2 6–0 2–1
Jong FC Utrecht 2–4 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 0–3 5–2 0–1 2–1
MVV 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–3 1–3 3–1 0–4 3–0 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1
NEC 3–1 3–1 1–0 6–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0
Oss 5–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–6 1–4 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–0
RKC Waalwijk 0–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–4 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–3
Telstar 4–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–6 3–1 3–2 2–3 3–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–3 0–0 5–2
Volendam 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 4–3 0–0 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–1 3–4
Source: Soccerway, Jupiler League (in Dutch)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Games avg.
1. Mart Lieder Eindhoven 31 30 5 0.97
2. Andrija Novakovich Telstar 35 19 3 0.54
3. Mateo Cassierra Jong Ajax 29 18 2 0.62
Jonathan Okita MVV 36 0 0.5
5. Cas Peters Emmen 38 17 6 0.45
6. Sam Hendriks Go Ahead Eagles 34 16 1 0.47
Arsenio Valpoort Almere City 34 1 0.47
Daryl van Mieghem De Graafschap 38 0 0.42
9. Anass Achahbar NEC 25 15 1 0.6
Enzo Stroo Volendam 33 0 0.45
Fatih Kamaçi Oss 35 3 0.43
Lisandro Semedo Fortuna Sittard 37 5 0.41
Niek Vossebelt Den Bosch 37 7 0.41
Denis Mahmudov Dordrecht 38 4 0.39

Source: soccerway,[10] Jupiler League[11]

Hat-tricks(+)
Rnd Player Club Goals Date Home Score Away
3 Mo Hamdaoui Telstar  53'  60'  64' 1 September 2017 Telstar 3 – 3 Oss
7 André Vidigal Fortuna Sittard  62'  82'  85' 29 September 2017 Telstar 0 – 6 Fortuna Sittard
7 Niek Vossebelt Den Bosch  45'+2' (p)  63' (p)  73' 29 September 2017 Den Bosch 5 – 0 Jong PSV
13 Mart Lieder Eindhoven  1'  17'  23' 17 November 2017 Eindhoven 3 – 2 MVV
16 Steeven Langil NEC  35' (p)  39'  67' (p) 1 December 2017 NEC 6 – 0 Dordrecht
19 Anass Achahbar NEC  22'  41'  64' 22 December 2017 Jong AZ 2 – 7 NEC
19 Finn Stokkers Fortuna Sittard  27'  32'  87' 23 December 2017 Fortuna Sittard 3 – 1 Jong FC Utrecht
19 Mateo Cassierra Jong Ajax  42'  61'  69' 22 December 2017 Jong Ajax 7 – 0 Volendam
19 Tom Overtoom Almere City  29'  83'  84' 22 December 2017 Almere City 5 – 1 Eindhoven
20 Anass Achahbar NEC  17'  61'  62' 12 January 2018 NEC 5 – 1 Go Ahead Eagles
22 Dani de Wit Jong Ajax  8'  64'  71' 26 January 2018 RKC Waalwijk 2 – 4 Jong Ajax
23 Mark Diemers De Graafschap  16'  27'  54' 2 February 2018 De Graafschap 7 – 0 Jong FC Utrecht
24 Richard van der Venne Oss  40'  57'  64' 9 February 2018 Oss 5 – 1 Almere City
24 Sylla Sow Jong FC Utrecht  19'  24'  57' 9 February 2018 Jong FC Utrecht 5 – 2 RKC Waalwijk
30 Kaj Sierhuis Jong Ajax  3'  50'  85' (p) 16 March 2018 De Graafschap 2 – 4 Jong Ajax
30 Mart Lieder Eindhoven  4'  50' (p)  64' 16 March 2018 Eindhoven 5 – 2 Jong FC Utrecht
31 Lisandro Semedo Fortuna Sittard  11'  18' (p)  71' (p) 23 March 2018 Fortuna Sittard 3 – 2 Cambuur
32 André Vidigal Fortuna Sittard  2'  6'  26' (p) 30 March 2018 Almere City 1 – 4 Fortuna Sittard
32 Nick Venema Jong FC Utrecht  7'  28' (p)  31' 30 March 2018 Jong AZ 1 – 3 Jong FC Utrecht
33 Donyell Malen Jong PSV  16'  64'  86' 2 April 2018 Jong PSV 5 – 1 Oss
34 Jonathan Okita MVV  10'  32'  90' 6 April 2018 Helmond Sport 2 – 3 MVV
35 Tarik Tissoudali De Graafschap  27'  34'  85' 9 April 2018 De Graafschap 4 – 2 Almere City
37 Mart Lieder Eindhoven  17'  47'  84' (p) 20 April 2018 Eindhoven 3 – 2 Almere City

Assists
Rank Player Club Games avg.
01. Arnaut Groeneveld NEC 28 16 0.57
02. Lisandro Semedo Fortuna Sittard 37 15 0.41
03. Nick Doodeman Volendam 35 14 0.4
Daryl van Mieghem De Graafschap 38 0.37
05. Carel Eiting Jong Ajax 18 11 0.61
Ferdi Kadioglu NEC 34 0.32
Elton Kabangu Eindhoven 38 0.29
08. Mark Diemers De Graafschap 37 10 0.27
Joey Suk Go Ahead Eagles 37 0.27
10. Achille Vaarnold Almere City 20 09 0.45

Source: Soccerway,[10] Jupiler League[11]

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, played for two spots in the 2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams playing in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.

 
First roundSecond roundThird round
 
                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emmen 41 5
 
 
NEC 04 4
 
 
 
 
 
Emmen* 03 3
 
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam 01 1
 
FC Dordrecht (p) 1 4 5
 
 
 
Cambuur 4 1 5
 
FC Dordrecht 12 3
 
 
Sparta Rotterdam 22 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MVV 1 2 3
 
 
 
Almere City 3 3 6
 
Almere City 02 2
 
 
Roda JC 01 1
 
 
 
 
 
Almere City 11 2
 
 
De Graafschap* 12 3
 
 
 
 
 
Telstar32 5
 
 
De Graafschap 24 6
 
 
 
 

Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.

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