| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 August 2017 – 6 May 2018 |
| Champions | PSV (24th title) |
| Relegated | Twente Sparta Rotterdam Roda JC |
| Champions League | PSV Ajax |
| Europa League | AZ Feyenoord Vitesse |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 960 (3.14 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alireza Jahanbakhsh (21 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Vitesse 7–0Sparta (14 April 2018) |
| Biggest away win | NAC 0–8Ajax (18 November 2017) |
| Highest scoring | Utrecht 1–7PSV (24 September 2017) NAC 0–8Ajax (18 November 2017) |
| Longest winning run | 10 matches[2] PSV |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches[2] Ajax |
| Longest winless run | 15 matches[2] Twente |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches[2] Sparta |
| Highest attendance | 53,320[3] Ajax 2–0Feyenoord (21 January 2018) |
| Lowest attendance | 3,704[3] Excelsior 0–2VVV Venlo (30 September 2017) |
| Total attendance | 5,818,306[3] |
| Average attendance | 19,014[3] |
2018–19 → | |
The2017–18 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of theEredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month.Feyenoord were the defending champions from theprevious season.[4] On 15 April 2018,PSV became champions for the 24th time after defeating their closest rival Ajax 3–0 at thePhilips Stadion.[5]
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the2016–17 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (Roda JC andNAC Breda) and the2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions (VVV-Venlo).
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEC Zwolle | End of contract | 1 July 2017[6] | Pre-season | 1 July 2017[7] | ||
| Roda JC Kerkrade | End of interim spell | 1 July 2017[8] | 1 July 2017[9] | |||
| Ajax | Signed byBorussia Dortmund | 1 July 2017[10] | 1 July 2017 | |||
| Twente | Sacked | 18 October 2017[11] | 15th | 30 October 2017[12] | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | Sacked | 17 December 2017[13] | 17th | 25 December 2017[14] | ||
| Ajax | Sacked | 21 December 2017[15] | 2nd | 1 January 2018 | ||
| FC Utrecht | Signed byAjax | 1 January 2018[16] | 6th | 4 January 2018 | ||
| Willem II | Resigned | 8 March 2018[17] | 15th | 8 March 2018[18] | ||
| FC Twente | Sacked | 26 March 2018[19] | 18th | 26 March 2018 | ||
| Vitesse | Sacked | 11 April 2018[20] | 7th | 11 April 2018 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven(C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 87 | 39 | +48 | 83 | Qualification toChampions League play-off round |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 79 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 71 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 66 | Qualification toEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 5 | Utrecht | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 54 | Qualification toEuropean competition play-offs[b] |
| 6 | Vitesse(O) | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 49 | |
| 7 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 47 | |
| 8 | Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 46 | |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 44 | |
| 10 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 42 | |
| 11 | Excelsior | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 40 | |
| 12 | Groningen | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 38 | |
| 13 | Willem II | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 37 | |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 34 | |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 34 | |
| 16 | Roda JC Kerkrade(R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 30 | Qualification for theRelegation play-offs[c] |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam(R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 75 | −41 | 27 | |
| 18 | Twente[d](R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 24 | Relegation toEerste Divisie |
| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | AZ | EXC | FEY | GRO | HEE | HER | NAC | PEC | PSV | RJC | SPA | TWE | UTR | VIT | VVV | WIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Ajax | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| AZ | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Excelsior | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Feyenoord | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | |
| Groningen | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Heerenveen | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Heracles Almelo | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| NAC Breda | 0–1 | 0–8 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| PEC Zwolle | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| PSV Eindhoven | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| Roda JC Kerkrade | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Twente | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Utrecht | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–7 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Vitesse | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| VVV-Venlo | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | |
| Willem II | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Goals | Penalties | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AZ | 33 | 21 | 4 | 0.64 | |
| 2 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 19 | 0 | 0.56 | |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 31 | 18 | 0 | 0.58 | |
| AZ | 31 | 2 | 0.58 | |||
| 5 | PSV Eindhoven | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0.59 | |
| 6 | Willem II | 32 | 16 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| 7 | Vitesse | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0.45 | |
| 8 | PSV Eindhoven | 28 | 14 | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Vitesse | 30 | 2 | 0.47 | |||
| Ajax | 32 | 0 | 0.44 |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018.
Source:nos.nl (reliable)(in Dutch),Soccerway (unreliable)
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Assists | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax | 34 | 15 | 0.44 | |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 30 | 13 | 0.43 | |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 31 | 12 | 0.39 | |
| Ajax | 32 | 0.38 | |||
| AZ | 33 | 0.36 | |||
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 32 | 11 | 0.34 | |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 32 | 10 | 0.31 | |
| 8 | PSV Eindhoven | 29 | 9 | 0.31 | |
| 9 | Utrecht | 29 | 8 | 0.28 | |
| Vitesse | 29 | 0.28 | |||
| PSV Eindhoven | 32 | 0.25 |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018.
Source:nos.nl (reliable)(in Dutch),Soccerway (unreliable)
| Month | Player of the Month | Talent of the Month | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | PSV | Heerenveen | [24][25] | ||
| September | Feyenoord | NAC Breda | [26][27] | ||
| October | PSV | Ajax | [28][29][30] | ||
| November | Utrecht | Ajax | [31][32][33] | ||
| December | Feyenoord | NAC Breda | [34][35][36] | ||
| January | AZ | Vitesse | [37][38] | ||
| February | PSV | NAC Breda | [39][40] | ||
| March | PSV | Willem II | [41] | ||
| April | Ajax | NAC Breda | [42][43] | ||
Four teams will play for a spot in the2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| ADO Den Haag | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Vitesse | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| Vitesse | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Utrecht | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Utrecht (a) | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from theEerste Divisie, will play for two spots in the2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams will play in the2018–19 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | Second round | Third round | ||||||||||||||
| Emmen | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| NEC | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Emmen* | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FC Dordrecht (p) | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Cambuur | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| FC Dordrecht | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| MVV | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Almere City | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Almere City | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Roda JC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Almere City | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap* | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Telstar | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.