| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 August 2014 – 17 May 2015 |
| Champions | PSV (22nd title) |
| Relegated | NAC Breda Go Ahead Eagles FC Dordrecht |
| Champions League | PSV Ajax |
| Europa League | AZ Groningen Go Ahead Eagles Vitesse |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 942 (3.08 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Memphis Depay (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | PSV 6–1NAC Breda (16 August 2014) Vitesse Arnhem 6–1 ADO Den Haag (3 October 2014) Heracles 6–1 NAC Breda (4 October 2014) Ajax 5–0Willem II (6 December 2014) PSV 5–0Go Ahead Eagles (20 December 2014) Utrecht 6–1Dordrecht (15 February 2015) |
| Biggest away win | Excelsior 0–5PEC Zwolle (30 November 2014) Twente 0–5PSV (4 April 2015) |
| Highest scoring | NAC Breda 4–5Groningen (17 May 2015) |
| Longest winning run | 10 games[1] PSV |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 games[1] PSV |
| Longest winless run | 17 games[1] Dordrecht |
| Longest losing run | 9 games[1] Dordrecht |
| Highest attendance | 52,472[1] Ajax 0–0Feyenoord (25 January 2015) |
| Lowest attendance | 3,149[1] Excelsior 3–1Heracles (30 August 2014) |
| Total attendance | 5,727,077[1] |
| Average attendance | 18,715[1] |
2015–16 → | |
The2014–15 Eredivisie season was the 59th season of theEredivisie since its establishment in 1955. On 18 April 2015,PSV were confirmed as champions of the season, thus ending the four-year reign ofAjax.
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the2013–14 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners and the2013–14 Eerste Divisie champions.
There are three teams that played in the 2013–14 Eerste Divisie that were promoted to the Eredivisie for the 2014–15 season. Willem II returned to the Eredivisie after just one season by winning its first Eerste Divisie title in 49 years. Meanwhile, FC Dordrecht and Excelsior navigated to the promotion/relegation playoffs to reach the Eredivisie, with both clubs having received byes after finishing second and third in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht swept both legs against VVV-Venlo 5–2 on aggregate in the second round before facing another Eerste Divisie club for a spot in the Eredivisie (after Sparta Rotterdam sent NEC Nijmegen into relegation). FC Dordrecht won 5–3 on aggregate to return to the Eredivisie for the first time in 19 years.[2]
Excelsior returned after two seasons in the Eerste Divisie by first overcoming FC Den Bosch 5–2 on aggregate before relegating RKC Waalwijk from the league by winning 4–2 on aggregate.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | Erreà | Basic-Fit Fitness | |
| Ajax | adidas | Ziggo | |
| AZ | Macron | AFAS software | |
| Cambuur | Quick | Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma | |
| Dordrecht | Macron | Riwal | |
| Excelsior | Masita | DSW Zorgverzekeraar | |
| Feyenoord | adidas | Opel | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | hummel | Drukwerkdeal.nl | |
| Groningen | Masita | Essent | |
| Heerenveen | Jako | Univé | |
| Heracles Almelo | Erima | TenCate | |
| NAC Breda | Umbro | Into Telecom | |
| PEC Zwolle | Patrick | Compello | |
| PSV | Nike | Philips | |
| Twente | Nike | XXImo | |
| Utrecht | hummel | HealthCity | |
| Vitesse | Macron | Truphone | |
| Willem II | Robey | Tricorp |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen | End of contract | 1 July 2014[4] | Pre-season | 1 July 2014[5] | ||
| AZ | End of contract | 1 July 2014[6] | 1 July 2014[7] | |||
| Feyenoord | End of contract | 1 July 2014[8] | 1 July 2014[9] | |||
| Utrecht | Mutual consent | 1 July 2014[10] | 1 July 2014[11] | |||
| Dordrecht | End of contract | 1 July 2014[12] | 1 July 2014[13] | |||
| Heracles Almelo | Sacked | 31 August 2014[14] | 18th | 17 September 2014[15] | ||
| AZ | Mutual consent | 16 September 2014[16] | 12th | 29 September 2014[17] | ||
| NAC Breda | Sacked | 13 October 2014[18] | 15th | 14 October 2014[19] | ||
| NAC Breda | Sacked | 2 January 2015[18] | 17th | 3 January 2015[19] | ||
| Dordrecht | Sacked | 19 February 2015[20] | 18th | 10 March 2015 | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles | Sacked | 22 March 2015[21] | 17th | 22 March 2015 | ||
| Feyenoord | Sacked | 17 May 2015[22] | 4th | 17 May 2015 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV(C) | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 31 | +61 | 88 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Ajax | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 29 | +40 | 71 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | AZ | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 62 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for theEuropean competition play-offs |
| 5 | Vitesse(O) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 58 | |
| 6 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 53 | |
| 7 | Heerenveen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 50 | |
| 8 | Groningen | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 46 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 9 | Willem II | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 46 | |
| 10 | Twente[b] | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 43 | |
| 11 | Utrecht | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 41 | |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 37 | |
| 14 | Heracles | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 37 | |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 32 | |
| 16 | NAC Breda(R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 28 | Qualification for theRelegation play-offs[c] |
| 17 | Go Ahead Eagles(R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 27 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round and for therelegation play-offs[d] |
| 18 | Dordrecht(R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 76 | −52 | 20 | Relegation toEerste Divisie |
| Home \ Away | ADO | AJX | AZ | CAM | DOR | EXC | FEY | GAE | GRO | HEE | HER | NAC | PEC | PSV | TWE | UTR | VIT | WII |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADO Den Haag | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Ajax | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | |
| AZ | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Cambuur | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Dordrecht | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 0–4 | |
| Excelsior | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | |
| Feyenoord | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Groningen | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Heerenveen | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Heracles | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| NAC Breda | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| PEC Zwolle | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| PSV | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Twente | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
| Utrecht | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | |
| Willem II | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
Four teams played for a spot in the2015–16 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| Heerenveen (e) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Feyenoord | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Heerenveen | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Vitesse Arnhem* | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| PEC Zwolle | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Vitesse Arnhem | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
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, played for two spots in the2015–16 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams play in the2015–16 Eerste Divisie.
| First round | Second round | Third round | ||||||||||||||
| Almere City | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap (e) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| De Graafschap* | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Volendam | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Volendam | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Eindhoven | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Oss | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| VVV-Venlo | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| VVV-Venlo | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| NAC Breda | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| NAC Breda | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Roda JC Kerkrade* (a, e) | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Emmen | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Roda JC Kerkrade | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Key:* = Play-off winners,(a) = Wins because ofaway goals rule,(e) = Wins afterextra time in second leg,(p) = Wins afterpenalty shoot-out.