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1997–98 Eredivisie

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Eredivisie
Season1997–98
Dates19 August 1997 – 10 May 1998
ChampionsAjax (27th title)
PromotedMVV
RelegatedFC Groningen
FC Volendam
Champions LeagueAjax
PSV
Cup Winners' CupSC Heerenveen
UEFA CupVitesse Arnhem
Feyenoord
Willem II
Intertoto CupFortuna Sittard
FC Twente
Goals scored1,002
Average goals/game3.27
Top goalscorerGreece Nikos Machlas (34 goals)[1]

The 1997–98 Eredivisie season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ajax[a] (C) 34 29 2 3 112 22 +90 89 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 PSV[a] 34 21 9 4 95 44 +51 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Vitesse Arnhem 34 21 7 6 85 48 +37 70 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Feyenoord 34 18 7 9 62 40 +22 61
5 Willem II 34 17 4 13 66 58 +8 55
6 SC Heerenveen[a] 34 16 7 11 56 59 −3 55 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Fortuna Sittard 34 14 6 14 51 53 −2 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 NEC 34 14 2 18 40 57 −17 44
9 FC Twente 34 11 10 13 41 42 −1 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10 FC Utrecht 34 13 4 17 56 64 −8 43
11 De Graafschap 34 11 9 14 45 49 −4 42
12 NAC 34 12 6 16 41 49 −8 42
13 Sparta 34 10 11 13 50 59 −9 41
14 Roda JC 34 10 8 16 44 45 −1 38
15 MVV 34 9 5 20 35 75 −40 32
16 RKC Waalwijk 34 8 7 19 48 71 −23 31 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 FC Groningen (R) 34 7 10 17 42 65 −23 31
18 FC Volendam (R) 34 5 6 23 33 102 −69 21 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, just like finalists PSV. SC Heerenveen, the winner of the third place match, would play in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away AJA FEY FOR GRA GRO HEE MVV NAC NEC PSV RKC ROD SPA TWE UTR VIT VOL WIL
Ajax 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 7–2 7–0 1–0 3–0 3–4 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 5–0 6–1 6–1
Feyenoord 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 5–0 4–2
Fortuna Sittard 0–5 0–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–7 3–0 2–1
De Graafschap 1–8 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 3–1
Groningen 2–4 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–2
Heerenveen 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–3
MVV 0–3 0–3 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 4–1 1–0
NAC 0–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–3 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 0–2
NEC 1–4 3–2 2–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–3
PSV 1–1 3–3 3–2 0–0 6–2 3–1 5–0 5–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 4–1 3–2 10–0 3–0
RKC 1–5 3–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–3 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–4
Roda 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1
Sparta Rotterdam 0–5 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 5–0 4–1
Twente 1–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
Utrecht 1–7 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–4 6–1 1–3 2–4 0–1 6–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–3 4–1 2–2
Vitesse 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 5–1 4–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 6–0 3–1
Volendam 0–3 0–0 0–3 0–5 3–1 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–6 3–4 1–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–1
Willem II 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–2 2–4 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 5–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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In the promotion/relegation competition, eight entrants (six from the Eerste Divisie and two from this league) entered in two groups. The group winners were promoted to (or remained in) the Eredivisie.

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 RKC Waalwijk 6 4 2 0 15 5 +10 14 Remain in Eredivisie
2 FC Eindhoven 6 1 3 2 8 11 −3 6 Remain in Eerste Divisie
3 ADO Den Haag 6 0 5 1 5 8 −3 5
4 FC Emmen 6 0 4 2 11 15 −4 4
Source: rsssf.com
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cambuur Leeuwarden 6 4 2 0 15 8 +7 14 Promotion to Eredivisie
2 FC Zwolle 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 8
3 FC Groningen 6 1 2 3 9 12 −3 5 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
4 FC Den Bosch 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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