| Season | 1965–66 |
|---|---|
| Champions | AFC Ajax (11th title) |
| Promoted | |
| Relegated | Heracles |
| European Cup | AFC Ajax |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Sparta Rotterdam |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |
| Goals | 779 |
| Average goals/game | 3.24 |
| Top goalscorer | |
1966–67 → | |
The DutchEredivisie in the 1965–66 season was contested by 16 teams.Ajax won the championship. Only one team was relegated this season, because in the next, the number of participants would be 18 again.
A total of 16 teams are taking part in the league.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajax | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 52 | Qualified for1966–67 European Cup |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 30 | +35 | 45 | |
| 3 | ADO | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 39 | |
| 4 | DWS | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 36 | Qualified for1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Go Ahead | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 36 | |
| 6 | GVAV | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 31 | |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 29 | Qualified for1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup. |
| 8 | PSV Eindhoven | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Fortuna '54 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 26 | |
| 10 | Willem II | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 25 | |
| 11 | FC Twente | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 24 | |
| 12 | DOS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 72 | −24 | 24 | Qualified for1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 13 | Telstar | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 22 | |
| 14 | Elinkwijk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 22 | |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 21 | |
| 16 | Heracles | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 20 | Relegated toEerste Divisie |
| Home \ Away | ADO | AJA | DOS | DWA | ELI | FEY | F54 | GOA | GVA | HER | MVV | PSV | SPA | TEL | TWE | WIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| Ajax | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| DOS | 0–7 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| DWS | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Elinkwijk | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Feijenoord | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | |
| Fortuna '54 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Go Ahead | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | |
| GVAV | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| Heracles | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
| MVV | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| PSV | 3–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | |
| Sparta | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | |
| Telstar | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| FC Twente | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 6–1 | |
| Willem II | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| # | Club | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feijenoord | 39,400 | −15.9 |
| 2 | Ajax | 24,533 | +68.8 |
| 3 | DWS | 18,133 | −5.4 |
| 4 | ADO | 16,700 | −7.4 |
| 5 | Sparta | 15,333 | −5.2 |
| 6 | Go Ahead | 13,000 | −6.3 |
| 7 | GVAV | 11,000 | −2.1 |
| 8 | PSV | 10,967 | −14.8 |
| 9 | DOS | 10,780 | +19.8 |
| 10 | Willem II | 9,200 | +29.6 |
| 11 | Elinkwijk | 9,080 | +9.6 |
| 12 | MVV | 8,567 | −12.6 |
| 13 | Telstar | 8,100 | −20.1 |
| 14 | Heracles | 8,033 | −19.2 |
| 15 | Twente | 8,020 | −6.4 |
| 16 | Fortuna | 7,733 | −37.5 |
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